UNITED STATES – 1889–2016 – The lot includes two rare early catalogues: Postage Stamps of all Nations (1889, 44 pages + adverts, softcover, good condition); Official Catalogue of the Postage Stamp Exhibit … at the World's Columbian Exposition (Chicago 1893, 68 pages, softcover, good condition). PLUS: New York 1913, catalogue for the International Philatelic exhibition, content good, but the softcover defective + catalogue for the special “Steinmetz” exhibition (signed by Steinmetz for M. P. Castle); PLUS: International Philatelic Exhibition New York 1926 (catalogue with the signature of all jury members, Report of the Jury); next International in New York 1936 with similar material; PLUS other events/Internat. exhibitions: New York 1947; FIPEX 1956; SIPEX 1966; ANPHILEX 1971; INTERPHIL 76; Ameripex 86; World Stamp Expo 1989; Anphilex 96; Pacific 97; Washington 2006; World Stamp Show 2016 with a lot of material. Most of the items in good condition. The icing on the cake is a very unusual publication of the United States Centennial Commission, International Exhibition, 1876 System of Classification (July 1875). The brochure lists all the individual exhibition classes, as a kind of model for later philatelic exhibitions. Estimate: 400 Euro
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