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Literature
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| Tuesday 6 February 2007 |
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SALE 691
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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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BAINES - 1895 On the Track of the Mail Coach, minor damage to cover plus VALE - 1960 Mail Coach Men of the Late 18th Century. (Ex Bierman). (2 pubs.). |
£42 |
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2001 |
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BATES - 1969 Directory of Stage Coach Services 1836, d/j plus ROBSON'S - The Mail & Coach Conveyance List for 1837 (reprint), p/b. BOWIE - 1897 The Romance of the Post Office;DAUNTON - 1985 Royal Mail The PO since 1840, d/j. (4 pubs.)
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£15 |
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2002 |
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BRITISH DIRECTORY - 1799 (1993 Reprint) The british Universal Directory 1793-1798 complete in nine volumes plus Foreword and Index. (10 pubs.). |
£50 |
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2003 |
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BENNETT - 1902 The Post office and Its Story, couple of loose plates;KAY - 1951 Royal Mail;VALE - 1967 The Mail Coach Men of the Late Eighteenth Century, p/b. (3 pubs.). |
£18 |
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2004 |
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BENNETT - 1912 The Post Office and It's Story; ROBINSON - 1948 The British Post Office; A History; ARDOUIN - 1952 The Post Always Runs, p/b; JAMES1970 The Post, d/j; FARRUGIA - 1980 Carrying British Mails, p/b. (Ex Bierman). (5 pubs.). |
£30 |
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2005 |
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BENNETT - 1919 The Romance of the Post Office, minor damage to richly illustrated cover. (Ex Bierman). |
£24 |
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2006 |
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CARY - c.1815 Cary's Roads, rebound and with five maps (somewhat worn) at the rear; a good working copy. |
£36 |
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2007 |
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PHILATELIC CONGRESS - 1909-76 Carton with 1914 History of Congress 1909-12, four programmes 1914,1920-22, eight Reports 1913-26 plus 34 Year Books 1928-1976, bit dusty! (Ex Derby PS Library). (Carton). |
£50 |
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2008 |
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COURTNEY - 2000 The Queen's Stamps. Beautifully colour illustrated throughout, as new, d/j. |
£24 |
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2009 |
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CRUTCHLEY - 1938 GPO; HILL - 1940 Rowland Hill and the Fight for Penny Postage; SMITH - James Chalmers Inventor of the adhesive Postage Stamp, d/j; HEY - 1989 Rowland Hill Genius and Benefactor 1795-1879, d/j; JAMES - 1970 The Post, etc. (7 pubs.). |
£18 |
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2010 |
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EASTON - 1943 British Postage Stamp Design, d/j; HAMILTON - 1948 British Stamps, d/j;CHAPMAN - 1961 Commonwealth Stamp Collecting, d/j; PHILLIPS - 1983 How to Arrange & Write-up a Stamp Collection, d/j etc. (7 pubs.). |
£18 |
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2011 |
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EVANS - 1882 A Catalogue for Collectors of Postage Stamps, Stamped Envelopes Wrappers and Postcards; First Edition original binding. (Ex Bierman). |
£36 |
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2012 |
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Similar lot but rebound |
£30 |
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2013 |
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EVANS - 1885 The Philatelic Handbook with details of all stamps issued to date and explained by Major Evans plus 1913 Stamp Collecting, Fourth Edition. (Ex Bierman).(2 pubs.). |
£30 |
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2014 |
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EVANS - 1887 The Philatelic Catalogue, Adhesives Sect.1 America, 12pp. water stained but scarce, p/b; RAGATZ - 1948 March of Empire:JOHNSON - 1945 British Colonial Handbook, p/b; JOHNSON RI - 1982 Unpaid and Underpaid Mail 1840-1921, p/b etc. (Ex Bierman). (8 pubs.). |
£30 |
