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BRITISH CENSORSHIP OF CIVIL MAILS DURING WORLD WAR 1 (1914-1919)
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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. |
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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.
Price £25 + postage & packing.
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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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“…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.
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EXPRESS MAIL, AFTER PACKETS and LATE FEES in INDIA before 1870
by MAX SMITH and ROBERT JOHNSON
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The book presents original information into a hitherto unresearched field using data from the Asia, Pacific and Africa Collections in the British Library. It describes the Overland mail within India particularly between Bombay, Calcutta and Madras and the ways by which a sender could get mail across India quickly in either direction. The period covered is from about 1840 up to about 1870, as mail cart and railway services gradually took over carriage of the Overland mail. For the first time, the Express, After Packet and Late Fee services and charges are described from official sources and their successes and failures explained.
A great deal of background information is also provided in appendices, which reproduce many extracts from original documents including the Post Office Annual Reports of the period. These discuss the changing routes of the Overland mail across India and the effects on postal services of the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857-58. Other appendices give the dates and closing times of Expresses to and from Bombay and the After Packet from Calcutta in connection with the Overland mail and the growth of the railway system. The final appendix discusses the service Thomas Waghorn provided across Egypt between the Mediteranean and the Red Sea.
291 pages(A4), profusely illustrated in B/W with 8 colour plates. Card cover. Published in 2008.
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291 pages (A4), profusely illustrated in B/W with 8 colour plates. Card cover. Published in 2008.
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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. |
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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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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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| “The author has achieved wonders, thanks to the unique contents of the Royal Philatelic Collection. An exemplary brief summary of a fascinating and significant period in world postal affairs” London Philatelist February 2000. |
112 pages. B/W illustrations throughout and 24 colour plates. Card cover. Published 2000.
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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
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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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| “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 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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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
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ROSSITER POSTAL HISTORY JOURNAL VOLUME No 8: 2008
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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
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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
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110 pages B/W illustrations throughout, one colour plate. Card cover. Published 2005
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