Stamp Catalogs

This section contains a selection of early catalogs that included Confederate stamps and provisionals. This information may be useful to researchers doing work in this early period.

The catalogs before 1870 contained only very basic listings of the general issues and some provisionals. During the 1870’s some catalogs included more comprehensive listings of provisional with illustrations. The best were those by Edward L. Pemberton. In the 1890’s and early 1900’s several catalogs appeared with extensive illustrated listings of provisionals. The best of these is the catalog by Henry Collin and Henry L. Calman.

Many of the catalogs are quite large and only a few pages list Confederates. For easy access to the Confederate material the catalogs are bookmarked. Using bookmarks is very simple – learn how.

Click on a title to view the catalog or Confederate extract. Some full catalogs are large files and may take some time to load.

R. F. Albrecht & Company (New York)

• Complete Catalogue of all Postage Stamps and Envelopes of the United States and Confederate States, 1896

• Les Timbres-Poste Catalogue Methodique et Descriptif de Tous Les Timbers-Poste Connus, 1867

• Catalogue of British, Colonial, and Foreign Postage Stamps [1st ed], 1862
• Catalogue of British, Colonial, and Foreign Postage Stamps 2nd ed, 1862
• Catalogue of 1660 Varieties of British, Colonial, & Foreign Postage Stamps 3rd ed, 1862
• Catalogue of British, Colonial, and Foreign Postage Stamps 4th ed, [1863]
• Catalogue of British, Colonial, and Foreign Postage Stamps 5th ed, 1864

• Descriptive Price Catalogue of Government Postage Stamps [1st ed], [March 1868]
• Descriptive Price Catalogue of Government Postage Stamps 2nd ed, September 1871
• Descriptive Price Catalogue of Government Postage Stamps 3rd ed, [1872]
• Descriptive Price Catalogue of Government Postage Stamps 4th ed, [1873]

• Price Catalogue of Postage Stamps 5th ed, 1885

• A Catalog for Advanced Collectors, Vol 3, [1901]

• Descriptive Catalogue of the Postage Stamps of All Nations 18th ed, 1891

• A Hand Catalogue of Postage Stamps [1st ed], 1862
• A Hand Catalogue of Postage Stamps 2nd ed, 1863
• The Illustrated Catalogue of Postage Stamps 3rd ed, 1865
• The Illustrated Catalogue of Postage Stamps 4th ed, 1866
• The Illustrated Catalogue of Postage Stamps 5th ed, 1870
• The Illustrated Catalogue of Postage Stamps 6th ed, 1875

• Henry Gremmel’s Catalogue of Postage Stamps of the Western Hemisphere, [1893]
• United States Comprehensive Catalogue, 1896

• Standard Catalog: Postage and Revenue Stamps 21st ed, [1891]

• Stamp Collector’s Manual [1st ed], 1862
• Stamp Collector’s Manual 2nd ed, 1863
• Stamp Collector’s Manual 3rd ed, 1865
• Stamp Collector’s Manual and Price Catalogue, [1868]

• Catalogue Descriptif de tous les Timbres-Poste Crees de 1840 a 1870

• C. H. Mekeel’s Descriptive Price Catalog of American Postage Stamps [1st ed], 1889
• C. H. Mekeel’s Descriptive Priced Catalogue of American Postage Stamps 2nd ed, 1891
• C. H. Mekeel’s Descriptive Priced Catalogue of American Postage Stamps 4th ed, [1893]
• C. H. Mekeel’s Descriptive Priced Catalogue of American Postage Stamps 4th ed, [1893]
• The International Postage Stamp Catalog 1897 ed. 1897

• Catalogue Prix-Courant de Timbres-Poste, 1868
• Catalogue Prix-Courant de Timbres-Poste 5th ed, 1877
• Catalogue Prix-Courant de Timbres-Poste 6th ed, 1882

• The Stamp Collector’s Handbook, 1874

• The Stamp Collector’s Handbook, 1878

• Descriptive Price List of Used & Unused Postage Stamps [16th ed], September 1868
• Descriptive Price Catalog of the Postage Stamps of All Nations 24th ed, [1872]
• The Postage Stamp Catalogue 34th ed, [1877]
• Scott’s Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue 60th ed, 1901