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2015 |
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EVANS - 1894 Stamps and Stamp Collecting, First Edition of this popular "guide" by Major Evans, p/b cover repaired at spine. (Ex Bierman). |
£30 |
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2016 |
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EVANS - 1898 Stamps and Stamp Collecting, Second Edition, h/b plus 1905 Third Edition p/b. (Ex Bierman). |
£36 |
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2017 |
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VARIOUS - 1922-26 Harris Publications, Philatelic Magazine Handbooks for Papua, Flying Post, Rhodesia, Soviet Republics, 2c Columbian,France & Turkey; all bound into one h/b volume. (Ex Bierman). |
£36 |
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2018 |
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HEMMEON - 1912 The History of the British Post Office; ROBINSON - 1964 Carrying British Mails Overseas, d/j; FARRUGIA 1969 The Letter Box, d/j. (Ex Bierman).(3 pubs.). |
£24 |
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2019 |
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HILL - 1907 Sir Rowland Hill the Story of a great Reform as told by his daughter (foxing);AUSTEN 1978 English Provincial Posts;POSTMEN's FEDERATION - 1896 The Postmen's Case for Enquiry (bit grubby). (3 pubs.). |
£15 |
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2020 |
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HYDE - 1885 The Royal Mail; BENNETT - 1912 The Post Office and It's Story; WALKER - 1930 How they Carried the Mail; PEACOCK - 1975 Let's got to the Post Office (ex library). (4 pubs.). |
£18 |
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2021 |
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ISCA - 1978 International Stamp Centenary Assoc. Penny Black Stamp Centenary - Hundert Jahre Briefmarke 1840-1940 in 3 p/b vols. 600pp+.(Ex Bierman) (3 vols.) |
£30 |
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2022 |
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JACKSON - 1920 From Postboy to Air Mail; HILL - 1940 Rowland Hill and the Fight for Penny Postage;PO - 1977 Post office Acts 1844 (Britannia Reprint, p/b), etc. (5 pubs.). |
£18 |
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2023 |
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JOLLIFFE - 1785 The Court & City Register or, Gentleman's complete Annual Calendar for the year 1785 containing Lists of Both Houses of Parliament, Court Register, List of Army, Navy Universities, Public offices, Hospitals etc. Leather binding scuffed/worn, v.minor faults.
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£30 |
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2024 |
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JOYCE - 1893 History of the Post Office, slight damage top & bottom of spine plus BOWIE - 1897 The Romance of the British Post Office, light foxing. (Ex BIerman). (2 pubs.). |
£30 |
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2025 |
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KAY - 1951 Royal Mail; DIBDEN - 1964 Early Stamp Machines, p/b;SUSSEX - 1980 The Norwich Post Office, p/b; MACKAY - 1993 Skeleton Postmarks of England & Wales, p/b etc.(10 pubs.). |
£24 |
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2026 |
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KAY - 1951 Royal Mail; DAUNTON - 1985 Royal Mail The PO since 1840;WEBER - 1972 The Messenger-Box, p/b. (3 pubs.). |
£15 |
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2027 |
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LOCKYER - 1887 Colonial Stamps, slight scuffing to spine; ARMSTRONG & GREENWOOD - 1922 Stamps of the Allies, 1914-20; HAVERBECK - 1950 Commemorative Stamps of the British Commonwealth, d/j.(Ex Bierman). (3 pubs.). |
£30 |
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2028 |
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LOWE - 1935 The Regent Encyclopaedia of Empire Postage Stamps; ARMSTRONG - 1920 British & Colonial Postage Stamps; TODD - 1947 Stamps of the Empire; POOLE - The Pioneer Stamps of the British Empire; HAMILTON - 1941 The Empire on Stamps. (Ex Bierman). (5 pubs.). |
£30 |
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2029 |
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MISCELLANY - LOWE - 1947 Encyclopaedia of Brit. Emp. Postage Stamps Vol. 1 GB & Europe; CHAPMAN - 1959 Good Stamp Collecting, d/j; WILLIAMS - 1942 More Famous Stamps, d/j; BATEMAN - 1960 Stamp Collecting as Pastime, d/j etc. (11 pubs.). |
£24 |
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2030 |
