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THE AIRMAILS OF MALTA By D WARD. Malta Study Circle Study Paper No 29. 2000.
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This study updates information previously available on the air mail services of Malta. It covers the period from the first early flights until 1998 and the international aspects of mail carried to the east, Australia and South Africa. The effect of World War II and the implications on the postal services are covered as are all the known postal markings, air mail rates and air mail postage stamps. The Study Paper brings together the combined knowledge of the Study Circle and this is a useful monograph for those interested in air mails, the Mediterranean and, of course, Malta. Well illustrated, showing covers, handstamps, and instructional marks with a useful bibliography.
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39 pages B/W illustrations. Spirally bound with card cover. Published 2000.
Price £7.50 + postage & packing.
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BRITISH CENSORSHIP OF CIVIL MAILS DURING WORLD WAR 1 (1914-1919)
By GRAHAM MARK FRPS.L |
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The Author has tackled a subject that has never been covered in this detail before; the references and bibliography in annexe show the depth of his research. Starting with an introduction to censorship he goes on to describe the objectives and legal aspects and how the mails are censored. Successive chapters deal with the treatment of mail to and from the enemy, neutral and allied countries in different spheres of the world, country by country. Inland mail is also covered as is prisoner of war and internees mail. Each special category of mail is described. All of the censor’s slips, labels and handstamps are illustrated as are a large number of covers relevant to the text. Appendices give historical and political background and there is an abstract of Post Office circulars. This is an important and highly readable book for the postal and social historian dealing with the problems of communication during the difficult and dark time of war. |
Africa Maritime
America, Central
America, North
America, South
Atlantic Islands
Australia/ New Zealand
Caribbean
China / Hong Kong
Far East
France
Europe
Germany
Great Britain
India
Indian Ocean
Malta
Mediterranean
Middle East
Pacific Ocean Islands.
Russia
USA
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| “The author has made use of a considerable amount of source material. The book is a mine of information and a work of reference that is easy to use and understand. Strongly recommended and an essential addition to the library of anyone whose interests touch on this subject” London Philatelist. October 2000. |
287 pages B/W illustrations throughout. Card cover. Published 2000.
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BRITISH INDIA POSTAL STATIONERY By DEREK LANG
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This is an illustrated history and listing of postal stationery issued in India up to Independence in 1947. It is the culmination of over 30 years research which resulted in the four volume work “The guide to the postal stationery of India”. Since then the amount of new information and feed-back has made it possible to produce this updated and fresh study of the subject. It is the seminal work with chapters covering postcards, envelopes, newspaper wrappers, Victorian letter sheets, air letter sheets, airgraphs, telegraph forms and a chapter on post-Independence. A final chapter covers collecting extensions including specimens, dies, punches, essays and proofs, bands, labels and parcel wrappers used abroad and by the states. The book is profusely illustrated and cross-indexed with the Higgins & Gage and Jain reference numbers.
The original four volume version on which this is based was awarded a Bronze medal at London 1980 and a Silver at India International Exhibition 1980. Bronze and Silver Bronze medals were awarded at the British Philatelc Federation in 1979 and 198
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“…the Author is to be congratulated on producing such a detailed work to add to his already impressive list of books on Indian Postal Stationery” London Philatelist October 1998.
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222 pages. B/W illustrations Card covers. Published 1997
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EARLY FORCES MAIL By BARRIE JAY
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This is based on the illustrated talk given by Barrie Jay, Past President of RPSL on the occasion of the inaugural Stuart Rossiter Memorial Lecture in 1995. The contents have been enlarged by other material from his collection. The contents cover a span of 400 years starting with the 30 years war, touching on the War of the Grand Alliance, the War of the Spanish Succession, the War of the Austrian Succession, the Seven Years War and the Napoleonic period (including the invasion of Ireland and Wales). There is also a section on prisoner of war mail including details on the regulations governing this. The subject is covered in a masterly way, combining the history of the period, with the history of written communications, often giving graphic eye witness accounts of historic events supported by material from Barrie’s wonderful collection. A fascinating introduction to the subject which will appeal both to the serious postal historian and those interested in military and social history.
