The Spellman Museum Library
The Museum 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.
CIRCULATION POLICY: Most books and audio-visual resources in the Spellman Library may be borrowed for up to four weeks by members, trustees, staff and volunteers of the museum. Check at the museum for details. Visitors to the museum are welcome to use materials in the library. A growing number of our library holdings, including the periodical collection and many of the Spellman Library’s books and AV resources, are listed in the online Philatelic Union Catalog: http://catalog.stamplibrary.org/inmagicgenie/ .Make sure to search by LAST NAME first. This database includes the holdings of over a dozen North American philatelic libraries, such as the American Philatelic Society’s Research Library and the Smithsonian’s National Postal Museum Library. For a complete survey of the Spellman Library’s holdings, please also check the card catalog in the museum library.
CIRCULATION POLICY: Most books and audio-visual resources in the Spellman Library may be borrowed for up to four weeks by members, trustees, staff and volunteers of the museum. Check at the museum for details. Visitors to the museum are welcome to use materials in the library. A growing number of our library holdings, including the periodical collection and many of the Spellman Library’s books and AV resources, are listed in the online Philatelic Union Catalog: http://catalog.stamplibrary.org/inmagicgenie/ .Make sure to search by LAST NAME first. This database includes the holdings of over a dozen North American philatelic libraries, such as the American Philatelic Society’s Research Library and the Smithsonian’s National Postal Museum Library. For a complete survey of the Spellman Library’s holdings, please also check the card catalog in the museum library.
Museum's Philatelic Collection
In addition to its more than 9,000 book and monograph titles and over 2,000 runs of different periodicals, the Spellman Museum of Stamps & Postal History has:
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Philatelic Union CatalogBooks 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.
catalog.stamplibrary.org/inmagicgenie/ Global Philatelic Library The Global Philatelic Library is an initiative to provide a consolidated listing of philatelic publications, archives, museum items etc. held by libraries. So far 27 libraries have contributed their listings. More information is at www.globalphilateliclibrary.org/ Postmark Collectors Club Museum
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