1880 TOMLINSON - 1960 The Canadian Map Stamp of 1898, p/b. BRADLEY - 1989 The Canadian Map Stamp of 1898 : A Plating Study, p/b. (2 pubs.). £20
1881 WELLBURN - 1987 The Stamps & Postal History of Colonial Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1849 - 1871. A superbly produced large format book in full colour featuring the Gerald Wellburn Collection, slight fading to d/j. £50
1882 WHITWORTH - 1985 The Five Cents Beaver Stamp of Canada, p/b. PLUS 5 varied periodicals containing articles on the same subject. (6 items). £22
1883 WOODALL - 1964 The Postal History of Yukon Territory. Stencilled and peg bound into card folder. £10
CEYLON/SRI LANKA
1884 STROUD - 1989 Ceylon : The Camps for Boer Prisoners of War 1900 to 1902 ; Their Postal History. P/b., slightly soiled. £10
CHANNEL ISLANDS
1885 GUERNSEY MISCELLANY incl. 1896 vellum property transfer signed by the Bailiff complete with translation, 1935 Silver Jubilee issue of "The Star" printed in blue and red, 1940 typewritten official licence to buy paraffin, various 1940/5 issues of the "Evening Press" (4), "The Star" (2) & "Weekly Press" and 32pp."Report of Five Years of German Occupation 1940-1945" by Jurat John Leale. (15 items). **/*** £40
CHINA
1886 CATALOGUES - Carton with approx. 30 China catalogues from the 1970's/80's, including Yang, Yu and the Chinese Postal Service. HEAVY LOT. B.T.C. £12
1887 THE 1st OPIUM WAR - AMERICAN TRADER's LETTER SENT LOCALLY FROM CANTON TO WHAMPOA; 2nd Jan. 1839 fine EL sent from shore to an American ship's captain as the dispute over trade that developed into the 1st Opium War began, endorsed "[Per] Beef boat" with superb Chinese character endorsement on the lower flap. The contents refer to ongoing difficulties for trade; "The trade is again open for all those vessels that are secured and I have put in their chops for you to be alongside tomorrow morning". Rare thus. PHOTO - see plate no. £160
1888 "AN ANGLO-CHINESE CALENDAR FOR 1849": PRINTED IN CANTON, ONLY SEVEN YEARS AFTER THE TREATY OF NANKIN, WHICH OPENED THE PORT TO BRITISH TRADE AND CEDED THE NEARBY ISLAND OF HONG KONG (1849) booklet 99pp. 9"x 6" with printed wrapper. Published at No. 16 Danish Hong, Canton, for the information of European residents, traders and visitors. Incl. details on the P.& O. mail contract from Suez to India and China, steamship fares from H.K., postal rates & services, details of Austrian Lloyd's overland route via Trieste, lists of European residents, traders, missionaries and diplomats in China, etc. Very early and scarce, English language publication. *** £200
1889 PEONY LABELS, c1900: Large (235 x 220mm) decorative labels with a bold printed design of peonies in natural colours enclosed in an elaborate gold border with Chinese characters; gummed on reverse. Possibly labels for tea chests. One torn otherwise fine condition. (34 identical labels). *** £48
1890 PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM COMPILED BY OFFICER ON BOARD H.M.S. 'GLORY', SERVING WITH THE CHINA SQUADRON AT THE TIME OF THE RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR (1904-1905) total of 191 real photographs, mostly varying from 3"x 4" to 4"x 5‡" but with some smaller & others full plate. Neatly mounted & captioned on card leaves 10"x 14" with original boards & repaired spine. Depicting life on board the battleship, fellow officers & crew, other naval vessels, and places visited. Quality of photography is mostly good to very good. Of particular note are the naval scenes incl. Russo-Japanese war damage at Port Arthur and views of Peking, Wei Hai Wei & Hong Kong, with much human interest. Fine collection. *** £300
