Philatelic Literature Specialists

Postal history

General philatelic works

Clear, C.R.

Together with a copy and a transcription of the Proclamation of King Charles the First establishing the first State postal service for the conveyance of private letters in England and Scotland
Publisher: General Post Office, London, 1935

Post Office Green Papers No. 15, first edition, paperback, frontispiece, 19 pages, very slight wear to top of spine, in Good condition.

£14.50

Campbell-Smith, Duncan

The Authorized History of Royal Mail
Publisher: Penguin Books, London, 2012

Paperback, xxx + 849 pages + 32 plates, slight shelfwear, page-edges very slightly toned, in Good condition.

£6.50

[Roberts, T.V.]

The T.V. Roberts Collection
Publisher: Christie's Robson Lowe, London, 1989

Auction catalogue, paperback, illustrated, 81 pages, with the prices realised, very slight corner-creasing to the front cover else in Very Good condition.

£10.00

Farrugia, Jean and Gammons, Tony

Five centuries of postal transport by land, sea and air
Publisher: National Postal Museum, London, 1980

Paperback, illustrated, 84 pages, in Very Good condition.

£7.50

Numéro Spécial «Philexfrance 82»
Publisher: L'Union Marcophile, Paris, 1982

Large paperback, illustrated, 184 pages, text in French, in Very Good condition.

£10.00

Kutz, Kenneth J.

Publisher: Gold Fever Publishing, Connecticut, 1987

Large hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, x + 400 pages, dustwrapper worn with some soiling and tears with a small amount of loss, book itself in Very Good condition.

£25.00

Auleytner, Julian

Postal Communications in Haller’s Blue Army 1917-1920
Publisher: Elipsa, Warsaw, 2017

Hardback, illustrated, 284 pages, bilingual text in Polish & English, ex RPSL library with bookplate to front pastedown-endpaper and small library mark to title-page, slightest hint of spine-lean, in Good condition.

£22.00

Reinhardt, Albert

Catalogue des Départements Conquis et des Provinces Illyriennes
Publisher: Peter Feuser Verlag, Stuttgart, 1989

Hardback, illustrated, 335 pages, bilingual text in French & German, mild signs of use else in Very Good condition.

£48.00

Cohn, Ernst M.

Publisher: Triad Publiactions, 1988

Paperback, comb-bound, illustrated, vi + 110 pages, covers a little creased, a few dusty marks to the covers and upper page-edges, internally clean, in Good condition.

£12.00

Fryer, Gavin and Whiteside, John

Currencies Applied to Postal Rates in the Nineteenth Century
Publisher: The Royal Philatelic Society, London, 2003

Supplement to The London Philatelist, paperback, illustrated, iv + 60 pages, covers lightly creased else in Very Good condition.

£8.50

Smith, A.D.

An Historical and Analytical Study
Publisher: George Allen & Unwin Ltd., London, 1917

First edition, hardback, original red cloth, dustwrapper, xii + 431 pages, short tears to dustwrapper at top of spine with small amount of loss, foxing and toning to page-edges, toning to half-title page, short closed tear to one early page, in Good condition.

£45.00

[Maybury, Peter]

featuring the Peter Maybury Collections of Postal History, Stamps and Essays; The Derek Richardson WWII Internment Mail & Stamp Issue Studies, and the “Pantoufle” Stamps & Postal History
Publisher: Cavendish, London, 2019

Auction catalogue, large format paperback, illustrated, 110 pages, text in English, with the prices realised, in Very Good condition.

£9.00

Banci, Alfredo

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.

£40.00

Westley, H.C.

Publisher: The Postal History Society, 1957

Special Series No. 2, limited edition of 100 copies, paperback, 34 pages, several short tears to the spine-covering with loss of a small piece to the top of the spine, some foxing to the covers, pages clean, in Good condition.

£12.00

[Larsson, Kersti & Bertil]

The Kersti & Bertil I. Larsson Collections (Part II)
Publisher: Heinrich Köhler, Wiesbaden, 2017

Auction catalogue, paperback, illustrated, 124 pages, text in English, corner-crease to front cover, in Good condition.

£8.00

[Woolfe, John]

The John Woolfe Collection
Publisher: Spink, London, 2006

Auction catalogue, paperback, illustrated, 90 pages, slight shelfwear to the covers, one or two tiny blemishes but internally fine, in Good condition.

£8.50

Feuser, Peter and Münzberg, Werner

Band I Stationkatalog
Publisher: Peter Feuser Verlag, Stuttgart, 1988

First edition, hardback, illustrated, 926 pages, text in German, lightly rubbed at corners else in Very Good condition.

£35.00

Adamson, T.L.

Publisher: General Post Office, London, 1935

Post Office Green Papers No. 18, paperback, 20 pages, in Very Good condition.

£12.50

Ellott, Gerald J. and Tabeart, Colin (editor)

1874 & 1882 to 1885
Publisher: The Forces Postal History Society and the Society of Postal Historians, 2007

Large format (A4) paperback, illustrated, 44 pages, in Very Good condition.

£9.50

De Frank, Ph. F.

par son Histoire 1805-1808
Publisher: Jacques Lafitte, Paris, 1948

Paperback (card covers), 285 pages + 2 plates, text in French, covers very slightly toned to upper margins, binding slightly cocked (spine-lean/spine-roll), pages clean, in Good condition.

£90.00

Reinhardt, Albert

Katalog der Post- und Portofreiheitsstempel der französichen Streitkräfte / Catalogue des Marques Postales et Franchises des Forces Françaises
Publisher: Peter Feuser Verlag, Stuttgart, 1986

Hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, 287 pages, bilingual text in French & German, mild signs of use, in Good condition.

£35.00

Settle, Raymond W. and Settle, Mary Lund

The Pony Express Saga
Publisher: Bison Books, 1972

Reprint, paperback, illustrated, ix + 217 pages, slight crease to rear cover, mild dusty marks to top-edges, in Good condition.

£7.50

Deninger, Hermann

Publisher: George Amm, Nürnberg, 1963

Second edition, large format hardback, original blue cloth, part of front panel of dustwrapper only remaining, illustrated, xiv + 116 pages, text in German, with Preface and Introduction also in English, in Very Good condition.

£50.00

Münzberg, Werner

Publisher: privately published, 1982

Large paperback, illustrated, circa 30 pages, text in German, very slight corner-creasing to last few pages else in Very Good condition.

£30.00

Hille, Horst

Ein kulturhistorisch-philatelistischer Streifzug
Publisher: R.v. Decker's Verlag, Heidelberg, 1985

Hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, 175 pages, text in German, short tear to dustwrapper else in Very Good condition.

£10.00

Johnson, Robert

Publisher: Society of Postal Historians, 1986

Society of Postal Historians Very Special Issue #4. Large format (A4) paperback, illustrated, 126 pages, short tears to the spine, in Good condition.

£12.00

[Johnson, Robert] and [Clark, Rex]

and The Rex Clark G.B. Stamps & Postal History with Postal Reforms, Canadian Airmails, etc.
Publisher: Cavendish, Derby, 2015

Auction catalogue, paperback, illustrated, 98 pages, with the prices realised, in Very Good condition.

£9.00

Van Dam, Theo

A Geographical and Chronological Listing of Wars, Revolutions, Major Political Events and Newly Established Nations from the Italian War of Liberation until the Vietnam War – From Afghanistan to Zululand – From President Lincoln until the Ayatollah Khomeini
Publisher: Postal Covers, California, 1996

Third (revised) printing, large format paperback, comb binding, vi + 206 pages, slight shelfwear else in Very Good condition.

£22.00