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Beaumont, K.M. and Adams, H.C.V.

The Postage Stamps of Great Britain

Part Three: The Embossed Issues & The Surface Printed Issues of Queen Victoria and King Edward VII

Publisher: The Royal Philatelic Society, London, 1954

First edition, No. 11 of 100 copies bound in quarter vellum gilt, hardback in slipcase, red cloth boards, top-edge gilt, illustrated, xi + 179 pages + 18 plates, slipcase worn with some cracks along the joints, book itself in Very Good condition.

£30.00

Melville, Fred J.

The Mayfair Find of Rare Stamps

Publisher: H.R. Harmer, London, 1925

Large hardback, original red cloth gilt, xlvi + 44 pages + 12 folding plates in pocket at end, slight shelf-wear, in Good condition.

£125.00

Poole, Bertram W.H. (editor)

Poole’s Monthly Philatelist

Vols 1 and 2 (Nos. 1-15)

Publisher: B.W.H. Poole, Stamford, 1902-04

Complete run of all fifteen numbers issued, hardback, title-page and index for Vol. 1, Nos. 1-12 bound together with original paper covers bound-in at end, Nos. 13-15 tipped-in at end, some slight moisture damage to the covers, pages fine, small pen inscription to title-page, in Good condition.

£24.00

Watson, Edward

The Royal Mail to Ireland

or an Account of the Origin and Development of the Post between London and Ireland through Holyhead, and the Use of the Line of Communication by Travellers

Publisher: Edward Arnold, London, 1917

First edition, hardback, original red cloth, vi + 244 pages + plates, spine a little sunned, some scattered foxing to page-edges and to some page margins, a couple of pages slightly roughly opened at fore-edges, in Good condition.

£35.00

Heifetz, Murray

OAT and AV2 Markings

Publisher: American Air Mail Society, New York, 2000

Second edition, paperback, 143 pages, slight marks to front cover, in Good condition.

£10.50

Beale, Philip

The Royal Mail in the reigns of Edward VI, Philip and Mary, Elizabeth I, James I and Charles I to 1635

Publisher: The Society of Postal Historians, 2005

Large format (A4) paperback, comb-bound, illustrated, circa 50 pages, in Very Good condition.

£10.00

Auckland, Bruce and Stables, Ron

Postal Markings of Scotland to 1840

Publisher: The Scottish Postal History Society, 1995

Second edition, large (A4) paperback, card covers, xii + 198 pages, top of spine slightly bruised, corners of covers very slightly rubbed, else in Very Good condition.

£16.00

Mayo, Menachim Max

Cilicie

Occupation Militaire Francaise

Publisher: privately published, New York, 1984

Paperback, illustrated, [vi] + 194 pages, text in English, front cover very slightly sunned, bump to corner of rear cover with consequent corner-creasing to pages, a few tiny pencil marks, in Good condition.

£25.00

Coles, John H. and Walker, Howard E.

Postal Cancellations of the Ottoman Empire, Part Four

Turkey-in-Asia, and Addenda to Parts One, Two and Three

Publisher: James Bendon for Christie's-Robson Lowe, London, 1995

Hardback, dustwrapper, xi + 199 pages, dustwrapper slightly sunned and rubbed and with some short tears, previous owner’s name at front, pages fine, in Good condition.

£30.00

[Plantinga, Max]

[Ottoman Empire] The Duloz Collection

Publisher: Christoph Gärtner, Bietigheim-Bissingen, 2011

Auction catalogue, hardback, 172 pages, illustrated, text in English, in Very Good condition.

£24.00

Najjar, Abed Habib

The Stamps of Jordan 1920-1965

A Philatelic Study

Publisher: Sahara Publications Ltd., London, 1998

Hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, 240 pages, No. 34 of a limited edition of 300 copies only, signed by the author, dustwrapper somewhat creased and chipped at edges, tiny knock to foot of spine, small signs of use, in Good condition.

£75.00

Najjar, Abed Habib

The Postal History of Jordan 1400-1959

Publisher: Sahara Publications Ltd., London, 2006

Hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, 240 pages, limited edition of 300 copies (this copy not numbered), minor shelf-wear to the dustwrapper, some small pencil annotations else in Very Good condition.

£80.00

McDonald, William T.

Revenues of Ottoman Empire and Republic of Turkey

Publisher: privately published, USA, nd [circa 1990]

Large format paperback, comb-bound, [ii] + xiii + 253 pages, illustrated, text in English, corner-creases to the covers and some pages, some pencil annotations and a some highlighting to two or three pages, a Good working copy.

