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Books on philately for sale. I mostly stock out of print titles but act as agent for the British West Indies Study Circle and the British Caribbean Study Group.
Post and packing is extra. Please note that for bulky (2kg +) overseas orders I can offer very cheap airmail postage as I have a contract with Royal Mail which makes the cost little more than for inland orders.
;) | NISSEN Charles The Plating of the Penny Black Postage Stamp of Great Britain, 1840. - With a description of each individual stamp on the eleven different plates, affording a guide to collectors in the reconstruction of the sheets Stanley Gibbons Ltd (1998) 122 large pp + 120 plates. Reprint of the 1922 ed., fine in original maroon cloth. This reprint edition includes a new foreword by Chales W. Goodwyn, Keeper of the Royal Philatelic Collection. | £120.00 |
;) | MOUBRAY Jane & Michael British Mail to Overseas Desinations 1840-1875 R.P.S. (1992) xxxii + 512 large pp. 1st ed., fine in original cloth. An important handbook. | £140.00 |
;) | FERNBANK Peter (Ed.) Bahamas – Stamps and Postal Stationery to 1970 B.W.I.S.C. & R.P.S. (2017) xii + 344 large pp. 1st ed., new in D/W. Collectors of Bahamas have long awaited a successor to Harold G. D. Gisburn’s slim handbook of 1950 in which he briefly touched on most aspects of Bahamas philately. Since then many of the philatelic disciplines within Bahamas have benefitted from scholarly and detailed publications but stamps and postal stationery have remained substantially neglected. This book, a joint project between the Royal Philatelic Society London and the BWISC, attempts to remedy this situation. Each series of stamps is examined in detail, from its inception and development through to its issue and eventual demise. The various archive items that exist in both private and public domains are examined and listed, including artists’ essays, die and plate proofs, colour trials and Specimens, etc. | £40.00 |
;) | FABERGE Oleg A. Imperial Russia Zemstvo Post. Philatelic Federation of Finland (1993) ix + 431 large pp + loose map and rear pocket. 1st ltd. ed., no. 396 of 600 copies. Fine in original blue cloth. | £145.00 |
;) | DANZIG Robert and GOLDSMITH D. The Cancellations of the 1841 Penny Red. - Illustrated guide and catalogue. Philatelic Imprint (1991) 168 large pp. 1st ed., fine in worn D/W. | £50.00 |
;) | SPOON STUDY GROUP Spoon Cancels 1853-1870 Richard Arundel Ltd (2001) 80pp + 5pp supplement. 4th impression, fine in spiral ring binding. Priced guide. | £15.00 |
;) | WIGGINS W.R.D. The Postage Stamps of Great Britain. Part Two: Revised Edition. - The Perforated Line-Engraved Stamps. R.P.S. (1962) 220pp + plates. Clean in original cloth. | £24.00 |
;) | STANTON J.B.M. Great Britain: The Varieties and Characteristics of the 1d. Red Line-engraved Stamps, 1841-1864. London: Chas. Nissen & Co (1958) 398pp. 1st ed., fine in original cloth. An important plating study. Scarce. | £40.00 |
;) | ANON The Story of Fluorescence. An explanation of ultraviolet fluorescence with experiments and a descriptive list of fluorescent minerals. Raytech Equipment Co (1965) 60pp. Fine in card covers. | £8.00 |
;) | COLLINGS T.J. and SCHOOLLEY-WEST R.F. The care and preservation of philatelic materials. British Library (1990) 55pp. Fine in pictorial boards. Scholarly and well illustrated study. | £12.00 |
;) | BLAKE Richard The Book of Postal Dates 1635-1985. Marden Publication (1985) 37pp. Clean in card covers. | £5.00 |
;) | ALCOCK R.C. Scots Local Cancellations Illustrated 1854-1860 R.C. Alcock Ltd (1984) 124pp. Fine in blue card covers. | £24.00 |
;) | BAYLEY Edmund A. The stamps of Barbados Coles Printery, Barbados (1989) 405 large pp + col. plates + loose index pp, new in slipcase. Ltd. ed. of 1000. Well researched and highly detailed study of the stamp issues with notes on proof material and Specimens plus listings of postal stationery, revenues and forgeries. | £47.00 |
;) | 2015 (4 June) Rev Roger de Lacy-Spencer collection of Railway Stamps. Grosvenor Auctions 112 large pp. Fine in card covers. | £6.00 |
;) | WARD W. Postage stamps used in Scotland. Published by the author (1926) 16pp + loose railway map. 1st ed., minor foxing otherwise clean in original card covers. Very scarce. | £18.00 |
;) | SEYMOUR J.B. and GARDINER-HILL C. The stamps of Great Britain. - Part One. Introduction to the Line Engraved issues. The imperforate line engraved issues. RPS (1967) 336pp + plates. 3rd ed., fine in slightly worn D/W. | £24.00 |
;) | HYDE Rikki Great Britain Numbers Issued 1840 to 1910. Stanley Gibbons (2008) 37pp. 1st ed., fine in card covers. | £7.00 |
;) | LITCHFIELD P.C. Guide Lines to the Penny Black. - A detailed description of each one of the 2880 stamps and the plates from which it was printed. Robson Lowe Ltd (1979) 224pp. Reprint, fine in fine D/W. | £25.00 |
;) | ANDERSON John Scots Local Cancellations. - Being a study of certain obliterations used by the Post Office in Scotland during the years 1854-1860. H.F. Johnson (1929) 35pp. 1st ed., clean in original blue card covers. Front cover with tiny fault. Very scarce. | £9.00 |
;) | FISHER Harold W. The plating of the Penny 1840-1864. - Vol IV. Die 1, Plates 132 to 175. Alphabet II. G.B. P.S. (1980) vi + pp 465-618 + perspex gauge in pocket at front. 1st ed., fine in spiral ring binding. | £24.00 |
Links to other Philatelic Sites
American Philatelic Society
(Monthly journal on all aspects of stamp collecting and the largest society in the World)
The Postal History of Austria
http://die.geocity.de/t.berger/APH/APHerfr.htm
(Good listing of online philatelic resources plus useful information)
Bermuda Collectors Society
http://www.bermudacollectorssociety.com
(Regular journal with articles on stamps and postal history)
British Caribbean Philatelic Study Group
(Regular journal with articles on stamps and postal history plus meetings around the world.)
British West Indies Study Circle
(Quarterly bulletin plus occasional meetings in London and elsewhere in the U.K.)
Charles Cwiakala Auction Agent
Website details all of the upcoming month's public philatelic auctions with links to the more than 240 major worldwide Philatelic Auctioneers' E-Mail Addresses and Websites.
King George VI Collectors' Society
New website for this study group.
Stamps of India
Philatelic hub with fine resources for all aspects of Indian philately.