Huys, Dr. Jan and Kaiser, Pierre - Kingdom of Belgium, Foreign Destinations
From Belgium during the Reign of King Leopold I, 1849-1865
Publisher: Le Musée des Timbres & des Monnaies de Monaco, 2009.
Large hardback, dustwrapper, 336 pages, illustrated, bilingual text in French & English, signed by Pierre Kaiser, short tear to dustwrapper and some scuffs and wear to rear panel of dustwrapper, book itself in Very Good condition.
Beautifully illustrated with colour illustrations of classic covers on every page, along with bilingual explanations of the rates used.

£32.00

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von Bertalanffy, Ludwig - The Origin of Posts
Italy - Early 15th Century
Publisher: The Philatelist and Postal Historian (Robson Lowe Ltd.), London, 1962.
Paperback, illustrated, 8 pages, rusted staples else in Very Good condition.
Interesting postal history study on early mails of the Italian States. Illustrated in black & white.

£6.00

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Gian, Giorgio Dal - I Timbri Postali ed i "Tagli delli Soldi 4 Per Lettera" della Repubblica di Venezia
Publisher: privately published, Venezia, 1950.
Hardback, illustrated, 144 pages, text in Italian, introduction to catalogue in also in German, French & English, top of spine and corners of covers slightly rubbed, some soiling to front cover, a little foxing to first and last few pages, in Good condition.
No. 259 of 500, signed by the author. Rare handbook/catalogue.

£40.00

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Banci, Alfredo - Catalogo Prefilatelico e Storia delle Corriere e Poste del Lombardo-Veneto
Publisher: Staderini Editore, Rome, 1942.
Hardback, illustrated, 175 pages, text in Italian, introduction to the catalogue in five languages, slight dusty marks to upper page-edges and covers, covers and spine slightly rubbed, some wear to foot of spine, in Good condition.
Well illustrated handbook/catalogue.

£40.00

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Robinson, Howard - Carrying British Mails Overseas
Publisher: George Allen & Unwin, London, 1964.
Hardback, original blue cloth, dustwrapper, 327 pages + plates, dustwrapper torn in several places with some loss, minor dusty marks/foxing to fore-edges, internally clean, in Good condition.
Excellent history of Britain's overseas postal service.

£9.50

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Westley, H.C. - The Early Postal History of the British West Indies and North America
Publisher: The Postal History Society, 1957.
Special Series No. 2, limited edition of 100 copies, paperback, 34 pages, several short tears to the spine-covering with loss of a small piece to the top of the spine, some foxing to the covers, pages clean, in Good condition.
Scarce work which reprints early documents relating to postal history.

£12.00

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["Smith"] - The "Smith" Collections of Worldwide Private Posts and Malta
Publisher: Cavendish, Derby, 2010.
Auction catalogue, paperback, illustrated, 80 pages, with prices realised, in Very Good condition.
Includes rare Local Posts, College Stamps, Malta postal history, etc. Well illustrated in black & white and with 39 pages of colour plates.

£9.50

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- A History of the Post Office in Tasmania
Publisher: Australian Post Office, Hobart, nd [circa 1974].
Paperback (pictorial card covers), illustrated, 72 pages, a few spots of foxing to the covers, slight corner-creasing, in Good condition.
Interesting history. Quite scarce.

£8.00

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[Sussex, Vivien] - The Vivien Sussex Collection of Valuables By Post
Publisher: Cavendish, Derby, 2002.
Auction catalogue, paperback, illustrated, 95 pages, minimal shelfwear to the front cover else in Very Good condition.
Catalogue of the International Large Gold Medal-winning collection of Registered Mail. Well illustrated in colour and black & white.

£8.00

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[Larsson, Kersti & Bertil] - Sweden - Postal History & Postage Due Mail
The Kersti & Bertil I. Larsson Collections (Part II)
Publisher: Heinrich Köhler, Wiesbaden, 2017.
Auction catalogue, paperback, illustrated, 124 pages, text in English, corner-crease to front cover, in Good condition.
Second portion of the magnificent collection of Swedish postal history and postage due mails, including incoming mails to Sweden with manuscript marks and with postage due stamps. Very well illustrated in colour.

