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A Priced Catalogue of "Post-Independence" Indian Stamps
Cooper, Jal

A Priced Catalogue of “Post-Independence” Indian Stamps

Publisher: Jal Cooper, Bombay, 1965

Second edition, paperback, 30 pages, illustrated, pages 13-16 misbound in the wrong place but all pages are present, spine a little rubbed, slight dusty marks to the covers, in Good condition.

£10.00

Donaldson, Neil

Publisher: Harry Hayes, Batley, 1975

First edition, hardback, illustrated, map endpapers, 280 pages, fold-out table at end, slight dusty marks/foxing to page-edges, spine-lean, a Good reading copy.

£50.00

Jersey, Stanley C.

Notes on Postal History, The War in the Pacific
Publisher: Robson Lowe, London, 1984

Paperback, viii + 40 pages, illustrated, a few small marks to the front cover, slight corner-creasing, in Good condition.

£9.50

Nash, Fred J.

Publisher: Dai Nippon, 2012

Large format (A4) paperback, illustrated, 266 pages, errata page loosely inserted, a couple of tiny mark to the page-edges, corner-crease to rear cover and last few pages, corner-crease and short tear to errata page, in Good condition.

£28.00

Schoenfeld, Hans

1850-1930
Publisher: privately published, 1988

Hardback, circa 230 pages, illustrated, text in English, some slight dusty marks to page-edges, internally clean, in Good condition.

£24.00

Hall, Thos. Wm. and Wilson, Sir John and Minns, John

Publisher: East Africa Study Circle, 2002

Large format paperback, vi + 90 pages, illustrated, some slight shelf-wear, dusty marks/foxing to the page-edges, in Good condition.

£15.00

Featuring the R.A. Gooch Collection of China, The William C.Y. Kwan Collection of Japanese Occupation of Hong Kong, and India with the Collection formed by the late Bob Nuttall
Publisher: Spink, London, 2008

Auction catalogue, paperback, 138 pages, illustrated, text in English, in Very Good condition.

£9.50

[Hine-Haycock, A.L.]

Publisher: Robson Lowe Ltd., London, nd [circa 1941]

Private Treaty catalogue, paperback, 8 pages, illustrated, slightly rusty staples, slight wear, in Good condition.

£24.00

Harrison, Gilbert and Napier, Lieutenant F.H.

Publisher: Stanley Gibbons, London, 1893

Stanley Gibbons Philatelic Handbook No. 1, first edition, hardback, original brown cloth gilt, top-edge gilt, 87 pages + 2 plates + publisher’s adverts, minor marks to front cover, binding slightly rubbed at extremities else in Very Good condition.

£60.00

A Handbook for Philatelists
Publisher: Stamp Collectors' Fortnightly, London, 1906

Hardback, privately bound in plain card covers (without the original paper covers), 53 pages, illustrated, with blank pages bound in at end, some neat handwritten annotations in page margins and several pages of handwritten notes to the blank pages at back, a few spots of foxing and small marks, a Good working copy.

£12.00

Asquith, Brian; Lovejoy, Geoff; Kenton, Phil and Muys, Cornelius

Publisher: Stuart Rossiter Trust Fund, 2000

Large format (A4) paperback, illustrated, v + 111 pages, minor toning to the page-edges, minor dusty marks, corners of covers very slightly rubbed, internally fine, in Good condition.

£10.00

Publisher: David Feldman, Geneva, 2013

Auction catalogue, paperback, page-edges gilt, illustrated, 135 pages, text in English, in Very Good condition.

£10.00

Ichida, Dr. Soichi

The Study and Story of Dragon Stamps. The First Group of Japanese Postage Stamps with Detailed Explanations and Plate Illustrations of Every Position of All Plates of this Group
Publisher: Ikeda Publishing Co., Tokyo, 1959

First edition, hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, 220 pages + colour guide, 11 black & white photo-plates in pocket at end, Addenda page loosely inserted, text in English, dustwrapper slightly marked and sunned and with some short tears with a little loss, page-edges a little toned and a few tiny spots of foxing, in Good condition.

£150.00

Ichida, Dr. Soichi

A Treatise with Detailed Explanations and Illustrations
Publisher: All Japan Philatelic Federation, Tokyo, 1965

First edition, hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, 335 pages, text in English, long tears to dustwrapper with tape repairs to verso, corners of front cover very slightly bumped, in Good condition.

