Reference Library - XRF
The links below to references in the literature which include analytical aspects of philately. These may be very important because the name of books and papers are often not indicative of details of their contents.
| Author | Title | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Aceto, Maurizio, Angelo Agostino, Gaia Fenoglio, Monica Gulmini, Valentina Bianco, Eleonora Pellizzi | Non invasive analysis of miniature paintings: Proposal for an analytical protocol | Spectrochimica Acta Part A 91 (2012) pp. 352- 359 |
| Adema, Kees | Holland's Track-Boat Markings: A Philatelic Conundrum Solved | Collectors Club Philatelist, Vol. 87(5) 2008 pp. 291-302 |
| Akyuz, Tanil and Sevim Akyuz | Investigations on Empire series postage stamps of Ottomans (printed 1880-1890) by vibrational spectroscopic and energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence techniques | Vibrational Spectroscopy 89 2017. pp. 37-43 |
| Allen, James A. and Thomas Lera | The U.S. 1851 3¢ Stamp: Color, Chemistry, and Changes | IAP I pp 71-82 |
| Araki, Shuki, E. Kondo,T. Shibata, T. Yokota, M.Suzuki, T.Hirashita, K.Yamaguchi, H.Matsumoto and Y.Murase | Analysis of Pigments in the Printing Inks of the First Japanese Postage Stamps, the Hand-Engraved Issues | Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn.,89, pp 595-602 |
| Barwis, John and Harry Brittain | United States 24¢ Purple 1870-1875, Progress Report on a Philatelic Enigma | IAP III |
| Barwis, John H and Harry G. Brittain | Ink Composition of the U.S. 3¢ stamps of 1870-1883 | IAP II pp 49-56 |
| Bower, Nathan W., Conor J.K. Blanchet and Michael S. Epstein | Nondestructive Determination of the Age of 20th-Century Oil-Binder Ink Prints Using Attenuated Total Reflection Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (ATR FT-IR): A Case Study with Postage Stamps from the Lodz Ghetto | Applied Spectroscopy 2016, Vol. 70(1) pp 162-173 |
| Brinkley, Daniel W. | Examination and Analysis of the Inks used to Print the 1851 3-cent Stamp Using a Scanning Electron Microscope | IAP IV pp 21-30 |
| Brittain, Harry G. | Forensic Studies of Stamps Issued by the Confederate States of America, Part VI. The Steel-Plate Engraved 20-Cent George Washington Issue | The Confederate Philatelist Vol. 59(4) 4th Quarter, 2014 pp 5-11 |
| Brittain, Harry G. | Attenuated Total Reflection Fourier Transform Infrared (ATR FT-IR) Spectroscopy as a Forensic Method to Determine the Composition of Inks Used to Print the United States One-cent Blue Benjamin Franklin Postage Stamps of the 19th Century | Applied Spectroscopy 2016, Vol. 70(1) 128-136 |
| Brittain, Harry G. | Forensic Analysis: Composition of Ink and Paper of the 1c 1861 Stamp | The Chronicle of the U.S. Classic Postal Issues 239 vol 65(3), pp 264-271 |
| Burgioa, Lucia, Robin J. H. Clark and Richard R. Hark | Raman microscopy and x-ray fluorescence analysis of pigments on medieval and Renaissance Italian manuscript cuttings | PNAS (Proc. Nat. Acad. Sciences USA ) 2010 107 (13) pp. 5726-5731 |
| Burkhardt, Andreas | New Method to Identify Fakes | Fakes, Forgeries & Experts Journal 1 pp 113-120 |
| Burkhardt, Andreas and Kurt Kimmel | Neue Forschungsergebnisse dank Röntgendiagnostik (Teil 3) (New research results thanks to X-ray diagnostics (part 3) | Schweizerishe Briefmarkenzeitung 2006 3 pp 90-92 |
| Burkhardt, Andreas and Kurt Kimmel | Neue Forschungsergebnisse dank Röntgendiagnostik (Teil 1) (New research results thanks to X-ray diagnostics (part 1)) | Schweizerishe Briefmarkenzeitung 2005 10 pp 366-367 |
| Burkhardt, Andreas and Kurt Kimmel | Neue Forschungsergebnisse dank Röntgendiagnostik (Teil 2) (New research results thanks to X-ray diagnostics (part 2) | Schweizerishe Briefmarkenzeitung 2005 12 pp 502- |
| Burkhardt, Andreas and Kurt Kimmel | A New Approach to Philatelic Examination: Non-destructive X-ray Fluorescence Analysis | Collectors Club Philatelist 2008 Vol. 87(3) pp 163-175 |
