387. Auktion

GREAT BRITAIN – Daniels, J. H.: A History of British Postmarks (1898), 184 + 11 pages, hardcover; PLUS: Hendy, John G.: The History of the Early Postmarks of the British Isles (1905), 204 pages, hardcover.  Both books with some small cover faults. Estimate: 60 Euro

GREAT BRITAIN – Daunton, M. J.: Royal Mail. The Post Office since 1840 (1985), 388 pages, hardcover with dust jacket; PLUS: Willcocks, R. M.: England's Postal History to 1840. With notes on Scotland, Wales and Ireland (1975), 167 pages, hardcover with dust jacket; PLUS: Willcocks, R. M.: The Postal History of Great Britain and Ireland (1981), VII + 81 pages, hardcover with dust jacket; PLUS: Staff, Frank: The Penny Post 1680–1918 (1964), 219 pages; hardcover with dust jacket; all items in good condition. Estimate: 100 Euro

GREAT BRITAIN – Dubus, Léon: London Cancellations. Repairs and Recutting. From 1840 with more than 3.000 illustrations (2 vol., 1969), 282 + 312 pages, softcover; PLUS: Westley, H.C.: The Postal Cancellations of London 1840–1940 (ca. 1950), 170 pages, hardcover. Good condition. Rare books! Estimate: 200 Euro

@Williame, #100, 28.6.2025, lot No. 128, 360 Euro + 20% (just for the Dubus-book!)

GREAT BRITAIN –  Evans, Major Edward B.: A Description of the Mulready Envelope and of various Imitations and Caricatures of its Design (1891), 240 pages, hardcover. –  An almost legendary work on the subject, with elaborately designed binding, in good condition for its age, inside with numerous illustrations, plus some interesting contemporary supplements, with ex libris E. D, Bacon! A rare book! PLUS: Huggins, Alan & Holyoake, Alan: The Mulready Postal Stationary. Its Genesis, Production and Usage (2015), 209 pages, hardcover with dust jacket, signed by both authors. Good condition. Estimate:  150 Euro

GREAT BRITAIN – Feldman, David / Kane, William: Handbook of Irish Postal History to 1840 (1975), 131 pages, hardcover with dust jacket; PLUS: Buchalter, M. Don: Hibernian. Specialised Catalogue of the Postage Stamps of Ireland 1922–1972 (1972), 160 pages, hardcover. Good condition. Estimate: 50 Euro

GREAT BRITAIN –  Fryer, Gavin: British Printed Papers by Post 1836–1876 (2018), 744 pages, hardcover with dust jacket; PLUS: Chandler, John H. and Dagnall, H.: The Newspaper & Almanac Stamps of Great Britain & Ireland (1981), 302 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. Cover somewhat toned, otherwise in good condition. PLUS: Lowe, Robson: Newspaper Postage Stamps. The De La Rue Dies 1860–1870 (1980), 10 pages,  Estimate: 70 Euro

GREAT BRITAIN – Hahn, Dr. Andreas: The Invention of Stamps (2008), 125 pages, signed by the author, hardcover; PLUS: Holyoake, Alan: Great Britain. Secured Delivery of Mail 1450–1862 (2012). V + 50 pages, signed by the author, softcover; PLUS: Holyoake, Alan: Great Britain. English Postal History prior to the Bishop Mark (2017), 90 pages, softcover; PLUS: Holyoake, Alan: Die erste Briefmarke der Welt (2014), 144 pages, softcover. All in good condition. Estimate: 100 Euro

GREAT BRITAIN – Hill, Rowland: Post Office Reform; its importance and Practicability (3rd edition 1837), 97 pages with a facsimile of a letter by R. Hill; integrated in this book is: Post Office. The Debate in the House of Commons, on Tuesday, June 27th, 1843, on Sir Thomas Wilde's Motion for a Select Committee (1843), 71 pages, and also by Rowland Hill: The State and Prospects of Penny Postage, as developed in the evidence taken before the Postage Committee of 1842 (1844), 84 pages, all three documents are bound in one half leather hardcover, inside good, the cover is bumped at the edges, nevertheless very rare! PLUS: Patton, Dr. Donald S.: Farthing Delivery. A Fight for cheaper postage (1960), 55 pages, softcover; PLUS: Todd, T.: Wiliam Dockwra and the rest of the Undertakers. The Story of the London Penny Post 1680–82, 156 pages, 38 photo plates, hardcover, good condition. A rare ensemble! Estimate: 200 Euro

