Melville, Fred J. - Phantom Philately
A Descriptive List of Stamps that are not what they seem
Publisher: The Philatelic Institute, London, 1923.
First edition, hardback, original cloth binding, illustrated, 204 pages, small label of previous owner to front pastedown-endpaper, else in Very Good condition.
The classic work on bogus issues. Very scarce.

£32.00

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Melville, Fred J. - Tonga
Publisher: Melville Stamp Books, London, 1909.
Hardback, original publisher's grey cloth, illustrated, 65 pages + xv publisher's adverts, some foxing and staining to the spine and covers, some foxing to preliminaries and page-edges, contents sound, in reasonably Good condition.
Rare Melville handbook.

£25.00

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Nankivell, Edward J. and Melville, Fred J. (edited by) - Niger Coast Protectorate
Publisher: Baldwin, Tunbridge Wells, nd (1909).
First edition, paperback, 20 pages, illustrated, front cover soiled, slightly rusty staples, in Good condition.
Scarce early handbook.

£11.00

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Melville, Fred J. - Nevis
Publisher: Melville Stamp Books, London, 1909.
Hardback, original publisher's grey cloth, illustrated, xv + 60 pages, very slightly rubbed to top of spine else in Very Good condition.
Scarce vintage handbook.

£20.00

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Melville, F.J. - Great Britain: Line-Engraved Stamps
Publisher: The Philatelic Institute, London, nd [1925].
Melville Stamp Books Number One, third edition, paperback, illustrated, 82 pages + advertisements, slightly chipped at top of spine, minor crease to front cover, small ink inscription to a preliminary page, in Good condition.
Scarce, useful work.

£12.00

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Melville, Fred J. - War Stamps of Salonika and Long Island
Publisher: Melville Stamp Books, London, 1916.
Paperback, illustrated, 54 pages, staples rather rusted, very short tear at top of spine, pages clean, in Good condition.
Scarce vintage handbook on the Salonika Levant issue and the typewriter-produced Long Island stamps of the First World War.

£15.00

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Melville, Fred. J. - The Postage Stamps of British Central Africa
[and Nyasaland Protectorate]
Publisher: Severn-Wylie-Jewett Co., USA, [1924].
Paperback, illustrated, 28 pages, slight corner-crease else in Very Good condition.
Scarce.

£16.00

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Poole, Bertram W.H. and Melville, Fred J. (edited by) - Dominica
Publisher: C. Baldwin, Tunbridge Wells, [1909].
Paperback, illustrated, 26 pages, some minor soiling to the covers, covers chipped at edges with some loss of small pieces, in Good condition.
"The Postage Stamp" Handbooks No. 4. Scarce.

£13.50

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Melville, Fred J. - Cape of Good Hope
With Mafeking and Vryburg
Publisher: Melville Stamp Books, London, 1913.
Paperback, illustrated, 96 pages, small rusty staple marks to covers, a little light foxing to preliminary pages, in Good condition.
Scarce handbook covering all the stamp issues from the first Cape Triangulars to the Edward VII series, and including the siege of Mafeking and occupation of Vryburg.

£20.00

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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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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. - 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.

£12.00

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