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Austria
Europe
France
Germany
Holland
Great Britain
Ireland
Prussia
Russia
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“…Contains important information on the carriage of mail during the many European wars of the period” London Philatelist. February 1998.
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57 pages. Colour and B/W illustrations. Card cover. Published in1997.
Price £20 + postage & packing.
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AN INTRODUCTION TO THE POSTAL HISTORY OF DENMARK 1624 - 1950
by David Cornelius
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The first publication in English to provide a detailed historical background to the growth of the Danish postal services, mail routes and postage rates for both inland and foreign mails within Europe.
Transport of the mails is covered in some detail (including a good section on the Anglo-Danish mails), together with the Wartime and military mails. There is a good range of illustrations drawn from the author's own collection, with useful explanations of rates, postmarks and accountancy markings. Appendices include extensive tables of inland and foreign postage rates for the difficult period before 1875. Throughout the book, references to further information are provided in footnotes, and there is a selective bibliography.
The book is designed to provide a "first reference" volume for both the advanced collector, in their research of a puzzling item, and a guide for the new collector. Much of the information has not previously appeared in English.
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Great Britain,
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Sweden
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"The author has spent more than thirty years collecting and studying this arfea, and it shows in the quality of the information provided. This is a 'meaty' book that should be read, studied and then reread and restudied"
Joe Hahn American Philatelist September 2004 |
344 pages B/W illustrations Card cover Published 2004
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KEEPING IN TOUCH. Communications through County Kildare before 1860. By N.P.J. MORRIN
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This book is the first publication to deliberately attempt to chronicle the means by which contact was maintained between the inhabitants of Co. Kildare and the rest of the country and beyond before 1860. It focuses particularly on the early postal systems and examines the carriage of mail through the county by foot, horse and coach. It also examines the impact of the coming of the canals and railway on the postal system and the terrible effect of the Great Famine of 1845-8.
This book is intended both for the serious postal historian in search of detailed information about the postal charges, post offices and marks used in the county and also for local and social historians seeking an understanding about the means of communication available without the need to undertake long and sometimes perilous journeys along the roads of Ireland. |
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| “The book is a ‘must’ for the Irish or Kildare specialist and is an example to us all of how such a book should be presented and written” London Philatelist October 1998. |
182 pages. Profusely illustrated in B/W. Card cover. Printed 1998.
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LETTER RECEIVERS OF LONDON 1652 -1857. A history of their offices and handstamps within the General, Penny and Twopenny Posts. By HUGH FELDMAN
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The definitive study of the subject; this monumental work contains approaching 1000 pages. The core is an alphabetical list of the Receiving Houses, showing their exact locations, accompanied by a map of the period, details of the Receiver, illustrations of the handstamps including examples of letters, and a considerable amount of supplementary information of interest to the local and social historian as well as the serious postal historian. The workings of the post during the period are explained in a 50 page introduction and there are also over 100 pages of annexes providing additional information.
Awards include the Crawford Medal from The Royal Philatelic Society, London in 1998 and won the Rowland Hill Award from the British Philatelic Trust in 1998 and Gold Medal and Vera Trinder Rosebowl special literature prize at Stampshow 2000, London. |
Great Britain
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“The core of the book is an absolute mine of fascinating information – all you would ever want to know about the Receiving Houses and their incumbents. The retail price seems high but is actually very good value for money as this book is highly recommended to any student of postal history or London’s local history.” Gibbons Stamp Monthly May 2000.
“Essential reading for the true postal historian” London Philatelist February 1999. |
Hardbound in two volumes with slipcase with foldout maps in rear pocket. B/W illustrations. Published in 1998.
Price £65 + postage & packing.
