BOOKS & CATALOGUES ON STAMPS & POSTAL HISTORY OF USA * MEXICO * CANADA * CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA INCLUDING AIR MAIL & SPECIALIZED BOOKS: URUGUAY * BRAZIL * ARGENTINA * PERU * COLOMBIA ETC
BOOKS & CATALOGUES ON STAMPS & POSTAL HISTORY OF USA * MEXICO * CANADA * CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA INCLUDING AIR MAIL & SPECIALIZED BOOKS: URUGUAY * BRAZIL * ARGENTINA * PERU * COLOMBIA ETC
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Country: USA
Condition: CONFEREDERATE STATES BY EAREE * 2017 reprint with ADDED ILLUSTRATIONS useful
Description: ROBERT BRISCO EAREE *** CONFEDERATE STATES FORGERIES ** 32 Pages, in English, with Illustrations including some very useful new ones of genuine and forged stamps/overprints/postmarks PLUS COLOR illustrations which help in the detection of forgeries. A dated work but a great start, this book will pay for itself in due course *** 2017 Reprint of the 1905 3rd and last compilation from Earee's 3rd Edition of "ALBUM WEEDS - or How To Detect Forged Stamps" -- Earee illustrates (1905 style) some stamps and gives detailed descriptions for every forged stamp and postmark then known or recorded ANYWHERE in the world. The book gives simple ways to pick the genuine from the forgeries. An essential work for collectors of classic issues LIMITED EDITION *** NOT TO BE MISSED!!! USEFUL REFERENCE FOR THE SERIOUS COLLECTOR
Price: $21.00
Item Id #014595
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Country: SURINAM
Condition: SURINAM POSTAL STATIONERY H & G CATALOG
Description: SURINAM * 4 PAGES ************************************
We are offering the pages of SINGLE COUNTRIES from a used set in good condition. They have punch holes at left to fit appropriate 3-ring binders - no binder is included in this lot. Some countries have updates pasted at the proper point of the listings; in rare cases a few listings are marked, or "ticked" with v (this is mentioned for accuracy but it does not detract from usefulness) --
THE PAGES are ORIGINAL PAGES from the editions of the 1970s
(do not expect listings to go beyond the early 1970s)
-- these pages ARE NOT PHOTOCOPIES
Higgins & Gage, World Postal Stationery Catalogue, the definitive work on postal stationery issues of the world.
HIGGINS & GAGE is to postal stationery what Scott, Michel, Yvert Tellier and Stanley Gibbons are to stamps.
You will find listings for all Postal Cards, Letter Cards, Envelopes, Letter Sheets, Wrappers, Aerogrammes, Telephone Forms, Registry, Special Delivery, Pneumatic Post, Parcel Post, COD, Post Office Forms, Insurance, Receipts, Franked Envelopes and much more information.
In English, priced in US $. VERY USEFUL
WIKIPEDIA describes the Higgins and Gage opus as "the only encyclopaedic catalogue of POSTAL STATIONERY covering the whole world. Despite most volumes not having been updated for over twenty years, the catalogue and the H & G numbering system are still widely used by philatelists and stamp dealers as although the values given in the catalogue are out of date, there is no other comprehensive listing of world postal stationery."
Price: $8.50
Item Id #009226
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Condition: SWITZERLAND POST D-DAY MAIL TO & FROM ENGLAND USA & AMERICAS
Description: FULL COLOR THROUGHOUT
MAGNIFICENT "MUST HAVE" BOOK
See Scans for details about book & book contents
Price: $39.00
Item Id #002827
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Country: PERU
Condition: PERU CIVIL AVIATION
Description: Peruvian Civil Aviation ***
by Herbert H. Moll. ***
This 87 page monograph covers the early experimental flights made by Peruvians such as Jorge Chavez, the first person to fly over the Andes, and Juan Bielouvic whom the author knew personally. The early flights of the 1920's and 1930's are chronicled, and the development of the Faucett and PANAGRA airlines are discussed, with many illustrations of first flight covers. Inroads in Peruvian aviation service made by European carriers such as Air France and Lufthansa are covered in Chapter 4, and the book finishes with a discussion of postal rates. Mr. Moll is a well known international philatelist and judge, and published the first specialized catalog of Peru in 1957.
