Philatelic Literature Specialists

Queen Victoria issues

Great Britain

The Penny Black of Great Britain
Seymour, J.B.

The Penny Black of Great Britain

With Notes on the Effect of British Penny Postage in the United States
Publisher: American Philatelic Society, 1938

Paperback, illustrated, 31 pages, covers quite sunned at margins, a few tiny creases, in Good condition.

£11.50

Bodily, Ritchie and Jarvis, Chris and Hahn, Charless

Publisher: The Collectors Club of Chicago, 1984

Hardback, illustrated, ix + 331 pages, in Very Good condition.

£50.00

Akerman, G.C.

An allocation of the printing flaws found on these issues to a series of printing plates
Publisher: Great Britain Philatelic Society, London, 1970

Paperback (card covers), comb-bound, 81 pages, covers slightly rubbed, in Good condition.

£21.00

Wiseman, W.A.

Volume 1
Publisher: Bridger & Kay, London, 1984

Hardback, dustwrapper, top-edges gilt, xii + 364 pages + 4 colour plates, No. 454 of a limited edition of 600 numbered copies, dustwrapper slightly creased and with a short tear to the rear panel, some slight wear to the gilt page-edges, in Good condition.

£50.00

Wiggins, Dr. W.R.D.

1855-1879 One Penny Die II
Publisher: Robson Lowe, London, 1982

No. 25 of an unspecified (circa 200 copies) limited edition, large hardback, original cloth gilt, illustrated, xii + 340 pages, a couple of tiny spots of foxing to the fore-edges, in Good condition.

£95.00

[Fisher, Harold]

Publisher: Phillips, London, 1983

Auction catalogue, paperback, 154 pages, illustrated, with the prices realised, spine slightly toned, a few tiny marks to the covers, pages fine, in Good condition.

£10.00

Batty, Mike

A Plating Record
Publisher: privately published, 2009

Second edition, paperback, comb-bound, iv + 64 pages + page of additions loosely inserted, illustrated, small scuff to front and rear covers with small amount of loss to the surface, some corner-creases to the pages, in Good condition.

£8.50

Gardiner-Hill, Clive

The Line Engraved Issues. Archer Plates. 1841 Penny Red. Die I. Alphabet I. Plates 92-101. Constant Varieties.
Publisher: R.C. Alcock Ltd., Cheltenham, 1950

Second edition, small paperback, 23 pages, slight toning to the covers else in Very Good condition.

£20.00

Gardiner-Hill, Clive

The Line Engraved Issues. 1841 Penny Red. Die I. Alphabet I. Plates 102-131. Constant Varieties.
Publisher: R.C. Alcock Ltd., Cheltenham, 1951

Small paperback, 23 pages, a couple of tiny spots of foxing to the page-edges else in Very Good condition.

£15.00

Stanton, Captain J.B.M.

The Study and Plating of the Line-Engraved Penny Stamp of Great Britain
Publisher: Axworthys', Paignton, 1936

Small paperback, illustrated, 69 pages, slight creases to the front cover, tiny corner-creases to the pages, in Good condition.

£30.00

Todd, T.

With Particular Reference to the Adhesives
Publisher: The Vallancey Press Ltd., London, nd [circa 1920s]

“Stamp Collecting” Handbook No. 40, paperback, 32 pages, illustrated, some foxing to the edges, in Good condition.

£20.00

Through Five Reigns
Publisher: J. Sloper & Co., London, nd [circa 1939]

Paperback, 16 pages, illustrated, slightly rusty staples else in Very Good condition.

£20.00

Galland, Robert B. and Louis, Karl

Low Values 2½d to 2s
Publisher: Great Britain Philatelic Society, 2009

Large format hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, xii + 236 ages, slight warping (bend) to the covers, in Good condition.

£40.00

Wiggins, W.R.D. and Tonna, G.C.

PL22 to 68 & R17, together with Alphabet IV (PL50 & 51), Alphabet II (R15 & R16)
Publisher: G.C. Tonna, 1973

Complete set of 5 volumes, paperback (pictorial card covers), spiralbound, circa 250 pages, corner-crease to front cover and first couple of pages of Vol. 1, occasional toning and small marks to the covers, pages fine, in Good condition.

