Philatelic Literature Specialists

Postal History

Great Britain

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

Langston, Colin M. and Parsons, Cyril R.H.

Publisher: The British Postmark Society, London, 1957

British Postmark Society Monograph No. 1, paperback, illustrated, 13 pages, in Very Good condition.

£12.00

['Besançon']

The ‘Besançon’ Collection (part III)
Publisher: Corinphila, Zurich, 2021

Auction catalogue, hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, 148 pages, with a print-out of the prices realised,, text in English, in Very Good condition.

£12.50

Robertson, Alan W.

Publisher: Robson Lowe Ltd., London, 1960

Large format hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, interleaved, 68 pages, dustwrapper in Poor condition with dusty marks, numerous tears and loss of some pieces, a little foxing to the endpapers, corner-crease to front endpaper, in Good condition.

£24.00

Parmenter, John and Smith, Ken

Numerals Used in Post Offices in England, Wales and Used Abroad 1844 to 1969. And the Status of Offices with Numeral Cancellations 1844 to 1906
Publisher: privately published, 2003

Looseleaf pages in binder, circa 400 pages, in Very Good condition.

£40.00

Greenwood, Jeremy

Publisher: Postal History Society, 1971

Paperback (card covers). comb-bound, circa 64 pages, in Very Good condition.

£12.50

Stitt Dibden, W.G. and Tebbutt, L.

Publisher: The Postal History Society, Bath, 1961

Paperback, illustrated, 49 pages + plates, spine sunned else in Very Good condition.

£12.00

Evans, Martin B.

Publisher: East Anglia Postal History Study Circle, 2000

Large (A4) paperback, illustrated, 173 pages, with Supplements 1-3 loosely inserted, light corner creasing to covers else in Very Good condition.

£14.50

Mackay, James A.

Publisher: privately published, Dumfries, 1983

Large (A4) paperback, 349 pages, minor shelf-wear else in Very Good condition.

£30.00

de Vekey, R.C.

Publisher: privately published, 1996

Second edition, paperback, comb-bound, circa 220 pages, in Very Good condition.

£20.00

Taylor, F.W.

Publisher: privately published, circa 1997

Paperback, ii + 72 pages + 3 supplementary pages, illustrated, in Very Good condition.

£12.50

January, 1937
Publisher: G.P.O., London, 1937

Paperback, 973 pages, a well used copy, covers creased and rubbed, page corners of first and last few pages creased with a few tears and occasional loss of small edge pieces, a dog-eared copy in Fair/Poor condition but complete.

£24.00

A Review of Post Office Activities
Publisher: HMSO, London, 1951

Paperback, [iv] + 92 pages, illustrated, tiny short tear to lower-edge of front cover, slight wear to top of spine, in Good condition.

£10.00

containing the Chief Public Regulations of the Post Office
Publisher: Postings, Oxted, 1994

Facsimile reprint, paperback, 173 pages, some slight corner-creasing to the covers, pages fine, in Good condition.

£8.50

Smith, Peter A. Forrestier (editor)

Publisher: London Postal History Group, 1999

London Postal History Group Notebook Nos. 139/144, November 1999. Large (A4) paperback, spiralbound, illustrated, 141 pages, in Very Good condition.

£12.50

Parmenter, John

1840 to 1930
Publisher: Rossiter Trust & BPT for the LPHG, 2002

Large format hardback, 118 pages, illustrated, slight hint of spine-lean else in Very Good condition.

£30.00

Smith, W.J.

The Postage Stamp – how it was invented
Publisher: David Winter & Son Ltd., Dundee, 1970

Hardback, dustwrapper, 148 pages + plates, dustwrapper slightly rubbed else in Very Good condition.

£9.50

Raynham, F.J. and Calvert, W.S.G.

Publisher: General Post Office, London, 1936

Post Office Green Papers No. 27, paperback, colour frontispiece, 24 pages + plates, some foxing and marks to the covers, pages clean, in Good condition.

£20.00

Carter, W.G.

Publisher: General Post Office, London, 1937

Post Office Green Paper No. 36, paperback, 22 pages + plates, slight foxing and tiny marks to the covers, slight crease to front cover, pages fine, in Good condition.

£15.00

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

Baines, F.E.

Publisher: Richard Bentley & Son, London, 1895

In two volumes, hardback, original maroon cloth gilt, tissue-guarded frontispiece, vii + 337 + 345 pages + plates + folding map, scratch marks to the front covers (probably where labels have been removed), slight dents to the fore-edges of the covers, a little foxing to the tissue guards, in Good condition.

£40.00

Ballantyne, R.M.

A Tale of Her Majesty’s Mails
Publisher: James Nisbet & Co., London, 1881

Later impression (“tenth thousand”), hardback, original embossed green cloth gilt, vi + 424 pages + plates + publisher’s advertisements, front and rear hinges cracking, foxing to first page, original owner’s gift inscription at front, in reasonably Good condition.

£24.00

Hyde, J. Wilson

Publisher: Adam & Charles Black, London, 1894

First edition, hardback, original red cloth gilt, xvi + 355 pages, spine slightly toned and marked, a short tear to the front inner hinge, in Good condition.

£25.00

Foster, G.A.

Publisher: Chas. Nissen & Co., London, 1910

First edition, large format, paperback, illustrated, 56 pages, covers a little chipped at edges with small amount of loss, in Good condition.

£30.00

Mackay, James A.

Publisher: privately published, Dumfries, 1981

Large format (A4) paperback, illustrated, 50 pages + ix plates, in Very Good condition.

£15.00

Hopkins, A.E.

Publisher: privately published by the author, Bath, 1929

Hardback, original orange cloth, 23 pages + 6 plates, previous owner’s name to front pastedown-endpaper, slight hint of foxing to front free-endpaper, in Good condition.

£30.00

Soer, John

Publisher: Midland (GB) Postal History Society, 1997

Large format (A4) paperback, 300 pages, illustrated, a few tiny marks to the covers else in Very Good condition.

£25.00
Muir, Douglas N.

A New Appreciation
Publisher: The National Postal Museum, London, 1990

First edition, paperback (card covers), illustrated, 242 pages, in Very Good condition.

£12.50