£35.00

Kaczmarczyk, Alexander

The Postal Issues of Syria, Lebanon and the Alaouites 1919-1945

Publisher: Balkan Phila, 2023

Second edition, limited edition of 100 copies, paperback, 136 pages + plates, very slight crease to front cover else in Very Good condition.

£16.00

Tabeart, Colin

Steam Conquers the World

An Overview of Steam Communications in the 19th Century

Publisher: privately published, 1999

Large format paperback, spiralbound, illustrated, 189 pages, slight yellowing to the transparent plastic front cover, a few tiny mark to the page-edges, in Good condition.

£20.00

Firebrace, John

British Empire Campaigns and Occupations in the Near East, 1914-1924

A Postal History

Publisher: Christie's Robson Lowe, London, 1991

Large hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, xii + 460 pages, some creasing and a short tear to the dustwrapper, very slight marks to the page-edges, minor signs of use, in Good condition.

£100.00

Smith, Hans

The Austrian Post Offices in the Levant

Tchilinghirian and Stephen Revisited

Publisher: Austrian Philatelic Society, UK, 2013

Large hardback, dustwrapper, xxxii + 188 pages, illustrated, signed by the author, dustwrapper spine slightly sunned else in Very Good condition.

£75.00

Papers for Philatelists

Comprising twenty numbers of “The Philatelist”

Publisher: Marlborough & Co., London, 1885

Hardback, original publisher’s cloth binding, 296 pages, minor shelf-wear, mild foxing to endpapers, else in Very Good condition.

£150.00

Wood, Hugh W.

British Post Offices Abroad

Publisher: privately published, 2009

Tall paperback, illustrated, 103 pages, in Very Good condition.

£15.00

Muir, Douglas N.

George V and the G.P.O.

Stamps, Conflict & Creativity

Publisher: British Postal Museum, London, 2010

Paperback, illustrated, ix + 275 pages, very slight corner-crease to front cover and first few pages else in Very Good condition.

£12.50

Starr, James and Mills, Samuel J.

The Chinese Air-Post 1920-1935

Publisher: privately published by the authors, USA, 1937

First edition, paperback, illustrated, 112 pages, small inscription to front cover, minor spine faults, very short tear to front cover at foot of spine, slightly rusty staples, in Good condition.

£65.00

Tett, David

A Postal History of the Prisoners of War and Civilian Internees in East Asia during the Second World War, Volume 4

Hong Kong and China 1941-1945, Captives in Cathay

Publisher: BFA Publishing, 2007

Large hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, xviii + 457 pages, dustwrapper slightly sunned (faded) to spine and front panel else in Very Good condition.

£35.00

Lee, Emanuel J.

The Postage Stamps of Uruguay

With Special Reference to the “Plating” of Most of the Lithographed Issues

Publisher: M. Harvey, London, 1931

Hardback, original green half-leather gilt, xix + 388 pages + plates, ex-libris Albert Kronenberg, corners of leather binding slightly rubbed, minor foxing to the endpapers, else in Very Good condition.

£450.00

Catalogue Général et Détaillé des Timbres-Poste, Enveloppes et Cartes Postales Officiellement Émis dans la République du Pérou

Depuis la Première Émission le 1er Décembre 1857 jusqu’au 15 Septembre 1886

Publisher: Société Philatélique Sud-Américaine, Lima, 1887

First edition, paperback, 52 pages, text in French, covers slightly soiled and chipped with small amount of loss, some corner-creases to the covers and a few pages with small amount of loss, slight creases, minor foxing, in Fair to Good condition.

£36.00

Melville, Fred J.

Cape of Good Hope: The Fourpence Black Triangular Stamp

Publisher: The Philatelic Institute, London, 1927

Small paperback, 7 pages, illustrated, rusty staple, slight toning, in Good condition.

£12.00

Superbe Collection Spécialisée de Timbres-Poste de France et des Émissions Générales des Colonies Françaises

Catalogue de la Collection de Monsieur X…

Publisher: H. Gabriel & P. Dillemann, Paris, 1931

Auction catalogue, paperback, 44 pages + 17 plates, text in French, brown paper label to spine, short tear at top of spine, slight marks to rear cover, in Good condition.

£21.00

Melville, Fred J.

The Postage Stamps of China

With a History of the Chinese Imperial Post

Publisher: [Fred J. Melville], nd [1908]

Paperback, 45 pages + iii plates, some shelf-wear to the covers, scattered foxing to the pages (mainly to first and last few leaves) and to the page-edges, in Good condition.

£20.00