1891 MISCELLANY OF BOOKS in Carton including MOSHER - 1978 Japanese Post Offices in China and Manchuria, d/j. PADGET - 1978 The Postal Markings of China, spiral bound p/b. (1981 reprint). WILLIAMS - 1981 The National Currency Stamps of China 1945 - 48, booklet. LANE & MAGUIRE - 1982 Catalogue of the Local Issues of the Treaty Ports of China, booklet. YANG & ROGERS - 1986 English-Chinese Philatelic Dictionary and Identification Key, p/b. SOTHEBY'S - 1991 The Major James Starr collection - 'Hidden Treasures' Postage Stamps of China. Two hardbound volumes, Text and Plates, in presentation slipcase. UNKNOWN - 1975 Elementary Chinese Parts I & II, p/b. Plus a miscellany of catalogues, articles etc. B.T.C. £45
1892 MACFARQUHAR - 1972 The Forbidden City, d/j. Water damage top right all through. SALISBURY - 1983 China - 100 years of Revolution, d/j. MEYER - 1986 China Observed, d/j. (3 pubs.). £24
1893 CHOW - 1995 Shanghai Large Dragons : The First Issue of the Shanghai Local Post. P/b., as new. £18
1894 DOUGAN - 1981 The Shanghai Postal System : The Stamps and Postal History, some cover staining. ELLISON - 1998 Force "C" : The Canadian Army's Hong Kong Story 1941 - 1945, spiral bound p/b. £20
1895 MARTIN - 1967 The Russo-Japanese War.,d/j. ROSE-INNES - 1972 Beginners' Dictionary of Chinese-Japanese Characters and Compounds. McCORMACK - 1977 Chang Tso-lin in Northeast China 1911 - 1928. NISH - 1985 The Origins of the Russo-Japanese War, p/b. Plus a modern folding road map. (5 items). £18
1896 ROCPEX - 1981 Prize Selections from the ROCPEX TAIPEI '81. Approx. 710 pp., 448 of which are superbly produced colour plates, smaller part of text in Chinese, remainder in English. An impressive volume though d/j. is creased at top. Also included is a booklet, entirely in Chinese, listing Post Station Routes in Early Ching Dynasty (1644 - 1911). £30
1897 ROCPEX - 1981 Prize sElections from the ROCPEX TAIPEI '81. Approx. 710 pages, 448 of which aresuperbly produced colour plates; small part of text in Chinese, the rest in English. An impressive volume. D/j., faded along spine. £28
1898 YAP & COTTERELL - 1977 Chinese Civilization : From the Ming Revival to Chairman Mao, d/j. SWAIN et al. - 1988 The Contemporary Atlas of China. ASSOCIATED PRESS - 1990 China : From the Long March to Tiananmen Square, d/j. (3 pubs.). £18
CRETE
1899 PICTURE POSTCARDS OF BRITISH TROOPS & LOCAL GENDARMERIE (c.1898) four locally published, printed photos: a) Band & sergeants of 2nd Royal Sussex Regt., Candia. b) Gendarmerie on bicycle patrol & receiving mail. Fine cards. British & Russian troops occupied Crete 1897-1899. *** £30
CYPRUS
1900 CASTLE - 1987 Cyprus 1353 - 1986, 3rd. edition, d/j. £20
1901 CYPRUS STUDY CIRCLE - 1990 to 1998 Newsletters, apparently complete, plus Special Studies from the period. CASTLE - 1972 Cyprus : Postal History and Postage Stamps, second edition, worn d/j. £12
CZECHOSLOVAKIA
** 1902 1938 SOKOL GAMES: Group of four attractive, coloured official issue PPCs, two in 'poster format' depicting athletes and the Czech flag, two showing children; all have stamps cancelled by the Games d.s. (3) or by the mobile post office on site, two are addressed and postally used. One slight corner crease.*** £30
DENMARK
1903 POSTAL CONVENTION WITH GREAT BRITAIN, 1846: Uncut 14pp. agreement plus five other items 1871-1903 relating to postal business between the countries incl. money orders, parcel agreements and telegrams. (6 items). *** £30
