Philatelic Literature Specialists

Queen Victoria issues

Great Britain

[Holyoake, Alan]

Publisher: Spink, London, 2021

Auction catalogue, paperback, 178 pages, illustrated, in Very Good condition.

£20.00

Wiseman, W.A.

Publisher: privately published, 1994

A4 paperback, comb-bound, iii + 67 pages, illustrated, in Very Good condition.

£25.00

Galland, Robert B. and Louis, Karl and Young, Peter F.

A History of the First Unified Stamp for both Postage and Revenue

Publisher: GBPS, 2024

Large hardback, 248 pages, illustrated, in Very Good+ condition.

£50.00

Turner, David Duncan

Ocean and Imperial Penny Postage 1840-1918; Elihu Burritt to Sir John Henniker Heaton: a Maritime Social Philately Case Study

Publisher: Great Britain Philatelic Society, 2014

Large hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, xvi + 416 pages, slightest minimal shelf-wear to the dustwrapper else in Very Good condition.

£65.00

Huggins, Alan and Holyoake, Alan

Its Genesis, Production and Usage

Publisher: GBPS & Postal Stationery Society, 2015

Large hardback, dustwrapper, 211 pages, illustrated, in Very Good condition.

£40.00

Fryer, Gavin

1836 to 1876

Publisher: The Stuart Rossiter Trust, 2018

Large hardback, dustwrapper, xxiv + 744 pages, illustrated, in Very Good+ condition.

£50.00

Seymour, J.B.

With Notes on the Effect of British Penny Postage in the United States

Publisher: American Philatelic Society, 1938

Paperback, illustrated, 31 pages, covers quite sunned at margins, a few tiny creases, in Good condition.

£11.50

Bodily, Ritchie and Jarvis, Chris and Hahn, Charless

Publisher: The Collectors Club of Chicago, 1984

Hardback, illustrated, ix + 331 pages, in Very Good condition.

£50.00

Akerman, G.C.

An allocation of the printing flaws found on these issues to a series of printing plates

Publisher: Great Britain Philatelic Society, London, 1970

Paperback (card covers), comb-bound, 81 pages, covers slightly rubbed, in Good condition.

£21.00

Wiseman, W.A.

Volume 1

Publisher: Bridger & Kay, London, 1984

Hardback, dustwrapper, top-edges gilt, xii + 364 pages + 4 colour plates, No. 454 of a limited edition of 600 numbered copies, dustwrapper slightly creased and with a short tear to the rear panel, some slight wear to the gilt page-edges, in Good condition.

£50.00

Wiggins, Dr. W.R.D.

1855-1879 One Penny Die II

Publisher: Robson Lowe, London, 1982

No. 25 of an unspecified (circa 200 copies) limited edition, large hardback, original cloth gilt, illustrated, xii + 340 pages, a couple of tiny spots of foxing to the fore-edges, in Good condition.

£95.00

[Fisher, Harold]

Publisher: Phillips, London, 1983

Auction catalogue, paperback, 154 pages, illustrated, with the prices realised, spine slightly toned, a few tiny marks to the covers, pages fine, in Good condition.

£10.00

Batty, Mike

A Plating Record

Publisher: privately published, 2009

Second edition, paperback, comb-bound, iv + 64 pages + page of additions loosely inserted, illustrated, small scuff to front and rear covers with small amount of loss to the surface, some corner-creases to the pages, in Good condition.

£8.50

Gardiner-Hill, Clive

The Line Engraved Issues. Archer Plates. 1841 Penny Red. Die I. Alphabet I. Plates 92-101. Constant Varieties.

Publisher: R.C. Alcock Ltd., Cheltenham, 1950

Second edition, small paperback, 23 pages, slight toning to the covers else in Very Good condition.

£20.00

Gardiner-Hill, Clive

The Line Engraved Issues. 1841 Penny Red. Die I. Alphabet I. Plates 102-131. Constant Varieties.

Publisher: R.C. Alcock Ltd., Cheltenham, 1951

Small paperback, 23 pages, a couple of tiny spots of foxing to the page-edges else in Very Good condition.

£15.00

Stanton, Captain J.B.M.

