GREAT BRITAIN – Osborne, H.: British Line Engraved Stamps. Repaired Impressions (1949), 238 pages + many plates, hardcover; PLUS: Osborne, H.:  British Line Engraved Stamps. Twopence Blue. Studies of Plates 1 to 15 (1946), 170 pages + plates, hardcover. Both books with gold stamping on spine & front cover. Good condition and rare. Estimate: 200 Euro

GREAT BRITAIN – Parmenter, John / Gordon, Ken: GB Used Abroad: Cancellations and Postal Markings (2016), 368 pages, hardcover; PLUS: Parmenter, John: GB Used Abroad: Cancellations and Postal Markings (1993), 344 pages, hardcover. Both books as new. Estimate: 150 Euro

GREAT BRITAIN –  Proud, Edward B.: History of British Army Postal Service. Vol. 1: 1882–1902, 283 pages, Vol. 2: 1903–1927, 312 pages, Vol. 3: 1927–1963,, 531 pages, hardcover, good condition. PLUS: Raynor, P. E.:  A Reference List of British Army Postmarks used in the Great War 1914 to 1919, with thirty-six illustrations and two lists of additions and corrections (1967), 26 pages, only a small number were produced. Good condition. Estimate: 140 Euro

GREAT BRITAIN – Proud, Edward B.: The Postal History of the British Post Offices Abroad (1991), 551 pages, hardcover with dust jacket, as new! PLUS: Newall, Alexander S.: British External Airmails until 1934 (1988), 226 pages, hardcover with dust jacket (dust jacket with small faults); PLUS: Field, Francis J.: Airmail Digest 1–10: British Commonwealth (1953), 46 pages, softcover. Estimate: 90 Euro

GREAT BRITAIN – Raife, W. / Wellsted, Hilary: Postmarks of the Date Impression Books. Post Office Records, Section 1, vol. I  1825–1841 and Vol. II 1832–1839 (1974), 86 pages; + Section 2, vol. 3 & 4 (1983), 97 pages; + Section 3, Vol. 5 & 6 (1984), 231 pages, all hardcover and in good condition; PLUS: Vallancey, F. Hugh: British Postmarks (1935), 96 pages, signed by the author, hardcover; PLUS: Westley, H. C.: London Suburban Cancellations, 11 pages; PLUS: Whitney, Dr. J. T.: Collect British Postmarks. The Handbook to British Postal Markings and their Values (6th edition 1993), 332 pages, softcover, good condition. Estimate: 80 Euro

GREAT BRITAIN –  Robertson, Alan W.: 4 different studies about Ship Letter Stamps, 1) … of London (1951), 12 pages, softcover;  PLUS: …of Liverpool (1953), 11 + 1 pages, softcover; PLUS: An Introduction of the Ship Letter Handstamps of Hampshire (1955), without pagination, signed, hardcover, copy number 10; PLUS: An introduction to the Maritime Postal History and the Ship Letter Stamps of Ireland and the Irish Free State, 20 pages. Good condition. Estimate: 60 Euro

GREAT BRITAIN – Robertson, Alan W.: The Maritime Postal History of London 1766–1960 (1960), 68 pages, hardcover; PLUS: Tabeart, Colin: Robertson Revisited. A study of the Maritime Postal Markings of the British Isles based on the work of Alan W. Robertson (1997), 314 pages, hardcover with dust jacket; PLUS: Robinson, Howard: Carrying British Mails Overseas (1964), 327 pages, hardcover with dust jacket; PLUS: Wijnants, Paul: The Impact of the 18th Century Revolutionary Wars on the Maritime Connections between Great Britain and France (2017), 32 pages, softcover; PLUS: Rego, Michael: The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company (1987), 88 pages, softcover; PLUS: Cockrill, Philip: The Royal Netherlands Steamship Company (1856–1981), 56 pages, softcover. good condition. Estimate: 200 Euro

GREAT BRITAIN – Rothschild, Arthur de: Notice sur L'Origine du Prix Uniforme de la Tax des Lettres et sur La Création des Timbres-Poste en Angleterre (1872), 83 pages, softcover, for the age in good condition. 600 copies printed, of which 500 were on “papier vergé” like this. Estimate: 100 Euro