1904 KING-FARLOW - 1951 The Stella Catalogue of Denmark. GOODBODY - 1979 YThe Railway Post Offices of Denmark. BOES - 1979 Danmark, Faeroerne, Gronland and Dansk Vestindien Specialkatalog 1981 - 1982, hardback. PLUS Sundry other booklets/pamphlets. (16 items). £24
1905 KING - FARLOW - 1951 The Stella Catalogue of Denmark : a specialised catalogue of the postage stamps of Denmark, the Faroe Islands, Greenland and Slesvig, p/b., with several loose plates and a price list. PLUS several booklets/pamphlets and catalogues covering Danske Post frimÊrker, Danske Poststempler, Fortegnelse overummerstempler p 1875, etc. (6 items). £20
1906 RATHJE - 1955 Danske Poststempler For FrieÊreretiden, Handbog og Katalog. PLUS three catalogues, one devoted to blocks of four. (4 items, all p/b.). £14
1907 VINTERBERG & AXELSEN - 1977 Dansk - Engelsk and Engelsk - Dansk. Dictionaries in two separate volumes. £10
EGYPT
1908 "THE OVERLAND MAIL" MUSIC SHEET (1856) 8pp. 13"x 8" with attractive, chromo litho cover depicting convoy of horse drawn carriages, horsemen and camels carrying passengers & mail between Alexandria & Suez. Music by Charles d'Albert, published by Chappell, London. *** PHOTO - see plate no. £60
FALKLAND ISLANDS
1909 ANDREWS - 1974 The Cancellations of the Falkland Islands and Dependencies, torn d/j. MOIR - 1993 Falkland Islands History Through Philately, booklet. Plus two Harmers catalogues covering the "Travis" and "John P. Bunt" collections. (4 items). £12
1910 ANDREWS - 1974 The Cancellations of the Falkland Islands and the Dependencies, d/j. DAVIS - 1983 The Falklands War : Postal History and Stamps of the Argentine Occupation 1982, p/b. (2 pubs.). £10
1911 HOWAT - 1984 South American Packets 1808 - 1880, p/b. HOWAT - 1989 Falkland Islands Mail : The Kosmos Years 1880 - 1900, signed copy. (2 pubs.). £30
FIJI
1912 PURVES - 1939 The Postage Stamps of Fiji 1878 - 1902. One of the Plates has been cut up but the pieces are all there. £40
FRANCE
1913 1840s Small bundle of handwritten & printed bills (9) from restaurants, hotels etc. in Paris and N.France plus contemporary ms vocabulary list, notes etc. (16 items). £30
1914 AUTOGRAPH LETTER EX LOUIS NAPOLEON: 1844 signed letter to "Saunders's News Letter" ex Louis Napoleon (written in English) referring to an advertisement he had placed in that publication for a "Lady, in the strict acceptation of the term, as comptroller of the Household of a single Gentleman and to take maternal charge of a child five years old" at a salary of £20 per annum, in which he alludes to the unsuitability of an applicant for said post. The advertisement in question is stuck down to the top of the letter. Slightly cut down. *** £75
1915 FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR, 1870: Group of cartoons published in 'Punch', commenting on the War; removed from original issues, some staining & wear. (12) **/*** £25
1916 CAPPART - 1987 Les Feuilles Marcophiles. BRIDELANCE - 1990 Les Feuilles Macrophiles. POTHION - 1969 France Obliteration and 1982 Bureaux Francais ý L'Etranger 1561 - 1948. CHANARYN - 1976 The Posts of France in the Franco-German War 1870 - 1871. ALSO 5 other publications (10 pubs., all p/b.). £24
1917 FORBIN - 1915 Catalogue de Timbre=Fiscaux, p/b. Front cover loose and back cover missing, binding loose. £25
