John Walter Scott
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John Walter Scott of New York City, was originally from England, but he emigrated to the United States to take part in the California Gold Rush. Unsuccessful at the prospecting trade, Scott began to s
Scott in 1877
Portrait of Scott used on a label produced for his stamp album of 1869
Scott's own Pemberton stamp catalog containing his hand written notations
Scott Biography by Chittenden
Scott catalogue
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The Scott catalogue of postage stamps, published by Scott Stamp LLC, is updated annually and lists all the stamps of the world that its editors recognize as issued for postal purposes. It is published
John Walter Scott
…multi-paged postage stamp catalog, A Descriptive Catalogue of America and Foreign Postage Stamps, Issued from 1840 to Date. In a short period of time, his Scott catalog became the leading stamp catalog in the United States. In 1885, he sold the rights to his business to the Calman brothers who renamed it the Scott Stamp…
Cover of the first Scott catalog, 1868
A small excerpt from 1910s Bolivia; each stamp includes the Scott number, design, denomination, color, unused and used prices, and additional annotations as needed. As the "1917" appearing before "1913" suggests, related stamps are sometimes grouped logically rather than numbered strictly chronologically.
Scott Stamp & Coin Company, 1893
Covers of the 2002 edition featured art on stamps