L.A. Doggett postage stamp collection, 1840-1953 (bulk 1840-1883).

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L.A. Doggett postage stamp collection, 1840-1953 (bulk 1840-1883).

The collection contains four volumes of ca. 5,000 international postage stamps that L.A. Doggett collected over a period of many years. The collection was originally planned to cover 1840-1870 but continued into the 1880s. Stamps included since the 1880s document countries' centennials. Characterized by the collector as mostly of "poor" condition, the early stamps are frequently in duplicate, exhibiting their various cancellations, watermarks, color shades, and perforations.

.45 cubic ft.

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Doggett, Leonard Allison, 1888-1975

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Leonard Allison Doggett was a professor of electrical engineering at Pennsylvania State College. From the description of Travel scrapbooks [microform] 1953 and 1956. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 318391002 From the description of L.A. Doggett postage stamp collection, 1840-1953 (bulk 1840-1883). (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 52434223 From the description of Scrapbook concerning post-war naval educatio...