Price: $44.00
Item Id #003615
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Country: USA
Condition: USA WESTERN ROUNDUP BY W T CROWE PHILATELIC FOUNDATION book No. 1
Description: USA WESTERN ROUNDUP BY WILLIAM T CROWE PHILATELIC FOUNDATION book No. 1
1990 - 120 pages large format, many many illustrations - essays include:
TERRITORIAL COVERS
WYOMING TERRITORY
WESTERN EXPRESSES
FOREIGN ORIGINS AND DESTINATIONS
ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Series Editor M. X. Zelerax
Price: $38.00
Item Id #009512
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Country: RUSSIA
Condition: FORGERIES RUSSIA BOSNIA BULGARIA COREA CZECHOSLOVAKIA
Description: FORGERIES RUSSIA BOSNIA BULGARIA COREA CZECHOSLOVAKIA FORGERIES RUSSIA BOSNIA BULGARIA COREA CZECHOSLOVAKIA, DANISH WEST INDIES FIUME FIJI LATVIA NORWAY NEWFOUNDLAND ROMANIA SPAIN USA URUGUAY FORGERIES OLD AND NEW by ALDEN C. JOHNSON, Part I. (Look out for Part II in my listings)
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Seminal work in English, 42 pages, illustrated throughout, easy reading. It deals with the forgeries of BOSNIA, BRITISH EAST AFRICA, BULGARIA, COREA, CZECHOSLOVAKIA (extensive section), DANISH WEST INDIES, DENMARK, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC FIUME, FIJI, LATVIA, MONTENEGRO, NEWFOUNDLAND, NORWAY, ROMANIA, RUSSIA (extensive section), SERBIA, SHANGHAI, SIBERIA, SPAIN, UNITED STATES, URUGUAY and other countries such as BRITISH EAST AFRICA, ETHIOPIA, AUSTRIA, AZORES, BOLIVIA, CANADA, CUBA, SLOVAKIA, DANZIG, FINLAND, GERMANY, NEW BRUNSWICK, NEW CALEDONIA, NOVA SCOTIA, OBOCK, PERU, POLAND, SWITZERLAND, TURKEY, WHITE RUSSIA, and ZULULAND. Filled with very useful information complemented by a good INDEX. Pavia Reprint of the rare 1941 EMCO edition, fine quality. The lay-out of the original work has been improved where possible and this reprint is printed on high quality, extra white paper from short fibre pulp from eucalyptus trees, chlorine free. ***
MISSING FROM 98% OF THE LIBRARIES!!!
THIS IS A MUST HAVE bibliophile publication. LOOK OUT FORT PART II in my upcoming auctions .
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Item Id #014632
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Condition: CANADA POST OFFICES BY CAMPBELL 1972 EDITION rare HARDBOUND USED
Description: SEE SCANS
IN ENGLISH * HARD BOUND * MANY ILLUSTRATIONS * 210 PAGES * 1972 reprint
IMPORTANT REFERENCE WORK
THIS IS A USED BOOK WITH A FEW MINOR PROBLEMS, for example: THE BINDING IS STILL STRONG BUT HAS SEEN BETTER DAYS, SCOTCH TAPE STAINS (SEE SCAN) AND SOME MINOR INSECT NIBBLING. THE TEXT PAGES HOWEVER ARE WELL PRESERVED AND IN FINE TO VERY FINE CONDITION AFTER 40 YEARS ON THE SHELVES OF TWO LIBRARIES * NOT FOR THE PERFECTIONIST BUT PERFECTLY FINE FOR THE WISE SCHOLAR
EX LIBRIS WESTERN PHILATELIC LIBRARY, and stamp of SUNNYVALE PUBLIC LIBRARY
Price: $69.00
Item Id #004137
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Country: USA
Condition: USA TEN CENT STAMPS 1855-1859 BY NEINKEN used
Description: BY MORTIMER NEINKEN
252 PAGES HARDBOUND
ILLUSTRATIONS THROUGHOUT
BINDING FINE except for SOME BRUISE at top left visible in Scan
AND OVERALL CONDITION VERY FINE (dust jacket shows considerable wear & tear...obviously the book was read time and again)
In English
Price: $69.00
Item Id #004138
