Philatelic Literature Specialists

Postal History

Great Britain

Hodgson, K. and Sedgewick, W.A.

1813 – 1839

Publisher: HH Sales, Bradford, 2001

Reprint of the second (revised) edition, paperback (card covers), 54 pages, slight rust to staples, slight corner-crease to rear cover, in Good condition.

£7.50

Mackay, James A.

Publisher: privately published, Dumfries, 1982

Large (A4) paperback, illustrated, 232 pages, some dusty marks and foxing to the upper page-edges, in Good condition.

£24.00

Anon.

Publisher: Sunday School Union, London, nd [but circa 1890s]

First edition, pictorial card covers (12½” x 10″), 14 pages, chromo illustrations, the original stitching to the spine has perished and the spine has been crudely repaired with tape, corner-piece missing from front cover and with some other short tears and small amount of loss, gift inscription to first page, a well-loved copy with some scattered marks, short tears to edges and small corner-creases – in Acceptable condition.

£45.00

de Righi, A.G. Rigo

Publisher: The National Postal Museum, London, 1980

First edition, large format paperback, vii + 56 pages, one corner of front cover slightly rubbed, previous owner’s gift inscription inside front cover, in Good condition.

£8.00

Farrugia, Jean

Publisher: Post Office Archives, 1986

Large format (A4) paperback, comb-bound, ix + 122 pages, small dents to the comb-binding, few creases and small knocks to the covers, pages fine, in Good condition.

£12.50

Buckley, Eric

Publisher: Yorkshire Postal History Society, 1971

Limited edition of 300 copies, paperback, [viii] + 45 pages + 14 plates, marks to front cover, tiny mark to edges, internally fine, in Good condition.

£7.50

Andrews, D.W.

a postal history

Publisher: Somerset & Dorset Postal History Group, 1987

Paperback, [viii] + 92 pages, illustrated, tiny mark to front cover else in Very Good condition.

£9.50

Robinson, David

A Practical Guide to the Inland and Foreign Postage Rates of the British Isles 1570 to 1840

Publisher: privately published by the author, 1990

First edition, large format (A4) paperback, viii + 250 pages, illustrated, some shelf-wear and slight creases to the covers, pages fine, in Good condition.

£21.00

Anon.

from 1558 to the Present Day

Publisher: General Post Office, London, 1962

Paperback (pictorial card covers), 20 pages, illustrated, in Good condition.

£6.00

Anon.

Publisher: General Post Office, London, nd [1960s]

Paperback (pictorial card covers), 28 pages, illustrated, in Good condition.

£6.50

Morel, Richard Scott and Skinner, Paul

A brief history of Royal Correspondence between Britain and Asia

Publisher: privately published, 2014

Large format (A4) paperback, 75 pages, illustrated, ex-RPSL library with library label inside front cover and to last page, in Good condition.

£9.50

Fryer, Gavin

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

Staff, Frank

1680 – 1918

Publisher: The Lutterworth Press, Cambridge, 1992

Second edition (first paperback edition), paperback, 219 pages, in Very Good condition.

£8.50

Hosking, Roger and Cockrill, Philip

Part II

Publisher: Philip Cockrill, c1990

Paperback, 88 pages, illustrated, in Very Good condition.

£10.00

Feldman, Hugh

A history of their offices and handstamps within the General, Penny and Twopenny Posts

Publisher: The Stuart Rossiter Trust & the Postal History Society, 1998

Two large hardback volumes in slipcase, illustrated, 900+ pages, folding maps in pocket at rear, minor blemishes to the slipcase else in Very Good condition.

£45.00

Asquith, Brian; Lovejoy, Geoff; Kenton, Phil and Muys, Cornelius

Publisher: Stuart Rossiter Trust Fund, 2000

Large format (A4) paperback, illustrated, v + 111 pages, tiny corner-creases to front cover, in Good condition.

£10.00

Stone, J.W.M.

A Calendar of Historical Documents

Publisher: Christie's Robson Lowe, London, 1987

Hardback, dustwrapper, viii + 333 pages, dustwrapper a little chipped at top of spine, previous owner’s name to front endpaper, else in Very Good condition.

£22.00

Morgan, Glenn H.

A Priced Catalogue of Sheets, Cards and Labels

Publisher: published by the author, 1995

Paperback, illustrated, x + 165 pages, label to front cover, tiny knock to foot of spine, pages fine, in Good condition.

£11.00

[Corsini]

1570-1601

Publisher: Christie's Robson Lowe, London, 1988

Auction catalogue, paperback, illustrated, 77 pages, with the prices realised, some slight shelf-wear else in Very Good condition.

£9.50

[Corsini]

England, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, The Low Countries, The Republic of Venice, Ragusa

Publisher: Christie's Robson Lowe, London, 1984

Auction catalogue, paperback, illustrated, 80 pages, with the prices realised, some slight shelf-wear else in Very Good condition.

£9.50

['Besançon']

The ‘Besançon’ Collection (part V)

Publisher: Corinphila, Zurich, 2024

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

£12.50

Magazine of International Postal History No. 2

Publisher: CIFO, Milan, 2020

Paperback, 108 pages, illustrated, text in English, tiny knock to the spine else in Very Good condition.

£7.50

Graveson, Samuel (editor)

An Account of Rowland Hill’s Great Reform of 1840 and of the Introduction of Adhesive Postage Stamps with Chapters on the Birth of the Postal Service

Publisher: The Postal History Society, London, 1940

Hardback, original brown cloth, illustrated, 144 pages, covers slightly rubbed, slight corner-crease, slight foxing to the page-edges, a Good reading copy.

£30.00

[Wiseman, W.A.]

Publisher: Stanley Gibbons, London, 1994

Auction catalogue, paperback, illustrated, 176 pages, with the prices realised, minor dusty marks to top-edges, corner of front cover very slightly rubbed, else in Very Good condition.

£8.50

Mackay, James

Publisher: privately published by the author, Glasgow, 2000

Paperback, illustrated, v + 163 pages + maps, minor signs of use, few slight dusty marks, in Good condition.

£15.00

[Giamporcaro, Tito]

Publisher: Robert A. Siegel, New York, 1996

Auction catalogue, paperback, illustrated, 93 pages, with the prices realised, in Very Good condition.

£10.00

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