Seymour, J.B. and Gardiner-Hill, C. - The Postage Stamps of Great Britain
Part One The Imperforate Line-Engraved Issues
Publisher: The Royal Philatelic Society, London, 1967.
Third edition, revised & enlarged, hardback, dustwrapper, 336 pages + illustrations, mild marks to dustwrapper spine, obvious spine-lean, pages clean, in Good condition.
Last and best edition of this essential handbook for the GB line-engraved specialist.

£30.00

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Holyoake, Alan - Die Erste Briefmarke der Welt
Publisher: privately published, 2014.
Large format paperback (pictorial card covers), illustrated, 144 pages, text in German, signed by the author, in Very Good condition.
Superb brochure/book issued to accompany Alan Holyoake's display showing the introduction and development of the Penny Black. Beautifully illustrated in colour throughout.

£40.00

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Roberts, Michael J.Y. - A display to The Royal Philatelic Society of The Postal History of the Falkland Islands between the years 1827 and 1945
Publisher: privately published, 2015.
Large format (A4) paperback, illustrated, 63 pages, a few mild dusty marks to the covers, minor corner-crease, else in Very Good condition.
An excellent postal history study, profusely illustrated with colour photographs of covers from the author's collection.

£14.50

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Samuel, Marcus - Specimen Stamps of the Crown Colonies
1857-1948
Publisher: The Royal Philatelic Society, London, 1976.
Hardback, illustrated, 255 pages + 16 plates, a couple of scratches to the front cover, dusty marks/foxing to the page-edges, a few tiny spots of foxing to the endpapers otherwise internally clean, a Good working copy.
The definitive handbook on specimen stamps of the British Empire. Long out of print.

£45.00

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Huggins, Alan et al - Royal Philatelic Society London Exhibits at Monacophil 2011
Catalogue
Publisher: Le Musée des Timbres et des Monnaies de Monaco & The Royal Philatelic Society, London, 2011.
Large format hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, 376 pages, text in English & French, very short tear to corner of dustwrapper else in Very Good condition.
A superb production. With chapters on the history of the Society, the Society's collections, and the collections of individual members exhibited at Monacophil 2011. Very well illustrated in colour.

£35.00

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Minns, John - British East Africa
The Stamps and Postal Stationery
Publisher: The Royal Philatelic Society, London, 1981.
First edition, hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, viii + 134 pages + colour plates, No. 403 of a limited edition of 500 copies, tiniest hint of spine-lean, dustwrapper a little toned, else in Very Good condition.
A fine handbook.

£35.00

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Stagg, Major E.C.W. - Sudan, The Postal Markings 1867-1970
Publisher: The Royal Philatelic Society, London, 1974.
Hardback, illustrated, 196 pages, with the Addenda & Corrigenda (1984), slight spine-lean, marks to page fore-edges and slight dusty marks to upper page-edges, internally clean, a Good working copy only.
The standard handbook on the postmarks of Sudan. Well illustrated. Long out-of-print and scarce.

£24.00

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Wiggins, W.R.D. - The Postage Stamps of Great Britain, Part Two
The Perforated Line-Engraved Issues
Publisher: The Royal Philatelic Society, London, 1962.
Second edition, hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, 220 pages + plates, some toning and tiny marks to the dustwrapper, dustwrapper very slightly chipped at corners, page-edges a little toned, in Good condition.
Important handbook - the standard work on these issues.

£25.00

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Pratt, Major R.W. - Aden
Its States and Post Offices 1839-1954
Publisher: privately published, 1973.
Large format paperback, illustrated, [ii] + 35 pages, some pencil annotations to pages, few creases, in Good condition.
Brochure published to accompany a display to the Royal Philatelic Society London. Very scarce.

£28.00

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Lawrence, Ashley - 100 Years of "La Semeuse"
Publisher: privately published, 2003.
Large format (A4) paperback, comb-bound, 13 pages, in Very Good condition.
A 'hand-out' to accompany Ashley Lawrence's Display of France's "Sower" issue to the Royal Philatelic Society, London. Very well illustrated in colour.

