387th Auction

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

GREAT BRITAIN – Wiseman, W. A.: Great Britain: The De La Rue Years 1878–1910: vol. 1 (1984), XII + 364 pages, top-edges gilt, hardcover with dust jacket (the dust jacket as nearly always slightly creased, No. 58 of a special library edition of 600 copies, signed by the author; + Vol. 2 (1990), XII + 516 pages, hardcover wirh dust jacket. Both books in good condition. Important reference work. Estimate: 120 Euro

GREAT BRITAIN – Lot of 12 small brochures, among other titles: The Spoon Experiment 1853–1858, The Sideways Duplex Cancellations of England an Wales; A List of Books on the Postal History, Postmarks and Adhesive Postage and revenue Stamps of GB; The Postal History of Chichester; Great Britain. The Stamps of the Circular Delivery Companies and Their Forgeries and others. Estimate: 60 Euro

GREECE – Brunel, Georges: Le Classement des Timbres Grecs. Première Émission 1861–1885 (1929), 12 pages, softcover; PLUS: Constantinidès, Tryphon: Étude sur les Timbres de Grèce (1933), 514 pages (including 1 page with 7 original facsimiles prints of the Hermes Heads, page 45), half leather bound, good condition, very rare; PLUS: Papaionnaou, Dr. A. C.: The Small Hermes Heads of Greece 1886–1900 (1975), 125 pages, softcover. Good condition. Estimate: 260 Euro

GREECE – Coundouros, John G.: The Control Numbers and the Classification of the Stamps of the Large Hermes Heads (2000), 256 pages, hardcover; PLUS: Behrens, Heinz D.: Griechenland 1861–1886. Die Großen Hermesköpfe (1980), 55 pages, softcover; PLUS: Grèce Premier Type. Collection Paul de Smeth, 15 pages, softcover (with some foxing). Estimate: 50 Euro

GREECE – Mathà, Thomas: Maritime Mail between the Ionian Islands and the Papal States 1815–1864 (2016), 26 pages, softcover; PLUS: Melon, Prodromos: Contribution to the Postal History of the Ottoman Post Offices of Dodecanese (1991), 108 pages, bilingual (Greek/English), softcover: PLUS: Anagnostou, Manos D.: Samos. Postal History & Stamps (1992), 217 pages, bilingual (Greek and English), hardcover. All items in good condition. Estimate: 70 Euro

GREECE – Raftopulos, Spiro: La Filatelia Ellenica nel Regno Olimpico (1964), 48 pages, softcover; PLUS: Moseley, W. G.: Hellenic Area Philatelic Bibliography (in Languages other than Greek) (1986),  89 pages, softbound;  PLUS: Postal History of Aegean Islands. Italian Military Post Offices 1897–1943 (1991), 237 pages, only in Greek language, softcover, as new. PLUS: Coutsis, J.: Greek Post Offices & their Postmarks from 1861–1900 (1959), written in Greek, English, French, German, 172 pages, softcover. Good condition. Estimate: 60 Euro

GREECE – Smeth, Paul de: Grèce Premier Type. Histoire, Classement, Essais, Oblitérations (1925) , 75 pages, originally softcover, here with a private bibliophile hardcover binding; PLUS: Hoek, Adr. J.: De Zegels van Griekenland met Grooten Mercuriuskop 1861–1886 (1940), 72 pages, softcover; PLUS: Asimakopulos, Nicholas: The First Greek Stamp (2005), bilingual (Greek/English), 98 pages, softcover, 250 copies printed, this one is signed by the author; PLUS: Ure, Bill: Forgeries of Greek Stamps of the 19th Century (2010), 137 pages, softcover.  Good condition. Estimate: 140 Euro

GREECE – Tiberius, Petros: Griechenland-Postgeschichte 1821–2001 (2002), three hardcover-volumes, vol. I: 623 pages, vol. II: 528 pages, vol. III; 558 pages, limited edition of 50 copies, this is No. 42 with signature of the author. Excellent condition. Estimate: 500 Euro

@Schwanke auction # 342, 29.8.2013, lot 205, hammerpreis 450 Euro + 20%

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