UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA
Printers' Bibliography A to
Z
= Understood to be a current stamp printer.
= company still believed to exist.
Introduction Companies
A-A Companies
B-F
Companies
G-K Companies
L-Q Companies
R-S
Companies
T-Z Miscellaneous
Images
General
Bibliography
Main
Source(s) of Information:
“Stanley
Gibbons Stamp Catalogue,
Part 22, United
States of America”,
Fifth Edition, 2000.
Herman
Herst Jr "Philatelic
Potpourri [printer's
waste]"
Stamp
Collector 1977 May
7
Richard
M. Searing "Some
Comments and Questions
[on the various
banknote printers
and areas remaining
for philatelic research]"
CHRONICLE
1980 Feb 32 #1 105
Glenn
Jackson "Touro
Robertson's Congressional
Testimony on Legislation
Affecting Private
Security Printers"
Essay Proof Journal
1984 4Q #164
Glenn
Jackson "Touro
Robertson's Congressional
Testimony on Legislation
Affecting Private
Security Printers"
Essay Proof Journal
1984 4Q #164
Jon
Rose "Paper
Determines th Printer
of the Bank Note
Definitives"
Stamp
Collector 1987 Nov
27 61
Gary
Griffith "Printer's
Waste: The Untold
Story"
USSpec
1991 Nov 62 #11
Lloyd
Schwartz "Private
Printers
Are Being Courted
by the USPS"
Linn's
1991 Dec 9 64 #3292
Mark
A. Kellner "Audit
Will Look at Stamp
Printers"
Stamp
Collector 1991 Jun
29
anon
"USPS Awards
Contracts Worth
$63.3 Million to
Private-Sector Printers
for Self- Adhesives"
Stamp Collector
1991 Nov 2 65 #4987
Dr.
Robert Rabinowitz
"Are Private
Printers
Cheaper?"
Stamp
Collector 1992 Dec
5 66 #5044
Herman
Herst Jr "Printer's
Waste Followup [letter
to editor]"
USSpec
1992 Jan 63 #1 743
Mark
A. Kellner "GAO
Endorses Private
Printers"
Stamp
Collector 1992 Nov
14 66 #5041
Stephen
Esrati & Robert
Rabinowitz "USPS
Picks Stamp Printers"
Stamp
Collector 1994 Jan
22 68 #5102 |
A.M. Thatcher
"First United States Coiled
Stamp Affixing Machine Dummy
Advertising Stamp, The p. 151"
Stamps (US)
1944 Jan 29 46
George P. Howard
"Vending & Affixing
Machine Perforations p. 66"
Bureau Specialist
1945 May 16 #5
George W. Brett
"Test Samples"
Bureau Specialist
1958 Jun 29 #6
George W. Brett
"Those Test Samples
Again"
Bureau Specialist
1960 Mar 31 #3
unsigned "Test
Coil Labels p. 6"
The Buffalo,
Winnipeg 1973 #1
A.G. Boerger
"US Test Coils and
Dummy Booklets"
American Philatelist
1977 Jul 91 #7
Larry Zieler
"Dummy Coils - A Review
and Checklist"
USSpec 1979
Nov 50 #11
Belmont Faries
"Brown Dummy Coil?, A"
S P A Journal
1980 Dec 43 #4
Effner, H. "Genuine
"Usage" of a Test
Coil"
Modern Postal
History Journal 1989 4th qtr
7( 4)
Brad Arch "Vending
& Affixing Machine Perforations
& Test labels on
LI Covers"
Long Island
Postal Historian 1992 Win 15
#4 38
Wayne L. Youngblood
"Dummy Test Coil
Variety Printed on BEP's B Press"
Linn's 1992
Jul 27 65 #3325
Dr. Robert Rabinowitz
"Firm's 'Dummy' Coils Draw
Hobby Interest"
Stamp Collector
1992 Oct 3 66 #5035
Earl K. McAfee
"Purple Pane Dummy Booklets,
The"
USSpec 1992
Oct 63 #10
Wayne L. Youngblood
"U.S. Test Coils
Have Been Used Since 1910"
Linn's 1992
Nov 16 65 #3341
Stephen G. Esrati
"Salt Lake P.O. Offers
Test Coils"
Stamp Collector
1993 Dec 25 67 #5099
Earl McAfee
"Colored Defacement Lines
p. 502"
USSpec 1994
Nov 65 #11
Earl McAfee
"Help Solve Mystery p.
