Melville, Fred J. - Egypt
Publisher: Stanley Gibbons Ltd., London, 1915.
Melville Stamp Books No. 20, first edition, paperback, 81 pages, two inch tear to front cover at bottom of spine, rusty staples, mild foxing to half-title page, other pages clean, overall in Good condition.
Scarce Melville publication. With chapters on The Post in Egypt, The "Arabesque" Issue of 1866, The First Sphinx Issue, The Surface-Printed Sphinx, The 1878 Provisionals, Advent of De La Rue, etc, etc. Well illustrated.

£12.00

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Crouch, L.W. and Melville, Fred J. (Editor) - The Fiscal Stamps of the United States
Publisher: H.F. Johnson for the Junior Philatelic Society, London, [1910].
Large format paperback, illustrated, 15 pages, creasing and short tears to the edges of the covers, pages fine, in Good condition.
Stamp Lover Booklets No. 2. Scarce.

£15.00

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Melville, Fred J. - Great Britain:
Embossed Adhesive Stamps
Publisher: Stanley Gibbons Ltd., London, 1910.
Paperback, xvi + 39 pages, illustrated, slight wear to edges of covers, short tear at top of spine, in Good condition.
Detailed and well illustrated handbook. Scarce.

£9.50

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Miss Fitte [Melville, F.J.] - The World's Stamp Errors
Part I. The British Empire
Publisher: W.H. Peckitt, London, 1910.
Paperback, illustrated, 59 pages, covers a little rubbed and creased, in Good condition.
Scarce.

£13.50

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Melville, Fred J. - The Cradle of the Postage Stamp
Publisher: Harmer, Rooke & Co. Ltd., London, 1923.
First edition, paperback, 30 pages, covers chipped at edges with some loss and a small repair, short tear to the margin of one page, else in Good condition.
Rare booklet by Fred Melville on stamp auctioneers Harmer, Rooke and their address at 69 Fleet Street, "the cradle of the postage stamp", where Perkins, Bacon printed the first stamps. Nicely illustrated with sepia photographs.

£9.50

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Melville, Fred J. - A Penny All The Way
The Story of Penny Postage
Publisher: Fred J. Melville, London, 1908.
Second British edition, small format paperback, illustrated, 48 pages, spine repaired with silver tape and new staples, in Good condition.
A scarce Melville publication.

£12.00

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Melville, F.J. - The A.B.C. of Stamp Collecting
A Guide to the Instructive and Entertaining Study of the World's Postage Stamps
Publisher: Henry J. Drane, London, 1903.
Small format hardback, original red cloth, 159 pages + xix plates, short tear at foot of spine, in Good condition.
The prolific author's second book. Rare.

£24.00

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Melville, Fred J. - British New Guinea and Papua
Publisher: Melville Stamp Books, London, 1909.
Paperback, illustrated, 63 pages, staples rather rusted, in Good condition.
Scarce vintage handbook.

£16.00

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Melville, Fred J. - United States Postage Stamps, 1847-1869
Publisher: Melville Stamp Books, London, 1909.
Paperback, illustrated, 68 pages + adverts, one or two slight marks else in Very Good condition.
Fine work on the classic stamps of the US.

£12.50

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Melville, Fred J. - United States Postage Stamps, 1922-1925
Publisher: The Philatelic Institute, London, 1925.
Paperback (card covers), illustrated, 93 pages, ex libris L.N. & M. Williams with their bookplate inside the front cover, front cover tanned in places and lightly scuffed, front inner hinge cracking slightly, in Good condition.
Larger format than the usual Melville books. A detailed study.

£15.00

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Melville, Fred J. - United States Postage Stamps, 1894-1910
Publisher: Melville Stamp Books, London, 1910.
Paperback, illustrated, 76 pages + adverts, one or two light marks else in Very Good condition.

£12.50

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Melville, Fred J. - Nevis
Publisher: Melville Stamp Books, London, 1909.
Paperback, illustrated, xv + 60 pages, light wear else in VG condition.
Scarce vintage handbook.

£15.00

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