1938 – Passer, Adolf: The Stamps of Turkey. Edited by J. H. Barron and John Simons (1938), VII + 240 pages + 76 plates, softbound with loose plates. Just 300 copies printed. Good condition, preserved in a specially made private box. Estimate: 250 Euro
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Lot #21102 - literature Manuals and monographs - All world
1946 – Jurgens, A. A. (Adrian Albert): The Bechuanalands. A Brief History of the Countries and their Postal Services to 1895 (1945), XIII + 110 pages, hardbound in red leather with gold title imprint on front and spine. Only 200 copies printed. – No year is given in the book, but it was “published under the auspices of the RPSL”. 192 subscribers are listed at the end of the book. Printed by the author in Cape Town, but endorsed by the Society...
Lot #21103 - literature Manuals and monographs - All world
1947 – Caröe, E. A. G.: Icelandic Posts 1776–1919 under Danish Administration, 83 pages, printed on one side of the paper sheet only, blue hardcover, 100 copies printed (this copy is No. 87. A very rare book in good condition, only the binding colour is a bit faded. Estimate: 250 Euro
Lot #21104 - literature Manuals and monographs - All world
1950 – Seymour, J. B.: The Postage Stamps of Great Britain Part I (Second Edition). Line Engraved Issues 1840 to 1853 (1950), 248 pages, hardcover, dust jacket + The Postage Stamps of Great Britain Part One, Index to principal plate varieties in one Penny and Twopence imperforate. 'List of Corrigenda (1951), 22 pages, softcover; – PLUS 1954 – Beaumont, K. M. / Adams, H. C. V.: The Postage Stamps of Great Britain Part III. The Embossed Issues...
Lot #21105 - literature Manuals and monographs - All world
1953 – Agerup, John: Denmark: The Royal Emblems Issue 1864–70 (reprinted from the LP Febr.–June 1953), 27 pages, softcover, signed by the author; – PLUS 1953 – Barrington Brown, C.: Postmarks of the British Consular Post Offices at Callao, Peru (reprinted from the LP, June 1953), 8 pages, softcover; – PLUS 1980 – Goodwyn, C. W.: Early ‘Cash’ covers from China (reprinted from the LP, Vol. 89, Nos. 1053–54, 1980, 8 pages, stapled; – PLUS 1984...
Lot #21106 - literature Manuals and monographs - All world
1953 – de Worms, Percy (George): Perkins, Bacon Records Vol I and Vol. II. Extracted with a Commentary by the late Percy de Worms, Vol. I: XXVIII + pp. 1–526, photo plates I–XXXII + Vol. II (parts 3–5), pp. 531–867, photo plates XXXIII–XLVIII. The pages are gold-edged at the top. Both Volumes hardbound in blue cloth with gold title imprint on spine, dust jacket. Edited by John Easton and Arnold Strange. Good condition – PLUS 2013–2014 –...
Lot #21107 - literature Manuals and monographs - All world
1960 – Hutson, G. J. (Guybon John): The Stamps of New South Wales, 125 pages, with b&w and colour photo plates from A to Z, hardbound in pale blue cloth with black/gold title plate on front and spine; only 120 numbered copies printed (this is No. 4), a very rare book! – Plus three brochures: 1949 – Purves, J. R. W.: Victoria. The Second Type of Obliteration. The “Barred Oval” 1851–56, and the Allocation of its Numbers (1–109) to the Post...
Lot #21108 - literature Manuals and monographs - All world
1961 – Webb, F. W. (Francis Wynne): The Philatelic and Postal History of Hong Kong and the Treaty Ports of China and Japan (1961), XV + 400 pages + 93 b&w photo plates at the end of the book. Hardbound in red cloth with title plate on front and spine, pages gilt-edged at top. 500 copies printed, this one is No. 123. Very good condition. – In addition to the book the author compiled a “Scarcity and Valuation Guide”, published in...
Lot #21109 - literature Manuals and monographs - All world
1970 – Townsend, W. A. (William Augustus) / Howe, F. G.: The Postage Stamps and Postal History of British Guiana, 424 pages, several colour photo plates and many b&w illustrations. The normal edition is hardbound in red cloth with gold title plate on front and spine (500 copies printed). BUT: Bjäringer's copy is a special de-luxe edition, hardbound in dark green half leather, with gold title imprint on front and spine plus gilt edging. It...
