Philatelic Literature Specialists

Postal stationery

General philatelic works

British Pictorial Envelopes of the 19th Century
Bodily, Ritchie and Jarvis, Chris and Hahn, Charless

British Pictorial Envelopes of the 19th Century

Publisher: The Collectors Club of Chicago, 1984

Hardback, illustrated, ix + 331 pages, slight foxing to upper page-edges, in Good condition.

£45.00

Bulterman, P.R.

Publisher: De Nederlandsche Postzegelveiling, Amsterdam, 1993

Second edition, hardback, 106 pages, illustrated, text in English, slight spine-lean, some small marks to the covers, a few spots of foxing to the page-edges, small signs of use, a Good reading copy.

£15.00

Evans, Major E.B.

A Description of the Mulready Envelope and of Various Imitations and Caricatures of its Design; with an Account of other Illustrated Envelopes of 1840 and Following Years
Publisher: SR Publishers & Stanley Gibbons, London, 1970

Reprint, hardback, dustwrapper, viii + 240 pages, tiny tear to edge of dustwrapper, few spots of foxing to fore-edges, heavy foxing to upper page-edges, internally clean, in Good condition.

£40.00

Publisher: Alan Berman, Bodmin, 2002

Auction catalogues, small format (A5) paperbacks, illustrated, 16 + 36 pages, with the prices realised for Part Six, crease to rear cover and some pen annotations to last couple of pages of Part Six, Part Seven in Very Good condition.

£15.00

Snelson, J. Kenneth and Galland, Robert B.

Publisher: Royal Philatelic Society London, 2017

Large hardback, original blue cloth gilt, dustwrapper, x + 486 pages, in Very Good condition.

£45.00

von Scharpen, Rainer

Ergänzung zum Weltganzsachen-Katalog von Dr. Ascher
Publisher: Ga Ka Verlag, 1998

Paperback, 234 pages, plus separate Price Tables, 23 pages, text in German, slight creases and rubbing to the spine and covers, slight rusty staples to the separate Price Tables, pages fine, in Good condition.

£25.00

Weston, H. Edgar

Publisher: British Guiana Philatelic Society, Georgetown, 1920

First edition, reprinted from “The British Guiana Philatelic Journal” December 1919, 8 pages + 2 plates, covers a little soiled, tiny piece missing from lower edge of front cover, in Good condition.

£21.00

Weston, H. Edgar and Van Gelder, Peter (editor)

Publisher: The Postal Stationery Society, 2003

New edition, privately bound with cloth-covered card covers, gilt lettering to front cover, illustrated, 20 pages, ex libris Brian Birch with his bookplate inside front cover, in Very Good condition.

£12.00

Godinas, François

Publisher: La Philatélie Campinoise, Turnhout, 1953

First edition, paperback, illustrated, 107 pages, text in French, ex-RPSL and Canadian Postal Museum Libraries with library label to front cover, library bookplates inside front cover and library pocket inside rear cover, some damage to spine with tape-repair at top, a Good working copy.

£8.50

Undersander, Dan

Publisher: United Postal Stationery Society, 2003

Hardback, xxv + 367 pages + CD in pocket at end, illustrated, ex-Royal Philatelic Society London Library with library bookplate to front endpaper and two embossed stamps to first few pages else in Very Good condition.

£25.00

Bussey, Lewis E.

Publisher: United Postal Stationery Society, 2010

65th Anniversary edition, hardback, xxxviii + 248 pages, illustrated, ex-Royal Philatelic Society London Library with library bookplate to front endpaper and embossed stamp to title-page, tiny knock to top corner of front cover and slightly creasing page corners, tiny dent to top edge of front cover, in Good condition.

£27.00

Undersander, Dan

Publisher: United Postal Stationery Society, 2011

Third edition, hardback, v + 390 pages, illustrated, ex-Royal Philatelic Society London Library with library bookplate to front endpaper and embossed stamp to title-page else in Very Good condition.

£30.00

Isani, Dr. Usman Ali

Publisher: Pakistan Post Foundation, Karachi, 2015

Two volumes, hardback, full leatherette gilt bindings, slipcase, illustrated, 738 pages, slipcase in Poor condition with wear and splits to joints, two corners slightly rubbed else the two volumes are in Very Good condition.

£50.00

Duberal, Ross

Publisher: Pacific Islands Study Circle of Great Britain, 1998

Large paperback, illustrated, [xi] + 113 pages, corners of covers very slightly rubbed/creased, else in Very Good condition.