1918 LES FEUILLES MARCOPHILES - 4 soft cover volumes for 1973, 1974, 1976 and 1978. FRANCE & COLONIES PHILATELIST - 1972 to 1983. 29 copies between Nos. 147 and 194, including Supplement to 156. £30
1919 MEINERTZHAGEN - 1925 Les Planches De L'Emission de Bordeaux. P/b., damaged cover and spotting of text pages but Plates clear. LESGOR & MINNIGERODE - 1948 The Cancellations on French Stamps of the Classic Issues 1849 - 1876. £30
1920 POTHION - 1969 France Obliterations 1849 - 1876. Also 1970 France Bureaux Ambulants 1845 - 1965. Both p/b., some fading to former. £10
GAMBIA
1921 ANDREW - 1985 The Stamps and Postal History of The Gambia, as new with d/j. £14
1922 DALWICK - 1953 The Gambia : The History of its Posts, Postage Stamps and Cancellations. Worn d/j. £12
GERMANY
1923 RECEIPTS ISSUED TO TRAVELLERS BY POST COACH THROUGH PRUSSIA AND RUSSIAN POLAND (1846) pair of detailed 'Extrapost' receipts, printed with additional manuscript inserts: a) "Hof-Postamts Extra Expedition", Konigsberg to Berlin 8"x 10". b) "Kuryerska i Extrapocztowa", Warsaw to Kovno 4"x 10". *** £40
1924 KNAUER & SALM - 1967 Bremen - Stempl - Handbuch, von den Anf”ngen bis 1867, with d/j. £8
1925 KUMPF-MIKULI - Loose leaf reprint of a 1931 original "Die Poststempel". LANGLOIS & FRAN«OIS - Loose leaf reprint of a 1924 original "Les Obliterations des Bureaux FranÁais ý L'Etranger". (2 items). £12
1926 PENNYCUICK - 1977 German Mailboat Services to East Africa 1890 - 1914. MEYER-MARGRETH - 1965 Die Postempel von Hamburg (faulty binding, pages loose) and 1975 Die Poststempel der Hamburger Landgebiete. (3 p/b. pubs.). £12
1927 SPALINK - 1978 Die Deutschen Hufeisenstempl, p/b. GROBE - 1963 Altdeutschland Spezial - Katalogue und Handbuch Vol. 3 Auflage. Both good clean copies. £14
GERMANY - POST OFFICES ABROAD
** 1928 CHINA: c1900 group of 11 scarce embossed letter seals for Consulates and military units in various parts of China & the Far East inc. Shanghai, Tienstin, Nanking, Manchuria & Hong Kong; also four similar armorial wax seals cut out from envelopes. (15 items). **/*** £55
GIBRALTAR
1929 SPECIALISED COLLECTION OF TOPOGRAPHICAL PICTURE POSTCARDS OF GIBRALTAR (1890's - 1930's) over 300 different cards, by a variety of publishers: Cumbo & Montegriffo, V.B. Cumbo, J. Ferrary, L. Roisin, Emporium, Beanland & Malin, etc. Of particular interest are some 75 early, 'undivided back' cards & series of 48 real photo cards. Fine range of views, incl. street scenes & close-ups, mostly unused. Grouped by publisher and housed in 4 modern, slip-in albums. Mostly ***/**** £200
1930 JACKSON - 1976 Gibraltar Postal Stationary, p/b. HINE-HAYCOCK - 1978 Posted In Gibraltar, d/j., with 1983 Supplement. CLOUGH - 1984 British Post Offices and Agencies in Morocco 1857 1907 and Local Posts 1891 - 1914, p/b. £15
GREENLAND
1931 LINDSKOG & HOPBALLE - 1983 Gronland PostfrimÊrker. HJORNE - 1982 Greenland Postal History Vols. 1 and 3. PLUS five other related p/b. booklets (8 items). £18
HONG KONG
1932 GOLDSMITH & GOODWYN - 1985 The Crown Colony of Wei Hai Wei 1898 - 1930. HALEWOOD & ANTSCHERL - 1992 A Study of the Hong Kong Definitive Adhesives of King George VI., and also 1995 A Study of Hong Kong Definitives : King Edward VII and King George V. HARRY HAYES -1979 Reprint of Japan's Pacific Occupation (1946), booklet. Also a stamp catalogue and an auction catalogue. (6 items, all p/b.) £30
1933 HONG KONG STUDY CIRCLE - Bulletins 208 to 315 covering the period 1977 to 2000. £30
1934 BISHOP, MORTON & SAYERS - 1949 Hong Kong and Treaty Ports : Postal History and Postal Markings. Second edition, revised by LOBDELL & HOPKINS (signed by latter). A few cover stains. £40