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Country: USA
Condition: USA BUREAU OF ENGRAVING & PRINTING 1862-1962 used
Description: 1978, REPRINT
218 PAGES HARDBOUND
ILLUSTRATIONS THROUGHOUT
BINDING VERY FINE AND OVERALL CONDITION VERY FINE (hardly any shelf life wear)
In English
Price: $55.00
Item Id #004141
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Country: USA
Condition: USA EMBOSSED REVENUE 1st FED ISSUE BY COMBS used
Description: 1979, FIRST EDITION
BY W. V. COMBS
134 PAGES HARDBOUND (spine discoloured by sun otherwise fine)
ILLUSTRATIONS THROUGHOUT
BINDING QUITE GOOD AND OVERALL CONDITION FINE
In English
Price: $48.00
Item Id #004142
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Country: USA
Condition: USA PRIVATE DIE PROPRIETARY PROOFS Joyce Collection
Description: COLLECTOR'S HANDBOOK
FOR PRIVATE DIE PROPRIETARY PROOFS & CENSUS OF THE JOYCE COLLECTION
by Richard Friedberg
Stapled vertically at left, 34 (letter size) pages, no date
Used copy, with minimal shelf life signs, otherwise very fine
Price: $31.00
Item Id #009518
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Country: USA
Condition: USA SAN FRANCISCO THE BEGINNINGS BY SKINNER ELDREDGE
Description: 433 PAGES ILLUSTRATIONS THROUGHOUT INCLUDING A CALIFORNIA MAP (small sealed tear not detracting) BINDING SUN DISCOLORATION & INK BLOTS, HANDWRITING ON BOARDS INSIDE, OTHERWISE IN GOOD TO FINE QUALITY, THE REFINED COLLECTOR MAY CONSIDER A NEW BINDING FOR THIS RARE AND IMPORTANT VOLUME
FIRST EDITION 1912 ************* NON PHILATELIC - NON POSTAL HISTORY!!!!! ********
In English
Price: $60.00
Item Id #004143
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Country: USA
Condition: USA EMBOSSED REVENUE 2nd FEDERAL ISSUE BY COMBS used
Description: 1988, FIRST EDITION
BY W. V. COMBS
158 PAGES HARDBOUND
ILLUSTRATIONS THROUGHOUT
BINDING QUITE FINE AND OVERALL CONDITION VERY FINE
In English
Price: $49.00
Item Id #004146
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Country: ITALY
Condition: ITALY AIR MAIL BRAZIL ARGENTINA URUGUAY VENEZUELA
Description: A Special Item
FROM THE ANTIQUARIAN & MODERNARIAN
OF POSTAL HISTORY & PHILATELY
LATI: ITALIAN SOUTH ATLANTIC AIRLINE
98 pages A4 full color, illustrated throughout, spiral bound
LOADED WITH VALUABLE INFORMATION
AIRCRAFT * CENSORSHIP * WESTBOUND MAIL * EASTBOUND MAIL * THE AFTERMATH OF LATI SERVICE + APPENDIXES
A MUST HAVE FOR ANY SERIOUS COLLECTOR OF THESE RARE POSTMARKS
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Item Id #002618
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Condition: CANADA CENTENNIAL DEFINITIVES by Gronbeck-Jones used
Description: IN ENGLISH * 40 PAGES * 1972
With very minor signs of use and shelf life, otherwise very fine used copy
NOT TO BE MISSED!!!
ESSENTIAL REFERENCE FOR THE SERIOUS COLLECTOR
Price: $21.00
Item Id #004163
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Country: USA
Condition: USA PASSED BY ARMY CENSOR 1941-42 -- fantastic BOOK
Description: Passed By Army Censor
By Richard W. Helbock
256 pages Hard Bound. in English
A catalog of censor markings used on mail from American soldiers and War Department civilians assigned overseas in 1941 and 1942.
There are 18 chapters in all and they are organized chronologically and geographically.
All Army operations throughout the world are covered.
