General Histories of the Collection:
Carr, Timothy. “Smithsonian was Prepared for Air Raids.” Philatelic Literature Review, 2d ser., 45:2 (Second Quarter 1996), pp. 102-104.
Collins, Herbert R. “The National Philatelic Collection: A Century of Collecting, 1886-1986.” American Philatelist 100:5 (May 1986), pp. 430-432.
Rivinus, E[dward] F. “Spencer Fullerton Baird: The Collector of Collectors.” American Philatelist 103:11 (November 1989), pp. 1061-1065.
More Information About Selected Items in the Exhibit:
Ackerman Collection of U.S. Proofs and Essays
Bierman, Stanley M. “The Smithsonian Bequest of Senator Ernest Ackerman.” Essay-Proof Journal 35:3 (Summer 1978), pp. 103-109.
Ahmanson Collection of Canada and Provinces
Argenti, Nicholas. "New Brunswick: Five Cents Connell," Chap. 20 in The Postage Stamps of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. London: Royal Philatelic Society, 1962. pp. 137-152.
Dalwick, R.E.R. and Cyril H. Harmer. Newfoundland Air Mails: With Additional Notes. London: H.R. Harmer, 1953.
Verge, Charles J.G. “National Postal Museum Houses British North America Philatelic Treasures.” Scott Stamp Monthly 26:4 (April 2008), pp. 30-34.
//hdl.handle.net/10088/8167
Allan Lee Collection of Maps on Stamps
Lera, Thomas and Miklos Pinther. “Allan Lee’s Collection of ‘Maps on Stamps’ Finding Guide.” Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian National Postal Museum, 2010.
Eagle Collection of U.S. Proofs and Essays
Bierman, Stanley M. “Clarence H. Eagle: No More Buffalos [sic].” Chronicle 38:4 (November 1986), pp. 234-239.
Lera, Thomas. “Father Mathew: Temperance Reformer.” Collectors Club Philatelist 89:2 (March-April 2010), pp. 109-111.
Lady McLeod Cover
Lera, Thomas. “In the National Postal Museum: The Lady McLeod Cover.” Collectors Club Philatelist 88:5 (September-October 2009), pp. 280-282.
//hdl.handle.net/10088/8160
Lee Collection of Egyptian Royal Imperforates
Lee, George L. Catalogue of the Royal Imperforate Printings of Egypt. Bernardsville, NJ: Published by the author, 1959.
Lera, Thomas, William R. Schultz, et al. “George L. Lee Collection of the Royal Imperforate Printings of Egyptian Stamps Finding Guide.” Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian National Postal Museum, 2010.
Marijuana Tax Stamps
Lesher, Ronald. “Marihuana Tax Stamps: Behind the Mystery.” Scott Stamp Monthly 23:12 (December 2005), pp. 36-40, 97.
Shulgin, Alexander. “The 1937 Marijuana Tax Stamp: Grass is Greener in Philately.” American Philatelist 111:9 (September 1997), pp. 834-837.
Michel Collection of Postal Stationery
Michel, A[rthur] Eugene. Roving the Stamp World. Douglaston, NY: A. Eugene Michel, 1933.
Overrun Countries Die Proofs
Kloetzel, James E. “Proofs of Overrun Countries Stamps in National Postal Museum Archive.” Scott Stamp Monthly 27:12 (December 2009),pp. 12-14.
//hdl.handle.net/10088/9817
Lawrence, Ken. “U.S. Stamps that Went to War: The Overrun Countries of 1943 and 1944.” American Philatelist 112:1 (January 1998), pp. 48-74.
Panama-Pacific Die Proofs
Bruns, James H. “The Scarcity of Panama-Pacific Proofs.” U.S. Specialist 59:7 (July 1988), pp. 701-706.
Peyton Collection of Peru
Wooster, Charles C. and Thomas M. Lera. “Peyton Collection of Peru.” London Philatelist 118:1370 (November 2009), pp. 339-350.
//hdl.handle.net/10088/9622
UPU Specimen Stamps
Bendon, James. UPU Specimen Stamps: The Distribution of Specimen Stamps by the International Bureau of the Universal Postal Union. James Negus, ed. Limassol, Cyprus: James Bendon, 1988.
Samuel, Marcus. Specimen Stamps of the Crown Colonies, 1857-1948. London: Royal Philatelic Society, 1976.
