Selected Michigan Bibliography

Ball, George J., The Toledo Strip, Ohio Postal History Society, 1984.

Ball, George J., The Toledo Strip, 2020 Update by Cary E. Johnson & David H. Plunkett, 

Cole, Maurice F., Michigan Postal Markings, Edwards Press, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1955.

Cole, Maurice F., Voices From The Wilderness, Edwards Brothers, Inc., Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1961.

Ellis, David M., Postal Markings of Michigan, Period I-V, 1803-1963, Three Volumes, self-published notebooks, 2005-2007.

Ellis, David M., Postal Markings of Michigan, Machine Cancellations, self-published notebook, 2008.

Ellis, David M., Michigan Postal History, The Post Offices, 1805-1986, The Depot, Lake Grove, Oregon, 1993.

Ellis, David M. Postmasters of Michigan, 1805-2004. CD format only.

Greenebaum, Milton., Michigan, Michigan, Saginaw, Michigan, 1958.

Heath, D.R., Michigan in Philately, Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan, 1939.

Henning SSJ, Sister Marciana, Post Offices of Michigan, Hastings Commercial Printers, Hastings, Michigan, 1977.

Johnson, Cary E., Evolution of Territorial Michigan 1792-1837, Through Postal History, Ann Arbor, 2024

Priestley, Kenneth, Post Offices of Territorial Michigan, published in conjunction with the Peninsular State Philatelic Society, 1960.

Romig LHD, Walter, Michigan Place Names, Walter Romig Publisher, Grosse Pointe, Michigan, 1973. Republished in 1986 by Wayne State University Press, Detroit, Michigan, with new foreword by L. B. Massie.

Scott, Ernest E., Ernie’s Michigan at https://erniesmichigan.com

Taylor, William J., Upper Michigan Postal History and Postmarks, The Depot, Lake Grove, Oregon, 1988.

Wakefield, Larry, Ghost Towns of Michigan, Northmont Publishing Inc., West Bloomfield, Michigan, 1994.

Wakefield, Larry, Ghost Towns of Michigan, Vol. II, Thunder Bay Press, Holt, Michigan, 1995.

Whitford, Craig A. & Mackey, David L., Postmarked: Michigan, Mich., 1847-1848, Lansing, Michigan, 1987.

Michigan Biographies, Lansing, Michigan, 1924. Reprinted in 1999 by Clearfield Company, Inc., Baltimore, Maryland.

Christie’s Robson Lowe, The David L. Jarrett Collection of United States Postal Markings, October 9-10, 1990.

Drews Philatelic Auctions, Richard E., Sale No. 14 – CHICAGOPEX ’97, (inc. Louis F. Ungrey gold medal collection of Michigan Postal History in 40 lots.), November 21-23, 1997.

Forte, Jim, United States Postal History, Michigan Public Auction, October 28, 1994. 

Fox, John A., The Fred R. Schmalzriedt Specialized Collection of Michigan Covers, May 24, 1957.

Phillips Co., Inc., D. G., The Marvin Preston Collection, April 24, 1992.

Rasdale Stamp Company, Public Auction (inc. Kenneth Priestley Michigan Collection), November 9-10, 1987.

Siegel, Robert A., Postal History Auction inc. The Milton L. Greenbaum Collection of Michigan, Michigan etc., January 11, 1977.

Siegel, Robert A., U. S. Postal History, including Michigan Territorial Covers from the William L. Clements Library etc., May 8-9, 1997.

Whitford, Craig A. The William C. Allen Michigan Postal History Collection, April 28, 2001.

-. The Richard G. Ebach Michigan Postal History Collection, April 26, 2003

-. The William C. Allen Postal History Collection of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, November 12, 2003

-. Michigan Postal History & Historical Ephemera, featuring the Richard G. Ebach Saginaw Postal History Collection, October 30, 2010

-. The James H. Hayes Michigan Postal History Collection, Part I, November 2, 2013

-. The James H. Hayes Michigan Postal History Collection, Part II - 20th Century Postmarks, July 14, 2014

-. The James H. Hayes Michigan Postal History Collection, Part III - Advertising Covers, December 13, 2014

-. The Ernie Scott Michigan Postal History Archive, December 13, 2014

-. The James H. Hayes Michigan Postal History Collection, Part IV - 19th Century Covers, October 10, 2015

-. The James H. Hayes Michigan Postal History Collection, Part V - 19th Century Covers; Plus Carl Jacobson & Frank Whitehouse Collections, December 14, 2016

-. Michigan Postal History Mail Bid Sale, Collections of Chris Burtzloff as well as James H. Hayes, Carl Jacobson & Frank Whitehouse remainders, November 13, 2017

-. David M. Ellis Michigan Postal History Collection, Part I, December 15, 2018

-. David M. Ellis Michigan Postal History Collection, Part II, July 17, 2019

-. David M. Ellis Michigan Postal History Collection, Part III, June 25, 2022

-. David A. Stanbury Michigan Postal History Collection, May 18, 2024

-. William E. Brooks Michigan Postal History Collection, February 22, 2025

Helbock, Richard W., United States Post Offices, Volume III – The Upper Midwest, La Posta Publications, Lake Oswego, Oregon, 1999.

Phillips, David G., American Stampless Cover Catalog (3 Volumes), David G. Phillips Publishing Co., Inc., North Miami, Florida, 1997, 1987 & 1993.

Scott Publishing Co., 2022 Specialized Catalogue of United States Stamps & Covers, 96th ed., Scott Publishing Co., Sidney, OH, 2021.