Philatelic Literature Specialists

Maritime

General philatelic works

The Private Ship Letter Stamps of the World
Ringström, S. and Tester, H.E.

The Private Ship Letter Stamps of the World, Part 2

Australia – Europe – South America
Publisher: privately published, 1979

Hardback, dustwrapper, 215 pages, illustrated, slight dusty marks/foxing to upper page-edges, internally clean, in Good condition.

£40.00

Smith, Sam

The Link with the Sea
Publisher: Gibraltar Study Circle, 1997

Large format (A4) paperback (card covers), illustrated, circa 230 pages, mild shelfwear, slight corner-creasing to front cover, in Good condition.

£15.00

[Maybury, Peter]

featuring the Peter Maybury Collections of Postal History, Stamps and Essays; The Derek Richardson WWII Internment Mail & Stamp Issue Studies, and the “Pantoufle” Stamps & Postal History
Publisher: Cavendish, London, 2019

Auction catalogue, large format paperback, illustrated, 110 pages, text in English, with the prices realised, in Very Good condition.

£9.00

Ludington, M.H. and Osborn, Geoffrey

Publisher: Robson Lowe, London, 1971

Paperback, illustrated, 24 pages, complete with the set of 5 maps, slightly rusty staples, mild shelfwear and tiny marks to the covers, in Good condition.

£9.00

Bagshawe, Richard and Goldup, John

1904-49
Publisher: Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge, 1951

Paperback, 35 pages + 8 plates, some slight marks to the covers, pages fine, in Good condition.

£12.00

Hargest, George E.

Publisher: Quarterman Publications, 1975

Second edition, hardback, illustrated, ix + 234 pages, no dustwrapper, very slight bend to the covers, slight wrinkling to one page, minor signs of use but overall in Good, clean condition.

£25.00

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

[Woolfe, John]

The John Woolfe Collection
Publisher: Spink, London, 2006

Auction catalogue, paperback, illustrated, 90 pages, slight shelfwear to the covers, one or two tiny blemishes but internally fine, in Good condition.

£8.50

Ellott, Gerald J. and Tabeart, Colin (editor)

1874 & 1882 to 1885
Publisher: The Forces Postal History Society and the Society of Postal Historians, 2007

Large format (A4) paperback, illustrated, 44 pages, in Very Good condition.

£9.50

Hocking, Charles

Including sailing ships and ships of war lost in action 1824-1962
Publisher: The London Stamp Exchange Ltd., London, 1990

Reprint, large hardback, dustwrapper, 779 pages, slight wear to edges of dustwrapper, ink stamp of previous owner to front endpaper, in Good condition.

£45.00

Peace, Brian R.

Publisher: The Royal Philatelic Society of Victoria, Melbourne, 1997

First edition, hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, viii + 289 pages + 8 colour plates, in Very Good condition.

£40.00

Salles, Raymond

Tome I Les Entrées Maritimes depuis 1760 et les Bateaux a Vapeur depuis 1833
Publisher: James Bendon Ltd., Cyprus, 1992

Reprint, paperback (cloth-covered card covers), illustrated, 187 pages, plus the Addendum & supplement, text in French, slight hint of spine-lean, slight creasing to corners of covers, internally very clean, in Good condition.

£25.00

Tchilinghirian, S.D. and Bernardelli, Rag. R.

Part Six: Dodecanese: Carpathos to Symi, Ship Mail in the Dodecanese
Publisher: Studio Filatelico Silvano Sorani, Milano, 1974

Paperback (card covers), illustrated, 74 pages, in Very Good condition.

£40.00

Pirie, Dr. J.H. Harvey

Publisher: Stamp Collecting Ltd., London, c1948

First edition, paperback, illustrated, 71 pages, vertical crease to rear cover and affecting the pages slightly, covers very foxed, pages clean, a Good reading copy only.

£15.00

Ward, Joseph

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

Hardback, privately bound with cloth spine and marbled boards, gilt title to spine, attractive patterned endpapers, original pictorial paper front cover retained, fore-edge of front cover slightly chipped with tiny loss, very slight foxing, else in Very Good condition.

£15.00

Cockrill, Philip

Being an account of Sea and Ship Cancellation of the 20th Century
Publisher: The Cockrill Press, Ipswich, circa 1934

First edition, paperback, illustrated, 34 pages, spine and corners very slightly rubbed else in Very Good condition.

£7.50

1847-1937
Publisher: Hamburg-Amerika Linie, 1937

Hardback, illustrated, 48 pages + fold-out map, text in German, slight wear at top of spine, previous owner’s gift dedication to front endpaper, in Good condition.

£24.00

Publisher: Postgeschichtlichen Blätter Hamburg, 1986

Reprint, large folding colour map, with paperback Schedule of Mail Steamship Lines, 20 pages, text in German, in Very Good condition.

£12.00

Vieira, Armando Mário O.

Publisher: Núcleo Filatélico do Ateneu Comercial do Porto, 1988

Paperback, illustrated, 301 pages, text in Portuguese, spine and edges of covers a little rubbed, previous owner’s name to front endpaper, in Good condition.

£20.00

Weber, Dr. R.E.J.

Publisher: , 1966

Large format paperback, illustrated, 30 pages, text in Dutch with short summaries in English and French, covers and page-edges a little tanned, in Good condition.

£8.50

Chauvet, Michèle

1 – Genève de 1669 à 1849
Publisher: Brun & Fils, 2003

La Poste Internationale Tome 3. Large format (A4) paperback, illustrated, 305 pages, text in French, very light soiling to page-edges, minor wear else in Very Good condition.

£45.00

Britnor, L.E.

Publisher: The British West Indies Study Circle, 1959

Paper No. 1, limited edition of 500 copies, hardback, privately bound in green cloth, illustrated, 43 pages, in VG condition.

£22.00

Dromberg, D.A.

Manuscript markings and handstamps on letters from foreign countries to Finland
Publisher: Finlands Filatelistförbund, 1985

No. 157 of 300. Paperback, illustrated, 108 pages, text in Swedish but with an English & Finnish translation at end, light page toning else in Very Good condition.

£15.00

Britnor, L.E.

Publisher: The British West Indies Study Circle, 1977

Hardback, illustrated, 52 pages, in Very Good condition.

£24.00

Kantola, Ilkka and Laurla, Kari K. and Termonen, Teuvo

2.1 Flags of the Swedish Kingdom and of the Russian Empire
Publisher: Oy Hobby Books Ltd., Espoo, 1988

Paperback, illustrated, 276 pages, main text in Finnish, English & Swedish, in Very Good condition.

£28.00

[Kramer, George Jay Kramer]

The Geaorge Jay Kramer Collection
Publisher: Matthew Bennett, New York, 2003

Auction catalogue, paperback, illustrated, 76 pages, with the prices realised, in VG condition.

£9.00

Crüsemann, Kapt. Fr.

Handbuch und Stempelkatalog
Publisher: Poststempelgilde "Rhein-Donau", 1959-1962

Complete set of the original 12 parts (2 further parts were published much later), paperback, illustrated, 883 pages, text in German, light corner-crease to front cover of first part, occasional light foxing, else in Very Good condition.

£50.00