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LIBRARY

LIBRARY LIST

Below is a listing of all books and publications held by the Society for members’ use. These may be borrowed by any member for a period of about four weeks.  Outward postage will be paid by the Society, except for heavy items marked with a * sent outside Europe, for which the Society and the borrower will each bear half the outward postage cost. Return postage must be met by the borrower in all cases.

Titles listed under "Bibliography" are for information only and it should not be assumed that the Society holds these books.

To borrow any of these books write to the Society’s librarian quoting the title and reference number:

Chris Howe, 14 Sandringham Gardens, Fishtoft, Boston, Lincolnshire, PE21 9QA, UK
Telephone 01205 353982, email chrishowe@skanderbeg.fsnet.co.uk

Ref No.

Country

Title/Description

Range

1

Belgium

Les Entiers Postaux du Congo et du Ruanda-Urundi, J Stibbe. 1986 (PS catalogue in French, illustrated, 71 pages)

Contents: Independent State of the Congo: Post Cards.

Belgian Congo: Letter Cards, Aerogrammes.

Republic of the Congo: Post Cards, Aerogrammes.

Katanga: Post Cards, Letter Cards, Aerogrammes.

Belgian occupation of German East Africa & Ruanda Urundi Post Cards, Letter Cards, Aerogrammes.

Burundi Aerogrammes. Rwanda Aerogrammes.

Belgian Colonies

2*

Belgium

Les Entiers Postaux de Belgique, 1990 (PS catalogue in French, illustrated, 191 pages)

Contents: Post Cards, Illustrated Cards, Paquebot Cards, Change of Address Cards, Books of Post Cards, Announcement Cards, Advice of Postal Package Cards, Telegram Cards, Publibel Advertising Cards, -10% Surcharges, Letter Cards, Envelopes, Aerogrammes, Newspaper Wrappers, Postogrammes, Eupen and Malmédy, German Occupation WW1, Types of -10% issuing Post Office. 

Belgium

3*

Italy

Il Nuovo Pertile, 1994  (PS catalogue in Italian covering San Marino, Vatican, Colonies and Occupied Territories, illustrated, 184 pages)

Italian Colonies, etc

4*

Africa

Katalog der Aerogramme von Afrika, 1995 (PS catalogue in German, but with German/English glossary, illustrated, 192 pages)

Africa

5

Great Britain

Introducing Postal History, Vivien J. Sussex, 1988 (British Philatelic Trust in conjunction with The Postal History Society, in English illustrated, 36 pages)

General

 

Bibliography

1. England's Postal History Martin Willcocks (ISBN 0 9502797 1 4)

2. The Postal History of Great Britain & Ireland, Willcocks & Jay (ISBN 0 9502797 3 0)

3. British County Catalogue, Willcocks & Jay Volumes 1, 2, 3 & 4 ISBNs 0 9502797 2 2, 0 9502797 4 9, 0 9502797 5 7 & 0 950 2797 6 5)

4. English & Welsh Postmarks since 1840 by James Mackay (1980).

5. Irish Postmarks since 1840 by James Mackay (1982).

6

General

Introducing Thematic Collecting, 1990 (British Philatelic Trust, in English, illustrated, 34 pages)

General

7

General

Guidelines for Successful Exhibiting, 1991 (British Philatelic Trust illustrated, 28 pages)

General

8

France

Belgium

Netherlands

L’Entier Postal (French, Belgian & Netherlands PS Society’s Journal 1936 to 1975 - in French)

Contains worldwide catalogue information and individual country review articles. The Librarian has prepared a detailed listing of articles, which is appended to this list. Items highlighted in this list have been converted into word documents using Optical Character Recognition (OCR). Copies of these are available from the librarian free of charge through email, alternatively hard copies on A3 can be provided at 10p per page plus nominal P&P. “Translations” can also be provided using computer based conversion programmes although these can be a bit literal. The librarian will be happy to OCR any article on request.

Worldwide

9

Italy

L’Intero Postale (Issues of the Italian Society’s PS Journal, from 1992 to date - in Italian) Appears to address predominantly Italian material.

Italy

10

Germany

Die Ganzsache (Issues of the German Society’s PS Journal, from 1976 – to date, in German). See Item 23.

