About the Collections

Although the resources at the National Postal Museum Library focus on the postal history and philately of the United States, the collections are international in scope.

• More than 6,000 books, 7,000 serials, manuscripts, photographs and many auction and stamp catalogues
• Archival holdings include files of:
  • Third Assistant Postmaster General
  • Highway Post Office
  • Aerial Mail Service
  • Railway Mail Service
  • Panama Canal Zone Post Office
• Private collections include those of:
  • Thaddeus Hyatt
  • Frederick Melville
  • George Turner
• Rare book collection includes:
  • J.W. Scott & Co. Monthly Price List
  • Annotated copies of the Catalogue of the Philatelic Library of the Earl of Crawford, K.T.
  • Catalogue of the Royal Philatelic Collection.

See also: “National Postal Museum Library, Smithsonian Institution.” Philatelic Literature Review by Paul K. McCutcheon, Herbert A. Trenchard

New! From the NPM library Stamp Collecting for Novices - a guide to stamp collecting literature for people who are new to the wonderful world of philately.

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