Patton, Donald Scott - The Private Local Posts of the United States
Volume I New York State
Publisher: Robson Lowe Ltd., London, 1967.
Hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, xvi + 350 pages, few slight marks to the dustwrapper, mild dusty marks to the page-edges else in Very Good condition.
"A study of the history, the adhesive stamps, with their reprints and forgeries". A fine work, well illustrated in black & white and with two colour plates. Still the best handbook on the subject.

£32.00

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Melville, Fred J. - Phantom Philately
A Descriptive List of Stamps that are not what they seem
Publisher: Janet van den Berg, Ohio, 1950.
Reprint, paperback, illustrated, 204 pages, covers a little sunned in places and with one or two tiny marks, spine and corners of covers reinforced with bookbinder's tape, pages clean, in Good condition.
The classic work on bogus issues. Originally published in 1923, reprinted here with an interesting Foreword by Lowell Ragatz. Very scarce.

£18.00

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Liedel, Karl-Heinz - Echt oder False?
Studie über die ersten drei Serien der Spanischen Post in Andorra
Publisher: Andorra-Philatelie Forschungsgemeinschaft im BDPh. e.V., 1981.
Large format (A4) paperback, illustrated, 47 pages, text in German, covers slightly sunned, spine and corners reinforced with bookbinder's tape, else in Very Good condition.
Very scarce forgery study.

£25.00

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Lee, R.A.G. - A Specialised Study of the 1881 One Penny Lilac
Part 2, Damage and Minor Varieties of the Four Segments, Letters and Ovals
Publisher: The Great Britain Philatelic Society, 1990.
First edition, card covers, plastic comb-binding, vi + 97 pages, in Very Good condition.
This second part of Ron Lee's work on the plate varieties on the 1881 Penny Lilac covers damage and minor varieties of the four segments, letters and ovals. The first part (published in 1963 and now out of print) dealt with frame damage. The author personally examined over 3.5 million copies of the Penny Lilac in the course of preparing the two volumes. Well illustrated.

£15.00

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Brown, Roland and Fisher, Harold W. - The Plating of the Penny 1840-1864
Volume I, Die 1, Plates 1a to 45
Publisher: The Great Britain Philatelic Society, 1979.
Revised edition, card covers, spiralbound, vi + 156 pages, with the plating gauge in pocket at front, covers toned, corner-crease to front cover, some toning and slight marks to page-edges, internally clean, a Good working copy.
Revised edition of the first volume in the series. Long out of print and difficult to find.

£40.00

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Brown, Roland and Fisher, Harold W. - The Plating of the Penny 1840-1864
Volume II, Die 1, Plates 46 to 91
Publisher: The Great Britain Philatelic Society, 1972.
Paperback, pictorial card covers, spiralbound, v + 153 pages, with the plating gauge in pocket at front, in Very Good condition.
Long out of print and difficult to find.

£50.00

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Brown, Roland and Fisher, Harold W. - The Plating of the Penny 1840-1864
Volume IV, Die 1, Plates 132 to 175
Publisher: The Great Britain Philatelic Society, 1980.
Paperback (pictorial card covers), spiralbound, vi + 152 pages, with the plating gauge in pocket at front, front cover somewhat sunned, in Good condition.
Now out of print and becoming difficult to find.

£24.00

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Brown, Roland and Fisher, Harold W. - The Plating of the Penny 1840-1864
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, very slight corner-creasing else in Very Good condition.
The final volume in the series. Now also out of print.

£24.00

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Osborne, H. - British Line Engraved Stamps
Twopence Blue, Studies of Plates 1 to 15
Publisher: H.F. Johnson, London, 1946.
First edition, large hardback, original cloth gilt, illustrated, 170 pages + plates, slight spine-lean, ex Huddersfield Philatelic Society with label to spine and library marks to front endpapers, a few tiny blemishes, a Good working copy.
An important classic work with excellent illustrations.

£95.00

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Hewlett, M.R. - A Provisional Guide to the Valuation of the Numeral Cancellations of the British Isles
Part 1. England and Wales (with Used Abroad, Channel Islands, and Isle of Man.) and Hewlett's Aligning Code as applicable to all Postal Markings
Publisher: Picton Publishing, 1981.
First edition, paperback, illustrated, [iv] + 77 pages, slight corner-crease to front cover, covers toned, foxing to page-edges, some small blemishes, a Good working copy only.

