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Canada — Handbooks
Bileski, Kasmir. SOME CANADIAN STAMP ERRORS. Published 1982. Card. 39 p. Illus. Deals with several errors appearing after the Inverted Seaway of 1959. Explains how errors can occur. Stories of specific errors, their discovery, break-up, etc.
Literature #7705 | Price: $10.00 | Your Price: $8.00


Machine Cancels — Handbooks
Billings, B. INTRODUCTION TO FLORIDA MACHINE CANCELS. Published 1989. LL. 13 p. Illus. First machines; Installation Chronology; International; American; Barry; Doremus; Columbia; Time Marking- Cummins; Universal; Use by town.
Literature #8334 | Price: $10.00 | Your Price: $8.00


Machine Cancels — Handbooks
Billings, Bart. GEORGE EZRA BARNARD PATENTS AND APPLICATIONS. Published 1989. 21 p. Illus. Background; Dial types; Catalog of stations/w notes.
Literature #8336 | Price: $10.00 | Your Price: $8.00


Machine Cancels — Handbooks
ISBN #1880065045. Billings, Bart. AN ANTHOLOGY OF MACHINE POSTAL MARKINGS VOL 2. Published 1992. LL/punched. 111 p. List of known spray markings; Dayton, Ohio jet-sprayed labels; Potter and Vail update; U S Postal Service/Official sponser of 1992 Olympic games; Doremus received markings.
Literature #6617 | Price: $15.00 | Your Price: $12.00


Massachusetts — Handbooks
ISBN #0880000406. Blake, Maurice C. & Davis, Wilbur W. BOSTON POSTMARKS TO 1890. Published 1975. HB. 367 p. Quarterman Publications. Comprehensive, shows about 3,000 pmks, auxiliary markings & cancels. Earliest/latest usages dates, remarks.
Literature #5434 | Price: $25.00 | Your Price: $20.00


Massachusetts — Handbooks
Blake, Maurice, C. & Davis, Wilbur W. BOSTON POSTAL MARKINGS TO 1890. Published 1949. HB. 367 p. Comprehensive, shows about 3,000 pmks, auxiliary markings & cancels. Earliest/latest usages dates, remarks.
Literature #1384 | Price: $40.00 | Your Price: $32.00


Numismatics — Handbooks
Blanchard, Julian. SIGNED VIGNETTES ON OBSOLETE BANK NOTES. Published 1945. Card. 5 p. Illus. Study of engraver's signatures found on currency issues.
Literature #9785 | Price: $10.00 | Your Price: $8.00

Handbooks
Blecher, F. NORDDEUTSCHER POSTBEZIRK; ELSASS-LOTHRINGEN U. FELDPOST, 1870-71, HEFT 14 & 15. Published 1969. SB. 68 p. Illus. North Germany Postal District; Alsace-Lorraine Fieldpost. In German.
Literature #4598 | Price: $10.00 | Your Price: $8.00


Canada — Handbooks
Boggs, Winghtop S. THE POSTAGE STAMPS AND POSTAL HISTORY OF CANADA. Published 1946. HB/2 vols. 761 p. plus 169 p. addendum. Illus. The definitive work on the country..
Literature #646 | Price: $60.00 | Your Price: $48.00


Canada — Handbooks
ISBN #0880000422. Boggs, Winthrop. THE POSTAGE STAMPS AND POSTAL HISTORY OF CANADA. Published 1945. 1974 Reprint edition. HB. 870 p. Illus. Quarterman reprint w/o the appendices found in the original which are mostly regulations & text of official documents & letters.
Literature #5103 | Price: $30.00 | Your Price: $24.00


Stamp Production — Handbooks
Boggs, Winthrop S. EARLY AMERICAN PERFORATING MACHINES AND PERFORATIONS 1857-1867. Published 1954. 1982 reprint edition. Card. 38 p. Illus. Construction & mechanism; List by country of perforated stamps; Varieties of perforation & their causes. the Unitrade reprint.
Literature #10899 | Price: $10.00 | Your Price: $8.00


1847 Issue — Handbooks
Boggs, Winthrop S. POSTMASTER ROBERT MORRIS OF N. Y., BEING LETTERS FOR THE PERIOD JUNE 11, 1847 TO FEBRUARY 28, 1848. Published 1960. HB. 216 p. Illus. Biographical & historical notes; text of 223 letters written between Jun 11, 1847 & Feb 28, 1848. Author's commentary. Good view of the workings of the P O. Deluxe bound in red with gilt-edge page tops. With dust case. An edition of 150, signed by the author.
Literature #1549 | Price: $70.00 | Your Price: $56.00