1935 PERRIN - 1972 The Hong Kong 'China' Overprints, p/b. SCAMP & FINE - 1980 Hong Kong Arrival Markings, p/b. HONG KONG STUDY CIRCLE - 1984 The Philatelic History of Hong Kong Vol. 1 The Adhesives. TSANG - 1994 Hong Kong Security Markings, p/b. HALEWOOD & ANTSCHERL - 1995 A Study of Hong Kong Definitives : King Edward VII and King George V, p/b. Plus a Gibbons 1994 auction catalogue. (6 items). £36
1936 SCAMP - 1986 Postal Rate History of China and Hong Kong : The Pre-adhesive period 1800 - 1845, p/b., creased. £24
1937 SCHOENFELD - 1988 Cancellations of the Treaty Ports of Hong Kong 1850 - 1930. SCHOENFELD - 1989 Cancellations of Hong Kong : The First 100 Years 1841 - 1941. Both have some pen and pencil notes, otherwise fine condition. £20
1938 THORNDIKE & SHEK - 1959 The Postage Stamps of Hong Kong, p/b., binding breaking up. HUYGEN - 1979 The Hong Kong Fiscal Stamps, p/b. HONG KONG STUDY CIRCLE -1984 The Philatelic History of Hong Kong Vol. 1 The Adhesives. Plus 7 auction catalogues each with some Hong Kong interest. (10 items). £30
1939 WEBB - 1961 Hong Kong & The Treaty Ports of China & Hong Kong A little spotting to some page edges otherwise fine. £140
INDIA
1940 MISCELLANY inc. 1898 small PO notice announcing new postal rates to British Possessions, 1905 first issue (4pp) of the Bangalore 'Young Postage Stamp Collector' and two detailed m/s documents concerning the issue and technical background of 19th century revenue stamps. (4 items).*** £40
1941 COURT DOCUMENTS: A bundle of 30 large sheets of official paper, each stamped with a similar large wood-block 'stamp' in red or orange and completed in a native script with additional intaglio seal impressions in black; probably from c1900. Unusual. (30 items).**/*** £30
1942 "THE 'HYDASPES' MAIL" (Xmas 1873) ship's journal 68pp. 8"x 5", printed at 'The Times of India', Bombay, bound in half calf & marbled boards. The original manuscript containing passengers' 'literary' contributions had been compiled by passengers on the P. & O. steamship R.M.S. 'Hydaspes', voyaging from Suez to Bombay. Subsequently, printed copies were supplied to subscribing passengers as a souvenir. Incl. list of officers and passengers. Very early example! *** £40
1943 SHARE CERTIFICATES mostly with fine engraving for Bank of Bengal (c.1875) and The Industrial Bank of Western India Limited (1920) both bearing cancelled Revenue adhesives & Imperial Bank of India (1927). Also Bank of Egypt Limited (1909),The Anglo-South American Bank Limited (1922) and two more modern bank share certificates. (7 certificates). **/*** £40
1944 ASHRAF - 1967 The Postmarks of Haidarabad, p/b., signed copy, worn. PAI - Cochin Postmarks and Cancellations, d/j. VAIDYANADHAN - 2000 Postal History of Pudukottai (Native and Imperial systems), p/b. ELL - 1944 Os Selos Nativos Da India, booklet on Portuguese. Plus Harmers 1973 auction catalogue of the Harrison D.S. Haverbeck collection of Indian States, and two others. (7 items). £25
1945 COOPER - 1948 Early Indian Cancellations. RENOUF - 1920 British- Indian Stamps Used Abroad. P/b., well worn, front cover detached. DASTUR - 1977 An Introduction to India Used Abroad, p/b. JAIN - 1973 Encyclopaedia of Indian Postal Stationary, d/j. LAL - Indian Censorship Series II, (Baluchistan, Punjab and Red Shirts), p/b. HOFFMAN - 1994 World War I in East Africa : The Indian Expeditionary Force. Mongraph. Plus 8 auction catalogues. (14 items). £60
