Ringström, S. and Tester, H.E. - The Private Ship Letter Stamps of the World, Part 2
Australia - Europe - South America
Publisher: privately published, 1979.
Hardback, dustwrapper, 215 pages, illustrated, slight dusty marks/foxing to upper page-edges, internally clean, in Good condition.
The second volume of Ringström and Tester's classic series on the private ship letter stamps of the world. A beautifully produced handbook, superbly illustrated with black & white plates throughout. Contents include: The Australian New Hebrides Company; New Hebrides Syndicat Français; The Murray Steam Navigation Company; Bell's Asia Minor Steamship Company; The Danube Steam Navigation Company; The Russian Company for Steam Navigation and Trade; Danube & Black Sea Line of Steamers, T.B. Morton & Co.; Turkish Steamship Companies; The Danube and Black Sea Railway; The Zala-Somogyi Steamship Company; Gauthier Frères et Cie; Christmas Island; The Pacific Steam Navigation Company; Tierra del Fuego; The Upper Colombia Tramway and Navigation Company; Correos de la Chimba; Jämtlands Kommunikations Bolag.

£40.00

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Rasic, Mirko R. - The Postal History and Postage Stamps of Serbia
Publisher: The Collectors Club, New York, 1979.
Hardback, original dark blue cloth, illustrated, xi + 276 pages, ex libris Canada National Postal Museum with label to spine, bookplate to front pastedown endpaper and library pocket to rear endpaper, pages clean, in Good condition.
The definitive handbook on the subject. Includes Austrian and Turkish Post Offices in Serbia.

£30.00

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Meyer, K.F. - Disinfected Mail
Publisher: The Gossip Printery, Kansas, 1962.
Large hardback, illustrated, 341 pages, binding very slightly rubbed, in Very Good condition.
The classic handbook, an "Historical Review and tentative listing of cachets, handstamp markings, wax seals, wafer seals and manuscript certifications alphabetically arranged according to countries."

£120.00

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[Stephens, Michael] - Illustrated Catalogue of the Fourth Portion of the Michael Stephens Collection of Rare Postage Stamps
comprising Italian States, Austria, Austrian Italy, France, Scandinavia and Switzerland
Publisher: H.R. Harmer, London, 1937.
Auction catalogue, paperback, illustrated, 44 pages, with the prices realised, covers a little toned and rubbed at edges, in Good condition.
Rare early catalogue, with some superb Italian States (Tuscany, Naples, Sicily, etc), classic France, Switzerland, etc.

£15.00

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Stohl, Hans - Postalische Abstempelungen im derzeitigen österreichischen Staatsgebiet von 1900 bis heute
Teil A Allgemeine OT-Stempel, 1. Band Typenschlüssel & 2. Band Katalog
Publisher: Pollischansky, Wien, 1997.
Hardback, two volumes, 79 + 1209 pages, text in German, bookplate of previous owner to front endpaper of both volumes, a little scattered foxing to first and last few pages, in Good condition.
Large, comprehensive work on Austrian postmarks.

£50.00

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Zervoyannis, Nicolas - Les Timbres-Poste de Crète
Première Partie - Les Bureaux de Poste Étrangers
Publisher: Société Philotélique Hellénique, 1971.
Paperback, illustrated, 130 pages, bilingual text in French & Greek, some foxing/dusty marks to covers and top page-edges, internally clean, in Good condition.
Scarce work on the Foreign Post Offices in Crete.

£24.00

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Brumby, Martin - Dalmatia
The Austro-Hungarian Postmark Project Volume 1
Publisher: Austrian Stamp Club of Great Britain, York, 1997.
Large format paperback, illustrated, 188 pages + folding map, text in Engliah, covers a little creased and with a few small marks, internally clean, in Good condition.
Important handbook on the postmarks of the Austro-Hungarian Empire's province of Dalmatia.

£25.00

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Pick, Albert - Briefmarkengeld
Publisher: Klinkhardt & Biermann, Braunschweig, 1970.
Hardback, illustrated, xi + 66 pages, text in German, mild shelfwear, tiny dusty marks to top edges, else in Very Good condition.
Scarce work on stamps used as money, including US Civil War encased postage stamps, Russian currency tokens 1915-17, etc, etc. Well illustrated in black & white and with three colour plates.

£20.00

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['Erivan'] - Österreich & Lombardo-Veneto
Die Sammlung Erivan
Publisher: Corinphila, Zürich, 2019.
Auction catalogue, hardback, illustrated, 104 pages, text in German and some English, with the prices realised, in Very Good condition.
Superb rarities of classic Austria and some Lombardy Venetia. Beautifully illustrated in colour.

£12.50

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"Alexandria" - The "Alexandria" Illyria and Levant
Publisher: Robson Lowe, Basel, 1969.
Auction catalogue, paperback, illustrated, 136 pages, with the prices realised, some dusty marks to the front cover, in Good condition.
Magnificent collection of the Balkans and Levant, including a wonderful array of Foreign Post Offices, French Paquebots, Danube Steam Navigation Co., etc. A Superb reference catalogue. Well illustrated in black & white and with colour plates.

