De Frank, Ph. F. - Les Marques Postales de la Grande-Armée
par son Histoire 1805-1808
Publisher: Jacques Lafitte, Paris, 1948.
Paperback (card covers), 285 pages + 2 plates, text in French, covers very slightly toned to upper margins, binding slightly cocked (spine-lean/spine-roll), pages clean, in Good condition.
No. 134 of a limited edition of 625. Rare work.

£90.00

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Reinhardt, Albert - Départements Conquis 1792-1815
Catalogue des Départements Conquis et des Provinces Illyriennes
Publisher: Peter Feuser Verlag, Stuttgart, 1989.
Hardback, illustrated, 335 pages, bilingual text in French & German, spine slightly sunned, slight signs of use, in Good condition.
Catalogue/handbook of pre-stamp postal markings of Napoleonic France used in the French-occupied Europe. Illustrated with postmark illustrations and maps.

£45.00

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Reinhardt, Albert - Französische Armeepost 1792-1848
Katalog der Post- und Portofreiheitsstempel der französichen Streitkräfte / Catalogue des Marques Postales et Franchises des Forces Françaises
Publisher: Peter Feuser Verlag, Stuttgart, 1986.
Hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, 287 pages, bilingual text in French & German, mild signs of use, in Good condition.
Detailed handbook/catalogue of French military mails during the Napoleonic era and later. With details of dates and locations, and valuations.

£45.00

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Reinhardt, Albert - Les En-Têtes et Vignettes des Forces Françaises 1792-1848
Publisher: privately published by the author, Offenbach am Main, 1998.
In three volumes, large hardbacks, red cloth gilt, illustrated, 1900 pages, text in French and with introductory pages also in German, in Very Good condition.
Complete three volume set of the very rare work on Napoleonic Armies' letterheads. With thousands of black & white illustrations.

£180.00

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Settle, Raymond W. and Settle, Mary Lund - Saddles and Spurs
The Pony Express Saga
Publisher: Bison Books, 1972.
Reprint, paperback, illustrated, ix + 217 pages, slight crease to rear cover, mild dusty marks to top-edges, in Good condition.
Scarce.

£7.50

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Settle, Raymond W. - Pony Express
Heroic Beginning, Tragic End
Publisher: Utah State Historical Society, circa 1960.
Paperback (pictorial card covers), illustrated, 26 pages, tiny short tear to top of spine, slight corner-creasing, minor spotting/dusty marks to the covers, a Good reading copy.
Scarce.

£4.50

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- Le Symposium d'Histoire Postale Luxembourg 98
Publisher: Soluphil, Luxembourg, 1998.
Hardback, original blue cloth gilt, illustrated, 80 pages, contributions in English, French & German, in Very Good condition.
Various postal history articles including "Postal History of the 1870-71 Franco-Prussian War - Synopsis" by Steven Walske; "Transatlantic Steamship Mails, United States-France" by Richard F. Winter; "La Premiere Emission de Timbres-Poste du Luxembourg, Ports et Affranchissements" by Raymond Goebel. Very well illustrated in colour.

£11.00

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Beet, Brian - Les boîtes à timbres / Stamp boxes
Publisher: Musée de la Poste, Paris, 1994.
Large format paperback (pictorial card covers), illustrated, 118 pages, bilingual text in French & English, in Very Good condition.
A beautifully illustrated book based on a magnificent private collection of stamp boxes on display at the French Postal Museum. The author describes the history and development of the stamp box, the different styles of stamp boxes from all over the world, and the materials used to make them. The large number of photographs (in colour and black & white) illustrate a huge range of boxes from the well-known envelope form, Tunbridge and Mauchline Ware, to boxes produced by Tiffany and Fabergé. A superb reference book for the collector.

£24.00

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Deninger, Hermann - Handbuch der abgekürzten vorphilatelistischen Stempel
Publisher: George Amm, Nürnberg, 1963.
Second edition, large format hardback, original blue cloth, part of front panel of dustwrapper only remaining, illustrated, xiv + 116 pages, text in German, with Preface and Introduction also in English, in Very Good condition.
Classic work on abbreviations in pre-philatelic postal markings. Some 4000 markings are listed, and with 700 illustrations by Werner Münzberg. Very scarce.