Lot #21110 - literature Manuals and monographs - All world
1971 – Holmes, H. R. (Henry Robert): The Postage Stamps, Postal Stationary and Postmarks of the Bechuanalands (1971), 189 pages, incl. 18 coloured photo plates, hardbound in red synthetic leather with gold title imprint on front and spine, gilt edging; 500 numbered copies printed (this is No. 142). BUT: This Bjäringer copy is hardbound in orange (instead of red) synthetic cloth with a different gold/black title imprint on front and spine....
Lot #21111 - literature Manuals and monographs - All world
1976 – Samuel, Marcus: Specimen Stamps of the Crown Colonies 1857–1948 (1976), 255 pages + 16 photo plates, hardbound in dark green cloth with black and gold title plate in front and spine; PLUS 1984 – Bendon, James / Latto, Conrad / Samuel, Marcus: Specimen Stamps of the Crown Colonies 1857–1948. A supplement to the Handbook published in 1976 (1984), 21 pages, softcover, with dedication by James Bendon to Tomas Bjäringer; PLUS 2009 – Davis,...
Lot #21112 - literature Manuals and monographs - All world
1978 – Butler, A. Ronald: The Departmental Stamps of South Australia, 176 pages, some coloured photoplates, hardbound in blue buckram with gold/black title plate on front and spine, dust jacket, 500 copies printed (this is No. 134); – PLUS 1986 – Tinsley, Walton Eugene: Stamps and Postal History of Tasmania (1986), 191 pages, hardbound in orange cloth with gold title imprint on spine, dust jacket. Estimate: 100 Euro
Lot #21113 - literature Manuals and monographs - All world
1979 – Bojanowicz, M. A.: The Kingdom of Poland, 172 pages, hardcover, No 256 of 500 copies printed (1979); PLUS 1983 – Doublet, A. R.: The Pacific Steam Navigation Company. Its Maritime Postal History 1840–1853 with particular Reference to Chile (1983), 70 pages, softcover, 1000 copies printed; PLUS 1985 – Goldsmith, Michael / Goodwyn, Charles W.: The Crown Colony of Wei Hai Wei 24 May 1898 to 1 October 1930 (1985), 41 pages, softcover; PLUS...
Lot #21114 - literature Manuals and monographs - All world
1980 – Ryan, Gary S.: The cancellations of Hungarian Post Offices on the first five issues of Austrian stamps 1850–67 during the Austrian administration, XXI + 641 pages, hardbound in brown cloth with gold imprint an black title plate on front and on spine, additional slipcase, 400 numbered copies printed, this is No. 142. – PLUS 2011 – Mattheos, Constantin: Introduction to the Large Hermes Heads of Greece 1861–18 (2011), XVI + 157 pages,...
Lot #21115 - literature Manuals and monographs - All world
1988 – Beale, Philip O.: The Postal Service of Sierra Leone (1988), XII + 240 pages, hardbound in grey-greenish cloth with gold title imprint on black plate on front and spine, dust jacket; PLUS 2019 – Garcia, Richard J. M. / Hadida, Maurice: Morocoo: The History of the Local and Sherifien Posts 1891–1913 (2019, bilingual: Engl./French), XVI + 373 pages, hardbound in dark blue cloth with gold title imprint on front and spine, dust jacket;...
Lot #21116 - literature Manuals and monographs - All world
1995 – Sacher, Michael: The Postal Markings of Mandate Palestine 1917–1948 (edited and revised from the collected works of Michael Sacher), 522 pages, hardbound in deep burgundy cloth with black/gold title page on front and title imprint on spine, dust jacket; PLUS 2021 – Aloni, Zvi / Hackmey, Joseph: The Postal History of the Ottoman Post in the Holy Land. Rates, Routes & Postmarks, 431 pages, gold title imprint on front and spine, dust...
Lot #21117 - literature Manuals and monographs - All world
1996 – Fikry, Samir Amin; Postal History of Egypt to 1900 (1996), XVI + 158 pages + 1 page with corrections, hardbound in orange cloth with title imprint on spine, dust jacket; PLUS 2019 – Chazen, Steve / Kin Chi Wong, Danny: Tibet Stamps and Postal History (2019), 443 pages, hardcover, dust jacket, just 100 copies printed. Both titles in very good condition. Estimate: 100 Euro
Lot #21118 - literature Manuals and monographs - All world
2001 – Lowe, Robson / Walske, Carl: The Work of Jean Sperati II, 218 pages, four original photo plates, hardbound in green synthetic leather, with gold title imprint on cover and spine; – PLUS 2005 – Cartwright, Brian: Madame Joseph Revisited (2005), two volume boxed set, 95 pages, A4 size, hardcover, dust jacket + 40 pages of transparencies in a red ringbinder, A4 size, loose leaf; a corrected content page is included. Monograph and spiral...