Cyprus — Handbooks
Bols, A. THE POSTAL SURCHARGE AND REVENUE STAMPS OF CYPRUS. Published 1979. SB. 12 p. Historical background; Comprehensive illus catalog/w rarity values for issues 1882-1979. Addenda/w new discoveries.
Literature #6944 | Price: $10.00 | Your Price: $8.00


Railroads — Handbooks
Booth, Lloyd. THE STREET RAILWAY POST OFFICES OF PITTSBURGH. Published 1983. Card. 59 p. Background, routes, maps, markings. Shows cancels with cat. no., description, usage dates, trips, scarcity rating.
Literature #1342 | Price: $15.00 | Your Price: $12.00


Airmail — Handbooks
Borden, Norman E. AIR MAIL EMERGENCY 1934. Published 1968. HB. 177 p. Period photos. "An account of the 78 tense days in the winter of 1934 when the Army flew the United States mail.".
Literature #9554 | Price: $20.00 | Your Price: $16.00


Postal History — Handbooks
Bostwick, Arthur F. POSTAL MEANS, RATES & MARKINGS 1800 - 1850. Published 1989. SB. 116 p. The "official" photocopy of the exhibit produced by the U.S. Philatelic Classics Society.
Literature #8345 | Price: $15.00 | Your Price: $12.00


Guam — Handbooks
Bowker, H. GUAM GUARD MAIL. Published 1939. SB. 20 p. Illus. Text of official documents. Establishment of Postal service; Stamp production & issues inc. varieties. Cover/w stamp vignette produced from the original die. Cover faults. Ex Herbert Bloch.
Literature #11372 | Price: $100.00 | Your Price: $80.00


Netherlands — Handbooks
Braake, Alex L. ter. KORTE KRONIEK VAN DE GEPOSTE BRIEF; VOORNAMELIJK VOOR ZOVER DIT BETREKIING HEEFT OP HET BRIEFVERVOER VAN NAAR NEDERLAND. Published 1975. HB. 151 p. Illus. Shows many stampless cover markings. In Dutch.
Literature #4542 | Price: $20.00 | Your Price: $16.00


U S Csa — Handbooks
Brannon, Peter. THE ORGANIZATION OF THE CONFEDERATE POST OFFICE AT MONTGOMERY AND A STORY OF THE THOMAS WELSH PROVISIONAL STAMPED ENVELOPE. Published 1960. HB. 166 p. Ordinance of Secession; PO organization; PMG report; CSA stamps & postal paper; 30 p. on the Welsh Provisional.
Literature #1419 | Price: $15.00 | Your Price: $12.00


Columbian - 1908 — Handbooks
Brazer, Clarence W. A HISTORICAL CATALOG OF U S STAMP ESSAYS AND PROOFS; THE OMAHA, TRANS-MISSISSIPPI ISSUE OF 1898. Published 1939. Card. 48 p. Illus. Origin, essays, hybrids, quantities. Each illus. & described with engravers, dates of each essay, value guidelines.
Literature #1320 | Price: $15.00 | Your Price: $12.00


Essays & Proofs — Handbooks
Brazer, Clarence W. ESSAYS FOR U S ADHESIVE POSTAGE STAMPS. Published 1941. HB. 236 p. High quality photos. Shows & describes issues. Gives catalog no., size, designer, color, types, varieties.
Literature #7922 | Price: $40.00 | Your Price: $32.00


1847 Issue — Handbooks
Brazer, Clarence W. A HISTORICAL CATALOG OF U S STAMP ESSAYS AND PROOFS, THE 1847 ISSUE. Published 1947. Card. 32 p. Illus. History of the contract, subjects used for vignettes, priced listings by paper, size & color.
Literature #1286 | Price: $15.00 | Your Price: $12.00


Great Britain — Handbooks
Britnor, L & Latham, A. AN INTRODUCTION TO THE POSTAL HISTORY OF REIGATE, REDHILL AND DISTRICT. Comb. 32 p. Illus. Shows markings, gives usage dates. History, development, POs, services.
Literature #7923 | Price: $10.00 | Your Price: $8.00


Brit West Indies — Handbooks
Britnor, L. E. THE HISTORY OF THE SAILING PACKETS TO THE WEST INDIES. Published 1973. HB. 175 p. Illus. Chronological postal history. Appendices list Packet Boat & Captains; Falmouth Packet Agents; Packet Letter Letter Rates 1702-1842.
Literature #404 | Price: $40.00 | Your Price: $32.00


1851-67 Issues — Handbooks
Brookman, Lester G. NOTES ON THE GRILLED ISSUES OF THE UNITED STATES. Published 1940. Card. 72 p. Illus. History, machines, types, companies producing, oddities & varieties, counterfeits, exceptional grill sales.
Literature #1297 | Price: $25.00 | Your Price: $20.00


