Chatfield, Chris - Great Britain Commemorative Labels Pre-1950
A Catalogue
Publisher: Cinderella Stamp Club, 1991.
Paperback, illustrated, 172 pages, with the 1996 Supplement to the Catalogue (20 pages), minor shelfwear, previous owner's name inside front cover, else in Very Good condition.
Cinderella Stamp Club Handbook No. 8. Useful catalogue of year-dated commemorative labels of Great Britain up to 1950, including labels issued for congresses, exhibitions, fairs, air shows, motor shows, sports events, and a variety of other special events. Illustrated in black & white.

£10.00

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Séfi, Alexander J. - An Introduction to Advanced Philately
Publisher: Rowley & Rowley, London, 1932.
Second edition, No. 106 of a limited edition of 400, hardback, dustwrapper, original brown cloth gilt, top-edge gilt, xvi + 130 pages, with the 28 tipped-in plates and paper samples, dustwrapper has several tears, some foxing to endpapers, with seven 1933 Philatelic Congress of Great Britain souvenir "stamps" on different papers mounted at front, in Good condition.
The classic work on printing techniques, overprints, papers, perforations, etc. This second edition includes a new chapter on the photogravure process. With the set of seven Philatelic Congress souvenir stamps. Rare.

£120.00

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Kehr, Ernest A. (Editor) - Vatican
Publisher: National Philatelic Museum, Philadelphia, 1954.
Paperback, illustrated, 216 pages, text in English, covers slightly rubbed, slight corner-crease to rear cover, top page-edges dust-marked/foxed, internally clean, in Good condition.
Catalogue of the Vatican Exhibition held at the National Philatelic Museum, USA, in 1954. With numerous articles on the Vatican and its stamps. This is a "special copy" presented to the philatelic journalist Kenneth Chapman and signed by the editor Ernest Kehr.

£9.50

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"An Absentee Delegate" [Higlett, G.A.] - Congress Snapshots
Publisher: privately published, nd [circa 1930].
Paperback leaflet, 4 pages, fore-edge dust-marked and chipped with tiny amount of loss to corners, in Good condition.
A critique (in verse) of the 1929 Birmingham Philatelic Congress. One of the scarcest leaflets self-published by Higlett.

£7.50

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Oliver, Sidney A.R. - Philatelic Problems
A Verbatim Report of a Discussion between Mr. Phila and Miss Telic
Publisher: The Torquay Philatelic Society, June 1930.
Paperback, 15 pages, covers a little soiled, slight corner-creasing, slight vertical creasing caused by folding, in Fair/Good condition.
Scarce booklet published at the time of the Philatelic Congress held in Torquay in June 1930.

£9.50

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Searle, Colin - 100 Years of the Philatelic Congress of Great Britain
1909-2009
Publisher: Association of British Philatelic Societies, 2009.
Large format (A4) paperback, illustrated in colour, viii + 168 pages, slight shelfwear and slight bend, else in Very Good condition.
Profusely illustrated in colour.

£25.00

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- Aerophilately
1980 London Congress
Publisher: International Federation of Aerophilatelic Societies (FISA), 1980.
Paperback, illustrated, 87 pages, mild shelfwear else in Very Good condition.
Handbook to accompany the 1980 Aerophilately Congress. Features numerous short articles of pioneer air mails of various countries. Illustrated in black & white.

£4.00

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[Lancaster, John] - The John Lancaster Collection of Australia's Involvement in Trade Exhibitions
Publisher: Mossgreen Auctions, Melbourne, 2016.
Auction catalogue, large format (A4) paperback, illustrated, 140 pages, in Very Good condition.
Large catalogue of a unique collection of exhibition related documents, medals, certificates and mementos, as well as an incredible range of postal stationery, postcards and postal history associated with trade exhibitions big and small. Very well illustrated in colour throughout.

£12.00

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- Leicester Philatelic Society Diamond Jubilee Exhibition Programme
Publisher: Leicester Philatelic Society, 1965.
Paperback, illustrated, 40 pages, tiny corner-crease to front cover, covers very slightly rubbed else in VG condition.
Includes a sixty year history of the Society, history of Leicester Post Office, details of the exhibits, etc.

£6.00

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- Le Mongolfiere Due Secoli di Storia 1783/1983
Esposizione Storico-Scientifico-Filatelica
Publisher: Circolo Filatelico-Numismatico Cremonese, 1983.
Paperback, illustrated, 57 pages, text in Italian, slight corner crease to front cover, minor wear else in Very Good condition.
Two centuries of balloons.