£50.00

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Münzberg, Werner - Atlas zur Brief- und Stemelkunde 1800-1845
Publisher: privately published, 1982.
Large paperback, illustrated, circa 30 pages, text in German, very slight corner-creasing to last few pages else in Very Good condition.
A compilation of reprinted early 19th century maps of Germany, Austria and Italy of interest to postal historians. In black and white with some colouring of borders etc. Scarce.

£30.00

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Münzberg, Werner - Leitfaden zur Postgeschichte und Briefkunde, Band VI
Frankreich und seine Départements 1-134
Publisher: privately published, 1983.
Large paperback, illustrated, circa 350 pages, text in German, slight corner-creases to last few pages else in Very Good condition.
Pre-stamp postal markings and postal history of Napoleonic French Empire. Numerous illustrations and maps. Scarce.

£30.00

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Münzberg, Werner - Leitfaden zur Postgeschichte und Briefkunde, Band III
Das Königreich Westphalen 1807-1813
Publisher: privately published, 1982.
Large paperback, illustrated, circa 300 pages, text in German, minor shelfwear else in Very Good condition.
Pre-stamp postal markings and postal history of the Kingdom of Westphalia. Numerous illustrations and maps. Scarce.

£30.00

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Milde, Horst and Schmidt, Erich - Die alte Sachsenpost
Publisher: Transpress, Berlin, 1973.
"Bibliophile edition" No. 847 of 1200, hardback, quarter-bound in vellum, green paper-covered boards, slipcase, 548 pages, illustrated, text in German, slipcase worn and repaired with tape, covers a little rubbed at edges, tiny dent to top-edge of front cover, few mild dusty marks to edges, internally clean, in Good condition.
Superb classic work on the stamps and postal history of Saxony. Profusely illustrated in black & white and some colour plates.

£35.00

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Hille, Horst - Briefgesichter
Ein kulturhistorisch-philatelistischer Streifzug
Publisher: R.v. Decker's Verlag, Heidelberg, 1985.
Hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, 175 pages, text in German, short tear to dustwrapper else in Very Good condition.
An excellent introduction to German postal history. Beautifully illustrated with colour photographs of covers.

£10.00

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Johnson, Robert - Interruption of the mails in time of war or civil commotion
Publisher: Society of Postal Historians, 1986.
Society of Postal Historians Very Special Issue #4. Large format (A4) paperback, illustrated, 126 pages, short tears to the spine, in Good condition.
The President's Display to the SPH Conference in 1986 presenting selected covers from Robert Johnson's collection of Suspended Mail Services of the World. Scarce.

£12.00

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[Scott Archer, Mike] - The Mike Scott Archer Collection of Overland Mail, 1653-1918
Publisher: Cavendish Philatelic Auctions, Derby, 2004.
Auction catalogue, paperback, 78 pages, illustrated, in Very Good condition.
Superb reference catalogue. The 340 lots include not only Waghorn covers, but also a wealth of other rare covers illustrating lesser-known aspects of the Overland routes from East to West, and West to East. Very well illustrated, including 23 pages of colour plates.

£9.00

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Giangreco, D.M. - Roosevelt, De Gaulle and the Posts
Franco-American War Relations Viewed Through Their Effects on the French Postal System, 1942-1944
Publisher: Joseph V. Bush, Inc., California, 1987.
Paperback, illustrated, xvii + 172 pages, spine sunned, slight shelfwear, else in Very Good condition.
Fascinating World War II postal history.

£15.00

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[Johnson, Robert] and [Clark, Rex] - The Robert Johnson "Service Suspended Mail of the World"
and The Rex Clark G.B. Stamps & Postal History with Postal Reforms, Canadian Airmails, etc.
Publisher: Cavendish, Derby, 2015.
Auction catalogue, paperback, illustrated, 98 pages, with the prices realised, in Very Good condition.
Catalogue of two fine collections. Well illustrated in colour.

£9.00

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Herlant, Lucien P. - Les Marques Postales Préphilatéliques de la Belgique
Publisher: A.S.B.L. «Pro-Post», Bruxelles, 1982.
Paperback, illustrated, xx + 409 pages, text in French, spine slightly sunned, top of spine rubbed, internally fine, in Good condition.
Important handbook/catalogue.

£25.00

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Huber, Leonard V. and Wagner, Clarence A. - The Great Mail
A Postal History of New Orleans
Publisher: American Philatelic Society, 1949.
Hardback, illustrated, v + 200 pages, mild page-edge toning else in Very Good condition.
No. 792 of 1000 copies. Scarce.

£30.00

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