£7.50

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Beaumont, K.M. and Stanton, J.B.M. - The Postage Stamps of Great Britain
Part Four: The Issues of King George V
Publisher: The Royal Philatelic Society, London, 1957.
First edition, hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, 248 pages + plates, dustwrapper a little chipped at edges, slight hint of spine-lean, page-edges a little dust-marked, corner of front free-endpaper cut, in Good condition.
Final volume of the essential four volume series on British postage stamps published by the Royal Philatelic Society. This is the only edition of the standard reference work on George the Fifth GB issues.

£25.00

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Passer, Adolf - The Stamps of Turkey
Publisher: The Royal Philatelic Society, London, 1938.
Paperback, vii + 240 pages, text only (no plates), covers rubbed and scuffed with some slight loss to the surface (the 'S' in the title handwritten in ink), spine-lean, spine repaired with card, internally clean, in Fair condition only. An acceptable reading copy.
Text only of the classic work on the stamps of Turkey. Lacking the separate plates volume (as is often the case), but still an acceptable reading copy of this rare work (only 300 copies were published).

£75.00

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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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Holmes, H.R. - The Postage Stamps, Postal Stationery and Postmarks of the Bechuanalands
Publisher: The Royal Philatelic Society, London, 1971.
Large hardback, original orange cloth, top-edge gilt, 189 pages + plates, small signs of use else in VG condition.
No. 470 of a limited edition of 500 copies. Scarce classic handbook.

£95.00

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Minns, John - British East Africa
A Supplement to the Handbook
Publisher: The Royal Philatelic Society, London, 1990.
Paperback, illustrated, 52 pages, in Very Good condition.

£10.00

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Brookes, Brian A. - St Christopher, St. Kitts-Nevis
Publisher: privately published, nd.
Large format (A4) paperback, illustrated, 15 pages, in VG condition.
Brochure to accompany a Display to the Royal Philatelic Society London. Well illustrated in colour.

£7.50

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Martin, Jeremy and Anderson, Ian G. - The Gold Coast
1787-1957
Publisher: privately published, 2016.
Large format (A4) paperback, illustrated, 20 pages, in VG condition.
Brochure to accompany a Display to the Royal Philatelic Society London. Very well illustrated in colour.

£7.50

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Ince, Jack and Sacher, John - The Postal Services of the British Nigeria Region prior to 1914
including the British Consular Post Office in Fernando Po
Publisher: The Royal Philatelic Society, London, 1992.
Large hardback, dustwrapper, xix + 556 pages + xvi colour plates, dustwrapper in Poor condition - soiled and torn (now protected in a transparent sleeve), some soiling to the page-edges, contents clean, a Good working copy.
Huge work covering the stamps, postal history, and postal markings of Fernando Po, Lagos, Niger Territories, British Protectorates of the Oil Rivers and Niger Coast, Northern Nigeria, and Southern Nigeria. Very well illustrated. Out of print.

£60.00

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Odenweller, Robert P. - The Stamps and Postal History of Nineteenth Century Samoa
Publisher: The Royal Philatelic Society, London, 2004.
Large hardback, dustwrapper, all page edges gilt, illustrated in colour, xvii + 392 pages, in Fine condition.
No. 66 of a limited edition of 500 copies. Comprehensive study of the Samoa Express stamps & their postal history, the Apia Municipal Post Office (1882-1886), and the Palm Trees Issues. Wonderfully illustrated with more than 225 colour illustrations, and including a priced catalogue and listing of all known covers. A magnificent work which sold out very soon after publication and is now difficult to find.

£185.00

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Negus, Ron; Fryer, Gavin & Whiteside, John; Sacher, John and Fryer, Gavin - Supplements to The London Philatelist:
Our National Philatelist, Sir Edward Denny Bacon (1860-1938); The Siver Yardstick: 1840-1871 Currencies applied to Postal Rates in the 19th Century; The Royal Centenary Exhibition Brochure; The Oil Rivers and Niger Coast Surcharged Provisionals and Bisected Stamps
Publisher: Royal Philatelic Society, London, 1999-2009.
Hardback, privately bound, card covers with marbled boards, black cloth spine, original paper covers removed, 24 + 60 + 40 + 80 + 25 pages, in Very Good condition.
Four Supplements to The London Philatelist bound together (along with a 25 page article from the LP: Kingdom of Denmark 1851 to 1868 Adhesives in the Post & Abuses, by Gavin Fryer). Very well illustrated in colour.

£30.00

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