GREAT BRITAIN - ACTS, CONTRACTS, ETC.
2117 BRITANNIA PRESS - 1976 & 1977 Reprints of Post Office Acts from 1 & 2 Victoria to 7 & 8 Victoria (1844) plus from 9 Anne to 1 Victoria (1838). Reprints of the Post Office Acts bound in quarter leather; as new. (2 vols). £12
2118 ROWLAND HILL CIRCULAR - Pair of 1857 Rowland Hill circulars, Reduction of Postage on letters to the Island of Ascension plus Books &c for Victoria and Ascension. (3pp). £40
2119 ROWLAND HILL CIRCULAR - 1857 Circular Reduction of Postage on Letters to the Cape of Good Hope. (1pp). £30
2120 ROWLAND HILL CIRCULARS - 1857 Small group of circulars all regarding Book Post including Inland Book Post (2), Book Post to the Colonies and Books &c., for the East Indies, Australia, Ceylon, Mauritius, and Hong Kong. (11pp). £30
2121 ROWLAND HILL CIRCULAR - 1857 Circular announcing Additional Mails for Aden. (2pp). £25
2122 ROWLAND HILL CIRCULAR - Pair of 1857 circulars regarding the Mails for Sweden. (3pp). £20
2123 ROWLAND HILL CIRCULAR - 1857 Circular Letters for Sophia, in Turkey. (1pp). £20
2124 ROWLAND HILL CIRCULAR - 1857 Circular announcing Mails for and Through Sardinia plus 1858 Circular for Book Post to Sardinia. (6pp). £20
2125 ROWLAND HILL CIRCULAR - 1858 Circular announcing Mails for Australia (P&O vessel "Salsette"). (2pp). £25
2126 ROWLAND HILL CIRCULAR - 1858 Circular announcing Registration of Letters for Alexandria and Suez. (2pp). £20
2127 ROWLAND HILL CIRCULAR - 1858 Circular regarding Letters for Suez, in Egypt. (3pp). £20
2128 ROWLAND HILL CIRCULAR - 1858 Circular detailing Registration of Letters and Packets of Printed Papers for New South Wales. (2pp). £20
2129 STATUTES - 1832 A Collection of the Public General Statutes passed in the Second and Third Year of the Reign of His Majesty King William the Forth. Original in modern binding. (1027 pages). £15
GREAT BRITAIN - CHANNEL ISLANDS & I.O.M.
2130 KEMP - 1982 The Postal Service of the Isle of Man; as new, p/b. £6
GREAT BRITAIN - KING EDWARD VII
2131 DOUPÉ - A Study of the CRACKED UNITS of the De La Rue One Penny Stamp 1902 - 1910. Spiral bound, hard cover. KIRK - 1974 A Study of the Stamps of the Reign of King Edward VIII, second edition, p/b. FARRUGIA - 1986 A Guide to Post Office Archives. Spiral bound p/b. (3 pubs.). £12
GREAT BRITAIN - LOCAL POSTS
2132 CUMMINGS - 1904(?) College Stamps: Oxford and Cambridge. £12
2133 DONALD - The Posts of Sevenoaks in Kent. As new with d/j. £20
2134 GWYNN, REYNOLDS &WARREN - 1984 A Postal History of Swansea & District; p/b. WARD & SEDGEWICK - 1984 Sheffield Postal History to 1880; signed by the authors; as new, p/b. SOCIETY OF POSTAL HISTORIANS - 1986 "Very Special Issue 4". The President's Display (Johnson) - Interruption of the mails in time of war or civil commotion. (3 pubs). £16
2135 LISTER - 1966 College Stamps of Oxford & Cambridge; margins cut for indexing. £6
GREAT BRITAIN - MARITIME MAILS
2136 H.M.S.O. - 1853 Report of the Committee on Contract Packets, later hardbound and inscribed "Record Room". One or two small pencil annotations. £25
2137 ROBERTSON - 1955 The Ship Letters of Hampshire; signed. Plus folio “The Ship Letter" Ports of the Thames Estuary. £10
GREAT BRITAIN - MILITARY MAILS
2138 BOYDEN - 1990 Tommy Atkins' Letters - the History of the British Army Postal Service from 1795; as new. CROUCH & HILL - 1951 British Army Field Post Offices 1939 - 1950. Both p/b. £8
2139 KENNEDY & CRABB - 1977 The Postal History of the British Army in WW1 before and after - 1903 to 1929; some scufing to cover. Spiral bound. £15
GREAT BRITAIN - NEWSPAPER MAILS
2140 CHANDLER & DAGNALL - 1981 The Newspaper and Almanac Stamps of Great Britain & Ireland. Some d/j wear. £10
