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2005 (10 Mar) Important Great Britain, British Post Offices Abroad, Crowned Circles and British Empire.
2005 (10 Mar) Important Great Britain, British Post Offices Abroad, Crowned Circles and British Empire.

Spink
293pp + PR. Fine in slipcase.
Fine Br Honduas, C.O.G.H. and Hong Kong including James Davis correspondence.		£12


ANON Station Messengers Mail List.
ANON Station Messengers Mail List.

Post Office (1966 (circa))
5pp booklet fine in card covers together with m/s list of train arrivals and bags to transfer.
Instructions to officers employed on station duties.		£6


ANON Rules for temporary postmen and postwomen.
ANON Rules for temporary postmen and postwomen.

Post Office (1917)
16pp booklet fine in card covers.
£6


ANON Primary Sorting List. - Instructions for the guidance of officers sorting letters and parcels for the Provinces.
ANON Primary Sorting List. - Instructions for the guidance of officers sorting letters and parcels for the Provinces.

Post Office (1935)
56pp booklet fine in card covers.
£9


ANON Instructions for Postmen-Drivers and Motor Mail Drivers of Motor Vehicles.
ANON Instructions for Postmen-Drivers and Motor Mail Drivers of Motor Vehicles.

Post Office (1946)
Booklet in card covers with numerous amendments carefully pasted in. Well thumbed.
£6


ANON Instructions for dealing with high value packets.
ANON Instructions for dealing with high value packets.

Post Office (1960)
Booklet in card covers with numerous amendments carefully pasted in.
£6


ANON Instructions for officers on indoor duties dealing with registered postal packets, and for bag openers and despatching officers.
ANON Instructions for officers on indoor duties dealing with registered postal packets, and for bag openers and despatching officers.

Post Office (1954)
Booklet in card covers with numerous amendments carefully pasted in.
£6


ANON Instructions for drivers of postal motor vehicles. - (For the use of Post Office staff only)
ANON Instructions for drivers of postal motor vehicles. - (For the use of Post Office staff only)

Post Office (1966)
Booklet fine in card covers together with loose amendments.
£6


ARTMONSKY Ruth Bringers of Good Tidings. Greetings Telegrams 1935-1982.
ARTMONSKY Ruth Bringers of Good Tidings. Greetings Telegrams 1935-1982.

Artmonsky Arts (2009)
95pp. 1st ed., new in card covers.
This beautifully illustrated book by Ruth Artmonsky, tells the story of the Greetings Telegram 1935 – 1982. Launched by the influential Sir Stephen Tallents, a galaxy of artists including Edward Ardizzone, Margaret Calkin James and Rex Whistler were commissioned to illustrate messages of good tidings and congratulations to end the popular superstition that receiving a telegram meant bad news.		£12


RENNIE Paul GPO Design Posters.
RENNIE Paul GPO Design Posters.

Antique Collectors' Club (2011)
96pp. 1st ed., new in D/W.
Based on the poster collection of the British Postal Museum and Archive, this book tells the story of the Post Office and the use of design in its visual communications. Before the age of the internet and of television, the post office pioneered the use of graphic design and of cinema as tools of public relations. This book features over 100 posters commissioned by the GPO from 1930-1970. The work showcases the pioneering spirit of the GPO by artists at the centre of good design in Britain such as E. McKnight Kauffer and Tom Eckersley.		£12


MARK Graham Prisoners of War in British Hands during WWI. A study of their history, the camps and their mails.
MARK Graham Prisoners of War in British Hands during WWI. A study of their history, the camps and their mails.

The Postal History Society (2007)
viii + 258 large pp. 1st ed., fine in fine original pictorial boards.
£30


MAIS S.P.B. et al. A Historical Review of McNamara
MAIS S.P.B. et al. A Historical Review of McNamara's.

McNamara & Co., London (1937 (circa))
60pp, photographs, tables, 1st ed., end papers and page edges foxed otherwise clean in original red cloth.
History of the transport company famous for carrying the Royal Mail.		£9


CUMMINGS Rev H. The College Stamps of Oxford and Cambridge. - A study of their history and use from 1870 to 1886.
CUMMINGS Rev H. The College Stamps of Oxford and Cambridge. - A study of their history and use from 1870 to 1886.		CUMMINGS Rev H. The College Stamps of Oxford and Cambridge. - A study of their history and use from 1870 to 1886.

Oxford (1900 (circa))
109pp + adverts. 1st ed., clean in slightly worn original cloth.
£75


WEST Vincent The Post Office and the Colleges.
WEST Vincent The Post Office and the Colleges.

GB Philatelic Publications Ltd (2004)
76pp. 1st ed., fine in card covers.
£20


KIEVE Jeffrey The Electric Telegraph: A Social and Economic History .
KIEVE Jeffrey The Electric Telegraph: A Social and Economic History .

David & Charles (1973)
310pp + plates. 1st ed., clean in fine D/W.
£12


VALLANCEY F.H. British Postmarks. - With special reference to the
VALLANCEY F.H. British Postmarks. - With special reference to the 		VALLANCEY F.H. British Postmarks. - With special reference to the '1844' and subsequent numbered obliterations.

Vallancey Press (1935)
96pp. 1st ed., signed by author on front end paper, fine in original boards.
£32


HILL Sir Rowland and HILL George Birkbeck The Life of Sir Rowland Hill and the History of Penny Postage.
HILL Sir Rowland and HILL George Birkbeck The Life of Sir Rowland Hill and the History of Penny Postage.		HILL Sir Rowland and HILL George Birkbeck The Life of Sir Rowland Hill and the History of Penny Postage.

London: Thos. De La Rue & Co (1880)
2 vols. xxii + 541pp + x + 516pp + plates and publisher's adverts. 1st ed., clean in slightly worn original green cloth. Page edges slightly foxed. Imbossed mark of Stanley Bierman library on f.e.p.
£120


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.
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.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.		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


SWIFT H.G. The History of Postal Agitation from fifty years ago to the present day.
SWIFT H.G. The History of Postal Agitation from fifty years ago to the present day.

London: C. Arthur Pearson, Ltd. (1900)
310pp. 1st ed., clean in worn and faded original cloth.
History of the British Post Office employees' struggle for improved conditions and wages from the 1850s up to 1900.		£15


JOYCE Herbert The History of the Post Office from Its Establishment Down to 1836.
JOYCE Herbert The History of the Post Office from Its Establishment Down to 1836.

Richard Bentley & Son, London (1893)
ix + 460pp. 1st ed., clean in later cloth.
£45


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