Books on the stamps, postal history, postal markings and the post office in Jamaica. Philatelic books on Jamaica for sale.
![]() | 1965 (30 Mar - 1 Apr) Air Post Issues of the World H.R. Harmer Ltd 76pp + PR. Some pen annotations in margins. | £12.00 |
![]() | FOSTER Thomas Jamaica. The postal history 1662-1860. Robson Lowe Ltd. (1968) xii + 180pp, 1st ed., special ltd. ed. bound in full blue calf, a.e.g. and in cloth slipcase. Fine handbook with detailed listings of all pre adhesive markings and G.B. used abroad. | £75.00 |
![]() | BURROWS Peter C. British Empire Civil Censorship Devices. World War II. British West Indies and Falkland Islands. - Section 6 C.C.S.G. (2016) 250 large pp (approx.) Revised ed., new in spiral ring binding. Chapters on each island illustrating all known handstamps and censor labels. A revision of Chris Miller's book. | £19.00 |
![]() | DAVIS John G.M. War Tax Stamps of the British Empire First World War. - British West Indies. R.P.S.L. (2009) xii + 400 large pp. 1st ed., fine in D/W. Historical background to the issues, study of the overprints and postal use. | £55.00 |
![]() | 2017 (19 Sep) The Windward Islands, Cayman Islands, Jamaica and the Falkland Islands. The David Pitts collection Spink 90pp. Fine in card covers | £10.00 |
![]() | NICHOLSON L.C.C. Jamaica Temporary Rubber Datestamps 1881-1938 Frank Godden Ltd. (c1950) 36pp. 1st ed., ex Junior PS with h/s on cover. Early guide to the postal markings. | £10.00 |
![]() | 1982 (14 Dec) Jamaica Postal History J.N. Sissons 72pp + PR. Clean. | £8.00 |
![]() | SUTCLIFFE Derek and JARVIS S. Encyclopaedia of Jamaican philately. - Vol. 9, Military, Censorship and Patriotic Mails. BWISC (2003) 1st ed., fine in special multi ring binder. Detailed illustrated study with much background information on the military history of the island. | £12.00 |
![]() | 2017 (26-27 April) British Empire and Foreign Countries Grosvenor 216 large pp. Fine. Includes Stefan Heijtz St Helena and Don Napier Jamaica. | £8.00 |
![]() | 1946 (18-19 Nov) Fine and Rare British Empire H.R. Harmer 28pp + 12 plates + PR. Has been previously bound but clean. Fine Barbados, Canada, Jamaica & Newfoundland | £10.00 |
![]() | HORRY David The Encyclopaedia of British West Indies Postmarks. King George VI Murray Payne Ltd (2007) 368 large pp. 1st ed., new in card covers. Detailed fully illustrated listing of all known postmarks with useful rarity guide. Besides the Caribbean islands this work includes Bermuda, British Guiana and British Honduras. | £25.00 |
![]() | FOSTER Thomas Jamaica. The postal history 1662-1860. Robson Lowe Ltd. (1968) xii + 180pp, 1st ed., fine in D/W. Fine handbook with detailed listings of all pre adhesive markings and G.B. used abroad. | £16.00 |
![]() | AGUILAR E.F. The philatelic handbook of Jamaica. E.F. Aguilar (1949) 109pp, 1st ed., fine in green card covers. 7.5 x 10" Chapters on stamp varieties, Specimen ovpts., and T.R.D.'s. | £12.00 |
![]() | 1972 (6 Sep) E.M. Erickson collection of Jamaica. Robson Lowe 36pp + PR. | £5.00 |
![]() | 2014 (12 Dec) Francois Piat collection of Jamaica, 1687-1860. Cavendish 75pp. Fine. | £8.00 |
![]() | SUTCLIFFE A.P.D. The military mail of Jamaica. - A philatelic history. Roses Caribbean handbook no. 5 (1982) 148 large pp, fine in card covers. Specialised listings of censor markings plus much background info. on military history. Ltd. ed. of 400. | £6.00 |
![]() | HORRY David The Riddle of the ‘Registered’ Ovals of Jamaica and Trinidad 1949 – 1962 B.W.I.S.C. (2017) xxii + 224 large pp. 1st ed., new in card covers. In March 2015 David Horry won a Julian Chapman Scholarship, via The Royal Philatelic Society London to travel to Jamaica and try to get to the bottom of this fascinating mystery. What he has discovered may change the way we view the use of the Colonial mails in a period before telephone tapping and hacking became the norm. The Cold War was warming up, just as the sun was slowly setting on the British Empire: and the so-called ‘Registered’ Ovals started their intriguing life as instruments of surveillance! | £20.00 |
![]() | NICHOLSON L.C.C. Jamaica temporary rubber datestamps. - 1881 - 1938 Frank Godden Ltd. (c1950) 36pp. 1st ed., fine in card covers. | £15.00 |
![]() | FARRIMOND Paul and MURPHY Raymond The Encyclopaedia of Jamaican Philately. Vol. 9. Military Mails. B.W.I.S.C. (2015) viii + 458 large pp. 2nd revised ed., new in card covers. Thoroughly revised and largely re-written with many colour illustrations. | £29.00 |
![]() | HORRY David The Encyclopaedia of British West Indies Postmarks. Queen Elizabeth II Coronation - Independence B.W.I.S.C. (2015) 393 large pp. 1st ed., new in card covers. Detailed fully illustrated listing of all known postmarks with useful rarity guide. Besides the Caribbean islands this work includes Bermuda, British Guiana and British Honduras. | £25.00 |