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Headline Story/April 3, 2006
Z Grill about to
make a big appearance!
The renowned
one-cent Z Grill of the U.S. 1861 issue of stamps. The most highly
prized of America's stamps---only two copies are known to exist.
News from the National Postal Museum in Washington, D.C.---
The rarest of all U.S. stamps, known as the One-Cent Z-Grill, along with
other material from The New York Public Library's legendary Miller
Collection, will soon go on exhibit for the first time in thirty years at
the Smithsonian National Postal Museum. To mark the occasion, the
collection will also be the subject of a new book, Rarity Revealed: The
Benjamin K. Miller Stamp Collection.
Esteemed philatelic researcher Scott R. Trepel covers the anthology adding
scholarship and characteristic insight to the famed collection. Twenty
narrative chapters tell the story of Miller and his collection, early
20th-century stamp collecting, and the history of U.S. postage stamps. He
includes an Appendix listing items that have not yet been recovered from a
theft in 1977 to help philatelists locate stamps still missing from the
collection.
Author Scott R. Trepel is a member of the Smithsonian National Postal
Museum’s Council of Philatelists and president of Robert A. Siegel Auction
Galleries in New York City. He has written numerous works including
auction Catalogues that have become standard philatelic reference works,
The City Despatch Post 1842-1852 Issues: A Study of America’s First and
Most Versatile Stamp-producing Plate and Wells, Fargo & Company 1861 Pony
Express Issues.
Illustrated by nearly 400 color images from the collection, general
interest and avid collectors alike are sure to enjoy this enlightening
150+ page account. This handsome volume is 8 ˝” x 11” format printed on
glossy paper and available in both soft cover and hardbound. Contributing
authors include noted philatelic writer, researcher and exhibitor, Ken
Lawrence.
Books will be published and shipped around the middle of May, 2006. You
may order a copy of this unusual book by going to the National Postal
Museum's website. |