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LOWE - The Codrington Correspondence plus the 1951 Auction catalogue; SIDEBOTTOM - 1948 The Overland Mail. (Ex Bierman). (3 pubs.). |
£18 |
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2031 |
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LOWE - 1952 The Encyclopaedia of British Empire Postage Stamps Vol.I - GB & The Empire in Europe; EASTON - 1963 British Postage Stamp Design; BRUMELL - 1946 British PO Numbers; ALCOCK & MEREDITH - 1949 British postage Stamp Varieties illustrated. (4 pubs.). |
£24 |
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2032 |
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MISCELLANY - inc. BURROWS - 1987 "I am well" Illustrated History of Army Form A.2042, p/b; PHILLIPS - 1921 The Stamps of Great Britain; SUTTON - 1959 The Stamp Collector's Encyclopaedia; WILSON - 1979 TPO A History of the TPO of GB, Parts1-3 inc., etc. Good variety. (Small carton) |
£24 |
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2033 |
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SWIFT - 1929 A History of Postal Agitation; HYDE - 1894 The Post in Grant and Farm; FORSTER - 1973 World Postmarks, etc. (5 pubs.). |
£15 |
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2034 |
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MISCELLANY - Carton of books and pamphlets inc. DIBDEN - The Additional ½d Mail Tax;JACKSON - 1979 The Railway & Airway Letter Stamps of the British Isles; PROUD - History of the British Army Postal Service Vol.1; BILLIGS - Vol. 34 & 35 GB & Empire in Europe; MAILCOACH - The Mailcoach complete (Issues 1-29), etc. Good variety, needs inspection. (Carton). |
£30 |
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2035 |
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MISCELLANY inc. ALCOCK & HOLLAND - 1960 British Postmarks. A Short History and Guide, p/b; VALE - 1967 The Mail-Coach men;WILLCOCKS - 1975 England's PH with Notes on Scotland, Wales & Ireland, d/j; ROSSITER & FLOWER - 1989 The Stamp Atlas,as new, d/j etc. (Small carton). |
£24 |
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2036 |
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ALCOCK & HOLLAND - 1970 British Postmarks, p/b; PHILLIPS - 1965 Stamp Collecting, d/j; MELVILLE - 1963 Teach Yourself Stamp Collecting, ex library, etc. (5 pubs.). |
£15 |
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2037 |
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MISCELLANY inc. BEALE - 1998 A History of the Post in England, as new; LPHG - Special Issues binder with variety of topics; BRUMELL - The Local Posts of London; TYLER - 1976 Philatelic Forgers Their Lives & Works, d/j etc. (6 pubs.). |
£18 |
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2038 |
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PHIL - 1891 The Penny Postage Jubilee and Philatelic History, some light foxing to early pages, scuffed quarter leather spine but scarce plus JUBILEE COMMITTEE - 1891 Account of the Celebration of the Jubilee etc. (Ex Bierman). (2 pubs.). |
£48 |
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2039 |
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PHILLIPS - 1960 Stamp Collecting 4th Ed., slight foxing to edges, d/j; WILLIAMS - 1949 Stamps of Fame; LOWE - 1938 Handstruck Postage Stamps of the Empire, 2nd Ed. (3 pubs.). |
£18 |
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2040 |
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PORTER - 1912 The Life and Letters of Sir John Henniker Heaton, fully illustrated. (Ex Bierman). |
£30 |
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2041 |
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RPSL - 1919 50th Anniversary Book edited by de Worms, p/b bound into quarter leather hardback, not seen before plus 1906 Memorandum & Articles of Association of the RPSL, p/b and 1969 RPSL Centenary book. (Ex Bierman).(3 pubs.). |
£36 |
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2042 |
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STONE - 1987 The Inland Posts (1392-1672), d/j; ROBINSON - 1953 Britain's Post Office;PMG - 1911 The Post Office An Historical Summary; LOWE - 1941 Handstruck Postage Stamps of the Empire, 3rd Ed. etc.(7 pubs.). |
£21 |
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2043 |
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STAFF - 1992 The Penny Post, p/b; STONE - 1987 The Inland Posts, d/j; PIGOT - 1997 (Reprint) British Atlas - Counties of England originally printed 1840, d/j; PO 1857 British Postal Guide No.3 (Reprinted by Postings, etc. (15+ pubs.).