356"
USSpec 1994
Aug 65 #8
Michael Schreiber
"U.S. Liberty Torch Design
Used in Test Panes for
Automatic Teller Machine Demonstations
p. 1"
Stamp Collector
1994 Jun 11 68 #5123
Lawrence, Ken
"Postage Validation Imprinter
Strips [test version]
p. 697"
American Philatelist
1994 Aug 108 #8 1123
Lawrence, Ken
"New Dummy Coil Stamps
p. 26"
Linn's 1995
Mar 27 68 #3464
anon "Test
Stamps, Including Precancel
Varieties and Dummy Stamp Designs"
Philatelic Exhibitor
1996 Jul
Michael Schreiber
"Scrambled Images in Parrot
Test Printing; USPS May
Use Device p. 1, 14"
Linn's 1996
Jul 22 69 #3533
Michael Schreiber
"Three New U.S. Self-Adhesive
Coil Test Stamps Printed
for Machine Set Up in U.S.,
Germany p. 1, 14"
Linn's 1996
Sep 23 69 #3542
anon "Test
Coils on gift Certificates p.
9"
Linn's 1996
Jan 1 69 #3504
Michael Schreiber
"Backing of Self-Stick
Test Stamps Is Die Cut;
Single Stamps, Blocks Are Easily
Separated p. 1, 12"
Linn's 1996
Jun 24 69 #3529
Wayne L. YOungblood
"New Test Coil;
New Discovery; One Show p. 1,
15"
Stamp Collector
1996 Oct 7 70 #40
Michael Schreiber
"First Linerless Coil Experimental;
Limited Test to Be in
Early 1997 p. 9"
Linn's 1996
Nov 11 69 #3549
John M. Hotchner
"Are These Really What
They're Said to Be? p. 6"
Linn's 1997
May 26 70 #3578
John L. Larson
"New 'For Testing
Purposes Only' Dummy ATM Sheetlet
Discovered pp. 543-545"
USSpec 1997
Dec 68 #12
John L. Larson
"Letter to Editor p. 92"
PNC3 Coil Line
1997 Jul
Wayne L. Youngblood
"New Linerless U.S. Test
Coil Features 1994 Stamp Design
p. 1, 24"
Stamp Collector
1997 Apr 14 71 #15
anon "New
Dummy ATM Sheetlet Is Brought
to Light p. 3"
Stamp Collector
1998 Jan 12 72 #2
Michael Schreiber
"Avery Test Pane
Uses Scroll Design p. 19"
Linn's 1998
Jan 12 71 #3611
John M. Hotchner
"Test Coil p. 6"
Linn's 1998 Nov 9 71 #3654
anon "Orange-on-Grey
Test Stamps Found p.
1, 22"
Stamp Collector
1998 Feb 23 72 #2 #
anon "U.S.
Automatic Vending Co. Red Test
Coil p. 27"
LIPH 1998 Spr
21 #1 59
John M. Hotchner
"Test Coils"
Linn's 1988
Jul 11
John L. Larson
"New 'For ATM Testing'
Dummy ATM Sheetlet Discovered
p. 21-22"
USSpec 1998
Jan 69 #1
John L. Larson,
Larry S. Weiss & Dan J.
Undersander "Orange 'For
Testing Purposes Only' Dummy
Coils Discovered pp.150-152"
USSpec 1998
Apr 69 #4
anon "Scroll-Design
Dummy Coil Printed in Orange
p. 16" Linn's 1998 May
4 71 #3627
John L. Larson
"Twelve Carmine FTPO Test
Coils Reported p. 39"
USSpec 1999
Jan 70 #1
Charles Snee
"Dummy Flag Over Porch
Coil Stamp Used on Cover p.
