Books on maritime postal history and postal markings. Philatelic books on maritime and naval history for sale. Post and packing is extra.
![]() | GREENWOOD Richard and CAMARA R. & COCKRILL P. Portuguese shipping companies, Paquebot & ship cancellations. Cockrill Series Booklet No 40 (1983) 100pp. 1st ed., two small National PS h/s's otherwise fine in card covers. | £8.00 |
![]() | GJELSVIK Tore Postal History of the Norwegian Hamburg Line 1853-1865. Trondheim (1996) 112pp. Revised ed., signed by author on title page, two small National PS h/s's, fine in original pictorial boards. | £40.00 |
![]() | TESTER H.E. Parcel Stamps of the Danish Steamship Companies Privately published (n.d.) 52 large pp + 8 plates. 1st ed., fine in creased card covers. | £45.00 |
![]() ![]() | ROBERTSON Alan W. A history of the ship letters of the British Isles. - (An encyclopaedia of maritime postal history). James Bendon (1993-5) 2 vols. including perspex measure and loose card insert. A facsimile reprint of the first edition, but reduced in size. Very fine in original cloth. | £150.00 |
![]() | TRINDER Ivan The Harwich Packets 1635-1834. Published by the author (1998) xii + 164pp. 1st ed., fine in card covers. | £15.00 |
![]() | TABEART Colin Australia New Zealand UK Mails Volume 2 - 1881 to 1900. - Rates, Routes and Ships Out and Home Published by the author (2011) v + 410 large pp. 1st ed., fine in original pictorial boards. Signed by author on title page. | £60.00 |
![]() | GUDENKAUF Abbe G. Mailboat services from Europe to the Belgium Congo - (1879 - 1922). Cockrill Series Booklet No. 41 (1982) 84pp. 1st ed., fine in card covers. | £8.00 |
![]() | GUDENKAUF Abbe G. Belgium Congo. Mailboat steamers on Congo rivers & lakes. - (1896-1940). Cockrill Series Booklet No. 43 (1985) 64pp. 1st ed., fine in card covers. | £8.00 |
![]() | COCKRILL Philip Listing of Mail Carrying Steamship Lines 1899. Cockrill Series booklet 59. (n.d.) 88pp, 1st ed., fine in card covers. English translation of Karte der Grossen Postdampfschifflinien im Weltpostverkehr. | £10.00 |
![]() ![]() | BOULAD D'HUMIERES J. and RINGSTROM S. & TESTER H.E. The Private Ship Letter Stamps of the World. - Part 3. The Suez Canal Company. L.H. Hartmann, Kentucky (1985) 285 large pp + loose folding plate. 1st ed., minor foxing to half title, fine in D/W. Includes tipped in facsimile sheetlet of the stamps. | £45.00 |
![]() | PROUD Edward B. Postal History of the Naval and RAF Postal Services. Proud-Bailey Co Ltd (1992) 232pp. 1st ed., fine in fine D/W. | £35.00 |
![]() | FARRUGIA Jean and GAMMONS Tony Carrying British Mails. - Five centuries of postal transport by land, sea and air. National Postal Museum (1980) 87pp. 1st ed., clean in pictorial card covers. Profusely illustrated in colour. | £4.00 |
![]() | KIRK Reginald Australian Mails via Suez. - 1852 to 1926. Postal History Society (1989) v + 324 large pp. 1st ed., clean in faded and slightly marked original card covers. | £25.00 |
![]() | SUSSEX Vivien J. and SHELTON Sidney S. Continental Mail Service 1793-1815 especially by Yarmouth packet boat. East Anglia Postal History Study Circle (1978) 95 large pp. 1st ed., clean in spiral ring binding. | £18.00 |
![]() | KIRK Reg The Postal History of the P & O Service to the Peninsula. Royal Philatelic Society (1987) 116 large pp. 1st ed., clean in card covers. | £25.00 |
![]() | SALLES Raymond La Poste Maritime Francaise. - Tome VI. Les Paquebots de L'Ocean Indien. Reunion, Maurice, Australie, Nouvelle Caledonie, Bombay, Oceanie, Madagascar. Published by the author. (1969) 203pp. 1st ed., clean in worn and creased card covers. Detailed listings of French maritime postmarks and shipping routes. | £20.00 |
![]() | TABEART Colin Admiralty Mediterranean Steam Packets 1830 to 1857. James Bendon Ltd (2002) xvi + 278pp. 1st ed., fine in original cloth. | £75.00 |
![]() | NORWAY Arthur H. History of the Post-Office Packet Service Between the Years 1793-1815. Macmillan & Co (1895) viii + 312pp + plates. 1st ed., mostly very clean in original cloth. | £50.00 |
![]() ![]() | BRITNOR L.E. History of the sailing packets to the West Indies. BWISC (1973) 175pp, 1st ed., clean in worn original green cloth. Covers rather bowed. 8 x 10" Includes list of packet boats, maps of mail boat routes and letter rates. Highly recommended. | £30.00 |
![]() | TCHILINGHIRIAN S.D. and BERNARDELLI R.R. Stamps of Italy used abroad. - Part six. Dodecanese: Carpathos to Symi, ship mail in the Dodecanese. Milan (1974) 72pp. 1st ed., fine in original card covers. Fine study of postmarks. | £24.00 |