Career
Baxter was a serious collector of philately who dedicated much of his time to the serious study of postal history and the writing of philatelic articles Baxter wrote a series of articles in The American Philatelist entitled Printing Postage Stamps by Lincolnshire Engraving. In 1939 Baxter collected the articles into a book entitled Printing Postage Stamps by Lincolnshire Engraving.
The book was reprinted in 1981.
James Baxter’s philatelic knowledge allowed him to perform service to philately in a variety of ways. At the National Philatelic Museum in Philadelphia, Baxter was a technical advisor.
And at the Chester Times newspaper (now called Delaware County Daily and Sunday Times) he wrote a stamp column for a number of years. He was also editor of the Postal History Journal from 1958 to 1985.