Chauvet, Michèle - Introduction à l'Histoire Postale des Origines à 1849
2 - Les Tarifs Postaux
Publisher: Brun & Fils, 2000.
Large format hardback, illustrated, 144 pages, text in French, in Very Good condition.
French pre-adhesive postal rates.

£40.00

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Furfie, Michael - British Postage Due Mail, 1914-1971
A Study of Uses of the Pre-Decimal Postage Due Stamps
Publisher: privately published, Ashford, Middlesex, 1993.
Large (A4) paperback, 74 pages, a review of the book has been pasted inside the front cover, very slight bend to the covers, else in Very Good condition.
An excellent study. Well illustrated.

£15.00

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Van Dam, Theo - A Century of War Dates and More! 1859-1959
A Geographical and Chronological Listing of Wars, Revolutions, Major Political Events and Newly Established Nations from the Italian War of Liberation until the Vietnam War - From Afghanistan to Zululand - From President Lincoln until the Ayatollah Khomeini
Publisher: Postal Covers, California, 1996.
Third (revised) printing, large format paperback, comb binding, vi + 206 pages, slight shelfwear else in Very Good condition.
Useful reference work for postal historians. Illustrated with maps.

£22.00

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Van Dam, Theo - War Dates 1839-1859, 1959-1979
A Geographical and Chronological Listing of Wars, Revolutions and Major Political Events
Publisher: Postal Covers, California, 1997.
Large format paperback, comb binding, iv + 110 pages, in Very Good condition.
Useful reference work for postal historians covering events "From the French occupation of Algeria until the Spanish-Moroccan War - from Aden to Zululand" and "From the Vietnam War until the Russian invasion of Afghanistan - from Afars to Zimbabwe". Illustrated with ten maps.

£14.50

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Wasenden, Wilfred - Postgangen fra Norge til Utlandet i Perioden 1855-1890
Register over Frankerte Postforsendelser
Publisher: Wennergren-Cappelen, Oslo, 1994.
Paperback, 146 pages, text in Norwegian, in Very Good condition.
Comprehensive listing of Norwegian letters to overseas destinations in the classic period.

£12.00

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[Cihangir] - The Cihangir Collection of Worldwide Postal History (Part I)
Publisher: Corinphila, Zurich, 2000.
Auction catalogue, large hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, 461 pages, with the prices realised, text in English, German & French, sunning to the dustwrapper spine and a little creasing to the edges, else in Very Good collection.
Catalogue of the first part of this huge and spectacular collection. Over 3000 lots, featuring Russia & Russian Levant; Polish Levant; Albania; Incoming Mail to the Levant and Holy Land; Austrian Levant; Holy Land & Palestine; Egypt; French Levant; German Levant etc. Illustrated in colour.

£40.00

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Coutant, Guy (editor) - Opus VIII
Thème central - Les jeux Olympiques/Central theme - The Olympic Games
Publisher: Académie Européenne de Philatélie, 2008.
Large paperback, 235 pages, colour illustrated throughout, text in English and French, slight spine-lean, corner-crease to front cover and first few pages, in Good condition.
The eighth annual publication by the AEP is devoted to the postal history and philately of the Olympic Games. Written in French or English, and with short summaries in English & French at the end of each article, plus some contents in German and Italian. Some of the content includes: Royaume de Belgique, les émissions de la VIIe Olympiade; 1924: Les Jeux Olympiques de Paris; Around the Olympic Games of Berlin in 1936 - Stamps, Usages, Meter Stamps, Cancels and More; etc. Articles on various other topics include Dr. Alfred Moschkau - Sammler und Begründer der historischen und systematischen Philatelie.

£25.00

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Coutant, Guy (editor) - Opus XI
Thème central - L'Espagne/Central theme - Spain
Publisher: Académie Européenne de Philatélie, 2011.
Large paperback, 260 pages, colour illustrated throughout, text in English and French, slight spine-lean, some slight wear to spine, slight corner-creases to covers, in Good condition.
The eleventh annual publication by the AEP is devoted to the postal history and philately of Spain. Written in French or English, and with short summaries in English & French at the end of each article. Some of the content includes: Les célèbres facsimilés "Seguí"; Liberal and Carlist Mail in the Basque country and Navarre 1872-1876; Madrid postmarks from their origins to 1775; etc.