2141 PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS - 1817-1911 Collection of nine Papers all relating to the Post Office inc. 1817 Accounts of the Post Office, 1835 Early Delivery, and Post Office Tenders, 1837 Liverpool Mails, 1867 Mail Services India & Australia etc. (Approx. 100pp). £20
GREAT BRITAIN - POST OFFICE PUBLICATIONS
2142 ALMANACK - 1865 The Post Office Almanack and Insurance Directory for the Year of Our Lord 1865. Bound in green with gold tooling and in very good condition. £32
2143 PMG - 1860 Local Postal Guide for Manchester dated 1 October 1860, 16pp plus cover. Small piece missing from cover; scarce. P/b. £20
2144 POST OFFICE "GREEN PAPERS": 1934-39, Nos. 1-47 hard bound in green cloth in 7 volumes, articles include cable-laying and air mail matters. Generally good condition and scarce. £100
2145 POST OFFICE GUIDE - 1935 Post Office Guide for July; part front cover missing; p/b. £10
2146 POST OFFICE GUIDE - 1969 July issue of the Post Office Guide plus May 1966 Postal Addresses: both p/b. £5
2147 ST.MARTIN'S-LE-GRAND - Vols. 1-29 complete from 1891, hardbound in green and in mainly very fine condition, very difficult to find and a great addition to any philatelic library. (Heavy Lot - Buyer to remove from our premises). £250
GREAT BRITAIN - POSTAL HISTORY/POSTMARKS
2148 ALCOCK & HOLLAND - 1960 British Postmarks, a short history etc.; HEWLETT & PICTON - 1979 Pre Victorian Stamps & Franks; JOHNSON - 1982 Unpaid & Underpaid Mail, 1840 - 1921, England & Wales; ROBSON LOWE - The Watson Postcards (pamphlet style). All p/b. (4 pubs.). £8
2149 ALCOCK & HOLLAND - 1960 British Postmarks; A Short History and Guide. Revised Second edition, p/b. MUGGLETON - A Postal History of Cambridge, spiral bound p/b. (2). £8
2150 BIRKBECK HILL - 1880 Life of Sir Rowland Hill and History of Penny Postage. In 2 Volumes. £50
2151 BOTTOMLEY - 1988 The Franking System in the Post Office 1652 - 1840. SOCIETY OF POSTAL HISTORIANS - 1980 -1986 Special Issues Nos. 1 to 4. (5 pubs., all p/b.). £15
2152 BOTTOMLEY - 1988 The Franking System in the Post Office 1652 - 1840. A record of the Presidents Display to the SPH. P/b. £7
2153 BOTTOMLEY - 1988 The Franking System in the Post Office 1652 - 1840; p/b. £7
2154 BRUMELL - 1946 British Post Office Numbers 1844 - 1906; first edition. MEREDITH & KIDD - 1954 A Christmas Story; Light is Shed on the "Posted in Advance" Scheme for Delivery on Christmas Day, 1902-9. Illustrated pamphlet. 24pp. £8
2155 BRUMELL - 1946 British Post Office Numbers, 1844 - 1906; interleaved with blank pages?!? Good condition. £3
2156 BRUMELL - 1971 British Post Office Numbers 1844 - 1906 (reprint). WILLCOCKS - 1972 The Postal History of Great Britain and Ireland ; a summarised catalogue to 1840. With d/j. £6
2157 BUCKLEY & WARD - 1969 Sheffield Postal History from earliest times to 1850. WARD & SEDGEWICK - 1969 Sheffield's PO in the Wapentake of Strafforth & Tickhill. 1984 - Sheffield PH to 1880. LEWIS - 1969 Sheffield Posts in the Peakland & Hope Valley. BAKER - 1974 History of the Posts in the Halifax Parish. WARD & SEDGEWICK - The Temporary Handstamps of Yorkshire. BOYES - 1977 A Postal History of Bradford. All p/b. (7 pubs.). £15
2158 COURTNEY - 1974 A Postal History of Darlington. McDOUGALL - 1975 The Stockton & Darlington Railway 1821 - 1863. OXLEY & WILLIAMS - 1980 A Postal History of Durham City. All three are Local History publications in p/b. £5
2159 COHEN, BARETTE & ROSENBLAT - 1987 Collecting British Squared Circle Postmarks; p/b. £6
2160 CROFTS - 1967 Packhorse, Waggon and Post. Land carriage and communications under the Tudors and Stuarts; slight damage to d/j. £3
