Book details:

• 200 pages, hard bound, full color
• Includes tracing of all reported postal markings in the period as well as images of free mail cachets
• Chapter on Interior mails with many of the most stunning covers illustrated
• Chapter on Exterior mails, including combination covers, all illustrated and analyzed in detail
• Census lists all the exterior covers in the Mayer collection
• Includes overview of the various mail routes
• A summary of 1863 stamp issue
• Post Offices of Costa Rica

The Mayer collection has been termed the "finest collection of a single United States stamp ever formed." Book details:

• Release date July 15, 2005
• 176 pages, hard bound, full color
• Information on stamp die and plate production
• The issued stamp, distribution and varieties
• Domestic mails
• Overview of foreign mail service of the era
• Mails to France with detailed chart of "Three Months Period" and illustrations of postmarks
• Other known foreign destinations covered in depth and illustrated with examples from the Mayer collection

Book details:

• 256 pages, hard bound, full color
• Postal markings and postal history of the U.S. offices in Shanghai, Yokohama, Hiogo, Nagasaki, and Hakodate
• History of the PMSS and the San Francisco markings applied to mail received from the steamers
• Sailing date information for Pacific Mail Co. Steamers, trans-Pacific and branch-line
• Overview of mail services to China and Japan before 1867

The "William H. Gross Collection - United States Classics, 1847–1869" is an extraordinarily high quality publication that faithfully and exquisitely reproduces the most comprehensive and most valuable classic United States stamp collection in private hands.  This 136-page book depicts in full color the entire eight frame exhibit "United States Classics, 1847–1869" formed by the renowned philatelist, William H. Gross, which was awarded one of philately's most prestigious exhibiting awards—the Grand Prix National at the Washington 2006 International Stamp Show. Depicted and described within this impressive coffee-table style book, which was produced by Spink Shreves Galleries, are literally many of the most recognizable—and valuable—iconic rarities of classic United States philately.  The book is beautifully hard bound with bronze foil stamping, and is perfectly protected by a tear-resistant dust jacket.  The full color reproductions within the interior pages are incredibly detailed, as well as printed by the finest quality color presses available today—and all on archival quality paper. This spectacular new publication will be invaluable to all collectors—whether a novice or an experienced philatelist. There is no doubt it will take a prominent place in any philatelic library. Book details:

• 136 pages, full color
• Hard bound with bronze foil stamping
• Tear-resistant dust jacket
• Printed on archival quality paper
• All proceeds from the sale of the book will be donated to the Collectors Club