Willcocks, R.M. and Jay, B. - The Postal History of Great Britain and Ireland
A Summarized Catalogue to 1840
Publisher: Vale Stamps, London, 1981.
Second edition, hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, viii + 81 pages, dustwrapper spine sunned, in Good condition.
An illustrated and priced catalogue of handstruck postal markings of Great Britain and Ireland. Very useful handbook for all those interested in pre-1840 British postal history.

£7.50

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Willcocks, R.M. and Jay, B. - The British County Catalogue of Postal History, Volumes 1 & 2
Publisher: R.M. Willcocks, 1996.
Second edition, hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, vi + 248 pages, dustwrapper spine sunned and with a tiny short tear, slight spine-lean, pages clean, in Good condition.
The second edition of volumes 1 and 2 in this definitive series of handbooks, which attempts to list all handstamps of all the towns and villages up to 1840. Each county listing is prepared by a specialist editor and includes notes on size, colour, dates of use, and rarity. Well illustrated with illustrations of the various types of handstamp and with maps. The second edition fully revises the first two volumes in the series and combines them in one volume. It lists all the known stamps for 23 counties and 4 cities of England: Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Channel Islands, Cornwall, Derbyshire, Devon, Essex, Hertfordshire, Huntingdonshire, Isle of Wight, Isles of Scilly, Leicestershire, Middlesex, Norfolk, Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire, Rutland, Shropshire, Suffolk, Surrey, Sussex, Warwickshire, Birmingham, Bristol, Manchester, & Liverpool. Long out of print and very difficult to find.

£28.00

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Kennedy, Alistair and Crabb, George - The Postal History of the British Army in World War I
Before and After - 1903 to 1929
Publisher: privately published, 1977.
Large paperback (card covers), plastic comb-binding, illustrated, 300 pages, corners of covers a little creased, page-edges rather toned and foxed, some foxing to title-page, previous owner's name inside front cover, a Good working copy.
No. 22 of 600 copies printed. "An illustrated reference book of British Army postmarks and their location at home and abroad during the campaigns of the War and also on manoeuvres operations and post war occupations, with relevant historical and postal information." Very detailed. The standard handbook on the subject.

£35.00

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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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Wilson, H.S. - T.P.O. A History of the Travelling Post Offices of Great Britain
Part 3 Scotland and Ireland
Publisher: The Railway Philatelic Group, 1977.
Paperback (card covers), illustrated, 78 pages, minor shelfwear else in Very Good condition.
Useful work.

£8.00

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Wilson, H.S. - T.P.O. A History of the Travelling Post Offices of Great Britain
Part 2 England - South of the Midland T.P.O.
Publisher: The Railway Philatelic Group, 1979.
Second edition, paperback (card covers), illustrated, 80 pages, covers partially sunned else in Very Good condition.
Useful work.

£8.00

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Wilson, H.S. - T.P.O. A History of the Travelling Post Offices of Great Britain
Part 1 England - The Specials and Associated T.P.O.s
Publisher: The Railway Philatelic Group, 1979.
Third edition, paperback (card covers), illustrated, 76 pages, a few ink ticks and annotations to some pages, in Good condition.
Useful work.

£8.00

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Goodbody, A.M. - An Introduction and Guide to the Travelling Post Offices of Great Britain
Publisher: The Railway Philatelic Group, 1983.
Second edition, paperback, illustrated, 16 pages, in Very Good condition.
Informative booklet.

£4.50

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Goodbody, A.M. - The Railway Sub Offices of Great Britain
Publisher: The Railway Philatelic Group, 1983.
Paperback, illustrated, 32 pages, covers partially sunned, in Good condition.
Useful handbook, with alphabetical listing of sub offices with earliest and latest known dates.

£7.50

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Hill, Norman - The Railway Travelling Post Offices of Great Britain and Ireland, 1838-1975
Publisher: Harry Hayes, Batley, 1977.
First edition, card covers, 24 pages, spine slightly rubbed else in Very Good condition
A handy listing of all the known T.P.O. services of Great Britain and Ireland, with dates of use, brief notes on each, and illustrations of some of the postmarks.

