Philatelic Literature Specialists

Forgeries

General philatelic works

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

Ragatz, Lowell

(“Facsimiles of Obsolete Postage Stamps”)
Publisher: H. Garratt-Adams & Co., Hereford, 1949

Paperback, illustrated, xv + 64 pages, Introduction “Fournier and His Forgeries” by Lowell Ragatz (in English), price-list text in French, terms and details of Fournier’s “Philatelic Clinic”, etc. in several languages, some small marks to the covers, short tear to lower edge of front cover, some corner-creasing, page-edges slightly toned, a Good working copy.

£21.00

Lowe, Robson and Walske, Carl

Commonly Attributed to Angelo Panelli
Publisher: James Bendon, Limassol, 1996

Hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, 100 pages, minor shelf-wear else in Very Good condition.

£40.00

Brun, Jean-François

Publisher: American Philatelic Society, 1993

First edition in English, hardback, illustrated, 119 pages + colour plates, text in English, in Very Good condition.

£35.00

Souers, P. Clark

Stamps & Forgeries
Publisher: privately published, Pleasanton, USA, 2021

Paperback, illustrated, 86 pages, tiny knock to spine and corners of covers very slightly rubbed else in Very Good condition.

£18.50

Sessions, Davis F.

1860-1910
Publisher: Charles G. Firby, Michigan, 1999

Paperback, [viii] + 125 pages, illustrated, some small marks to the front cover, corner-creases to the covers and pages, a Good reading copy.

£12.50

Earée, Rev. R.B.

Publisher: The Gossip Printery, Kansas, 1931-34

Third edition, reprint, in two volumes, hardback, original red cloth gilt, illustrated, xvii + 574 pages + 742 pages, some slight toning to the pages, occasional small signs of wear, in Good condition.

£100.00

Fletcher, H.G. Leslie

Publisher: Harry Hayes, Batley, 1977

Large format hardback, illustrated, 140 pages, in Very Good condition.

£28.00

Kock, G.

A Reference List of Stamp Forgery Descriptions
Publisher: Porssitieto Ky, Helsinki, 1998

First edition, paperback, 89 pages, text in English, slight wear, few minor dusty marks to the covers else in Very Good condition.

£15.00

Wolff, Willy

Publisher: ArGe "Neues Handbuch der Briefmarkenkunde", nd [circa 1970s]

Hardback, green library cloth binding, 27 pages, illustrated, text in German, ex-National Philatelic Society Library with small library marks at front and rear, in Good condition.

£12.50

Hosang, Joachim and Rickenback, P.C. [translator & editor]

Publisher: German Philatelic Review, London, 1955

Paperback, illustrated, 32 pages, text in English, spine and corners reinforced with bookbinder’s tape else in Very Good condition.

£24.00

Dalton, Thomas and Lewis, Thornton and Pemberton, Edward

Publisher: Sanford J. Durst, New York, 1979

Paperback, 80 pages, spine and covers slightly sunned and rather rubbed at edges, top page-edges slightly foxed, in Good condition.

£9.50

Pearson, Patrick

Publisher: The Royal Philatelic Society, London, 2006

Hardback, illustrated, xvi + 96 pages, minor shelf-wear, slight dusty marks, else in Very Good condition.

£30.00

Petschel, H.K.

A History of U.S. Postal Counterfeits
Publisher: American Philatelic Society, 1997

Paperback, illustrated, v + 266 pages + colour plates, ex-Leeds Philatelic Society Library with label to spine, library bookplate inside front cover and library marks inside covers and to title-page and final page, short (1cm) tear to front cover at top of spine, covers a little corner-creased/rubbed, pages fine, a Good reading copy.

£8.50

Reproduction “die” proofs
Publisher: Stanley Gibbons, London, 1974

Auction catalogue, paperback, 11 pages + 6 black & white plates, Foreword by L.N. & M. Williams, with the prices realised, wrinkling to covers and pages caused by moisture, a Good working copy only.

