Gély, André - Les faux timbres anciens du Japon et leur expertise 1871-1875
Publisher: privately published, 1958.
Paperback, 67 pages, illustrated, text in French, covers torn at spine and completely detached from the book, text pages toned, but plates printed on better quality paper are clean & bright, in Good condition.
Very rare guide to Japanese forgeries. Illustrated with 22 photo-plates.

£25.00

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"Spying Eye" - Handbook on Philatelic Forgeries
Publisher: Ben Newman, Chicago, 1948.
Paperback, 48 pages, in Very Good condition.
Excellent forgery guide. With photographs and descriptions of genuine and forged stamps, including Batum first issue, France first issue, France Le Havre Exhibition issue, German Colonials small ship type, etc.

£24.00

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de Reuterskiöld, Baron A. - The Forgeries of the "Cantonal" Stamps of Switzerland
Publisher: The Philatelic Record, 1907.
Philatelic Record Handbook No.5, paperback (card covers), 35 pages + 1 loose plate, covers chipped at edges, spine sunned, inner hinge slightly cracking, lacks the original ribbon (replaced with a new one), in Good condition.
Rare handbook.

£70.00

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Patton, D.S. - Heligoland
Some notes for Collectors on the Stamps, Reprints & Cancellations
Publisher: privately published, nd (circa 1960).
First edition, paperback, 15 pages, 2 illustrations, staples slightly rusty, light creasing, else in Very Good condition.
Rare, privately produced booklet. With much useful information on these beautiful but "difficult" stamps.

£12.50

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Negus, James - Index to The Philatelist 1866-76 & 1934-74
Publisher: Robson Lowe, London, 1975.
First edition, hardback, dustwrapper, 150 pages, VG condition.
The Philatelist was first published in 1866 but ceased ten years later. It was revived by Robson Lowe in 1934 - originally under the title The Raconteur. Its important position in the literature of philately and postal history makes this key to its contents essential to collectors. From 1871 to 1876 The Philatelist ran a series of articles on forgeries, often illustrated with actual examples of the forged stamps. This classic study of early forgeries, The Spud Papers, is fully indexed here, with a useful introduction by Lowell Ragatz.

£20.00

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Tyler, Varro E. - Characteristics of Genuine Japanese Stamps
Cherry Blossom Issues of 1872-1876
Publisher: The Society of Philatelic Americans, nd (circa 1970).
First edition, paperback, 38 pages, Very Good condition.
Excellent work clearly showing, with the aid of many close-up photographs, how to identify the (very collectable) forgeries of these fascinating stamps.

£7.50

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