387th Auction

UNITED STATES – Tiffany, John K.: The History of the Postage Stamps of the United States (1887), 278 pages, hardbound; Melville, Fred J.: United States Postage Stamps 1847–1869 (2nd edition 1910), 68 pages, leather bound; two well known books by famous philatelists! Good condition. Estimate: 150 Euro

UNITED STATES – Wierenga, Theron: United States Incoming Steamship Mail 1847–1875 (1983), 242 pages, hardcover, as new; PLUS: Cockrill, Philip: United States Sea Post Cancellations. Part II: Trans-Pacific, Central & South American Routes, 88 pages, softcover; PLUS: Klein, Eugene: United States Waterway Packetmarks. Handstamped and Printed Names of Mail Carrying Steamboats on the United States of America Inland and Coastal Waters 1832–1899 (1940 + separate Supplement 1942), 208 pages, hardcover with dust jacket + supplement 37 pages, softcover. Book (1940) is No. 455 of 500 printed copies. Estimate: 90 Euro

UNITED STATES – Winter, Richard F.: Understanding Transatlantic Mail, Volume I (2006), 482 pages, hardcover with dust jacket and a CD. Good condition of this wellknown standard work. Estimate: 150 Euro

UNITED STATES – Woolley, Mary E.: The Early History of the Colonial Post-Office (Reprint of a 1894 publication 1969), 33 pages, softcover: PLUS: Stern, Edward: History of the “free Franking” of Mail in the United States (1936); 236 + VI pages,; hardcover; PLUS: Rich, Wesley Everett: The History of the United States Post Office to the Year 1829 (originally published 1924, reprinted by Quarterman Publ. 1977), 190 pages, hardcover with dust jacket; PLUS: Postage Stamps of the United States, issued by the Post Office Department from July 1, to December 31, 1950 (1950), 195 pages, softcover (few pages with some foxing); PLUS: Brazer, Clarence W.: Essays for U.S. Adhesive Postage Stamps (1941), 295 pages, hardcover; PLUS: Horowicz, Kay / Lowe, Robson: The Colonial Posts in The United States of America 1606–1783 (1967), 52 pages, softcover. Most items in good condition. Estimate: 180 Euro

UNITED STATES – American Air Mail Catalogue (Volume One–Three, sixth edition 1998/2003/2004), 517 + 588 + 486 pages, hardcover, as new. Estimate: 100 Euro

UNITED STATES – Pan American Postal Union: Principal Convention of Buenos Aires, September 15, 1921, together with the detailed Regulations for its Execution (1922), 22 pages, hardcover, inside ex libris John Crerar library; PLUS: United Post Office Department: Postage Rates 1789–1930. Abstract of Laws passed between 1789 and 1930 fixing rates of postage and according free mail privileges (1939), 55 pages, softcover; PLUS: Starnes, Charles J.: United States Letter Rates to Foreign Destinations 1847 to GPU – UPU (1982), 74 pages, half leather hardcover with slip case. This is No. 13 of 25 de-luxe copies, signed by the author and with a special dedication on front to Tomas Bjäringer, very rare like this! PLUS: Ferries, Carleton G.: United States Stamp Auction Review 1912–13, 192 pages, hardcover. Most in good condition. Estimate: 240 Euro

UNITED STATES / HAWAII – Burns, Edward J.: Addition to Hawaiian Postal History. Vol. I (1980) + Vol. II: Haiwaii's Town Cancels, 1850–1900 (1980), 58 + 34 pages, softcover: PLUS: Mitchell, James Ted: Rare and Classic Books about Hawaii (1983), pricelist with description, 13 pages; PLUS: Hawaiian Stamp Company price list for 1897!!! 8 pages, stapled, good condition:; PLUS: Luff, John N. / Howes, Clifton A. / Richards, Chas. F.: Postage Stamps and Stationary of the Hawaiian Islands, 21 pages, soft cover, some age toning; PLUS: Richards, Charles Foster: A Check List of the Stamps of Hawaii and more (1915), 38 pages, softcover, the cover a bit discoloured. Estimate: 100 Euro

UNITED STATES / HAWAII – Crocker, Henry J.: Hawaiian Numerals. A Compilation of Unofficial Data Relating to the Type-Set Stamps of the Kingdom of Hawaii (1909), 108 pages + plates A–C + I–IXX in a slipcase, a well preserved copy of the famous and rare work! Estimate: 250 Euro

UNITED STATES / HAWAII – Kenyon, Brewster C.: History of the Postal Issues of Hawaii. A List of The Adhesive Postage Stamps, Stamped Envelopes and Postal Cards of the Hawaiian Government (1895), 26 pages + XX plates, hardcover, good condition. A rare and early study! Estimate: 100 Euro

