PIGEON MAIL THROUGH HISTORY
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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.
Awards:
Filatelia 2001 Madrid, Spain, Large Vermeil
Exfilna.Vigo, Spain 2001, Vermeil
Europhilex, Cyprus, 2002, Large Silver
Philkorea, Seoul, 2002, Vermeil
Temex 2003, Buenos Aires, Large Vermeil
Phil.Lit.Exhib, Rosario, 2004, Vermeil
New Zealand, Manawatu, 2005, Large Vermeil
National Philatelic Literature Exhibition, New Zealand, 2005, Large
Silver Gold
"This well produced book...is easy to read, and packed
with interesting stories. The book is well illustrated with pictures
of pigeons at work carrying the mail as well as examples of the stamps,
labels and flimsies used." Gibbons Stamp Monthly May 2002
" Books like this make me proud to be a stamp collector.
If you are interested in pigeon mail or just want to add a very unusual
volume to your library, this may be for you too." Linn's Stamp News
October 2001
167 pages
8 colour plates and numerous B/W illustrations
Cover binding: Card cover with colour illustrations back and front.
ISBN 978 0 9530004 3 2
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Price £25.00 + postage & packing
Places & Subjects: 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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