Scott catalog

John Walter Scott 1845-1919

This is what the first Scott catalog looked like in 1868.

The Scott catalog for stamps issued by Scott Publishing Co, a subsidiary of Amos Press . It is an American stamp catalog and one of the few stamp catalogs that has worldwide coverage. It is updated annually and consists of six volumes (as of 2007). There is also a CD edition. The stamp numbering system for this is the most widely used in the United States .

The first Scott catalog was a 21-page brochure . It was published in 1868 by John Walter Scott , an early stamp dealer in New York, and claimed to list all the stamps in the world, each with a price. This original original catalog was later reprinted.

In addition to the multi-volume catalog with worldwide coverage, there is also a Scott catalog specializing in the USA with the title “United States Stamps Specialized Catalog”; this first appeared in 1922 .

literature

• Wolfgang Maassen: Philately and Associations in the 19th Century , Publisher: Phil Creativ, Schwalmtal 2006, ISBN 978-3-932198-69-4 , p. 207

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Jim Pettway: John W. Scott and the Evolution of the Scott Catalog (PDF; 301 kB), accessed September 8, 2010