Zikmund Reach: Album Postovnich známek, Prague 1887, publ. by the Club of Czech philatelists, 244 pages, no stamps, but with 820 illustrations, hardbound and nice title picture. One of the early Czech albums in good condition. PLUS: Universal-Briefmarken-Album: Illustriertes Briefmarken-Album. Kleine Octav-Ausgabe. With space for over 2.000 stamps and over 1.000 illustrations of stamps. Hardcover, 62 pages. Without date, good condition....
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Lot #21027 - literature Manuals and monographs - All world
1920 – Griebert, (Paul) Hugo (Emil): The Stamps of Spain 1850–1834 (1919), 127 pages + 14 plates in rear pocket. Luxury edition, hardbound full red leather Morocco, gold stamped spine raised spines and all edges gilt, some spine wear. This is a very rare de-luxe edition, probably the limited edition of 10 copies. A wonderful rarity! Estimation: 500 Euro
Lot #21028 - literature Manuals and monographs - All world
1921 – Bacon, Edward Denny: The Line-engraved Postage Stamps of Great Britain printed by Perkins, Bacon & Co. (1920). Vol. I: XX + 240 pages, Vol. II: Appendix A–J, 321 pages + 15 photo plates. The original volumes were published with greyish green softcover, but the Bjäringer copies are half leather bound with gold title imprint on spine and in very good condition. PLUS: Supplement to the Line-engraved Postage Stamps of Great Britain (...
Lot #21029 - literature Manuals and monographs - All world
1922 – Nissen, Charles (in collaboration with Bertram McGowan): The Plating of the Penny Black Postage Stamp of Great Britain, 1840. With a description of each individual stamp on the eleven different plates, according a guide to collectors in the reconstruction of the sheets. (1922), XX + 122 pages + 40 photographic plates. The original book was published as softcover with text and photo plates separate in two volumes. The Bjäringer copy is...
Lot #21030 - literature Manuals and monographs - All world
1923 – Pack, Charles Lathrop: Victoria. The Half Length Portraits and Postage Stamps and the Twopence Queen Enthroned (1923), 273 pages, 29 photo plates, pages gilt-edged at top, blue half leather cloth with gold title imprint on spine, good condition. Ex Paul de Smeth library. Inside is a original letter written by Charles Lathrop Pack to de Smeth (October 13, 1924) which he sent with the book as a present. Estimate: 200 Euro
Lot #21031 - literature Manuals and monographs - All world
1924 – Napier, G. S. F. (George Samuel Frederick): The Stamps of the First Issue of Brazil (1923), 121 pages + 40 photo plates in a rear pocket, burgundy cloth binding with gold title imprint on spine, pages gilt-edged at top. Limited edition of 200 copies, this one is No. 76/200, signed and dedicated by the author to Benjamin Goodfellow. Good condition, only the spine is a bit discoloured. Estimate: 450 Euro
Lot #21032 - literature Manuals and monographs - All world
1925 / 1927 – Anderssen, Dr. Justus & Dethloff, Henrik: Norges Frimerker 1855–1924 (1924, in Norwegian language), 188 pages (gilt-edged at top), originally softbound, this copy is quarter leather hardbound with gold title imprint on spine (rubbed at edges), 1000 copies printed, this is No. 429; PLUS: Peplow, F. J. (Frank Jukes): The Postage Stamps of Buenos Aires (Febr. 1926, but Crawford medal 1927), 72 pages + 8 photo plates, including...
Lot #21033 - literature Manuals and monographs - All world
1928 / 1930 – Dendy Marshall, C. F.: The British Post Office from its Beginnings to the End of 1925 (1926), VI + 354 pages + 35 photo plates, dark red cloth binding with gold embossing on front cover (a medal of Queen Victoria) and title on spine, good condition, but some pages with a few foxing spots; PLUS 1930 – Chase, Carroll: The 3c Stamp of the United States 1851–57 Issue (1929), X + 374 pages, bound in ochre cloth with gold title...
Lot #21034 - literature Manuals and monographs - All world
1929 – Woodward, A. M. Tracy: The postage Stamps of Japan and Dependencies (1928), two volumes with 537 pages (vol. 1: XXXVI + pp. 1–254, vol. 2: pp. 255–537, 243 plates, Addenda page, Errata slip). Only 112 sets were printed on handmade vellum paper, bound in padded morocco leather and decorated with tooled gold. Additional wooden slipcase. This copy is number “52”. These publications were sold by Woodward for $ 75 per set (the equivalent of...
