King, R.A. - The Postage Stamps of the Irish Free State
Publisher: The Vallancey Press, London, 1931.
Second edition, small paperback, illustrated, 24 pages, two holes punched for filing, light pencil annotations to margins of most pages, in Good condition.
"Stamp Collecting" Handbook No. 39. Scarce handbook on the overprints on George V issues and the first Irish issues.

£15.00

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Wilson, H.S. - T.P.O. A History of the Travelling Post Offices of Great Britain
Part 3 Scotland and Ireland
Publisher: The Railway Philatelic Group, 1977.
Paperback (card covers), illustrated, 78 pages, minor shelfwear else in Very Good condition.
Useful work.

£8.00

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Kidd, Cyril - The Irish Mail
Publisher: The TPO and Seapost Society, 1996.
Second edition, large format (A4) paperback, illustrated, 29 pages, slight creasing to the rear cover, in Good condition.
Postal history study of the mail service between London and Dublin, via Holyhead. With much useful information on times of trains and ships, and with detailed coverage of all the known cancellations, including Paquebot markings, Irish TPOs, Hooded Circles, Duplex obliterators,etc. Excellent illustrations of the postmarks, and many photo-illustrations of covers.

£7.50

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Rockoff, Professor S. David and Jackson, Mike - Encyclopaedia of the Maltese Cross Cancellations of Great Britain and Ireland
Volume 1
Publisher: Mike Jackson Publications, 2006.
Large hardback, illustrated, viii + 181 pages, signed by Mike jackson, mild marks to the dustwrapper, very slight bend to the covers, page-edges a little toned, in Good condition.
Comprehensive reference, profusely illustrated in black & white. This first volume includes details from over one hundred post towns arranged alphabetically from A to L.

£50.00

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Lovelock, A.D. - Postal Markings of the Holyhead & Kingstown Packet
1860-1925
Publisher: The TPO & Seapost Society, 2006.
Large (A4) paperback, illustrated, (ii) + 119 pages, very slight corner-creasing to rear covers else in Very Good condition.
The postmarks of the floating Post Office on board the various steamers of the City of Dublin Steam Packet Co, which sailed between Holyhead and the Irish harbour of Kingstown (now Dun Laoghaire), have long held a fascination for postal historians. Every type of postmark and supplementary mark used in the 65 years of the operation of the Post Office is shown, with many colour illustrations of covers.

£18.00

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Cooke, Sholto - The Maiden City and the Western Ocean
A History of the Shipping Trade between Londonderry and North America in the Nineteenth Century
Publisher: Morris & Co., Dublin, nd [circa 1961].
Hardback, illustrated, 223 pages + plates, page-edges a little tanned else in Very Good condition.
Non-philatelic but with much useful background history of North Atlantic shipping.

£20.00

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Kumpf, H-J. (editor) - Festschrift 25 Jahre FAI 1982-2007
Commemorative Issue 25 Years FAI
Publisher: FAI, 2007.
Large format paperback, illustrated, 86 pages, text in German & English, in Very Good condition.
Good anthology of articles on Irish philately & postal history, some in German, some in English, and some bilingual. Well illustrated in colour.

£10.00

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Salt, Denis - The Domestic Packets between Great Britain and Ireland, 1635 to 1840
Publisher: The Postal History Society, 1991.
Large format paperback, illustrated, 50 pages, a little corner creasing to covers else in Very Good condition.
Useful work on rates & routes between Britain and Ireland.

£11.00

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Netzsch, Uwe - Irish Slogan Postmarks
1918-1994
Publisher: FAI, 1995.
Large format paperback, illustrated, 114 pages, bilingual text in English & German, tiny corner-crease to front cover, mild shelfwear else in Very Good condition.
Well illustrated handbook.

£15.00

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Feldman, David - Handbook of Irish Philately
Publisher: David Feldman & The Dolmen Press, Dublin, 1968.
First edition, hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, 176 pages, dustwrapper tatty with loss of small fragments, binding cocked (spine lean), a Good working copy.
Scarce and sought after handbook dealing with all aspects of Irish stamps up to 1968, including Fenian "forerunners", Overprints, etc.

£15.00

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Willcocks, R.M. - England's Postal History to 1840
With notes on Scotland, Wales and Ireland
Publisher: privately published by the author, 1975.
Hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, viii + 167 pages, dustwrapper a little rubbed at edges and with a short tear, else in Very Good condition.
The standard work on English pre-adhesive postal history. An essential handbook for collectors of GB pre-stamps.

£19.50

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Vogt, Ronny - Irish Crash Airmails
Publisher: Irish Airmail Society, 1997.
Second edition, large format paperback (card covers), pictorial card dustwrapper, illustrated, 266 pages, in new condition.
A superb work. Well illustrated in black & white.

£30.00

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Jung, Otto - Die Ganzsachen Irlands/Postal Stationery of Ireland
Katalog und Handbuch
Publisher: FAI, 1987.
Third edition, paperback, comb-bound, 162 pages, illustrated, bilingual text in German & English, some slight wear, in Good condition.
A comprehensive, well illustrated listing of Irish postal stationery since 1922.

£7.50

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- Eighth American Philatelic Congress
Original Papers on Philatelic Themes Presented by Invitation
Publisher: The American Philatelic Congress, 1942.
Paperback, illustrated, 64 pages, slight wear, in Good condition.
No. 109 of 500 copies printed. The eighth American Congress book. With several excellent articles including: Notes on the Paris 1878 Philatelic Congress, by H.R. Harmer; The Counterfeits of the First Six Issues of Crete, by Chas. S. Thompson; The Stamps & Postmarks of the Ionian Islands, 19th Century, by J. Hess Barr; The Overprint Issues of the Irish Free State, by H.G. Zervas; etc. Scarce.

£24.00

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- The North of Ireland Philatelic Society
Centenary Booklet 1907-2007
Publisher: The North of Ireland Philatelic Society, 2007.
Large format (A4) paperback, 40 pages, in VG condition.
Published on the occasion of the display by the society to the Royal Philatelic Society London. Includes a brief history of the Society, summaries of each of the members' displays (several with a Northern Ireland connection), and An Essay on Irish Philately by Dr Michael Gould. Very well illustrated in colour throughout.

£8.50

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