Airmail

Baldwin, N.C.

British Air Mails 1784-1946

A Chronology and Priced Catalogue of Aviation and Air Mail Souvenirs Flown Within and From Great Britain and Ireland

Publisher: F.J. Field, Sutton Coldfield, 1947

“The Aero Field” Handbook No. 8, second edition of Handbook No. 4 (published 1935), hardback, original dark blue cloth, illustrated, 213 pages, slightest hint of spine-lean, previous owner’s name to title-page, a few small marks, in Good condition.

£25.00

Redgrove, H. Stanley

The Air Mails of the British Isles

The Story of their Development from the Venture of the Great Western Railway in 1933 to the Outbreak of the War with Germany

Publisher: privately published, 1940

Hardback, x + 150 pages + 4 plates, illustrated, Foreword by Sir William Lindsay Everard, M.P., corrigenda page taped-in at end, some shelf-wear to the covers, a few small annotations to pages, a Good reading copy.

£50.00

Phillips, Harold D. [Editor]

The Air Age, A 1944 Commentary

Being the Bound Volume of The 1944 Air Mail Magazine

Publisher: A. Phillips, Newport, 1944

Hardback, original green cloth gilt, dustwrapper, 192 pages, illustrated, some short tears and dusty marks to the dustwrapper, some foxing to the page-edges, in Good condition.

£9.50

Garrard, W.

History of the RAF Postal Service Overseas 1942-1957

Volume 1

Publisher: Chavril Press, nd (circa 1989)

Second edition, paperback, 60 pages, tiny corner-crease to front cover, a few tiny marks to the covers else in Very Good condition.

£11.50

Zeppelinpost

incl. Post der Vertragsstaaten

Publisher: Heinrich Köhler, Wiesbaden, 2001

Auction catalogue, paperback, illustrated, 92 pages, text in German, minor signs of use else in Very Good condition.

£8.50

Lea, John and Fryer, Gavin

Wrecks and Disasters / Great Britain King George VI definitives in use on mail with World War II associations

Royal Philatelic Society London Display

Publisher: privately published, 2008

Paperback, spiralbound, 24 pages, illustrated, in Very Good condition.

£8.50

Fryer, Gavin

Great Britain Empire Air Mail Scheme 1936 to 1939 and King George VI High Value Adhesives on mail 1939 to 1955

A Display to Fellows and Members of The Royal Philatelic Society London

Publisher: privately published, 2022

Large format (A4) paperback, 36 pages, illustrated, in Very Good condition.

£12.50

[Scott, Barry]

Europe & Overseas, Stamp Auction 177

including the Barry Scott FRPSL International Gold Medal Collection “Imperial Airways 1920-40”

Publisher: Corinphila, Zurich, 2013

Auction catalogue, paperback, illustrated, 448 pages, in Very Good condition.

£12.00

Colley, Dr. N. and Garrard, W.

Censorship in the Royal Air Force

1918 to 1956

Publisher: Chavril Press, 1993

Large format (A4) paperback, illustrated, 76 pages, sunning to the spine, small crease to rear cover, small marks to the front cover, pages fine, in Good condition.

£14.50

Nierinck, Henri L.

Recovered Mail

Airplane Crashes 1918-1978

Publisher: R-Editions, Antwerp, 1984

First edition, hardback, dustwrapper, bilingual text in French & English, illustrated, 367 pages, separate pricing guide loosely inserted, dustwrapper rubbed and with some short tears, dusty marks to upper page-edges, a few small corner-creases, a Good working copy.

£24.00

Jones, Frank G.

Etiquettes: Par Avion – By Air Mail

Publisher: privately published, 1992

Large (A4) paperback, illustrated, iii + 53 pages, small sticker to front cover else in Very Good condition.

£18.00

["Erivan"]

Zeppelin

The “Erivan” Collection, 2nd Auction

Publisher: Corninphila, Zürich, 2023

Auction catalogue, hardback, illustrated, 148 pages, text in German, with a print-out of the prices realised, in Very Good condition.

£10.00

Massy, A.J.P.

Isle of Man Postmarks

Surface and Air

Publisher: Harry Hayes, Batley, 1977

Hardback, illustrated, 119 pages, slightest dusty marks/foxing to page-edges, internally clean, in Good condition.