£40.00

Stone, J.W.M.

Plates 1-40, with an Appendix on Other Second States
Publisher: R.C. Alcock, Cheltenham, 1973

Hardback, illustrated, 88 pages + 4 plates, with the 14 photo-plates in pocket at end, in Very Good condition.

£45.00

Beaumont, K.M. and Easton, John

Part Three: The Embossed Issues & The Surface Printed Issues of Queen Victoria and King Edward VII
Publisher: The Royal Philatelic Society, London, 1964

Second (revised) edition, hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, 344 pages + plates, short tear to dustwrapper, some foxing to the endpapers and to page-edges, in Good condition.

£28.00

[Seymour, J.B.]

Publisher: Robson Lowe Ltd., London, 1951-52

Auction catalogues, complete set of six parts plus two separate brochures of photo-plates, paperbacks, no prices realised, occasional small pencil marks and tiny signs of use, in Good condition.

£60.00

Samuel, Marcus and Huggins, Alan

Publisher: The Great Britain Philatelic Society, 1980

Hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, x + 254 pages, some short (repaired) tears to the dustwrapper, slight creasing to the front free-endpaper else in Very Good condition.

£26.00

[Blanc, Jack]

The Jack Blanc Collection
Publisher: Corinphila, Zurich, 2021

Auction catalogue, hardback, dustwrapper, 160 pages, illustrated, text in English, with the prices realised, very slight shelf-wear to the dustwrapper else in Very Good condition.

£15.00

["Vestey"]

from the Vestey Collection
Publisher: Spink, London, 2014

Auction catalogue, paperback, 121 pages, illustrated, one corner of front cover very slightly rubbed else in Very Good condition.

£10.00

Volume 32 No. 1-Volume 62 No. 2
Publisher: Great Britain Philatelic Society, 1994-March/April 2024

Paperback as issued, missing one issue (Vol 46 No. 6), a few tiny signs of age else in Very Good condition.

£90.00

Todd. T.

Publisher: Duckworth, London, 1949

Third impression, hardback, dustwrapper, 274 pages + 40 plates, dustwrapper somewhat foxed/marked and chipped at corners and top of spine with a tiny amount of loss, slight toning to endpapers and edges, in Good condition.

£9.50

Litchfield, P.C.

Publisher: Robson Lowe, London, 1949

First edition, paperback, 224 pages, covers slightly rubbed, some dusty marks/soiling to the spine and covers and to the page-edges, internally clean, in Good condition.

£25.00

Brown, Roland and Fisher, Harold W.

Volume III, Die 1, Plates 92 to 131
Publisher: The Great Britain Philatelic Society, 1976

Paperback, pictorial card covers, spiralbound, vi + 152 pages, with the plating gauge in pocket at front, toning to rear cover (as usual) else in Very Good condition.

£60.00

Brown, Roland and Fisher, Harold W.

Volume V, Die 1, Plates 176 to 204, Reserve Plates 1 to 6
Publisher: The Great Britain Philatelic Society, 1984

Paperback, pictorial card covers, spiralbound, vi + 134 pages, with the plating gauge in pocket at front, tiny nick to edge of front cover, corners of covers slightly rubbed else in Very Good condition.

£24.00

Prescott-Pickup, Vernon E.

The Stamps of Queen Victoria
Publisher: Prescott Incentive Promotions Ltd, Telford, 1981

Large format (15″ tall) paperback (pictorial card covers), 40 pages, illustrated, lacking the tipped-in colour plates sometimes found in this work, minor signs of shelf-wear else in Very Good condition.

£15.00

Osborne, H.

Publisher: Chas. Nissen & Co. Ltd., London, 1932

Paperback, illustrated, 24 pages, slight corner-creases to the front cover, slight spotting and tiny marks to the title-page, slight dusty marks to lower margins of first few pages, in Good condition.

£18.00

Melville, F.J.

Publisher: The Philatelic Institute, London, nd (1925)

Melville Stamp Books Number One, third edition, paperback, illustrated, 82 pages + advertisements, slight hint of spine-lean, knock to one corner with consequent slight corner-creasing to covers and pages, in Good condition.

£10.00