Lot #21035 - literature Manuals and monographs - All world
1931 / 1932 – Allis, Gilbert J.: Cape of Good Hope. Its Postal History & Postal Stamps (1930), 118 pages + 8 photo plates, normal edition hardbound in blue cloth with black title imprint and gold imprint on spine. There was also a special limited autographed edition with special plates. This edition consists of 50 numbered copies (1–50 + 10 presentation copies, numbered 001–010). The Bjäringer copy is numbered 22/50 of the special edition...
Lot #21036 - literature Manuals and monographs - All world
1933 / 1934 – Lee, E. J. (Emanuel Joseph): The Postage Stamps of Uruguay: with special reference to the “plating” of most of the lithographed issues (1931), 388 pages + 22 photo plates, bound in dark turquoise half leather, gold title imprint on spine, slip case, 200 copies printed (this is No. 103/200), in excellent condition and preserved in a private slipcase – Dr. Amrhein wrote about this book years ago: “… one of the finest works...
Lot #21037 - literature Manuals and monographs - All world
1935 – Schmidt, Carl: Die Postwertzeichen der Russischen Landschaftsaemter (two volumes 1932), Vol. I: Achtyrka – Luga (XXXX – 300 pages), Vol. II: Malmysch – Woltschansk, Addendum and estimated prices (407 pages). Many stamp illustrations are included as original photos in the book. Originally published as softbound books, but the Bjäringer copy – dedicated to the S.F.F. library by L. Lindberg 7 February 1934 – is privately bound in blue...
Lot #21038 - literature Manuals and monographs - All world
1936 – Munk, Dr. Herbert: Kohl-Briefmarken-Handbuch (1926–1936), Vol. 1: Afghanistan–Deutsches Reich (1926), 1,239 pages; Vol. 2: Deutsche Kriegsmarken–Funchal (1928), 1,024 pages; Vol. 3: Gabun–Grossbritannien, Auslandspost in der Türkei (1931), 1,024 pages; Vol. 4: Grossbritannien, Post in Marokko bis Helgoland (1933), 1,024 pages; Vol. 5: Helgoland–Italien 1861–1928 (1936), 1,024 pages. Originally all vols. bound in dark blue cloth with...
Lot #21039 - literature Manuals and monographs - All world
1937 / 1938 – Ashbrook, Stanley Bryan: The United States Ten Cent Stamp of 1855–1857 (1936), 87 pages, originally published as softcover, but this copy – ex libris L N & M Williams Library – is privately hardbound with gold title imprint on spine and in good condition, inside is a copy of a letter of the RPSL. – PLUS 1938 – Johl, Max: United States Stamps of the 20th Century, Vol. 4: Commemoratives 1933–37 (1938), 307 pages, bound in deep...
Lot #21040 - literature Manuals and monographs - All world
1939 / 1940 / 1944 – Osborne, Harry: Great Britain Twopence Plate Nine. A Study of the Plate and Its Repairs (1939), 93 + 1 pages incl. 12 photo plates, bound in dark red cloth (Balacron/vinyl) with gold title imprint on front and spine. – PLUS 1940: Curle, J. H. / Basden, A. E.: Transvaal Postage Stamps (1940), 154 pages incl. 15 photo pages + 12 photo plates (8 in colour), bound in blue cloth with gold title imprint on spine, publ. under...
Lot #21041 - literature Manuals and monographs - All world
1945 / 1947 – Thorp, Prescott Holden: Bartels Catalogue of the Stamped Envelopes and Wrappers of the United States and Possessions (in two volumes, 1943), Vol. I: 324 pages, Vol. II: 96 pages. This was the 5th edition of Bartels catalogue (the 1st was published in 1897). Hardcover. Signs of age and wear. – PLUS 1947 – Boggs, Winthrop Smillie: The Postage Stamps and Postal History of Canada (2 Volumes 1945), vol. I: 761 pages, vol. II: with...
Lot #21042 - literature Manuals and monographs - All world
1948 – Nicolau, A. (Arturo) Tort: Guia del Collecionista de Sellos de Correos de España 1855–69 (1935–1950), three volumes. Vol. I (1935): 401 + II pages; Vol. 2 (1945): 413 + I pages; Vol. III (1950): 365 pages). All hardbound in similar binding with frontispiece and title imprint on front and spine in black and white. The Crawford medal was awarded for the second volume covering 1855–1869. The third volume was published after the author's...
