Hewlett, M.R. - A Provisional Guide to the Valuation of the Numeral Cancellations of the British Isles
Part 1. England and Wales (with Used Abroad, Channel Islands, and Isle of Man.) and Hewlett's Aligning Code as applicable to all Postal Markings
Publisher: Picton Publishing, 1981.
First edition, paperback, illustrated, [iv] + 77 pages, slight corner-crease to front cover, covers toned, foxing to page-edges, some small blemishes, a Good working copy only.

£6.50

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Mackay, James A. - Scottish Numeral Postmarks
Publisher: privately published, Dumfries, 1987.
Large (A4) paperback, illustrated, 196 pages, in Very Good condition.
This book deals with the numbers allocated to Post Offices in Scotland from 1844 onwards, and used in obliterators, double stamps and combined date and obliterating stamps down to the beginning of the twentieth century. From the 1880s until 1924, these numbers were also employed in charge and explanatory marks and in examiners' triangular stamps, all of which are surveyed here for the first time in depth. Well illustrated.

£10.00

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Mackay, James A. - Scottish Post Offices
Publisher: privately published by the author, Dumfries, 1989.
Large (A4) paperback, 127 pages, in Very Good condition.
A detailed study of Scotland's Post Offices, with a comprehensive alphabetical listing. Includes their inception, grade of office, closure where applicable, and any related history.

£12.00

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Mackay, James A. - Sub Office Rubber Datestamps of England & Wales
Publisher: privately publiahed by the author, Dumfries, 1986.
Large (A4) paperback, illustrated, 466 pages, in Very Good condition.
A very large work dealing with the rubber datestamps (or Climax daters to give them their official name) issued to minor sub-offices from the 1880s through to the 1930s. Profusely illustrated, with more than ten thousand postmarks illustrated!

£15.00

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Baker, Ian; Graham, David; Sanig, Michael and Shand, Bill - The Scottish Additional Halfpenny Mail Tax 1813-1839
& The Welsh Additional Halfpenny Mail Tax 1836-1839
Publisher: Scottish Postal History Society, 2017.
First edition, large format paperback (pictorial card covers), illustrated, ix + 376 pages, in Very Good condition.
A major new handbook. Very well illustrated in colour.

£28.00

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Clark, Rex - Manuscript town markings on early Scottish mail
Publisher: Scottish Postal History Society, 2012.
First edition, large format paperback (pictorial card covers), illustrated, 147 pages, signed dedication to the previous owner from the author, in Very Good condition.
Scottish Postal History Society Monograph No. 2. Excellent monograph based on Rex Clark's collection. Very well illustrated in colour.

£18.00

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Erskine, Roy - Wilsons of Bannockburn
Publisher: Scottish Postal History Society, 2011.
First edition, large format paperback (pictorial card covers), illustrated, 172 pages, signed by the author, very slight corner-crease to rear cover and last few pages else in Very Good condition.
Scottish Postal History Society Monograph No. 1. Excellent monograph based on the Roy Erskine's renowned display of postal history relating to the firm of Wilsons of Bannockburn. Very well illustrated in colour. Out of print and hard to find.

£24.00

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Brumell, George - British Post Office Numbers 1844-1906
Publisher: R. C. Alcock, Cheltenham, 1946.
First edition, hardback, 201 pages, page-edges slightly toned, small sellotape marks to endpapers, in Good condition.
One of the most used and most useful works in British postmark literature, listing the distinguishing numbers of Post Offices and Overseas Agencies of the British Post Office, 1844 - 1906. This edition includes a chapter on postal markings which is absent from later reprint editions.

£17.50

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Holland, F.C. - Introduction to British Postmark Collecting
Publisher: R.C. Alcock, Cheltenham, nd [circa 1970].
Paperback, illustrated, 87 pages, slight scorner-creasing, in Good condition.
A concise study of British postmarks, packed with information and well illustrated with over 200 figures. In effect this is an abridged version of the much larger classic handbooks by Alcock and Holland - an excellent introduction for the beginner or aide memoire for the more experienced collector.

