Books and Philatelic Literature by Frajola

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The Large Dragon Postage Stamps of the Shanghai Local Post Office,
a Catalog of the 1865 Provisional Issues

by Richard Frajola and Syndey Cline

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The intent of this presentation is to make available to a wider audience the information and images needed to correctly identify the 78+ printings of the Large Dragon Provisionals of the Shanghai Local Post Office in 1865.

Free online presentation and catalog with valuation guide, postal history and fakes and forgeries sections.

The complete book in a single PDF file is here.


The Postage Stamps of Nepal
A Catalog of the Classic Issues, 1881 - 1930

by Richard Frajola and Dr. Frank Vignola

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Free online presentation and catalog with valuation guide, postal history and fakes and forgeries sections.

The complete book in a single PDF file is here.

 

Mails of the Westward Expansion, 1803 to 1861 by Walske and Frajola

2016 Update: At the New York 2016 International Stamp Show Steve Walske and I were honored to be awarded the Crawford Medal by the Royal Philatelic Society of London for the most valuable and original contribution to the study and knowledge of philately published in book form during the year.

The complete book in a single PDF file is here.

Expanded sailing trip data will be added that did not appear in the print version of the book. June 2015 update - westbound via Panama data (1852-1859) added now. See page here for link to free download.


The Pony Express, A Postal History by Frajola, Kramer and Walske

published 2005 by the Philatelic Foundation

The complete book in a single PDF file is here.

The census section of the book has been updated with new images where possible, reclassifications and additions. See web version of updated census table of links here


The Postal History of Costa Rica to 1883 by Frajola and Mayer

published 2006 by The Collectors Club

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The U. S. Post Offices in China and Japan, 1867 to 1874 by Frajola, Perlman, Scamp
 

published 2006 by The Collectors Club

The complete book in a single PDF file is here.


The United States Five Cent Stamp of 1856 by Frajola and Mayer

published 2005 by The Collectors Club
 

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The Postage Stamps of Siam to 1940, A Descriptive Catalog by Frajola
 

published 1980 by Postilion Publications
 

The complete book in a single PDF file is here.


Catalogs by Frajola
 


60+ Frajola Catalogs
(PDFs)
 

(58 auction catalogs and 4 net price sales), sales include material from the collections of Ambassador J. William Middendorf III, Marc Haas, Amos Eno, Stephen Albert, Oscar Salzer, Thomas Alexander, et al. Notable finds include the Crittenden find of Pony Express covers and the Chase correspondence of Waterbury, Connecticut fancy cancels.


Annotated
summary listing of the 58 Richard Frajola, Inc. auction catalogs and four net price catalogs (some with searchable PDF files), 1981/1995, page of links is here. For additional catalogs see page here.


Richard Frajola (June 2023)