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;) | FRYER Gavin British Printed Papers by Post 1836 to 1876 Stuart Rossiter Trust (2018) xxiv + 744 large pp,. 1st ed., two small Natioinal PS h/s's on title page otherwise as new in D/W. | £40.00 |
;) | AYRES George History of the Main Mail Routes from London until 1850. Lulu.com (2018) 258 large pp. 1st ed., new in card covers. This book identifies the history of the changes to mail routes up to 1850. Detailed descriptions of the routes are given in text, tables and figures showing how they changed over these years, together with a discussion of those changes and a commentary on the improvements that were made to the roads over the years | £15.00 |
;) | ROBINSON Howard Britain's Post Office. - A history of development from the beginnings to the present day. Oxford Uni Press (1953) xiv + 299pp + plates. 1st ed., clean in original red limp cloth. Authorative history of the Post Office. | £20.00 |
;) | STAFF Frank The Penny Post 1680 -1918. Lutterworth Press, London (1966) 219pp + 23 plates. Fine in tatty D/W. History of the British Post Office. | £10.00 |
;) | FRYER Gavin Blindman's Mail - How the Blind Have Been Served By the post. Published by the author (2010) xii + 165 large pp. 1st ed., very fine in fine D/W. | £36.00 |
;) | 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 |
;) ;) | LEWINS William Her Majesty's Mails: - an historical and descriptive account of the British Post Office. Together with an appendix Sampson Low, Son, and Marston, London (1864) ix + 348pp + 16pp publisher's catalogue. 1st ed., clean in modern full blue calf. | £75.00 |
;) | POST OFFICE The Post Office London Directory, 1846 Michael Winton (1994) 792pp. Facsimile reprint of 1846 ed., fine in card covers. | £8.00 |
;) | SMITH George W. James Heath. Engraver to Kings and Tutor to Many. Published by the author (1989) vi + 38pp. 1st ed., fine in card covers. History of Perkins Bacon. | £8.00 |
;) | POST OFFICE Postal Directory 1850 London Postal History Group (1987) 50pp (approx.) Clean in spiral ring binding Reprint of English directory giving post towns with names of postmasters, postal rates and railway mails. | £8.00 |
;) | POST OFFICE Acts of Parliament relating to the Post Office. - From 1 & 2 Victoria to 7 & 8 Victoria, 1838-1844. Britannia Stamp Bureau (1976) 94pp + index. Reprint of the original acts, fine in quarter calf. Includes the important acts of 1839 Uniform Rate and the large 1840 Regulation of duties of Postage. | £22.00 |
;) ;) | POST OFFICE Acts of Parliament relating to the Post Office. - From 9 Anne to 1 Victoria. London (1977) [x] + 312pp + 127pp + index. Facsimilie reprint of the 1838 ed., fine in quarter calf. Contains all 35 Post Office Acts for 1711 - 1838 with a comprehensive index. | £32.00 |
;) | POST OFFICE Acts of Parliament relating to the Post Office. - From 1 & 2 Victoria to 7 & 8 Victoria, 1838-1844. Britannia Stamp Bureau (1976) 94pp + index. Reprint of the original acts, fine in original cloth. Includes the important acts of 1839 Uniform Rate and the large 1840 Regulation of duties of Postage. | £15.00 |
;) | POST OFFICE Acts of Parliament relating to the Post Office. - From 9 Anne to 1 Victoria. London (1977) [x] + 312pp + 127pp + index. Facsimilie reprint of the 1838 ed., fine in original cloth Contains all 35 Post Office Acts for 1711 - 1838 with a comprehensive index. | £25.00 |
;) | CRIBB Stephen The Standard Catalogue of Postal Orders. Vol 1. The British Postal Order 1881-1981 Squirrel Publication (1984) 66pp. 1st ed., fine in card covers. | £8.00 |
;) | DURHAM John Telegraphs in Victorian London The Golden Head Press (1959) 31pp. 1st ed., fine in D/W. | £7.00 |
;) | ROBINSON Martin Old Letter Boxes. Shire book (2000) 40pp. Fine in card covers. | £6.00 |
;) | POST OFFICE Air Mail Den of Antiquity (n.d.) 8 large pp. Clean in card covers. Facsimile reprint of October 1929 British Post Office information booklet giving details of airmail services across the World. | £8.00 |
;) | HUGHES Howard Terence Cuneo CVO, OBE, RGI. November 1 1907 - January 3 1996. Defence Postal & Courier Services (n.d.) 20pp. Clean in card covers. Short biography with 8 colour plates. | £12.00 |
;) | POST OFFICE The Post Office. - An Historical Summary. Published by order of the Postmaster General. H.M.S.O. (1911) 139pp + plates. 1st ed., fine in original red boards. | £20.00 |
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