Philatelic Literature Specialists

General philatelic works

Seymour, J.B.

Part One: The Line-Engraved Issues 1840 to 1853
Publisher: The Royal Philatelic Society, London, 1950

Second edition, No. 34 of 100 copies bound in quarter vellum, red cloth boards, top-edge gilt, illustrated, viii + 248 pages + 3 plates, minor wear, slightest hint of spine-lean, covers slightly sunned, lacks the original slipcase, pages lightly toned, in Good condition.

£24.00

Kiryushkin, A.V. and Robinson, P.E.

Publisher: J. Barefoot Ltd., 1994

Large (A4) paperback, illustrated, 180 pages, tiny mark to upper page-edges else in Very Good condition.

£20.00

Ashford, P.T.

Publisher: privately published by the author, 1994

Large (A4) paperback, illustrated, 84 pages, slight corner-crease to rear cover and last few pages else in Very Good condition.

£18.00

Melville, Fred J.

Government Postage Stamps
Publisher: Melville Stamp Books, London, 1913

Hardback, quarter leather gilt, grey card boards, original paper covers bound in, 72 pages + iv publisher’s advertisements, ex-Royal Philatelic Society London library with some library marks to front endpaper, a little foxing to the first two pages, in Good condition.

£18.00

Fryer, Gavin

Publisher: privately published, 1997

Paperback (card covers), v + 90 pages, in Very Good condition.

£14.50

Barker, B. Leslie

A Congress Carroll
Publisher: privately published, 1955

Paperback, 24 pages, illustrated, tiny corner-crease and a couple of tiny foxing spots, in Good condition.

£20.00

Melville, Fred J.

With an Appendix: “Notes on the Postal Adhesive Issues of the United Kingdom During the Present Reign” by H.R.H. The Prince of Wales.
Publisher: The Junior Philatelic Society, London, [1904]

Small paperback, illustrated, 56 pages + viii plates, foot of spine slightly rubbed with tiny amount of loss, slight corner-crease, small signs of use, in Good condition.

£9.50

Melville, Fred. J.

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

Melville, Fred J.

Publisher: Melville Stamp Books, London, 1909

Paperback, illustrated, 68 pages + adverts, ex-BNAPS Library with label to front cover, bookplate inside front cover and library pocket inside rear cover, small (½ cm) piece missing from foot of spine, previous owner’s name to front cover, slightly rusty staples, pages fine, a Good reading copy..

£9.50

Melville, Fred J.

Publisher: Melville Stamp Books, London, 1910

Paperback, illustrated, 55 pages + adverts, ex-BNAPS Library with label to front cover and bookplate inside front cover, previous owner’s name to front cover, slightly rusty staples, pages fine, in Good condition.

£9.50

Melville, Fred J.

Publisher: Melville Stamp Books, London, 1910

Paperback, illustrated, 76 pages + adverts, ex-BNAPS Library with label to front cover, bookplate inside front cover and library pocket inside rear cover, small (½ inch) piece missing from top of spine, previous owner’s name to front cover, rusty staples, pages fine, a Good reading copy.

£8.50

Shenoi, Col. L.G.

Publisher: Mysore Philatelics, Mysore, 1979

Paperback, 37 pages, illustrated, tiny mark to front cover, in Good condition.

£4.50

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

Publisher: Stuart Rossiter Trust Fund, 2000

Large format (A4) paperback, illustrated, v + 111 pages, tiny corner-creases to front cover, in Good condition.

£10.00

[Vullo, Gaetano]

Publisher: Harmers, London, 2003

Auction catalogue, large paperback, illustrated, 137 pages, text in Italian, with the prices realised, tiny knock to top of spine, minor signs of use, in Good condition.

£10.00

Astolfi, Valter

1939-1943 La Posta Civile – Annullamenti e storia postale
Publisher: Zanetti, Milano, 1996

Paperback (card covers), dustwrapper, illustrated, 637 pages, text in Italian, in Very Good condition.