2161 DAGNALL - 1975 John Dickinson and his Silk-Thread paper. Signed by the Author. DAGNALL - 1976 The Mechanised Sorting of Mail. DAGNALL - 1992 The Taxes on Knowledge; A Brief History 1712 - 1861. TIMES PUBLISHING - 1962 Red and Black; The Duty and Postage Stamps Impressed on Newspapers 1712 - 1870, damaged spine. ( 4 pubs., all p/b.). £12
2162 DENDY MARSHALL - 1926 The British Post Office from its beginnings to the end of 1925. 354 pp with 36 plates. Some foxing & minor internal spine fault. £36
2163 DONALD - 1992 The Posts of Sevenoaks in Kent. Biggin Hill to Edenbridge, Westerham to Wrotham AD 1085 to 1985/6; as new, d/j. £15
2164 FORD - 1958 Shepton Mallet, Somerset. A Historical and Postal Survey. No. 127 of 200, faded spine. £10
2165 GLADSTONE - Great Britain's First Postage Stamp. Illustrated and scarce work on William Dockwra. £15
2166 GRIMWOOD-TAYLOR - 1990 The British Postal Reforms of 1839 to 1840. p/b. £8
2167 HALL - 1947 The Post Office in Nottingham. £12
2168 HENDY - The History of the Early Postmarks of the British Isles, hardbound in fine condition but spine faded, also FARRUGIA - The Letter Box (1969) hardbound with original dust cover. (2). £15
2169 JOHNSON - 1985 The British Travelling Post Office; d/j. PIPE & BLACKMAN 1994 Postmarks of British Railway Stations, p/b. (2 pubs.). £7
2170 KAY - 1951 Royal Mail. The Story of the Posts in England from EIV to date. BOGGS & STRANGE - 1955 The Foundations of Philately. (2 pubs.). £6
2171 LOWE - 1952 - The Encyclopaedia of British Empire Postage Stamps. Vol. 1 GB & The Empire in Europe - 1968 The British Postage Stamps of the Nineteenth Century, d/j plus several SG pubs. inc. Centenary Exhibition programme, auction catalogues etc.. ALCOCK & HOLLAND - 1977 British Postmarks - A Short History & Guide. Revised edition. (8 pubs.). £20
2172 LOVEGROVE - 1975 "Herewith my Frank...." with Supps. 1, 2 and 3; d/j. WILLCOCKS & BENTLEY - 1960 The Spoon Experiment 1853 - 58. STRANGE - 1971 A List of Books on the PH, Postmarks & Adhesive Revenue Stamps of GB, 2nd edition, p/b.(3 pubs.) £10
2173 LOVEGROVE - 1975 "Herewith my Frank...." with Supplements 1, 2 and 3; no d/j. SCOTT ARCHER - 1970 The WelshPost Towns before 1840; scruffy d/j. SUSSEX & SHELTON - 1978 Continental Mail Service, 1793 - 1815, especially by Yarmouth packet boat; spiral bound p/b. (3 pubs.). £8
2174 LOVEGROVE - "Herewith My Frank...." 1st edition with supplements 1to 3, d/j. BATCHELOR & PICTON - PHILLIPS - Pre-Victorian Stamps & Franks. P/b. £10
2175 LOVEGROVE - "Herewith My Frank...." Second edition. As new with supplements 4 to 7. SCOTT - Official Franking 1800 - 1840. P/b. £15
2176 MACKAY - 1964 The Tapling Collection of Postage and Telegraph Stamps and Postal Stationary. MACKAY - 1985 British Stamps. JOHNSON - 1944 British Postage Stamps (also includes Empire stamps). (3 pubs.). £10
2177 MAYO - 1979 Lancashire & Cheshire Local Receiving Offices; Undated Name Stamps. HASLAM & KIDD - 1983 Lancashire & Cheshire; Skeleton Handstamps 1838 - 1982. Both p/b. £8
2178 MACKAY - 1980 English & Welsh Postmarks since 1840; 1986 Sub Office Rubber Datestamps of England & Wales; 1987 English Provincial Krags. All p/b. (3 pubs.). £14
2179 MACKAY - 1980 Postmarks of England and Wales. 1985 The Postal History Annual. Both p/b. £10
2180 MACKAY - 1981 Isle of Wight. 1983 Official Mail of the British Isles. Both p/b. £10
2181 MACKAY - 1982 Registered Mail of the British Isles. 1984 Surcharged Mail of the British Isles. Both p/b. £10
2182 MIDLAND (GB) POSTAL HISTORY SOCIETY - 1993 The Local Posts of the Midland Counties to 1840. Spiral bound p/b. £10
