Julius Murray Bartels (1872–1944), of New York City

New York City

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, was a dealer and auctioneer of rare postage stamp

Postage stamp

A postage stamp is a small piece of paper that is purchased and displayed on an item of mail as evidence of payment of postage. Typically, stamps are made from special paper, with a national designation and denomination on the face, and a gum adhesive on the reverse side...

s. He was also well known for his knowledge of United States postal stationery

Postal stationery

A piece of postal stationery is a stationery item, such as a stamped envelope, letter sheet, postal card, lettercard, aerogram or wrapper, with an imprinted stamp or inscription indicating that a specific rate of postage or related service has been prepaid...

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Collecting interests

Bartels was primarily interested in United States postal stationery and became an expert on the subject. He published the result of his studies in J.M. Bartels and Co.'s Catalogue and Reference List of the Stamped Envelopes, Wrappers and Letter Sheets in 1897, and several editions of Envelopes of the United States, from 1910 to 1938. In 1943 he published a two volume set on stamped envelope

Stamped envelope

A stamped envelope or postal stationery envelope is an envelope with a printed or embossed indicium indicating the prepayment of postage. It is a form of postal stationery.-Use in the United States:In August 1852 an act of the U.S...

s and wrappers

Wrapper (philately)

In philately a wrapper is a form of postal stationery which pays the cost of the delivery of a newspaper or a periodical. The wrapper is a sheet of paper, large enough to wrap around a folded or rolled newspaper and with an imprinted stamp to pay the cost of postage...

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Bartels also published philatelic literature

Philatelic literature

Philatelic literature is written material relating to philately, primarily information about postage stamps and postal history- Background to philatelic literature :...

 on other philatelic subjects, such as, The Postage Stamps of the Philippines (co-authored with F. A. Foster and F. L. Palmer, in 1904), Bartel's Checklist of Canal Zone Stamps, in 1906 and 1908, and United States Virgin Islands (co-authored with Bertram William Henry Poole

Bertram William Henry Poole

Bertram William Henry Poole , of Los Angeles, California, was a student of philately, and wrote numerous monographs on various aspects of the hobby...

) in 1917.

Philatelic activity

Bartels conducted 337 philatelic auctions. Among his most important sales were portions of the significant portions of the Clarence Eagle and Arthur Hind prize-winning collections

Legacy

Prescott Holden Thorp

Prescott Holden Thorp

Prescott Holden Thorp , of New Jersey, was a stamp dealer who was a recognized world famous expert on stamped envelopes of the United States.-Philatelic literature:...

 continued Bartels work with his publishing of “Thorp-Bartels” catalog editions.

See also

• Philately
  Philately
  Philately is the study of stamps and postal history and other related items. Philately involves more than just stamp collecting, which does not necessarily involve the study of stamps. It is possible to be a philatelist without owning any stamps...
  
  
• Philatelic literature
  Philatelic literature
  Philatelic literature is written material relating to philately, primarily information about postage stamps and postal history- Background to philatelic literature :...
  
  
• Julius (John) Murray Bartels