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Publications of the Ships on Stamps Unit

• The Unit has had an active policy of publishing data and information about watercraft appearing on stamps. A short history of our publishing efforts has been compiled. As may be expected, the major source of information provided by the Unit for its members is our bi-monthly publication, Watercraft Philately.
  
  All publications mentioned below can be ordered using the order blank here.
  
  

  Launching Your Ships On Stamps Collection

  This 16-page  publication is meant for the person who wants to know more about starting a ships on stamps collection. Each chapter showcases one of several types of ships found on stamps, collectible philatelic materials, catalogs, albums and other tools of the trade and a short section on the nomenclature of the sea.
  
  

  Short Biographies of Ships On Stamps. (Names A-D)

  This CD contains a short history of named ships that appear on stamps. An image is also included for many of these stamps. In addition, an index to all volumes of Watercraft Philately is included as well as other ship images and a small bibliography of books about ships.  Either an Apple or Windows operating system with an internet browser and Adobe Acrobat Reader is required. 
  
  

  Watercraft Philately on CD-ROM. (Volumes 1-53)

  This CD contains copies of  these issues in Adobe pdf format. In addition, the Launching your Ships on Stamps Collection  publication is also included as is an up-to-date index of named ships in these issues. Some additional files containing stamp images are also included.
  Either an Apple or Windows operating system with an internet browser  and Adobe Acrobat Reader are required
  
  Ship Stamp Images on DVD. 2 DVDs
  
  Volume 1(June 2009) contains over 10,000 stamp images while Volume 2 (June 2010) has over 4,000 images. They are in alphabetical folders by country. The stamp name is of the format country_Scott#_year of issue_ship name if  available. Hints on how to use Apple iPhoto or Windows Photo Gallery are included.
  
  

  Ship Stamp Discussion List Messages on CD-ROM. (31 August 2011)
  

  This CD contains all the messages taken from the Yahoo! Group Discussion List from April 2005 to August 2011. There are a total of 4,986 messages, I have attempted to remove any spam or blank messages. No other editing was done.  Various formats are included so that these can be imported into your e-mail program (Apple or Microsoft )  or text editors or word processing programs.
   
  

  Roster of Unit Members

  Available to members only in either paper copy or via e-mail
     
  

  Watercraft on Stamps, ATA Handbook 117

  This 170-page handbook  lists ships on stamps through the 1990 Scott’s catalog. The Unit is able to offer this handbook
  to members only for the cost of postage and handling. This is a bargain but you should remember that the handbook
  goes only through 1990
  
  

  Watercraft on Stamps, ATA Handbook 156 (**** OUT-OF-PRINT, NOVEMBER 2009 ****)
  

  This 315-page handbook lists ships on stamps through the 1999 Scott’s catalog. It also contains four supplements about
  ships that are illustrated using ships on stamps and exhibit pages showing the development of ships as shown on stamps.
  For more information please see the Unit web page at http://www.shipsonstamps.org/Pub/Handbook156.pdf or you can order directly from the American Topical Association at http://americantopicalassn.org/handbooks.htm
  
  

  Compilation of New Issue Listings from Watercraft Philately Vol. 44-55
  

  This is a compilation of all the New Issue columns that have appeared in Watercraft Philately from Volume 44 through 53. This should cover the period from the end of Handbook 156 to the middle of 2009. No editing has been done to this except to
  format the listings by country. Many of these entries include catalog numbers and almost all include the date of issue. This is available in  paper, pdf or  CD-ROM formats.
  
  All publications mentioned above can be ordered using the order blank here.