2183 MIDLAND (GB) POSTAL HISTORY SOCIETY - 1993 The Local Posts of the Midland Counties to 1840. Spiral bound p/b. £0
2184 MOY - 1988 The Use of the 1894 Code Time System in Wales and the parallel 1991 publication..... Use in English Provincial Offices; p/b. (2 pubs.). £5
2185 MUGGLETON - 1970 A Postal History of Cambridge; spiral bound p/b. LISTER - 1974 College Stamps of Oxford and Cambridge; Harry Hayes reprint, p/b. £8
2186 NORFOLK MISCELLANY. SUSSEX - 1974 Diss, Norfolk, A Postal History. Spiral bound. PEGG -1976 Norfolk Penny Posts. Spiral bound. SUSSEX - 1980 The Norwich Post Office 1568 - 1980. P/b. (3 pubs). £12
2187 OXLEY - 1973 The English Provincial Local Posts 1765 - 1840; complete with Rarity Guide and d/j. £10
2188 SIGGERS - 1982 Wiltshire & Its Postmarks. Clean copy. £10
2189 SOCIETY OF POSTAL HISTORIANS - 1988 The Franking System in the Post Office, 1652 - 1840; the Dr Frank Bottomley Collection; p/b. £9
2190 STITT DIBDEN - 1960 The Post Office 1635 - 1720. 1963 The Additional Halfpenny Mail Tax, 1813 - 1839. 1961 Stamford Postal History. 1964 Early Stamp Machines. 1966 The West Indies, A Research Document. 1966 Leicester and the Posts. 1971 Newspaper Branch Cancellations. Seven Postal History Society Special Series publications, all p/b. £35
2191 STITT DIBDEN - 1964 Squared Circle Postmarks. 1966 Late Fee and Too Late Stamps. Both p/b. £8
2192 STITT DIBDEN - Vol. 1 Wembley & Olympic Issues - The Stamps & Associated Postal Markings. PARSONS & PEARSON - 1962 The Slogan Postmarks of GB. Both p/b. £3
2193 STAFF - 1992 The Penny Post 1680 - 1918; first published 1964; p/b edition as new. £5
2194 THORNTON - 1967 Perfins - Catalogue of Official Perfins (pamphlet). PEARSON - 1973 Special Event Postmarks of the UK. PARSONS et al - 1974 Slogan Postmarks of the UK, 1917 -69. BAREFOOT - 1983 GB Revenues, 2nd edition. SUSSEX - 1980 The Norwich Post Office; comprehensive study. SCOTT - 1983 Official Franking, 1800 - 1840. BRIGHTMORE - 1970 Official Mail of Mainland Britain. ARNOT - 1948 The "Brunswick Star" with notes on the "Pillar Stamp" Duplex Obliterator (pamphlet). POST OFFICE - Autumn 1976 Scottish Postbus Timetable. (9 pubs, all p/b.). £20
2195 TOMBS - 1899 The Bristol Royal Mail, Post Telegraph and Telephone; early illustrated work, some fading to spine. POST OFFICE - 1971 Postcodes - Bristol and District; p/b. (2 Pubs.). £16
2196 VINER - 1965 The Postal History of Chichester, 1635 - 1900. Scarce, p/b. £8
2197 WARN - 1980 Bristol 5th Clause & Penny Posts 1793 - 1840; d/j. £10
2198 WILLCOCKS & JAY - 1978 et seq. The British County Catalogues; Volumes 1, 2, 4 and 5. All with d/j and in good condition. (4 vols.). £20
2199 WILSON - 1990 History of the Post in Derby 1635 - 1941. As new, p/b. £20
2200 YORKSHIRE MISCELLANY. LING ROTH - 1910 Halifax Posts 1684 - 1852. BUCKLEY - 1968 The Postal History of Huddersfield. Both p/b. £10
2201 YORKSHIRE MISCELLANY. WARD - 1967 The Postal History of Bridlington and Bridlington Quay. WARD & SEDGEWICK - 1985 The Postal History of Bridlington, Filey and Hunmanby. Both p/b. £10
2202 YORKSHIRE MISCELLANY - Various publications on SHEFFIELD postal history, including Earliest Times to 1850, Sheffield Posts in Peakland and the Hope Valley, Post Offices in the Wapentake of Strafforth and Tickhill, Postal History to 1880 and Chapeltown Posts. (5 pubs). £15
2203 YORKSHIRE MISCELLANY. CLARKSON & VERSEY - 1970 Leeds Postal History to 1858. CRAVEN & FOWLER - Postal history of Kingston-upon-Hull, Hedon and Holderness. BAKER - History of the Posts in Halifax Parish. All p/b. (3 pubs). £10
2204 YORKSHIRE MISCELLANY. BUCKLEY - 1971 Wakefield Postal History. WARD & SEDGEWICK 1976 The Postal History of Harrogate, Knaresborough and Ripon. BOYES & CLARKSON - 1980 Leeds and it's Sub-Offices. All p/b. (3 pubs). £10