£17.50

Filanci, Franco and Sopracordevole, Carlo and Tagliente, Domenico

Italian Postal Stationery Specialized Catalogue
Publisher: Laser Invest, 2016

Sixteenth edition, paperback, dustwrapper, illustrated, 416 pages, bilingual text in Italian & English, in Very Good condition.

£25.00

Burrows, Peter C.

An illustrated history of British Army Form A.2042 and other military postcards issued since 1900
Publisher: privately published, 1987

Large format paperback, comb-bound, illustrated, unpaginated (circa 300+ pages), in Very Good condition.

£36.00

Pope, Brian and Thomas, Phil

The Postal Stationery to 1914
Publisher: The Western Australia Study Group, Perth, 1982

Hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, viii + 141 pages, dustwrapper very slightly frayed at top of spine, small mark to dustwrapper, page-edges a little toned, in Good condition.

£20.00

Payne, Rev. Eric and Cape, Norman

Part I Ethiopian Stationery & Part II Airmail Flights to 1934
Publisher: Philip Cockrill, 1982

Paperback, illustrated, 48 pages, in Very Good condition.

£8.50

Ewen, H. L'Estrange

Bound with Priced Catalogue of the Unadhesive Postage Stamps of the United Kingdom
Publisher: H. L'Estrange Ewen, Norwood, 1896, 1905

No.5 (fifth edition), hardback, 218 pages, bound with First edition, (vii) + 86 pages, original paper covers removed, bound in black buckram gilt, “United Kingdom Stamps” in gilt to front cover, a few tiny marks to the covers else in Very Good condition.

£35.00

Kessler, F.W. and Matthews, Thomas A.

Publisher: Aerogram Catalogue Publishing Co., New York, 1961

Looseleaf in three binders, illustrated, hundreds of pages (unpaginated), mild wear else in Very Good condition.

£75.00

Sundal, F. Aleem and Kasbati, Rafiq

Publisher: SK Publisher, Karachi, 1995

Paperback, x + 148 pages, illustrated, slight hint of spine-lean else in Very Good condition.

£24.00

Alsop, John

Publisher: privately published, 1987

Large format (A4) paperback, 400 pages, illustrated, slight shelfwear and tiny corner-creases to the covers, pages fine, in Good condition.

£36.00

Bridges, Eddie

1942-1961
Publisher: South African Collectors Society, 2004

Large (A4) paperback, illustrated, vi + 91 pages, signed by the author, slight corner-crease to front cover, tiny mark to front cover, pages clean, in Good condition.

£14.50

Muir, Douglas N.

A New Appreciation
Publisher: The National Postal Museum, London, 1990

First edition, paperback (card covers), illustrated, 242 pages, in Very Good condition.

£12.50

Engelbrecht, Lars

The Bicoloured Issue 1871-1905
Publisher: privately published, 2014

Large format (A4) paperback, illustrated, 31 pages, in Very Good condition.

£9.50

Publisher: Paolo Vollmeier, Switzerland, 2002

Large format paperback, illustrated, 196 pages, text in English (some articles in other languages with English translations), slight shelfwear else in Very Good condition.

£35.00

Dickson, John and Hanman, Keith

Publisher: Natal & Zululand Study Circle, 2001

Large format paperback, comb-bound, 222 pages + colour plates, foxing and dusty marks to the page-edges, in Good condition.

£30.00

[Yates, E.E.]

offered by order of E.E. Yates, Esq.
Publisher: Robson Lowe Ltd., London, 1949

Auction catalogue, hardback, original publisher’s blue cloth gilt, interleaved, illustrated, 60 pages, with the prices realised, ex Huddersfield Philatelic Society library with label to spine and bookplate inside front cover, very slight spine-lean, a little mottling and a few marks to the covers, pages fine, a Good working copy.

£35.00

Gillis, David E.

A New Look at an Old Topic
Publisher: Pacific Islands Study Circle, 2008

Large format (A4) paperback, illustrated, 82 pages, ex NPS library with library stamp to front cover and some small library marks to pages, else in Very Good condition.

£12.50

[Knapp, Arnim]

Die Sammlung Arnim Knapp
Publisher: Heinrich Köhler, Wiesbaden, 2018

Auction catalogue, paperback, illustrated, 84 pages, text in German, in Very Good condition.

£8.50