The latest Congress Book (74th) was published in 2008 and released at StampShow in Hartford. The hard cover book contains 218 pages.
Contents:
1845 cultural nexus in transportation & communication: express, railroad, telegraph & the post office
Communist Vietnam military mail stamps: 1958 to the present
The Minnesota tax on Christmas Trees
The 1893 2c Columbian imperforate error
Postal history aspects of the internment of Polish servicemen in Lithuania 1939-40
Revenue stamps of Trinidad: The “FEE” and “FREE FEE” issues
Postage dues of the French post office in Zanzibar
How has the Congress Book changed?
The first Congress Book was published in 1935. It was a 59 page soft cover booklet.
Click here for an online index of the Congress Books 1935-2008
A printed index to the first 72 Congress Books (1935-2006) is available for $42 postpaid to US addresses and $47 postpaid for other destinations. Make checks payable to the American Philatelic Congress and send it to Ross A. Towle; 400 Clayton Street; San Francisco, CA 94117-1912.
Some previous Congress Books are available for sale. The price is postpaid within the USA. Please add $2.50 per book for non-USA destinations. Make checks payable to the American Philatelic Congress and send it to Ross A. Towle; 400 Clayton Street; San Francisco, CA 94117-1912.