- Mail to the Far East
Postal Routes and Frankings to the Far East from and via Europe pre UPU
Publisher: Heinrich Köhler, Wiesbaden, 2017.
Auction catalogue, paperback, illustrated, 144 pages, text in English, in Very Good condition.
Fine catalogue of postal history. With detailed lot descriptions and colour illustrations throughout.

£10.00

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Magne, Jean-Pierre (editor) - Opus 6
Publisher: Académie Européenne de Philatélie, 2006.
Large paperback, 189 pages, colour illustrated throughout, text in several languages, slight signs of use, else in Very Good condition.
The sixth annual publication by the AEP. Containing superb articles by some of Europe's most knowledgable philatelists on aspects of (mainly) European philately and postal history. Written largely in French or English, and with some German and Italian, with short summaries in English & French at the end of each article. With some thirty articles (including several on Roumania), plus a chapter devoted to pages shown at the UPU exhibition in Berne (including Pascal Behr's Siege of Paris). Some of the content includes: Les émissions «Tête d'Aurochs» de 1858; Daguin Cancellations in Romania; The Angolan Post Office in Banana 1875-1884, etc.

£24.00

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Magne, Jean-Pierre (editor) - Opus 5
Publisher: Académie Européenne de Philatélie, 2005.
Large paperback, 130 pages, colour illustrated throughout, text in several languages, slight corner-creasing to front cover and first page, in Good condition.
The fifth annual publication by the AEP. Containing superb articles by some of Europe's most knowledgable philatelists on aspects of (mainly) European philately and postal history. Written largely in French, and some English and Italian, with short summaries in English & French at the end of each article. Some of the content includes: Les albums pour Timbres-Poste du XIXe siècle; Les «Post Office» de l'île Maurice: entre légende et réalité; The philatelic consequnces of Boundary changes in Upper Dahomey (1898-1919); Gli Uffici di Posta Militare Italiani in Turchia ed Anatolia al Termine del Primo Conflitto Mondiale, etc.

£20.00

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Barnier, Fabien (editor) - Opus 3
Publisher: Académie Européenne de Philatélie, 2003.
Large paperback, 111 pages, colour illustrated throughout, text in several languages, corner-creasing to front cover and first few pages, some slight shelfwear, in Good condition.
The third annual publication by the AEP. Containing superb articles by some of Europe's most knowledgable philatelists on aspects of (mainly) European philately and postal history. Written largely in French, and some English, German and Italian, with short summaries in English & French at the end of each article.

£20.00

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Dutau, G. and Storch, J. (editors) - Opus 2
Publisher: Académie Européenne de Philatélie, 2002.
Large paperback, 153 pages, colour illustrated throughout, text in several languages, slight corner-crease to rear cover and very slight shelfwear, else in Very Good condition.
The second annual publication by the AEP. Containing superb articles by some of Europe's most knowledgable philatelists on aspects of (mainly) European philately and postal history. Written largely in French, and some English, German and Italian, with short summaries in English & French at the end of each article. Some of the content includes: Les premiers timbres fiscaux de Belgique; Classic Errors of France (Part I); Salonique 1874-1875: timbres italiens, bateaux français, etc, etc.

£24.00

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Van der Linden, James - Catalogue de Marques de Passage
Postvertragsstempel Katalog 1815-1875, Tome I
Publisher: Maurice Baeten, Bruxelles, 1977.
First edition, paperback, illustrated, 84 pages, text in French with some German & English, slight corner-crease, minor wear, in Good condition.
Scarce first edition of the standard work on European entry marks.

£12.00

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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, in Very Good condition.
Beautifully illustrated with colour illustrations of classic covers on every page, along with bilingual explanations of the rates used.

£35.00

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Negus, Ron; Fryer, Gavin & Whiteside, John; Sacher, John and Fryer, Gavin - Supplements to The London Philatelist:
Our National Philatelist, Sir Edward Denny Bacon (1860-1938); The Siver Yardstick: 1840-1871 Currencies applied to Postal Rates in the 19th Century; The Royal Centenary Exhibition Brochure; The Oil Rivers and Niger Coast Surcharged Provisionals and Bisected Stamps
Publisher: Royal Philatelic Society, London, 1999-2009.
Hardback, privately bound, card covers with marbled boards, black cloth spine, original paper covers removed, 24 + 60 + 40 + 80 + 25 pages, in Very Good condition.
Four Supplements to The London Philatelist bound together (along with a 25 page article from the LP: Kingdom of Denmark 1851 to 1868 Adhesives in the Post & Abuses, by Gavin Fryer). Very well illustrated in colour.

