Catalogue
Pacific Islands, a large collection of philatelic literature from countries such as, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, Samoa and Fiji, including "Japan's Pacific Occupation", Kilkenny, South Australia, 1946, 24pp.; "Ship Letters of the South Pacific", by J. Whitsed Dovey, Melbourne, 1955, 24pp.; "The Cook Islands to 1919", by The Pacific Islands Circle of the Royal Sydney Philitalic Club, Melbourne, 1958, 55pp.; "Postage Stamps of Fiji Period 1870-1875", Philatelic Society of Fiji, 1967, 19pp.; "The Postage Offices and Postal Cancellations of Fiji", by H.M. Campbell, Melbourne, 1957, 56pp.; "The Samoa Express Postage Stamps", by R.B. Yardley, London, 1916, 64pp. Many scarce and mostly fine. (lot)
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Philatelic lliterature, from Italy, Malta and West Africa, a small collection including Italian Stamps a Handbook for collectors, by Roy A. Dehn, London, 1973, first edition; Malta The Postal History & Postage Stamps 1576-1960, Malta Study Guide, Scotland, 1980. Fine. (10)
Estimate $50
SOLD $40
Ship Wrecks, A History of Wreck Covers, by A.E. Hopkins, London, 1966, 18pp. Fine
Estimate $30
SOLD $10
Tonga, The 1897 Issue of Tonga, Eric W. Mann, The Hawthorn Press, Melbourne, nd, 26pp. Very fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $10
United Kingdom, The Penny Post 1680-1918, by Frank Staff, illustrated with 23 Plates and 38 Figures, London, 1966, 219pp. Fine.
Estimate $30
SOLD $30
United Kingdom, Queen Victoria The plating of the Penny 1840-1864, Vol.1: Die 1, Plates 1a to 45, Revised edition, includes 1 micro-fiche in envelope attached to back of front cover, The Great Britain Philatelic Society, London, 1979, 156pp. Ring bound, fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $50
United Kingdom, "Notes on Controls. Edwardian and Georgian Periods", by R.B. Rowell (Stamp Collecting Handbook No.11), London, 1919, 40pp.; "The Postage Stamps of the Leeward Islands", by Captain A.E. Hopkins, Bath, ND, 32pp.; "The Mystery of the Shilling Green", by Fred. J. Melville, London, 1910? (damage to title page and pp 19-20); "Perfins (Stamps with perforated initials) of British Malaya", by P. Griffen, Nelson, NZ, 1989. Some foxing on the edges, otherwise fine. (4)
Estimate $100
SOLD $20
United Kingdom, Specimen Stamps of the Crown Colonies 1857-1948, by Marcus Samuel, London, 1976. Extremely fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
United Kingdom, Stamps and Ships, by James Watson, this is the story of the stamp from its beginning to the present, London, 1959, 141pp. Fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $10
United Kingdom, The Standard Catalogue of Postal Orders Vol.1 The British Postal Order 1881-1981, by Stephen Gibb, London, 1984. Fine
Estimate $50
SOLD $10
USA, a collection of philatelic literature from the USA and Canada including, "1967 Annual Report of the Postmaster General United States Post Office Department", Washington, 1966-1967, 165pp.; "Postal History of The United State & Japanese Military Forces in the Gilbert & Ellice Islands WWII", by Stanley C. Jersey, London, 1978, 39pp.; "History of Canadian R.P.O's 1853-1967", by L.F. Gillam, Pennsylvania, 1967, 179pp. Fine. (17)
Estimate $60
SOLD $40