Whitney, Dr J.T. and Peachey, Colin G. and Crookes, V. Brian (editors) - Collect British Postmarks
The Handbook to British Postal Markings and their Values
Publisher: British Postmark Society, 1993.
Sixth edition, De Luxe edition, large format (A4) hardback, illustrated, 332 pages, signed by the editors, ex libris Cdr. Nick Wraith with his small bookplate to front pastedown-endpaper, light shelfwear else in Very Good condition.
Rare large format limited de luxe edition of the essential priced handbook to British postmarks. Only 40 copies of this de luxe edition were printed.

£30.00

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Siggers, Dr John - Wiltshire and its Postmarks
Publisher: Sandcliff Press, 1982.
Large paperback, illustrated, 736 pages, slight shelfwear, fore-edge of a few pages very slightly badly trimmed (not affecting the text), else in Very Good condition.
Large, comprehensive study of the postal markings of Wiltshire. A classic county postal history handbook.

£20.00

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Dendy Marshall, C.F. - The British Post Office
from its Beginnings to the End of 1925
Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1926.
Hardback, original red cloth gilt, gilt 'Wyon Head' embossed on front cover, 354 pages + plates, ex libris Brighton & Hove Philatelic Society with their bookplate to front & rear endpapers and slight remnants of label to spine, a little foxing to endpapers, slight marks to top-edges, in Good condition.
An important early work on postal history.

£75.00

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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, in Very Good condition.
Scarce catalogue. Illustrated in black & white (with some colour illustrations to the rear cover).

£9.50

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Willcocks, R.M. - England's Postal History to 1840
With notes on Scotland, Wales and Ireland
Publisher: privately published by the author, 1975.
Hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, viii + 167 pages, dustwrapper a little rubbed at edges and with a short tear, else in Very Good condition.
The standard work on English pre-adhesive postal history. An essential handbook for collectors of GB pre-stamps.

£19.50

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Pipe, Bill et al - Collect British Postmarks
The Handbook to British Postmarks and their Values
Publisher: Stanley Gibbons, London, 2011.
Eighth edition, paperback, illustrated, ix + 378 pages, in Very Good condition.
The essential priced handbook to British postmarks.

£20.00

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Meredith, C.W. - Scots Local Cancellations
A History of their Usage, Types and Degrees of Rarity
Publisher: R.C. Alcock Ltd., Cheltenham, 1963.
Second edition, paperback, illustrated, 30 pages, slight corner-crease to top of spine, slight marks to the front cover, in Good condition.
Scarce.

£8.50

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Alcock, R.C. and Holland, F.C. - Sixth Supplement to "The Postmarks of Great Britain and Ireland"
Publisher: R.C. Alcock Ltd., Cheltenham, 1944.
Philatelic Adviser Handbook No. 8, paperback, 27 pages, covers slightly soiled, Good condition.
Scarce.

£8.00

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Alcock, R.C. and Holland, F.C. - Fifth Supplement to "The Postmarks of Great Britain and Ireland"
Publisher: R.C. Alcock Ltd., Cheltenham, 1943.
Philatelic Adviser Handbook No. 7, paperback, 66 pages, a few pages roughly opened with short tears to fore-edge of a couple of pages, in Good condition.
The scarcest of the Supplements. Very hard to find.

£15.00

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Alcock, R.C. and Holland, F.C. - Fourth Supplement to "The Postmarks of Great Britain and Ireland"
Publisher: R.C. Alcock Ltd., Cheltenham, 1943.
Philatelic Adviser Handbook No. 6, paperback, 32 pages, slight corner creasing, in Good condition.
Scarce.

£8.50

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Alcock, R.C. and Holland, F.C. - Third Supplement to "The Postmarks of Great Britain and Ireland"
Publisher: R.C. Alcock Ltd., Cheltenham, 1942.
Philatelic Adviser Handbook No. 5, paperback, 23 pages, slight wear, corner creases, in Good condition.
Scarce.

£8.00

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Alcock, R.C. and Holland, F.C. - Second Supplement to "The Postmarks of Great Britain and Ireland"
Publisher: R.C. Alcock Ltd., Cheltenham, 1941.
Philatelic Adviser Handbook No. 4, paperback, 23 pages, some wear to spine, short tear to foot of spine, contents sound, in Good condition.
Scarce.

£8.00

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Alcock, R.C. and Holland, F.C. - The Postmarks of Great Britain and Ireland
Being a Survey of British Postmarks from 1660 to 1940
Publisher: R. C. Alcock Ltd., Cheltenham, 1940.
Hardback, original dark blue cloth, illustrated, 579 pages, two bookplates to front endpapers, frontispiece has come loose but binding is tight, page-edges a little toned, a couple of small ink-spots to the fore-edge, a previous owner's annotations and amendments to many pages (click 'next' for more images), a Good working copy.
Alcock & Holland's monumental work on the postmarks of Great Britain. Still the standard work on the subject.

£85.00

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Swan, V. - British Slogan Cancellations 1917-1960
Publisher: privately published, 1960.
The British Specialist No. 4, third revised edition, paperback (card covers), 40 pages, in VG condition.
Scarce booklet.

£8.00

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Traill, R.G. and Holland, F.C. - The Sideways Duplex Cancellations of England and Wales
Publisher: R.C. Alcock Ltd., Cheltenham, 1975.
Paperback (card covers), illustrated, 27 pages, slight wear to covers and spotting to edges, contents clean, in Good condition.
Useful little work.

£5.50

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Hewlett, M.R. and Picton-Phillips, D.B. - Pre-Victorian Stamps & Franks
Publisher: Picton Publishing, 1979.
Revised edition, paperback, illustrated, 43 pages, one or two tiny blemishes else in Very Good condition.
Well illustrated guide to pre-philatelic stamps and franks including Newspaper Tax Stamps, Dockwra's Penny Post, etc.

£6.50

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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.
Second edition, paperback, illustrated, [iv] + 77 pages, in Very Good condition.

£9.50

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Dewey, A.A. - The Universal Multi-Value Meter Stamps of Great Britain
1932-1962
Publisher: The Meter Stamp Study Group, London, circa 1962.
Paperback, illustrated, 30 pages, tiny amount of light foxing else in Very Good condition.
Very scarce handbook.

£20.00

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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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Hartree, W. - British Postage Paid Stamps
An illustrated and priced Catalogue of over 5000 varieties used between 1870 and 1812
Publisher: W. Heffer & Sons, Cambridge, 1913.
Small hardback, bound in brown cloth gilt, retaining the original paper covers, illustrated, xxiii + 42 pages, ex libris Frank Staff with his bookplate to front pastedown endpaper and in pencil "given to WG Stitt Dibden by Frank Staff Nov 1957", in Very Good condition.
A nice association copy of this scarce work.

£30.00

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