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Literature Sale
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| Sunday 29 April 2001 |
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SALE 588
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| * = ONLY lots with their lot numbers prefixed by one star are subject to V.A.T. at 17·5%. ** = ONLY lots with their lot numbers prefixed by two stars are subject to V.A.T. at 5%. PLEASE NOTE: All lots in this auction are subject to the Buyers’ Premium of 15% (plus V.A.T. where appropriate) on their hammer prices. ALL BIDS WILL BE TAKEN AS EXCLUSIVE OF THIS PREMIUM |
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| GREAT BRITAIN - GENERAL |
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2000 |
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ALCOCK & MEREDITH - 1949 British Postage Stamp Varieties Illustrated ; Queen Victoria Surface-Printed Issues to King George VI. |
£20 |
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2001 |
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BAINES - 1895 Forty Years at the Post Office ; a personal narrative. In two volumes Average condition but a scarce pair. (2 vols). |
£60 |
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2002 |
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BACON - 1899 Commercial and Library Atlas of the British Isles, including gazetteer and index. A total of 107 maps printed in colour on one side of double page. Spine cover is detached. Could be rebound or maps separated. Size approx. 14" x 11". |
£75 |
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2003 |
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BARTHOLOMEW - 1950 The Survey Gazetteer of the British Isles; good condition with d/j. |
£30 |
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2004 |
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BAGWELL - 1968 The Railway Clearing House in the British Economy 1842 - 1922. A nice clean copy with d/j. in protective sleeve. |
£10 |
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2005 |
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BENNETT - 1912 The Post Office and its Story ; an interesting account of the activities of a great government department. Those were the days! With 31 b & w plates though several are loose and some have rough edges, fading to spine. |
£20 |
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2006 |
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BILLIGS - 1969 Vols 34 & 35 GB & The Empire in Europe Parts 1 & 2; WILLCOCKS - 1972 The Postal history of GB & Ireland; S.G. - 1970 SG Specialised Vol. 1 & 2 plus 1971 Vol. 3. (6 pubs.). |
£12 |
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2007 |
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BOWIE - 1897 The Romance of the Post Office ; its inception and wondrous development. Faded spine. DAUNTON - 1985 Royal Mail ; The Post Office since 1840. (2 pubs). |
£20 |
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2008 |
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BOWIE - 1897 The Romance of the Post Office ; its inception and wondrous development. A good average copy with some illustations. |
£12 |
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2009 |
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BRITISH POSTMARK SOCIETY - Quarterly Bulletin, Vols. 1 to 9 complete, plus Vol. 10, No. 1. Covers Jan. 1958 to Jan. 1967. Staples have rusted and a few ragged pages but an unusual early run. |
£20 |
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2010 |
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BURN - 1855 A Descriptive catalogue of the London Traders, Tavern and Coffee House Tokens current in the 17th Century; early and scarce volume. (Ex-Crabb). |
£30 |
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2011 |
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CLEAR - 1955 John Palmer (of Bath) mail Coach Pioneer, d/j; STAFF - 1964 The Penny Post 1680-1918; CROFTS - 1967 Packhorse, Waggon and Post, d/j. (3 pubs.)(Ex-Crabb). |
£18 |
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2012 |
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PHILATELIC CONGRESS OF GREAT BRITAIN - The selection of Congress Year Books inc. History of the Philatelic Congress of GB 1909-1912 written in 1914 plus Year books for 1940, 1946-57, 1961-64, 1966 & 1967. (20 vols.). |
£40 |
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2013 |
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ISLE OF WIGHT GROUP - Selection of books & pamphlets on IOW inc. COLE - 1948 Yarmouth, IOW; ELDRIDGE - 1952 Newport in Bygone Days plus 8 p/b pamphlets on different IOW topics. (10 pubs.)(Ex-Crabb). |
£15 |
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2014 |
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COLLINGS & SCHOOLLEY-WEST - 1989 The Care and Preservation of Philatelic Materials. A British Library publication. CLAPP - 1987 Curatorial Care of Works of Art on Paper, p/b. EMMISON & SMITH - 1973 Material for Theses in some Local Record Offices. A Phillimore booklet, p/b. |
