PIGEON MAIL THROUGH HISTORY By SALVADOR BOFARULL		Country Index
	This book deals with the history of carrying messages and mail by carrier pigeon. It covers The Ancient World; The Medieval Near East; Europe before 1867; The Franco Prussian war 1870 – 1871; America and Europe before 1914; European Colonies and Dominions; Russia; The First World War; The period between the First and Second World wars; The Second World war and the period after 1945. There is an extensive bibliography and there is an index to both text and the many illustrations. The book breaks new ground in its field and reviews in the UK and abroad have brought to the author recognition for his research.	Alaska,Ancient Egypt Arab World, Australia Austria, Belgian Congo, Belgium Canada, China Cuba, Dutch East Indies, Egypt Etruria ,Fiji Flanders ,France German East Africa Greece, Greenland Hungary, India Italian Colonies Italy, Japan Middle East, New Zealand, Nigeria Persia, Poland Roman Empire Russia, Sierra Leone South Africa South America Spain, Sweden Switzerland Syria United Kingdom United States Venice Western Europe
	167 pages. B/W illustrations. Card cover with colour illustrations back and front. Price £25 plus postage and packing
ROSSITER POSTAL HISTORY JOURNAL VOLUME No 4: 2004 Country Index The Post between Great Britain and Russia via Prussia 1852-1875 by Charles Leonard An illustrated study of mail to Eastern Europe showing reductions in postal charges and improved transit times. During this time the preferred route from Great Britain to Russia was through Belgium and Prussia by rail. The period starts with the postal treaty in December 1851 between Russia and the new German-Austrian Postal Union. A new postal convention was signed between Great Britain and Prussia in October 1862. In 1866 Prussia defeated Austria in a short war leading to the formation of the North German Confederation so the next postal convention was between Great Britain and the North German Confederation in 1870. The German Empire was established on 1 January 1871 leading to a new postal convention with Russia in 1872. Rates for these years are explained and illustrated by covers. Great Britain Belgium Prussia Russia Réunion Seychelles The Postal History of the Island of Réunion by Peter Kelly The background, development and postal history of the railway on the French Island of La Réunion 1882 - 1956. The story starts with some background about the topography of the island and its commercial development from 1850 to 1950 leading to the construction of the railway which was completed in 1882. The postal history is divided into three phases 1882-1902, 1902-1929, 1929-1956. In the first phase there were two railway lines one from St Denis to St Pierre the other from St Denis to St Benoit. These were joined in 1902. The railway line to St Benoit was closed in 1952 and to St Pierre in 1956. The role of the Convoyeurs and the postmarks used in each of the three phases are described and illustrated. The final section describes the Moveable Boxes and the associated handstamps. The story is illustrated with covers and photographs. Early Seychelles Air Mails 1926-1971 by Keith Fitton The History of Airmail Services into and out of Seychelles up to the opening of the International Airport in 1971. Throughout this time most airmail to and from the island ended or started its journey by sea. Before World War II the sea journey was either to or from Mombasa or Bombay. An RAF station was established during the war but although they were not authorised to carry civilian mail, some was carried if properly censored. The introduction of the airgraph service in 1942 and the airletter service in 1944 is described with extracts from the Government Gazette. In the postwar years the sea journey to and from Mombasa and Bombay continued. With the construction of a USAF Satellite Tracking Station in 1963, an amphibian used to provide a weekly airmail service to Mombasa which took unregistered letters for the civilian population. The first airmail flight in 1971 from the new international airport is described. Throughout the airmail rates are explained and illustrated by covers. 83 pages B/W illustrations throughout. Card cover. Published 2003 Price £10 + postage and packing
ROSSITER POSTAL HISTORY JOURNAL VOLUME No 8: 2008 Country Index The Post Office : the other side of the Counter or what the Customer does not see by Robert Johnson The article is based on the Stuart Rossiter Trust lecture of November 2006 and describes some of the work and official rules that a postal clerk might have to deal with in the course of a day including letters, parcels, postal and money orders, the savings bank, the telegraph and telephone, insurance, licences, airmails and savings banks. These are profusely illustrated with pictures of forms and of pages from books of postal regulations. The forms are from the Great Britain and many other countries around the world are represented for example a savings form from Southern Rhodesia, a French Service Suspended label concerning nuclear tests in the Pacific, Belgian and French social security forms, a Netherlands authority to collect mail card, an Indian radio licence some of which bear postage stamps Great Britain Australia USA France Belgium World  Netherlands East Indies  Netherlands East Indies Postal History 1789 to 1877 by by Richard Wheatley Postal markings were introduced by the old Dutch East Indies Company (VOC) in 1789and this forms an appropriate point to start to unravel the postal history of the area. This comprehensive article traces the routes and postal rates up to 1877 when the Colony joined the General Postal Union. Both inland mail and mail to overseas destinations are dealt with. From the VOC Company period (1789 -1808), through the French (1808 - 1811) and British (1811 - 1816) Occupations and finally the Dutch Colonial time. Nearly all the pages bear a cover to illustrate a rate or route and there are many tables which provide this information. There is an exhaustive section dealing with the Dutch East Indies Landmail Labels - the Worlds' first Postage Due Stamp! The considerable bibliography gives testament to the scope of research and translation that has been needed to present this study in English.i  110 pages B/W illustrations throughout, one colour plate. Card cover. Published 2005 Price £12.50 + postage and packing

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