AIRMAIL MIX: Two boxes containing an array of publications inc. 'Fields Priced Catalogue of Airmail Stamps and Airposts of the World' 1934 ed. (no d.j.); 'Catalogue des Aerogrammes du Monde Entier' by Muller (991 reprint); 'Airmails of Siam' parts 1-5 by Ramm-Ericson; 'Commercial Zeppelin Flights to South America' by Duggan & Graue; 'Bridging the Continents in Wartime' by Aitink & Hovenkamp; 'OAT and A.V.2 Markings' by Heifetz; and others on Belgium, Greece, Romania, or Egypt. All in excellent condition. (24)Cross Reference: AIR MAIL COVERS, THAILAND/SIAM, ZEPPELIN MAIL (Image)

AIRLINES: A box containing 'Encyclopedia of African Airlines' by Guttery; 'Pan American Airways Wartime Transatlantic Air Mail Censorship & the LATI Substitute' by Wilson & Walton; 'Deutsche Lufthansa: South Atlantic Airmail Service 1934-39' by Duggan; plus KLM & BSAA, and non-philatelic publications on Air France inc. 'Air France: Cie Nationale de Navigation Aerienne' 1939 (a history of the airline). (11) Cross Reference: AIR MAIL COVERS, AIRCRAFT (Image)

CRASH & WRECK MAIL: 'Recovered Mail - Airplane Accidents & Incidents 1910-36' & '1937-88' by Nierinck; and 'Air Crash Mail of Imperial Airways & Predecessor Airlines' by Sanford. All in excellent condition. Cross Reference: CRASH/WRECK MAIL, AIR MAIL COVERS (Image)

COMMONWEALTH & EMPIRE: 'Airmails Across the Middle East' by Kimpton; 'Airmails of East Africa to 1952' by Colley; 'The Australian Air Mail Catalogue 1997" by Eustis; 'Hong Kong Airmails 1924-41' by Crewe and also '1945-95' by Halewood, etc. (9) Cross Reference: AIR MAIL COVERS, EAST AFRICA (Image)

AIRMAIL OPERATIONS DURING WORLD WAR II by Boyle. Softbound in excellent condition. Cross Reference: AIR MAIL COVERS (Image)

ICARE REVUE DE L'AVIATION FRANCAISE PUBLICATIONS: Beautifully produced and well-illustrated histories inc. 'Courses et Meetings Aériens de la Belle Époque 1909-14' 3 vols.; 'La Poste Aerienne Francaise' 3 vols.; 'Air Orient' 2 vols.; and 'La Compagnie Aerienne Francaise 1919-35'. All in as new condition. Cross Reference: AIR MAIL COVERS, FRANCE (Image)

FRANCE: A set of high quality publications inc. 'Le Service Postal Aérien dans les Pays d'Expression Française' & '100 Ans de Poste Aerienne en France' both by Saulgrain; 'Lignes Africaines 1911-31' vol. 1 by Collot & an English translation of vol. 2; 'Ligne Mermoz' & 'Ligne Nogues' both by Collet & Cornu (signed by authors). All in excellent condition. (6) Cross Reference: AIR MAIL COVERS, FRANCE (Image)

FRANCE: A large set of philatelic & non-philatelic books on French aviation and airmail inc. 'Histoire de l'Aerostation et de l'Aviation Francaise 1783-1930' by Silombra; 'Poste Aerienne Francaise: Afrique du Nord' by Truc (damage to spine); 'L'Aeronautique a la Belle Epoque' by Naudet; 'La Liaison France Antilles et le Reseau Local d'Air France' by Abouchar, et al.; 'Reims 1949: Le Premier Meeting Aerien International' by Nicolaou; 'Philatelie et Aviation aux Iles Wallis et Fatuna' by Zammith; 'French Aircraft Before the Great War' by Opdyke; etc. (24) Cross Reference: AIR MAIL COVERS, FRANCE (Image)

COMMONWEALTH & EMPIRE: Two boxes containing 'The 1898 Pictorial Issue of New Zealand: its Design, Printing and Use' by Diamond (in as new condition); 'Cancellations of Rhodesia & Nyasaland' by Dann (d.j. edge damage); 'Philatelic Handbook of the Gilbert & Ellice Islands' by Vernon; 'Postage Stamps & Postal History of the Bahamas' by Gisburn; 'The Postal Cancellations of the Flakland Islands' by Barnes; 'Ascension: The Stamps and Postal History' by Attwood; plus many other lesser publications on a variety of countries inc. some specialised auction catalogues. (28) Cross Reference: NEW ZEALAND (Image)

MALAYA & BORNEO: A small selection of 6 publications inc. Kedah & Perlis by Holley.Cross Reference: BORNEO, MALAYA/MALAYSIA (Image)

INTERCEPTED IN BERMUDA: THE CENSORSHIP OF TRANSATLANTIC MAIL DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR by Flynn. In excellent condition.Cross Reference: AIR MAIL COVERS, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL (Image)

BRITISH NORTH AMERICA: A box containing 'The Postal History of the Yukon Territory' by Woodall; 'Proof Strikes of Canada, Vol. 4 Split Circles of the Maritimes' by Hughes; plus specialised or named sale auction catalogues for Robson Lowe, Spink, Eastern, etc. (2 books, 16 catalogues) Cross Reference: CANADA (Image)

EGYPT & MIDDLE EAST: A box containing 'Notes on the Cancellations of Turkish Arabia, including the European Consular Posts and the Cancellations of the 1914-18 War' by Tomkins; 'Catalogue Stamps of Egypt: Book 2' by Balian; 'Egypt: From the Postal Concession Until Suez 1932-56' by Davis; and a few others on military postal services. (8)Cross Reference: EGYPT, TURKEY (Image)