Lot #21043 - literature Manuals and monographs - All world
1949 / 1950 / 1951 – Wood, F. E. (Francis Ernest); Straits Settlements Postage Stamps (1948), 136 pages, softcover, preserved in a special bibliophile box; – PLUS 1950 – Dawson, L. E. (Lionel Edward): The One Anna and Two Annas Postage Stamps of India 1854–55 (1948), 85 pages + 12 separate photo plates, hardbound with gold title imprint on front. Bjäringer's copy is numbered 88 of a de-luxe edition of 125 copies, signed by the author,...
Lot #21044 - literature Manuals and monographs - All world
1952 / 1954 – Schmidt-Andersen, J. (Johannes): The postage Stamps of Denmark 1851–1951 (1951), 293 pages, with an additional page f coloured specimens from the original clichés, softbound with embossed Coats of Arms on the front and red printed title on the spine (with additional slipcase). – PLUS 1954 – Purves, J. R. W. (James Richard William): The Half Lenghts of Victoria (1953), XV + 216 pages incl. 5 coloured photo plates + 31 separate...
Lot #21045 - literature Manuals and monographs - All world
1953 – Wilson, Sir John: The Royal Philatelic Collection (1952). Format 37 x 26 cm, 568 pages, 12 colour plates, a further 60 monochrome plates, bound in red Nigerian Morocco leather with title, author's name and roses on spine, King's crest on front, pages gilt-edged at top, slipcase. The book is is excellent condition, but the slipcase has the usual defects (here on one side at the top, easy to repair). Included is also the official “...
Lot #21046 - literature Manuals and monographs - All world
1956 / 1959 – Collins, R. J. G. (Raymond James George) / Watts, C. W. (Campbell Walter) – Editors of The Royal Philatelic Society of New Zealand: The Postage Stamps of New Zealand, Vol. III: Postal History of New Zealand with special reference to postal cancellations and markings (1955), XXVI + 694 pages, bound in deep red leather (Balacron) with title imprint on front and spine, dust jacket, 1,150 copies printed (this is No. 1062). – PLUS...
Lot #21047 - literature Manuals and monographs - All world
1958 – Easton, John: The De La Rue History of British and Foreign Postage Stamps 1855–1901 (1958) XXIII + 846 pages, 48 photo plates, hardbound in maroon cloth, dust jacket, good condition. Estimate: 50 Euro
Lot #21048 - literature Manuals and monographs - All world
1960 / 1961 – Tchilinghirian, S. (Simon) D. / Stephen, W. S. E. (William Stewart Easton): Stamps of the Russian Empire Used Abroad (six parts 1957–1960), in total 576 pages, softcover, preserved in a private slipcase; – PLUS 1961 – Dadkah, Dr. Mohammed: Emissions du type ‘Lion’ de l'Iran 1865–1879 - Lion Stamps of Persia (Iran) 1865–1879 (1960), 61 pages + 28 photo plates with 123 stamp illustrations, text in English, French and Persian,...
Lot #21049 - literature Manuals and monographs - All world
1962 / 1963 / 1964 – Argenti, Nicholas: The Postage Stamps of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, 223 pages, 24 photo plates, hardbound in dark green synthetic leather with gold title imprint on front and spine, gilt edging on top of the pages, 350 numbered copies printed, Bjäringers copy is No. 172. – PLUS 1963 – Seymour, J. B. (James Benjamin) / Wiggins, Dr. W. R. D. / Gardiner-Hill, Clive: The Postage Stamps of Great Britain Part II (2nd...
Lot #21050 - literature Manuals and monographs - All world
1965 / 1966 – Galvez, Joaquin: Los Primeros Sellos de Chile 1853 a 1867 (1964, trilingual Span., French & Engl.), 118 pages + 14 plates, bound in somewhat greyish-green cloth with gold title imprint on front and spine, 300 copies printed. – PLUS 1966 – Ichida, Dr. Soichi: The Cherry Blossom Issues of Japan 1872–1876 (1965, in English language), 335 pages, some photoplates in colour, bound in burgundy cloth with gold title plate on front...




