£8.50

The “Osprey” Collection of Aviation and Airpost Covers and Cards

Publisher: Phillips, London, 1983

Auction catalogue, paperback, 145 pages, illustrated, with the prices realised, mild shelf-wear, in Good condition.

£8.50

Robinson, Howard

Carrying British Mails Overseas

Publisher: George Allen & Unwin, London, 1964

Hardback, original blue cloth, dustwrapper, 327 pages + plates, few short tears to dustwrapper, slightest hint of spine-lean, pages fine, in Good condition.

£10.00

Keeton Airgraph Collection, Part Six Naval Types and Part Seven: The Book

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

The Gaetano Vullo Collection of Airmails

Publisher: Harmers, London, 2003

Auction catalogue, large paperback, illustrated, 263 pages, text in English, tiny creases to the front cover, in Good condition.

£12.00

A Priced Catalogue of Air Posts of the World

Publisher: Alan Turton, London, 1925

First edition, hardback, original pictorial green cloth, all page-edges gilt, [ii] + 154 pages, interleaved, a little rippling to the binding, ex-Sheffield Philatelic Society Library with library bookplate to front pastedown-endpaper, and small library stamps at front and back, missing front free-endpaper, in Good condition.

£24.00

Air Mail

Air Mail Services – Summer Season, 1921

Publisher: Post Office, London, April 1921

Leaflet, 4 pages, some creases, in Good condition.

£20.00

Baldwin, N.C.

Fifty Years of British Air Mails

1911-1960

Publisher: Reda SA, Geneva, 1969

Reprint, paperback, illustrated, 47 pages, foxing to the covers and a little to the page-edges, internally fine, in Good condition.

£7.50

Lumley, D.O.

Air Mail Operation

Publisher: General Post Office, London, 1936

Post Office Green Paper No. 23, paperback, 18 pages + plates, slight corner-crease to front cover, small dent to rear cover, in Good condition.

£12.50

Lumley, D.O.

Air Mail

Publisher: General Post Office, London, 1939

Post Office Green Paper No. 45, paperback, 21 pages + plates, some corner-creasing, in Good condition.

£12.50

Williamson, Sir Frederick

The Air Mail Service

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, 1934

Post Office Green Papers No. 1, paperback, 18 pages, slight age-wear else in Very Good condition.

£12.50

Scott, H. Eric

The “Daily Mail” Circuit of Britain and Waterplane Tours of 1912

Publisher: privately published, 1970

Large format paperback (card covers), illustrated, 29 pages, slight marks to the front cover, in Good condition.

£28.00

Field, F.J.

British Air Mails

A Chronology

Publisher: Francis J. Field Ltd., Sutton Coldfield, 1935

First edition, card covers, 129 pages, illustrated, spine and covers slightly rubbed at extremities and somewhat soiled, foxing to endpapers and page-edges, and with scattered foxing throughout. A Good working copy.

£12.50

Hopkins, A.E.

A Pioneer British Air Mail, Bath-London, 1912

Publisher: privately published by the author, Bath, 1929

Hardback, original orange cloth, 23 pages + 6 plates, previous owner’s name to front pastedown-endpaper, slight hint of foxing to front free-endpaper, in Good condition.

£30.00

Baldwin, N.C.

Bridging the Atlantic

A Chronological Record of all Projected, Attempted and Successful Atlantic Flights until the Inception of Regular Services, and a Priced Catalogue of Souvenirs

Publisher: F.J. Field, Sutton Coldfield, 1945

First edition, hardback, original blue cloth gilt, illustrated, 95 pages, mild signs of age else in Very Good condition.

£24.00

Entwistle, Charles R.

Wartime Airmails – Great Britain

Transatlantic & Beyond

Publisher: Chavril Press, nd

Paperback, 24 pages, very slight marks to the covers, very slightly rusty staples, pages fine, in Good condition.

£6.00

Sanford, Kendall C.

Air Crash Mail of Imperial Airways and Predecessor Airlines

Publisher: The Stuart Rossiter Trust, 2003

Large (A4) paperback (card covers), illustrated, xii + 190 pages + appendices, with separate price guide loosely inserted, in Very Good condition.

£40.00

Mackay, James

Airmails 1870-1970

Publisher: Batsford, London, 1971

Hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, 216 pages, slight shelfwear and dusty marks to the dustwrapper, minor foxing to page-edges, in Good condition.

£9.50

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