NEW We have added a set of web pages that should make it easier for you to find and select MPHS publications (and download). Please try the publications finder web page set at this link.
The rest of this page provides additional information about each type of publication.
Check the MPHS explanation web page for users of PDF files for more information and assistance.
As of June, 2025, Robert Swanson's WW I books have been licensed exclusively to the Society. For the foreseeable future, they will be freely available only to members of the Society. At any time, members can download various e-book formats from the members-only section of our website. The password changes quarterly, and Society members regularly receive an e-mail with the new password.
See: the Swanson books page for more access and format information.
Beginning in 2023, the Society has produced several military-postal-related monographs, and plans to publish more into the foreseeable future.
These Monographs are available to MEMBERS ONLY. If you are a member when one is published, and you respond positively to a survey from the Society, you can receive a printed copy in the mail. Announcements will also be sent out, describing access to e-book formats of the monographs.
At any time, members can download a PDF copy of a monograph from the members-only section of our website. The password changes quarterly, and members regularly receive an e-mail with the new password.
As of August 2019, the Society's books are sold in paper form by the American Philatelic Society. See their Book Sales Page for more information.
NOTE that some of the monographs published by the MPHS are available by ordering from Amazon. Please check availability by viewing the above link.
The Society's previous books are available electronically, but only as PDF files. Currently, only members may order e-book versions.
If you know what MPHS books you wish to purchase in electronic format, go to ordering instructions near the end of this web page.
The Military Postal History Society has published a number of books over the years since it was known as the War Cover Club. This has included several editions of the Numbered APOs, now in its 7th edition.
All available books are listed in the Book Description web page set. Below this paragraph is an individual listing of the available MPHS publications. Click on a specific book title to see a description of that book. Paper copies of these books can be ordered from the APS Book Sales Page.
The AEF in the BEF [The postal history of those United States military forces whose mail bears cancellations of British civil post in the British Isles or the British military post in France and western Europe.]
US Air Service in the British Isles 1917-1919 [A study of the American Air Service units stationed in the British Isles by James Boyden]
Second Edition of the Postal History of the AEF: 1917 - 1923
Update I & II to the Second Edition of The Postal History of the AEF: 1917 - 1923
Combat and Special Assignments of US Navy PT Boats During World War Two [a Chronology by Norm Gruenzner]
Numbered Army & Air Force Post Office Locations - Volume 1 [BPOs, PRSs, & Regular Post Offices - 1941-1964 - 7th Edition by Russ Carter]
Numbered Army & Air Force Post Office Locations - Volume 2 [Temporary APOs, 1941-1947 - 7th Edition by Russ Carter]
Numbered Navy & Marine Corps Post Office Locations - Volume 3 [7th Edition by Russ Carter]
WW II US Censor Enclosure Slips and Return-to-Sender Labels [by Russ Carter]
Greetings Postal History of the Selective Service and the Draft [1917 to 1976 by Russ W. Carter]
We Build, We Fight [Locations and Assignments of United States Naval Construction Units 1941-2005, by Norm Gruenzner]
War Ballots [Military Voting by Mail from the Civil War to WWII by Russ W. Carter]
Note that most back issues of the Bulletin are freely available on our website. Use the index and search capability pages to find and view back issues from the Society's founding in 1937 up to issues of five years previous to current year. These PDF files are searchable and should be printable, if desired.
Electronic copies of our books are available to SOCIETY MEMBERS ONLY. (If you are not a member, you can order paper book copies from the APS Book Sales Page.)
MPHS members may purchase digital copies of most MPHS publications at substantial savings from the cost of the printed books. The file format is .pdf format and delivery will be via DropBox.
Cost is $12 per item, including
PayPal fee. For a list of titles and
ordering details, please contact
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