GREAT BRITAIN – Sanford, O. R./ Salt, Denis: British Postal Rates, 1635 to 1839 (1990), 163 pages, softcover; PLUS: Robinson, David: For the Post & Carriage of Letters. A Practical Guide to the Inland and Foreign Postage Rates of the British Isles 1570 to 1840 (1990), 406 pages, softcover; PLUS: Tabeart, C.: United Kingdom Letter Rates 1657–1900 Inland & Overseas (1990), V + 114 pages, softcover binding with some faults); PLUS: Oxley, G. F.: British Postal Rates to Europe, 1836–1876 (1992), 130 pages, softcover. If not otherwise stated, in good condition. Estimate: 100 Euro

GREAT BRITAIN – Staff, Frank: The Valentine & its Origins (1969), 144 pages, hardcover with dust jacket (the dust jacket with faults); PLUS: Staff, Frank: The Picture Postcard & its Origins (1966), 95 + 1 pages, hardcover with dust jacket; PLUS: Samuel, Marcus / Huggins, Alan: Specimen Stamps and Stationary of Great Britain (1980), 254 pages, hardcover with dust jacket; PLUS: Huggins, Alan: The De La Rue Punch Book (1979), 16 pages. Most in good condition. Estimate: 80 Euro

GREAT BRITAIN – Stanley Gibbons: Channel Islands. Stamps and Postal History, Specialised Catalogue, 1st edition 1979, 348 pages, Hardcover with dust jacket, as new; PLUS: Kirk, A. J.: King Edward VIII. A Study of the Stamps of the Reign of King Edward VIII (1974), 31 pages, softcover; PLUS: Gardiner-Hill, Dr. Clive: The Stamps of Great Britain. The Line engraved issues Archer Plates, 1841 Penny Red, Die I, Alphabet I, Plate 92–101 & a second brochure for Plate 102–131 (1950/1951), both softcover; PLUS: Alcock, R. C. / Meredith, C. W.: British Postage Stamp Varieties Illustrated. Queen Victoria surface-printed issues to King George VI (1949), 122 pages, hardcover witrh dust jacket. Estimate: 80 Euro

GREAT BRITAIN –  Stitt Dibdon, W. G.:  Collection of 7 brochures. 1) Postage Rates of H.M. Forces 1795–1899 (1963), 85 pages, 150 copies printed; 2) The Newspaper Branch “Killers” (1957), 24 + 2 pages, 150 copies printed; 3) Square circle Postmarks (1964), 28 pages; 4) Late Fee and too late stamps (1966), 61 + 14 pages; 5) London Date Stamp Codes (1958), 27 + 1 pages; 6) Early Stamp Machines (1964), 107 pages, 150 copies printed; 7) (together with Lowder, J.W.A.: The “Hey Dolphin” Machines of Great Britain (1959), 39 + 2 pages. All brochures with softcover binding. Estimate: 60 Euro

GREAT BRITAIN – Voorbraak, A.: British Mail Overseas 1840 to UPU, 138 pages, hardcover; PLUS: Voorbraak, A.: The Postal History of Edinburgh 1590–1902 (1997), 126 pages, hardcover; PLUS: Simpson, Ray / Louis, Karl: Great Britain Victorian Mixed-Franking Covers Illustrating Postage Stamp Development (2020), 288 pages, hardcover, signed by Karl Louis. All three books as new! Estimate: 150 Euro

GREAT BRITAIN – Westoby, W. A. S.: The Adhesive Postage Stamps of Europe, 13 single brochures (deliveries) of the handbook wihich was published ca. 1898/1900, part I–VIII signed by the author on title page, in total ca. 460 + VIII pages. Condition: Interior mostly good, paper margins still uncut, therefore slight defects. But a rare ensemble. Estimate: 100 Euro

GREAT BRITAIN –  Wiggins, Dr. W. R. D.: British Line Engraved Stamps. Repaired Impressions 1855–1879 One Penny Die II (1982), XII + 340 pages, hardcover with golden title imprint on front and spine, No 81 of the limited edition of 200 books printed, signed by the author; PLUS: Stone, J. W. M.: Repairs of the 1841 One Penny Plates 1–40 (1973), 88 + original photo plates. Both books in good condition. Estimate: 140 Euro

