The Spellman Museum of Stamps & Postal History has an extensive collection of philatelic literature. The collection is international in scope and includes books and periodicals about stamps and postal history, as well as the history of philately and related subjects.  Books and periodical holdings are indexed separately.  The Spellman also has extensive worldwide collections and exhibits of stamps and postal history available to members and researches for reference and study by appointment. We are members of the Philatelic Union Catalog.

Books held by the Spellman Museum are listed in the catalog in the library. A growing number of titles are also cataloged online in the David Straight Philatelic Union Catalog, maintained by the APS’s American Philatelic Research Library.
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Union Philatelic library

Collections
In addition to its more than 9,000 book and monograph titles and over 2,000 runs of different periodicals, the Spellman has:
Nearly 1,000 catalogs (general and specialized)
Extensive runs of auction catalogs and price lists
(only specialized and rarity sales are cataloged)
Over 1000 Stamp show programs and palmares (not cataloged)
Copies of philatelic exhibits
CDs, DVD-ROMs, videocassettes, slides, films, filmstrips
Bibliographies, indexes, maps, and atlases
Éire Philatelic Association Library (available for loan to Association members)
Mobile Post Office a Society Library (available for loan to MPOS members)
Educational Resource Center with resources for educators
Special collections and archives (not cataloged)
United States Postal Stationery literature and price lists
Children’s literature featuring stamps and the mail
Vertical files of philatelic research and clippings
Postal administration catalogs
Philatelic sheet music
Stamp albums and ephemera documenting the history of philately
Postal games of the world
Stamp cases and stamp boxes

Hours Thursday-Sunday, noon-5:00PM
Contact us at 781-768-8367