2"
Linn's 1999
Jun 7 72 #3684
Wayne L. Youngblood
"Dummies, Non-Stamp Stamps
and Other Freaks p. 6"
Stamp Collector
1999 May 24 73 #11
Kenneth A. Pitt
"Special Delivery Test
Covers pp. 66-68"
La Posta 1999
Oct-Nov 30 #5 179
John L. Larson
"29c Eagle Linerless Test
Coil, The pp. 227-231"
US Specialist
2001 May 72 #5
Terry R. Scott
"New Self-Adhesive Test
Coils Found p. 1"
Stamp Collector
2001 Aug 13 75 #17
Terry R. Scott
"Magenta 'For Testing
Purposes Only' Dummy ATM Sheetlet
Discovered p. 133-136"
US Specialist
2001 Mar 72 #3
C. David Eeles
"Sylbe-Pomdorf Test
Envelopes: Dummies with a Special
Purpose pp. 113-116" US
Specialist 2002 Mar 73 #3
John L. Larson
"New Avery-Dennison Red
Mailbox Linerless Test
Coil Discovered pp. 117-118"
US Specialist 2002 Mar 73 #3
Larson, John
L and Terry R. Scott ""For
Testing Purposes Only"
Self Adhesive Dummy Coils with
Serpentine Die-cut Perforations
Discovered" United States
Specialist 2002 Jan
Stamp
printing for this country is
primarily done by: local printers.
D U M M
Y
United States:
BOOKLET, DUMMY
A.G. Boerger
"Bur. of Engr. Prepares
Dummy Booklets"
Stamps (US)
1973 Feb 3
United States:
BOOKLET, DUMMY
A.G. Boerger
"U.S. Dummy Booklets"
Mekeel's 1973
Jun 1
United States:
COIL, TEST
A.G. Boerger
"US Test Coils and Dummy
Booklets"
American Philatelist
1977 Jul 91 #7
United States:
COIL, TEST
A.M. Thatcher
"First United States Coiled
Stamp Affixing Machine Dummy
Advertising Stamp, The p. 151"
Stamps (US)
1944 Jan 29 46
UNITED STATES:
COIL, DUMMY
anon "ATM
Self-Stick Dummy Stamps
Have Large Serpentine Die Cutting
p. 16"
Linn's 1999
Jan 11 71 #3663
UNITED STATES:
BOOKLET, DUMMY
anon "Dummy
Stamp Booklets: Summary of Change"
US Specialist
1998 Nov 69 #11
PRINTER: DE
LA RUE
anon "De
La Rue "Dummy"
Stamp Design"
Essay Proof
Journal 1990 1Q 47 #1 185
United States:
BOOKLET, TEST
anon "New
Dummy ATM Sheetlet Is
Brought to Light p. 3"
Stamp Collector
1998 Jan 12 72 #2
United States:
BOOKLET, TEST
anon "New
Dummy ATM Sheetlet Is
Brought to Light p. 3"
Stamp Collector
1998 Jan 12 72 #2
United States:
BOOKLET, DUMMY
anon "New
U.S. Dummy Booklet Found
p. 1"
Stamp Collector
2000 Jul 17 74 #15
United States:
COIL, TEST
anon "Scroll-Design
Dummy Coil Printed in
Orange p. 16"
Linn's 1998
May 4 71 #3627
United States:
COIL, TEST
anon "Scroll-Design
Dummy Coil Printed in
Orange p. 16"
Linn's 1998
May 4 71 #3627
SWITZERLAND:
CINDERELLA, EMBROIDERY
anon "Swiss
Post Holiday Stamp, Embroidered
Dummy Nov. 21 p. 18"
Stamp Collector
2000 Nov 6 74 #23
United States:
PRECANCELS, TEST
anon "Test
Stamps, Including Precancel
Varieties and Dummy Stamp
Designs"
Philatelic Exhibitor
1996 Jul
United States:
COIL, TEST
Belmont Faries
"Brown Dummy Coil?,
A"
S P A Journal
1980 Dec 43 #4
United States:
CINDERELLA
Belmont Faries
"Dummy Christmas
Stamps"
S P A Journal
1980 Aug 42 #12
UNITED STATES:
COIL, TESTING
Charles Snee
"Dummy Flag Over
Porch Coil Stamp Used on Cover
p. 2"
Linn's 1999
Jun 7 72 #3684
UNITED STATES:
Scott 2915D, DUMMY
Charles Snee
"Flag Labels Taken from
Missouri Wal-Mart p. 8"
Linn's 1999
Nov 15 72 #3707
UNITED STATES:
Scott 2915D, DUMMY
Charles Snee
"Flag over Porch Dummy
Part of Daffy Duck Day; Looks
like Real Self-Stick p. 1, 12"
Linn's 1999
May 3 72 #3679
