['Besançon'] - From Australian States to the Commonwealth of Australia 1850-1960
The 'Besançon' Collection (part II)
Publisher: Corinphila, Zurich, 2018.
Auction catalogue, hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, 296 pages, with prices realised, text in English, in Very Good condition.
Large catalogue of Australian States and including Commonwealth of Australia. Very well illustrated in colour.

£24.00

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['Besançon'] - From Australian States to the Commonwealth of Australia 1850-1960
The 'Besançon' Collection
Publisher: Corinphila, Zurich, 2017.
Auction catalogue, hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, 248 pages, with prices realised, text in English, in Very Good condition.
Large catalogue of Australian States and including Commonwealth of Australia. Very well illustrated in colour.

£24.00

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[Ward, Captain T.G.S.] - The Captain T.G.S. Ward Collection of Australia/New Zealand-British Maritime Mail
Publisher: Cavendish, London, 2016.
Auction catalogue, paperback, illustrated, 54 pages, with the prices realised, tiny corner-creases to the front cover else in Very Good condition.
Superb catalogue of classic covers to and from the Australian States; to and from New Zealand, etc. including the earliest known letter from Western Australia (which sold for £42,000). Profusely illustrated in colour.

£8.50

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Peace, Brian R. - Australasian Wreck Mail
Publisher: The Royal Philatelic Society of Victoria, Melbourne, 1997.
First edition, hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, viii + 289 pages + 8 colour plates, in Very Good condition.
The first comprehensive account of this subject, greatly expanding the available information on Australasian maritime wrecks and accidents. Full details are provided of the circumstances of the wrecks, the subsequent handling of the salvaged mail and the markings applied, from the earliest known wreck mail in 1622 up to 1993.

£40.00

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[Ward, Captain T.G.S.] - Australia & Asia
Featuring The Captain T.G.S. Ward Collection of Australia/New Zealand-British Maritime Mail Part 2
Publisher: Cavendish, London, 2017.
Auction catalogue, paperback, illustrated, 42 pages, with the prices realised, in Very Good condition.
Catalogue of the second portion of Captain Ward's collection of classic era covers to and from the Australian States, New Zealand, etc. Very well illustrated in colour.

£8.50

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[Palmer, Ben] and ["Springfield"] - Australasia; featuring the Ben Palmer Gold Medal Collection of New South Wales Postal Rates 1850-1912 and the 'Springfield' Collections of New South Wales and Queensland
Publisher: Cavendish, Derby, 2015.
Auction catalogue, paperback, illustrated, 50 pages, with the prices realised, tiny corner-crease to front cover, top and foot of spine slightly chipped else in Very Good condition.
Catalogue of mainly Australian States, including Ben Palmer's collection of New South Wales postal history. Very well illustrated in colour.

£9.00

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- Robson Lowe Specialised Stamp Sales
British Empire
Publisher: Robson Lowe, London & Basel, 1968-69.
Sixteen auction catalogues bound in one volume, Robson Lowe house binding, original publisher's red cloth gilt binding, prices realised in pocket at rear, in Very Good condition.
Rare 'house-bound' volume of British Empire sales. Strong in Australasia, including the "Chalon" collection of New Zealand, "White" Tasmania, etc, also British West Indies including the "Heathcote" collection, British North America including "Hewitt" and "Glassco" collections. [click "Next" for more images]

£120.00

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Emery, R. C. - Supplement to The Postal History of the Australian Imperial Forces during World War One, 1914-1918
Publisher: Privately published, 1988.
First edition, hardback, dustwrapper, vi + 193 pages, minor bend to the covers, mild dusty marks to upper page-edges, internally clean, in Good condition.
Supplement to the premier handbook on the postal history of the Australian Forces in World War One. With much additional information. Very well illustrated.

£25.00

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Emery, R. C. - The Postal History of the Australian Imperial Forces during World War One, 1914-1918
Publisher: Privately published, 1984.
First edition, hardback, dustwrapper, viii + 343 pages, dusty marks to the dustwrapper, foxing and dusty marks to the upper page-edges, internally clean, in Good condition.
The premier handbook on the postal history of the Australian Forces in World War One. This impressive work deals with all aspects of the Australian Forces' postal history in all theatres of the Great War, including cachets, datestamps, censorship, postal stationery, etc. Very well illustrated.

£30.00

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[Wilson, Harold] - The Harold Wilson Collections
of British and Australian - Airmail, Railway and Local Postal History
Publisher: Cavendish, Derby, 2005.
Auction catalogue, paperback, illustrated, 96 pages, with the prices realised, in Very Good condition.
Catalogue of the fascinating postal history collections formed by Harold Wilson. Featuring G.B. Airmails; Australian T.P.O.s; G.B. Railways & T.P.O.s; and Derbyshire Postal History. Well illustrated in colour.

