FROM 1944
The definitive book on this subject is "A Postal History/Cancellation Study of the U.S. Pacific Islands" by Robert T. Murphy published by the American Philatelic Society in 1984.
Articles appear from time to time in "Pacifica" the Journal of the Pacific Islands Study Circle.
To see the Study Circle web page please click here:- http://www.pisc.org.uk
The only recent substantial article published elsewhere I have been able to trace was "A Postal History Study of the Marshall Islands, Micronesia & Palau" by Terence Hines published in the January 2000 edition of "American Philatelist" the journal of the American Philatelic Society.
To see the web site of the American Philatelic Society please click here:- http://www.stamps.org/
A web site by Professor Dirk H.R. Spenneman covering aspects of Marshall Islands Postal History, mostly during the German period, can be found at http://marshall.csu.edu.au/
This site also covers Wake Island Clipper Mail and the Pan Am Flying Boat Service during the 1930's.
"The U.S. Pacific Islands Bulletin" is published three or four times each year. With the help of readers it attempts to list all postal markings used in the Caroline, Mariana & Marshall islands since 1984, when Robert T. Murphy's book was published, and to detail any new discoveries for earlier periods. The Bulletin also covers the recent postal history of American Samoa, Guam, Midway Island, Wake Island and Johnston Island as well as the postmarks of the U.S. Coast Guard LORAN Stations on some smaller Japanese and U.S. Pacific islands. Each "Bulletin" consists of four to six A4 sized pages and copies are sent by post to anyone who makes a contribution to cover the cost of postage and copying. Currently the contribution is 65p per issue in the U.K. and US$1.75, £0.90 or €1.50 per issue by surface mail worldwide..
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Most Back Issues of the U.S. Pacific Islands Bulletin can be seen at :-
www. jrsportfolio.com/phila/index.htm
For Historical Photographs of the Caroline, Mariana & Marshall Islands go to http://www.micsem.org/photos.htm
Dealers known to carry material from the U.S. Pacific area include Steven Zirinsky - Steven has extensive stocks of modern material as well as a range of older material - contact Szirinsky@cs.com
The Index site also often carries material from the U.S. Pacific - particularly from the 1940's and earlier - see http://www.mayoph.com/
The Pacific Philatelics site carries material from the U.S. Pacific as well as from the pre-WW2 Japanese Administration of the Marshall, Mariana & Caroline Islands - see http://www.pacphil.com/index
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