Worldwide

11

Great Britain

The Life & Work of Sir Rowland Hill 1795-1879 Jean Farrugia, National Postal Museum 1979. (In English, illustrated, 21 pages)

Biography

12*

Germany

Michel Ganzsachen Katalog Deutschland, Postal Stationery Catalogue for Germany, 1995 (In German, illustrated, 440 pages)

Germany

13

Turkey

Handbuch der türkischen Philatelie Teil I: Osmanisches Reich Andreas Birken Die Ganzsachen

Handbook of Turkish Philately Part 1 - Ottoman Empire, Postal Stationery, Andreas Birken, 1995

(German and English, illustrated, 80 pages)

Addresses imprint stamps under the headings: Forerunners, Duioz, Empire, Arms, Small Tughra, General Post Office, Round stamp impression, Wartime overprint Envelopes, Emergency cards & Leander's Tower Postcards.

Ottoman Empire

 

Bibliography

1. Okday, Ismail: Die türkischen Ganzsachen, in Die Ganzsache, Zeitschrift des Berliner Ganzsachen-Sammler-Vereins, Jahrgang 33/Heft 6 ff., Hamburg 1959 ff.

2. Passer, Adolf: The Stamps of Turkey, London 1938

3. Schmidt, Wolfgang: Stellungnahme zu Okday, in Die Ganzsache, Zeitschrift des Berliner Ganzsachen-Sammler-Vereins, Jahrgang 40/Heft 2 ff., Hamburg 1966 ff.

4. Senf: Die Ganzsachen der Türkei, Teil I in Der Ganzsachensammeier, Beilage zur Berliner Briefmarkenzeitung, 1920, S. 12; Teil II-IV in Die Ganzsache, Zeitschrift des Berliner Ganzsachen-Sammler-Vereins, Jahrgang l/Heft 2 u. 4., Hamburg 1921.

5. Tanrikut, Asaf: Postal Stationery Postcards, in OPAL, the Journal of the Oriental Philatelic Association of London, No. 176,  Page 56, London 1991.

14

Australia

Postal Stationery From Western Australia, Mogens Juhl, 1984 (In English, illustrated, 31 pages)

Contents: Post  Cards (London Printings 1879-1902, Melbourne Printings), Reply Postcards, Letter Cards, Envelopes, Registered Envelopes, Newspaper Wrappers, Official Postal Stationery, Private Postal Stationery.

Western Australia

15

Australia

2 Copies

Queensland Postal Stationery, P Collas, 1979 (In English, 52 pages)

Contents:

Post Cards, Envelopes, Wrappers, Letter Cards 1880-97

Wrappers, Envelopes, Letter Cards, Post Cards “The Scenes”, Post Cards “The Issues” 1898-1912

Queensland

16

Africa

Pictorial Postal Stationery Cards of the Union of South Africa, A Chilton (In English, illustrated, 15 unbound pages)

South Africa

17

Falkland Islands

Formula Registered Envelopes: Aids to Identification, Falkland Islands Philatelic Study Group, C Perkins, 1992 (In English, illustrated, 32 pages)

Falkland Islands

18

Christmas Island

Aerogrammes of Christmas Island (Indian Ocean) R Barnes, 1995 (In English, illustrated, 15 unbound pages)

Christmas Island

19

Netherlands

Postwaardestukken voor de Spoorwegen (a chapter from “Spoor en Post in Nederland” - in Dutch, illustrated, railway interest, 5 sheets)

Netherlands

20

Italy

Italian Postal Stationery (a collection of 26 articles - in Italian)

Italy

21

Finland

Finlandia 95, Bulletins 1&2, (including an overview of Finnish postal stationery by Kaj Hellman (In English, illustrated)

General

22

Hungary

Stamps of Hungary, (5 issues of the Hungarian Society’s Journal each containing an article on postal stationery)

June 1984 - Query regarding text in Higgins & Gage  2 b).

Sept 1991 - Inflation 1945-46 PS cards Elaine Arundel.

Sept 1992 - The First Postcard D Williams.

Dec 1992 - First Postcard Notes John Off.

June 1994 HASÁBOS Postcards of 1917 Hugo Solt.