£9.50

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Peck, Richard - Alternative Mail
Publisher: privately published by the author, 1990.
Large format (A4) paperback, spiralbound, illustrated, 72 pages, in Very Good condition.
Alternatives to the official mail service in Australia. Contents include History of the State Mail Service NSW, Mailing Houses, Kwikamail, TNT Mailfast, etc. Scarce book.

£15.00

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[Pitts, David] - Great Britain with Post Offices in Central and South America, Europe, Middle East, Asia and Australasia
The David Pitts Collection
Publisher: Spink, London, 2017.
Auction catalogue, paperback, illustrated, 119 pages, creasing to the front cover, a couple of pen marks next to lot numbers on one page, in Good condition.
Catalogue of GB used Abroad, and British Empire, including strong Australasia, British Europe, etc. Very well illustrated in colour.

£8.00

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Lowe, Robson - The Encyclopaedia of British Empire Postage Stamps 1788-1952, Volume IV The Empire in Australasia
Publisher: Robson Lowe, London, 1962.
First edition, hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, xvi + 624 pages, dustwrapper a little chipped at edges, obvious spine-lean, two central gatherings of pages slightly loose, page-edges a little toned, a Good working copy only.
Fourth volume in the unparalleled series of great use to British Empire collectors. As with the rest of the series, the book not only covers the adhesive postage stamp issues in detail, but also the postal history of, in this case, Australasia, including postal rates, handstruck stamps, cancellations, proofs & essays, postal stationery, etc. Well illustrated throughout, including four colour plates. The rarest volume in the series.

£55.00

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[Clemente, John] - The John Clemente Collection of Tasmania Postal History
Publisher: Spink, London, 2016.
Auction catalogue, paperback, illustrated, 104 pages, in Very Good condition.
Superb catalogue of the magnificent collection of Tasmanian postal history formed by John Clemente. Featuring a large selection of Free Franks. Very well illustrated in colour.

£11.00

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[Bell, John] - The John Bell Collection of New South Wales and Tasmania
Publisher: Prestige Philately, Melbourne, 2013.
Auction catalogue, large format paperback, illustrated, 141 pages, small corner-crease to front cover and some pages else in Very Good condition.
Very well illustrated in colour.

£10.00

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Ringström, S. and Tester, H.E. - The Private Ship Letter Stamps of the World, Part 2
Australia - Europe - South America
Publisher: privately published, 1979.
Hardback, dustwrapper, 215 pages, illustrated, slight spine-lean else in Very Good condition.
The second volume of Ringström and Tester's classic series on the private ship letter stamps of the world. A beautifully produced handbook, superbly illustrated with black & white plates throughout. Contents include: The Australian New Hebrides Company; New Hebrides Syndicat Français; The Murray Steam Navigation Company; Bell's Asia Minor Steamship Company; The Danube Steam Navigation Company; The Russian Company for Steam Navigation and Trade; Danube & Black Sea Line of Steamers, T.B. Morton & Co.; Turkish Steamship Companies; The Danube and Black Sea Railway; The Zala-Somogyi Steamship Company; Gauthier Frères et Cie; Christmas Island; The Pacific Steam Navigation Company; Tierra del Fuego; The Upper Colombia Tramway and Navigation Company; Correos de la Chimba; Jämtlands Kommunikations Bolag.

£40.00

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Pack, Charles Lathrop - Victoria, The Half-Length Portraits and the Twopence Queen Enthroned
Publisher: The Collectors Club, New York, 1923.
Hardback, blue half-leather gilt binding, marbled boards, top-edge gilt, xvii + 273 pages + plates, lower edges of boards rubbed with slight loss, upper leather corners slightly rubbed, else in Very Good condition.
A very nice copy of the rare classic work.

£150.00

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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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Pope, Brian and Thomas, Phil - Western Australia
The Postal Stationery to 1914
Publisher: The Western Australia Study Group, Perth, 1982.
Hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, viii + 141 pages, slightest hint of spine-lean, pages a little toned and with a little foxing to edges, in Good condition.
Scarce handbook.

£24.00

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Dzelme, V.E. John - The Fiscal Stamps of Western Australia
Publisher: privately published, 1987.
Hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, vii + 146 pages, with separate 1990 Pricelist loosely inserted, top-edges a little dust-marked else in Very Good condition.
Scarce handbook. Well illustrated in black & white.

£35.00

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