1946 DAVIS - 1987 The Indian Post Office in Burma (being the 1987 supplement to Burma Postal History). de KERVERN - 1992 Mauritius : Cartes Postales 1901-1955. Monograph No. 8 of the Indian Ocean Study Circle; some sections in English. Plus Vol. 1 No. 1 of the Journal of British Commonwealth Philately. (3 items, all p/b.). £10
1947 MORENWEISER - 1985 Civil Censorship in British India 1939-45. Written in English and German, p/b. LOWE - 1979 Indian Field Post Offices 1903-04, pamphlet. Also included in this Lot is a photocopy of Chapter 14 on FPOs in India from an unknown source. £10
1948 NAYEEM - The Philatelic and Postal History of Hyderabad Vol. II Postal Markings, creased page edges. MOOSS - 1973 The Travancore Anchal, d/j. GUPTA - 1980 A Handbook on Gwalior Postal History and Stamps (1837 - 1950). A leather-bound presentation copy. Also a souvenir brochure for Pakistan '98, (4 items). £30
1949 PHILATELIC SOCIETY OF INDIA, PUBLICATIONS OF - 1900/01 Two volumes,quarter bound, comprising Parts I and II of Jammu and Kashmir by MASSON. (2 pubs.). £40
1950 SIDEBOTTOM 1948 The Overland Mail : A Postal Historical Study of the Mail Route to India. Signed copy. STAFF - 1964 The Penny Post 1680 - 1918, d/j. (2 pubs.). £25
IRELAND
1951 'The Irish Fenian Executive' - a carte de visite propaganda photograph c1864 of James Stephens and seven other leaders of the Fenian movement with an image of a $100 banknote; very fine and rare. *** PHOTO - see plate no. £40
1952 LITERATURE MISCELLANY - Bundle of mostly p/bs., including POST OFFICE - EolaÌ an Phoist (Post Office Guides for 1971, 1977 and 1982 (Vol. I in each case). WARREN & FITZGERALD - 1978 The Gerl Definitives. KANE - 1989 Uniform Fourpenny Post In Ireland. Plus 5 assorted catalogues. (10 items). £24
1953 LITERATURE MISCELLANY - Small bundle, mostly p/b., including FELDMAN & KANE - 1975 Handbook of Irish Postal History, d/j. REYNOLDS - 1983 A History of the Irish Post Office. O'NIELL - 1978 Newspaper Stamps of Ireland, d/j. Also three FAI Publications, partly in German, and other booklets covering Mileage Marks, Dublin Postmarks, List of Post Offices 1923 etc. (12 items). £24
1954 DULIN - 1992 Irelands Transition : The Postal History of the Transitional Period 1922 - 1925, d/j., as new. £30
1955 MACKAY - 1984 Irish Slogan Postmarks 1918 - 1983. 1985 D·tstampÌ Rubair na bhFo-oifigÌ an Phoist in Širiinn. 1985 Sub-Office Rubber Datestamps of Ireland. 1987 Irish Slogan Postmarks 1918 - 1986. SALT - 1991 The Domestic Packets between Great Britain and Ireland 1635 - 1840. All foregoing are p/bs. Plus a Feldman pamphlet on The Revenue Stamps of Ireland, and Stephens (1991) Belfast Postmarks and Post Offices - A Preliminary Study, stapled sheets. (7 items). £24
IRISH FREE STATE
1956 KIDD - 1965 The Irish Mail. 1st. and 2nd. editions, p/b. £8
ITALY
1957 A.I.S.P. (Associazone Italiana di Storia Postale) - 1985? Bolli e Documenti di Sanitý Dell'Area Italiana, p/b. BENETTON EDITORE - 1988/9 Bollettino Prefilatelico e Storico Postale. Nos. 55 & 59. PILKINGTON - 1986 The Postal Tariffs of the Italian Area 1850 - 1985, p/b. (4 items). £10
JAMAICA
1958 COLLETT et al. - 1928 Jamaica : Its Postal History, Postage Stamps and Postmarks. £40
1959 FOSTER - 1968 Jamaica : The Postal History 1662 - 1860, d/j. A few pencil notes in margins. £10
1000-1079
1080-1159
1160-1239
1240-1319
1320-1399
1400-1479
1480-1559
1560-1639
1640-1719
1720-1799
1800-1879
1880-1959
1960-2039
2040-2064
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