Hungary

23

Germany

Index to “Die Ganzsache” 1950 to 1990 (Journal of the Berlin Postal Stationery Collectors Club - in German)

Worldwide

24

Chile

Chile News, April 1995 International Chilean Philatelic Society (includes The Paris Envelopes by Ross A Towle regarding the supplier of Postal Stationery Envelopes in 1875/76)

Chile

25

Brazil & Bolivia

The Mainsheet, August 1994 Journal of the Spanish Main Society, illustrated, in English, contains two articles on postal stationery:

Brazil: Observations on the 1890-1904 Postal Stationery issues (Conclusion) Finn Stjernholck.

Bolivia: The 1943 Postal Stationery issues.

Brazil & Bolivia

26

Norway

Norge Helpostkatalog, 1996/7 (catalogue of Norwegian postal stationery in Norwegian but with Norwegian/English/German glossary, illustrated in colour, 96 pages)

Norway

27

Great Britain,

Collect Post Office Cards, 1996 (priced listing of aerogrammes, aircards, postal cards, reply cards and lettercards, minimal illustration, 150 pages)

Great Britain Channel Islands, Isle of Man

28*

Norway

Postal Stationery Cards, Chr Johnsen Printings 1881 to 1885, A Totten 1987 (In English, illustrated)

Norway

29

Norway

Petersen Postal Stationery Cards 1876 to 1879, A Totten 1989 (In English, illustrated)

Norway

30

Norway

Centraltrykkeriet 3 Ore Overprints on 6 Ore Postal Stationery Cards, A Totten 1992 (In English, illustrated)

Norway

31

Great Britain

Twentieth Century Postal Stationery, C Baker (article published in 6 parts by the British Philatelic Bulletin (1995/96))

Great Britain

32*

Italy

Il Nuovo Pertile, 1996 (PS catalogue covering Italy and the Old States - in Italian, illustrated, 256 pages)

Italy & Italian States

33

France

L’Entier Postale (2 issues of the French Society’s PS Journal 1995 to 1996 - in French)

France

34

Belgium

L’Entieriste No 21 (Belgian magazine, issued in 1995 - in French)

General

35

Great Britain

The Development of Victorian Postal Stationery, C Baker (article published in 6 parts by the British Philatelic Bulletin (1994/95))

Great Britain

36*

Italy

Stamps, Postal Cards and Aerogrammes of Vatican City State, 1987 (catalogue, in English, lists stamps from 1981 to 1986 and all post cards and aerogrammes from 1929 to 1986 , illustrated in colour, 130 pages)

Vatican

37

Great Britain

Military Aerogrammes of British Forces, 196 pages in English listing WWII Military Aerogrammes of:

East Africa Command, West Africa, Royal Navy, Central Mediterranean, Middle East Forces, PAIFORCES (Persia And Iraq Forces), South East Asia Command (Incl. Burma), India and Ceylon Command. Very much more than a listing

Plus 12 pages of a British Military Forces Aerogramme catalogue by Kessler?

General

38*

Africa

Postal Stationery of South West Africa 1888 to 1990 (In English and Dutch, 1993, illustrated  116 pages)

South West Africa

39

British Commonwealth

Hodson’s Air Mail Stationery Catalogue, Part 1 British Commonwealth (In English, covers period up to mid-1950s, 194 pages, illustrated)

British Commonwealth

40

United States of America

Journal of United Postal Stationery Society (October 1996 to date)

Worldwide

41

Great Britain

Notes on Victorian Embossed Postal Stationery, H Dagnall, 1987 (In English, illustrated, 25 pages)

Great Britain

42

Great Britain

Parcel Postage Paid by Impressed Stamps, H Dagnall 1987 (In English, illustrated, 20 pages)

Great Britain

43

Australia

AerogrammeR (first 12 issues of the journal of the Aerogramme Society of Australia) Short articles and regular features new issues, references etc in English.

Worldwide

 

Issue 1 1996 Ethiopia 1965 55c,

Issue 2 1997 British Guiana 1944 12c “Airletter”, Papua New Guinea 1966 9c, Ghana 1972.

Issue 3 1997 Singapore (Malaya) 25c, Interesting Irish Aerogrammes, Ghana Errors, GB KGVI Airletters & Aerogrammes.

Issue 4 1997 Transjordan 1947, Australia Formular Aerogrammes.

