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Postal history

General philatelic works

Rossiter Postal History Journal Volume No. 7
Tabeart, Colin and Lucas, Bernard

Rossiter Postal History Journal Volume No. 7

Publisher: Stuart Rossiter Trust Fund, 2006

Large format (A4) paperback, illustrated, viii + 110 pages, in Very Good condition.

£11.50

Johnson, Robert and Wheatley, Richard

Publisher: Stuart Rossiter Trust Fund, 2008

Large format (A4) paperback, illustrated, ix + 110 pages, minimal shelf-wear else in Very Good condition.

£11.00

Staff, Frank

1680 – 1918
Publisher: The Lutterworth Press, Cambridge, 1964

First edition, hardback, dustwrapper, 219 pages + plates, crease and short tear to dustwrapper with tiny amount of loss, book itself in Very Good, clean condition.

£12.00

Stray, Julian

Publisher: The British Postal Museum & Archive, London, 2006

Paperback (pictorial card covers), illustrated in colour, viii + 79 pages, some slight shelf-wear, in Good condition.

£5.00

Tabeart, Colin

An Overview of Steam Communications in the 19th Century
Publisher: privately published, 1999

Large format paperback, spiralbound, illustrated, 189 pages, yellowing to the transparent plastic front cover, pages fine, in Good condition.

£20.00

Briggs, Deane R.

Publisher: Confederate Stamp Alliance, 2018

Large hardback, illustrated, 299 pages, in Very Good condition.

£45.00

Hopkins, A.E.

Originating at Sea, on Land and in the Air
Publisher: Robson Lowe, London, 1967

Third edition, hardback, dustwrapper, viii + 180 pages, dustwrapper slightly soiled and with a couple of short tears, in Good condition.

£13.50

Hudson, Capt. A.

Publisher: General Post Office, London, 1936

Post Office Green Papers No. 28, paperback, 14 pages + 8 plates, rusty staples, dent to rear cover and slightly affecting some pages, in Good condition.

£12.50

Radice, F.R.

Publisher: General Post Office, London, 1937

Post Office Green Papers No. 35, paperback, frontispiece + 14 pages, rusty staples, some tiny marks to covers, rear cover creased, in Good condition.

£10.00

Patka, Frederic J.

Publisher: Vienna, 1989

Large hardback, original blue cloth, illustrated, 871 pages, text in German, small scratch-mark to front cover, mild shelf-wear, else in Very Good condition.

£100.00

Robertson, Alan W.

Publisher: Robson Lowe Ltd., London, 1960

Large format hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, interleaved, 68 pages, dustwrapper in Poor condition with dusty marks, numerous tears and loss of some pieces, a little foxing to the endpapers, corner-crease to front endpaper, in Good condition.

£24.00

Farrugia, Jean Young

A History of Post Office Pillar and Wall Boxes
Publisher: Centaur Press, London, 1969

First edition, hardback, dustwrapper, xxi + 282 pages + plates, dustwrapper faded to spine and rubbed, book itself in Very Good condition.

£24.00

Proud, Edward B.

Publisher: Postal History Publishing Co., 1992

Hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, 232 pages, dustwrapper a little creased and slightly rubbed at top of spine, in Good condition.

£16.00

Proud, Edward B.

Publisher: Proud-Bailey, East Sussex, 1991

Hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, 551 pages + colour plates, dustwrapper a little creased and with a short tear to the rear panel else in Very Good condition.

£40.00

Publisher: British, Dutch & Swiss Postal Administrations, 1952

Large format hardback, original brown cloth gilt, illustrated, xi + 154 pages + numerous folding plans and charts, some slight shelf-wear to the covers, minor signs of use, in Good condition.

£60.00

Smith, W.J.

The Postage Stamp – how it was invented
Publisher: David Winter & Son Ltd., Dundee, 1970

Hardback, dustwrapper, 148 pages + plates, dustwrapper slightly rubbed else in Very Good condition.

£9.50

Raynham, F.J. and Calvert, W.S.G.

Publisher: General Post Office, London, 1936

Post Office Green Papers No. 27, paperback, colour frontispiece, 24 pages + plates, some foxing and marks to the covers, pages clean, in Good condition.

£20.00

Clear, C.R.

Together with a copy and a transcription of the Proclamation of King Charles the First establishing the first State postal service for the conveyance of private letters in England and Scotland
Publisher: General Post Office, London, 1935

Post Office Green Papers No. 15, first edition, paperback, frontispiece, 19 pages, very slight wear to top of spine, in Good condition.

£14.50

Mark, Graham

A study of their history, the camps and their mails
Publisher: The Postal History Society, 2007

Large format hardback, illustrated, viii + 258 pages, in Very Good condition.

£25.00

Campbell-Smith, Duncan

The Authorized History of Royal Mail
Publisher: Allen Lane, London, 2011

First edition, later impression, hardback, dustwrapper, xxx + 849 pages + 32 plates, in Very Good condition.

£12.00

Chaintrier, Louis A.

Publisher: American Air Mail Society, 1976

Hardback, illustrated, vi + 163 pages, slight signs of use, in Good condition.

£20.00

Forster, R.K.

Publisher: Batsford, London, 1973

First edition, hardback, dustwrapper, 187 pages + xviii plates, illustrated, dustwrapper price-clipped and with some dusty marks to the verso, minor dusty marks to the edges, in Good condition.

£7.50

Campbell-Smith, Duncan

The Authorized History of Royal Mail
Publisher: Penguin Books, London, 2012

Paperback, xxx + 849 pages + 32 plates, slight shelfwear, page-edges very slightly toned, in Good condition.

£6.50

[Roberts, T.V.]

The T.V. Roberts Collection
Publisher: Christie's Robson Lowe, London, 1989

Auction catalogue, paperback, illustrated, 81 pages, with the prices realised, very slight corner-creasing to the front cover else in Very Good condition.

£10.00

Münzberg, Werner

Band I-IV (A-G)
Publisher: privately published, 1977-78

Four volumes, paperback, illustrated, circa 1000 pages, text in German, title written on spines by previous owner, minor signs of use else in Very Good condition.

£40.00

Rigby-Hall, B.

Publisher: Rigby Postal History Auctions, Bournemouth, nd [circa 1970]

Small paperback, 35 pages, illustrated, in Very Good condition.

£4.50

Farrugia, Jean and Gammons, Tony

Five centuries of postal transport by land, sea and air
Publisher: National Postal Museum, London, 1980

Paperback, illustrated, 84 pages, in Very Good condition.

£7.50

Numéro Spécial «Philexfrance 82»
Publisher: L'Union Marcophile, Paris, 1982

Large paperback, illustrated, 184 pages, text in French, in Very Good condition.

£10.00

Kutz, Kenneth J.

Publisher: Gold Fever Publishing, Connecticut, 1987

Large hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, x + 400 pages, dustwrapper worn with some soiling and tears with a small amount of loss, book itself in Very Good condition.

£25.00