GREAT BRITAIN – Hopkins, Adrian E.: Ralph Allen's own Narrative 1720–1761 (1960), 49  + 10 photo-pages, softcover; PLUS: Davis, Sally: Ralph Allen (1985), 24 pages, softcover; PLUS:  Graveson, Samuel: Penny Postage Centenary. An Account of Rowland Hill's great Reform of 1840 … (1940), 144 page, hardcover, good condition. Estimate:  100 Euro

GREAT BRITAIN – Kenton, Phil J. & Parsons, Harry G.: Early Routings of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company 1841–1879 (1999), XXIII + 471 pages, hardcover; PLUS: Montgomery, Malcolm Beresford: The Postage Rates of the North Atlantic Mails (1635–1950) (1991),  29 pages + different annexes, softcover. Both in good condition, Estimate: 80 Euro

GREAT BRITAIN – Lowe, Malcolm G.: The Mulready Advertisements (1983), 285 pages + Appendix A 24 pages + Appendix B 10 pages, hardcover with dust jacket; PLUS:  Litchfield, P. C.: Guide Lines to the Penny Black (1949), 224 pages, hardcover; PLUS: Young Farruga, Jean: The Letter Box. A History of Post Office Pillar and Wall Boxes (1969), 282 pages, hardcover with dust jacket (dust jacket with minimal faults), otherwise good. Estimate: 80 Euro

GREAT BRITAIN – Lowe, Robson: The British Postage Stamp of the nineteenth century (1968), 272 pages, hardcover with dust jacket, signed by the author, still a standard study; PLUS: Chalmers, Leah: How the adhesive postage stamp was born (1939), 45 pages, softcover; PLUS: Uniform Inland Penny Postage 1840–1890 (1891), illustrated with portraits and sketches, 331 pages, hardbound, printed for the jubilee celebration committee General Post Office, a fantastic and rare book! PLUS: Halstead, Ivor: Post Haste. The story of the Post Office in Peace and War (1944), 156 pages, hardcover; PLUS: Cable, Boyd: A Hundred Year History of the P. & O. Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company 1837–1937 (1937), 289 pages, hardcover; all items in good condition. Estimate: 200 Euro

GREAT BRITAIN – Marshall, C. E. Dendy: The British Post Office from its beginnings to the end of 1925 (1926), 354 pages, with 36 plates and illustrations in the text, hardcover with dust jacket; PLUS: Munnoch, James: Origin and Development of the Letter Post, 28 pages, printed as manuscript, hardcover. Good condition. Estimate: 80 Euro

GREAT BRITAIN – Marshall, C. F. Dendy: A study of the line-engraved twopence postage stamps of Great Britain (1929), 69 pages, hardcover, PLUS: Twopence blue plates 1 to 6 photographs of plate reconstructions, ex the Dendy Marshall collection (c1950 folder), containing twelve photos (the top and bottom of each plate.  Rare! Estimate: 200 Euro

GREAT BRITAIN – McDonald, A.: The Telegraph Stamps of Great Britain, 42 pages, softcover; PLUS: Jackson, H. T.: The Preparation of the Post Office Adhesive Telegraph Stamps of Great Britain (1965), 34 pages, softcover; PLUS: Durham, John: Telegraphs in Victorian London (1959), 31 pages, hardcover with dust jacket; PLUS: Stone, Jeffrey C.: The Northeast of Scotland. A Philatelic Miscellany (1985), 63 pages, softcover. All items in good condition. Estimate: 50 Euro

