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;) | GLADSTONE E.S. Great Britain's first postage stamp. Liverpool (1924) 25pp + 13 plates. 1st ed., two small National PS h/s's on title page otherwise clean in original green cloth. A very scarce study of the first Dockwra London Penny Post with good illustrations of the marks on cover. | £30.00 |
;) | TODD T. William Dockwra and the rest of the Undertakers. - The story of the London Penny Post 1680-82. C.J. Cousland & Sons Ltd., Edinburgh (1952) 156pp + 38 plates. 1st ed., clean in stained D/W. | £45.00 |
;) | BRUMELL George The Local Posts of London. - 1680 - 1840 Bournemouth (1938) 91pp + ads.. 1st ed., some pencil annotations otherwise clean in worn original card covers which are becoming detached Scarce. | £15.00 |
;) | AYRES George History of the Main Mail Routes from London until 1850. Lulu.com (2018) 258 large pp. 1st ed., new in card covers. This book identifies the history of the changes to mail routes up to 1850. Detailed descriptions of the routes are given in text, tables and figures showing how they changed over these years, together with a discussion of those changes and a commentary on the improvements that were made to the roads over the years | £15.00 |
;) | STAFF Frank The Penny Post 1680 -1918. Lutterworth Press, London (1966) 219pp + 23 plates. Fine in tatty D/W. History of the British Post Office. | £10.00 |
;) | BATHE Peter The Bye Posts and Cross Posts of London. - A study of developments in the Twopenny Post in the early 19th century. LPHG (1989) iv + 106 large pp. Fine in spiral ring binding. | £12.00 |
;) | PARMENTER John Low Number Suburban Ovals Privately published (2000) 34pp. 1st ed., fine in card covers. Priced listing to these postmarks. | £8.00 |
;) | ROBERTSON Alan W. The ship letter ports of the Thames Estuary. Published by the author (1955 (circa)) 1st ed., fine in card covers. Well illustrated with 25 plates and 51 reproductions of postal markings. Very scarce. | £35.00 |
;) | WESTLEY H.C. Postal Cancellations of London 1840-1890. H.F. Johnson (1950) 170pp + plates. 1st ed., fine in worn D/W. Minor toning to end papers. | £24.00 |
;) | FELDMAN Hugh Letter Receivers of London 1652-1857: - A History of Their Offices and Handstamping within the General, Penny and Twopenny Posts. Stuart Rossiter Trust Fund (1998) 2 vols. in slip case. 844 large pp. New. A monumental work. Recommended | £28.00 |
;) | ROBERTSON A.W. The maritime postal history of London 1766-1960. Robson Lowe (1960) 68 large inter-leaved pp. 1st ed., fine in slightly worn original cloth. Well illustrated authorative handbook. | £30.00 |
;) | ANON The House of Commons Post Office. - No 60. Factsheet, House of Commons (n.d.) 19 large pp. Clean in paper covers. | £4.00 |
;) | HOUSE OF COMMONS Minutes of evidence taken before the committee appointed to consider of the agreement made with Mr Palmer, for the reform and improvement of the Post Office and its revenue;
- and to whom several reports and accounts, relating thereto, were referred.. H.M.S.O. (1813) 24 large pp. Fine. Examination of Mr Palmer's disputes with the Postmaster General. | £40.00 |
;) | HOUSE OF COMMONS Report from the select committee to whom the report from the committee on the petition of the Lord Mayor, Alderman and Commons of the City of London, relating to the intended new Post-Office at the west end of Cheapside together with accounts relating the H.M.S.O. (1820) 48 large pp. Fine. Plans for the new General Post Office in London. | £40.00 |
;) ;) ;) | HOUSE OF COMMONS Report from the select committee on intended improvements in the Post-Office. H.M.S.O. (1815) 37 large pp. Fine. Also two further 2pp reports published in 1816. Plans for the new General Post Office in London. | £40.00 |
;) | WELLSTED Ralph Exhibitions in London 1851-1951 and their postal connections. National Postal Museum (1983) 12pp. Fine in card covers. | £8.00 |
;) | GLADSTONE E.S. Great Britain's first postage stamp. Liverpool (1924) 25pp + 13 plates. 1st ed., fine in original worn green cloth. A very scarce study of the first Dockwra London Penny Post with good illustrations of the marks on cover. | £40.00 |
;) | HANSON S.D. The postal service in Walthamstow. Walthamstow Antiquarian Society (1972) 43pp. 1st ed., clean in card covers. Postal history from the C17th with some illustrations. | £8.00 |
;) | LONDON CENSORSHIP The London Censorship 1914 - 1919 - by members of the staff past and present. Printed for private circulation by Harrisons & Sons (1919) 69 large pp. 1st ed., rather worn in original marked pictorial card covers. Page corners thumbed. Articles on the life of the postal censors during the war with many illustrations. Very scarce. | £75.00 |
;) | PHILATELIC STUDENTS' FELLOWSHIP The record of the Philatelic Students' Fellowship. - Number 3. S.R. Turner (1911) 17pp + 9 of 11 plates, (missing plates 8-9 but supplied as photocopies) 1st ed., fine in original card covers. Printed for private circulation on hand made paper. Articles on London Twopenny Post, local post of Kustendje, Turkey and U.S.A. Rare. | £60.00 |
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