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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Torrance, A.R. and Morenweiser, K. - British Empire Civil Censorship Devices World War II
Section 2: United Kingdom
Publisher: The Civil Censorship Study Group, 1991.
First edition, large paperback, illustrated, 244 pages, slight corner-creasing, foxing to the page-edges, a Good working copy.
An important reference work.

£20.00

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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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Mackay, James A. - English Provincial Krags
Publisher: privately published, 1987.
Large format (A4) paperback, 127 pages, one or two tiny marks to the covers, bookplate inside front cover, else in Very Good condition.
Detailed survey, with alphabetical listing, of the impressions made by Krag continuous-impression machines employed at post offices and sorting offinces in the English provinces. Scarce.

£9.00

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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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Garrard, W. - History of the RAF Postal Service Overseas 1942-1957
Volume 1
Publisher: Chavril Press, nd (circa 1989).
Second edition, paperback, 60 pages, few minor dusty marks to the covers else in Very Good condition.
This excellent work describes the formation and organisation of the RAF Postal Service overseas, the types of date and hanstamps used, and the postal history of the Service in each of the 57 individual countries and theatres of operation. With 40 postmarks illustrated.

£9.50

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Parmenter, John - Low Number Suburban Ovals
Cancellations of the London District Post and Subsequent Suburban Districts
Publisher: Privately published, 2000.
Paperback, illustrated, 34 pages, one or two tiny marks to the covers, pages clean, in Good condition.
A priced catalogue based on collecting these postmarks on loose stamps.

£4.00

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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, 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.

£60.00

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Tabeart, Colin - United Kingdom Letter Rates
Inland and Overseas 1635 to 1900
Publisher: HH Sales Ltd., Bradford, 2003.
Second edition, paperback, illustrated, viii + 264 pages, in Very Good condition.
In 1989 the first edition of "UK Letter Rates" appeared, the first serious work on the subject, dealing with an awkward void in British postal history which had long needed to be filled. Despite several other books on different aspects of the same subject having been published since, "UK Letter Rates" remains the only book to cover all public UK letter postage rates up to 1900. This second edition was prompted by the continuing demand for the original book, which required the printing of a second impression in 1990 and a third in 2002. A thorough revision of the original text was undertaken, incorporating the 1991 Supplement and a significant amount of new information. It is much larger than the first edition and is far more attractive to the eye and user-friendly. There is much improved tabulation of the complex data, and significantly more covers are illustrated with the rates carefully explained as examples. Long out-of-print and hard to find.

£40.00

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Mackay, James A. - The Circular Name Stamps of Scotland
Publisher: privately published, nd [circa 1977].
First edition, large format (A4) paperback, illustrated, 20 pages, some marks to the covers, pages clean, in Good condition.
Scarce work on the remarkable series of circular postmarks unique to Scotland which began with Glasgow's so-called 'Woodblock' fancy-type of 1740-9.

£7.00

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Mackay, James A. - Scottish Post Offices
Publisher: privately published by the author, Dumfries, 1989.
Large (A4) paperback, 127 pages, mild shelfwear else 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.

£11.00

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Mackay, James A. - The Skeleton Postmarks of Scotland
Publisher: privately published, 1978.
Large format (A4) paperback, 72 pages + vi illustrations, minor marks to the covers, pages clean, in Good condition.
Useful, detailed explanation and listing of these datestamps.

£8.00

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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. - Postmarks of England and Wales
Publisher: privately published by the author, Dumfires, 1988.
Large format (A4) paperback, illustrated, 352 pages, several creases to the transparent plastic covers, pages fine, in Good condition.
An important survey of English and Welsh postmarks with more than 6,500 illustrations of postmarks as recorded in the Post Office Records and elsewhere. This large book includes 51 separate sections on everything from the earliest Bishop marks to Machine cancellations, Maltese Cross Obliterators to Royal Air Force postmarks.

£20.00

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Mackay, James A. - Official Mail of the British Isles
Publisher: privately published, Dumfries, 1983.
Large (A4) paperback, 349 pages, plastic peg binding broken and coming loose, internally fine, a Good working copy.
Scarce and sought after work.

£20.00

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Mackay, James A. - British Post Office Numbers 1924-1969
Publisher: privately published, Dumfries, 1981.
Large format (A4) paperback, illustrated, 50 pages + ix plates, slight corner-crease, som spotting to the covers, pages clean, in Good condition.
Dealing with the series of numbers which appeared in triangular dies, surcharge and explanatory marks from 1924 to 1969. A scarce book.

£12.00

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