The Stamp Specialist is the title of a series of books on philatelic research written and edited for the advanced collector of postage stamps.

Publisher

The books were published by H. L. Lindquist, 2 West 46 Street, New York City.

Format

Twenty books were issued between 1939 and 1948. Early books were paper bound, but the majority was hard-bound and each later book was usually popularly identified by the color of its hard cover.

Content

Each book contains six or more studies of research by eminent philatelic experts, each related to a particular detailed philatelic subject. Article title and authors of the articles:

Volume 1, part 1 (1939)

Volume 1, part 2 (1939)

Volume 1, Part 3 (1940)

Number 4 (1940)

• "SUPPLEMENT TO THE STAMP SPECIALIST Number 4 (1940) - A glassine packet of nine enclosed paper samples to be mounted with stamp hinges or pasted, in the spaces allocated to them on the pages. The spaces for the paper samples to be mounted are within the article, " Paper. A Non-technical History and Description of the More Common Types as used in Philately - James H. Obrig

Orange (1941)

Blue (1941)

Yellow (1942)

Red (1942)

Green (1943)

Brown (1943)

Gray (1943)

Maroon (1944)

White (1944)

Black (1945)

Coral (1945)

Emerald (1946)

India (1946)

Mahogany (1947)

Chartreuse (1948)

Forest Green (1948)