The H.R. Harmer firm will auction off the vast inventory of one of the world's largest "stamp approval" companies at their "Collections of the World" Public Auction in Bethel, Conn., on June 5-7, 2008.
The Tatham Stamp and Coin Company of Springfield, Mass., housed in a 4,000 square foot building constructed just for them, served tens of thousands of young people and beginning adult stamp collectors for over 50 years beginning in the 1930s. Their inventory was not only devoted to the inexpensive stamps favored by the novice, but also more advanced material which Tatham sold as their customers advanced to higher stages of collecting.
For instance, part of the inventory to be sold at auction, are the plates for the reprints of the stamps of the Confederate States of America, both valuable and quite historic.
For more information, contact Harmer at www.hrharmer.com.

Included in Tatham's approval selection were little folders
like this which helped instruct people about stamps.