£8.00

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[Woolfe, John] - Maritime Wreck Covers of the World
The John Woolfe Collection
Publisher: Spink, London, 2006.
Auction catalogue, paperback, illustrated, 90 pages, slight shelfwear to the covers, one or two tiny blemishes but internally fine, in Good condition.
Well illustrated in colour throughout.

£8.50

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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, binding ever so slightly shaken (as often with this heavy tome) but still perfectly solid, upper page-edges a little toned, internally clean, in Good condition.
The essential postal history study of British, Indian, Australian and New Zealand participation in the Campaigns in Egypt, Gallipoli, Salonica and the Sudan, with the advance of the E.E.F. into and through Palestine and, following the Armistice in 1918, the military occupations of Palestine, Syria, the Lebanon, Turkey and the intervention in South Russia. The detail includes principal units of all fighting formations, their locations and Field Post Offices, and diaries of events with battles and engagements. Profusely illustrated in black & white. Long out of print and sought after.

£150.00

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Champness, M.V.D. (Editor) - The British Mailcoach
Nos. 1-29
Publisher: The Great Britain Postal History Group of the Postal History Society, 1974-1981.
Paperbacks, illustrated, 12-16 pages each issue, slight creasing to the first two issues else in Very Good condition.
Scarce complete run of all issued of the Bulletin of the Postal History Society's Great Britain Postal History Group. Includes numerous articles on pre-stamp and Victorian postal history and postmarks.

£24.00

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Feuser, Peter - Nachverwendete Altdeutschland-Stempel
Spezialkatalog und Handbuch
Publisher: Peter Feuser Verlag, Stuttgart, 1983.
First edition, hardback, illustrated, 691 pages, text in German, spine very slightly rubbed, a few tiny marks to page-edges, else in Very Good condition.
First edition of the standard work on postmarks of the Old German States.

£30.00

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Feuser, Peter and Münzberg, Werner - Deutsche Vorphilatelie
Band I Stationkatalog
Publisher: Peter Feuser Verlag, Stuttgart, 1988.
First edition, hardback, illustrated, 926 pages, text in German, lightly rubbed at corners else in Very Good condition.
First edition of the standard work on German pre-stamps. An important handbook.

£35.00

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Adamson, T.L. - Recovered Stores
Publisher: General Post Office, London, 1935.
Post Office Green Papers No. 18, paperback, 20 pages, in Very Good condition.
Fascinating look at the Post Office Stores Department's work dealing with old apparatus, scrap materials etc returned by Post Office engineers and Postmasters in the 1930s. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Scarce.

£12.50

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Raynham, F.J. and Calvert, W.S.G. - Post Office Uniforms
Publisher: General Post Office, London, 1936.
Post Office Green Papers No. 27, paperback, colour frontispiece, 24 pages +plates, covers foxed, slight crease to pages, slightly rusty staples, in fairly Good condition.
Illustrated with black & white photos of the uniforms Department at Mount Pleasant, and colour plates of Post Office uniforms through the ages.

£15.00

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Fromaigeat, Jacques - La Poste par Pigeons 1870-1871
Publisher: Le Monde des Philatélistes, Paris, 1966.
Paperback, illustrated, 12 pages, text in French, slight mark to front cover else in Very Good condition.
LM Étude No. 87. Scarce booklet.

£8.50

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Savelon, Pierre - La Poste pendant le Siège 1870-1871
Deuxième Partie, Vol. IV - Les Tentatives Diverses
Publisher: Le Monde des Philatélistes, Paris, 1961.
Paperback, illustrated, 36 pages, text in French, in Very Good condition.
LM Étude No. 41. Scarce booklet.

£8.50

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Savelon, Pierre - La Poste pendant le Siège 1870-1871
Vol. III - Période du 23 Décembre 1870 au 28 Janvier 1871
Publisher: Le Monde des Philatélistes, Paris, 1958.
Paperback, illustrated, 20 pages, text in French, sticker to front cover, in Good condition.
LM Étude No. 24. Scarce booklet.

£8.50

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