Lot #21119 - literature Manuals and monographs - All world
2005 – Eibl-Kaye, Geoffrey (Editor) / Wills, John (Assistent Archive Editor): The London Philatelist. Archival Edition 1892–2005, first edition on CD in two boxes. – PLUS 2019 – Hällström, Jonas (Editor): Maselis, Patrick. The President. Membership Newsletters 2017–2019, 85 pages, softcover, edition of 250 copies; plus Memorabilia of the Sesquicentenary Americas Event of the RPSL at the National Postal Museum, Washington, D. C., 17–19 Octover...
Lot #21120 - literature Manuals and monographs - All world
2006 – Pearson, Patrick (on behalf of the RPS Expert Committee): The Grinell Hawaiian Missionary Stamps (2006), XVI + 96 pages incl. two appendices (equipment uses, principal references) plus a selective index. Hardcover (instead of the normal softcover edition). With a dedication by Pearson to Tomas B. – PLUS 2015 – Lewis, Geoffrey: The 1836 Anglo-French Postal Convention. How this agreement between Great Britain and France made it easier to...
Lot #21121 - literature Manuals and monographs - All world
2006 – Simpson, Ray / Sargent, Peter: Stamp Perforation: The Somerset House Years 1848 to 1880. Includes an illustrated guide to perforation varieties (2006), 370 pages, red-brown hardbound with gold title imprint on front and spine, dust jacket; – PLUS 2013 – Huggins, Alan / Klempka, Edward: Great Britain. The 1840 Prepaid Parliamentary Envelopes (2013), XVII + 99 pages, hardbound with gold title imprint on front and spine, dust jacket,...
Lot #21122 - literature Manuals and monographs - All world
2006 onwards – exhibition catalogues – The Royal Centenary Exhibition. 7th to 9th December 2006, 40 pages, softcover; – PLUS 2010 – An Exhibition by the Royal Philatelic Societies from around the World, 6th and 7th May 2010, 48 pages, softcover; – PLUS 2011 – Royal Philatelic Society London. Exhibits at Monacophil 2011. Catalogue, 376 pages, dark blue hardcover with gold title imprint on front and spine, dust jacket. All 3 items in excellent...
Lot #21123 - literature Manuals and monographs - All world
2011 – Hellrigl, Wolfgang C.: The Postal History of Mongolia 1841–1941, 350 pages, hardbound in grey cloth with gold title imprint on front and spine, dust jacket, 400 copies printed. – PLUS 2017 – Fernbank, Peter: Bahamas. Stamps and Postal Stationery to 1970 (publ. by the RPSL and the British West Indies Study Circle, 2017), XII + 344 pages, red hardcover with short title imprint on spine, dust jacket. T. Bjäringer noted 125 copies for the...
Lot #21124 - literature Manuals and monographs - All world
2012 – Granzow, Gary W.: Line Engraved Security Printing: the Methods of Perkins Bacon 1790–1935. Banknotes and Postage Stamps, XXIII + 319 pages, hardbound in dark blue cloth with gold title imprint on spine, dust jacket, 450 copies printed. – PLUS 2021 – Young, Peter: The Inks of De La Rue & Co. and their introduction of synthetic and aniline ingredients c. 1850–1910 (2021), XVIII + 414 pages, hardbound in dark blue cloth with gold...
Lot #21125 - literature Manuals and monographs - All world
2014 – Walton, Frank: The De La Rue Collection, six volumes with colour illustrations of every items from the De La Rue corporate collection of postage stamp Artwork with Essays/Specimen, covering besides G.B. a huge range of countries from ‘A’ as ‘Aden’ to ‘Z’ as Zululand, In total 4,100 pages and 3,548 colour pages, all volumes hardbound in blue cloth with white title imprint on spine, dust jacket, like new. Additional blue cloth covered...




























