Cowell, J.B. - The Bangor Penny Post 1814-1840
Publisher: Welsh Philatelic Society, 1977.
Paperback, illustrated, 20 pages, in Very Good condition.

£4.50

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Brumell, George - The Local Posts of London 1680-1840
With a description of the postmarks used therein
Publisher: R. C. Alcock Ltd., 1938.
Paperback, illustrated, 91 pages, slight wear, in Good+ condition.
A scarce history of Dockwra's Penny Post, the Government Penny Post, and the Twopenny Post. With details of the postmarks used by each. Well illustrated.

£20.00

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Benham, Ken - The Village Undated Handstamps of Yorkshire
Publisher: Yorkshire Postal History Society, 1982.
Paperback, illustrated, 47 pages, in VG condition.
Useful listing of handstamps of double arc, single arc, & straight line name-stamps of Yorkshire 1827-1861.

£5.00

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Greenwood, Jeremy - The Posts of Sussex
The Chichester Branch 1250-1840
Publisher: privately published, 1973.
First edition, large format paperback, illustrated, 110 pages, light foxing & corner-crease to title-page, else in VG condition.
Scarce work on the postal history of Chichester & surrounding area prior to the introduction of adhesive postage stamps.

£9.50

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Willcocks, R.M. and Jay, B. - The British County Catalogue of Postal History Volume 5
Publisher: R.M. Willcocks, 1990.
Hardback, dustwrapper, vi + 130 pages, illustrated, dustwrapper sunned to spine and with a couple of tiny short tears at edge, lower corners very lightly bumped, else in VG condition.
Volume 5 in this definitive series of handbooks, which attempts to list all handstamps of all the towns and villages up to 1840. Each county listing is prepared by a specialist editor and includes notes on size, colour, dates of use, and rarity. Well illustrated with illustrations of the various types of handstamp and with maps. The counties covered by this volume are: Cumberland, Durham, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Lincolnshire, Northumberland, Somerset, Wales, Westmorland, Wiltshire, & Worcestershire.

£19.50

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Batchelor, L.E. and Picton-Phillips, D.B. - Pre-Victorian Stamps and Franks
Publisher: Picton Publishing, 1971.
First edition, card covers, 42 pages, covers rubbed at edges and a little marked, in Good condition.
Well illustrated work on British handstruck stamps and franks.

£7.00

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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, in Fine condition.
A first-rate handbook, similar in style to the Willcocks & Jay British County Catalogues, listing details of all the types of postal markings in use in Scotland before the introduction of adhesive postage stamps in 1840. Very well illustrated with illustrations of the standard types and of the Edinburgh and Glasgow types, and special types; and with maps showing locations of post towns, receiving houses, postal routes, etc. With a price-guide for each mark listed. Substantially larger than the first edition, this is the definitive handbook on the subject.

£18.00

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Oxley, G.F. - The English Provincial Local Posts
1765-1840
Publisher: The Postal History Society, 1973.
first edition, hardback, dustwrapper, iv + 79 pages, plus the separate Rarity Guide (paperback, 15 pages). Dustwrapper rubbed and a little chipped at edges, else in Very Good condition.
The standard work. With alphabetical listing of the postal services and their associated markings. Well illustrated.

£28.00

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