£15 |
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2015 |
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CRUTCHLEY - 1938 G.P.O. Cambridge University Press English Institutions Series. CLINTON - 1984 Post Office Workers ; A Trade Union and Social History, d/j. (2 pubs). |
£30 |
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2016 |
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DAUNTON - 1985 Royal Mail ; the Post Office since 1840. As new with d/j. |
£8 |
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2017 |
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DAVIES & MAILE - 1990 First Post, From Penny Black to the Present Day, with d/j. |
£7 |
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2018 |
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VAN DAM - 1996 A Centenary of War Dates and More! 1859 -1959, a geographical and chronological listing of wars, revolutions, major political events and newly established nations from the Italian war of liberation until the Vietnam war etc. 206 pp. of useful dates, spiral bound p/b. KEMBLE PRESS - 1983 Alphabets of the World, reprint of TRÜBNER'S Grammatography of 1861. P/b. SCHOOLEY-WEST 1987 Stamps. A British Library guide, p/b. CODDING - 1964 The Universal Postal Union ; Coordinator of the International Mails. Hardbound. (4 pubs). |
£25 |
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2019 |
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DENDY MARSHALL - 1926 The British Post Office from its beginnings to the end of 1925. Some foxing to edges and torn d/j. |
£30 |
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2020 |
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EDWARDS & PIGRAM - 1985 Metro Memories, as new with d/j; JACKSON - 1970 The Railway Letter Posts of GB (p/b) and LEIGH - 1990 The Western Before Beeching (ex lib.). (3 pubs.)(Ex-Crabb). |
£10 |
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2021 |
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THE ENGLISH SPECIALIST JOUNAL - 1896-7 Consecutive numbers 10 - 14; the Official Organ of the English Specialist Association (5 issues). THE BRITISH PHILATELIST - 1915 Early issues of this popular magazine , comprising Vol. VII, No. 11 (2) and No. 12. 1916 Vol. VIII Nos. 1 to 10 inc. (13 issues). |
£15 |
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2022 |
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EWEN - 1896 The Standard Priced catalogue of the Postage & Telegraph Stamps & Postmarks of the UK - No. 5 November 1896. Cover grubby butscarce survivor. |
£10 |
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2023 |
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FARRUGIA - 1969 The Letter Box ; A History of Post Office Pillar and Wall Boxes. Damaged d/j. but book all right. |
£12 |
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2024 |
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THE GB JOURNAL - Vol. 1, No. 1 (Dec. 1956) to Vol. 15, No. 5 (Oct. 1977). Plus Vol. 20, No. 1 (Jan. 1982) to Vol. 38, No. 4 (July/Aug 2000). BRITISH STAMP BOOKLETS - Parts 1 to 9 plus 2 index. (2 cartons). HEAVY LOT. BUYER TO COLLECT. |
£50 |
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2025 |
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GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY - "A Book of Railway Locomotives for Boys of all Ages"(!). "Caerphilly Castle" (200pp) plus 1927 The "King" of Railway Locomotives(150pp). Both fully illustrated; p/b. (Ex-Crabb). |
£12 |
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2026 |
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HARTMANN - 1927 The Story of the Roads. BRITANNIA PUBLICATIONS - 1979 Britannia Depicta or Ogilby Improved ; Road Atlas of England and Wales 1731. Facsimile Reprint Edition. No. 35 of 300 copies specially bound in quarter-leather. Fine condition. (2 pubs). |
£25 |
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2027 |
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HACKNEY GAZETTE - 1932 Hackney and Its Environs - Changes within Living Memory. Fully illustrated history. (Ex-Crabb). |
£10 |
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2028 |
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HANDOVER - 1965 A History of the London Gazette with d/j; BEDFORD - 1966 London's Burning (ex lib.) plus MEE - 1975 The King's England London: The City & Westminster with d/j (ex lib.). (3 pubs.)(Ex-Crabb). |
£12 |
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2029 |
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HEY - 1989 Rowland Hill ; Genius and Benefactor 1795 - 1879. A fine, clean copy, virtually as new, with d/j. |
£12 |
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2030 |
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HESS - 1994 The "TRAUDL" Collection of London Postal History 1661 to 10th January 1840. Society of Postal Historians spiral bound publication. Plus Stamp World London 1990 Souvenir Handbook and four other miscellaneous pamphlets. (6 pubs.). |
£9 |
