British Commonwealth

Smythies, E.A. and Martin, D.R.

The Half-Anna Lithographed Stamps of India 1854-1855

Publisher: Philatelic Society of India, Lahore, 1927

First edition, hardback, original blue cloth gilt, [10] + xii + 91 pages, complete with 15 loose plates + 5 line blocks in pocket at end, cloth binding slightly rubbed and mottled, rubbed at foot of spine and with a short tear to rear edge of spine, small dent with tiny amount of loss to the cloth at lower edge of front cover, slight vertical central crease to pages otherwise the pages are fine, a few minor signs of wear to edges of one or two of the plates, in Good condition.

£250.00

Melville, Fred. J.

The Postage Stamps of the Cayman Islands

Publisher: Severn-Wylie-Jewett Co., USA, 1920

Paperback, illustrated, 22 pages, front cover detached, loss of some fragments of the front cover, pages fine, in Fair condition.

£9.50

Poole, Bertram W.H.

The Stamps of Cook Islands

Publisher: Mekeel-Severn-Wylie Co., USA, no date [circa 1912]

Hardback, half blue cloth, marbled boards, original paper covers bound in, 24 pages, illustrated, ex-National Archives of Canada with library label to front cover and bookplate inside front cover, slight tear to original paper front cover along foot of inner-hinge, corner-piece of original rear paper cover detached, pages fine, in Good condition.

£13.50

Del Bianco, Umberto

Il Lloyd Austriaco e gli Annulli Marittimi dell’Austria-Ungheria

Volume Terzo – Attività Postale Autonoma Lloydiana nei Porti Italiani, nelle Isole Jonie e in Grecia

Publisher: Sorani, Milan, 1982

Paperback, 542 pages, illustrated, text in Italian, minimal signs of use to the covers else in Very Good condition.

£40.00

Greenwood, Charles H.

Togo: The Stamps of the British and French Occupations

Publisher: D. Field, London, 1916

Paperback, illustrated, 57 pages, spine slightly sunned, first and last page very slightly marked at edges, two pages uncut (still joined along top edge), slight creases, in Good condition.

£18.00

Lowe, Robson

The Knights of Malta

The Lazara Correspondence

Publisher: Christie's-Robson Lowe, London, 1987

Paperback, 32 pages, illustrated, tiny nick to top edge of front cover else in Very Good condition.

£8.50

Bergier, Joseph

Postal Air Mail Connections between Europe and North America 1919-1945

Publisher: privately published, 2001

First edition, large format paperback, spiralbound, illustrated, 250 pages, main text in French but with useful introductory pages in English, signed dedication from the author, minor dusty marks and tiny signs of use, in Good condition.

£30.00

Proud, Edward B.

The Postal History of Uganda and Zanzibar

Publisher: Postal History Publications Co., East Sussex, 1993

Hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, 433 pages, a couple of tiny marks to the page-edges else in Very Good condition.

£20.00

Weisbecker, Walter G.

Camp Mail of Italian Prisoners of War & Civilian Internees in East Africa 1940-1947

A Postal History Study

Publisher: Giorgio Migliavacca, Pavia, 1981

First edition, large paperback, [iv] + 136 pages, illustrated, text in English, spine slightly rubbed, small scuff to the front cover, corners of covers slightly creased, pages fine, in Good condition.

£15.00

Vandervelde, V. Denis and Garcia, Richard J.M.

Gibraltar Quarantine and Disinfection of Mail

Publisher: Malcolm Beresford Montgomery for the Disinfected Mail & Gibraltar Study Circles, Southampton, 1994

Large format (A4) paperback, [iv] + 76 pages, minor creases else in Very Good condition.

£14.50

Groten, Arthur H., Skavaril, Russell V. and Lampart, I.D.

The Postal History of St. Helena During the Napoleonic Exile and St. Helena Boer Prisoners of War Censor and Camp Handstamps

Publisher: St. Helena, Ascension and Tristan Da Cunha Philatelic Society, USA, 1991

Paperback, 56 pages, illustrated, very slight corner-crease else in Very Good condition.

£10.00

Giles, D. Hammond

The Hon. E.I.C’s Steamers of 1830-1854

Publisher: The India Study Circle for Philately, London, 1995

Paperback, comb-bound, iv + 112 pages, illustrated, in Very Good condition.

£17.50

Garcia, Richard J.M. and Proud, E.B.

The Postal History of Gibraltar 1704-1971

Publisher: Postal History Publications Co., 1998

First edition, hardback, dustwrapper, 592 pages, small mark to page-edges, internally clean, in Good condition.

£30.00

["Besançon"]

British West Africa

The “Besançon” Collection (part I)

Publisher: Corinphila, Zurich, 2022

Auction catalogue, hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, 128 pages, with a print-out of the prices realised, in Very Good condition.