£6.50

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- Esposizione di Storia Postale Polare
La Conquista dei Polli
Publisher: Circolo Filatelico-Numismatico Cremonese, 1978.
Paperback, illustrated, 140 pages, text in Italian, in Very Good condition.
Polar postal history including airship flights.

£9.50

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- Eighth American Philatelic Congress
Original Papers on Philatelic Themes Presented by Invitation
Publisher: The American Philatelic Congress, 1942.
Paperback, illustrated, 64 pages, slight wear, in Good condition.
No. 109 of 500 copies printed. The eighth American Congress book. With several excellent articles including: Notes on the Paris 1878 Philatelic Congress, by H.R. Harmer; The Counterfeits of the First Six Issues of Crete, by Chas. S. Thompson; The Stamps & Postmarks of the Ionian Islands, 19th Century, by J. Hess Barr; The Overprint Issues of the Irish Free State, by H.G. Zervas; etc. Scarce.

£24.00

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Bolaffi, Alberto and della Riva, Piero Gondolo - Space, The Future in the Past
Antiquariato Spaziale
Publisher: Bolaffi, Torino, 1997.
Large format (A4) paperback, illustrated, 62 pages, bilingual text in English & Italian, slight shelfwear to the covers else in Very Good condition.
Catalogue of an exhibition presenting the history of man's interest in the conquest of space. Featuring antiquarian books, documents, stamps and covers, etc. Very well illustrated in colour.

£9.50

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- London 2010 International Stamp Exhibition
Official Catalogue
Publisher: London, 2010.
Paperback, illustrated in colour, 202 pages, slight bend to corner of front cover and tiny nick to edge of rear cover, else in Very Good condition.

£5.00

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- The Stamp Show 2000
Catalogue
Publisher: Royal Mail, 2000.
Paperback, illustrated in colour, 186 pages, very slight scuff to top-edge of front cover else in Very Good condition.
Official catalogue of the 2000 International Stamp Exhibition.

£5.00

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Vaarnas, Kalle - Catalogue of the special and first day cancellations of Suomi
Publisher: Suomen Postimerkkeily, Helsinki, 1947.
Paperback, illustrated, 16 pages, bilingual text in English & Finnish, tiny mark to front cover else in Very Good condition.
Rare vintage catalogue of Finnish special cancels (including special cancels for exhibitions, first flight cancels and Field Posts).

£10.00

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Fryer, Gavin - Higlett Bijou Bibliography
Publisher: privately published, 1997.
Paperback (card covers), v + 90 pages, tiny bump to the fore-edge else in Very Good condition.
A comprehensive bibliography of the Higlett booklets & leaflets.

£12.50

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- Twenty-Third American Philatelic Congress
Publisher: The American Philatelic Congress, Norfolk, Virginia, 1957.
Paperback, illustrated, 224 pages, light wear/soiling to the covers else in VG condition.
Articles include: Postal Markings of the Kingdom of Yemen by Bruce Conde; Air Post: China Clippers, Twentieth Century Wings by Ellery Denison; plus articles on India Pioneer Airmails, Great White Fleet, USA, Canada, Colombia, etc.

£25.00

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- Sixteenth American Philatelic Congress
Publisher: The American Philatelic Congress, Philadelphia, 1950.
Paperback, illustrated, 161 pages, slight water-staining to margins of a few pages, light corner creases, some soiling, in Good condition..
Articles include: The Early Postal History of Guatemala by Joseph Mandos; Estonia by Vincent Domanski, Fort Delaware & its POW Covers by Van Dyk MacBride; The Ionian Island Paid Postmarks by J. Hess Barr; Unusual Post Cancellations on Greek Adhesives by A.B. Economides, etc.

£20.00

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Kimble, Ralph A. (editor) - Third American Philatelic Congress
Publisher: The American Philatelic Congress, Chicago, 1937.
Paperback, illustrated, 91 pages, marked "Review Copy" on title-page, bookplate of L.N. & M. Williams inside front cover, light soiling, in Good condition.
No. 152 of 600 copies printed. Articles include Chicago Street R.P.O.'s by Robert B. Gear; The French Postage-Due Markings on Letters from the US 1848-1857 and their Backgroud by Mannel Hahn, etc. Rare.

£25.00

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