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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Van Dam, Theo - A Century of War Dates and More! 1859-1959
A Geographical and Chronological Listing of Wars, Revolutions, Major Political Events and Newly Established Nations from the Italian War of Liberation until the Vietnam War - From Afghanistan to Zululand - From President Lincoln until the Ayatollah Khomeini
Publisher: Postal Covers, California, 1996.
Third (revised) printing, large format paperback, comb binding, vi + 206 pages, slight shelfwear else in Very Good condition.
Useful reference work for postal historians. Illustrated with maps.

£22.00

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Van Dam, Theo - War Dates 1839-1859, 1959-1979
A Geographical and Chronological Listing of Wars, Revolutions and Major Political Events
Publisher: Postal Covers, California, 1997.
Large format paperback, comb binding, iv + 110 pages, in Very Good condition.
Useful reference work for postal historians covering events "From the French occupation of Algeria until the Spanish-Moroccan War - from Aden to Zululand" and "From the Vietnam War until the Russian invasion of Afghanistan - from Afars to Zimbabwe". Illustrated with ten maps.

£14.50

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[Cihangir] - The Cihangir Collection of Worldwide Postal History (Part I)
Publisher: Corinphila, Zurich, 2000.
Auction catalogue, large hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, 461 pages, with the prices realised, text in English, German & French, sunning to the dustwrapper spine and a little creasing to the edges, else in Very Good collection.
Catalogue of the first part of this huge and spectacular collection. Over 3000 lots, featuring Russia & Russian Levant; Polish Levant; Albania; Incoming Mail to the Levant and Holy Land; Austrian Levant; Holy Land & Palestine; Egypt; French Levant; German Levant etc. Illustrated in colour.

£40.00

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Coutant, Guy (editor) - Opus VIII
Thème central - Les jeux Olympiques/Central theme - The Olympic Games
Publisher: Académie Européenne de Philatélie, 2008.
Large paperback, 235 pages, colour illustrated throughout, text in English and French, slight spine-lean, corner-crease to front cover and first few pages, in Good condition.
The eighth annual publication by the AEP is devoted to the postal history and philately of the Olympic Games. Written in French or English, and with short summaries in English & French at the end of each article, plus some contents in German and Italian. Some of the content includes: Royaume de Belgique, les émissions de la VIIe Olympiade; 1924: Les Jeux Olympiques de Paris; Around the Olympic Games of Berlin in 1936 - Stamps, Usages, Meter Stamps, Cancels and More; etc. Articles on various other topics include Dr. Alfred Moschkau - Sammler und Begründer der historischen und systematischen Philatelie.

£25.00

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Coutant, Guy (editor) - Opus XI
Thème central - L'Espagne/Central theme - Spain
Publisher: Académie Européenne de Philatélie, 2011.
Large paperback, 260 pages, colour illustrated throughout, text in English and French, slight spine-lean, some slight wear to spine, slight corner-creases to covers, in Good condition.
The eleventh annual publication by the AEP is devoted to the postal history and philately of Spain. Written in French or English, and with short summaries in English & French at the end of each article. Some of the content includes: Les célèbres facsimilés "Seguí"; Liberal and Carlist Mail in the Basque country and Navarre 1872-1876; Madrid postmarks from their origins to 1775; etc.

£30.00

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Coutant, Guy (editor) - Opus XII
Thème central - La Russie/Central theme - Russia
Publisher: Académie Européenne de Philatélie, 2012.
Large paperback, 255 pages, colour illustrated throughout, text in English and French, very slight spine-lean, slight corner-creases to covers, else in Very Good condition.
The twelfth annual publication by the AEP concentrates on the postal history and philately of Russia. Written in French or English, and with short summaries in English & French at the end of each article. Some of the content includes: The First Russian Postage Stamps; Russia's postal presence and relationships with Persia till the 1920s; La campagne de Russie, 1812; Stalingrad; Soviet military censorship; "Consular" R.S.F.S.R. air mail of 1922; etc.

£30.00

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[Corsini] - The Corsini Correspondence 1568-1601
Publisher: Christie's Robson Lowe, London, 1986.
Auction catalogue, paperback, illustrated, 140 pages, with the prices realised, spine and covers a little rubbed, slight corner-crease to rear cover and corners of a few pages, in Good condition.
Catalogue of sixteenth-century merchants' letters. The fifth sale to feature letters from the Corsini archive.

£9.50

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Gwynn, Robin and Hoggarth, Norman - Railway Disaster Mail
Publisher: The Stuart Rossiter Trust Fund, 2010.
Large hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, iii + 322 pages, in Very Good condition.
A fine handbook covering cachets, labels, and explanatory letters from the Post Office used on or with items damaged on the railways/railroads of the world. An excellent companion to the authors' previous handbook on Maritime Disaster Mail.

£60.00

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Stitt Dibden, W.G. - The Additional Halfpenny Mail Tax 1813-1839
Publisher: The Postal History Society, 1963.
Special Series No. 14, limited edition of 100 copies, paperback, illustrated, 77 pages + illustrations, foxing to the covers and page-edges, in Good condition.
Scarce and useful work.

£15.00

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Adema, Kees - Netherlands Mail in Times of Turmoil
Volume 1 1568-1795
Publisher: Stuart Rossiter Trust, 2010.
Large format hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, xiv + 168 pages, in Very Good condition.
Excellent postal history study of Dutch military mails from the start of the Dutch revolt against Spanish rule until the end of the United Netherlands Republic in 1795. Beautifully illustrated in colour.

£45.00

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Keller, Thomas - Die Verkehrsentwicklung und die Organisation der Schiffspost auf dem Zürichsee im 19. Jahrhundert
Publisher: privately published by the author, 1994.
Hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, 248 pages, text in German, in Very Good condition.
Fine postal history study. Beautifully illustrated in colour.

£60.00

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Meyer, K.F. - Disinfected Mail
Publisher: The Gossip Printery, Kansas, 1962.
Large hardback, illustrated, 341 pages, binding very slightly rubbed, in Very Good condition.
The classic handbook, an "Historical Review and tentative listing of cachets, handstamp markings, wax seals, wafer seals and manuscript certifications alphabetically arranged according to countries."

£120.00

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[Clifford-Jones, Neville] - The Neville Clifford-Jones Collection of Hand Decorated Covers of the World, 1840-1918
Publisher: Cavendish, Derby, 2011.
Auction catalogue, paperback, illustrated, 62 pages, in Very Good condition.
Very well illustrated in colour.

£7.50

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Rich, Stephen G. - Philately of the Anglo-Boer War
1899-1902
Publisher: Chambers Publishing Co., Kalamazoo, 1943.
Paperback, illustrated, 226 pages, ex libris Frank Rossi with his name written on front endpaper, mild shelfwear else in Very Good condition.
The classic handbook. Rare and sought after.

£75.00

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