Philatelic index

John K. Tiffany’s early manuscript copy of his Philatelic Index, mechanically reproduced with handwritten addenda, predates his well-known 1874 publication / The Philatelical Library: A Catalogue of Stamp Publications/. Tiffany (1842-1897) was one of the earliest U.S. philatelists, is in the American Philatelic Society’s Hall of Fame, and created the largest philatelic library of his era. The manuscript consists of a chronological index of various stamp journals, fully cited and often annotated. Transcription courtesy of the Smithsonian Transcription Center https://transcription.si.edu/project/6676 and digital volunteers.
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John K. Tiffany’s early manuscript copy of his Philatelic Index, mechanically reproduced with handwritten addenda, predates his well-known 1874 publication  The Philatelical Library: A Catalogue of Stamp Publications. Tiffany (1842-1897) was one of the earliest U.S. philatelists, is in the American Philatelic Society’s Hall of Fame, and created the largest philatelic library of his era. The manuscript consists of a chronological index of various stamp journals, fully cited and often annotated.

Transcription courtesy of the Smithsonian Transcription Center https://transcription.si.edu/project/6676 and digital volunteers.

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