United States:
BOOKLET, DUMMY
Charles Snee
"New Dummy Booklet
Pictures Daffodils on Cover
p. 8"
Linn's 2001
Apr 23 74 #3782
United States:
BOOKLET, DUMMY
Charles Snee
"New Dummy Booklet
Similar to 25c Jack London p.11"
Linn's 2000
Jul 10 73 #3741
United States:
COIL, TEST, DUMMY
Dan J. Undersander
"Dummy Airmail Stamp:
Scott 42 pp. 483"
USSpec 1997
Nov 68 #11
United States:
COIL, DUMMY
Doug Imans &
John L. Larson "Red Mailbox
Dummy Coil [letters]
pp. 196-197"
US Specialist
2002 May 73 #5
United States:
COIL, TEST
Dr. Robert Rabinowitz
"Firm's 'Dummy'
Coils Draw Hobby Interest"
Stamp Collector
1992 Oct 3 66 #5035
United States:
BOOKLET, DUMMY
Earl K. McAfee
"Appeal for Dummy
Stamp Information, An p. 518"
USSpec 1996
Dec 67 #12
United States:
BOOKLET, TEST
Earl K. McAfee
"Purple Pane Dummy
Booklets, The"
USSpec 1992
Oct 63 #10
United States:
BOOKLET, DUMMY
Earl K. McAfee
"U.S. Dummy Booklets:
A Preliminary Study Group Report"
USSpec 1991
Apr 62 #4 734
SWITZERLAND:
EXPERIMENTAL
Ernest a. Kehr
"Switzerland's Experimental
"Dummy" Stamps,
1935- 36"
Collectors Club
Philatelist 1977 Jul 56 #4
United States:
BOOKLET, DUMMY
Fred Baumann
"BEP Dummy Booklet
with $5 Covers Discovered p.
10"
Stamp Collector
2000 Jul 17 74 #15
United States:
CINDERELLA
Fred Baumann
"Dummy Stamps Were
Featured at World Stamp Expo
p. 18"
Stamp Collector
2000 Jul 31 74 #16
United States:
BOOKLET, DUMMY
George W. Brett
"Test Samples"
Bureau Specialist
1958 Jun 29 #6
United States:
BOOKLET, DUMMY
George W. Brett
"Those Test Samples Again"
Bureau Specialist
1960 Mar 31 #3
United States:
BOOKLET, DUMMY
Herman Herst
Jr "Dummy booklets
of U.S. Stamps"
Western Stamp
Collector 1950 Feb 14
United States:
SC UX, DIE
James H. Bruns
"Schmidt Cameo-Lime "Dummy"
Die, The"
Postal Stationery
1989 May-Jun 31 #3
FRANCE: BOOKLET,
DUMMY
Jean-Luc Trassaert
"Carnets typo pour distributeurs
pp. 72-75"
L'Echo de la
Timbrologie 2001 May 114 #1741
United States:
SC 331
Jerry Nylander
"Overview of Washington-Franklin
Head Artwork, Models, Essays,
Proofs and Dummy Stamps"
USSpec 1990
Mar 61 #3
United States:
BOOKLET, DUMMY
John L. Larson
"New Dummy Booklet
with $1.20 Flag over Supreme
Court Cover Discovered pp. 162-164"
US Specialist
2002 Apr 73 #4
United States:
BOOKLET, TEST
John L. Larson
"New 'For ATM Testing'
Dummy ATM Sheetlet Discovered
p. 21-22"
USSpec 1998
Jan 69 #1
United States:
BOOKLET, TEST
John L. Larson
"New 'For ATM Testing'
Dummy ATM Sheetlet Discovered
p. 21-22"
USSpec 1998
Jan 69 #1
United States:
DUMMY
John L. Larson
"New 'For Testing Purposes
Only' Dummy ATM Sheetlet
Discovered pp. 543-545"
USSpec 1997
Dec 68 #12
United States:
DUMMY
John L. Larson
"New 'For Testing Purposes
Only' Dummy ATM Sheetlet
Discovered pp. 543-545"
USSpec 1997
Dec 68 #12
United States:
BOOKLET, DUMMY
John L. Larson
"New Red-Printed Air Mail
Dummy Booklet Discovered
pp. 567-568"
USSpec 1997
Dec 68 #12
United States:
BOOKLET, DUMMY
John L. Larson
"New Red-Printed Air Mail
Dummy Booklet Discovered
pp. 567-568"
USSpec 1997
Dec 68 #12
UNITED STATES:
COIL, TESTING
John L. Larson
"New Thin Blue Rectangle
Self Adhesive Dummy Coil
Discovered pp. 249-250"
US Specialist
1999 Jun 70 #6
United States:
COIL, TEST
John L. Larson,
Larry S. Weiss & Dan J.