| Burkhardt, Andreas and Roger Schmidt | Basler (Gift) - Tauben nach 150 Jahren entlarvt (Basler (poison) - doves debunked after 150 years) | Schweizerishe Briefmarkenzeitung 2000 12 pp 615-621 |
| Castro, Kepa, Benito Abalos, Irantzu Martinez-Arkarazo,Nestor Etxebarria and Juan Manuel Madariaga | Scientific examination of classic Spanish stamps with colour error, a non-invasive micro-Raman and micro-XRF approach: The King Alfonso XIII (1889-1901 ''Pelon'') 15 cents definitive issue | Journal of Cultural Heritage 9 (2008) pp.189-195 |
| Castro, Kepa, Maite Pérez-Alonso, María Dolores Rodríguez-Laso, Nestor Etxebarria, Juan Manuel Madariaga | Non-invasive and non-destructive micro-XRF and micro-Raman analysis of a decorative wallpaper from the beginning of the 19th century | Anal Bioanal Chem (2007) 387 pp. 847-860 |
| Caswell, Lyman R. | Evaluation of Forensic Methods for Overprint Analysis | Collectors Club Philatelist, Vol. 91, No. 1 (2012). pp. 35-45 |
| Cesareo, Roberto and Antonio Brunetti | X-ray fluorescence-analysis of 19th century stamps | X-Ray Spectrom. 2008, 37. pp. 260-264 |
| Charles, Jr., Harry K. | Exploring Color Mysteries in the United States Large and Small Numeral Postage Due stamps using X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometry | IAP III |
| Charles, Jr., Harry K. | 1894 and 1895 Series First Bureau Postage Due Stamps: Questions of Color, Fluorescence, and Early Use: Part 1 | IAP IV pp 79-92 |
| Charles, Jr., Harry K. | 1894 and 1895 Series First Bureau Postage Due Stamps: Questions of Color, Fluorescence, and Early Use: Part 2 | IAP IV pp 93-102 |
| Cipolla II, Roland H | Discovery: Bisected Use of One-cent 1851 Stamp | The Chronicle of the U.S. Classic Postal Issues, 237, 65(1) 2013. pp 37-47 |
| Clementi, C, B. Doherty, P.L. Gentili, C. Miliani, A. Romani, B.G. Brunetti and A. Sgamellotti | Vibrational and electronic properties of painting lakes | Appl. Phys. A 92, 2008 pp. 25-33 |
| Corbeil, Marie-Claude, Jean-Pierre Charland and Elizabeth A. Moffatt | The characterization of cobat violet pigments | Studies in Conservation 47, 2002 pp. 237-249 |
| Etchart, Carlos | Use of X-ray spectrometry as an auxiliary in the expertise of postal items | Fundación Bose, No 7, 2005 |
| Eubanks, Gordon and Harry Brittain | Analysis of Pigment Composition of the U.S. 5c 1847 Issue | IAP II pp 131-132 |
| Ferrer, Nuria and Anna Vila | Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy applied to ink characterization of one-penny postage stamps printed 1841-1880 | Analytica Chimica Acta 555 (2006). pp. 161-166 |
| Gervais, Claire, Marie-Angelique Languille, Solenn Reguer, Martine Gillet, Sebastien Pelletier, Chantal Garnier, Edward P. Vicenzia and Loic Bertrand | Why does Prussian blue fade? Understanding the role(s) of the substrate | J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2013, 28, pp. 1600-1609 |
| Glazer, Myles | The King George V High-Value Stamps of Bermuda, 1917-1938 (Book,Chapter 3) | Marblehead, MA, 1994 |
| Glazer, Myles and Jeffrey Dow | An X-Ray Fluorescence Investigation and Analysis of the 12/6 King George VI Stamps of Bermuda | The American Philatelist, June 1983. pp. 512-513 |
| Gómez-Jeria, Juan S., Ernesto Clavijo, J.J. Cárcamo-Vega and Sebastián Gutiérrez | An infrared and SEM study of the margins of some German hyperinflation postage stamps | Research Journal of Pharmaceutical, Biological and Chemical Sciences 9(2) 2018. pp. 870-891 |
| Hahn, Joseph D. | Originals and Reprints of Seebeck Issues: A Scientific Method of Classification | The Seebecker, 4(1), June 1992 pp ? |
| Jelovica Badovinac, Ivana, N.Orlic, C.Lofrumento, J., Dobrinic, M.Orlicd | Spectral analysis of postage stamps and banknotes from the region of Rijeka in Croatia | Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. section A (0168-9002) 619, 1/3; pp 487-490 |