GREAT BRITAIN – Meredith, C.W.: Scots Local Cancellations (2nd edition 1963), 30 pages, softcover; PLUS: Auckland, A. Bruce: Mileage Marks of Scotland (1965), 71 pages, hardcover;  PLUS: Auckland, Bruce and Bonar. J.J.: Penny Posts of Edinburgh and District 1773–1839 (1972), 76 pages, hardcover; PLUS: Alcock, R. C.: Scots Local Cancellations Illustrated 1854–1860 (1984), 124 pages, softcover; all items in good condition. Estimate: 80 Euro

GREAT BRITAIN –  Morley, Walter: Walter Morley's Catalogue of the Newspaper Tax Stamps of Great Britain (1912), 55 pages, hardcover; PLUS:  Ecclestone, A. J.: The Railway Letter Stamps of Great Britain and Ireland 1891–1941: Part 1, 2nd edition 1969, 40 pages, part 3 (1958), 56 pages (one side is missing a piece), part 3 (1953–1953), 55 pages numbered by hand, part 4 (1953), all softcover; PLUS:  Jackson, H. T.: The Railway Letter Posts of Great Britain (1968), 51 pages, softcover; PLUS: Jackson, H. T.: The Post Office Telegraph Stamps of Great Britain 1869–1881, 57 pages, softcover.; PLUS: Lister, Raymond: Private Telegraph Companies of Great Britain and their Stamps (1961), 58 pages, Hardcover; good condition. Estimate: 80 Euro

GREAT BRITAIN – Newport, O. W.: Priced Catalogue of Channel Islands Postal Markings (1965), 40 pages, softcover; + Newport, O. W.: The Channel Islands (1950), 66 pages; +  Newport, O. W.: Channel Islands–France Mail Services, 1683–1939 (1956), 20 pages, softcover; PLUS: Lister, Raymond: College Stamps of Oxford and Cambridge (1966), 64 pages, softcover; PLUS: Alcock, R. C. / Holland, F. C.: Maltese Cross Cancellations (1959), 102 pages + supplement, in ringbinder. Estimate: 60 Euro 

GREAT BRITAIN – Osborne, H.: British Line Engraved Stamps. Repaired Impressions (1949), 238 pages + many plates, hardcover; PLUS: Osborne, H.:  British Line Engraved Stamps. Twopence Blue. Studies of Plates 1 to 15 (1946), 170 pages + plates, hardcover. Both books with gold stamping on spine & front cover. Good condition and rare. Estimate: 200 Euro

GREAT BRITAIN – Parmenter, John / Gordon, Ken: GB Used Abroad: Cancellations and Postal Markings (2016), 368 pages, hardcover; PLUS: Parmenter, John: GB Used Abroad: Cancellations and Postal Markings (1993), 344 pages, hardcover. Both books as new. Estimate: 150 Euro

GREAT BRITAIN –  Proud, Edward B.: History of British Army Postal Service. Vol. 1: 1882–1902, 283 pages, Vol. 2: 1903–1927, 312 pages, Vol. 3: 1927–1963,, 531 pages, hardcover, good condition. PLUS: Raynor, P. E.:  A Reference List of British Army Postmarks used in the Great War 1914 to 1919, with thirty-six illustrations and two lists of additions and corrections (1967), 26 pages, only a small number were produced. Good condition. Estimate: 140 Euro

GREAT BRITAIN – Proud, Edward B.: The Postal History of the British Post Offices Abroad (1991), 551 pages, hardcover with dust jacket, as new! PLUS: Newall, Alexander S.: British External Airmails until 1934 (1988), 226 pages, hardcover with dust jacket (dust jacket with small faults); PLUS: Field, Francis J.: Airmail Digest 1–10: British Commonwealth (1953), 46 pages, softcover. Estimate: 90 Euro

GREAT BRITAIN – Raife, W. / Wellsted, Hilary: Postmarks of the Date Impression Books. Post Office Records, Section 1, vol. I  1825–1841 and Vol. II 1832–1839 (1974), 86 pages; + Section 2, vol. 3 & 4 (1983), 97 pages; + Section 3, Vol. 5 & 6 (1984), 231 pages, all hardcover and in good condition; PLUS: Vallancey, F. Hugh: British Postmarks (1935), 96 pages, signed by the author, hardcover; PLUS: Westley, H. C.: London Suburban Cancellations, 11 pages; PLUS: Whitney, Dr. J. T.: Collect British Postmarks. The Handbook to British Postal Markings and their Values (6th edition 1993), 332 pages, softcover, good condition. Estimate: 80 Euro

