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Visiting the Frankfurt Philatelic Library

Published as, “A Visit to the Frankfurt Philatelic Library.” Philatelic Literature Review 72 no. 4 Whole no. 281 (Fourth Quarter 2023).

Read here:
https://thephilatelist.substack.com/p/a-visit-to-the-munich-philatelic

Frankfurt Philatelic Library - Street View of Building at Langer Weg


Visiting the Munich Philatelic Library

Published as, “A Visit to the Munich Philatelic Library.” Philatelic Literature Review 72 no. 3 Whole no. 280 (Third Quarter 2023).

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https://thephilatelist.substack.com/p/a-visit-to-the-munich-philatelic

Also translated into German and published as “Ein Besuch der Münchner Philatelistischen Bibliothek”, Phila Historica no. 3 (October 2023). The same issue contains the English version as well.


Writing an article

Published as, “So You Want to Write an Original Scholarly Article” in notes to The Second Annual Crawford Festival of Philatelic Literature held 27-28 June 2023.

Read here: https://thephilatelist.substack.com/p/so-you-want-to-write-an-original

For wider dissemination, the editor, Tony Bard, reprinted it in The London Philatelist 133 no. 1512 (January-February 2024). The notes, missing from that issue, were printed in The London Philatelist 133 no. 1512 (March 2024).


Young Postage Stamp Collector shows how to do it!

Published as “The Young Postage Stamp Collector shows the Ephemerality of Early Journals.” Philatelic Literature Review 72 no. 2 Whole no. 279 (Second Quarter 2023)

Initially appeared in November 2022 as a blog post at https://philaliterature.com/imitation-is-not-the-sincerest-form-of-flattery and https://thephilatelist.substack.com/p/imitation-is-not-the-sincerest-form

Figure 3. Young Postage Stamp Collector 1


Cecil Rose

Published as “Cecil Rose and his Skullduggeries.” Philatelic Literature Review 72 no. 1 Whole no. 278 (First Quarter 2023)


Samuel Singer

Published as “The Calumnies of Samuel Singer, Charles Phillips, and Stanley Gibbons.” Philatelic Literature Review 71 no. 4 Whole no. 277 (Fourth Quarter 2022)

Initially appeared in December 2021 as a blog post at https://philaliterature.com/the-calumnies-of-samuel-singer-charles-phillips-and-stanley-gibbons and at https://thephilatelist.substack.com/p/the-calumnies-of-samuel-singer-charles. Revised and expanded for publication.

FIgure 2. Samuel Singer


David Beech

Published as “The Bibliophile of London: David Beech.” Philatelic Literature Review 71 no. 3 Whole no. 276 (Third Quarter 2022)

Translated into German and republished as “Der Bibliophile von London: David Beech” Phila Historica no. 1 (March 2023). The English version was republished with the same title as in the PLR in Phila Historica no. 2 (July 2023).


Julio Ribeiro of Indian Philatelist

Published as “The Crusading Ribeiro of Indian Philatelist: Rival Indian Philatelists Step into the Ring.” Philatelic Literature Review 71 no. 2 Whole no. 275 (Second Quarter 2022)

Short summary published on the APS website on 5 July 2022: https://stamps.org/news/c/news/cat/library-resources/post/the-crusading-ribeiro-of-indian-philatelist


William Hagan

Published as “The Bibliophile of Vancouver and Sarasota: William Hagan.” Philatelic Literature Review 70 no. 4 Whole no. 273 (Fourth Quarter 2021)

Read here: https://thephilatelist.substack.com/p/the-bibliophile-of-vancouver-and

William Hagan


Wolfgang Maassen

Published as “The Bibliophile of Schwalmtal-Waldniel: Wolfgang Maassen.” Philatelic Literature Review 70 no. 3 (Third Quarter 2021)

Read here: https://thephilatelist.substack.com/p/the-bibliophile-of-schwalmtal-waldniel

(This article won the American Philatelic Research Library’s 2022 Thomas F. Allen Award for the best article to appear in the Philatelic Literature Review the previous year)

Translated into German and republished (with many more photographs) as “Ein Interview von Abhishek Bhuwalka, Indien, mit Wolfgang Maassen, Schwalmtal.” Phila Historica no. 4 (December 2021)

Wolfgang Massen


Brian J. Birch

Published as “The Bibliophile of Standish and Montignac Toupinerie: Brian J. Birch.” Philatelic Literature Review 70 no. 2 (Second Quarter 2021)

Read here: https://thephilatelist.substack.com/p/the-bibliophile-of-standish-and-montignac

An excerpt of the interview was published as “The Bibliophile of Standish and Montignac Toupinerie: Brian J. Birch.” The American Philatelist 135 no. 8 (August 2021)

Translated into German and republished (along with the English version) as “Der Bibliophile von Standish und Montignac Toupinerie: Brian J. Birch.” The Philatelic Journalist whole no. 166 (October 2021)

Brian Birch


Biographies of Philatelists from The Philatelic Record

Published as “Portraits of Famous Philatelists from The Philatelic Record, 1879-1914.” Philatelic Literature Review 70 no. 2 (Second Quarter 2021)


