Philatelic Literature Specialists

British North America

British Commonwealth

The History of the United States Post Office to the Year 1829
Rich, Wesley Everett

The History of the United States Post Office to the Year 1829

Publisher: Harvard University Press, Cambridge, USA, 1924

First edition, hardback, vii + 190 pages, ex-Canada Postal Museum with library label to spine and library bookplates to the front endpapers, small repair to title-page, else in Very Good condition.

£25.00

Milos, Michael (editor)

Publisher: Canadian Stamp Handbooks, 1982-89

Looseleaf pages in binder, circa 190 pages, illustrated, slight dusty marks to the binder else in Very Good condition.

£25.00

Vol. I Nos. 1-6
Publisher: The Niagara Falls Publishing Co., Ontario, 1887-88

Six issues, paperback, disbound from a hardback volume, some slight creasing, lacking rear cover of last issue, in fairly Good condition.

£15.00

Horowicz, Kay and Lowe, Robson

Publisher: Robson Lowe, London, 1967

Paperback, illustrated, 52 pages, ex Canada Postal Museum with label to front cover, bookplate to front pastedown endpaper and library pocket to rear endpaper, some corner-creasing, in Good condition.

£7.50

Bergier, Joseph

Le Courrier de la Grande Pêche Terre-Neuve, Groenland & Islande
Publisher: Les Feuilles Marcophiles, Paris, 1992

Large hardback, original red cloth, dustwrapper, illustrated, viii + 244 pages, text in French, signed dedication from the author to the previous owner at front, dustwrapper stained and marked, slight spine-lean, a Good reading copy.

£25.00

Schwartz, Mark

Publisher: privately published, 2019

Large format (A4) paperback, illustrated, 30 pages, in Very Good condition.

£9.50

Whitworth, Geoffrey

1859 to 1868
Publisher: The Royal Philatelic Society, London, 1966

First edition, hardback, thick card covers, iv + 96 pages, reprinted with additions from The London Philatelist, in Very Good condition.

£12.00

[Harris, Sidney]

Publisher: Stanley Gibbons Auctions, London, 1968-70

Auction catalogues, paperback, 65 pages + 20 plates and 66 pages + 20 plates, with both prices realised, in Very Good condition.

£22.00

[Burrus, Maurice]

Publisher: Robson Lowe, London, 1963

Auction catalogue, paperback, 28 pages, plus the separate photo-plates, paperback, 28 pages, slight corner-crease to the rear cover, mild dusty marks to the covers of the photo-plates brochure, in Good condition.

£12.00

Stevenson, Iain

Publisher: Postal Stationery Society, 2003

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

£4.50

[Mackie, C.W.]

Publisher: H.R. Harmer Ltd., London, 1962

Auction catalogue, paperback, illustrated, 72 pages, with the prices realised, very slight corner-crease, some ink annotations to margins of two pages, in Good condition.

£8.50

[Argenti, Nicholas]

Publisher: Harmer Rooke, London, 1963

Auction catalogue, paperback, illustrated, 92 pages, spine a little toned, slight dent to bottom edge affecting lower edge of covers and pages, in Good condition.

£20.00

Harmer, C.H.C. and Eisendrath, Joseph L.

With Additional Notes on Subsequent Flights and Air Stamps
Publisher: American Air Mail Society, 1984

Second edition (revised and updated), hardback, illustrated, x + 181 pages, slight mark to front cover, slight spine-lean and hint of bend to the covers, in Good condition.

£18.00

[Shanahan's]

Publisher: Shanahan's Stamp Auctions Ltd, Dublin, 1959

Auction catalogue, paperback, illustrated, 47 pages + 54 black & white plates, tiny tear at top of spine, covers slightly sunned, in Good condition.

£35.00

Westley, H.C.

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.

£12.00

British Empire
Publisher: Robson Lowe, London & Basel, 1968-69

Sixteen auction catalogues bound in one volume, Robson Lowe house binding, original publisher’s red cloth gilt binding, prices realised in pocket at rear, in Very Good condition.

£120.00

[Brigham, Ron]

Jubilees, Maple Leaves, Numerals and Imperial Penny Postage
Publisher: Brigham Auctions Ltd., Toronto, 2014

Auction catalogue, paperback, spiralbound, illustrated, viii + 248 pages, in Very Good condition.

£12.00

Moffatt, W.G. and Hansen, G.F.

Publisher: The British North America Philatelic Society, 1981

Hardback, illustrated, xiii + 485 pages, mild shelfwear else in Very Good condition.

£24.00

Reiche, Hans

Catalogue of Constant Plate Varieties
Publisher: Fritz Billig, N.Y., 1954

Paperback, illustrated, 48 pages + separate Addendum, very slight corner-crease else in Very Good condition.

£9.00

Argenti, Nicholas

Publisher: Quarterman Publications, Massachusetts, 1976

Reprint, large hardback, dustwrapper, x + 223 pages + plates, tiny tear to dustwrapper at top of spine, page-edges very slightly toned, else in VG condition.

£50.00

Gordon, John S. (editor)

Publisher: The British North America Philatelic Society Ltd., 2001

Fifth edition, large format paperback, spiralbound, illustrated, circa 330 pages, top page-edges very slightly toned else in VG condition.

£28.00

Salmon, Alan

The People on her Stamps
Publisher: The Unitrade Press, Toronto, 1998

First edition, paperback, illustrated, 229 pages, signed dedication from the author on title-page, tiny corner-crease to cover else in VG condition.

£6.50

Lowe, Robson

Volume V The Empire in North America, Part I American Colonies
Publisher: Robson Lowe, London, 1973

Paperback, illustrated, xvi + 64 pages, slight marks to rear cover and light corner-crease to last few pages, else in VG condition.

£8.50

Lowe, Robson

Volume V. The Empire in North America, Part III. The Maritime Provinces
Publisher: Robson Lowe, London, 1973

First edition, paperback, circa 100 pages, illustrated, in Very Good condition.

£10.00

Lowe, Robson

Volume V The Empire in North America. Part II Canada
Publisher: Robson Lowe, London, 1973

first edition, paperback, xvi + 255 pages, in Very Good condition.

£12.50