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Related products include the exhibit catalogue, Rarity Revealed: The Benjamin K. Miller Stamp Collection.

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Also consult these books and other resources:

General U.S. stamp collecting:

Specialized Catalogue of United States Stamps and Covers. New York : Scott Publishing Company, annual publication.

U.S. stamps through the 1920s:

George Amick, Jenny!  Sidney, Ohio: Amos Press, 1986.

Martin A. Armstrong, United States Coil Issues 1906–1938.
Lawrenceville, New Jersey: Trenton Publishing Co., Inc., 1980.

Martin A. Armstrong, The Washington Franklins 1908–1921. Lawrenceville, New Jersey: Trenton Publishing Co., Inc., 1979.

Winthrop Smillie Boggs, Ten Decades Ago, 1840–1850: A Study of the Work of Rawdon, Wright, Hatch and Edson. The American Philatelic Society, 1949.

Lester G. Brookman, The United States Postage Stamps of the 19th Century, volumes 1–3. North Miami, Florida: D.G. Phillips Publishing Company, 1989.

Lester G. Brookman, The Bank Note Issues of United States Stamps, 1870–1893. Chicago: American Philatelic Society, 1941.

Don L. Evans, The United States 1¢ Franklin 1861–1867 and an Introduction to the Postal History of the Period. Sidney, Ohio: Linn’s Stamp News, 1997.

William H. Griffiths, The Story of American Bank Note Company. New York, 1959.

Donald B. Holmes, Air Mail: An Illustrated History. New York: C.N. Potter, distributed by Crown Publishers, 1981.

Max G. Johl, The United States Commemorative Stamps of the Twentieth Century. New York: H.L. Lindquist, 1947.

Max G. Johl, United States Postage Stamps, 1902–1935. Lawrence, Massachusetts: Quarterman Publications, Inc., 1976.

Donald B. Littlefield and Sam Frank, U.S. Booklets and Booklet Panes, 1900-1978. Katy, Texas: United States Stamp Society, 2004.

Doc M. Pepper, United States Newspaper Stamps 1865–1895 (series). League City, Texas: Unicorn Hall, 2005.

Charles Peterson and Hubert Skinner (eds.), The 1851 Issue: A Sesquicentennial Retrospective. The U.S. Philatelic Classics Society, Inc., 2006.

The Robert Zoellner Collection, catalogue. New York: Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, 1998.

Jon Rose, The First Perforated U.S. Issue, 1857. Chicago: Collectors Club of Chicago, 2005.

The William S. Floyd Collection, catalogue. Addison, Texas: Shreves Philatelic Galleries, 2001.

Journals on U.S. stamps and philately:

The American Philatelist

The Chronicle of the U.S. Classic Postal Issues

The Congress Book

Linn’s Stamp News

MeKeel’s and Stamps Magazine

The Collectors Club Philatelist

Scott Stamp Monthly

United States Specialist

Benjamin Miller:

Ellen D. Langill, Foley & Lardner: Attorneys at Law, 1842–1992. Madison : State Historical Society of Wisconsin , 1992.

John G. Gregory, History of Milwaukee , Wisconsin , Volume 3. Milwaukee : S.J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1931.

Benjamin Kurtz Miller (ed.) and Margaret A. Cruikshank, Life of Johann Nicolaus Kurtz. Oconomowoc , Wisconsin : privately printed at the Enterprise office, 1925.

“The Miller Collection of United States Postage Stamps, with a Selected List by Charles Phillips,” Bulletin of the New York Public Library. 1936.

Parker McCobb Reed, The Bench and Bar of Wisconsin. Milwaukee : Reed, 1882.

“Stamp Collection Worth Fortune to Leave City,” Milwaukee Journal, February 6, 1925; also see other related articles, Milwaukee Journal and Milwaukee Sentinel (now the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) and New York Times.

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