2205 YORKSHIRE MISCELLANY. WARD - 1972 The Postal History of Upper Wharfedale, Ilkley and Otley. BOYES - A Postal History of Bradford to 1884. WARD & SEDGEWICK - 1985 The Postal History of Bridlington, Filey and Hunmanby. All p/b. (3 pubs). £10
2206 YORKSHIRE MISCELLANY. CRAVEN & FOWLER - 1974 Postal History of Kingston-upon-Hull, Hedon and Holderness. SEDGEWICK & WARD - 1981 The Postal History of Goole, Howden and Selby. Both p/b. £10
2207 YORKSHIRE MISCELLANY. BULLAMORE - 1975 History of Whitby's Post; d/j. BENHAM 1982 The Village Undated Handstamps of Yorkshire. SIMPSON - 1986 The Postal History of Beverley; spiral bound p/b. (3 pubs). £12
2208 YORKSHIRE MISCELLANY. SEDGEWICK & WARD - 1975 The Postal History of Doncaster. SEDGEWICK & WARD - 1981 The Postal History of Goole, Howden and Selby. Both p/b. £10
GREAT BRITAIN - POSTAL HISTORY OF LONDON
2209 BAGUST - 1937 Some Notes on the Small Post Offices of London in the 17th & 18th Centuries; as new, p/b. PICARD - 1998 Restoration London - from poverty to pets, from medicine to magic, from slang to sex, from wallpaper to women's rights. £12
2210 BAGUST - 1937 Some Notes on the Small Post Offices of London in the 17th & 18th Centuries, (pamphlet). BRUMELL - 1971(?) The Local Posts of London 1680 - 1840. £10
2211 BRUMELL - 1938 The Local Posts of London 1680 - 1840. SANFORD - 1986 The Postal Markings of England, London and Wales 1661 - 1900. Both p/b. £8
2212 COHEN - 1983 Squared Circle Postmarks of the London Suburban District Offices; plus 1984 London Fancy Geometric Postmarks. LONDON PHG - 1987 Postal Directory 1850 (reprint, spiral bound). FARRUGIA - 1986 A Guide to PostOffice Archives. All p/b.. (4 pubs.). £7
2213 DUBUS - 1969 London Cancellations, Repairs and Re-cutting from 1840.Vol. 2 only. French publication in French and English, p/b. £20
2214 LILLYWHITE - 1963 London Coffee Houses : A Reference Book of Coffee Houses of the Seventeenth, Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries. Slight damage to d/j., otherwise fine. £30
2215 LONDON PHG - 1991 Notebook Special Issue with the Hess Collection. SMITH - 1991 London PH - Inland Office Cancellations 1844 - 1868, The Horizontal Diamonds. BAUSCHKE - 1997 The London Postal Districts, 1856 - 1906 - 1912. LONDON PHG - 1992 Special Issue "The Grace Dove Collection".; also Handbook Series No.13 by Peter Bathe, The Bye Posts and Cross Posts of London, spiral bound p/b. (5 pubs.). £15
2216 PARMENTER - 1974 Horizontal Oval Cancellations of London. 1975 District & Branch Cancellations of London 1857 - 1900, Part 1. Both p/b, spiral bound. £8
2217 TOMBS - 1891 The London Postal Service of Today. Cover separated and some damage but scarce. Signed by author on cover. £20
2218 TODD - 1952 William Dockwra and the Rest of the Undertakers. The story of the London Penny Post 1680-1682. Damage to d/j. £12
2219 WESTLEY - 1950 The Postal Cancellations of London 1840 - 1890. D/j. £15
2220 WESTLEY - 1950 The Postal Cancellations of London 1840 - 1890. Damaged spine and corners. £5
GREAT BRITAIN - POSTAL STATIONERY
2221 BODILY, JARVIS & HAHN - 1984 British Pictorial Envelopes of the 19th Century; published by the Collectors Club of Chicago. Beautifully illustrated and comprehensive work; difficult to find, as new. £60
2222 HUGGINS - 1970 British Postal Stationary. In good condition with d/j. £30
2223 SAMUEL & HUGGINS - 1980 Specimen Stamps and Stationery of Great Britain, signed by Marcus Samuel, hardbound with original dust cover, very fine. £15
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