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2031 |
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HILL - 1887 The Post Office of Fifty Years Ago 1837 - 1887. Attractive green cover with gold lettering etc., but front cover and first few pages have been pierced by something sharp. |
£15 |
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2032 |
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HILL - 1940 Rowland Hill and the Fight for Penny Post (photo torn), p/b. SMITH - 1970 James Chalmers Inventor of the Adhesive Postage Stamp, d/j. LITCHFIELD - 1949 Guide Lines to the Penny Black, signed first edition but with damage to spine. |
£20 |
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2033 |
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HILL - 1940 Rowland Hill and the Fight for Penny Postage. MUIR - 1990 Postal Reform and the Penny Black, p/b. (2 pubs). |
£12 |
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2034 |
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HILL -1954 Reprint of My Post Office Journal, April to December 1847. Pamphlet. BAUSCHKE - 1989 The Penny Post Jubilee 1890, spiral bound p/b. (2 pubs). |
£5 |
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2035 |
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HOSEGOOD - 1983 Great Western Railway T.P.O.'s; JACKSON - 1968 The Railway Letter Posts of GB Part 1; WARD - 1938 Irish T.P.O.'s Their History & Postmarks, signed presentation copy plus foolscp folder containing numerous railway related cuttings, etc. (4 items)(Ex-Crabb). |
£10 |
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2036 |
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HYDE - 1894 The Post in Grant and Farm; an early and sometimes caustic account of the Post Ofice! (Ex-Crabb). |
£20 |
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2037 |
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JACKSON - 1979 The Railway & Air Letter Stamps of the British Isles 1891-1971, as new; CASSERLEY - 1976 Preserved Locomotives; THOMAS & WHITEHOUSE - 1986 The Great Days of the Country Railway plus MEASOM - 1983 The Illustrated Guide to the GWR (p/b). (4 pubs.)(Ex-Crabb). |
£15 |
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2038 |
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JOYCE - 1893 The History of the Post Office ; from its establishment down to 1836. An attractively bound copy in generally good condition. A pleasure to hold. |
£30 |
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2039 |
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JUBILEE CELEBRATION COMMITTEE - 1891 Account of the Celebration of the Jubilee of Uniform Inland Penny Postage. Some water staining to front cover and frontispiece photograph, cover a bit grubby. TODD - 1941 A History of British Postage Stamps 1660 - 1940, 1949 reprint, Torn d/j. (2 pubs). |
£20 |
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2040 |
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JUBILEE COMMITTEE - 1891 (Revised edition) The Jubilee of the Penny Postage, 1840-1890. |
£15 |
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2041 |
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LEWINS - 1865 Her Majesty's Mails - An History of the Post Office & an "Industrial Account of its present condition" (damage to spine); HILL - 1940 Rowland Hill and The Fight for the Penny Post; d/j. (2 pubs.)(Ex-Crabb). |
£20 |
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2042 |
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LEWINS - 1864 Her Majesty's Mails : An historical and descriptive account of the British Post Office.Pages clean but cover has nearly become detached. |
£18 |
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2043 |
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LEWINS - 1865 Her Majesty's Mails ; a history of the Post Office and an industrial account of its present condition. Spine damage and some loosening of binding, including front cover. |
£12 |
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2044 |
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L'ESTRANGE EWEN - 1898 Standard Priced Catalogue of the Stamps and Postmarks of the United Kingdom, No. 6. Very detailed but with inevitable cover faults, p/b. |
£8 |
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2045 |
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LILLYWHITE - 1972 London Signs. ; a reference book of London Signs from earliest times to about the mid-nineteenth century. A clean copy but with some slight damage to d/j. |
£26 |
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2046 |
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LOWE - 1941 The Postage Stamps of Great Britain 1661 to 1941. Priced catalogue of stamps and postmarks. AUSTEN - 1978 English Provincial Posts 1633 to 1840; a study based on Kent examples, d/j. (2 pubs). |
£7 |
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2047 |
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LOWE - 1943 The Postage Stamps of Great Britain 1661 - 1942, second edition. BOTELLHO - 1839 Reprint) The Post Office Act and Rules and Regulations (for parts of India). |