Bank Note Issues — Handbooks
Brookman, Lester G. THE BANK NOTE ISSUES OF THE UNITED STATES STAMPS 1870-1893. Published 1941. Card. 98 p. Illus. Stamp study by issue & printer through the Columbian issue. Incs. essays, proofs, varieties, cancels.
Literature #8870 | Price: $25.00 | Your Price: $20.00


U S General Works — Handbooks
Brookman, Lester G. THE 19th CENTURY POSTAGE STAMPS OF THE UNITED STATES. Published 1947. HB/2 volumes 624 p. Study of stamp issues 1847-1898. Includes notes on grills, special printings, postage rates.
Literature #1280 | Price: $30.00 | Your Price: $24.00


U S General Works — Handbooks
Brookman, Lester G. THE UNITED STATES POSTAGE STAMPS OF THE 19TH CENTURY. Published 1966. HB/3 vols. 882 p. Illus. History/descriptions of issues/usages. The classic reference work by the noted philatelist.
Literature #1679 | Price: $60.00 | Your Price: $48.00


U S General Works — Handbooks
Brookman, Lester G. THE UNITED STATES POSTAGE STAMPS OF THE 19TH CENTURY. Published 1966. HB/3 vols. 882 p. Illus. History/descriptions of issues/usages. The classic reference work by a noted philatelist. 1/2 leather deluxe bindings in black and blue. Full gilt-edge pages. Extremely fine in all respects. With sturdy blue dust case. Clear plastic book covers cause lightened color and shiny spots in scan.
Literature #15799 | Price: $500.00 | Your Price: $400.00


New South Wales — Handbooks
Brown, A & Campbell, H. NEW SOUTH WALES NUMERAL CANCELLATIONS. Published 1977. 2nd edition. HB. 85 p. Illus. Obliterator types; Patterns of allocation; Chronological PO list & their numeral obliterators; Alpha index to POs.
Literature #1495 | Price: $20.00 | Your Price: $16.00


Great Britain — Handbooks
Brumell, George. BRITISH POST OFFICE NUMBERS, 1844-1906. Published 1946. HB. 201 p. Illus. Distinguishing numbers given to POs & the stamps on which they were used in the British Isles & Overseas Agencies of the British PO..
Literature #11792 | Price: $25.00 | Your Price: $20.00


France — Handbooks
Brun, Jean-Francais. OUT-FOXING THE FAKERS. Published 1993. HB. 119 p. Illus. Deals with French issues. Incs Counterfeit stamps; Altered stamps; Falsified Documents, Counterfeiters. English translation of the French work.
Literature #3205 | Price: $20.00 | Your Price: $16.00


U S General Works — Handbooks
Bruns, Franklin R. UNITED STATES FAMOUS AMERICANS SERIES 1940, HEROS OF PEACE. Published 1940. Hardbound. 73 pages. Illustrated. Very fine, complete with dust jacket. Short biography of the person depicted plus a block four and single of the stamp issue. Random check shows the stamps to be never hinged. 2023 catalog value for the stamps is $170.00. In the scan only the portrait of Bell is cropped at top.
Literature #15819 | Price: $85.00 | Your Price: $68.00


Railroads — Handbooks
Bruns, James H. THE FIRST HIGHWAY POST OFFICE, INTRODUCTION OF HIGHWAY POST OFFICE SERVICE WASHINGTON, D.C./HARRISONBURG, VIRGINIA. Published 1985. Card. 78 p. Illus + vintage photos. Compilation from Govt. documents & contemporary accounts. Schedules, routes, cancels & markings.
Literature #9527 | Price: $10.00 | Your Price: $8.00


Postal History — Handbooks
Bruns, James H. COLLECTION AND DISTRIBUTION WAGON SERVICE 1896-1904. Published 1986. Card. 52 p. Vintage photos. Maps. Shows cancels, many on covers. Story of the service used to speed mail sorting used in New York City, Washington DC, Buffalo NY & St Louis. Routes, dates scarcity ratings.
Literature #9482 | Price: $10.00 | Your Price: $8.00


Airmail — Handbooks
ISBN #1891568035. Bruns, James H. TURK BIRD, THE HIGH-FLYING LIFE AND TIMES OF EDDIE GARDNER. Published 1998. Card. 104 p. National Postal Museum. Very Good. Illus, vintage photos. Biography that recounts the early days of the air mail service. Signed by the author.
Literature #8708 | Price: $10.00 | Your Price: $8.00


Ohio — Handbooks
Brust, Albert A. ILLUSTRATED POSTAL HISTORY - CHILLICOTHE, OHIO. Published 1999. Card. 96 p. Illus. Shows pmks, cvrs. Postal history to 1920 + Camp Sherman. Incs PO & PM list.
Literature #8842 | Price: $15.00 | Your Price: $12.00