£150.00

Swenson, Charles A.L.

Publisher: International Society for Japanese Philately, USA, 2005

ISJP Monograph 19, paperback, illustrated, 128 pages, slight knock to top of spine, slight corner-creasing, in Good condition.

£15.00

Woodward, A.M. Tracey

Publisher: not stated, Japan, nd

Reprint, small format (19cm tall) hardback, card slipcase, xliv + 537 pages + 243 plates, text in English, some dusty marks to the slipcase else in Very Good condition.

£60.00

Clark, Kenneth G.

Volume I: A Brief History and Postal History of the Sino-Japanese War, Boxer Uprising, Russo-Japanese War.
Publisher: Japan Philatelic Group, England, 2004

Large hardback, illustrated, iv + 252 pages, signed by the author, in Very Good condition.

£30.00

Yamamoto, Yokiti

Publisher: Board of Tourist Industry, Japanese Government Railways, 1940

First edition, paperback, colour frontispiece, 148 pages, illustrated, text in English, mild shelf-wear to the covers else in Very Good condition.

£12.00

Moore, Ivor D.

Publisher: privately published, nd

Large (A4) paperback, comb-bound, illustrated, circa 112 pages, slight creasing to the covers else in Very Good condition.

£15.00

de Kervern, A.

Cartes Postales – Picture Postcards 1901-1955
Publisher: Indian Ocean Study Circle, 1992

Large format paperback, illustrated, vi + 72 pages, bilingual text in French & English, in Very Good condition.

£8.50

Ruffle, J.W.B.

Maritime Mail 1815-1868: Part 2
Publisher: Indian Ocean Study Circle, 1988

Large format paperback, illustrated, xx + 33 pages, some foxing to page-edges, in Good condition.

£8.50

Proud, Hector and Kirk, Reg and Proud, E.B. (editor)

The British Sea Post Offices in the East
Publisher: Proud Bailey Co. Ltd., East Sussex, 2003

Hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, 476 pages, one or two tiny signs of use else in Very Good condition.

£40.00

[Harell, George S.]

The George S. Harell Collection
Publisher: Stanley Gibbons, London, 2013

Auction catalogue, large format paperback, illustrated, 144 pages, in Very Good condition.

£12.50

Proud, E.B.

Publisher: Proud-Bailey Co., 2002

First edition, hardback, dustwrapper, 944 pages, in Very Good condition.

£100.00

Indhusophon, Prakaipet

A selection of Thai Stamps and related materials from Pre-Stamp period (circa 1835) to 1910
Publisher: privately published, 1989

Large format hardback, dustwrapper, slipcase, illustrated, x + 230 pages, signed dedication from the author to the previous owner, a few small dents/bumps to the rear cover, slight creasing to a few pages, minor signs of use, in Good condition.

£50.00

Hausburg, L.L.R., Stewart-Wilson, C. and Crofton, C.S.F.

Publisher: Published for the Philatelic Society of India by Stanley Gibbons Ltd., London, 1907

Hardback, text bound in later blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine, original grey paper covers bound in, [4] + 215 pages, with Robson Lowe’s India Used Abroad bound in at end, with fifteen of the twenty-three loose plates, the remaining eight plates provided as photocopies (Plates 1, 4, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23), a little foxing to the endpapers, original paper front cover somewhat creased and with remnants of a label, occasional small marks, in Good condition.

£475.00

Including the Cyril Hoskins Collection of Burma Stamps and Postal History
Publisher: Cavendish, Derby, 2015

Auction catalogue, paperback, 62 pages, illustrated, in Very Good condition.

£8.50

Bhatnagar, Bhagwat Sahai

Publisher: Rima Publishing House, New Delhi, 2015-16

Complete set of ten volumes, hardbacks, dustwrappers, 227 + 160 + 144 + 182 + 232 + 268 + 226 + 235 + 215 + 128 pages, minor signs of use else in Very Good condition.

£200.00

The “Besançon” Collection
Publisher: Corinphila, Zurich, 2022

Auction catalogue, hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, 208 pages, text in English, with a print-out of the prices realised, slight rippling to upper and lower margins of pages else in Very Good condition.

£18.00