£4.50

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Brumell, George - British Post Office Numbers 1844-1906
Publisher: R. C. Alcock, Cheltenham, 1979.
Second edition, reprint, hardback, 138 pages, very slight dusty marks to upper edges, very slight bend to the covers, 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.

£15.00

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Robertson, Alan W. - A History of the Ship Letters of the British Isles
(An Encyclopaedia of Maritime Postal History)
Publisher: James Bendon, Limassol, 1993.
Reprint edition, two volumes, hardback, in slipcase, illustrated, 448 + 688 pages, some wear to the slipcase, a few tiny dusty marks to top page-edges, else in Very Good condition.
One of the great masterpieces of philatelic literature originally published in instalments between 1955 and 1964. Because of the way in which pages were issued to subsrcibers over the period of ten years many original copies were deficient, and the author's eccentric page numbering system made it difficult to ascertain what was missing. This edition reprints the original in its entirety, in a slightly smaller format than the original. An essential reference work for collectors of maritime postal history.

£120.00

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Gould, Dr. M.H. - British Naval Post and Censor Marks of the First World War
Publisher: The Forces Postal History Society, 1998.
Second edition, large paperback, illustrated, 229 pages, a few small dusty marks and spots of foxing to the top-edges, minor signs of use, in Good condition.
Useful handbook on the many different postal markings used by the Navy in WW1.

£24.00

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Stephens, P.M. and Erskine, R.S. - The Scots Local Namestamps
1840-1860
Publisher: privately published, 1994.
Large format paperback, comb-bound, illustrated, circa 200 pages, in Very Good condition.
A very thoroughly researched study which considerably revises and enlarges the Scottish Postmark Group's original handbook of 1964. This large work includes alphabetical lists of Post Offices, with type of postmark used, dates, colour, county, sorting office, etc. Plus county lists, with maps showing the Post Offices, and illustrations of covers. Out of print and hard to find.

£35.00

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Broomfield, Roger W. - The Undated Postmarks of Wales 1840 to 1860
A study of the undated namestamps of Welsh Post Offices
Publisher: Welsh Philatelic Society & the Stuart Rossiter Trust, 1996.
Large format (A4) paperback, illustrated, 124 pages, some dusty marks to the upper page-edges and a few spots of foxing to the inside of the front cover, pages clean, in Good condition.
Out of print and scarce.

£13.50

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Robinson, David - For the Port & Carriage of Letters
A Practical Guide to the Inland and Foreign Postage Rates of the British Isles 1570 to 1840
Publisher: privately published by the author, 1990.
Large format (A4) paperback, viii + 250 pages, illustrated, page-edges very foxed and with some foxing to the first few pages, a Good working copy.
An essential guide to British pre-adhesive postage rates. Long out of print and sought after.

£40.00

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Kidd, Cyril - The Irish Mail
Publisher: The TPO and Seapost Society, 1996.
Second edition, large format (A4) paperback, illustrated, 29 pages, slight creasing to the rear cover, in Good condition.
Postal history study of the mail service between London and Dublin, via Holyhead. With much useful information on times of trains and ships, and with detailed coverage of all the known cancellations, including Paquebot markings, Irish TPOs, Hooded Circles, Duplex obliterators,etc. Excellent illustrations of the postmarks, and many photo-illustrations of covers.

£7.50

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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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Danzig, Robert and Goldsmith, David - The Cancellations of the 1841 Penny Red
Illustrated Guide and Catalogue
Publisher: Philatelic Imprint, London, 1991.
Hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, 168 pages, some slight wear to the dustwrapper, else in Very Good condition.
Important and sought after handbook, with extensive section on the Maltese Cross cancel, plus numeral cancels, duplex cancels, cancellations unofficially used during the Maltese Cross period, Scottish Locals, unusual cancellations, used abroad, and a concluding chapter on the late use of the 1841 Penny Red.

£60.00

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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, illustrated, viii + 181 pages, signed by Mike jackson, mild marks to the dustwrapper, very slight bend to the covers, page-edges a little toned, in Good condition.
Comprehensive reference, profusely illustrated in black & white. This first volume includes details from over one hundred post towns arranged alphabetically from A to L.

£50.00

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