Philatelic Literature Specialists

Italy

Europe and Colonies

Astolfi, Valter

1939-1943 La Posta Civile – Annullamenti e storia postale

Publisher: Zanetti, Milano, 1996

Paperback (card covers), dustwrapper, illustrated, 637 pages, text in Italian, in Very Good condition.

£45.00

Cadioli, Beniamino and Cecchi, Aldo

Publisher: Stato Maggiore dell'Esercito, Roma, 1978

Paperback, 315 pages, illustrated, text in Italian, small mark to front cover, covers a little chipped at edges, some foxing to page edges, very slight toning/foxing to margins of first and last few pages, in Good condition.

£30.00

Vaccari, Paolo

Catalogo con valutazioni. With Translation in English

Publisher: Vaccari, Vignola, 2006

Paperback, illustrated, 397 pages + errata booklet, text in Italian with English translation, in Very Good condition.

£21.00

Borromeo, Federico

Catalogo delle timbrature. Storia postale dell’Italia Napoleonica Tomo II

Publisher: Istituto si Studi Storici Postali, Prato, 1998

Hardback, dustwrapper, 405 pages, illustrated, text in Italian, in Very Good+ condition.

£40.00

Del Bianco, Umberto

Volume Primo – Le Linee dell’Adriatico

Publisher: Sorani, Milan, 1976

Hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, viii + 362 pages + plates, text in Italian, binding a little shaken, very short tear to the dustwrapper, page-edges slightly toned, in Good condition.

£35.00

Del Bianco, Umberto

Volume Secondo – Le Linee del Levant, L’Attivita’ Postale sul Danubio e le Rotte tra la Turchia e l’Austria

Publisher: Sorani, Milan, 1978

Hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, viii + 478 pages + plates, text in Italian, in Very Good condition.

£40.00

Del Bianco, Umberto

Volume Terzo – Attività Postale Autonoma Lloydiana nei Porti Italiani, nelle Isole Jonie e in Grecia

Publisher: Sorani, Milan, 1982

Paperback, 542 pages, illustrated, text in Italian, minimal signs of use to the covers else in Very Good condition.

£40.00

Migliavacca, Giorgio

(Il Ruolo dell’Intermediario Postale)

Publisher: privately published, Milan, 1977

Small paperback, 66 pages, illustrated, text in Italian, in Good condition.

£7.50

Migliavacca, Giorgio

Comunicazioni pubbliche dai cursores alle lettere raccomandate (200 a.C. – 1796 d.C.)

Publisher: Terzhobby, Pavia, 1982

Paperback, 166 pages, illustrated, text in Italian, very slight dusty marks to top page-edges and a few tiny spots of foxing to the covers, internally fine, in Good condition.

£15.00

Alonge, Aldo

Storia di un idrovolante, I suoi uomini, I servizi postali

Publisher: Giorgio Apostolo, Milano, 1997

Large paperback (card covers), 224 pages, illustrated, text in Italian, slight knock to one corner, very slight hint of spine-lean, in Good condition.

£15.00

De Zanche, Luciano

Dispacci di Stato e lettre di mercanti dal Basso Medioevo alla caduta della Serenissima

Publisher: Instituto de Studi Storici Postali, Prato, 2000

Hardback, dustwrapper, 179 pages, illustrated, text in Italian, small signs of use else in Very Good condition.

£25.00

Marchetto, Fortunato

Trattato storico sugli usi postali e fiscali Catalogo con valutazioni

Publisher: Vaccari, 2004

Third edition, paperback, illustrated, 639 pages, text in Italian, few tiny signs of use, slight spine-lean, in Good condition.

£24.00

Lana, Robert E.

The Flights of 1928, 1929, 1930, and 1933. A History and Catalog of Their Postal Artifacts

Publisher: The American Air Mail Society, 1996

Large format paperback, illustrated, 144 pages, text in English, dedication from the author to the previous owner written inside front cover, some slight creases and very slight rippling to the fore-edges, internally fine, in Good condition.

£15.00

Lowe, Robson

The Lazara Correspondence

Publisher: Christie's-Robson Lowe, London, 1987

Paperback, 32 pages, illustrated, tiny nick to top edge of front cover else in Very Good condition.