GREAT BRITAIN – Wiggins, W. R. D. / Tonna, G. C.: The Plating of Alphabet III, PL 22 to 68 & R 17. Together with Alphabet IV (Pl 50 & 51), Alphabet II (R 15 & R 16)  (1973–1974), 5 parts in spiral ring bindings, plating study of the Penny Red, b/w illustrations of the stamps arranged by the corner letters. PLUS: Stanton, J. B. M.: Great Britain. The Varieties and Characteristics of the 1d. Red Line-Engraved Stamps 1841–1864 (1958), 398 pages, hardcover, with dust jacket; PLUS: Wadham, F.: Penny Blacks Plated (authors edition 1920), 22 pages, leather hardcover, signed by the author! Rare! Good condition. Estimate: 180 Euro

 

GREAT BRITAIN – Willcocks. R. M. & Jay, B.: The British County Catalogue (of Postal History), vol. I–V (1978–1990), 90 + 114 + 123 + 146 + 130 pages, hardcover with dust jacket, good condition, rarely offered so complete! Estimate: 100 Euro

GREAT BRITAIN – Wilson, H. S.: T.P.O. A History of the Travelling Post Offices of Great Britain. Part I: England (1971), 74 pages, softcover; Part II: England – South of the Midland (1975), 76 pages, softcover; Part 3: Scotland and Ireland (1977), 78 pages, softcover; PLUS: Ward, C. W.: Scottish T.P.O's. Their History and Postmarks (1947), 28 pages, softcover; PLUS: Ward, C. W.: Irish T.P.O.'s Their History and Postmarks, 16 pages, softcover (cover a bit toned); PLUS: Robertson, Aland W.: Great Britain. Post Roads … Post Towns … Postal Rates 1635–1839 (1961), 62 pages, hardcover; PLUS: Stanway, L. C.: The story of the carriage of the mails on London's underground railways (2000), 48 pages, softcover; PLUS: Oxley, G. F.: The English Provincial Local Posts 1765–1840 (1973), 79 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. Good condition. Estimate: 160 Euro

GREAT BRITAIN – Wiseman, W. A.: Great Britain: The De La Rue Years 1878–1910: vol. 1 (1984), XII + 364 pages, top-edges gilt, hardcover with dust jacket (the dust jacket as nearly always slightly creased, No. 58 of a special library edition of 600 copies, signed by the author; + Vol. 2 (1990), XII + 516 pages, hardcover wirh dust jacket. Both books in good condition. Important reference work. Estimate: 120 Euro

GREAT BRITAIN – Lot of 12 small brochures, among other titles: The Spoon Experiment 1853–1858, The Sideways Duplex Cancellations of England an Wales; A List of Books on the Postal History, Postmarks and Adhesive Postage and revenue Stamps of GB; The Postal History of Chichester; Great Britain. The Stamps of the Circular Delivery Companies and Their Forgeries and others. Estimate: 60 Euro

GREECE – Brunel, Georges: Le Classement des Timbres Grecs. Première Émission 1861–1885 (1929), 12 pages, softcover; PLUS: Constantinidès, Tryphon: Étude sur les Timbres de Grèce (1933), 514 pages (including 1 page with 7 original facsimiles prints of the Hermes Heads, page 45), half leather bound, good condition, very rare; PLUS: Papaionnaou, Dr. A. C.: The Small Hermes Heads of Greece 1886–1900 (1975), 125 pages, softcover. Good condition. Estimate: 260 Euro

GREECE – Coundouros, John G.: The Control Numbers and the Classification of the Stamps of the Large Hermes Heads (2000), 256 pages, hardcover; PLUS: Behrens, Heinz D.: Griechenland 1861–1886. Die Großen Hermesköpfe (1980), 55 pages, softcover; PLUS: Grèce Premier Type. Collection Paul de Smeth, 15 pages, softcover (with some foxing). Estimate: 50 Euro

