Philatelic Literature Specialists

Attwood, J.H.

Ascension

The Stamps and Postal History
Publisher: Robson Lowe, London, 1981

Hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, viii + 71, slight wear to the upper edge of the dustwrapper with one or two tiny tears, book in Very Good condition.

The standard handbook for this British island colony. Well written, and with good illustrations. The book is divided into four parts: Parts 1 and 4 covering the postal history and Parts 2 and 3 the issued stamps. Part 1 relates to the postal history up to 1921 and documents the surviving correspondence from the island. It also outlines how the mails were carried and the postal rates charged. Part 4 continues the postal history story after 1921 with the added interest of airmail, postage due, and used abroad mail. Part 2 covers the 1922 to 1976 provisional and definitive issues and here the seeker of varieties can have considerable scope. The various commemorative issues are detailed in Part 3. The essential handbook for collectors of this Colony.

£14.50