Undersander "Orange 'For
Testing Purposes Only' Dummy
Coils Discovered pp.150-152"
USSpec 1998
Apr 69 #4
United States:
COIL, TEST
John L. Larson,
Larry S. Weiss & Dan J.
Undersander "Orange 'For
Testing Purposes Only' Dummy
Coils Discovered pp.150-152"
USSpec 1998
Apr 69 #4
United States:
COIL, DUMMY
John L. Larson
& Terry R. Scott "'For
Testing Purposes Only' Self-Adhesive
Dummy Coils with Serpentine
Die-cut Perforations Discovered
pp. 20-22"
US Specialist
2002 Jan 73 #1
United States:
BOOKLET, DUMMY
John M. Hotchner
"More Research Needed on
Dummy Booklet"
Linn's 1991
Apr 15 64 #3258
United States:
BOOKLET, DUMMY
Karl K. McAfee
"New Type of Dummy
Booklet p. 333"
USSpec 1995
Aug 66 #8
PRINTER: HELIO
COURVOISIER
Ken Lawrence
"Dummy Shows How
Gravure Is Printed p. 20"
Linn's 2001
Jun 4 74 #3788
United States:
BOOKLET, DUMMY
L.C. Ziegler
"Dummy Booklets
- Vending Machine Experiments"
American Philatelist
1976 Apr 90 #4
United States:
COIL, TEST
Larry Zieler
"Dummy Coils - A
Review and Checklist"
USSpec 1979
Nov 50 #11
United States:
COIL, TEST
Larry Zieler
"Dummy Coils - A
Review and Checklist"
USSpec 1979
Aug 50 #6
United States:
Coil, Dummy, Test, Perforations
Larson, John
L and Terry R. Scott ""For
Testing Purposes Only"
Self Adhesive Dummy Coils
with Serpentine Die-cut Perforations
Discovered"
United States
Specialist 2002 Jan
United States:
COIL, TEST
Lawrence, Ken
"New Dummy Coil
Stamps p. 26"
Linn's 1995
Mar 27 68 #3464
United States:
COIL, VENDING. DUMMY
Lawrence, Ken
"Spotlight Is on Kenneth
Zeigle's Stampmaster Dummy
Stamps and Postal Stationery,
The pp. 20- 21"
Scott Stamp
Monthly 1997 Feb 15 #4
United States:
COIL, DUMMY
Lawrence, Ken
"Spotlight Is on U.S. Dummy
Coils, The p. 69- 71"
Scott Stamp
Monthly 1997 Nov 15 #13
United States:
BOOKLET, DUMMY
Lawrence, Ken
"Spotlight Is on United
States Sheets and Booklet format
Dummy Stamps, The pp.
36- 39\"
Scott Stamp
Monthly 1997 Aug 15 #10
United States:
DUMMY
Lawrence, Ken
"Spotlight Is on United
States Sheets and Booklet format
Dummy Stamps, The pp.
