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;) ;) ;) | HENDY J.G. The history of the early postmarks of the British Isles - from their introduction down to 1840. With special remarks on and reference to the sections of the postal service to which they particularly applied. Compiled chiefly from Official Records. L. Upcott Gill, London (1905) 204pp + publisher's ads. 1st ed., clean in worn original red cloth, spine faded. Signed by author on half title. | £30 |
;) | STITT DIBDEN W.G. The Post Office 1635-1720. Postal History Society (1960) 47pp. 1st ltd. ed. of 150 copies. Very fine in original slightly spotted card covers. 8 x 10" Sought after work. | £24 |
;) | WILLCOCKS R.M. and JAY B. The British County Catalogue. - Vol. 1 & 2- Cambridgrshire, Derbyshire, Essex, Huntingdonshire, Leicestershire, Norfolk, Nothamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Rutland, Suffolk and Warwickshire (except Birmingham). R.M. Wilcocks (1996) vi + 248pp. 2nd ed., clean in original cloth. Catalogue to GB pre stamp postal markings. | £30 |
;) | WILLCOCKS R.M. and JAY B. The British County Catalogue. - Vol. 1 - Cambridgrshire, Derbyshire, Essex, Huntingdonshire, Leicestershire, Norfolk, Nothamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Rutland, Suffolk and Warwickshire (except Birmingham). R.M. Wilcocks (1978) 90pp. 1st ed., many pencil annotations to text. Original cloth with worn and torn D/W. Catalogue to GB pre stamp postal markings. | £10 |
;) | ROBERTSON A.W. The Maritime Postal handstamps of Great Britain. - A check list and a guide to valuation. Published by the author (1958) 24pp. Fine in paper covers. | £9 |
;) | BEALE Philip The Royal Mail in the reigns of Edward VI, Philip and Mary, Elizabeth I, James I and Charles I to 1635. - The President's display to the Society of Postal Historians at the Stratford Conference in 2005. Privately printed (2005) 50 large pp. 1st ed., clean in spiral ring binding. Copies of early letters with transcriptions. | £12 |
;) | SCOTT ARCHER M. The Penny Posts of Wales before 1840. Postal History Society (n.d.) 11pp. A few pen annotations to text. Clean in paper covers. | £6 |
;) | BRUMELL G. The Local Posts of London. - 1680 - 1840 Bournemouth (1970 (circa)) 91pp + ads.. 2nd ed., fine in blue boards. | £15 |
;) | HYDE J.W. The Post Office in grant and farm. A. & C. Black, London (1894) xvi + 355pp + publisher's announcements. 1st ed., clean in faded original cloth. Lacking front end paper and front hinge loose. History of the British Post Office in the seventeenth century. | £35 |
;) | BEALE P. A History of the Post in England - from the Romans to the Stuarts. Ashgate (1998) xv + 284pp. 1st ed., very fine in fine D/W. Signed by author on front end paper. 7 x 10" | £20 |
;) | BATCHELOR L.E. and PICTON PHILLIPS D.B. Pre Victorian Stamps and Franks. Picton Publishing (1971) 42pp. 1st ed., fine in card covers. Paid and Free marks plus revenue stamps. | £8 |
;) | BEALE P. A History of the Post in England - from the Romans to the Stuarts. Ashgate (1998) xv + 284pp. 1st ed., very fine in fine D/W. 7 x 10in | £18 |
;) | BRUMELL G. The Local Posts of London. - 1680 - 1840 Bournemouth (1938) 91pp + ads.. 1st ed., fine in blue card covers. Scarce. | £30 |
;) | DENINGER H. Handbuch der abgekurzten vorphilatelistischen stempel. Georg Amm, Nurnberg (1963) 116 large pp. 1st ed., fine in worn D/W. Dictionary of pre stamp abbreviated postal handstamps of the world arranged in alphabetical order with translations into English and French. A very useful work. | £80 |
;) ;) | DENINGER H. Handbuch der abgekurzten vorphilatelistischen stempel. Georg Amm, Nurnberg (1963) 116 large pp. 1st ed., fine in blue cloth. 8 x 11.75" Dictionary of pre stamp abbreviated postal handstamps of the world arranged in alphabetical order with translations into English and French. A very useful work. | £70 |
;) | FOSTER G.A. Pre-Victorian postage stamps and franks. - Ancient and artistic and for the most part English. Chas. Nissen & Co (1910) 56 large pp. 1st ed. fine in original cloth. Study of Dockwra's, free marks and Paid h/s's. This 1st ed. is very scarce. | £75 |
;) | FOSTER G.A. Pre-Victorian postage stamps and franks. - Ancient and artistic and for the most part English. Chas. Nissen & Co (1910) 56 large pp. 1st ed. fine in original limp green card covers. Study of Dockwra's, free marks and Paid h/s's. This 1st ed. is very scarce. | £40 |
;) | 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 |
;) | HALDANE A.R.B. Three Centuries of Scottish Posts. - An Historical Survey to 1836. Uni. Press, Edinburgh (1971) xiv + 336pp + plates and maps in pocket at rear. 1st ed., fine in fine D/W. | £12 |
;) | HENDY J.G. The history of the early postmarks of the British Isles - from their introduction down to 1840. With special remarks on and reference to the sections of the postal service to which they particularly applied. Compiled chiefly from Official Records. L. Upcott Gill, London (1905) 204pp + publisher's ads. 1st ed., clean in original red cloth. A fine copy of this early work on postmarks. | £40 |
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1823 (5 Nov) EDINBURGH Add! ½ on EL to Kelso (H/S13), rated 8½d. Edinburgh ds on reverse. The letter rate from Edinburgh to Kelso was reduced from 9½d to 8½d in 1821 presumably due to the mail coaches taking a shorter route bringing the distance below 81 miles.
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