| Judge, Richard H. | Chemistry of Aniline inks, 2-cent Admiral Issues of Canada | IAP III |
| Judge, Richard H. | The Admiral Issue of Canada: A Colorimetric and XRF Study of the Carmine 2¢ Issue | IAP II pp 21-30 |
| Kravitz, Mel and Harry Hagendorf | Using forensic testing of ink on a postal history item when historical expertizing methods fail. | Collectors Club Philatelist, Jan-Feb 2018. pp. 1-18 |
| Lera, Thomas | In the National Postal Museum, Research: Scientific Equipment at the NPM | Collectors Club Philatelist, Vol. 91(3) 2012 pp. 174-178 |
| Lera, Thomas | The Use of X-ray Fluorescence in Detecting Philatelic Forgeries | IAP II pp 133-134 |
| Lera, Thomas, Jennifer Giaccai and Nicole Little | A Scientific Analysis of the First Issues of Chile 1853-1862, London Printing | IAP I pp 19-33 |
| Liston, Edward M. | Scientific Examination of a New Venezuelan "Color Error" | Collectors Club Philatelist, Vol. 91(3) 2005 pp. 163-167 |
| Liston, Edward M. | Special X-ray techniques for examining stamps and covers | Fakes Forgeries Experts, No 6, May 2003 pp 111-117 |
| Liston, Edward M. | A Scientific Investigation of the 'Pink' Problem United States 1861-1898 3c Scott Numbers 64 and 65 | The Collectors Club Philatelist, Vol. 90(2). pp. 269-284 |
| Lyons, Larry | Using the Bruker XRF to Distinguish the Six Different Printings of the U.S. Newspaper Stamp Designs N4 and N5 | IAP III |
| Mahmoud, Hussein H Marey | Investigations by Raman microscopy, ESEM and FTIR-ATR of wall paintings from Qasr el-Ghuieta temple, Kharga Oasis, Egypt | Heritage Science 2014, 2:18 pp. 1-11 http://www.heritagesciencejournal.com/content/2/1/18 |
| McKee, Archie | Paper and Color Varieties of the People's Republic of China 'Workers and Soldiers' Definitive Set of 1955-1961 | IAP II pp 9-19 |
| Melendez-Perez, Jose Javier, Deleon Nascimento Correa, Vinicius Veri Hernandes, Damila Rodrigues de Morais, Rodrigo Borges de Oliveira, Wanderley de Souza, Jandyson Machado Santos and Marcos Nogueira Eberlin | Forensic Application of X-ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy for the Discrimination of Authentic and Counterfeit Revenue Stamps | Applied Spectroscopy 2016, Vol. 70(11). pp. 1910-1915 |
| Milks, John E. | The 1898 map stamp: colour origins | BNA Topics 60(2) 2003. pp 34-37 |
| Milks, John E. and Robert L. Kugel | X-Ray Fluorescence Analysis of Early Canadian Stamps (1851-1897) Part 3. Six Cent Large Queen | BNA Topics 50(5) 1993. pp 28-31 |
| Milks, John E. and Robert L. Kugel | The Use of X-Ray Fluorescence Analysis to Characterize Printings of Early Canadian Stamps ( 1851-1897) | Maple Leafs 22(3) 1991. pp 83-89 |
| Milks, John E. and Robert L. Kugel | The Use of X-Ray Fluorescence Analysis to Characterize Printings of Early Canadian Stamps ( 1851-1897)- Part 2. | Maple Leafs 22(4) 1991. pp 133-136 |
| Moreira dos Santos, Fernando Silva | Non Desctructive Analyses: Creating Standards For Imperial Brazilian Stamps From A Case Study Of Cottons Essays | IAP III |
| Najjar, Abed Habib | Forensic Analysis of Great Britain 1858-1879. 1d Plate 77 Stamps on Cover | IAP I pp 56-70 |
| Najjar, Abed Habib | Great Britain: The 1858-1879 1d Rose-Red Plate 77. A Discovery that Raises Questions (Part 2) | The GB Journal Vol. 47(5) 2009. pp. 98-112 |
| Najjar, Abed Habib | Great Britain: The 1858-1879 1d Rose-Red Plate 77. A Discovery that Raises Questions (Part 3) | The GB Journal Vol. 47(6) 2009. pp. 131-142 |
| Najjar, Abed Habib | Great Britain: The 1858-1879 1d Rose-Red Plate 77. A Discovery that Raises Questions | Collectors Club Philatelist, Vol. 87(5), 2008 pp. 269-284 |
| Najjar, Abed Habib | Great Britain: The 1858-1879 1d Rose-Red Plate 77. Questions, and Possible Answers, Concluded | Collectors Club Philatelist, Vol. 87(6), 2008 pp. 333-345 |
