Congress Book

The latest Congress Book (73rd) was published in 2007 and released at StampShow in Portland. The hard cover book contains 208 pages.

Contents:

  • Private mail options in the Pacific Northwest
  • WWII internment of Polish servicemen in Latvia
  • Registered covers from Nauru, 1890-1914: an annotated catalog
  • Letter from Berwick
  • Catapulting into the future: First catapult airmail from the North German Lloyd Line Bremen -- July 22 and August 1, 1929
  • Saigon revenue stamps after the 1975 liberation
  • Via San Francisco: The story of Samuel Walker Griffith and the Tuppenny Post
  • The postal history of Trinidad: 1797-1898
  • An historical overview of the first decade of the American Philatelic Congress

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 1935-2007

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.

  • 1975 $23.00
  • 1979 $23.00
  • 1980 $23.00
  • 1981 $23.00
  • 1982 $23.00
  • 1985 $23.00
  • 1986 $23.00
  • 1989 $23.00
  • 1999 $33.00
  • 2000 $33.00
  • 2001 $33.00
  • 2002 $33.00
  • 2003 $33.00
  • 2004 $43.00
  • 2005 $43.00
  • 2006 $43.00
  • 2007 $43.00