GREECE – Mathà, Thomas: Maritime Mail between the Ionian Islands and the Papal States 1815–1864 (2016), 26 pages, softcover; PLUS: Melon, Prodromos: Contribution to the Postal History of the Ottoman Post Offices of Dodecanese (1991), 108 pages, bilingual (Greek/English), softcover: PLUS: Anagnostou, Manos D.: Samos. Postal History & Stamps (1992), 217 pages, bilingual (Greek and English), hardcover. All items in good condition. Estimate: 70 Euro

GREECE – Raftopulos, Spiro: La Filatelia Ellenica nel Regno Olimpico (1964), 48 pages, softcover; PLUS: Moseley, W. G.: Hellenic Area Philatelic Bibliography (in Languages other than Greek) (1986),  89 pages, softbound;  PLUS: Postal History of Aegean Islands. Italian Military Post Offices 1897–1943 (1991), 237 pages, only in Greek language, softcover, as new. PLUS: Coutsis, J.: Greek Post Offices & their Postmarks from 1861–1900 (1959), written in Greek, English, French, German, 172 pages, softcover. Good condition. Estimate: 60 Euro

GREECE – Smeth, Paul de: Grèce Premier Type. Histoire, Classement, Essais, Oblitérations (1925) , 75 pages, originally softcover, here with a private bibliophile hardcover binding; PLUS: Hoek, Adr. J.: De Zegels van Griekenland met Grooten Mercuriuskop 1861–1886 (1940), 72 pages, softcover; PLUS: Asimakopulos, Nicholas: The First Greek Stamp (2005), bilingual (Greek/English), 98 pages, softcover, 250 copies printed, this one is signed by the author; PLUS: Ure, Bill: Forgeries of Greek Stamps of the 19th Century (2010), 137 pages, softcover.  Good condition. Estimate: 140 Euro

GREECE – Tiberius, Petros: Griechenland-Postgeschichte 1821–2001 (2002), three hardcover-volumes, vol. I: 623 pages, vol. II: 528 pages, vol. III; 558 pages, limited edition of 50 copies, this is No. 42 with signature of the author. Excellent condition. Estimate: 500 Euro

@Schwanke auction # 342, 29.8.2013, lot 205, hammerpreis 450 Euro + 20%

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GREECE – Lot of 8 Reprints from “Philoteleia” (1965–1975) to different subjects of Greek philately, some studies are more than 70 or 100 pages, most of them in English and Greek language. Good condiiton, softcover. Estimate: 50 Euro

GREENLAND – Lindskog, K. / Wowern, E.: Grønland. Katalogisering af Pakke-.Porto mærkerne samt de i København anvendte annulleringstempler og adressekort (1962), 42 pages, softcover; PLUS: Rasmussen, Jørgen: Special katalog Grønland Færøerne 1968, 216 pages, softcover; PLUS: Hjørne, Torben: Greenland. Postal history, vol. 1: Parcel-cards (1982), 196 pages, hardcover; PLUS: Wowern, Eric: Greenland. Pakke Porto 1905–1938 (1975), without pagination, softcover; PLUS: Lindskog & Wowern: Greenland & the Faroes (1967), 61 pages, duplicated manuscript. Estimate: 50 Euro

HUNGARY – Rohlfs, Rolf: Ungarn-Halbierungen. In Ungarn verwendete Markenteilungen der ersten Ausgabe von Österreich (2000), 158 pages, hardcover with dust jacket, limited edition of 400 copies, this is No. 144;  PLUS: Ryan, G. S.: Guide to a Display of Hungarian Revenues and Municipal Stamps of Budapest (display documentation 1999), 34 pages, spiral binding; PLUS: Ryan, G. S. / Palmans, J.: Hongarije. Uitgifte 1867, (1980),  without pagination, softcover; PLUS: Vaarnas, Kalle: Unkarin vanhimmat postimerkit (1956), 27 pages, with dedication of the author to Donnar Dromberg; PLUS: Payer, Bèla: Die Briefmarken des Königreichs Ungarn (1929; Sonderabdruck aus der Berliner Briefmarken-Zeitung, Jahrgang 1915–1917, art paper, bibliophile hardcover binding, good condition and rare. Estimate: 80 Euro

