Philatelic Literature Specialists

Military

General philatelic works

"Autolycus" [Longden, G. Howard]

Publisher: Caldra House Ltd, Hove, 1994

Large paperback, illustrated, xi + 103 pages, ex-National Philatelic Society Library with two small library marks to verso of title-page else in Very Good condition.

£22.00

[Fernández-Xesta, Armando]

Colección Fernández-Xesta

Publisher: Iberphil, Madrid, 2016

Auction catalogue, hardback, illustrated, 152 pages, bilingual text in Spanish & English, slight hint of spine-lean, in Good condition.

£12.00

Piat Dewavrin, F.X.

by a Postal Historian

Publisher: privately published, 1997

Small (A5) paperback, illustrated, 63 pages, minor shelf-wear, corners a little rubbed, in Good condition.

£12.50

Osborn, Geoffrey

A Study of Letters Sent to and from British Royal Navy Officers Serving Abroad in the Victorian Era

Publisher: Stuart Rossiter Trust Fund, Bristol, 1995

Large paperback (pictorial card covers), illustrated, 134 pages, tiny dent to spine, covers a little rubbed at edges and slightly creased at corners, slight shelf-wear, in Good condition.

£11.50

Henney, G.

with notes on the other armed forces

Publisher: Philatelic Society of Fiji, Suva, 1979

First edition, large format (A4) paperback, illustrated, 31 pages, front cover sunned, some foxing and creasing, a Good reading copy.

£6.50

Gladstone, Norman

Publisher: Central Stamp Gallery, London, 1975

Large format paperback, illustrated, [iv] + 112 pages, covers rather dust-marked, top and foot of spine slightly knocked, pages fine, in Good condition.

£14.50

Boyden, Peter B.

The History of the British Army Postal Service from 1795

Publisher: National Army Museum, London, 1990

Large format (A4) paperback, pictorial card covers, illustrated in colour, 48 pages, ex-York Philatelic Society with library marks to title-page, corners creased, a Good reading copy only.

£7.00

Corbelli, Louis

Les Surcharges Locales 1940/1942

Publisher: A. Molder, Lisbon, 1944

First edition, paperback, 35 pages, illustrated, text in French, small crease to foot of spine, some toning to covers & page edges, in Good condition.

£7.50

Filanci, Franco and Sopracordevole, Carlo and Tagliente, Domenico

Italian Postal Stationery Specialized Catalogue

Publisher: Laser Invest, 2016

Sixteenth edition, paperback, dustwrapper, illustrated, 416 pages, bilingual text in Italian & English, in Very Good condition.

£25.00

Jersey, Stanley C.

Publisher: Pacific Islands Study Circle of Great Britain, 1978

Large format (A4) paperback, illustrated, 39 pages, slightest shelf-wear else in Very Good condition.

£9.50

Heller, Ernst

Publisher: The Spanish Philatelic Society, Brighton, 1982

Large format hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, 384 pages, tiny nick and mark to dustwrapper, else in Very Good condition.

£35.00

Burrows, Peter C.

An illustrated history of British Army Form A.2042 and other military postcards issued since 1900

Publisher: privately published, 1987

Large format paperback, comb-bound, illustrated, unpaginated (circa 300+ pages), in Very Good condition.

£36.00

Patka, Frederic J.

Publisher: Vienna, 1989

Large hardback, original blue cloth, illustrated, 871 pages, text in German, small scratch-mark to front cover, mild shelf-wear, else in Very Good condition.

£100.00

Melville, Fred. J.

How War Stamps will illustrate many interesting side-lights on the present War

Publisher: published for the Junior Philatelic Society by Stanley Gibbons Ltd., London, 1918

Paperback, illustrated, 40 pages, slightly rusty staples, ex-Aberdeen University with small handstamp to first few pages, in Good condition.

£22.00

Stitt Dibden, W.G.

Publisher: The Postal History Society, 1963

First edition, paperback (card covers), 85 pages + plates (one folding), some marks to the front cover, rear cover detached (but still present), pages fine, in Good condition.

£17.50

Bailey, W.J. and Toop, E.R. (Edited by Edward B. Proud)

Colonial Period to 1919

Publisher: E.B. Proud, 1984

Hardback, illustrated, 269 pages, slight marks to the covers, tiny corner-creases to a few pages, slightest hint of spine-lean, in Good condition.

£18.00

Sutcliffe, A.P.D.

A Philatelic History

Publisher: Roses Caribbean Philatelic Society, Harrogate, 1982

Large (A4) paperback, illustrated, 148 pages, some slight marks to the front cover and page-edges, internally clean, in Good condition.

£20.00

Proud, Edward B.

Publisher: Postal History Publishing Co., 1992

Hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, 232 pages, dustwrapper a little creased and slightly rubbed at top of spine, in Good condition.

£16.00

Publisher: Canadian Military Mail Study Group, 1991

Large paperback, viii + 233 pages, illustrated, minor shelf-wear, in Good condition.

£15.00

Wolter, Karl Kurt

Geschichte, Typen der Stempel und Briefverschlüsse mit ihre Bewertung, Band I Vorzeit, Frühzeit und Neuzeit (bis 1939) & Band II Neuzeit (1939-1965)

Publisher: Georg Amm, München, 1965-66

Two large hardbacks, dustwrappers, illustrated, iv + 147 + v + 157 pages + xxvii plates, text in German, with Preface in French & English, one or two short tears to the dustwrappers, else in Very Good condition.

£100.00

Van der Walt, Andries

A Study of the Development of the Postal History of Mafeking from 1881 to 1910

Publisher: Postmark and Postal History Society of Southern Africa, 1986

Large format (A4) paperback, 36 pages, illustrated, some foxing and small marks to the covers, pages slightly toned, crease to rear cover and bend to pages, an acceptable reading copy only.

£8.50

Batten, A.G.M.

Publisher: Orange Free State Philatelic Society, Bloemfontein, 1983

Large format (A4) paperback, [vi] + 45 pages, covers slightly sunned, corners very slightly creased, in Good condition.

£12.50

Melville, Fred J.

Publisher: The Philatelic Institute, London, [1919]

Philatelic Institute Papers No.2. Paperback booklet, 4 pages, front and rear covers coming loose, slight marks to rear cover, in Fair/Good condition.

£11.50

Haynes, Bruce and Pope, Brian

The Forces, Prisoner of War and Censor Mail

Publisher: The Western Australia Study Group, Perth, 1997

Hardback, dustwrapper, xii + 851 pages, illustrated, mild shelfwear, creasing to fore-edges of several pages, in Good condition.

£60.00

Entwistle, Charles R.

Transatlantic & Beyond

Publisher: Chavril Press, nd

Paperback, 24 pages, very slight marks to the covers, very slightly rusty staples, pages fine, in Good condition.

£6.00

Griffith, Kenneth and Drysdall, Alan

Publisher: The Anglo-Boer War Philatelic Society, 1997

Paperback, comb-bound, illustrated, 75 pages, slight toning to the clear plastic front cover else in Very Good condition.

£15.00

Stroud, Richard

Their Postal History

Publisher: The Anglo-Boer War Philatelic Society, 1989

Paperback, illustrated, circa 112 pages, mild toning to the clear plastic front cover and a tiny corner-crease, in Good condition.

£20.00