£15.00

[Baillie, Sir Gawaine]

The Philatelic Collection formed by Sir Gawaine Baillie, BT

Volume XI Missed Opportunities

Publisher: Sotheby's, London, 2007

Auction catalogue, No. 48 of a limited edition of 70 copies only, hardback, all page-edges gilt, 426 pages, colour illustrated, in Very Good condition.

£40.00

Tchilinghirian, S.D. and Stephen, W.S.E.

Austrian Post Offices Abroad, Part One

Austrian Lloyd: Adriatic Lines, Mediterranean Lines

Publisher: Keith Tranmer, 1981

Second (revised) edition, paperback (card covers), illustrated, 104 pages + map, spine and covers slightly sunned, pages fine, in Good condition.

£30.00

Hällström, Jonas

The Navigators

Commonwealth of Australia High Values 1963-1974

Publisher: Nordisk Filateli, Stockholm, 2021

Limited edition of 50 copies, large format (A4) paperback, 38 pages, illustrated, in Very Good condition.

£10.00

Cockburn, Peter F.

Foreign Bill and Telegraph Stamps of Ceylon

A presentation to The Royal Philatelic Society London

Publisher: privately published, 2022

Large format (A4) paperback, 20 pages, illustrated, in Very Good condition.

£10.00

[Vlachos, G.M.]

The G.M. Vlachos Gold Medal Collection of the Ionian Islands, 1428-1864

Publisher: Cavendish, London, 2017

Auction catalogue, paperback, illustrated, 38 pages, corners of covers slightly creased/bumped, in Good condition.

£7.50

[Chan, Richard C.K.]

The Richard C.K. Chan Collection of Hong Kong and Treaty Ports

Part 2

Publisher: Cavendish, Derby, 2003

Auction catalogue, paperback, 151 pages, in Very Good condition.

£9.50

Smith, Max and Johnson, Robert

Express Mail, After Packets and Late Fees in India Before 1870

Publisher: Stuart Rossiter Trust, Wheathampstead, 2007

Large format paperback (card covers), illustrated, xiv + 291 pages, a couple of tiny corner-creases to the covers and some small marks to the front cover, pages fine, in Good condition.

£20.00

[Frazer, William]

Sudan and Virgin Islands

The William Frazer Exhibition Collections

Publisher: Spink, London, 2004

Auction catalogue, paperback, 91 pages, illustrated, in Very Good condition.

£9.50

[Rivett-Carnac, Sir Miles]

New South Wales

The Sir Miles Rivett-Carnac Collection

Publisher: Spink, London, 2004

Auction catalogue, paperback, 59 pages, illustrated, with a print-out of the prices realised, in Very Good condition.

£9.50

[Jaffé, Peter]

Australian Colonies

The Peter Jaffé Collections

Publisher: Millennium & Spink, Sydney, 2006

Auction catalogue, paperback, 71 pages, illustrated, ex-Royal Philatelic Society London with embossed library stamp to front cover, in Good condition.

£10.00

Sessions, Davis F.

Philatelic Fantasies of British North America

1860-1910

Publisher: Charles G. Firby, Michigan, 1999

Paperback, [viii] + 125 pages, illustrated, some small marks to the front cover, corner-creases to the covers and pages, a Good reading copy.

£12.50

Scott, Kumala Indera Claire

On the Fringes of Eastern Seas, Brunei 1895-1988

A Presentation to The Royal Philatelic Society London

Publisher: privately pubished, 2020

Paperback, 16 pages, illustrated, in Very Good condition.

£10.00

Cockrill, Philip

Mesopotamia

Part 1 Indian Postal Agencies & the Campaign 1868-1921

Publisher: privately published by the author, nd [circa 1980s]

Paperback, 88 pages, illustrated, slight shelf-wear, some small marks to the covers, pages clean, in Good condition.

£15.00

[Scott, Barry]

Europe & Overseas, Stamp Auction 177

including the Barry Scott FRPSL International Gold Medal Collection “Imperial Airways 1920-40”

Publisher: Corinphila, Zurich, 2013

Auction catalogue, paperback, illustrated, 448 pages, in Very Good condition.

£12.00

Jewels of India

Publisher: Spink, London, 2022

Auction catalogue, paperback, 40 pages, illustrated, small dent to top edge (mainly to front cover but also very slightly affecting tops of pages and rear cover), small corner-crease to rear cover, in Good condition.

£9.50

Sacher, John

West Africa

The Postal History of British, French, German, Portuguese and Spanish Colonies and of Liberia to the end of the 19th Century

Publisher: privately published, 2008

Paperback, illustrated, [ii] + 51 pages, slight corner-creasing, in Good condition.

£12.50

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