The following is a current (as of January 2014) list of the digital items that are available free to MEPSI members - as downloadable files if you have broadband access, or for a nominal fee if you require the files on a CD. A copy of the (free, downloadable) Adobe PDF Reader will be required to read these files. (MB = megabytes)
(NEW) "' '68 Hidalgo Issue 1868-1872"-Larranaga (52MB)
(NEW) "Evans' List of Offices in Mexico (28MB)
(NEW) "Resena Historica y Estadistica de los Ferrocarriles"-1907 (31MB)
(NEW) "Lineas de Communicacion"-1877 (with 1874 Carta Postale appended) (Spanish) (22MB)
(NEW) "Provisional Stamps of Campeche"-Aguirre (French)-1914 (42MB)
(NEW) "The War Stamps of Mexico"-GW Linn-1917 (25MB) (With thanks to members Mota and Ford)
"Some Notes on the Most Remarkable Postage Stamp Ever Issued" - the Campeche book (30 MB)
"The Eagle & Maximillian Stamps of Mexico" - Chapman - 1912 (40 MB)
"Exhibit - Local Overprints of Mexico 1914-16" - Follansbee - 2010 (40 MB)
"de Smeth-Fayolle Translation - 1st Chapter" (1 MB) Published in Mexicana but separately available as an accomodation to the membership.
"Mexico issue of 1874-1883" - Chittenden - 1918 (5 MB)
"Tittmann Specialized Collection of Sonora, Mexico" - Finding Guide - Smithsonian National Postal Museum (1 MB)
Mexico Revenue Articles - From APLR holdings (75 MB) A compendium of articles apparently the result of a request to the APRL for information concerning Mexico revenues.
"Stamps of Mexico 1856 to 1872" - Phillips - 1917 (7 MB)
"de Smeth - Fayolle Conversations 1933-1939" (50 MB) Correspondence between the authors, translated by John Heath in 1998
"Maximillian in Mexico - The Story of the French Intervention (1861-1867)" by Percy Martin - 1914
"Nicholas Follansbee Auctions". 24 auctions from March 1989 to October 2013, in searchable PDF format, with PRs. (Folder, 26 files, 1.3 GB)
If you have broadband internet access, for a link(s) to download the above files, email your request to:
library@mepsi.org Please include your name, MEPSI membership number (if you know it), and the file you are requesting.
If you do not have broadband internet access, and only have dial-up access, then the above files, on a CD, may be requested by regular mail from:
Tad Mackie, MEPSI Librarian
55 Logan Circle
Strasburg, VA 22657-5266
There is a nominal charge of $5.00 per CD to cover the cost of the CD and postage. Make your check (in US dollars, please) out to: Mexico Elmhurst Philatelic Society.
If a US dollar check is not possible, or if you have any questions, please email me and we will work something out.