UNITED STATES / HAWAII – Lawrence, Ken: The Grinnell Missionaries: Genuine Stamp Rarities or Clever Fakes Created to Cheat Collectors? Subtitle inside: George Grinnell's Hawaiian Missionary Stamps: “America's most fantastic philatelic story” (2016), 35 pages, softcover; PLUS: Sundman, Maynard: The Grinnell Missionaries. Genuine or Forgeries? (2003), 65 pages, softcover. Both items in good condition. Estimate: 30 Euro

UNITED STATES / HAWAII – Meyer, Henry A. et al.: Hawaii. Its Stamps and Postal History (1948), 412 pages, hardcover, good condition. Rare! Estimate: 200 Euro

UNITED STATES /HAWAII – Gregory, Fred F.: Hawaii Foreign Mail to 1870 (vol I–III, 212), 216 + 446 + 380 pages with gilt edges, hardcover with jacket, in excellent condition, including a slipcase. Winner of several Large Gold prizes, a fantastic work! Estimate: 250 Euro

ANTIGUA – Freeland, Charles / Jordan, John M.: Antigua. The Stamps and Postal History (2016), 299 pages. hardcover with dust jacket, as new. Estimate: 30 Euro

ANTIOQUIA – Santa Maria Alvarez, Juan: Historia Postal e Antioquia (2005), 425 pages, hardcover with dust jacket, No. 27 of 55 copies printed. Good condition. Estimate: 100 Euro

BAHAMAS – Ludington, M. H.: Bahamas Early Mail Services and Postal Markings (1982), 209 pages, hardbound. PLUS: Ludington, M. H. / Raymond, Gale J.: The Bahama Islands. A history and catalogue of the handstamps and cancellations 1802–1967 (1968), VIII + 66 pages, hardcover. Both books in good condition. Estimate: 70 Euro

BARBADOS – Bacon, Edward Denny / Napier, F. H.: The Stamps of Barbados with a history and description of the star watermarked papers of Messrs. Perkins Bacon and Co. (1896), XI + 119 pages + 3 plates. Originally with coloured paper wrapper, this copy is perfectly bibliophile bound in half leather. Rare in this fine condition! PLUS: Deakin, Frank: Barbados (1997), 26 pages, softcover. Both publication in good condition. Estimate: 100 Euro

BARBADOS – Bayley, Edmund A.: The Stamps of Barbados (1989), XIII + 8 colour plates + 405 pages, hardbound + slipcase, good condition, but 2 pages loose. PLUS: Undated Map of Barbados showing the Parish Boundaries, a wonderful item for a start of a collection! Excellent condition! Estimate: 100 Euro

BELIZE – King, E. W.: A Postal History of Belize (1981), 89 pages, softcover, well preserved. Estimate: 30 Euro

BERMUDA – Holmes, Henry Robert: The Postage Stamps of Bermuda. With Chapters on the Postal Stationary (1932), 93 pages, hardcover. PLUS: Poole, W. H.: Bermuda (1911), 39 pages, softcover; PLUS: Forand, Michel / Freeland, Charles: Bermuda Mails to 1865. An Inventory of the Postal Markings (1995), 118 pages, softcover, with dedication of Freeland to T. Bjäringer; PLUS: Arnell, J. C. / Ludington, M. H.: The Bermuda Packet Mails and the Halifax–Bermuda Mail Service 1806 to 1886 (1989), 161 pages, softcover. All items in good condition. Estimate: 120 Euro

BERMUDA – Ludington, M. H.: Bermuda. The Post Office, Postal Markings and Adhesive Stamps (1962), 283 pages, hardcover, No. 154 of 265 copies printed; PLUS: Supplement (1968), 36 pages, 14 photo plates, hardcover. Both items in excellent condition. Estimate: 120 Euro

BRITISH HONDURAS – Matheson, Ian A.: The Postage Stamps and Postal History of British Honduras 1767–1902 (1989), b/w print of a specialised collection, hardcover, limited BPSC edition No. 66 of 75 copies printed. Good condition. Estimate: 50 Euro

BRITISH WEST INDIES – Britnor, L. E.: The History of the Sailing Packets to the West Indies (1973), 172 + 3 pages, hardcover, good condition. PLUS: Stone, Robert, G.: A Caribbean Neptune: The Maritime Postal Communications of the Greater and Lesser Antilles in the 19th Century (1993), 357 pages, hardcover, good condition. Estimate: 80 Euro

