Philatelic Literature

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ItemDescription Price
Literature - Commonwealth - General
bk1/1The Encyclopedia of British Empire Postage Stamps 1775-1950 - Volume III - The Empire in Asia, published as Billigs Handbook Volumes 38, 39, and 40. As new. £ 30
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bk1/2The Overprinter. Journal of the G.B. Overprint Society. 14 issues, numbers 3/78, 4/78, 3/80 to 3/83 (run of 10 issues), 1/84, and 3/84. Good condition. £ 10
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bk1/15Australia and Back, by Sir Alan Cobham KBE. Published 1926 by A&C Black. Illustrated hardback cover, no dustjacket. Good condition. £ 30
bk1/16British External Airmails until 1934, by Alexander S Newall. With dustjacket. Excellent condition £ 24
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bk1/17The Afghan Campaign 1841-43, by Peter Collins, pub Robson Lowe 1973. 28 pages, paperback. Good condition£ 3
bk1/18The Railway Travelling Post Offices of Great Britain and Ireland 1838 - 1975, by Norman Hill, pub by Harry Hayes 1977. 24 pages, paperback. Good condition£ 5
bk1/19IRAQ and the Persian Gulf, published in September 1944 by the Naval Intelligence Division, ref BR 524(Restricted). Ex Library of Eastern Command.
Regional descriptions, Coasts of the Persian Gulf, History, People, Administration, Currency, Ports & Inland towns, Waterways, Roads, Railways, Posts, etc. 682 pp, 97 figures and maps, 236 illustrations.
Worn and faded cover, repaired spine and some faults but generally good condition and extremely rare. Not philatelic but a wealth of background information.
£ 95
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bk1/20Middle East 1940 -1942, A Study in Air Power, by Phillip Guedalla. An authoritative account of the decisive part played by the RAF in the long series of campaigns fought in the African and Mediterranean war-zones. The author was attached to the RAF and received every facility for a full and authoritative survey of his subject. 230pp with many maps, appendices and index. Damaged dust jacket, otherwise excellent condition £ 6

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