£15.00

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- A Celebration of Austrian Philately
Publisher: The Austrian Philatelic Society (of Great Britain), 2008.
Large paperback, colour illustrated, viii + 162 pages, text in English with short summaries in German, slight shelfwear, foot of spine slightly rubbed, in Good condition.
Excellent articles on Austrian philately: "The world's first regular and first international airmail service" by Ingert Kuzych; "The Austro-Hungarian Navy" by John Beech; "The Austrian Newspaper Tax" by Andy Taylor; "Postal Use of the Austrian Lloyd's seals 1838-1914" by Hans Smith; and "Pneumatic Post facilities in Wien 25" by Andy Taylor. Profusely illustrated in colour.

£12.50

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Steichele, Anton and Collins, Norman J. and Dickstein, Leopold - The Foreign Post Offices in Palestine 1840-1918
Volume II
Publisher: World Philatelic Congress of Israel, Holyland & Judaica Societies, Chicago, 1991.
English revised edition, hardback, illustrated, v + 300 pages, tiny scuff to lower edge of rear cover else in Very Good condition.
This volume covers Italian Post Offices, Italian Forces 1917-1919, Austrian Post Offices, Russian Post Offices, Postal Services of the Jewish Colonies, and Handling of Mails by Hotels. Scarce.

£32.00

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["Alexander"] - Serbia
The "Alexander" Gold Medal Collection
Publisher: David Feldman, Geneva, 1986.
Auction catalogue, paperback, illustrated, 54 pages, text in Ebglish, ink inscription to front cover, a few tiny dusty marks, internally clean, in Good condition.
Scarce catalogue. Well illustrated in black & white and colour.

£9.50

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Severin, Peter - Handbuch der Belege und Abstempelungen aus dem Gebiet der Slowakischen Republik, die auf Briefmarken der Österreichischen Post von 1850 bis 1867 verwendet wurden
Publisher: Heinrich Köhler, Wiesbaden, nd [circa 2018].
Large hardback, illustrated, 261 pages + folding map, trilingual text in German, Slovakian & Hungarian, in Very Good condition
Superb handbook on Austrian Empire stamps used in what is now Slovakia. Profusely illustrated in colour.

£60.00

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Banci, Alfredo - Catalogo Prefilatelico e Storia delle Corriere e Poste del Lombardo-Veneto
Publisher: Staderini Editore, Rome, 1942.
Hardback, illustrated, 175 pages, text in Italian, introduction to the catalogue in five languages, slight dusty marks to upper page-edges and covers, covers and spine slightly rubbed, some wear to foot of spine, in Good condition.
Well illustrated handbook/catalogue.

£40.00

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[Wien, F.S.] and [Galvez, Joaquin] - Bulgarien, Levante sammlung F.S. Wien
Chili specialized collection formed by the late Joaquin Galvez
Publisher: Corinphila, Zürich, 1979.
Auction catalogue, paperback, 120 pages, Bulgaria & Levant sections in German, Chile section in English, corners of front cover slightly rubbed else in Very Good condition.
Illustrated with 64 black & white plates and 8 colour plates. Scarce catalogue of Bulgaria, Levant (particularly Austrian Levant), and classic Chile.

£12.50

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Mueller, Edwin - Specialized Catalog of Austria
1850 to 1918
Publisher: Mercury Stamp Co., New York, 1952.
Fifth edition (first bilingual edition), hardback, privately bound in dark blue cloth with gilt title to spine, illustrated, xxiv + 144 pages + tables of types, bilingual text in English & German, ex libris John F. Giblin with his bookplate to front endpaper, a few minor dusty marks, a little foxing to the endpapers, slight water-staining to the lower margins of last few pages, in Good condition.
The bilingual edition of Edwin Mueller's specialised catalogue of Austria. A scarce and important catalogue.

£24.00

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[Karpovsky, Itamar] - Holy Land - Foreign Post Offices in Palestine 1852-1914
The Itamar Karpovsky Collection
Publisher: The Global Philatelic Network, 2016.
Large format hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, 148 pages, Introduction in English & German, main text in English only, in Very Good condition.
No. 48 in the Edition d'Or series. Superb colour reproduction of pages from the collection.

£55.00

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Tchilinghirian, S.D. and Stephen, W.S.E. - Austrian Post Offices Abroad, Part One
Austrian Lloyd: Adriatic Lines, Mediterranean Lines
Publisher: Keith Tranmer, 1981.
Second (revised) edition, paperback (card covers), illustrated, 104 pages + map, spine slightly rubbed at top and a little sunned, else in Very Good condition.
First part of the classic reference work.

£30.00

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- Robson Lowe Auctions
Publisher: Robson Lowe, Basel, 1972-73.
Eighteen auction catalogues bound in three volumes, privately bound in blue cloth gilt, with the prices realised at the front of each catalogue, small tape marks to prices realised and front pages of each catalogue, in Good condition.
Bound volumes of 1972-73 Robson Lowe Basel sales. Some important sales including the "Villach" Austria, "Sacher" Levant, "Bergamo" Italiana, the "Ernest Trory" Olympic Games, "Flintstone" USA, "Gougas" Egypt, etc. [click "next" for more images]

£90.00

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