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£24 |
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2044 |
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TODD - 1939 Behind the Stamp Album, d/j; LOWE 1943 Masterpieces of Engraving on Postage Stamps, 1840-1940 plus 1968 The British Postage Stamp, signed copy both with d/j. (Ex Bierman).(3 pubs.). |
£24 |
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2045 |
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TODD - 1942 A History of the Postage Stamp; EASTON 1943 British Postage Stamp Design, minor faults; JOHNSON - 1944 British Postage Stamps, d/j. (Ex Bierman).(3 pubs.). |
£24 |
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2046 |
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TRISTRAM - 1888 Coaching Days and Coaching Ways, First Edition in original green boards with gilt pictorials etc. Illustrated by Railton & Thomson. Spine in need of repair, otherwise good. (Ex Bierman) |
£100 |
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2047 |
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YATES - 1892 Her Majesty's Service, some staining; CAMPBELL - 1939 His Majesty's Mails, d/j; HALSTEAD - 1944 Poste Haste; BRYANT - 1959 People's Jobs - The Postman, d/j. (Ex Bierman). (4 pubs.). |
£30 |
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2048 |
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ZILLIACUS - 1956 From Pillar to Post; 1944 Post Haste; PEARSON - 1971 Advanced Philatelic Research; VALE - 1960 The Mail Coach Men; AUSTEN - 1978 English Provincial Posts; BATES - 1969 Directory of Stage Coach Services 1836, etc. (9 pubs.). |
£18 |
| GREAT BRITAIN - QUEEN VICTORIA |
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2049 |
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ALCOCK - 1936 The Alphabets of the British Line Engraved Stamps; TONNA - 1980 Penny Red Stars, Pt.1 AA to JL, d/j; NISSEN - 1948 GB The Penny Black: Its Plate Characteristics, p/b, etc. (5 pubs.). |
£30 |
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2050 |
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ALCOCK - 1937 The Alphabets of the British Line Engraved Stamps and with MEREDITH - 1949 British Postage Stamp Varieties Illustrated; LITCHFIELD - 1949 Guide Lines to the Penny Black, damaged/poor copy |
£15 |
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2051 |
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ALCOCK & MEREDITH - 1949 British Postage Stamp Varieties Illustrated; AIR MAIL MAGAZINE - Vol.6 1944 bound with d/j; HEWLETT & PICTON - 1979 Pre-Victorian Stamps & Franks, p/b;BAREFOOT - 1983 GB Revenues European Philately 1, p/b etc. (5 pubs.). |
£18 |
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2052 |
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ALCOCK & HOLLAND - 1959 Maltese Cross Cancellations;BEAUMONT & ADAMS - 1954 The Postage Stamps of GB Pt.3;GRAVESON - 1940 Penny Postage Centenary The story of the First Postage Stamps. (3 pubs.). |
£18 |
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2053 |
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ALCOCK & HOLLAND - 1970 The Maltese Cross Cancellations of the UK, p/b; BRUMELL - 1938 The Local Postal of London plus 1979 (Reprint) British Post Office Numbers; HEWLETT - 1979 Picton's Philatelic hb No.1 Numeral Cancellations, etc. (5 pubs.). |
£24 |
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2054 |
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ALCOCK & HOLLAND - 1970 The maltese Cross Cancellations of the UK, 2nd. Ed. plus original A&H wallet with identification gauges. |
£15 |
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2055 |
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BACON - 1920 The Line-Engraved Postage Stamps of Great Britain, Vols. I and II inc. Plates. Bound into one blue quarter leather cover with gold tooling to spine. An excellent clean copy.(Ex Bierman)
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£150 |
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2056 |
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BIRBECK HILL - 1880 The Life of Sir Rowland Hill & The History of the Penny Postage; green cloth in two vols. usual minor foxing as with most copies of this publication. (2).
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£36 |
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2057 |
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BROWN - 1972 Queen Victoria : The Plating of the Penny 1840 - 1864. Vols. 1 to 5, spiral bound complete.(5).
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£100 |
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2058 |
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BROWN - 1972 Queen Victoria : The Plating of the Penny 1840 - 1864. Vols. 1 to 5, spiral bound complete, 3 in original card boxes. (5).
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£100 |
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2059 |
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BROWN - 1972 Queen Victoria : The Plating of the Penny 1840 - 1864. Vols. 1 to 5, spiral bound complete with comparator.(5). |
£100 |
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2060 |
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BROWN - 1972 The Plating of the Penny 1840-1864, Vol.1 as new; LEE - 1963 One penny Lilac, Pts. 1 & 2; WILKINSON - 1998 KGV Stamps issued in rolls; AKERMAN - 1968 Index to Principal Plate Varieties, etc. All p/b. (8 pubs.). |
£24 |
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2061 |
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BROWN - 1972 Queen Victoria The Plating of the Penny Vols. 2 & 3, spiral bound p/b. |
£18 |
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2062 |
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BROWN - 1979 Queen Victoria : The Plating of the Penny 1840 - 1864. Vols. 1 to 5, spiral bound complete, Vol.1 Revised Edition.(5).
