Container Inventory

  • Album 1 – 53 pages with one stamp, a Foreword, an Introductory Explanation of each subject and a List of Contents of the remaining 25 volumes
  • Album 2 – 54 pages of The World Minutely Mapped – different types of projections, the oceans, the Western Hemisphere and North and Central America
 
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A page from The World Minutely Mapped - An Atlas on Postal Paper

The pages of the first four albums of this collection are actually Walter Klinefelter’s 1952 book The World Minutely Mapped - An Atlas on Postal Paper which has maps by various hands and text reproduced by Bryon Weston Company of Dalton Massachusetts. To assure its uniqueness, the printing of the albums was limited to a single copy. Contributing further to its uniqueness and value, Mr. Lee mounted the appropriate stamps in mint condition on each page.

 
  • Album 3 – 51 pages of The World Minutely Mapped – South America, Antarctica and the Caribbean Islands
  • Album 4 – 55 pages of The World Minutely Mapped – the Eastern Hemisphere, Europe, the U.S.S.R. and Eastern Asia
  • Album 5 – 56 pages of The World Minutely
 
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Flemish Cartographer Gerardus Mercator
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Europe Sectional Map and Compass Rose
 
  • Album 6 – 39 pages of The Elements of a Map – map projections, grids, scale, relief, compass roses and symbols
 
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Portolanos were charts made by and for seamen during the Middle Ages using rhumb lines.
 
  • Album 7 - 67 pages of Geographical Areas - the World, Asia, Americas, Africa, Europe, Polar Regions and Water Areas
  • Album 8 - 59 pages of Nations - countries listed alphabetically starting with Afars and Issas to Ethiopia
  • Album 9 - 60 pages of Nations - countries listed alphabetically from Finland to Romania
  • Album 10 - 44 pages of Nations - countries listed alphabetically from Russia to Zambia and 21 pages of Islands and Archipelagos listed alphabetically from Aegean Islands to British Virgin Islands
  • Album 11 - 62 pages of Islands and Archipelagos - alphabetically from Castellorizo to Martinique
 
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Tonga
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Falkland Islands
 
  • Album 12 – 61 pages of Islands and Archipelagos – alphabetically from Mauritius to Zanzibar
  • Album 13 – 31 pages of the Genesis of the United States – including Jamestown, Louisiana Purchase and various states, and 29 pages of Routes – including tunnels, flight routes, highways and shipping lanes listed
 
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U.S.S.R. – The Moscow-Volga Canal
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Turkey – The Dardanelles
 
  • Album 14 – 59 pages of Routes – including flight routes, power line routes, military routes, caravan routes and shipping lanes listed alphabetically by country from Ecuador to Monaco
  • Album 15 – 61 pages of Routes – including flight routes, power line routes, military routes, caravan routes and shipping lanes listed alphabetically by country from Monaco to Zambia
  • Album 16 – 59 pages of Ancient Maps and Plans – as drawn by English, Spanish and Portuguese explorers listed alphabetically by country from Aitutaki to Luxembourg
 
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China – Ichang Foreign Settlements
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Australia Overprint
 
  • Album 17 - 60 pages of Ancient Maps and Plans - as drawn by English, Spanish and Portuguese explorers listed alphabetically by country from Mozambique to Zaragoza
  • Album 18 - 59 pages of Miscellanea - Graf Zeppelin’s map stamps, weather map stamps, overprints, surcharges and battle maps
  • Album 19 - 55 pages of Errors and Varieties - listed alphabetically by country from Argentina to the United States
  • Album 20 - 41 pages of Political and Territorial Disputes - listed alphabetically by country from British and Argentine Claims to the Vietnamese Civil War and 25 pages of Souvenir Sheets - listed alphabetically by country from Anguilla to the Dominican Republic
  • Album 21 - 63 pages of Souvenir Sheets - listed alphabetically by country from Egypt to Zambia
  • Album 22 - 66 pages of Unusual Stamps- stylized designs and stamps that require more than one stamp to project a map, listed alphabetically from Austria to the United Arab Republic
  • Album 23 - 53 pages of Omnibus Issues - stamps issued identically or similarly designed stamps by several countries commemorating some occasions of mutual interest including UPU issues, Commissions, Banks, Tourism
  • Album 24 - 56 pages of Marginal Map Stamps - maps of inferior design as categorized by Mr. Lee
  • Album 25 - 68 pages of Collateral Material - Essays listed alphabetically by country from Algeria to Viet Nam; Locals from Biafra to Shuna; Semi-Officials from Anti-Bolshevik Corps to London
  • Album 26 - 75 pages of Collateral Material - Revenues listed alphabetically by country and type from Argentina to World Telecommunication Conferences; Labels from Aosta to Wayzata; Phantasies from Clipperton Island to Vichy France