ICELAND –  Jónsson, Jón Adalsteinn: One Hundred Years of Icelandic Stamps 1873–1973 (1977), 471 pages, beautiful designed leather cover with additional slipcase, Luxus!; PLUS: Pihl, Carl A.: Islands Frimerker. En Kortfattet Oversikt (1946), 27 pages, with signature of the author; PLUS a box with research material about “The Skilling Stamps of Iceland” incl. many photocopies, cut-outs etc. Estimate: 40 Euro

IRELAND – Meredith, Fredk. W.: Old Irish  Postage Stamps and Franks. With Catalogue priced by Morley, Walter, 96 pages, hardcover (the book is good inside, the cover is a little discolored at the bottom); PLUS: Feldman, David: Handbook of Irish Philately (1st edition 1968) including a supplement, 12 pages, and a price list of items in the handbook (july 1968, 24 pages), with a dedication of the author to Tomas Bjäringer, signed at IBRA 1973, rare ensemble; hardcover with dust jacket; PLUS: The Fitzpatrick-Thomas letter of 1840. The story behind a unique item of Irish postal history including a facsimile of the letter! Good condition. Estimate: 120 Euro

ITALY – Alianello, Raffaele: Annullamenti del Lombardo-Veneto (1972), 650 pages, hardcover; PLUS: Barcella, A. / Bizarri, G. / Zanaria, A. / Zanaria, M.: Etats Pontificaux – Papal States – Stato Pontificio 1852–1870 (2006), XVIII + 455 pages, hardcover with dust jacket, good condition; PLUS: Mathà, Thomas: Naples  – a Roman Colony? Postal relations between Naples and the Papal States 1815–1860 (2015), 35 pages, softcover; PLUS: Mentaschi, Mario: Letters exchanged between Tuscany and the United Kingdom 1850–1862 (2015), ca. 28 pages, spiral binding. Good condition. Estimate: 100 Euro

ITALY – Bianco, Umberto del: I servizi marittimi italiani tra Genova e i porti dell'America Meridionale … (2006), 186 + IV pages, hardcover; PLUS: Beith, Richard: The Italian South Atlantic Air Mail Service 1939–1941 (1993), 56 pages, softcover, No. 53 of 500 copies printed, signed by the author; PLUS: Die Sammlung Michael Amplatz: Italien – Süd Amerika bis 1875. 115 pages, Format A4, with an English introduction, but the collection is described in German, the collection was never exhibited and only 30 copies were printed from this documentation, als James van der Linden writes in a letter. Good condition. Estimate: 80 Euro

ITALY – Biolato, Luca Daniela: La “Posta Europea” nel Contesto della Storia Postale dell 'Egitto nel Sec. XIX (1820–1865) (1996), XVI + 1050 pages, No. 20 of 150 copies printed, hardcover with dust jacket, good condition. Estimate: 100 Euro

ITALY – Bolaffi, Alberto: The Postmark-Stamps and the Cancellations of the Sardinian States Used During the Period 1851–1863 (1948), 150 pages, hardcover with dust jacket, No. 200 of 300 copies printed; PLUS: Bolaffi, Alberto: Quarta Pagina. I gioielli della filatelia raccontati dalle quarte pagine di copertina di Il Collecionista Francoboilli Italia Filatelica (1982–2004 / 2005–2013), Vol. 1 + 2 (272 + 112 pages; PLUS: Bolaffi, Alberto: Back Cover. The jewels of philately told by the back covers of Il Collezionista Francobolli, 2 Vol. (2005/2018), 47 + 35 pages, softcover, as new, all in a slipcase. Estimate: 50 Euro

ITALY – Caruzzi, Angelo: Die Nummernstempel des italienischen Königreiches 1866–1889, 138 pages, introduction in three languages, softcover; PLUS: Chiavarello, Giovanni: I Francobolli delle Isole Jonie 1941–44 e la Perizia delle soprastampe (1973),  36 pages, softcover; PLUS: Crevato-Selvaggi, Bruno: Dagli Antichi Stati All'Unità d'Italia (1999), 173 pages, hardcover with dust jacket, good condition. Estimate: 70 Euro