[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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Daniels, J.H. - A History of British Postmarks
Publisher: Upcott Gill, London, 1898.
Fisrt edition, hardback, illustrated, 184 pages, slight hint of spine-lean, head & foot of spine and edges of boards slightly rubbed, a little foxing to page-edges, ex libris Postal History Society with their bookplate to front endpaper, a Good reading copy.
Scarce early work. Well illustated.

£15.00

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Alcock, R.C. and Holland, F.C. - The Maltese Cross Cancellations of the United Kingdom
Publisher: R.C. Alcock, Cheltenham, 1970.
Second (Revised) edition, paperback, illustrated, 134 pages, slight shelfwear, slight corner-crease to front cover, small marks to front cover, pages clean, in Good condition.
The standard reference work on Maltese Cross cancels.

£20.00

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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, 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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Meredith, C.W. and Kidd, Cyril - A Christmas Story
Light is shed on the "Posted in Advance" Scheme for Delivery on Christmas Day, 1902-9
Publisher: R.C. Alcock, Cheltenham, 1954.
A Philatelic Adviser Handbook, paperback (pictorial card covers), illustrated, 24 pages, a few slight marks to the covers, slight corner-crease, in Good condition.
Original pioneering work on these rare handstamps.

£6.50

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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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Proud, Edward B. - The Postal History of British Air Mails
Publisher: Proud-Bailey Co. Ltd., 1991.
Hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, 576 pages, signed dedication to title-page from the author to the previous owner, slight shelfwear to the dustwrapper, minor signs of use else in Very Good condition.
Excellent, much-needed, handbook covering the postal history of British Airmails. Beginning with the pre-First World War era (the first British Air Mail acceptance was during the Franco-Prussian War) and covering the development of Air Mail Services, Routes and Rates up to the end of 1945. The book covers "true Aerial Postal History" only, i.e. services which were available to the general public. A large volume, well illustrated with photographs, maps etc. As usual with Proud publications, valuations for covers are listed throughout.

£55.00

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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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Cohen, Stanley F. and Barette, Maurice; Hine, John; and Williams, A.M. - Collecting British Squared Circle Postmarks
Part II - The London Offices
Publisher: privately published, Malaga, 2006.
Second edition, large (A4) paperback, illustrated, 215 pages, mild shelfwear to the covers else in Very Good condition.
The scarce and sought after second edition of this comprehensive handbook.

£30.00

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Wilson, Frank J. - Great Britain & Ireland Travelling Post Office Postmarks
A Guide and Catalogue
Publisher: Railway Philatelic Group, 1991.
Paperback, 84 pages, very slightly rubbed at corners else in Very Good condition.
Useful priced listing.

£8.00

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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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Reck, Heinz and Wittig, Karlheinz - Grossbritannien, Postorte in England, Schottland, Irland und auf den Kanalinseln bis 1906
vor- und rückwärts alphabetisch geordnet
Publisher: Karlheinz Wittig, Lohmar, 1989.
Paperback, vii + 254 pages, bilingual Foreword in German & English, tiny amount of spotting to the covers, tiny scuff to front cover and very short tear to rear cover, in Good condition.
Useful handbook which lists the Post Offices of London, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Guernsey, Jersey and Foreign Post Offices alphabetically and missing the first letter, missing the first two letters, backwards, etc so that partial or illegible postmarks can be identified.

£9.00

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Smith, Michael and Purcell, Brian and Baillie, Ian - An Introduction to the Postal History of Bristol
Publisher: Bristol Philatelic Society, 1997.
Large format (A4) paperback, illustrated, vi + 59 pages + colour plates, very slight corner-crease to front cover else in Very Good condition.
An excellent, clearly-presented postal history study.

£8.50

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Oxley, H.M. and Watson, V.C. - Bishop Auckland Postal History
Publisher: privately published, 1968.
Paperback, 16 pages + 2 plates, very slight corner-creasing, else in Very Good condition.
Very scarce booklet.

£14.50

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Brumell, George - A Short Account of the Franking System in the Post Office: 1652-1840,
with a description of the postmarks used in connection therewith
Publisher: privately published, 1936.
Paperback, 38 pages, illustrated, scuff with tiny amount of surface-loss to front cover, very slight corner-crease to front cover, foxing to title-page, inscriptions of two previous owners to title-page, a Good reading copy only.
Classic work on free franks.

£13.50

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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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