£6.50

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- The Chicago Collectors' Monthly
Vol I No. 1-Vol III No.2 (Whole Nos. 1-26) complete all issued
Publisher: Boehm & Lindquist, Chicago, 1907-1909.
Hardback, 26 issues bound in one volume, brown cloth gilt, original coloured paper covers bound in, ex Junior Philatelic Society library with library marks to front and rear pastedown-endpapers, occasional minor defects but overall in Very Good condition.
Complete run of all issued of this rare early 20th century U.S. periodical. Much interesting content. [click "Next" for more images]

£40.00

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- The Trumpeter
Vols 7-16 (Whole Nos. 25 - 63/64)
Publisher: Croatia Philatelic Society, USA, 1978-1988.
Hardback, 10 volumes bound in 4, bound in green cloth gilt, ex National Philatelic Society Library with "N.P.S." in gilt to spines, few occasional library stamps else in Very Good condition.
Seldom offered run of this journal devoted to the philately and postal history of Croatia, the Balkans and Central Europe. Excellent content on Croatia, and on territories such as Montenegro, Fiume, Trieste, Albania, etc.

£45.00

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- Stamps of Hungary
Nos. 1 - 95
Publisher: The Magyar Philatelic Society of Great Britain, 1964-1988.
Hardback, bound in 5 volumes, tan cloth gilt, ex National Philatelic Society Library with "N.P.S." in gilt to spines, NPS library stamps to the original paper covers of each issue else in Very Good condition.
Seldom offered bound run of this periodical.

£50.00

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Marcilger, V. - Riga
Die Postgeschichte bis 1919
Publisher: Paul v. Sengbusch Verlag, Heide, 1987.
Second edition, large paperback, illustrated, circa 300+ pages + folding maps, text in German, previous owner's inscription to front cover, very slight corner-creasing to last few pages, slight dusty marks to page-edges, internally clean, in Good condition.
An exhaustive study of the postal history and postal markings of Riga, Latvia, up to 1919.

£25.00

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Springer, Renate & Christian - Das Oberlausitzer Postsystem 1678-1816
Publisher: privately published, Köln, 2007.
Hardback, illustrated, 172 pages + folding plates, text in German, ex National Philatelic Society Library with discreet library stamps to title-page else in Very Good condition.
Scarce handbook on the pre-stamp postal history of the Oberlausitz region. Well illustrated in colour.

£35.00

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Kruschel, Walter - Klassische Berliner Postgeschichte
Publisher: Walter Kruschel, Berlin, 1987.
Large format hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, 377 pages + map in pocket at end, text in German, short tear to front panel of dustwrapper, ex NPS Library with a few small library marks, in Good condition.
Superb handbook. Well illustrated in colour.

£30.00

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Drechsel, Edwin - Norddeutscher Lloyd Bremen 1857-1970
History - Fleet - Ship Mails, Volume One
Publisher: Cordillera Publishing Co., Vancouver, 1994.
Large hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, xiv + 472 pages, text in English, ex National Philatelic Society Library with small library stamp to front endpaper and verso of title-page, some marks to the lower page-edges, covers somewhat warped (bowing outwards), an acceptable reading copy.
Excellent handbook. Profusely illustrated in black & white.

£26.00

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Maderholz, Erwin - Bayerisches Briefmakenalbum
Ein Kapitel Postgeschichte von 1849 bis 1920
Publisher: Süddeutscher Verlag, München, 1972.
Large format hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, 130 pages, text in German, a couple of short tears and a little creasing to the dustwrapper, ex National Philatelic Society Library with a few small library stamps, in Good condition.
Attractive work on the postage stamp issues of Bavaria. Fine colour plates.

£10.00

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Boehm, Friedhelm - Die Plattenfehler der Berliner Bautenserie und andere Besonderheiten in Markenbild in Wort und Bild
Band 1
Publisher: privately published, 1988.
Large hardback, illustrated, 274 pages, text in German, ex NPS Library with some small library stamps, covers laminated with clear plastic, in Good condition.
First volume in a three volume series. Profusely illustrated with enlarged black & white illustrations of the stamps.

£24.00

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Paikert, Hans and Fischer, Peter - Nationale und internationale Briefmarkenausstellungen in Deutschland
Teil 1.
Publisher: Consilium Phiatelicum, c.1998.
Large format (A4) paperback, illustrated, 42 pages, text in German, ex National Philatelic Society Library with small library stamps to front cover and first page else in Very Good condition.
History of stamp exhibitions in Germany, 1884-1940.

£7.50

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