Studd, M.A. - "Paquebot" and "Ship Letter" Cancellations of the World
1894-1951
Publisher: Robson Lowe, London, 1953.
Hardback, original green cloth gilt, illustrated, xii + 85 pages, spine sunned, in Good condition.
The original classic work on the subject. Nicely illustrated with drawings of the postal markings and of ships.

£22.00

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Tabeart, Colin - United Kingdom Letter Rates
Inland and Overseas 1635 to 1900
Publisher: HH Sales Ltd., Bradford, 2003.
Second edition, paperback, illustrated, viii + 264 pages, in Very Good condition.
In 1989 the first edition of "UK Letter Rates" appeared, the first serious work on the subject, dealing with an awkward void in British postal history which had long needed to be filled. Despite several other books on different aspects of the same subject having been published since, "UK Letter Rates" remains the only book to cover all public UK letter postage rates up to 1900. This second edition was prompted by the continuing demand for the original book, which required the printing of a second impression in 1990 and a third in 2002. A thorough revision of the original text was undertaken, incorporating the 1991 Supplement and a significant amount of new information. It is much larger than the first edition and is far more attractive to the eye and user-friendly. There is much improved tabulation of the complex data, and significantly more covers are illustrated with the rates carefully explained as examples. Long out-of-print and hard to find.

£40.00

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Mark, Graham (editor) - Imperial & Foreign Mails
Sea Conveyance During War 1914-1918
Publisher: The Postal History Society, 1997.
Large format hardback, illustrated, iii + 91 pages, slightest hint of spine-lean else in Very Good condition.
Reprint of an internal Post Office Memorandum which includes a list of Mails Lost at Sea during the War. With additional information and numerous illustrations of covers added by the editor to the original text.

£12.00

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Stone, Robert G. - A Caribbean Neptune:
The Maritime Postal Communications of the Greater and Lesser Antilles in the 19th Century
Publisher: The Philatelic Foundation, New York, 1993.
Hardback, illustrated, xxi + 357 pages, slight warping (bend) to the covers, pages fine, in Good condition.
An excellent postal history study of the maritime mails serving Cuba, Puerto Rico and St. Thomas, including British, Spanish and French Packets, etc. Well illustrated.

£30.00

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Moubray, Jane & Michael - British Letter Mail to Overseas Destinations 1840-1875
Publisher: The Royal Philatelic Society, London, 1992.
First edition, large hardback, illustrated, xxxii + 512 pages + 2 colour plates, obvious spine-lean (spine-roll), a Good working copy.
First edition of the major work on the subject. With extensive tables of rates explaining the complexities of the different rates in detail. An important handbook. Scarce and sought after.

£95.00

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Tabeart, Colin - Australia New Zealand UK Mails Volume 2, 1881-1900
Rates, Routes and Ships Out and Home
Publisher: privately published, 2011.
First edition, large hardback, illustrated, vi + 410 pages, in Very Good condition.
A detailed handbook of rates and routes.

£60.00

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Arnell, J.C. - Atlantic Mails
A history of the mail service between Great Britain and Canada to 1889
Publisher: National Postal Museum, Ottawa, 1980.
Large hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, xii + 412 pages, dustwrapper creased and rubbed at edges, a little foxing to top page-edges, in Good condition.
Excellent handbook. Illustrated in colour.

£50.00

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Lovelock, A.D. - Postal Markings of the Holyhead & Kingstown Packet
1860-1925
Publisher: The TPO & Seapost Society, 2006.
Large (A4) paperback, illustrated, (ii) + 119 pages, very slight corner-creasing to rear covers else in Very Good condition.
The postmarks of the floating Post Office on board the various steamers of the City of Dublin Steam Packet Co, which sailed between Holyhead and the Irish harbour of Kingstown (now Dun Laoghaire), have long held a fascination for postal historians. Every type of postmark and supplementary mark used in the 65 years of the operation of the Post Office is shown, with many colour illustrations of covers.

£18.00

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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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- 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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