£6.50

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Alcock, R.C. and Holland, F.C. - The Postmarks of Great Britain & Ireland
Part II
Publisher: R.C. Alcock, Cheltenham, 1955.
Paperback, 62 pages, illustrated, mild corner creases, in Good condition.
Supplementary information to the original handbook. Scarce.

£10.00

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Mackay, James A. - Machine Cancellations of Scotland
Publisher: privately published, 1986.
Large format (A4) paperback, illustrated, 204 pages, in Very Good condition.
Useful, detailed explanation and listing of the many machine-struck cancellations of Scotland.

£9.50

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- The Undated Circular Marks of the Midland Counties
Publisher: Midland (GB) Postal History Society, 1997.
Fourth edition, reprint, large format (A4) paperback, spiralbound, illustrated, 206 pages, in Very Good condition.
Revised edition (now including Oxfordshire). A large, detailed work.

£12.00

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[Danzig, Robert] - The "Danzig" Collection of Great Britain 1841 1d. Red-Brown (Cancellations and Usages)
Publisher: Phillips, London, 1989.
Auction catalogue, paperback, illustrated, 30 pages, with the prices realised, very slight toning to one corner, minor shelfwear else in Very Good condition.
Scarce catalogue. Illustrated in black & white (with some colour illustrations to the rear cover).

£9.50

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Rockoff, Professor S. David and Jackson, Mike - Encyclopaedia of the Maltese Cross Cancellations of Great Britain and Ireland
Volume 1
Publisher: Mike Jackson Publications, 2006.
Large hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, viii + 181 pages, minor dusty marks, page-edges very slightly toned, in Good condition.
Comprehensive reference, profusely illustrated. This first volume includes details from over one hundred post towns arranged alphabetically from A to L.

£50.00

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Cohen, Stanley F. and Barette, Maurice and Rosenblat, Daniel G. and Chaillou, Dominique - Collecting British Squared Circle Postmarks
Supplement No. 1
Publisher: privately published, 1990.
Large paperback, illustrated, 57 pages, slight dusty marks to the covers, in Good condition.
First Supplement to the original work with new information discovered since 1987.

£6.50

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Cohen, Stanley F. and Barette, Maurice and Rosenblat, Daniel G. - Collecting British Squared Circle Postmarks
Publisher: privately published, 1987.
First edition, large paperback, illustrated, 429 pages, slight shelfwear, tiny corner-creases to front cover, in Good condition.
First edition of this very large and useful work.

£24.00

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Proud, Edward B. - Postmarks of the Date Impression Books
Post Office Records: Section 3, Volumes 5 & 6
Publisher: Proud-Bailey, 1984.
Hardback, illustrated, 231 pages, very slight dusty marks to upper edges else in Very Good condition.
The third volume in a short series listing and illustrating the proof strikes of British postmarks, from 1841 to circa 1856, held in the Post Office Archives. Profusely illustrated, with dates of issue and relevant Post Office Archive reference number next to each postmark illustration.

£18.00

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Proud, Edward B. - Postmarks of the Date Impression Books
Post Office Records: Section 2, Volumes 3 & 4
Publisher: Proud-Bailey, 1983.
Hardback, illustrated, 97 pages, in Very Good condition.
The second volume in a short series listing and illustrating the proof strikes of British postmarks, from 1841 to circa 1856, held in the Post Office Archives. Profusely illustrated, with dates of issue and relevant Post Office Archive reference number next to each postmark illustration.

£15.00

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Gladstone, Ernest S. - Great Britain's First Postage Stamp
Publisher: privately published, Liverpool, 1924.
Hardback, original green cloth gilt, illustrated, 25 pages + plates, in Very Good condition.
Scarce work on William Dockwra's London Penny Post scheme. Well illustrated.

£28.00

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- The British County Catalogue of Postal History
Midlands Edition
Publisher: The Midland (GB) Postal History Society, 2013.
Large format (A4) hardback, illustrated, iv + 177 pages, in Very Good condition.
A re-working of the original works by Willcocks & Jay, incorporating Birmingham and the Midland counties into one volume. Well illustrated including maps in colour.

£20.00

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