36- 39\"
Scott Stamp
Monthly 1997 Aug 15 #10
United States:
COIL, PLATE NUMBER
Lawrence, Ken
"Stamp Venturers Distibutes
Dummy Coils"
Linn's 1992
Jun 22 65 #3320
United States:
BOOKLET, DUMMY
O.J. Williams
"Blank Double Sample Booklet"
Bureau Specialist
1945 Jun 16 #6
United States:
BOOKLET, DUMMY
O.J. Williams
"Dummy(?) Booklet
Panes, The"
Bureau Specialist
1941 Mar 12 #3
United States:
BOOKLET, DUMMY
O.J. Williams
"Dummy Booklets
Discovered in New York"
Bureau Specialist
1941 Feb 12 #2
United States:
BOOKLET, DUMMY
O.J. Williams
"Dummy Plates"
Bureau Specialist
1941 Jun 12 #6
United States:
BOOKLET, DUMMY
Terry R. Scott
"Dummy Booklets
with Daffodil Front Cover Confirmed
pp. 153-163"
US Specialist
2001 Apr 72 #4
United States:
SELF-ADHESIVE, TESTING, DUMMY
Terry R. Scott
"Magenta 'For Testing Purposes
Only' Dummy ATM Sheetlet
Discovered p. 133-136"
US Specialist
2001 Mar 72 #3
United States:
BOOKLET, DUMMY
Terry R. Scott
"New $5.00 Jack London
Dummy Booklet Confirmed
pp. 274-277"
US Specialist
2000 Jun 71 #8
United States:
COIL, DUMMY
Terry R. Scott
"New Self-Adhesive Test
Coils Found p. 1"
Stamp Collector
2001 Aug 13 75 #17
United States,
Coils
Thatcher, A.M.
"First U.A. Coiled Stamps
Affixing Machine Dummy
Advertising Stamps"
Stamps (US)
1944 Jan 29 p. 151
FRANCE: Postal
Markings, DUMMY
unsigned "Stumme
Ringstempel"
ArGe Frankreich
1990 #180
United States:
BOOKLET, DUMMY
W.R. Kern "1941
Dummy Booklet"
Bureau Specialist
1962 Apr 33 #4
United States:
COIL, DUMMY, SELF-ADHESIVE
Wayne L. Yougblood
"Second Self-Stick U.S.
Test Coil Surfaces in Coil Rolls
of 3,000 p. 1, 28"
Stamp Collector
1996 Dec 16 70 #50
United States:
COIL, TEST
Wayne L. Youngblood
"Dummy Test Coil
Variety Printed on BEP's B Press"
Linn's 1992
Jul 27 65 #3325
American
Bank Note Company
Stanley
B. Ashbrook "American
Bank Note Company
of New York"
American
Philatelist 1936
49 #10
W.A.
Courtney "American
Bank Note Co."
Collectors
Club Bulletin 1938
Nov #9
Edwin
C. Kettenbrink Jr
"American Bank
Note Co. Specimen
[illus] p 78"
State
Revenue Newsletter
1972 Sep 12 #5 102
Faries,
Belmont "American
Bank Note Gets 4-Stamp
U.S. Contract"
S.P.A.
Journal 1978 - 1979
41
anon
"Packing Labels
of the American
Bank Note Company"
UNSU
Philatelic Review
1979 Oct-Dec #17B
Robert
Obojski ""A
Visit to the American
Bank Note Company""
Stamp
Show News 1979 Jun
4 #47
anon
"Market Absorbs
Banknote Archives
With Ease"
Mekeel's
1990 Oct 12 167
#15
John
Dunn "Christie's
to Offer Entire
American Bank Note
Archives"
Mekeel's
1990 Apr 13 166
#15
George
T. Guzzio "Archives
Gone Forever"
The
Interleaf 1990 Sep
8 #3 33
Barbara
R. Mueller "How
International/American
Bank Note Companies
Were Merged into
U.S. Banknote Company"
Essay
Proof Journal 1990
2Q 47 #2 186
anon
"Status of
the ABNCo. Archive
Sales as of Jan.
1, 1991: Sales Already
Held"
Essay
Proof Journal 1990
4Q 47 #4 188
Barbara
R. Mueller "Impending
Sale of the American
Bank Note Co. Archival
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