Veterans Day seems like an appropriate occasion to acknowledge the ongoing contributions to the knowledge of military postal history by the Military Postal History Society. According to the Society’s website, the organization was originally called the War Cover Club and the emphasis was on the postal history of World War I. That emphasis has greatly expanded and now includes any interest in the mail sent to and from soldiers, sailors, and airmen in any military conflict. One of my interests in collecting library related mail which I call postal librariana is the role of the American Library Association during World War I. The publications of the Military Postal History Society and its predecessor the War Cover Club have been very helpful in my research in this area. Currently available publications of the Society are listed on their website. The Society’s website includes an online index to the Military Postal History Bulletin and its predecessors. Copies of articles in previous Bulletins are available for a price from the Society. The American Philatelic Research Library and other philatelic libraries also have copies of their publications and Bulletins.
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Philatelic Literature & Research
Companion blog to the Philatelic Literature Review, quarterly journal of the American Philatelic Research Library.