Philatelic Literature Specialists

Great Britain

The Postage Stamps of Great Britain
Seymour, J.B. and Gardiner-Hill, C.

The Postage Stamps of Great Britain

Part One The Imperforate Line-Engraved Issues
Publisher: The Royal Philatelic Society, London, 1967

Third edition, revised & enlarged, hardback, dustwrapper, 336 pages + illustrations, slight foxing to title-page, foxing to page-edges, a Good reading copy.

£27.00

Forrestier Smith, Peter A.

An Outline Postal History
Publisher: The East Anglia Postal History Study Circle, 1972

Paperback, comb-bound, illustrated, [iv] + 92 pages, small mark to front cover else in Very Good condition.

£9.50

Green, Doris M.

and Check List of all Issues
Publisher: privately published, 1967

Paperback, [ii] + 26 pages, with Supplement (1969), paperback, [ii] + 8 pages, slight soiling to the covers, slight rust to the staples, in Good condition.

£15.00

A Specialised Postal History and Stamp Sale
Publisher: Robson Lowe, London, 1970

Auction catalogue, paperback, illustrated, 28 pages, with the prices realised, tiny corner-creases to front cover else in Very Good condition.

£7.50

Postal History of the World, Airmail Covers and Adhesives
Publisher: Harmers, London, 1983

Auction catalogue, paperback, illustrated, 76 pages + xxiv plates, with the prices realised, in Good condition.

£7.50

Douglas, James

Publisher: The Scottish Postmark Group, Edinburgh, nd [circa 1980]

Second edition, large (A4) hardback, illustrated, 71 pages, slight bend to the front cover, in Good condition.

£9.50

['Besançon']

The ‘Besançon’ Collection (part IV)
Publisher: Corinphila, Zurich, 2022

Auction catalogue, hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, 144 pages, text in English, with a print-out of the prices realised, in Very Good condition.

£15.00

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

Piat Dewavrin, F.X.

by a Postal Historian
Publisher: privately published, 1997

Small (A5) paperback, illustrated, 63 pages, minor shelf-wear, corners a little rubbed, in Good condition.

£12.50

Osborn, Geoffrey

A Study of Letters Sent to and from British Royal Navy Officers Serving Abroad in the Victorian Era
Publisher: Stuart Rossiter Trust Fund, Bristol, 1995

Large paperback (pictorial card covers), illustrated, 134 pages, tiny dent to spine, covers a little rubbed at edges and slightly creased at corners, slight shelf-wear, in Good condition.

£11.50

Stitt Dibden, W.G.

Publisher: privately published by the author, 1959

Paperback, illustrated, [i] + 21 pages + plate, few spots of foxing to front cover, in Good condition.

£13.50

Summer 2021
Publisher: Stanley Gibbons, London, 2021

Paperback, illustrated, 104 pages, in Very Good condition.

£5.00

Hay, Ian

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

Long, Bryant A. and Dennis, William J.

The Story of the Postal Transportation Service
Publisher: Simmons-Boardman, New York, 1951

First edition, hardback, original brown cloth, dustwrapper, xii + 414 pages + plates, dustwrapper torn in several places with some loss, some dusty marks to page-edges, signed dedication to the original owner from the author, in Good condition.

£14.50

Muggleton, D.J.

Publisher: Cambridge Philatelic Society, 1970

Paperback (card covers), comb-bound, 130 pages + plates, signed by the author, covers rubbed, in Good condition.

£7.50

Hyde, James Wilson

Its Curiosities and Romance
Publisher: W. Blackwood & Sons, 1889

Third edition, hardback, original red cloth gilt with decorative front board, frontispiece, xvi + 306 pages, 2cm tear to top of spine, small marks and stains to the covers, presentation bookplate to front pastedown endpaper, presented to a Post Office Telegraphs Messenger for proficiency at drill and general good conduct in 1906, some wear to front free-endpaper with loss of a tiny corner-piece, in Good condition.

£25.00

Beaumont, K.M. and Stanton, J.B.M.

Part Four: The Issues of King George V
Publisher: The Royal Philatelic Society, London, 1957

First edition, hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, 248 pages + plates, dustwrapper in Poor condition (in pieces, marked and torn), slight spine-lean, slight toning to pages, a Good working copy.

£22.00

Cribb, Stephen

Vol. 1 The British Postal Order 1881-1981
Publisher: Squirrel Publishing, 1984

Paperback, illustrated, [iv] + 66 pages, covers quite rubbed, in Good condition.

£7.00

Mackay, James A.

Publisher: privately published, 1986

Large format (A4) paperback, illustrated, 204 pages, in Very Good condition.

£9.50

Mackay, James

Sub Office Rubber Datestamps of Ireland
Publisher: privately published, Dumfries, 1985

Large format (A4) paperback, illustrated, 96 pages, text in English, tiny mark to front cover else in Very Good condition.

£9.50

Coerts, Gerrie and Maarsen, Fred and van Soest, Aart

Stories and Stamps
Publisher: Detail Topical Stamp Catalogues, Netherlands, 1995

Second edition, paperback, illustrated, 78 pages, text in English, tiny scuff to spine, in Good condition.

£5.00

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

Lumley, D.O.

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.

Publisher: General Post Office, London, 1939

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

£12.50

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

Rose, Stuart

a survey of British stamp design
Publisher: Phaidon, 1980

Hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, 128 pages, a few tiny marks to the page-edges, slight signs of use, in Good condition.

£7.50

Muir, Douglas N.

The Evolution of Machin’s Icon
Publisher: British Postal Museum, London, 2007

Paperback (pictorial card covers), illustrated, x + 236 pages, slight wear to the front cover else in Very Good condition.

£10.00

Daunton, M.J.

The Post Office since 1840
Publisher: The Athlone Press, London, 1985

First edition, hardback, dustwrapper, xviii + 388 pages + plates, Foreword by Asa Briggs, dustwrapper spine slightly sunned, minor shelf-wear, in Good condition.

£10.50

Historic Stagecoach Route Bristol-Chepstow-Monmouth-Hereford-Shrewsbury-Chester
Publisher: Hereford Head Post Office, circa 1982

Set of five large format postcards in card folder, in Very Good condition.

£10.00