£30.00

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[Sussex, Vivien] - The Vivien Sussex Collection of Valuables By Post
Publisher: Cavendish, Derby, 2002.
Auction catalogue, paperback, illustrated, 95 pages, 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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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, covers quite creased and lightly soiled, tiny short tear to rear cover, in Good condition.
LM Étude No. 41. Scarce booklet.

£8.50

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Walske, Steven C. - Post Office Mail Sent Across the Lines at the Start of the American Civil War
May to July 1861
Publisher: Leonard H. Hartmann, Kentucky, 2003.
Paperback, illustrated, ii + 34 pages, in Very Good condition.
Excellent postal history study. Well illustrated in colour.

£8.50

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Clark, Rex - Rates to Reform
A Guide to the High Postage Rates in Great Britain and their Reform, 1812-1840
Publisher: privately published by the author, 2009.
First edition, large format paperback (pictorial card covers), illustrated, viii + 262 pages, slight bump to one corner with consequent slight corner-creasing else in Very Good condition.
A superb work on the complexities of the postal rates in Britain prior to the reforms of 1840. Colour illustrated throughout with covers from the author's collection.

£25.00

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[Gough, James P.] - Worldwide Stamps and Postal History
Featuring the James P. Gough Collection of Postage Dues of the World
Publisher: Matthew Bennett Inc., New York, 2003.
Auction catalogue, large format paperback, illustrated, 119 pages, slight wear, in Good condition.
Catalogue featuring Jamie Gough's collection of Adhesive Postage Dues of the World (241 lots). Well illustrated in colour.

£9.50

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van Beveren, Frans J. - Introducing Combi-Mail
Aeropostal History
Publisher: Detail Topical Stamp Catalogues, Netherlands, 1997.
First edition, hardback, illustrated, 256 pages, minimal signs of use else in Very Good condition.
Interesting handbook on air mail covers with extra postal markings. Profusely illustrated.

£12.00

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- Karte der grossen Postdampfschifflinien im Weltpostverkehr
Publisher: Postgeschichtlichen Blätter Hamburg, 1986.
Reprint, large folding colour map, with paperback Schedule of Mail Steamship Lines, 20 pages, text in German, in Very Good condition.
Reprint of 1899 Map of the Principal Steamship Lines for World Postal Services, with the Schedule of the Mail Steamship Lines for World Postal Services. Useful information.

£12.00

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Beale, Philip - A History of the Post in England from the Romans to the Stuarts
Publisher: Ashgate Publications, Aldershot, 1998.
Hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, xv + 284 pages + plates, slight wear to dustwrapper at edges and corners, very slight hint of spine-roll, minor signs of use, in Good condition.
"This book is about English letters and their use for the administration of government, for the transaction of business and for private correspondence. It describes the Roman postal system in England, the services provided by medieval kings and sheriffs, churchmen, merchants, towns and carriers, ending with the 1635 proclamation that began their amalgamation."

£20.00

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Proud, Edward B. - Intercontinental Airmails Volume Two
Asia and Australasia
Publisher: Proud Publications, 2009.
Hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, 896 pages, in Very Good condition.
Superb handbook on commercial airmails to Asia and Australasia via the Middle East, including routes and rates, timtables etc. With much useful content on the Cairo-Baghdad R.A.F. Service, Imperial Airways Services, the Horseshoe Route, etc. Well illustrated including colour plates.

£85.00

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Vaillé, Eugène - Histoire Générale des Postes Françaises
Publisher: Presses Universitaires de France, 1947-1955.
Complete set, seven volumes, paperback, 376 + 380 + 428 + 551 + 596 + 764 pages, text in French, minor wear, very slight knock to top of spine of Tome IV, pages tanned and lagely unopened (untrimmed at top-edge), in Very Good condition.
Complete set of Tomes I-V and Tomes VI Parts 1 and 2. The classic work on the history of the early postal system in France. Rarely seen as a complete set.

£250.00

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- Instruction Générale sur le Service des Postes 1792
Publisher: Société des Amis du Musée de la Poste, Paris, 2005.
Large format paperback, 161 pages, text in French, very minor shelfwear else in Very Good condition.
Facsimile reprint.

£20.00

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- Dictionnaire des Postes aux Lettres 1835
Publisher: Société des Amis du Musée de la Poste, Paris, 1994.
Large format paperback, 407 pages, text in French, very minor shelfwear else in Very Good condition.
Facsimile reprint.

£25.00

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