The APRL Has Digitized Our Bulletins!
All of our bulletins dating from 1974 to present have been scanned and digitized by the staff at the American Philatelic Research Library. You can go to the Robert A. Mason Digital Library and find them under the "Journals" category and then use the search key "JAPOS." See the images below. The first image shows the search parameters to use and the second image shows results. Click on the JAPOS edition you want and it will appear as a PDF on your screen.
When you click on the "Show More" button, you should not assume the issue years are in correct chronological order, because they are not. Knowing this will help you look carefully for the year you want. Also, when printing a bulletin, you may want to experiment with the size. The editor often gets better results with a 125% setting.
We Have Two Indexes
Before July 2025, we had an index maintained by Joyce Poole as a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet. Cynthia Scott created a new one in Microsoft Access and then exported and formatted it to meet the standards set by the American Philatelic Research Library. In October 2025, this was sent to them for use by everyone. We do not yet know if it has been activated online for users.
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Until that happens or in addition, you can download this differently-formatted Excel Spreadsheet. The way to search for the topic or author you want is by using a common computer keyboard combination. Click on any cell in the spreadsheet and then depress the Control key and the letter F at the same time. The pop-up window offers a place to type a search word. Play around. It really works!