£10.00

[Baillie, Sir Gawaine]

Volume X British Empire Part Two and Sperati Forgeries of the World
Publisher: Sotheby's, London, 2007

Auction catalogue, paperback, 430 pages, colour illustrated, corners of covers slightly rubbed, slight dusty marks/foxing to top page-edges, internally clean, in Good condition.

£21.00

Tchilinghirian, S.D. and Ashford, P.T.

The Framed Monograms
Publisher: The British Society of Russian Philately, 1953

Paperback, illustrated, 62 pages, small mark to rear cover, some dusty marks/foxing to title-page, covers coming loose slightly from top of spine, in Good condition.

£30.00

D'Elia, Robert A. and Armitage, Douglas B.

Its Stamps, Proofs, Postal Stationery and Postal History
Publisher: privately published, 2005

No. 150 of a limited edition of 204 copies only. Hardback, illustrated, xxxii + 407 pages, in Very Good condition.

£125.00

Hughes, Jack R.

Publisher: Pacific Islands Study Circle, 1996

Loose-leaf pages in A4 binder, v + 86 pages, illustrated, slight shelf-wear and a few tiny dusty marks else in Very Good condition.

£15.00

Baldus, Wolfgang

Republic of Counani, Amazonia Locals
Publisher: privately published by the author, Munich, 2004

Paperback, colour illustrated, 68 pages, minor signs of wear else in Very Good condition.

£25.00

Prätzsch, Wolfgang

Handbuch der Deutschen Kriegspropagandamarken für England 2. Weltkrieg
Publisher: privately published, 1987

Large format (A4) paperback, illustrated, 40 pages, with the 1990 Supplement, 15 pages, text in German, ex-National Philatelic Society Library with small library marks inside each front cover, few minor marks to front cover of Supplement else in Very Good condition.

£20.00

Singer, S.

Publisher: privately published, New York, 1908

Paperback, original blue/grey paper covers, 40 pages, bilingual text in English & French, lacking most of the backstrip (paper spine-covering), front cover detached, old tape mark to foot of front and rear cover, short tear to fore-edge of front cover and short tear to top-edge of rear cover, pages fine, would benefit from rebinding, in Fair/Good condition.

£120.00

Publisher: Marken- & Ganzsachenhaus Co. and J.M. Bartels Co., New York, 1921

Auction catalogue, paperback, 68 pages + 40 plates, text in English, slight crease to front cover, a few tiny blemishes to the covers, slight creasing to page edges of the first few plates, in Good condition.

£95.00

Atlee, W. Dudley and Pemberton, Edward L. and Earée, Robert B.

An Illustrated Descriptive Catalog of Early Philatelic Forgeries
Publisher: Emile Bertrand, Lucerne, circa 1960s

Reprint, paperback, illustrated, 168 pages, slight corner-creases to the covers, page-edges a little toned, in Good condition.

£20.00

Patton, Donald S.

1844-1882
Publisher: Robson Lowe, London, nd [circa 1960s]

Paperback, illustrated, 28 pages, mild sunning and foxing to the covers, pages clean, in Good condition.

£12.50

Serrane, Fernand

II Hors d’Europe
Publisher: privately published, 1929

Paperback, original grey card covers, illustrated, 315 pages, text in French, top of spine rubbed with loss of small piece, covers slightly soiled, page-egdes toned, internally clean, in Good condition.

£35.00

Cheavin, W. Harold S. Cheavin

Publisher: privately published, 1947

Reprinted and Revised from the 1947 Philatelic Congress Year Book, paperback, illustrated, 23 pages, minor spotting to the covers and slight marks to the margins of one page, in Good condition.

£14.50

Moens, J.B.

Publisher: Giulio Bolaffi, Torino, 2003

Reprint, small hardback, original red cloth gilt, 42 pages, text in English, in Very Good condition.

£24.00

Karasek, Jan

Publisher: Pofis, 1963

Hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, 367 pages, text in Czech, dustwrapper has several tears with small amounts of loss, ex libris Canadian Postal Museum with label to spine, bookplate to front endpaper and library pocket at rear, in Good condition.

£30.00