| Najjar, Abed Habib | Great Britain: The 1858-1879 1d Rose-Red Plate 77. A Discovery that Raises Questions | The GB Journal Vol. 47(4) 2009. pp. 25-31 |
| Neunteufel, Robert | Spectroscopic Examinations of Stamps' Colours for Age Assessment and Authentication | Fakes Forgeries Experts, No 6, May 2003 pp. 147-156 |
| Odenweller, Robert P. | New Zealand: Inks Used for the Early Chalon Heads | Collectors Club Philatelist, Vol. 88(4) 2009 pp. 246-250 |
| Pinto, Catarina Monteiro | A Forensic (Chemical) Analysis of Portuguese Postage Stamps (1857-1909) | Departamento de Química, Universidade de Coimbra http://hdl.handle.net/10316/83039 |
| Pinto, Catarine and J. Sérgio Seixas de Melo | The molecules of color in Portuguese postage stamps (1857-1909) | Pure Appl. Chem. 90(3) 2018. pp. 435-445 |
| Prelss, Ivor L. and Stephen Roble | Radioisotope X-ray Fluorescence in Philately | Ind. Eng. Chem. Prod. Res. Dev. 1982, 21 pp. 676-678 |
| Rosi, Francesca, Aviva Burnstock, Klaas Jan Van den Berg, Costanza Miliania, Brunetto Giovanni Brunetti, Antonio Sgamellotti | A non-invasive XRF study supported by multivariate statistical analysis and reflectance FTIR to assess the composition of modern painting materials | Spectrochimica Acta Part A 71 (2009) pp. 1655-1662 |
| Samain, Louise, Fernande Grandjean, Gary J. Long, Pauline Martinetto, Pierre Bordet, and David Strivay | Relationship between the Synthesis of Prussian Blue Pigments, Their Color, Physical Properties, and Their Behavior in Paint Layers | J. Phys. Chem. C 2013, 117, pp. 9693-9712 |
| Sanchez, Hector Jorge and Maria Cecilia Valentinuzzi | Authentication of postal pieces by spatially resolved x-ray fluorescence analysis | X-Ray Spectrom. 2006 35 pp. 379-382 |
| Schwab, Nicolas V., José Augusto Da-Col, Peter Meyer, Maria I. M. S. Bueno and Marcos N. Eberlin | Energy Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence Profile of Some Brazilian Postage Stamps | J. Braz. Chem. Soc., 27(7) 2016 pp. 1305-1310 |
| Shugar, Aaron N. | Handheld Macro-SRF scanning: Development of Collimators for Sub-mm Resolution | IAP IV pp 13-20 |
| Sistach, M. Carme, Nuria Ferrer and M.T. Romero | Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy Applied to the Analysis of Ancient Manuscripts | Restaurator 19 1998 pp. 173-186 |
| Thomsen, Volker | Basic Fundamental Parameters in X-Ray Fluorescence | Spectroscopy 22(5) (2007) pp. 46-50 |
| Thy, Peter | The Vermilion Ink Used by McCorquodale for the 1889-90 British Bechuanaland Registration Envelopes | Collectors Club Philatelist Volume 98(3) 2019 pp.84-98 |
| Tomasini, E., G. Siracusano and M.S. Maier | Spectroscopic, morphological and chemical characterization of historic pigments based on carbon. Paths for the identification of an artistic pigment | Microchemical Journal 102 (2012) pp. 28- 37 |
| Vila, Anna, Nuria Ferrer and Jose F. Garcia | Colored inks analysis and differentiation: A first step in artistic contemporary prints discrimination | Analytica Chimica Acta 588 2007 pp. 96-107 |
| Walsh, John M. | Newfoundland : 1919 Caribou Issue 15¢ Denomination.Its True Ink Ingerdient Structure Discovery | Maple Leaves 36 pp. 461-471 |
| White, R. H. | Application of Electron Microscope and X-Ray Analyses to Identification Techniques for Stamp and Proof Papers. Part I | The United States Specialist 710 Apr 89 pp. 187-193 |
| White, R. H. | Application of Electron Microscope and X-Ray Analyses to Identification Techniques for Stamp and Proof Papers. Part III | The United States Specialist 710 Aug 89 pp. 419-427 |
| White, R. H. | Application of Electron Microscope and X-Ray Analyses to Identification Techniques for Stamp and Proof Papers. Part II | The United States Specialist 710 Jun 89 pp. 299-304 |
| Youssefi, Joe | Application of Advanced Tools to Persian Philately | IAP II pp 137-137 |
| Zieba-Palus, Janina and Beata M. Trzcinska | Establishing of Chemical Composition of Printing Ink | J Forensic Sci., 56(3) 2011 pp. 819-21 |