Prepared by Thomas Lera, Winton M. Blount Research Chair, The Council of Philatelists Research Committee, Michael Rogers and H. James Maxwell.
This finding aid was prepared with the assistance of the Council of Philatelists Research Committee members Chair Roger Brody, John Hotchner, Robert Odenweller, Robert Rose, Herbert Trenchard, Alan Warren, Richard Winter, NPM Database Administrator Kate Diggle, and Museum Specialist James O’Donnell, Preservation Technician Manda Kowalczyk, and Museum Technician Rebecca Johnson. Special thanks go to Michael Rogers of the International Society for Japanese Philately and H. James Maxwell of the The China Stamp Society, Inc. for their assistance in helping the Committee identify the unique items described above.
For information about the International Society of Japanese Philately see their website: www.isjp.org
Images are from the A. M. Tracey Woodward Specialized Collection of Japan donated by L.W. Christenson at the Smithsonian National Postal Museum.
