This bibliography covers postage and telegraph stamps from the Spanish-Philippine era. Annotations are provided for each reference to present a brief description or commentary on the contents of the article. Commonplace during the 19th century, magazines and journals would rely on reports, often repeating or referring to information provided in the various contemporary journals of that time. The annotations also provide cross-references to the borrowed accounts, as these are not always clearly referenced, nor the descriptions correctly transcribed in the subsequent magazine. In the same fashion cross references are provided to later-day articles which have been updated or in some cases corrected.

This bibliography enables a researcher to identify past papers, to build upon or examine more closely the writings of the past. It is hoped the bibliography will also serve to spark an interest in a particular statement or observation allowing the enthusiast to delve into and expand this subject with further research