£7 |
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2048 |
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LOWE - 1979 The british Postage Stamp of the nineteenth century (second edition); as new plus Sweden a Nation Through Stamps and A Stamp is Made. (3 pubs.). |
£12 |
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2049 |
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MACAULAY - 1769 The History of England from the Accession of James I to the elevation of the House of Hanover (Vol.IV); BAYNE-POWELL - 1951 Travellers in 18th Century England. (2 pubs.). |
£15 |
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2050 |
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MELVILLE - 1930 Origins of the Penny Post. Hardbound. |
£10 |
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2051 |
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MISCELLANY - LOWE - 1969 The British Postage Stamp, as new plus 1937 - The Romance of the Empire Posts, early booklet, p/b; KANDAOUROFF - 1973 Collecting Postal History; WILLCOCKS - 1972 The PH of GB & Ireland; UNESCO - 1953 Round the World with a Postage Stamp etc. (7 pubs.). |
£18 |
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2052 |
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MISCELLANY including HAY - 1946 The Post Office Went To War, p/b., staples missing. WELLSTED - 1986 Express Service 1891 - 1971. MACKAY - 1987 Philatelic Terms Illustrated. PHILATELIC ADVISER ADVISER - 1963 Annual. PLUS 12 other assorted booklets. (16 items). |
£25 |
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2053 |
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MISCELLANY - ERSKINE - 1950 Approaches to Philately; SPIRE - Stamp collecting for Pleasure & Profit; GRUMBRIDGE - Introduction to Stamps; CURLE - Stamp Collecting; PHILLIPS - Stamp Collecting for All; JORDAN - The Road to Phliately etc. Good selection. All ex Taunton Stamp Club and stamped. (8 pubs.). |
£25 |
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2054 |
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MISCELLANY including LUNN - 1984 A Guide to the History and Values of British Postal Orders 1881 - 1984, as new. HARMAN - 1990 Great Britain The Stamps of the Circular Delivery Companies and their Forgeries, booklet. EDWARDS & LUCAS - 1984 G.B. Official Perfins, p/b. PLUS four other booklets covering postal stationary, parcel post meters, meter postage stamps and express service. (7 items). |
£20 |
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2055 |
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MONTGOMERY - 1991 The Postage Rates of the North Atlantic Mails (1635 - 1950). The inland and ocean postage rates applied to letters the United Kingdom and North America. HOSKING - 1979 The Transatlantic Post Office. KELLOW - undated Combination Mail of British Post Offices Abroad ; an introductory survey. BOLTON - undated Synopsis of the Fanshawe Correspondence ; West Coast of South America, 1849 - 51. (4 vols., all p/b.). |
£20 |
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2056 |
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PATERSON - 1829 Paterson's Roads, 18th. edition. Includes maps but has damaged spine and front cover is loose. |
£70 |
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2057 |
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PARISH - 1886 Domesday Book in relation to the County of Sussex. Produced for the Sussex Archaeological Society and measuring approx. 15" x 10" this is a superbly produced volume in very fine condition. It contains a fac-simile of the original record, a literal extension of the latin text and an English translation. There is also an index of place names. |
£70 |
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2058 |
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PERRY - 1992 The Victorian Post Office ; The Growth of a Bureaucracy. With d/j., bears a published price of £39.50. |
£25 |
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2059 |
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PHILLIPS - 1906 Fifty Years of Philately - The History of Stanley Gibbons Ltd.; p/b., cover distressed. STANLEY GIBBONS - 1897 Priced Catalogue of Stamps of the British Empire (11th edition), PLUS three other catalogues. Also THE CINDERELLA PHILATELIST - 1981 - 1998 Broken run of this popular magazine, some with free gift still enclosed (27 issues). |
£15 |
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2060 |
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PHILLIPS - 1921 The Stamps of Great Britain 1911-1921; JOHNSON - 1945 British Postage Stamps; EASTON - 1943 British Postage Stamp Design, d/j. (ex-Taunton Stamp Club). (3 pubs.). |
£15 |
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2061 |
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THE GB PHILATELIST - 1961-65 Complete run of this popular magazine, taken over by the Philatelic Journal of GB - Vol. 1 Nos.1 to Vol. 5 Nos. 4. |
£20 |
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2062 |