£45.00

Cadioli, Beniamino and Cecchi, Aldo

Publisher: Stato Maggiore dell'Esercito, Roma, 1978

Paperback, 315 pages, illustrated, text in Italian, small mark to front cover, covers a little chipped at edges, some foxing to page edges, very slight toning/foxing to margins of first and last few pages, in Good condition.

£30.00

Del Bianco, Umberto

Volume Primo – Le Linee dell’Adriatico
Publisher: Sorani, Milan, 1976

Hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, viii + 362 pages + plates, text in Italian, binding a little shaken, very short tear to the dustwrapper, page-edges slightly toned, in Good condition.

£35.00

Del Bianco, Umberto

Volume Secondo – Le Linee del Levant, L’Attivita’ Postale sul Danubio e le Rotte tra la Turchia e l’Austria
Publisher: Sorani, Milan, 1978

Hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, viii + 478 pages + plates, text in Italian, in Very Good condition.

£40.00

Del Bianco, Umberto

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

Kurchan, Mario D.

Publisher: privately published, Buenos Aires, 1994

Paperback, illustrated, 440 pages, bilingual text in English & Spanish, spine slightly sunned, slight shelf-wear else in Very Good condition.

£25.00

Migliavacca, Giorgio

(Il Ruolo dell’Intermediario Postale)
Publisher: privately published, Milan, 1977

Small paperback, 66 pages, illustrated, text in Italian, in Good condition.

£7.50

Trapnell, David

Publisher: Forces Postal History Society & Society of Postal Historians, 2009

Large format (A4) paperback, illustrated, 36 pages, text in English, slightest crease else in Very Good condition.

£9.00

Alonge, Aldo

Storia di un idrovolante, I suoi uomini, I servizi postali
Publisher: Giorgio Apostolo, Milano, 1997

Large paperback (card covers), 224 pages, illustrated, text in Italian, slight knock to one corner, very slight hint of spine-lean, in Good condition.

£15.00

Avi, Dr. Helmuth

Le marche da bollo usate per posta Annullamenti-affrancature
Publisher: Edizione Starphila SA, Lugano, 1982

Large hardback, dustwrapper, 453 pages, illustrated, bilingual text in Italian & German, in Very Good condition.

£35.00

Deloste, Lt.-Colonel C.

Postes Militaire Française dans le Monde, Postes Étrangères en France (Secteurs Postaux – Marques de Censure et de Franchise)
Publisher: privately published by the author, 1970

Paperback (card covers), illustrated, 162 pages, text in French, signed by the author, knock to bottom corner with consequent corner-creasing to covers and to page margins, in Good condition.

£25.00

Deloste, Lt.-Colonel C.

Postes Militaires Françaises, Alliées et Ennemies sur le Front Français (Secteurs Postaux – Marques de Censure et de Franchise – Camps de Prisonniers et d’Internés)
Publisher: privately published by the author, 1968

Paperback (card covers), illustrated, 124 pages, text in French, signed by the author, slight corner-creases to the covers, spine and edges of covers a little rubbed, pages fine, in Good condition.

£25.00

Marchetto, Fortunato

Trattato storico sugli usi postali e fiscali Catalogo con valutazioni
Publisher: Vaccari, 2004

Third edition, paperback, illustrated, 639 pages, text in Italian, few tiny signs of use, slight spine-lean, in Good condition.

£24.00

[Mizuhara, Meiso]

Meiso Mizuhara Exhibition Collection
Publisher: Spink, London, 2003

Auction catalogue, paperback, 128 pages, illustrated, in Very Good condition.

£12.50

Publisher: David Feldman, Geneva, 2023

Auction catalogue, paperback, 93 pages, illustrated, in Very Good condition.

£8.50

"Chartwell" [Cripps, Sir Humphrey]

Vol. 4: Great Britain King Edward VII Essays, Proofs and Issued Stamps
Publisher: Spink, London, 2011

Auction catalogue, paperback, illustrated, 135 pages, with the prices realised, tiny corner-crease else in Very Good condition.

£11.50