Handbooks Available For Purchase
From 1968 the CCC has published original high quality philatelic books on various subjects, they are all well printed and bound and released at quite reasonable prices. All books are hard bound. All editions are limited, to date none have been reprinted and reprinting is not anticipated in the future. The Arthur Salm Foundation reports are listed at the bottom of this web page.
In the secondary market the CCC publications often sell for a premium, especially those that are out of print.
The below listing consist of our in-print titles, all are at the original published prices.
POSTAGE and How to Order
- For a US Mailing address, postage and packing on the first book is $5.00 and each additional is $1.00
- Just fill in the information on the shopping cart order form.
- For non US Mailing addresses please contact the CCC so the most economic delivery can be determined. Email: Leonard Hartmann at: Leonard@pbbooks.net
List of books available
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The Prestamp Period of El Salvador (1525 - 1866) by Guillermo F. Gallegos and Joseph D. Hahn Published by the Collectors Club of Chicago in an edition limited to 300 copies.
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Postage Due — The United States Postage Due Essays, Proofs and Specimens, 1879-1986 by Harry K. Charles, Jr., PhD. Hardbound, 289pp, with a Dust Jacket.
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Chicago's Mail, An anthology of postal history articles focusing upon the community's growth, it's interests, and its attitudes by Harvey M. Karlen, ISBN No. 916675-09-02
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Canada's Registered Mail, 1802-1909 by H. W. Harrison, G. Arfken and Dr. K. G. Scringeour
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The Hungarian Hyperinflation of 1945-1946, The Postage Rates and Postal History of History's Most Impressive Inflation by Robert B. Morgan, ISBN 0-916675-14-9
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The First Perforated U.S. Issue, 1857 by Jon Rose
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U.S. Contract Mail Routes by Water, Star Routes 1824-1875, by Hugh V. Feldman, ISBN 978-0-916675-15-8
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TEN-CENT 1869 Covers, A Postal History Survey by Michael Laurence, ISBN 978-0-9827357-0-1
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Detained, Interned, Incarcerated U.S. Noncombatant Internee Mail in World War II by Louis Fiset, ISBN 987-0-9827357-1-8
Arthur Salm Foundation Reports
Small research pamphlets that get to the subject quickly.
- Report Number 1, March, 1991, Paper for Album Pages
- Report Number 2, 1992, Stamp Hinges
- Report Number 3, April, 1995, Plastics
- Report Number 4, May, 1997, Bogus Countries, etc.
- Report Number 5, May, 1999, Pressure Sensative Adhesives
- Report Number 6, April, 2000, Fraudulent Early Air Mail Covers
The six reports are available from the CCC request with a legal-size (No. 10) self-addressed envelope franked with US postage thus: 85ยข (U.S.A.), $1.50 (Canada), $2.05 (Mexico), or $2.80 (other countries). Please allow 3-4 weeks for delivery.