BRITISH WEST INDIES – Harris, Leo J.: Postal History and a Listing of Prephilatelic Postmarks (1986), 142 pages, hardcover with gold title imprint on spine; PLUS: Britnor, L. E.: British West Indies Postal rates up to 1900 (1977), 52 pages, softcover; PLUS: Forand, Michel / Freeland, Charles: Philatelic Bibliography of the British West Indies Part 2 - Public Auction Catalogues (June 2004), 21 pages, softcover; PLUS: Westley, H. C.: The Early Postal History of the British West Indies and North America (2nd edition 1972), 34 + III pages, stapled; PLUS: Bynof-Smith, H.: Forged Postage Stamps of the Americas (1991), 204 pages, loose-leaf in a slipcase; mostly in good condition. Estimate: 80 Euro

BRITISH WEST INDIES  – Lowe, Robson: The Codrington Correspondence 1743–1851 (1951), VIII + 112 + IX + XII pages, hardcover, good condition; PLUS: Scheina, Robert L.: Latin America's Wars. The Age of the Professional Soldier, 1900–2001 (2003), 530 pages, softcover, as new. Estimate: 50 Euro

BRITISH WEST INDIES – Osborne, John: Guide to the West Indies, Madeira, Mexico, Northern South America, etc., with charts and other illustrations (4th edition London 1846), 310 pages, hardcover (newly bound), good condition; PLUS: Migliavacca, Giorgio: The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company. The legendary Days of the Caribbean Mail Packet Ships (1985), 41 pages, softcover, good condition; PLUS: Koebel, W. H.: Anglo-South American Handbook for 1921 (incorporating Mexiko and Central America), CXIX + 929 pages, hardcover, in good condition (only the binding is slightly loose). Estimation:  50 Euro

CAYMAN ISLANDS – Aguilar, E. F. / Saunders, P. T.: The Cayman Islands. Their Postal History, Postage Stamps and Postmarks (1962), 111 pages + map, hardcover; PLUS: Giraldi, Thomas E. / McCann, Peter R.: The Postal History of the Cayman Islands (1989), 172 pages, hardcover. Both items in good condition. Estimate: 70 Euro

COSTA RICA – Castro-Harrigan, Alvaro: El Correo Ferroviario de Costa Rica Travelling Post Offices  (2009), bilingual book (Spanish/English), 179 pages, hardcover, as new; PLUS: Yudin, Richard: The Railways of Costa Rica (2000), 64 pages, softcover; PLUS: Society of Costa Rica Collectors: Airmail Postal History of Costa Rica (1999), 121 pages, softcover. All items in good condition. Estimate: 120 Euro

COSTA RICA – Frajola, Richard C. / Mayer, Frederick R.: The Postal History of Costa Rica to 1883 (2009), 187 pages, hardcover, as new; PLUS: O'Neill, Fred: Costa Rica. Centenario de su primera emisión postal (2003), 190 pages, softcover, good condition. Estimate: 60 Euro

COSTA RICA – Harland, H. H.: Costa Rica (1913), 11 pages, softcover; PLUS: Sáenz Mata, Carlos: Era de Oro de la Filatelia Costarricense 1863–1903 (1984), 254 pages, softcover; PLUS: Antologia Filatelica Costarricense (1971), 183 + 1 pages, softcover; PLUS: O'Neill G., Fred: Los Timbres proporcionales de 1884–1888 y su utilization como sellos de Correos (1971), 48 pages, softcover; PLUS: Bonilla Lara, Alvaro: Costa Rica. Los Sellos de Guanacaste (1951), 10 pages; stapled; PLUS: Alvarez P., Ricardo: Los Resellos Guanacaste (1985), 22 pages, softcover; PLUS from the same author: Costa Rica. La Serie de 1901 (1991), 28 pages; PLUS: Moorhouse, Brian: Costa Rica. Photographic Artwork and Essays from the American Bank Note Company Archives circa 1910–1950 (2002), 32 pages, softcover. All titles in fair condition. Estimate: 80 Euro

COSTA RICA – Hernandez, Raul F.: Costa Rica. 1881–82 & 1883 U.P.U. Surcharges, Forgeries & Fantasies (2nd edition 2019), 74 pages, softcover; PLUS: Fossum, Earl G. / Mena, Hector R.: Index to Costa Rican Philatelic Literature 1863–1992, part I: 64 pages, part II 59 pages, softcover; PLUS: The Oxcart (journal). Content: Vol I: No. 1/1960: p. 1–44, No. 2/1961, p. 45–126; No. 4/1961, P. 127–161; Vol. II, No. 1/1961, 59 pages, No. 3/1962, p. 61–99, privately bound as softcover. Estimate: 50 Euro

