NNP ADDS THE GRANITE STATE PHILATELIST

 

Courtesy of Neal Musante, a number of issues of the The Granite State Philatelist have been added to Newman Portal. Although primarily philatelic, the masthead proclaimed a devotion to Stamps, Coins and Curiosities. In addition to covering stamps, the publisher John H. Hubbard issued a numismatic prices paid for list and solicited rare coins from the public. Hubbard further carried numismatic auction announcements and reported sale results.

Produced in Laconia, NH, Hubbard notes in the September 1883 issue that the coin dealer Lyman Low of New York would accept subscriptions to the The Granite State Philatelist at his 838 Broadway storefront. This suggests some cooperative relationship between Low and Hubbard, who Low probably did not perceive as much of a competitive threat. W. F. Greaney, a San Francisco dealer, advertised with Hubbard, which was perhaps the cheapest way of promoting a west coast numismatic enterprise on the eastern seaboard.

The publication was short lived; Remy Bourne's American Numismatic Periodicals 1860-1960 notes 26 issues in 3 volumes, 1882-1884.

Image: A listing of philatelic frauds is offered in the September 1883 The Granite State Philatelist

Link to the The Granite State Philatelist:
https://archive.org/details/newmannumismatic?query=granite+state+philatelist&sort=-publicdate

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