Philatelic Literature Specialists

Military

Great Britain

The Post Office Went To War
Hay, Ian

The Post Office Went To War

Publisher: HMSO, London, 1946

Paperback, illustrated, 96 pages, corner-crease to front cover and slightly to first few pages, slight dusty marks/foxing to front cover, in Good condition.

£14.50

Boyden, Peter B.

The History of the British Army Postal Service from 1795
Publisher: National Army Museum, London, 1990

Large format (A4) paperback, pictorial card covers, illustrated in colour, 48 pages, ex-York Philatelic Society with library marks to title-page, corners creased, a Good reading copy only.

£7.00

Smith, John A.

Publisher: privately published, 1957

First edition, paperback, illustrated, 28 pages, small marks to the covers, pages slightly toned, one corner slightly creased with loss of tiny corner-pieces of last page and rear cover, in Good condition.

£15.00

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

Melville, Fred. J.

How War Stamps will illustrate many interesting side-lights on the present War
Publisher: published for the Junior Philatelic Society by Stanley Gibbons Ltd., London, 1918

Paperback, illustrated, 40 pages, slightly rusty staples, ex-Aberdeen University with small handstamp to first few pages, in Good condition.

£22.00

Stitt Dibden, W.G.

Publisher: The Postal History Society, 1963

First edition, paperback (card covers), 85 pages + plates (one folding), some marks to the front cover, rear cover detached (but still present), pages fine, in Good condition.

£17.50

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

By Members of the Staff Past and Present
Publisher: printed for private circulation by Harrison & Sons, 1919

Large format paperback (pictorial card covers), 69 pages, illustrated, covers rubbed, corners of covers and pages creased, short tear to front cover, small marks to edges, pages generally clean, a fairly Good reading copy.

£45.00

Daynes, J.A.

A priced list of censor marks and labels used by British Empire and Allied Forces in Exile
Publisher: The Forces Postal History Society, 1984

Large paperback, comb-bound, illustrated, 117 pages + 1986 Supplement, very slight corner-crease to front cover, in Good condition.

£15.00

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

Wolter, Karl Kurt

Geschichte, Typen der Stempel und Briefverschlüsse mit ihre Bewertung, Band I Vorzeit, Frühzeit und Neuzeit (bis 1939) & Band II Neuzeit (1939-1965)
Publisher: Georg Amm, München, 1965-66

Two large hardbacks, dustwrappers, illustrated, iv + 147 + v + 157 pages + xxvii plates, text in German, with Preface in French & English, one or two short tears to the dustwrappers, else in Very Good condition.

£100.00

Van der Walt, Andries

A Study of the Development of the Postal History of Mafeking from 1881 to 1910
Publisher: Postmark and Postal History Society of Southern Africa, 1986

Large format (A4) paperback, 36 pages, illustrated, some foxing and small marks to the covers, pages slightly toned, crease to rear cover and bend to pages, an acceptable reading copy only.

£8.50

Batten, A.G.M.

Publisher: Orange Free State Philatelic Society, Bloemfontein, 1983

Large format (A4) paperback, [vi] + 45 pages, covers slightly sunned, corners very slightly creased, in Good condition.

£12.50

Melville, Fred J.

Publisher: The Philatelic Institute, London, [1919]

Philatelic Institute Papers No.2. Paperback booklet, 4 pages, front and rear covers coming loose, slight marks to rear cover, in Fair/Good condition.

£11.50

Entwistle, Charles R.

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

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

Mark, Graham (editor)

Sea Conveyance During War 1914-1918
Publisher: The Postal History Society, 1997

Large format hardback, illustrated, iii + 91 pages, slightest bend to the covers, previous owner’s name to front endpaper, in Good condition.

£11.50

Glasewald, A.E.

Beiträge zur Geschichte der Feldpost
Publisher: Postilion Publications, The Printer's Stone, USA, nd

Reprint, paperback, comb-bound, illustrated, 240 pages (printed two to a page), text in German, one plastic ring broken else in Very Good condition.

£12.00

Virk, D.S.

Sikkim – Tibet 1903-1908
Publisher: Philatelic Congress of India & Army Postal Service Association, 1989

Hardback, dustwrapper, 144 pages + plates, dustwrapper spine a little sunned, spine-lean, in Good condition.

£40.00

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

Wolter, Karl Kurt

Geschichte, Typen der Stempel und Briefverschlüsse mit ihre Bewertung, Band II Neuzeit (1939-1965)
Publisher: Georg Amm, 1966

Large hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, v + 157 pages + xxvii plates, text in German, with Preface in French & English, one colour plate loose but still present, dustwrapper in Poor condition, previous owner’s name to front endpaper, one or two spots of foxing to the edges, in Good condition.

£40.00

Sirotti, Luigi

Storia Postale
Publisher: Sassone, Roma, 2006

Large format paperback (card covers), illustrated, 363 pages + separate valuation guide, text in Italian, in Very Good condition.

£75.00

Johnson, Robert

Publisher: Society of Postal Historians, 1986

Society of Postal Historians Very Special Issue #4. Large format (A4) paperback, illustrated, 126 pages, short tears to the spine, in Good condition.

£12.00

[Johnson, Robert] and [Clark, Rex]

and The Rex Clark G.B. Stamps & Postal History with Postal Reforms, Canadian Airmails, etc.
Publisher: Cavendish, Derby, 2015

Auction catalogue, paperback, illustrated, 98 pages, with the prices realised, in Very Good condition.

£9.00

Van Dam, Theo

A Geographical and Chronological Listing of Wars, Revolutions, Major Political Events and Newly Established Nations from the Italian War of Liberation until the Vietnam War – From Afghanistan to Zululand – From President Lincoln until the Ayatollah Khomeini
Publisher: Postal Covers, California, 1996

Third (revised) printing, large format paperback, comb binding, vi + 206 pages, slight shelfwear else in Very Good condition.

£22.00

Tett, David

Singapore & Malaya 1942-1945, The Changi Collection
Publisher: Stuart Rossiter Trust & BFA Publishing, 2002

Large hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, xxi + 387 pages + 8 colour plates, in Very Good condition.

£35.00

Hopkins, Major Adrian E.

Publisher: reprinted from the Bulletin of the Postal History Society, 1965

Card folder holding three loosleaf articles reprinted from the Postal History Society Bulletin, 7 pages, in Very Good condition.

£50.00

Rich, Stephen G.

1899-1902
Publisher: Chambers Publishing Co., Kalamazoo, 1943

Paperback, illustrated, 226 pages, ex libris Frank Rossi with his name written on front endpaper, mild shelfwear else in Very Good condition.

£75.00