COSTA RICA – Mayer, Frederick R.: Collection of Costa Rica (SPINK auction catalogue from October 22, 2008); PLUS a photocopy documentation of the original Frederick Mayer collection, 8 frames – Costa Rica: 1863–1900, ringbinder with colour and b/w copies, both in good condition, ex Brian Moorhouse. Estimate: 50 Euro

COSTA RICA – Mitchell, H. Dana: Costa Rica. Postal Stationary 1883–1953 (1998), 25 + 12 pages, softcover; PLUS: Saenz Mata, Dr. Carlos: Catalogo de Enteros Postales (1984), 31 pages, softcover; PLUS: Mitchell, H. D.: Costa Rican Postal Stationary (article from the Costa Rican Philatelist, 1953/54, photocopies, privately hardbound; PLUS: Bialikamien G., Enrique: Costa Rica. Tarjetas Postales de 1923 (2006), 28 pages, softcover, with dedication of the author for Brian (Moorhouse). Good condition. Estimate: 40 Euro

COSTA RICA – Sáenz Mata, Dr. Carlos: Catálogo de Sellos Postales de Costa Rica (1953), 74 pages (a few pages toned), hardcover with golden title imprint on spine; PLUS: Sáenz Mata, Dr. Carlos: Catálogo de Sellos Postales de Costa Rica (Especializado) (1978), 104 pages, softcover + Additions and Corrections (1987, 12 pages); PLUS: Mena, Hector R.: Costa Rica. Postal Catalogue (4th edition 2014), without continuous pagination, softcover; PLUS: Fossum, Earl G.: The Costa Rica Checklist, highly specialised for the advanced collector …(1963), without continuous pagination (the pages with paper edge tint, hardcover. Estimate: 80 Euro

COSTA RICA – Saenz Mata, Dr. Carlos: Catalogo de Timbres Fiscales de Costa Rica (1954), without pagination (ca. 56 pages), hardcover; PLUS: McP. Jones, William: Priced Catalogue of the Revenue Stamps of Cuba (1st edition 1990), 155 pages, hardcover; PLUS: Bonilla Lara, Alvaro: History of the Revenue Stamps of Costa Rica 1870–1970 (1996), 261 pages, softcover. All 3 items in good condition. Estimate: 100 Euro

COSTA RICA – Great Philatelic Collections of Costa Rica (VII volumes). Vol. I: The 1910 Issue (Abraham Gelber collection, softcover, 2011, 60 copies printed); PLUS Vol. II Postal History of Costa Rica: The Emergency Issues of 1911 (Alvaro Castro-Harrigan collection, 80 pages, hardcover, No. 39 of 60 printed copies; PLUS Vol. III Costa Rica: From 1800 to the 1889 Correos Overprint Issue (Roland Nordberg Collection, 123 pages, hardcover, No. 50 of 60 copies printed; PLUS Vol. IV/2013: Costa Rica Tax Labels / The Soto Joven Issue / Scadta: Its Presence in Costa Rica (119 pages, hardcover, No. 22 of 50 copies printed); PLUS Vol. V: The First Issue (The Alvaro Castro-Harrigan Collection, 150 pages, hardcover, No. 33 of 50 copies printed); PLUS Vol. VI: The 1905 Emergency Surcharges + The 1907 Issue (The Alvaro Castro-Harrigan Collections, 2014, 175 pages, hardcover, No. 28 of 50 copies printed); PLUS Vol. VII: Costa Rica: The Railway Mail 1873 –Mid XX Century (The Alvaro Castro-Harrigan Collection, 2016, 310 pages, hardcover, No. 18 of 50 copies printed). All books in excellent condition, published by the Costa Rica Revenue & Postage Society. Rare series! Estimate: 250 Euro  

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CUBA – Abreu Pérez, José Ignacio: Catalogo Historico Postal de Cuba (1855–1898) (1996), 255 pages, softcover; PLUS: Guerra Aguiar, J. L.: Estudio sobre la Primera Emision Postal de Antillas Españolas (1976), 133 pages, softcover; PLUS: Jones, Wm. McP. / Roy jr., R. J.: A Handbook of the Stamps of Cuba. Part I: The Spanish Dominion 1855–1898 (1982), VII + 87 pages + 4 photo plates, loose leaves; PLUS: Echenagusía, Carlos: Plancheo y tabla de Localización de los sellos sobrecargados Y ¼ (1990), 18 pages, softcover. All items without major faults. Estimate: 60 Euro