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NAVAL OFFICERS' LETTERS By GEOFFREY OSBORN GM
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The author is a leading expert on mail sent to and from naval officers during the Victorian period (1837-1900) He has a legendary ability to identify the sender of a letter and his location from the envelope. This is a research paper of interest both to naval and postal historians. It covers mail sent from all over the world illustrated by covers from the author’s collection and written up in his own hand A number of official postal regulations and rates are reproduced and the Introduction describes the way that research of this kind can be carried out. Part I covers mail by ship’s bag to Britain and Part II, mail to the ships abroad. A valuable tool for researchers on naval history and for social and postal historians. |
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| “Readers will find each entry absorbing, there being an extensive amount of historical (i.e non-postal history) detail included, but which is not excessive.” London Philatelist March 1996. |
133 pages Profusely illustrated in B/W Card cover. Published 1995
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NINETEENTH CENTURY WARS IN EGYPT AND SUDAN. By JOHN FIREBRACE
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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. |
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France
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“…..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.
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PIGEON MAIL THROUGH HISTORY By SALVADOR BOFARULL
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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| “... 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..
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THE POSTAL HISTORY OF SPANISH NEW ORLEANS
By Yamil H Kouri Jnr
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A comprehensive study of the mail system and written communications in New Orleans during the Spanish period (1763-1804). It includes the inner workings of the mail system, postal markings,
rates, ships, and covers. This represents the most detailed and complete analysis of the finances of any Spanish colonial postal administration. The mail carried privately and by the postal systems of England, France, and the United States is also covered, as well as the transition to the U.S. postal administration.
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"The author has taken a most arcane subject and through diligent research has produced a well written and documented book...it would be a boon if other areas of Spanish Colonial America were given such a thorough treatment
Joe Hahn American Philatelist September 2004
Considering this book is a pioneering effort. It is amazingly comprehensive. I doubt that much information could be added to the work, aside from the discovery of an occasional new cover from the Spanish period turning up. From that standpoint, the work covers an important segment of US postal history
Richard B. Graham Linn's Stamp News August 2004 |
306 pages B/W illustrations Card cover Published 2004
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THE POSTAL HISTORY OF THE ARMY OF THE BLACK SEA 1918 -1923
By John Slingsby
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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.
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Bulgaria
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Ottoman Empire
Military
Persia
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Russia
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250 pages B/W illustrations Card cover Published 2004
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ROYAL REFORM. THE POSTAL REFORM OF 1837-1841. By CHARLES GOODWYN
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This monograph covers the historically significant years of 1837-1841. Using material from the Royal Philatelic Collection, the Author, Keeper of the Collection tells the story of the invention of the world’s first postage stamp. It also covers the reform in postal rates and the effects this radical change had on trade, industry and the family life.The contents include chapters on the reform of the postal service, treasury essays, parliamentary envelopes, Mulready envelopes and letter sheets, the Penny Black and embossed envelopes. Some of the many illustrations do not appear in any other published work, Appendices give further information on the history of the Royal Collection and treasury essays. This is an important book for the postal and social historian complementing the display of the Royal Philatelic Collection at The Stamp Show 2000. |
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112 pages. B/W illustrations throughout and 24 colour plates. Card cover. Published 2000.
Price £35 + postage & packing. |
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THE TRAVELLING POST OFFICES OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA. By A.D. PRESGRAVE
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Starting with a section on the road mails of the State, the book goes on to describe the development of it’s railways and the operations and functions of the Travelling Post Offices. There is detailed information on the specification of the specially adapted rolling stock. Each stage of the development of the network is covered very thoroughly and is accompanied by the details of the timetables and schedules as well as examples of all the known handstamps. This work will be of interest not only to the postal historian studying the development of mail systems in South Australia but also those interested in the railway itself. There are 32 pages in annexe providing information on postal regulations as well as a useful index.
Awards include a Vermeil at Trains 1999 and a large silver at Philexfrance 1999. |
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“Will be a standard reference for many years to come” London Philatelist September 1998
“….Will appeal to a far greater audience than just those who collect mail carried on the particular TPOs. …..A fine selection of illustrations and maps which will certainly please those interested in railways” Stamp Magazine August 1998. |
132 pages B/W illustrations Card cover Published 1997
Price £25 + postage & packing. |
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ROSSITER POSTAL HISTORY JOURNAL – VOLUME NO 1: 2000.
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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.
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America, North
America, South
Caribbean
China / Hong Kong
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France
Europe
Germany
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Panama
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| “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.
