Proceed to order form   Main book list index ROSSITER POSTAL HISTORY JOURNAL – VOLUME NO 1: 2000. “All are excellent examples of detailed postal history studies of well defined areas……..The article by Geoff Lovejoy deals more with social than postal history….Excellent delivery of information….I urge all postal historians to buy the volume (and its successors) London Philatelist Feb 2001. 112 pages B/W illustrations throughout.Card cover. Published 2000.Price £15 + postage & packing. CONTENTS ON DRAGONS WINGS.by Brian Asquith. Air routes to the Far East – the China connection An illustrated 21 page introduction to the development of air routes to China and the Far East. This covers the northern route via Russia and the southern route across India and the growth and development of Imperial Airways and other lines. Information is also given on the Trans Pacific route and the U.S.A. The effect of World War II is discussed and the steps taken to keep routes open. There is a short bibliography and summary of routes and carriers. Index Country Subject matter. Africa Airmail. China and Hong Kong Philately and postal history. Far East, Postal regulations Great Britain. World War II North America. Russia USA. Color THE FACTORY INSPECTORATE IN ENGLAND by Geoffrey Lovejoy. Postal matters relating to working and social reform in the Industrial Revolution A 40 page article which traces the story of the Industrial Revolution and the development of the factory system in Great Britain in the 1800s and the appointment of factory inspectors following the passing of the Reform Bill in 1832. The Author has used his collection of postal history relating to these important social issues with examples of letters and documents illustrating various aspects of the subject. This is an important monograph for social historians and an opportunity for the postal historian to glimpse material seldom seen. Index Country Subject matter. Great Britain Philately and postal history Social history. Col CROSSROADS AT PANAMA by Phil Kenton. The short sea route to the East and the development of the Panama railway. The Author is an acknowledged expert on the maritime postal history of this part of the world in his books and award winning displays. This 40 page article outlines the advantages of Panama as a crossing point and short sea route to the east for trade and the carriage of mail. The study examines the proposals of 1810 for the Canal project and other alternatives. Details are given of the construction of the railroad in 1846 and the postal conventions of 1847 and 1871. This is an important article for those interested in maritime mail and the development of the short route to the east. The article is illustrated by a large number of letters of the period. Index Country Subject matter America, North Maritime. America, South, Naval America, Central Philately and postal history. Caribbean Postal regulations Great Britain. Railway Panama. Social history. USA. Color WESTPHALIA AND THE GRAND DUCHY OF BERG by Cornelis Muys. Postal communications between Russia, Prussia and France and Holland 1790 – 1814. This study of 11 pages examines the postal routes from the east to the west in the northern part of middle Europe and, more specifically, postal communications between Prussia and Russia and Holland and France between 1790 and 1814. The area concerned was extremely complicated politically and this article considers the postal conventions of the time and the routes they imposed on the carriage of mails. The Author is an acknowledged expert on the routes and rates of Europe and makes this an important article for postal historians interested in the Napoleonic period with reduced size illustrations. Index Country Subject matter Europe Military France Napoleonic Germany Philately and postal history Holland Postal rates Prussia Postal regulations Russia.
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