Literature and Supplies Books, Journals & Catalogues by Country
Sale No: 255
Lot No: 1027
Symbol: L
Cat No: Collection
AUSTRALIA: Handy hardbound group including 'Stamps of Australia' by Rosenblum (the last edition), Military titles by Collas x2, Emery and Firebrace, etc, softbound or spiral-bound including 'Telegrams' in two volumes by Hancock, 'Kangaroos' by Kellow, and 'Stamps of Papua' by Rosenblum, etc, generally very fine. Weighs 14kg. (Image1)
Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 75.00
Sold...AU$ 75.00
Closed..Feb-21-2024, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 75
Sale No: 255
Lot No: 1028
Symbol: L
AUSTRALIA: 'History of the Australian Military Postal Services 1914-1950' by Ted Proud (1991), h/b 584pp with d/j. Very fine copy of this indispensable reference work.
AUSTRALIAN COLONIES - GENERAL: Carton of recent Abacus 'name' sales comprising Dr Don Pearce 'South Australia: Departmentals' and '...Stamps & Their Usage' and 'Tillie Mitchell' Australia including Kangaroos Postal History, all these are hardbound; and Charles Lawlor 'Western Australia', and Gary Diffen's 'Errors of Tasmania Victoria & WA' (Spink); and Besancon 'Australia Parts I II & III', most with p/r. Weighs 7½kg.
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AUSTRALIAN COLONIES - GENERAL: Key handbooks comprising 'Postal History of NSW' by White et al, 'Postal History of Northern Territory' by Williams, 'Queensland Postal History' by Campbell, 'Postage Stamps of South Australia' by James, 'Pictorial Stamps of Tasmania' by Lancaster, 'Stamps of Victoria' by Kellow, 'Cancellations of Melbourne 1861-1912' by Davies & Lindfield, 'Datestamps of Victoria: Intro + A to B' and '...C to G' by Watson Webster & Wood, and 'Western Australia Stamps & Postal History' by WASG, very fine. Weighs 12kg.
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AUSTRALIAN COLONIES - GENERAL: Important auction catalogues comprising general sales 'Hamilton' (1980), Boker (1981), Garevn Thomas (1982) and Boyd/Lichtenstein (1990), plus Slade Slade SA & WA (1979), Odenweller Tasmania (1981), Geitnebeek Victoria Woodblocks (2014), 'Edgar' Postal Stationery of Victoria (1990), Western Australia trio Gartner (1979), Juhl (1993) and Walkley Stamps (2005), very fine.
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AUSTRALIAN COLONIES - GENERAL: Minor titles mostly soft-cover or spiral-bound plus hardbound photocopies of important postal history exhibits Druce NSW and Blake Tasmania. Weighs 12kg. (Image1)
Estimate AU$50
Opening AU$ 38.00
Sold...AU$ 75.00
Closed..Feb-21-2024, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 75
Sale No: 255
Lot No: 1033
Symbol: L
AUSTRALIAN COLONIES - VICTORIA: 'The Stamps of Victoria' masterwork by Dr Geoff Kellow RDP (1990). As new & indispensable.
Sale No: 255
Lot No: 1034
Symbol: L
Cat No: Collection
AUSTRALIAN COLONIES - WESTERN AUSTRALIA: All the hardbound volumes by the Western Australia Study Group comprising 'The Stamps & Postal History' (1979), 'The Postal Stationery to 1914' by Brian Pope & Phil Thomas (1982, signed by the authors), 'The Fiscal Stamps' by John Dzelme (1987) and the monumental 'The Forces, POW and Censor Mail' by Bruce Haynes & Brian Pope (1997, signed by Brian Pope), all with d/j and very fine to "as new". More than 1600pp of valuable information. Ex Dr Cecil Walkley.
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Sale No: 255
Lot No: 1035
Symbol: L
Cat No: Collection
AUSTRALIAN COLONIES - WESTERN AUSTRALIA: The balance of Cecil Walkley's WA books, softbound or spiral-bound including the small-format works by Mogens Juhl, '2d Perkins Bacon Plate' by Pope & Reynolds, 'Stamp Forgeries of WA' by Mavis Pope, 'The Goldfields Locals' by Reynolds & Pope with an illustrated census of the recorded covers and all unused & used Lake Lefroy Cycle Mail stamps; auction catalogues for the major collections formed by Frank Chadwick (1978), John Gartner (1979) & John Dupont ('Austin; 1985) all with the p/r and a priistine copy of our catalogue for Cecil's stamps (14.4.2005); a good run of the WASG's journal 'Black Swan' s/b in annual volumes; etc, generally very fine. Weighs 15kg.