Wisconsin — Handbooks
Buckland, Andrew. FLAG AND DOANE POSTMARKS OF WISCONSIN. Published 1986. LL. 9 p. Shows & describes types. PO list/w types used, known years of use. WPHS #17.
Literature #11348 | Price: $10.00 | Your Price: $8.00


Great Britain — Handbooks
Buckley, E & Ward, R. SHEFFIELD POSTAL HISTORY FROM EARLIEST TIMES TO 1850. Published 1969. Card. 71 p. Shows pmks. Outline history; PM list; List of receiving & sub-stations.
Literature #7944 | Price: $10.00 | Your Price: $8.00


U S General Works — Handbooks
Bullard Press. ILLUSTRATIONS OF U.S. ADHESIVE POSTAGE STAMPS. Published 1924. Card. 6 p. text + 13 p. enlarged illus. of U.S. stamp designs. Does not show actual stamps because of U.S. law. Describes issues 1923.
Literature #11336 | Price: $15.00 | Your Price: $12.00


Deltiology — Handbooks
Burdick, J. R. PIONEER POST CARDS; THE STORY OF MAILING CARDS TO 1898 WITH AN ILLUSTRATED CHECKLIST OF PUBLISHERS AND TITLES. Published 1957. 1963 Reprint edition. Card. 198 p. Illus. Historical background. Lists of cards with full descriptions.
Literature #11988 | Price: $15.00 | Your Price: $12.00


Deltiology — Handbooks
Burdick, J. R. THE AMERICAN CARD CATALOG: THE STANDARD GUIDE ON ALL COLLECTED CARDS AND THEIR VALUES. Published 1967. Card. 211 p. Illus. By category, descriptions and values for thousands of cards..
Literature #15811 | Price: $30.00 | Your Price: $24.00


Samoa — Handbooks
ISBN #01122053. Burge, Richard. A POSTAL HISTORY OF THE SAMOAN ISLANDS PARTS 1-2. Published 1987/1989. Card. 136 p. & 276 p. Illus. Pt. 1 - 1830 to the Imperial German Post Office 1914; Pt. 2 - 1914-1989. Covers all postal history aspects. RPS of New Zealand monographs.
Literature #4147 | Price: $60.00 | Your Price: $48.00


Handbooks
Burgess, A. H. PHILATELIC STUDY OF THE TOKELAU/UNION ISLANDS. Published 1971. Card. 32 p. Illus. Historical notes. Shows stamps, markings. Describes stamps, stationery; Postal rates; Cancels & markings; Values covers.
Literature #9059 | Price: $15.00 | Your Price: $12.00


U S Csa — Handbooks
Bush, Conrad L. THE CONFEDERATE STATES GENERAL ISSUES STAMP ALBUM. Published 1989. Card. 23 p. Shows each general issue stamp, with notes on design, quantity printed, colors, eku. Spaces to mount 17 stamps.
Literature #11346 | Price: $10.00 | Your Price: $8.00


U S Csa — Handbooks
Bush, Conrad L. CONFEDERATE STATES GENERAL ISSUE STAMPS. Published 2006. Card. 18 p. By issue study with details on design, printing, colors, varieties, multiples, usages, eku, notes.
Literature #11345 | Price: $10.00 | Your Price: $8.00


U S Csa — Handbooks
Byne, Richard H. CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA, PHILATELIC SUBJECT INDEX AND BIBLIOGRAPHY, 1862-1984. Published 1986. HB. 336 p. Comprehensive. With subject index; Bibliography; Index of Authors; Index of Publications.
Literature #1413 | Price: $20.00 | Your Price: $16.00


World Revenues — Handbooks
Byrum, Donald A.J. THE SUPPLEMENTAL STAMP CATALOGUE. Published 1974. LL. 600+ p. Illus/priced worldwide catalog of stamps not found in major catalogues but valid within the Postal systems. Many Locals, Telegraph, Telephone, Railway stamps, etc. in this unusual catalog.
Literature #421 | Price: $50.00 | Your Price: $40.00


U S General Works — Handbooks
Cabeen, Richard McP. UNITED STATES STAMP COLLECTING SERIES BOOKLETS A-D & 1-24. Card. Series of 28 booklets written on the stamp issues of the U.S. The author the editor of the stamp column for The Chicago Tribune newspaper.
Literature #11341 | Price: $100.00 | Your Price: $80.00


Italy — Handbooks
Cadioli, B & Cecchi, A. I SERVIZI POSTALI DELL'ESERCITO ITALIANO 1915-1923 VOLS 1 & 2. Published 1979 & 1980. Card/2 vols. 227 & 348 p. Shows stamps, covers, many markings. Thorough study of military mails. In Italian.
Literature #7276 | Price: $50.00 | Your Price: $40.00

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