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ROSSITER POSTAL HISTORY JOURNAL – VOLUME NO 2: 2001.
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The Goldfields of Victoria:
Mail from the first fifty years of this Australian gold rush era.
Rod Moreton
Pre-Soviet Russia Registered and associated Mail: An illustrated survey of the development of the systems and their postal rates.
Ian Baillie
Early mails between Constantinople and the West:
Hans Smith
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RussiaOttoman Empire
Austria
France
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B/W illustrations throughout. Card cover. Published 2001.
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ROSSITER POSTAL HISTORY JOURNAL – VOLUME NO 3: 2002.
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Contents
The Railways of Finland and their Postal Service: Brian McCloy
Wartime Cross Channel and North Sea Mails 1793-1815:
Geoff Oxley
The Impact of the Anglo-Boer war on the Orange Free State: The First Six Months: October 1899 to March 1900
Richard Stroud
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Finland
Russia
Great Britain
France
Germany
Netherlands
Denmark
Sweden
Orange Free State
Cape Colony
Nata
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B/W illustrations throughout. Card cover. Published 2002.
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ROSSITER POSTAL HISTORY JOURNAL VOLUME No 6: 2005
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The United States of America: Suspension of mail services to other countries in Wartime, Revolution and Civil Commotion
by Robert Johnson
The article mostly concerns civilian mails to, through or from United States citizens or residents which were affected by events of a military or a revolutionary nature and is not intended to be descriptive of mails to or from soldiers, sailors or airmen. The article deals with the American Civil War, the Spanish American War of 1898, the first and second World Wars and their aftermath, the Korean War,the events in Hungary in 1956 and the invasion of the Falkland Islands. It ends with the postal wars of the 1960s, the problems in Iran in 1979, trade union disputes, subversive activities and fraudulent mail. There are very useful appendices listing the conflicts for which suspended mail should exist and giving the dates when the mail was suspended to various countries. There are 41 figures illustrating covers with service suspended markings.
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World
Estonia
Latvia
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Mail Routes through the Baltic States
by Geoff Lovejoy
This is a detailed monograph relating to the Horse Posts and the documentation of the Coach Post in the nineteenth century before the advent of railways. It begins with a map of postal routes circa 1796 and shows several covers with various markings. Further maps of circa 1831 and 1850 show how the post routes changed. A public notice of 1821 in German and also translated into English is illustrated describing the stage coach service. About 10 other documents in Russian and German are illustrated with English translations give details of the coach service including timetables. In all there are 37 figures showing covers from the period with postal markings up to 1855 and providing an explanation of the rates.
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120 pages B/W illustrations throughout. Card cover. Published 2005
Price £11.50 + postage and packing
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ROSSITER POSTAL HISTORY JOURNAL VOLUME No 7: 2006
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The West Indies & Pacific Steam-Ship Company: The Mail Contracts 1865-1888
by Colin Tabeart
The Pneumatic Posts of Paris - including some extraordinary usages
by Bernard Lucas
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? pages B/W illustrations throughout. Card cover. Published 2006
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THE ROYAL MARINES : Home and Abroad a Postal History 1664-1994
by Bob Swarbrick
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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.
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250 pages 8 colour restB/W illustrations. Card cover Published 2006
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UNDATED POSTMARKS OF WALES 1840 – 1860 By ROGER W. BROOMFIELD
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This is a detailed study of the Undated Namestamps of Welsh post offices and receiving houses together with the pre- and post- 1840 usage of those handstamps prior to that date. Divided into three connected sections, the first gives a list of stamps alphabetically by location; the second shows all the Welsh post towns created up to 1860, together with their handstamps and this includes English offices with sub-offices in Wales. The third section provides an analysis of all the offices by County and acts as an index to the first two parts. This study introduces a wealth of new information and will be valuable to those studying Welsh and English postal history. It will also be of interest to the social historian in identifying small communities and the difficulties of some place names. Profusely illustrated and with maps. |
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| “The information provided is very thorough….postal historians will find this a very useful work” Stamp Magazine December 1996. |
124 pages. B/W illustrations. Card cover. Published 1996
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