GREAT BRITAIN –  Robertson, Alan W.: 4 different studies about Ship Letter Stamps, 1) … of London (1951), 12 pages, softcover;  PLUS: …of Liverpool (1953), 11 + 1 pages, softcover; PLUS: An Introduction of the Ship Letter Handstamps of Hampshire (1955), without pagination, signed, hardcover, copy number 10; PLUS: An introduction to the Maritime Postal History and the Ship Letter Stamps of Ireland and the Irish Free State, 20 pages. Good condition. Estimate: 60 Euro

GREAT BRITAIN – Robertson, Alan W.: The Maritime Postal History of London 1766–1960 (1960), 68 pages, hardcover; PLUS: Tabeart, Colin: Robertson Revisited. A study of the Maritime Postal Markings of the British Isles based on the work of Alan W. Robertson (1997), 314 pages, hardcover with dust jacket; PLUS: Robinson, Howard: Carrying British Mails Overseas (1964), 327 pages, hardcover with dust jacket; PLUS: Wijnants, Paul: The Impact of the 18th Century Revolutionary Wars on the Maritime Connections between Great Britain and France (2017), 32 pages, softcover; PLUS: Rego, Michael: The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company (1987), 88 pages, softcover; PLUS: Cockrill, Philip: The Royal Netherlands Steamship Company (1856–1981), 56 pages, softcover. good condition. Estimate: 200 Euro

GREAT BRITAIN – Rothschild, Arthur de: Notice sur L'Origine du Prix Uniforme de la Tax des Lettres et sur La Création des Timbres-Poste en Angleterre (1872), 83 pages, softcover, for the age in good condition. 600 copies printed, of which 500 were on “papier vergé” like this. Estimate: 100 Euro

GREAT BRITAIN – Sanford, O. R./ Salt, Denis: British Postal Rates, 1635 to 1839 (1990), 163 pages, softcover; PLUS: Robinson, David: For the Post & Carriage of Letters. A Practical Guide to the Inland and Foreign Postage Rates of the British Isles 1570 to 1840 (1990), 406 pages, softcover; PLUS: Tabeart, C.: United Kingdom Letter Rates 1657–1900 Inland & Overseas (1990), V + 114 pages, softcover binding with some faults); PLUS: Oxley, G. F.: British Postal Rates to Europe, 1836–1876 (1992), 130 pages, softcover. If not otherwise stated, in good condition. Estimate: 100 Euro

GREAT BRITAIN – Staff, Frank: The Valentine & its Origins (1969), 144 pages, hardcover with dust jacket (the dust jacket with faults); PLUS: Staff, Frank: The Picture Postcard & its Origins (1966), 95 + 1 pages, hardcover with dust jacket; PLUS: Samuel, Marcus / Huggins, Alan: Specimen Stamps and Stationary of Great Britain (1980), 254 pages, hardcover with dust jacket; PLUS: Huggins, Alan: The De La Rue Punch Book (1979), 16 pages. Most in good condition. Estimate: 80 Euro

GREAT BRITAIN – Stanley Gibbons: Channel Islands. Stamps and Postal History, Specialised Catalogue, 1st edition 1979, 348 pages, Hardcover with dust jacket, as new; PLUS: Kirk, A. J.: King Edward VIII. A Study of the Stamps of the Reign of King Edward VIII (1974), 31 pages, softcover; PLUS: Gardiner-Hill, Dr. Clive: The Stamps of Great Britain. The Line engraved issues Archer Plates, 1841 Penny Red, Die I, Alphabet I, Plate 92–101 & a second brochure for Plate 102–131 (1950/1951), both softcover; PLUS: Alcock, R. C. / Meredith, C. W.: British Postage Stamp Varieties Illustrated. Queen Victoria surface-printed issues to King George VI (1949), 122 pages, hardcover witrh dust jacket. Estimate: 80 Euro