£30.00

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Coutant, Guy (editor) - Opus XII
Thème central - La Russie/Central theme - Russia
Publisher: Académie Européenne de Philatélie, 2012.
Large paperback, 255 pages, colour illustrated throughout, text in English and French, very slight spine-lean, slight corner-creases to covers, else in Very Good condition.
The twelfth annual publication by the AEP concentrates on the postal history and philately of Russia. Written in French or English, and with short summaries in English & French at the end of each article. Some of the content includes: The First Russian Postage Stamps; Russia's postal presence and relationships with Persia till the 1920s; La campagne de Russie, 1812; Stalingrad; Soviet military censorship; "Consular" R.S.F.S.R. air mail of 1922; etc.

£30.00

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[Corsini] - The Corsini Correspondence 1568-1601
Publisher: Christie's Robson Lowe, London, 1986.
Auction catalogue, paperback, illustrated, 140 pages, with the prices realised, spine and covers a little rubbed, slight corner-crease to rear cover and corners of a few pages, in Good condition.
Catalogue of sixteenth-century merchants' letters. The fifth sale to feature letters from the Corsini archive.

£9.50

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Gwynn, Robin and Hoggarth, Norman - Railway Disaster Mail
Publisher: The Stuart Rossiter Trust Fund, 2010.
Large hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, iii + 322 pages, in Very Good condition.
A fine handbook covering cachets, labels, and explanatory letters from the Post Office used on or with items damaged on the railways/railroads of the world. An excellent companion to the authors' previous handbook on Maritime Disaster Mail.

£60.00

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Stitt Dibden, W.G. - The Additional Halfpenny Mail Tax 1813-1839
Publisher: The Postal History Society, 1963.
Special Series No. 14, limited edition of 100 copies, paperback, illustrated, 77 pages + illustrations, foxing to the covers and page-edges, in Good condition.
Scarce and useful work.

£15.00

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Adema, Kees - Netherlands Mail in Times of Turmoil
Volume 1 1568-1795
Publisher: Stuart Rossiter Trust, 2010.
Large format hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, xiv + 168 pages, in Very Good condition.
Excellent postal history study of Dutch military mails from the start of the Dutch revolt against Spanish rule until the end of the United Netherlands Republic in 1795. Beautifully illustrated in colour.

£45.00

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Keller, Thomas - Die Verkehrsentwicklung und die Organisation der Schiffspost auf dem Zürichsee im 19. Jahrhundert
Publisher: privately published by the author, 1994.
Hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, 248 pages, text in German, in Very Good condition.
Fine postal history study. Beautifully illustrated in colour.

£60.00

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Meyer, K.F. - Disinfected Mail
Publisher: The Gossip Printery, Kansas, 1962.
Large hardback, illustrated, 341 pages, binding very slightly rubbed, in Very Good condition.
The classic handbook, an "Historical Review and tentative listing of cachets, handstamp markings, wax seals, wafer seals and manuscript certifications alphabetically arranged according to countries."

£120.00

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Lister, Peter - Airway Letters of the United Kingdom
Publisher: privately published by the author, 1994.
Large format paperback, illustrated, 53 pages, slight creasing to rear cover else in Very Good condition.
No. 191 of 350 copies. Comprehensive handbook/catalogue of Airway Letters from the first service flown by GWR in 1933 to the last British Airways flight in 1988.

£15.00

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Ablard, Claude - Les Prisonniers de Guerre Français Détenus par la Wehrmacht pendant la Seconde Guerre Mondiale
Publisher: L'Union Marcophile, Paris, 2001.
Paperback, illustrated, 88 pages, text in French, tiny corner-crease to rear cover and last few pages else in Very Good condition.
Les Feuilles Marcophiles, Supplément au No. 307. Excellent postal history study. Profusely illustrated in black & white.

£15.00

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[Clifford-Jones, Neville] - The Neville Clifford-Jones Collection of Hand Decorated Covers of the World, 1840-1918
Publisher: Cavendish, Derby, 2011.
Auction catalogue, paperback, illustrated, 62 pages, in Very Good condition.
Very well illustrated in colour.

£7.50

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Rich, Stephen G. - Philately of the Anglo-Boer War
1899-1902
Publisher: Chambers Publishing Co., Kalamazoo, 1943.
Paperback, illustrated, 226 pages, ex libris Frank Rossi with his name written on front endpaper, mild shelfwear else in Very Good condition.
The classic handbook. Rare and sought after.

£75.00

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Hopkins, A.E. - A History of Wreck Covers
Originating at Sea, on Land and in the Air
Publisher: Robson Lowe, London, 1967.
Third edition, hardback, dustwrapper, viii + 180 pages, dustwrapper lightly soiled and very slightly chipped at edges, in Good condition.
The last and best edition of this classic handbook, revised to incorporate air crashes of British overseas airways.

£13.50

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