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PHILATELIC CONGRESS OF GREAT BRITAIN - 1966 to 1973 inclusive, hard bound copies of the Year Book. (8 pubs.). |
£7 |
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2063 |
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THE PHILATELIST AND P.J.G.B. - Approx. 45 different issues between 1982 and 1995. Plus various issues of THE GREAT BRITAIN PHILATELIST And THE PHILATELIST. (Carton). HEAVY LOT. B.T.C. |
£20 |
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2064 |
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POST OFFICE - 1865 Australian Mails ; soft bound copy on blue paper of the contract dated 17th november 1865. Cover worn. |
£12 |
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2065 |
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POST OFFICE - 1872 Cape of Good Hope : Extension of Contract with Union Steam Ship Company, December 1872. Soft bound with some cover wear. Plus a single sheet for 1871 contract. |
£24 |
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2066 |
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HMSO - 1911 The Post Office ; An Historical Summary. P/b with damaged cover. ZILLIACUS - 1963 From Pillar To Post ; The Troubled History of the Mail; 4th. reprint of the 1956 edition. (2 pubs). |
£7 |
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2067 |
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POST OFFICE - Post 30 English Minutes (2 vols hardbound), Post 31/32 bound together and a bound copy of the Records transmitted to Record Office Edinburgh 1938 - 42. Fine. (Ex P. O. Records). |
£27 |
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2068 |
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SINGLETON - 1944 Letters in Transit. Scarce p/b. METCALFE - 1972 The Post Office and It's Services, stiff cover. (2 pubs). |
£7 |
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2069 |
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WRENCH - 1948 Transatlantic London ; hardbound with minor faults. Also P. O. Engineering Dept. Notebook with handwritten articles on Telegraphs etc. (2 items). |
£10 |
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2070 |
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BRITISH PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS - 1866 Report from the Select Committee on East India Communications, together with the proceedings of the committee, minutes of evidence and appendix. 655 pp. volume with 2 fold out maps.Some wear to spine and front board cover separated. |
£100 |
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2071 |
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ROBERTS - 1940 And So To Bath. A motorist's account of people and places along the Bath Road, damage to d/j. |
£7 |
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2072 |
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ROBINSON - 1947 The British Post Office, original Princeton Press issue, well used; SHEPARD - 1973 The History of Street Literature (ex library copy). (2 pubs.). |
£12 |
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2073 |
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ROBINSON - 1948 The British Post Office, published by the Princeton University Press. Signs of front cover separation. |
£20 |
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2074 |
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ROYAL PHILATELIC COLLECTION - 1952 Prospectus, with order form, advertising a forthcoming book on the Royal Philatelic Collection. Foolscap size, with colour and b & w illustrations, foxed but scarce. |
£7 |
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2075 |
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MISCELLANY - ROBINSON 1953 Britain's Post Office; rewritten and by OUP; EASTON - 1943 British Postage Stamp Design; WILLCOCKS - 1972 The PH of GB & Ireland (signed copy) plus 1975 England's Postal History etc; BRUMELL - 1946 British PO Numbers (original work) etc. (7 pubs.). |
£15 |
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2076 |
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R.P.S.(L). - 1969 The Royal Philatelic Society,London, 1869-1969; cenetenary book. As new in original card slipcase. |
£10 |
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2077 |
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STANLEY GIBBONS - 1989 et seq GB Specialised Catalogue - Vol. 1 & Vol. 2 9th Ed.; Vol. 3 7th Ed.; Vol. 4 5th Ed. and Vol. 5 1st Ed. As new. |
£10 |
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2078 |
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ALCOCK & HOLLAND - 1960 British Postmarks ; A Short History and Guide, p/b. STAFF - 1964 The Penny Post 1680 to 1918, d/j. (2 pubs). |
£7 |
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2079 |
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STAFF - 1966 The Penny Post 1680 to 1918. HEY - 1989 Rowland Hill, Genius and Benefactor 1795 - 1879. Both with d/j., former torn. (2 pubs). |
£8 |
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