The last chapter deals with Operation Torch (the invasion of North Africa) which involved nearly 200 thousand servicemen and was a turning point in the war in Europe.
Well illustrated with covers and markings
Price: $62.00
Item Id #003397
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Country: USA
Condition: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA RL AUCTION Bermuda 1975
Description: 255 lots, auction catalogue Robson Lowe, Bermuda 28 Nov 1975
18th Century Letters
EARLY EXPRESS COMPANIES
INDEPENDENT MAIL CARRIERS
POSTMASTER PROVISIONALS
GENERAL ISSUES
VIA PANAMA COVERS
Price: $23.00
Item Id #004167
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Country: BRAZIL
Condition: BRAZIL FERREIRA COLLECTION CHRISTIE'S AUCTION
Description: SEE SCANS
AUCTION CATALOGUE
DESCRIBING 271 FABULOUS LOTS, MOST OF THEM ILLUSTRATED
from the Collection Formed by MAURINO A. FERREIRA
breath taking Bull's Eyes and Inclinados and Postal History
you wish you bought everything in 94 when they looked expensive but look at the market now!!!
Price: $37.00
Item Id #006215
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Country: USA
Condition: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA RL AUCTION Bermuda 1978
Description: 866 lots, auction catalogue Robson Lowe, Bermuda 26 JAN 1978 - incl Walter Hubbard Collection
GOOD SECTIONS OF GENERAL ISSUES INCLUDING COVERS AND RARITIES
CALIFORNIA ROUTES
CANCELLATIONS
PATRIOTIC COVERS
CARRIERS LOCAL POSTS
WE SHIP WORLDWIDE
Price: $25.00
Item Id #004168
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Country: CANADA
Condition: CANADA FLAG CANCELLATION HANDBOOK 1896 - 1973
Description: IN ENGLISH * 92 PAGES * 1974
many illustrations
With very minor signs of use and shelf life, otherwise very fine used copy
NOT TO BE MISSED!!!
ESSENTIAL REFERENCE FOR THE SERIOUS COLLECTOR
Price: $30.00
Item Id #004169
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Country: ARGENTINA
Condition: FORGERIES ARGENTINA & BUENOS AYRES 1856-1892 by Earee
Description: ROBERT BRISCO EAREE ***
ARGENTINA & BUENOS AYRES FORGERIES 1856-1892 ***
32 Pages, in English, with Illustrations ***
2011 Reprint of the 1905 3rd and last compilation from Earee's 3rd Edition of "ALBUM WEEDS - or How To Detect Forged Stamps"
Earee illustrates and gives details for every forged stamp and postmark then known or recorded ANYWHERE in the world. The book gives simple ways to pick the genuine from the forgeries. An essential work for collectors of classic issues of Argentina.
NOT TO BE MISSED!!!
ESSENTIAL REFERENCE FOR THE SERIOUS COLLECTOR
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Item Id #003921
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Country: PHILIPPINES
Condition: FORGERIES PERSIA IRAN PERU PHILIPPINES by Earee
Description: ROBERT BRISCO EAREE ****
PERSIA ** PERU ** PHILIPPINES: FORGERIES
A good and comprehensive, but by no means complete, description of a good number of the existing forgeries of Iran (1875-1886), Peru (1858-1884) and the Philippines(1854-1864).
The differences between the genuine stamps and the forgeries are described in great detail.
24 Pages, in English, with Illustrations including some new ones of forged [or genuine] stamps as a bonus
2011 Reprint of the 1905 last and best compilation from Earee's 3rd Edition of "ALBUM WEEDS - or How To Detect Forged Stamps"
Earee gives details for every forged stamp and postmark known at that time. The book gives simple ways to pick the genuine from the forgeries. An essential work for collectors of classic issues.
THIS REPRINT MAKES AVAILABLE -- FOR THE FIRST TIME --RESEARCH FROM EAREE'S WORK IN CONVENIENT REPRINTS OF SINGLE COUNTRIES (before you had to buy a book that now retails for $200 with countries A to Z; or at best a modern reprint in 6 volumes that would cost you $150 to $200 -- both long out of print!!!)