GREAT BRITAIN –  Stitt Dibdon, W. G.:  Collection of 7 brochures. 1) Postage Rates of H.M. Forces 1795–1899 (1963), 85 pages, 150 copies printed; 2) The Newspaper Branch “Killers” (1957), 24 + 2 pages, 150 copies printed; 3) Square circle Postmarks (1964), 28 pages; 4) Late Fee and too late stamps (1966), 61 + 14 pages; 5) London Date Stamp Codes (1958), 27 + 1 pages; 6) Early Stamp Machines (1964), 107 pages, 150 copies printed; 7) (together with Lowder, J.W.A.: The “Hey Dolphin” Machines of Great Britain (1959), 39 + 2 pages. All brochures with softcover binding. Estimate: 60 Euro

GREAT BRITAIN – Voorbraak, A.: British Mail Overseas 1840 to UPU, 138 pages, hardcover; PLUS: Voorbraak, A.: The Postal History of Edinburgh 1590–1902 (1997), 126 pages, hardcover; PLUS: Simpson, Ray / Louis, Karl: Great Britain Victorian Mixed-Franking Covers Illustrating Postage Stamp Development (2020), 288 pages, hardcover, signed by Karl Louis. All three books as new! Estimate: 150 Euro

GREAT BRITAIN – Westoby, W. A. S.: The Adhesive Postage Stamps of Europe, 13 single brochures (deliveries) of the handbook wihich was published ca. 1898/1900, part I–VIII signed by the author on title page, in total ca. 460 + VIII pages. Condition: Interior mostly good, paper margins still uncut, therefore slight defects. But a rare ensemble. Estimate: 100 Euro

GREAT BRITAIN –  Wiggins, Dr. W. R. D.: British Line Engraved Stamps. Repaired Impressions 1855–1879 One Penny Die II (1982), XII + 340 pages, hardcover with golden title imprint on front and spine, No 81 of the limited edition of 200 books printed, signed by the author; PLUS: Stone, J. W. M.: Repairs of the 1841 One Penny Plates 1–40 (1973), 88 + original photo plates. Both books in good condition. Estimate: 140 Euro

GREAT BRITAIN – Wiggins, W. R. D. / Tonna, G. C.: The Plating of Alphabet III, PL 22 to 68 & R 17. Together with Alphabet IV (Pl 50 & 51), Alphabet II (R 15 & R 16)  (1973–1974), 5 parts in spiral ring bindings, plating study of the Penny Red, b/w illustrations of the stamps arranged by the corner letters. PLUS: Stanton, J. B. M.: Great Britain. The Varieties and Characteristics of the 1d. Red Line-Engraved Stamps 1841–1864 (1958), 398 pages, hardcover, with dust jacket; PLUS: Wadham, F.: Penny Blacks Plated (authors edition 1920), 22 pages, leather hardcover, signed by the author! Rare! Good condition. Estimate: 180 Euro

 

GREAT BRITAIN – Willcocks. R. M. & Jay, B.: The British County Catalogue (of Postal History), vol. I–V (1978–1990), 90 + 114 + 123 + 146 + 130 pages, hardcover with dust jacket, good condition, rarely offered so complete! Estimate: 100 Euro

GREAT BRITAIN – Wilson, H. S.: T.P.O. A History of the Travelling Post Offices of Great Britain. Part I: England (1971), 74 pages, softcover; Part II: England – South of the Midland (1975), 76 pages, softcover; Part 3: Scotland and Ireland (1977), 78 pages, softcover; PLUS: Ward, C. W.: Scottish T.P.O's. Their History and Postmarks (1947), 28 pages, softcover; PLUS: Ward, C. W.: Irish T.P.O.'s Their History and Postmarks, 16 pages, softcover (cover a bit toned); PLUS: Robertson, Aland W.: Great Britain. Post Roads … Post Towns … Postal Rates 1635–1839 (1961), 62 pages, hardcover; PLUS: Stanway, L. C.: The story of the carriage of the mails on London's underground railways (2000), 48 pages, softcover; PLUS: Oxley, G. F.: The English Provincial Local Posts 1765–1840 (1973), 79 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. Good condition. Estimate: 160 Euro