Cockrill, Philip - Ocean Mails
Being an account of Sea and Ship Cancellation of the 20th Century
Publisher: The Cockrill Press, Ipswich, circa 1934.
First edition, paperback, illustrated, 34 pages, spine and corners very slightly rubbed else in Very Good condition.
A classic work on Paquebot and other Ship cancels of the first part of the twentieth century. Very well illustrated.

£7.50

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Staff, Frank - The Transatlantic Mail
Publisher: Adlard Coles Ltd., 1956.
First edition, large hardback, original blue cloth binding, dustwrapper, illustrated, 191 pages, dustwrapper rubbed and chipped at edges with some loss of tiny fragments, front cover very slightly rubbed at one corner, pages clean and bright, signed by the author, in Good condition.
The classic work on the development of the transatlantic mail services. It covers the history of the rivalry for supremacy of the Atlantic that developed between Britain and America, the beginning of the pioneer steamship services, and the struggle for the much coveted mail contracts. With authoritative lists of all the regular mail carrying ships, postal rates, and other useful information. Well illustrated with maps, Post Office notices, illustrations of sailing packets and early steamships, and illustrations of postal markings. This remains one of the standard handbooks on the Transatlantic Mails.

£35.00

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Salt, Denis - The Domestic Packets between Great Britain and Ireland, 1635 to 1840
Publisher: The Postal History Society, 1991.
Large format paperback, illustrated, 50 pages, a little corner creasing to covers else in Very Good condition.
Useful work on rates & routes between Britain and Ireland.

£11.00

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[Saylor, John] - The Early Cancellations of Great Britain primarily Foreign Post Offices and Mailboat Usages
primarily the John Saylor collection
Publisher: Harmers, New York, 1987.
Auction catalogue, paperback, 28 pages, with the prices realised, covers very slightly rubbed else in Very Good condition.
Scarce catalogue of QV covers, mainly GB used abroad.

£10.00

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Daynes, J.A. - The Forces Postal History of the Falkland Islands & the Task Force
Publisher: Forces Postal History Society, 1983.
Large format paperback, comb-bound, illustrated, 162 + xvii pages, a few dusty marks to the page-edges and front cover, small scuff to rear cover, pages clean, in Good condition.
Scarce, well illustrated handbook.

£20.00

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Sinfield, Cyril A. and Montgomery, Malcolm B. - The Post in Portsmouth
An Examination of the History of the Post Office and the Postal Services in and about Portsmouth
Publisher: Portsmouth & District Philatelic Society, 2011.
Large format paperback, spiralbound, illustrated, viii + 257 pages, in Very Good condition.
A revised and much enlarged edition of Cyril Sinfield's earlier work. Very well illustrated in colour. A fine work.

£22.00

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[Codrington] - The "Codrington" Correspondence 1746-1851
including Antigua and Barbuda
Publisher: Robson Lowe, London, 1951.
Auction catalogue, paperback, illustrated, 28 pages, vertical crease caused by folding, in Good condition.
Robson Lowe Postal History Auction No. 143. Rare catalogue.

£9.50

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[Glassco, J. Grant] - British Post Offices Abroad
The Glassco Collection
Publisher: Robson Lowe, London, 1969.
Auction catalogue, paperback, 259 pages, with the list of prices reailsed, very slight corner-crease to front cover, tiniest short tear to foot of spine, else in VG condition.
The greatest collection of GB Post Offices Abroad ever formed. Profusely illustrated.

£24.00

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Gould, M.H. - The Royal Naval Air Service
Publisher: The Forces Postal History Society, 1983.
Large (A4) paperback, comb-bound, illustrated, 44 pages + maps and illustrations, a couple of cracks to the plastic comb-binding, else in Very Good condition.
Comprehensive postal history study of the RNAS.

£12.50

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[Gunn, John] - The John Gunn Collection of Worldwide Maritime Mail and Related Ephemera
Publisher: Cavendish, Derby, 2002.
Auction catalogue, paperback, illustrated, 158 pages, prices realised, in VG condition.
Very nice catalogue featuring Ship Letters of the British Isles (many ex-A.W. Robertson), lovely Shipping Line ephemera, Transatlantic Mails, Maritime Mails of South America, West Indies (including a Lady McLeod cover), Indian Ocean, Australasia, etc, etc. Well illustrated, including 39 pages of colour plates.

£9.50

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- Australian Mails
Publisher: -, 1858.
Paperback, disbound pages, 17 pages, slight toning to margins of first page, light creasing, and one or two tiny nicks to the edges, but pages clean and crisp. In Good condition.
Mail Contract with the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company for the conveyance of Her Majesty's Mails between Southampton and Sydney via Suez. With Timetable of Mails between England and Australia in 1858 and 1859. An important document.

£25.00

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