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£100 |
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2063 |
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BROWN - 1972 Queen Victoria, The Plating of the Penny 1840 - 1864. Vols. 1 to 5, (Vol.1 Revised Ed.) spiral bound. (5)
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£100 |
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2064 |
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DANZIG & GOLDSMITH - 1991 The Cancellations of the 1841 Penny Red; as new plus LITCHFIELD - 1979 reprint Guide Lines to the Penny Black, d/j. (2 pubs.).
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£60 |
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2065 |
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EVANS - 1970 The Mulready Envelope and it caricatures, d/j. (Ex Bierman). |
£30 |
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2066 |
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GLASGOW POST OFFICE OFFICIALS(!) - 1887 The Queen's Head. Articles, Tales and Poems relating to Postal and Telegraph Life and Work; original p/b (120pp+cover) in modern hard back rexine binding. Not seen before. (Ex Bierman). |
£24 |
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2067 |
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LITCHFIELD - 1949 Guide Lines to the Penny Black, p/b; GRAVESON - 1940 Penny Postage Centenary;APS - 1938 The Penny Black of GB, p/b; RIGHI - 1980 The Story of the Penny Black etc. (Ex Bierman).(7 pubs.). |
£36 |
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2068 |
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LITCHFIELD - 1979 Guide Lines to the Penny Black, d/j;PROUD - 1985 Penny Black Plates. (2 pubs.). |
£18 |
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2069 |
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DENDY MARSHALL - 1929 A Study of the Line-Engraved Twopence Postage Stamps of Great Britain. Some light foxing. Scarce.
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£75 |
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2070 |
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MELVILLE - 1911 GB King Edward VII Stamps; HAMILTON - 1949 British Stamps; DAGNALL - 1996 The Marking of Textiles for Excise & Customs Duty, p/b signed; LOWE - 1979 The British Postage Stamp of the 19th Century, d/j as new; variety of pamphlets, etc. (Small qty.). |
£24 |
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2071 |
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MUIR - 1990 Postal Reform & The Penny Black; RIGO de RIGHI - 1980 The Story of the Penny Black; BROWNE - 1993 Getting the Message - The Story of the British PO, as new, d/j. (3 pubs.). |
£24 |
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2072 |
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NISSEN - 1922 The Plating of the Penny Black Postage Stamp of Great Britain, 1840. Bound into two volumes (covers to both well worn) with photo. Plates cloth backed and inter leafed. Scarce. (2 vols.). |
£300 |
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2073 |
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NISSEN - 1922 The Plating of the Penny Black Postage Stamp of Great Britain, 1840, paperback covers repaired/separating with photo. plates in separate container Scarce. (2 items). |
£150 |
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2074 |
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NISSEN - SG 1998 Reprint The Plating of the Penny Black Postage Stamp of Great Britain 1840.
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£60 |
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2075 |
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OLIVER & VALLANCEY - 1923 The Postage Stamps of GB;EASTON - 1943 British Postage Stamp Design; SEYMOUR - The Postage Stamps of GB;DAUNTON - 1985 Royal Mail - The PO since 1840, d/j. (4 pubs.). |
£30 |
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2076 |
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OLIVER & VALLENCEY - 1923 The Postage Stamps of Great Britain 1840-1922; SEYMOUR - The Postage Stamps of GB Part I; VALLENCEY - 1935 British Photogravure Stamps 1934-35, p/b. (Ex Bierman).(3 pubs.). |
£24 |
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2077 |
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OSBORNE - 1946 British Line Engraved Stamps : Twopence Blue : Studies of Plates 1 to 15. Complete with photo plates. Good condition. |
£100 |
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2078 |
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OSBORNE - 1946 British Line Engraved Stamps : Twopence Blue : Studies of Plates 1 to 15. Complete with photo plates and signed. Slight damage to covers/spine otherwise good.
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£90 |
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2079 |
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OSBORNE - 1949 British Line Engraved Stamps : Repaired Impressions, fine copy. |
£75 |
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