FRANCE: A box containing 'Le Patrimoine du Timbre-Poste Français' 1996, 1998 & 1999 vol. 2; plus books on stamps & postcards, inc. Ceres (2005) catalogue on cd & 'Couleurs et Nuances: Periode Classique 1849-1900' by Bermejo & Brun. (15 items)Cross Reference: FRANCE (Image)

FRANCE - PARIS - BALLONS MONTES, ETC.: A box containing books on post & airmail inc. 'La Poste par Ballons Montes 1870-71' by Le Pileur (damage to spine); 'Besieged in Paris' by Lawrence; 'Le Fabuleuse Histoire des Boules et Ballons de la Deliverance' by Lettre; 'Paris et sa Poste' by Valuet; and a few non-philatelic books on air ports or air shows. (9) Cross Reference: AIR MAIL COVERS, FRANCE, BALLOON MAIL (Image)

FRANCE - POSTAL RATES & POSTMARKS: 'Postal & Airmail Rates in France & Colonies 1920-45' by Picirilli; 'Les Marques Aeropostales' & supplement by Pileur; 'Catalogue des Obliterations Mecaniques de France' by Dreyfuss; and others on military or airmail cancellations, etc. (15) Cross Reference: FRANCE, CANCELLATIONS, AIR MAIL COVERS (Image)

FRANCE - MARITIME MAIL: 'La Poste Maritime Francaise' vols. 5 & 6 by Salles; 'Catalogues des Obliterations Navales Francaises 1771-1986' by Sinais; plus a few non-philatelic books on merchant or war ships. (7) Cross Reference: MARITIME MAIL, FRANCE (Image)

FRENCH COLONIES: A box containing '150 Ans d´Histoire Postale des Anciennes Colonies Francaise 1700-1860' by Jamet; 'Katalog der Ganzsachen der Französischen Kolonien' by Scharpen; 'Catalogue des Oblitérations des Colonies Françaises' vol. 1 by Sinais & Venot; 'Catalogue des Timbres Poste de la France et des Colonies Françaises' by Yvert & Tellier (c. 1926); plus several booklets on cancellations, etc. (11)Cross Reference: FRENCH COLONIES (Image)

MALTA: A box and portfolio containing 'Malta: The Postal History & Postage Stamps 1576-1960' by Martin (d.j. damaged); 'The Postal History of Malta 1939-45' by Evans et al.; 'Malta in World War 1: Postal History' by Green et al.; 'Malta in World War 1: Photographic & Postcards' by Evans et al.; plus some non-philatelic books such as 'Military Aviation in Malta 1915-93' by Hamlin & 'Fortress Malta: An Island Under siege 1940-43' by Holland. All in excellent condition (except where otherwise stated). Also 2 framed period prints of a view of the harbour (1870) and a map of the island, as well as 2 framed maps of southern Italy (one dated 1830) - all behind glass. (9) Cross Reference: MALTA, ITALY (Image)

THE POSTAL MARKINGS OF MANDATE PALESTINE 1917-48 by Sacher. Hard bound with d.j. (creased by no tears), in excellent condition. Cross Reference: PALESTINE (Image)

PORTUGAL & FRANCE: 'The Siege of Paris Sept. 1870-Jan. 1871: Par Ballon Monte' by Thompson (no. 208 of 525 copies); 'Forgeries of Portugal & Colonies' by Davies; 'Notes on the Stamps & Markings of Portugal & Colonies' by Pearson; and 'Selos Postais das Ex-Colonias Portuguesas (1994). All in excellent condition. (4) Cross Reference: FRANCE, PORTUGAL, PORTUGUESE COLONIES (Image)

RUSSIA & STATES: A box containing 'The Stamps of the Russian Refugees Post' by Kethro & Ashford; 'Foreign Military Activity in the Russian Civil War 1917-23' by Klempka; 'Batum Under Occupation the Years 1917-21' by Grigoleit & Klempka; 'Trident Issues of Ukraine' parts 1-5 by Roberts & Seichte; 'Sonder-Katalog Ukraine 1918-20' by Seichter (1956 ed., loose binding) & also 3 handbooks by the same author; plus an accumulation of 'The British Journal of Russian Philately' 1989-2016. All in excellent condition. (10 books, 15 journals) Cross Reference: UKRAINE, RUSSIA, GEORGIA (Image)

MISCELLANY: Carton containing a selection of catalogues and books on the stamps of various European countries, inc. Austria, Denmark, Finland, France, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Norway & Sweden. Inc. Stanley Gibbons Austria & Hungary catalogues (3 - 1st, 3rd & 5th editions), all softbound in good condition; Stamps of Sweden & Finland and Stamps of Denmark, Iceland, & Norway both by Wise, hardbound with d.j.s (torn; books in good condition); and Italian Stamps by Dehn (2 - both hardbound with d.j.s in good condition). (14) Cross Reference: ITALY (Image)

EUROPE: 'Cyprus 1353-1986' by Castle (no d.j., cover faded & stained); 'Die Postwertzeichen und Entwertungen der Deutschen Postanstalten in den Schutzgebieten und in Ausland' by Friedemann (1921 ed., rebound); and 'Postage Paid: The Story of the First Dutch Postage Stamps 1852-2002' by Havelaar. (3)Cross Reference: CYPRUS, GERMANY, NETHERLANDS (Image)

AUSTRIA, GERMANY & SWITZERLAND: An accumulation of books, auction catalogues, etc. inc. Altdeutschland by Grobe (1975), hardbound, wear to spine but otherwise in good condition; and The Austrian Post Offices in the Levant: Tchilinghirian and Stephen Revisited by Smith (2013), hardbound with d.j. in very good condition; plus others. (11) Cross Reference: AUSTRIA, SWITZERLAND, GERMANY (Image)