EXPECT: Research that was compiled at the end of the 1800s
EXPECT: Good production with printing quality based on an original that was produced 106 years ago
DO NOT EXPECT 2011 photography, or state-of-the-art typographical and lay-out quality in a reprint of a 1905 book
BEING THE EARLIEST DETAILED RESEARCH ON THE SUBJECT MATTER THE VALUE OF THIS BOOKLET IS ESSENTIALLY ITS GREAT BIBLIOGRAPHIC RELEVANCE
LIMITED EDITION *** NOT TO BE MISSED!!!
ESSENTIAL BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE FOR THE SERIOUS COLLECTOR
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Price: $22.00
Item Id #003922
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Country: VENEZUELA
Condition: FORGERIES VENEZUELA EARLY ISSUES by Earee REPRINT
Description: ROBERT BRISCO EAREE ~~~~
VENEZUELA FORGERIES 1850s-1860s ~~~
IN ENGLISH, 40 pages, with illustrations of the 1906 Edition + Added a few Illustrations of genuine and forged stamps as a bonus
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Also included as an added feature is a chapter by Dr. Giorgio Migliavacca, titled ROBERT BRISCO EAREE: THE PIONEER ENCYCLOPAEDIST OF STAMP FORGERIES
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A good and comprehensive, but by no means complete, description of a good number of the existing forgeries of Venezuelan stamps of the 1850s-1860s. The differences between the genuine stamps and the forgeries are described in great detail [the focus of the Author is to give ample descriptions, since at the time stamp photography was in its infancy].
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BEING THE EARLIEST DETAILED RESEARCH ON THE SUBJECT MATTER THE VALUE OF THIS BOOKLET IS ESSENTIALLY ITS GREAT BIBLIOGRAPHIC RELEVANCE
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2011 Reprint of the 1906 3rd and last compilation from Earee's 3rd Edition of "ALBUM WEEDS - or How To Detect Forged Stamps"
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Earee illustrates and gives details for every forged stamp and postmark then known or recorded ANYWHERE in the world. The book gives simple ways to pick the genuine from the forgeries. An essential work for collectors of classic issues.
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THIS REPRINT MAKES AVAILABLE -- FOR THE FIRST TIME --RESEARCH FROM EAREE'S WORK IN CONVENIENT REPRINTS OF SINGLE COUNTRIES (before you had to buy a book that now retails for $200 with countries A to Z; or at best a modern reprint in 6 volumes that would cost you $150 to $200 -- both long out of print!!!)
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EXPECT: Research that was compiled at the end of the 1800s
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EXPECT: Good production with printing quality based on an original that was produced 106 years ago
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DO NOT EXPECT 2011 photography, or state-of-the-art typographical and lay-out quality in a reprint of a 1906 book
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BEING THE EARLIEST DETAILED RESEARCH ON THE SUBJECT MATTER THE VALUE OF THIS BOOKLET IS ESSENTIALLY ITS GREAT BIBLIOGRAPHIC RELEVANCE
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LIMITED EDITION *** NOT TO BE MISSED!!!
ESSENTIAL BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE FOR THE SERIOUS COLLECTOR
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WE SHIP WORLDWIDE
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Item Id #003923
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Country: USA
Condition: HISTORY OF CALIFORNIA POST OFFICES by Salley hardbound
Description: FIRST EDITION, 1977
COPY #401 of 500
signed by Salley
in English
302 pages + Addenda, large size, HARDBOUND
a few handwritten corrections, very inconspicuous and useful as they set the record straight, mentioned for the sake of accuracy; this being a working copy it is in VERY FINE CONDITION with very minor signs of shelf life
RARE & IMPORTANT BOOK
Price: $89.00
Item Id #004179
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Condition: USA Posted Letter in Colonial and Revolutionary America
Description: IN ENGLISH
Posted Letter in Colonial and Revolutionary America by ter Braake
The ESSENTIAL book for Colonial American Specialists, covers
both the postal operations, known markings and covers. 1975,
653 pages, rate chart in pocket, cloth,
GOOD USED COPY: TEXT PAGES IN GOOD CONDITION *
USED COPY WITH MINOR SIGNS OF SHELF LIFE
Price: $74.00
Item Id #004180
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