The Minkus catalogue was a comprehensive of
American and worldwide
postage stamps, edited by George A Tlamsa and published by
Krause Publications
Krause Publications is an American publisher of hobby magazines and books. Originally a company founded and based in Iola, Wisconsin, they relocated to Stevens Point, Wisconsin, in April 2018.
The company was started by Chester L. Krause (19232 ...
. In the United States Minkus competed with the
Scott catalogue
The Scott catalogue of postage stamps, published by Scott Publishing Company, now a subsidiary of Amos Media, is updated annually and lists all the stamps of the world that its editors recognize as issued for postal purposes. It is published in f ...
as a distant second. Generally sold through department store stamp collecting departments, it had its own system of numbering stamps which was used in its catalogues and stamp albums; Scott's numbering system is proprietary. The Minkus catalogue and numbering system was acquired by
Amos Press in 2004 and no further editions were published. The last US catalog was the ''2004 Krause-Minkus Standard Catalog of U.S. Stamps''.
The Minkus catalogues had more extensive information about the subjects of stamps, a short paragraph about the subject portrayed on the stamp, than the Scott catalogue, which has only a name or brief sentence.
As late as 1974 a two-volume hardbound ''Minkus New World-Wide Postage Stamp Catalog'' was published, Volume 1 covering the United States and the British Commonwealth ran to 2004 pages in 1974, Volume 2, covering Europe and the rest of the world was slightly smaller, running to 1292 pages in 1973. A series of specialized paperbound catalogues such as the ''Krause-Minkus Standard Catalog of Canadian & United Nations Stamps'', ''Krause-Minkus Standard Catalog of Australia Stamps: 2001 : Listings 1948-1999'' (Global Stamp Series), and the ''Krause-Minkus Standard Catalog of Israel Stamps 2001 Edition, Listings 1948-1999 A fully illustrated collector's catalog for the postage stamps of Israel'' were published at least until 2001.
Minkus albums included the multi-volume Supreme or Master Global Stamp Album, a comprehensive worldwide album; country albums; and albums for American collectors; supplements were published until at least 2003 and are available on the after-market, e.g. eBay.
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See also
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Jacques Minkus
Jacques Minkus (December 15, 1901 – September 17, 1996), of New York City, emigrated to the United States in 1929 and established stamp counters for postage stamp collectors at numerous department stores in the United States.
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List of stamp catalogues
This article is an incomplete list of stamp catalogs.
* AFA specialkatalog: Danmark, Færøerne, Grønland, Dansk Vestindien og Slesvig (Denmark)
* Afinsa (Portugal)
* Anfils (Spain)
* Australasian stamp catalogue (Australia)
* Austria Netto K ...
References
External links
Is the Minkus Supreme the "Goldilocks" Album for WW Classical Collectors?Friday, April 10, 2015.
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Stamp catalogs