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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[Eitner, Klaus] - Classic Peru
The Klaus Eitner Collection
Publisher: Corinphila, Zurich, 2009.
Auction catalogue, hardback, dustwrapper, x + 86 pages, illustrated in colour, text in English, with prices realised, very mild wear to dustwrapper else in Very Good condition.
Superb catalogue of the magnificent collection of classic Peru formed by Klaus Eitner. The 257 lots feature pre-adhesives, a wonderful section of Pacific Steam Navigation Company, all the classic issues, multiples and covers. Includes an illustrated article by Wolfgang Maassen and Karl Louis: "Lecoq" - on the trail of the most unusual printing machine in the world.

£18.00

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Doublet, A.R. - The Pacific Steam Navigation Company
Its Maritime Postal History 1840-1853 with Particular Reference to Chile
Publisher: The Royal Philatelic Society, London, 1983.
Large format (A4) paperback, illustrated, viii + 70 pages, corner-creasing to rear cover and last few pages, mild wear to edges of covers, in Good condition.
Excellent postal history study. Includes the PSNC stamps and cancellers, ships, rates, 'VAPOR' shipmarks, etc.

£11.00

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[Badaracco, Julio Lugón] - Classic Peru 1857-1873
The Julio Lugón Badaracco Collection (Part 2)
Publisher: Corinphila, Zurich, 2014.
Auction catalogue, hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, 80 pages, some wear to the dustwrapper, tiny indentation to upper margin of pages, in Good condition.
Very well illustrated in colour.

£9.50

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[Matthews, Thomas A.] - The Thomas A. Matthews Collection of Airmail Stamps Part III
Mint & Used Airmail Stamps of the Independent Countries of the American Continent (Except United States and Canada)
Publisher: F.W. Kessler, New York, 1961.
Auction catalogue, paperback, illustrated, 147 pages, with the prices realised, 5cm tear to covers at top of spine, some prices written in margins of pages, a Good working copy.
Third part of probably the greatest airmail collection ever formed. A magnificent selection of Airmail stamps of Latin America, including Proofs & Essays and some flown covers. Some great rarities, particularly of Honduras (including the mint example of the Black Honduras known as the "Robinette Single" which sold for $24,500 - the record for any stamp sold in America at the time). Illustrated in black & white.

£9.50

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Beith, Richard - British South American Airways 1946-1949
A sourcebook for aerophilatelists with notes on previous attempts to introduce a British South Atlantic air mail service
Publisher: privately published, 2004.
Large format (A4) paperback, illustrated, viii + 56 pages, limited edition of 300 copies, signed by the author, in Fine condition.
A splendid handbook on this little-known and short-lived air mail service. Clearly presented, with maps, and many illustrations of covers, including some in colour.

£15.00

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[Dale/Lichtenstein] - The Louise Boyd Dale and Alfred F. Lichtenstein Collections, Sale 9 South America, Mexico, etc.
Publisher: H.R. Harmer, New York, 1970.
Auction catalogue, paperback, illustrated, 128 pages, in Very Good condition.
Scarce catalogue of magnificent Latin America, including a large and important section of Argentina & Buenos Aires; also Brazil "Bull's Eyes", Chile, Peru, etc. Well illustrated in black & white and with one colour plate.

£20.00

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- The Stamp Specialist
Gray Book
Publisher: H.L. Lindquist, New York, 1943.
Hardback, original paper covered boards, illustrated, 128 pages, corners rubbed, page-edges lightly toned, in Good condition.
One of a series of twenty volumes published throughout the 1940s. Each Stamp Specialist volume contains a number of excellent articles on a wide range of philatelic and postal history subjects written by some of the great philatelists of the time. This volume includes articles on War Covers from the Tower collection, Canadian Patriotics, Early Foreign Mail service from Peru, Iceland, and USA.

£9.50

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