Authors’ Binding of Fundamentals of Philately

Published as “Author’s Binding of Fundamentals of Philately.” Philatelic Literature Review 69 no. 4 (Fourth Quarter 2020)

Read here: https://thephilatelist.substack.com/p/authors-binding-of-fundamentals-of

Figure1a Fundamentals


Leonard H. Hartmann

Published as “The Bookseller of Louisville: An Interview with Leonard H. Hartmann, Philatelic Bibliopole.” Philatelic Literature Review 69 no. 4 (Fourth Quarter 2020)


London Philatelist – Temporary Editors

Published as “Temporary Editors of The London Philatelist.” The London Philatelist 129 no. 1481 (December 2020)

Read here: https://thephilatelist.substack.com/p/temporary-editors-of-the-london-philatelist

Temperory Editors of London Philatelist


Phil Bansner

The Bookseller of Wyomissing: An Interview with Phil Bansner of philbansner.com.” Philatelic Literature Review 69 no. 3 (Third Quarter 2020)

Read here: https://thephilatelist.substack.com/p/the-bookseller-of-wyomissing-an-interview

Short summary published on the APS website on 28 June 2022: https://stamps.org/news/c/start-collecting/cat/my-stamp-story/post/my-stamp-story-phil-bansner

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Burkhard Schneider

Published as “The Bookseller of Frankfurt am Main: An Interview with Burkhard Schneider of philabooks.com.” Philatelic Literature Review 69 no. 2 (Second Quarter 2020)

Read here: https://thephilatelist.substack.com/p/the-bookseller-of-frankfurt-am-main

(This article won the American Philatelic Research Library’s 2021 Thomas F. Allen Award for the best article to appear in the Philatelic Literature Review the previous year)

Slightly longer format published on the APS website on 8 July 2020: https://stamps.org/news/c/news/cat/library-resources/post/the-bookseller-of-frankfurt-am-main-an-interview-with-burkhard-schneider-of-philabooks-com

Burkhard Photo for Website


David Druett

Published as “The Bookseller of Knaresborough: An Interview with David Druett of Pennymead Books.” Philatelic Literature Review 69 no. 1 (First Quarter 2020)

Read here: https://thephilatelist.substack.com/p/the-bookseller-of-knaresborough-an

David Druett of Pennymead Books in Bermuda


First Edition of Fundamentals of Philately

Published as “An Inquiry into the First Edition of Fundamentals of Philately.” Philatelic Literature Review 68 no. 3 (Third Quarter 2019)

Read here: https://thephilatelist.substack.com/p/an-inquiry-into-the-first-edition

Fundamentals of Philately - Five Sections by LN and M Williams


Advertisement and Other Supplements To The Journal and Publications of The Philatelic Literature Society

Published as “The Advertisement and Other Supplements to The Journal and the Publications of The Philatelic Literature Society.” in The Journal of the Philatelic Literature Society (Vol. I – Vol XI) 1908 – 1918; edited and published by Wolfgang Maassen (2019)


Other Supplements to The Journal of the Philatelic Literature Society and Publications of the Society

Published as “The Other Supplements to The Journal and the Publications of The Philatelic Literature Society.” Philatelic Literature Review 68 no. 1 (First Quarter 2019)


Casper Pottle

Published as “The Bookseller of Bradford: An Interview with Casper Pottle of HH Sales.” Philatelic Literature Review 67 no. 4 (Fourth Quarter 2018)

Read here: https://thephilatelist.substack.com/p/the-bookseller-of-bradford-an-interview

Casper Pottle


Advertisement Supplements to The Journal of the Philatelic Literature Society – Revisions

Published as “Revisions to Advertisement Supplements to The Journal of The Philatelic Literature Society.” Philatelic Literature Review 67 no. 4 (Fourth Quarter 2018)


Advertisement Supplements to The Journal of the Philatelic Literature Society

Published as “The Advertisement Supplements to The Journal of The Philatelic Literature Society.” Philatelic Literature Review 67 no. 3 (Third Quarter 2018)


Hayes Hayes’ Auctions and Their Index

Published as “The Index of Harry Hayes Philatelic Literature Auctions.” Philatelic Literature Review 67 no. 2 (Second Quarter 2018)

Read here: https://thephilatelist.substack.com/p/the-index-to-harry-hayes-philatelic

Harry Hayes


Library of The Royal Philatelic Society of Victoria

Published as “A Visit Down Under: Reviewing the Library of the Philatelic Society of Victoria.” Philatelic Literature Review 66 no. 4 (Fourth Quarter 2017).

Read here: https://thephilatelist.substack.com/p/a-visit-down-under-reviewing-the

Reprinted in “The Library of the Royal Philatelic Society of Victoria” APF News 32 no. 1 (February 2018) and available online at apf.org.au/apf-news.

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An Introduction To Advanced Philately by Sefi

Published as “Reviewing a Classic: An Introduction to Advanced Philately, by Alexander Joseph Sefi.” Philatelic Literature Review 66 no. 3 (Third Quarter 2017)

Read here: https://thephilatelist.substack.com/p/an-introduction-to-advanced-philately

An Introduction to Advanced Philately by Alexander Sefi