Stamp Collections

Webster Knight Collection - OPEN BY APPOINTMENT
W. L. L. Peltz Collection - CLOSED
Irene Heneghan Stamp Collection - CLOSED
George S. Champlin Memorial Stamp Collection - CLOSED
United States First Day Covers - CLOSED
Robert T. Galkin Collection - CLOSED

In 1933 Colonel Webster Knight, Class of 1876, bequeathed an almost complete collection of mint United States postage stamps, in blocks of four, along with mint and used singles and blocks of revenue stamps plus an endowment for supporting the collection. The Knight Collection served as a magnet to attract the Peltz and Morriss Collections of Special Delivery stamps, in 1947 and 1960, as well as the George S. Champlin Memorial Stamp Collection of international issues, which began arriving in 1960. The Robert T. Galkin Collection of First Day Covers was presented to the Library in 1976. The Irene Heneghan Stamp Collection, given in 2002, includes 93 mounted stamp albums and several hundred early 20th century U.S. postcards with cancelled one-cent stamps.

Format(s): Museum Objects
Library: John Hay

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Access to the collection:

Online Catalog (BruKnow):
Individual records for most printed materials available on BruKnow

Other Online Access:
Digital Collection: Image: United States First Day Cover