387th Auction

Janssen, Leonard H. J.: Parity of Currencies in Postal History 1700–1875 (2001), 501 pages, bilingual (Engl./Dutch), hardcover, dust jacket; PLUS: Booth, William: The Expansion of Paper as a Guide to Watermark Detection, 14 pages (handmade paper), hardcover, No. 2 of 150 copies printed. Estimate: 160 Euro

Meyer, K. F.: Disinfected Mail (1962), 342 pages, hardcover; PLUS: Smith, A. D.: The Development of Rates of Postage. An Historical and Analytical Study (1917), 431 pages, hardcover, signed by Pemberton; - both hardcover books with little ageing; PLUS: Clavereuil, R.: Concordance des Calendriers Gregorien et Republicain (2nd edition 1975), 83 + 2 pages, softcover; good condition; PLUS: The stamps of the Levant Post Offices (1913), 128 pages, softcover (binding faulty). Estimate: 100 Euro

Serrane, Fernand: VADE-MECUM du Spécialiste-Expert en Timbres-Poste d'Europe (part I: 1927, part II: 1929). 480 + 315 pages bound in one volume, hardcover, minor signs of ageing; PLUS: Piet-Lataudrie, F.: Les Réimpressions de Timbres-Poste, Timbres-Taxe, Télégraphe, Fiscaux, Envelopes et Bandes, Cartes, etc. et leurs Characteres Distincties (1894), VI + 78 pages + “Odontromètre” on transparent paper, coloured paper wrapper (this with small defects), content is good, rare; PLUS: Carnévalé-Mauzan, Marino: La Purification des lettres en France et a Malte (1960), 75 page, softcover; PLUS: Beech, David R.: Philatelic Research. How to look after your collection (3rd edition 2019), 43 pages, bilingual (Engl./French), softcover (the cover is somewhat spotty. Estimate: 100 Euro

Szaley, Dr. Adalbert Béla: Höhere Philatelie – die Philatelie der Zukunft (Hermannstadt/Romania 1935), 2 vol. in German language, 1,046 pages, hardcover, good condition. A very unusual work and not common. Sieger literature Prize 1936. Estimate: 100 Euro

Wijnants, Paul: A Century of Notices to the Public. Four volumes with a total of approx. 1,780 pages, 3 volumes in large format approx. 43 x 30 cm, weight 16 kg. The books reproduce the British Postmaster General's postal announcements from the British Post Office archives on routes, tariffs, destinations, etc. of the Kingdom to almost every place in the world at that time from 1782 to 1880. An index book with 1,500 keywords facilitates the search. In immaculate condition (three volumes still shrink-wrapped), like new. Only 75 copies were printed. PLUS: Two small brochures (handouts): The impact of conventions on overweight letters in international pre-adhesive exchanged mails (2014, 24 pages, softcover) + British influence on mail traffic via the Danube to Constantinople and the East (2022, 32 pages, softcover). Estimate: 400 Euro

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