Grade A/B
Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 115.00
Closed..Feb-21-2024, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 115
Sale No: 255
Lot No: 1036
Symbol: L
Cat No: Collection
AUSTRALIAN COLONIES - WESTERN AUSTRALIA: 'Postal Markings Illustrated: ABBA RIVER to ZANTHUS' by Western Australia Study Group (1984-2002; published in sections) in three four-ring binders. The pages are "as new". Another indispensable reference work.
AUSTRALIAN COLONIES - WESTERN AUSTRALIA: 'Western Australia: The Obliterators' by Brian Pope & Max Reynolds, 180pp spiral-bound, providing a listing of all the various types plus a detailed census of all covers recorded under each type, making this an indispensable work.
Sale No: 255
Lot No: 1038
Symbol: L
Cat No: Collection
BRITISH AFRICA: Group of mostly 1980s titles with standard texts for Sudan by Stagg (both volumes), Sierra Leone by Beale, Gambia by Andrew, Mashonaland by Drysdall & Collins, Southern Rhodesia by Knight & Mitchell, Nyasaland-Rhodesia Field Force by Drysdall & Pennycuick, etc, all with d/j if issued thus, then various minor titles and the h/b auction catalogue for Robert Gibbs' Rhodesia Double Heads, generally very fine. Weighs 17kg. (Image1)
Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 160.00
Sold...AU$ 230.00
Closed..Feb-21-2024, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 230
Sale No: 255
Lot No: 1039
Symbol: L
Cat No: Collection
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH: Hardbound group including 'Specimen Stamps of the Crown Colonies' by Samuel, 'Mauritius' by Ibbotson, 'Eastern Arabia & the Gulf' by Donaldson, standard Postal History texts including Proud's Aden and Palestine, Burma by Davis & Martin, Papua by Lee, Malta by Malta Study Circle, Cyprus by Castle (two editions), Ascension by Attwood, St Helena by Hibbert and Gibraltar by Hine-Haycock, plus softbound Tristan by Crabb, a few GB by Mackay, etc, generally very fine. Weighs 22kg. (Image1)
Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 75.00
Sold...AU$ 135.00
Closed..Feb-21-2024, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 135
Sale No: 255
Lot No: 1040
Symbol: L
FIJI: Basic library with the very scarce Phillips (1908, with plates, needs to be rebound) and Purves (1938), also 'Postal Stationery' by Duberal, 'Air Mails' by Jones, 'Postal History Vols I & II' by Rodger, bundle of Fiji Philatelic Society and PISC monographs, auction catalogues for Peter Robertson (1992), Colonel Harrie Evans (2003) and Lester Meis (2013), etc. Weighs 10kg. Ex Gerald Patterson. (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00
Closed..Feb-21-2024, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 255
Lot No: 1041
Symbol: B
GERMAN COLONIES: 'The Stamps & Cancels of the German Colonies & the German Post Offices Abroad' by Albert Friedemann (Third English Edition, 1999), 1000pp h/b, soiling of the page edges otherwise very fine. A must-have for every dealer or collector.
KENYA UGANDA & TANGANYIKA: Ted Proud h/b quartet 'German East Africa', 'Tanganyika' and 'Uganda & Zanzibar' each with d/j, and 'East African Army Postal Service', also auction catalogues for Gerald Simpson (1982) and Stuart Rossiter (1983, damaged spine), and a handy run of the Bulletin of the East Africa Study Circle. Weighs 10kg. (Image1)
Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 130.00
Sold...AU$ 160.00
Closed..Feb-21-2024, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 160
Sale No: 255
Lot No: 1043
Symbol: L
NEW GUINEA: 'G.R.I.' by Robert Gibbs (1988), h/b 296pp with d/j. Superb copy of this indispensable reference work.
NEW ZEALAND: '...New Zealand Volume III: the Postal History & Postmarks' (1955), page edges a bit grubby but internally very fine; also 'Stamps of Papua' by Alec Rosenblum & an 1890s Ward Lock edition of 'Captain Cook's Voyages' (spine damaged but the pages & illustrations are generally fine). Weighs 5kg.
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SOUTH AFRICA - PROVINCES: Hardback standard texts 'Postmarks of CofGH' by Goldblatt, 'Postal Markings of Natal' by Hart et al, 'Stamps of Orange Free State' in 3 vols by Huckley & Marriott, 'OFS Post Offices & Markings' in 2 spiral-bound volumes by Batten, 'Transvaal Philately' by Matthews et al, a few softbound Boer War monographs, and Putzel's 'South African Post Offices' in 4 vols, also h/b auction catalogue for the Joseph CofGH, generally very fine. Weighs 20kg. (Image1)