£8.50

Volumes 8, 9, 11-16

Publisher: Il Corriere Filatelico, Milano, 1926, 1927, 1929-1934

Eight volumes, hardback, bound in matching half-leather with raised bands, gilt decoration and red leather labels to spines, marbled boards and endpapers, original paper covers bound-in, text in Italian, with five indexes, leather bindings rubbed in places, occasional creases, else in Very Good condition.

£300.00

Trapnell, David

Publisher: Forces Postal History Society, 2011

Large format (A4) paperback, illustrated, 36 pages, text in English, tiny mark to front cover, very slight crease else in Very Good condition.

£8.50

Chieppi, Sergio

Publisher: Servizio Editoriale Fiesolano, 1997

Paperback, 144 pages, illustrated, text in Italian, covers a little rubbed and creased at corners, pages fine, in Good condition.

£12.00

Cerutti, Carlo S.

Francobolli, Timbri e Posta

Publisher: Edizione de "Il Foglio" dell' Unione Filatelica Subalpina, Torino, 1983

Paperback (card covers), dustwrapper, illustrated, 186 pages, text in Italian with a short summary in English at the end of each chapter, tiny dustwrapper tears at foot of spine, very slight corner-creases, in Good condition.

£25.00

Weisbecker, Walter G.

A Postal History Study

Publisher: Giorgio Migliavacca, Pavia, 1981

First edition, large paperback, [iv] + 136 pages, illustrated, text in English, spine slightly rubbed, small scuff to the front cover, corners of covers slightly creased, pages fine, in Good condition.

£15.00

Longueval, A.

(1945-1947)

Publisher: Club Philatélique Chestrolais, 1978

Paperback, illustrated, 37 pages, text in French, spine slightly rubbed, small corner-crease, in Good condition.

£13.50

Tchilinghirian, S.D. and Stephen, W.S.E.

Constantinople; Ionian Islands; Albania & Epirus

Publisher: Austrian Stamp Club of Great Britain, 1964

First edition, paperback (card covers), illustrated, 80 pages, short tears to inner-edge of title-page, slight signs of use, in Good condition.

£35.00

Morani, Vittorio

(1850-1862)

Publisher: privately published, 2018

Large (A4) paperback, 62 pages, illustrated, text in English, very slight knock to foot of spine else in Very Good condition.

£12.50

Nicolas, Alain and Galinos, Alexandre

Volume A: to 1923

Publisher: Collectio, Athens, 1996

Hardback, xxxii + 428 pages, illustrated, bilingual text, some creasing and slight damage to a handful of pages else in Good condition, a Good working copy.

£36.00

Stiedl, Otto E. and Billig, Fritz

Publisher: Billig, Vienna, 1933

Paperback, illustrated, 16 pages, text in German, short tear at top of spine, slight dusty marks, in Good condition.

£20.00

Levitsky, Frederick J. and Jenkins, Rev. Floyd A.

The Issue of 1867-1868

Publisher: Triad Publications, USA, 1990

Paperback, comb-bound, illustrated, [iii] + 98 pages, vertical crease to rear cover and affecting last few pages, in Good condition.

£24.00

Reinheimer, A.

Publisher: Carl Ernst Poeschel, Leipzig, 1903

First edition, hardback (paper-covered boards), 58 pages + 72 plates, text in German, front cover slightly sunned and with some small marks, remnants of a label inside front cover, small ink-stamps of Heinrich Köhler and Bela Sekula to title-page, in Good condition.

£120.00

Tchilinghirian, S.D. and Stephen, W.S.E.

Austrian Lloyd: Adriatic Lines, Mediterranean Lines

Publisher: Keith Tranmer, 1981

Second (revised) edition, paperback (card covers), illustrated, 104 pages + map, spine and covers slightly sunned, pages fine, in Good condition.

£30.00

Tchilinghirian, S.D. and Bernardelli, Rag. R.

Part Two: Tripolitania, Cyrenaica, Egypt, Crete, Greek Aegean Islands

Publisher: Harris Publications, London, 1964

Paperback (card covers), illustrated, 80 pages, spine slightly sunned, previous owner’s inscription to front cover, in Good condition.

£40.00

1488-1587

Publisher: Christie's Robson Lowe, Zurich, 1985

Auction catalogue, paperback, illustrated, 74 pages, with the prices realised, slight toning to the covers, small mark to one page, in Good condition.

£8.50