NINETEENTH CENTURY WARS IN EGYPT AND SUDAN. By JOHN FIREBRACE		Country Index
	Most of the pages are reproductions of selected covers, and autograph letters from the Author’s famous collection that was awarded Gold and Large Gold medals in 1978 and 1980. Over 40 pages of specially written text and more than a dozen maps help to tell the story of the French Campaigns of 1798-1801, the Arabi rebellion of 1882, the Mahdi 1881-1885, the Hicks disaster of 1883, Suakin 1884, the Nile Expedition of 1884-5, the Suakin Expedition of 1885-6, captives of the Khalifa, the Donglola Expedition of 1896, Suakin 1896, Nile Expeditions of 1897-8 and 1898-1900, the Marchand Expedition of 1898 and the Army of Occupation 1882-1900.	Africa Egypt France Great Britain Sudan
	“…..an exceptional production” London Philatelist August 1997. “ …a book to be enjoyed and mulled over at leisure as well as consulted for instruction.” Gibbons Stamp Monthly. June 1998
	218 pages 8 colour plates and numerous B/W illustrations Card cover. Published 1997 Price £40 plus postage and packing.

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

A POSTAL HISTORY OF THE PRISONERS OF WAR AND CIVILIAN INTERNEES IN EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR - Volume 1 Singapore and Malaya 1942 – 1945 The Changi Connection By DAVID TETT		Country Index
Volume 2 Dutch East Indies 1942-1946 Paradise Lost published by the author in 2003 and Volume 3 Burma, Thailand and Indochina. 1942-1946. The Railway, the River and the Bridge. Published by BFA Publishing, 2005 see www.fepowmail.com for price and how to purchase	This is the first of three volumes to deal with the subject of the main title. The author combines the general history of the period with personal references from individual correspondences to give detailed context to the postal arrangements for POWs and internees into and out of Singapore and Malaya. The chapters in the book are: Prelude to the Captivity; The Prison Camps; The mails that were returned; At home; The Bureau of Record and Enquiry; Three personal postal histories; The cards from POWs in Singapore; The mail to Civilian Internees in Singapore; Mails to those who were not returned; Unauthorised mails; Japanese Postal Stationery; Some went home. There are seven Appendices dealing with detailed aspects of the postal history such as cards and covers addressed to POWs in Malaya and Singapore and Australian Red Cross Society Directions for Mail. There is a good index and bibliography.	Japan Singapore Malaya
	“... this is a goldmine of a book....the stuff of history....a priceless and universal appendix to so many singular stories" Martin Bell
	387 pages. B/W illustrations. Hard bound with colour dustjacket. Printed 2002. Price £30 plus postage and packing.. Price £35 + postage & packing.

THE POSTAL HISTORY OF THE ARMY OF THE BLACK SEA 1918 -1923 By John Slingsby		Country Index
	A comprehensive study of the postal history and associated military history of the British and Indian occupation forces in the Balkans, Turkey, South Russia and Transcaucasia. Also covered are the Army’s brief connections with Transcaspia and the North Persia Force. Part 1 of the book deals with the postal history of the army and field post offices of the British and Indian Army Postal Services in this Near and Middle East theatre. All known locations and dates of use of the post offices are recorded, together with notes of grey areas still to be resolved. Part 2 gives the order of battle by the various command headquarters and is followed in Part 3 by the locations and movements of the mounted and infantry regiments. .	Great Britain Bulgaria Greece, Ottoman Empire Military Persia Roumania Russia
	250 pages B/W illustrations Card cover Published 2004 Price £30 + postage and packing .

ROSSITER POSTAL HISTORY JOURNAL – VOLUME NO 1: 2000.		Country Index
	On dragon’s wings by Brian Asquith.. Air routes to the Far East – the China connection. The Factory Inspectorate in England by Geoffrey Lovejoy. Postal matters relating to working and social reform in the Industrial Revolution Crossroads at Panama by Phil Kenton. The short sea route to the East and the development of the Panama railway. Westphalia and the Grand Duchy of Berg by Cornelis Muys. Postal communications between Russia, Prussia and France and Holland 1790 – 1814. FOR FULL DETAILS CLICK HERE	Africa America, Central America, North America, South Caribbean China / Hong Kong Far East France Europe Germany Great Britain Holland Panama Prussia. Russia USA
	“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.

THE ROYAL MARINES : Home and Abroad a Postal History 1664-1994 by Bob Swarbrick		Country Index
	The book covers 91 events involving the Royal Marines starting with their formation in 1664 as The Duke of York and Albany's Maritime Regiment of Foot and a letter of 1666 and ending with South Georgia in 1994 where training in mountain and cold weather warfare was conducted. Each of the 91 stories is illustrated with entires or covers including the letters with some transcripts and often a portrait of the writer or addressee with a picture of a ship or shore location. The stories have been painstakingly researched and make a fascinating read of the social as well as the postal history of the Royal Marines. Part 1 of the book deals with the postal history of the army and field post offices of the British and Indian Army Postal Services in this Near and Middle East theatre. All known locations and dates of use of the post offices are recorded, together with notes of grey areas still to be resolved. Part 2 gives the order of battle by the various command headquarters and is followed in Part 3 by the locations and movements of the mounted and infantry regiments. .	Great Britain World
	250 pages 8 colour restB/W illustrations. Card cover Published 2006 Price £36 + postage and packing .

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