The Study and Plating of the Line-Engraved Penny Stamp of Great Britain

Publisher: Axworthys', Paignton, 1936

Small paperback, illustrated, 69 pages, slight creases to the front cover, tiny corner-creases to the pages, in Good condition.

£30.00

Beaumont, K.M. and Easton, John

Part Three: The Embossed Issues & The Surface Printed Issues of Queen Victoria and King Edward VII

Publisher: The Royal Philatelic Society, London, 1964

Second (revised) edition, hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, 344 pages + plates, short tear to dustwrapper, some foxing to the endpapers and to page-edges, in Good condition.

£28.00

[Blanc, Jack]

The Jack Blanc Collection

Publisher: Corinphila, Zurich, 2021

Auction catalogue, hardback, dustwrapper, 160 pages, illustrated, text in English, with the prices realised, very slight shelf-wear to the dustwrapper else in Very Good condition.

£15.00

["Vestey"]

from the Vestey Collection

Publisher: Spink, London, 2014

Auction catalogue, paperback, 121 pages, illustrated, one corner of front cover very slightly rubbed else in Very Good condition.

£10.00

Volume 32 No. 1-Volume 62 No. 2

Publisher: Great Britain Philatelic Society, 1994-March/April 2024

Paperback as issued, missing one issue (Vol 46 No. 6), a few tiny signs of age else in Very Good condition.

£90.00

Todd. T.

Publisher: Duckworth, London, 1949

Third impression, hardback, dustwrapper, 274 pages + 40 plates, dustwrapper somewhat foxed/marked and chipped at corners and top of spine with a tiny amount of loss, slight toning to endpapers and edges, in Good condition.

£9.50

Brown, Roland and Fisher, Harold W.

Volume III, Die 1, Plates 92 to 131

Publisher: The Great Britain Philatelic Society, 1976

Paperback, pictorial card covers, spiralbound, vi + 152 pages, with the plating gauge in pocket at front, toning to rear cover (as usual) else in Very Good condition.

£60.00

Brown, Roland and Fisher, Harold W.

Volume V, Die 1, Plates 176 to 204, Reserve Plates 1 to 6

Publisher: The Great Britain Philatelic Society, 1984

Paperback, pictorial card covers, spiralbound, vi + 134 pages, with the plating gauge in pocket at front, tiny nick to edge of front cover, corners of covers slightly rubbed else in Very Good condition.

£24.00

Prescott-Pickup, Vernon E.

The Stamps of Queen Victoria

Publisher: Prescott Incentive Promotions Ltd, Telford, 1981

Large format (15″ tall) paperback (pictorial card covers), 40 pages, illustrated, lacking the tipped-in colour plates sometimes found in this work, minor signs of shelf-wear else in Very Good condition.

£15.00

Osborne, H.

Publisher: Chas. Nissen & Co. Ltd., London, 1932

Paperback, illustrated, 24 pages, slight corner-creases to the front cover, slight spotting and tiny marks to the title-page, slight dusty marks to lower margins of first few pages, in Good condition.

£18.00

Melville, F.J.

Publisher: The Philatelic Institute, London, nd (1925)

Melville Stamp Books Number One, third edition, paperback, illustrated, 82 pages + advertisements, slight hint of spine-lean, knock to one corner with consequent slight corner-creasing to covers and pages, in Good condition.

£10.00

Osborne, H.

Repaired Impressions

Publisher: H.F. Johnson, London, 1949

Large hardback, original cloth gilt, illustrated, 238 pages + plates, spine slightly sunned, quite heavy foxing to the page-edges and to the endpapers and a little to the title-page otherwise internally clean, in Good condition.

£175.00

Publisher: R.C. Alcock Ltd., Cheltenham, circa 1963

Complete set of 40 photographic plates, later comb-binding with grey plastic covers, in Very Good condition.

£175.00

[Marshall, C.F. Dendy]

Complete Reconstructed Sheets from the collection of the late C.F. Dendy Marshall

Publisher: Robson Lowe Ltd., London, nd

Complete set of twelve photographs in original card folder, very slight bend to the plates, else in Very Good condition.

£175.00