STANLEY GIBBONS PRICED CATALOGUE OF POSTAGE STAMPS disbound copies of 4 editions from 1870s & 1880s, otherwise complete and in excellent condition. (Image)

STANLEY GIBBONS GREAT BRITAIN SPECIALISED STAMP CATALOGUES - Vols. 1 to 4 in a range of editions (some duplication). All in excellent condition, but with damaged or missing dust jackets. (27) Cross Reference: STAMP CATALOGUES (Image)

SCOTT STANDARD POSTAGE STAMP CATALOGUE plus the Specialized Catalogue of United States Stamps & Covers (all 2018 ed.). In as new condition. (13) Cross Reference: STAMP CATALOGUES (Image)

H.R.HARMER (LONDON): range in large carton from Sep. 1935 - Apr. 1937 (Sales 780-921 complete inc. Beckton Greece, Broderip Italian States, Ranson 19th Century, Brierley British Empire, 'Specialised' Mauritius, Morley Rhodesia, Rajah of Sarawak Collection) bound, Sales 922-31 complete (Apr./May 1937) unbound and Sales 1166-1229 bound & complete (Jan to July 1940 inc. Faberge Russian Levant and Zemstvo, Nicholson Jamaica). The covers removed from all but otherwise intact with photo plates. Good group. (Image)

ROBSON LOWE / CHRISTIES R.L. postal history auction catalogues incomplete run from 1969 to 1990, inc. The Chadwick Ship Letters of the British Isles, The Corsini Correspondence (1985 & 1986), The Medici 1488-1587, Historical Letters to Gracious Street, etc. All in excellent condition. (84) Cross Reference: AUCTION CATALOGUES (Image)

AUCTION CATALOGUES - 3 boxes containing a variety of recent auction catalogues from Cavendish, Sotheby's, Spink, Corinphila, etc.. mainly named sales, plus a small collection of RPSL meeting display catalogues for recent years. All in good to excellent condition. (18 display cats., 49 auction cats.) Cross Reference: AUCTION CATALOGUES (Image)

CATALOGUE OF BRITISH, COLONIAL AND FOREIGN POSTAGE STAMPS by Mount Brown, 2nd ed. (1862). 72 pages, comprising nearly 1300 varieties. Covers torn with some repairs, and period notes throughout in pen, but binding sound. (Image)

CHEVELEY/CHEVELEY, WILSON & CO; Unbound run of this early London house comprising Sales 6-30 (1890-92) complete, the majority with prices realised annotated in pencil in the margins against each lot and without photo plates, as issued. Exceedingly rare. (25) (Image)

PLUMRIDGE & CO.: Uruguay - The E J Lee Grand Prix Collection held on 6th – 16th July 1936. Cover stained, but contents fine. 7041 lots, one of the largest single specialised sales ever held (it was a disaster!) There are no plates in the catalogue, as issued. A very famous sale. (Image)

SHANAHAN'S STAMP AUCTION CATALOGUES 1957-58: Sale numbers 57 (cover damaged), 58, 77 (some spine damage), 79, and 80. Unusual and scarce. (5) (Image)

CUMULATIVE INDEXES - a large box of assorted cumulative indexes for a wide variety of philatelic journals. A useful recourse for research. (Qty) Cross Reference: PHILATELIC JOURNALS (Image)

POSTAL HISTORY - inc. Parity of Currencies in Postal History 1700-1875 by Janssen, Blindman's Mail: How the Blind have been Served by the Post by Fryer, Rossiter Postal History Journal vols. 1-7, plus three RPSL meeting booklets. All in as new condition.(12) Cross Reference: GREAT BRITAIN (Image)

PHILATELIC BIBLIOGRAPHY& BIOGRAPHY: two boxes containing library catalogues and philatelic literature sales catalogues inc. A Catalog of the Collectors Club Library, New York (1974), The Harris Index to Philatelic Literature 1879-1925 (1991), The Philatelic Index by Long, Catalogue of the Philatelic Collections: Johannesburg Public Library (1960), Catalogus Bondsbibliotheek (1974), Philatelic Literature by Amrhein, A Melville Bibliography by Williams, plus Die Ferrary Auktionen Paris 1921-25 & Zurich 1929, The Royal Philatelic Society 1869-1969, etc. All mainly in excellent condition. (28, some duplication) (Image)

COCKRILL SERIES BOOKLETS - 22 volumes comprising Nos. 1 to 7, 10, 12, 28, 35 to 37, 39, 46 & 47, 49, 51, 54, 59, plus Ocean Mails and The Woermann Steamship Line of Hamburg. A diverse range of topics including Liberia, Netherlands, United Fruit Company, Egypt, Cyprus and some Steamship Companies. All in excellent condition. (Image)

HIGGINS & GAGE World Postal Stationery Catalogues in 13 vols. (9 original binders which show signs of damp damage, but the pages are in good condition.), with supplements to 1975. (13) Cross Reference: POSTAL STATIONERY (Image)

ALBUM DE FAC-SIMILIES (1928) - A printed album produced by the L'UNION PHILATELIQUE DE GENEVE to display the work of Fournier, with seventeen introduction pages (inc a preface by Serrane, and pages by E Dienna, Fred Melville & Heinrich Kohler). These are followed by examples of the Fournier forgeries on 163 pages (missing a further 8 pages - mainly photographs of stamps sold by forgers other than Fournier) inc. pages of cancellations and overprints. The collection includes a good number of proofs and multiples. Some slight damage to the cover and a number are stuck down. A lesser (reduced by a further 13 pages) complete example sold for £950 in our Dec. 2016 sale. (Image)