Issue 5 1997 K.U.T. 1950s, Norfolk Island Aerogrammes, Bands & Wrapper, Australia Christmas Formular Aerogrammes.

Issue 6 1998 Trinidad & Tobago 12c 1954, Norfolk Island Aerogrammes, Bands & Wrapper, Australia Formular Aerogrammes.

Issue 7 1998 Tristan Da Cunha Aerogrammes, Bermuda, Bands & Wrapper, Australia Formular Aerogrammes.

Issue 8 1998 FDI cancels on Australia Aerogrammes, Isle of Man, Bermuda, Bands & Wrapper, Antarctica, Guatamala Forerunner, Belgium.

Issue 9 1998 Australia Pictorial Aerogrammes, Sierra Leone, Australia Formular Aerogrammes, Cuban Errors, Bands & Wrapper, Norfolk Island Aerogrammes, Austrian Aerogrammes.

Issue 10 1999 FDI cancels, Hong Kong Error, Norfolk Island Aerogrammes, Austrian Aerogrammes.

Issue 11 1999 Aerogramme Development, 1953 Quantas Coronation Aerogrammes.

Issue 12 1999 French Folded Letter Sheets Carried by Balloon, Aerogrammes and Communist Countries.

Issue 13 1999 Australian Aerogrammes with Plate Numbers, 50th Anniversary of 1st Norwegian Aerogramme, Sao Tome E Principe, Tanzania.

 

 

 

44

Hong Kong

Hong Kong Postal Stationery Stamped Hans Schoenfeld 1991 (In English, illustrated, pages)

Great Britain

 

Bibliography

Bulletins of the Hong Kong Study Circle London

HIGGINS & GAGE: World Postal Stationery Catalogue Huntington Beach 1979/81

KESSLER, F.W.: Catalogue of Aerogrammes - 1961

WEBB, F.W.: The Philatelic and Postal History of Hong Kong and the Treaty Ports in China and Japan London 1961

WEBB, F.W. : Hong Kong Airmails, London 1968

WIEGAND, W.: Katalog der Aerogramme von Asien, Renningen 1990

YANG, N.C.: Postage Stamp & Postal History Catalogue of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 1991

45

Great Britain

QB Software Aerogrammes, Airmail Letter Cards, Airletters, GB KGVI POW, Civilian & Forces, QEII Definitive, Private, Pictorial & Commemorative, Regional Forces mail including Canada & South Africa, By Dr. Paul Adby 1997 (In English, 108 pages, illustrated, includes 32 page Aerogramme Supplement 1998)

Great Britain

Canada

South Africa

46*

France and Monaco

Les Entiers Postaux de France et de Monaco, Storch/Françon (In French, some illustrations 256 pages)

France

47

Netherlands and Colonies

Geuzendam’s Catalogue van de Postwaardestukken van Nederland en Overzeese Rijksdelen (1997 edition in Dutch with explanatory pamphlet in English, illustrated, 119 pages.)

Netherlands

48*

Fiji

Postal Stationery of Fiji, R Duberal, The Pacific Islands Study Circle of Great Britain (1998 in English, illustrated, 113 pages.)

Fiji

49

Malta

Malta Postal Stationery 1885 to 1979, Malta Study Circle Paper No 48. (1979, in English, illustrated, 30 pages.)

Malta

50*

Indian States

The Comprehensive India States Postal Stationery Listing, 1994 Edward Deschl. (In English, illustrated, 323 pages, contains comprehensive bibliography)

Part 1 Native (Feudatory) Indian States,

Part 2 Convention States.

India States

51

Africa

Somewhat disjointed extracts from:

Sierra Leone Registration F L Walton  1994 (West Africa Study Circle Monograph No 1).

Sierra Leone Postal Stationery – Envelopes, Wrappers, Postcards, Registered Envelopes

The Postal Service of Sierra Leone , its History, Stamps & Stationery Until 1961 P O Beale 1988 (Royal Philatelic Society)

Sierra Leone

52

Canada

The Postal Stationery of Canada. A Reference Catalogue, Nelson Bond 1953 (In English, illustrated, 132 pages.)

Canada

53

General

Higgins and Gage World Postal Stationery Catalogue with information up to Circa 1982 (Loose leaf, in English, illustrated)

Note: Up to 3 countries can be borrowed at any one time.

Worldwide

54*