FORGERIES: inc. The Work of Jean de Sperati by the BPA (1955, 2 vols. - text & plates, in excellent condition), The Work of Jean de Sperati II by Lowe & Walske (2001, in as new condition), The Sperati Story by Chapman, Madame Joseph Revisited by Cartwright (2 vols. in slipcase, in as new condition), Album Weeds by Earée (3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2), Stamp Forgeries of the World by Serrane, Philatelic Forgers: Their Lives and Works by Tyler (d.j. damaged), and The Forged Stamps of All Countries. (13) Cross Reference: FORGERIES - STAMPS, FORGERIES - COVERS (Image)

FORGERIES & CINDERELLAS - a small collection of books inc. Les Timbres de Fantaisie et Non Officiels by Chapier (3 vols., vol. 3 hard bound), Phantom Philately by Melville, The World of Local Postage Stamps by Kelley, Cinderella Stamps by Williams (2 copies). All in very good condition. (9) Cross Reference: FORGERIES - STAMPS, CINDERELLAS (Image)

MARITIME - a general collection of books on ship letters, paquebots, etc. inc. The Private Ship Letters Stamps of the World by Ringström & Tester, etc.(parts 1 to 4), The Suez Canal Company by d'Humières et al., United States Waterway Packetmarks 1832-1899 by Klein, The Transatlantic Mail by Staff, Histoire Postal des Lacs et des Rivières du Monde by Antonini & Grasset, A History of Wreck Covers by Hopkins, Deutsche Ost-Afrika-Linie by Gottspenn & Koch (parts 1 & 2), History of Letter Post Communication between the U.S. and Europe 1845-75 by Hargest, South American Packets 1808-80 by Howat. All in excellent condition. (14) Cross Reference: MARITIME MAIL, PAQUEBOTS (Image)

MARITIME - inc. Maritime Disaster Mail by Hoggarth & Gwynn (in as new condition), Admiralty Mediterranean Steam Packets 1830 to 1857 by Tabeart (signed by the author), The Postage Rates of the North Atlantic Mails 1635-1959 by Montgomery (tape binding on spine slightly damaged), The Transatlantic Mail by Staff (no d.j. wear to cover edges), Overview of Steam Communications in the 19th Century by Tabeart, plus others on the Falmouth and Yarmouth packets, etc. All in very good condition). (10) Cross Reference: WORLDWIDE MARITIME POSTAL HISTORY (Image)

MARITIME MAIL - a small accumulation of books on ship post consisting of The Private Ship Letters Stamps of the World, Part 3: The Suez Canal Company by d'Humières et al., Robertson Revisited by Tabeart, The Transatlantic Mail by Staff, Histoire Postal des Lacs et des Rivières du Monde by Antonini & Grasset, A History of Wreck Covers by Hopkins, Paquebot and Ship Letter Cancellations of the World 1894-1951 by Studd, plus a number of smaller publications inc. Naval Mails 1939-49 by Goldup, The Maritime Postal History of Norwegian Steamships by Moldenhauer, The Ship Letter Stamps of Liverpool, 1781 to 1900 by Robertson, The Paquebot Marks of Asia and of Japan's Sea Posts by Drechsel, etc. All in excellent condition. (15) Cross Reference: MARITIME MAIL (Image)

TRANSATLANTIC MAIL - North Atlantic Mail Sailings 1840-75 by Hubbard & Winter, The Transatlantic Mail by Staff, Transatlantic Stampless Mail to and from the United States of America by Arnell, 350 Years of Anglo-American Postal Links by de Righi, and Transatlantic Mails by The Springfield Stamp Club. All in excellent condition. (5) Cross Reference: MARITIME MAIL, TRANSATLANTIC MAIL (Image)

AIRMAILS: an eclectic accumulation of books on a wide variety of topics inc. The Postal History of British Airmails by Proud, Irish Crash Airmails by Vogt, a few Aero Field handbooks on British Airmails by Ball (1784-1946), Baldwin (1911-60), and Imperial Airways by Baldwin & Gisburn, A Monograph of Research in to the Daily Mail Circuit of Britain and Waterplane Tours of 1912 by Scott, etc., plus auction catalogues of specialised air mail collections (11). In mixed condition, but mainly fine. (22 books + 11 catalogues) Cross Reference: AIR MAIL COVERS (Image)

AUCTION CATALOGUES - a collection of 18 specialist catalogues on airmail stamps and covers inc. Rare Air Stamps (Harmer Rooke, 1939), The Anson McCleverty Collection of Rare Air Post Stamps (Harmer Rooke, 1939), The Dr. J. Pringle Collection of Flown Covers (H.R. Harmer, 1941), plus others from the 1960s to 1990s. Cross Reference: AIR MAIL COVERS, AIR STAMPS (Image)

AIRMAIL - a general collection of books on various aspects of airmail inc. The American Air Mail Catalogue vols. 1 to 5 + pricing supplement (5th ed.), British External Airmails Until 1934 by Newall (1st & 2nd eds.), Recovered Mail by Nierinck, plus other catalogues and more general publications. All mainly in excellent condition, some duplication. (29) Cross Reference: AIR MAIL COVERS (Image)