Library
The Society manages two collections on behalf on members. There is a Society Collection that is currently in storage. This collection and details of the arrangements for access will be made available to members as soon as possible.
There is Members’ Collection and the books available are listed below. The Members’ Collection works on a co-operative basis. Members who have books that they are prepared to lend to fellow members have provided details. If you wish to borrow one of these books you should email Ken Rutter (156kar@gmail.com) and he will provide contact details for the owner. You can then make arrangements to borrow (or inspect/consult) the books. Please note that the Society is merely acting as a facilitator. The arrangements between lenders and borrowers are personal and the Society takes no responsibility for the availability of the books nor their safe custody and return. In some instances members may make books available for consultation only, where lending is not appropriate.
If you have books that you would like to make available to fellow members, please send details to Geoff Blackwell who will update the Library list. In order to meet the requirements for data privacy, you will be asked specifically to confirm that Ken may share your contact details with prospective borrowers.
The following books and material are currently available. Books are listed in alphabetical order, by author. Catalogues are listed by country at the end of the list. Some members have significant collections of material relating to Russian, Polish philately, all aspect of Polar philately and explorers. If you would like further information on these topics, please contact Ken Rutter as above.
MEMBERS' COLLECTION
The books are grouped as follows:
1. Great Britain 2. Commonwealth 3.Rest of World 4. General philately and related topics 5.Catalogues
1. GREAT BRITAIN
AUTHOR DATE TITLE PUBLISHER
Allcock & Holland1960 British Postmarks: A Short History and Guide
Barefoot, J. 2010 UK Revenues
Bart, Sir J. W. 1952 The Royal Philatelic Collection
The Wildings: The First Elizabeth II Definitives BPB (No9)
Cattell 1983 British Maritime Postal History, Vol 3
The Union Castle Post Office
Childs, B The Railway Post of British Railways 1948-1987 Part 1
Courtney, N. 2004 The Queen's Stamps (The Authorised History of the Royal Philatelic Collection)
Easton, J., 1943 British Postage Stamps Design Faber and Faber
Easton, J., 1949 Postage Stamps in the Making Faber and Faber
Erskine, G. B., 1950 Approaches to Philately Blandford Press Ltd
Galland, R.B. and 2014 GB Failed Free Hand Stamps of the Franking System Stuart Rossiter Trust
Colton J.G.
Garfield, S. 2008 The Error World Faber and Faber Ltd.
Gentleman, D. 1972 Design in Miniature Studio Vista
Queen Victoria: The Plating of the Penny Red 1840-1864 GB Philatelic Soc
Volumes 1-5
Grimwood-
Taylor, J. L. 1990 The British Postal Reforms of 1839-1840
Gurney, D. The Postal History of the Guernsey Sub-Post Offices
Jackson, H. T. 1979 The Railway and Airway Letter Stamps of the British Isles 1891-1971
Jackson, M. 2010 Two Penny Blue Plating Guide (plts 1-6)
Kirk, A. J. 1974 King Edward VIII (A Study of the Stamps of His Reign) 2nd Edition
de Lacy-Spencer, R The Railway Stamps of Great Britain and Ireland 1891-1947
Langmead, P. and 2003 The Telegraph Stamps and Stationery of GB 1851-1954
Huggins, A.
Lee, R. 1990 The Penny Lilac Part 2 GB Philatelic Soc
Litchfield, P.C., 1986 Guide Lines to the Penny Black Christie’s-Robson Lowe
Lovegrove, J. W. 1975 Herewith my Frank: A Study of the Free Franks Lovegrove
Messenger, W de L, M., The Line Engraved Halfpenny (A Critical Analysis of the
Production of the First Halfpenny Stamps of GB)
Muir, D.N., 2007 A Timeless Classic: The Evolution of Machin's Icon British Postal Museum
Muir, D. N. 1990 Postal Reform and the Penny Black British Postal Museum
Proud, E. History of British Army Postal Service Vol 2 1903-1927
Seymour, J.B. 1934 The Stamps of GB Part 1: The Line Engraved Issues 1840-153
Smith, W.J. Ed., 1970 James Chalmers Inventor of the Adhesive Postage Stamp
Walton, F. SubOffice postmarks of Sheffield
Ward, R. Postal History of Dronfield District
Ward, R., Sheffield Postal History
Westley 1900 The Postal Cancellations of London, 1840-1890
Wiggins, W.D. 1973 The Plating of Alphabet 3 Plates 22-68 and R17
and Tonna, G.
Wilcocks, R.M. 1972 The :Postal History of GB & Ireland (A Summarised Catalogue to 1840)
Worsfield, P. 2001 GB King George VI Low Value Definitive Stamps.
2. COMMONWEALTH
AUTHOR DATE TITLE PUBLISHER
ABWPS The Anglo-Boer War, philately of the Boer and
British Prisoner of War Camps
Drysdale & Collins1990 Mashonaland: A Postal History 1890-96
Patrick, D. & M. 1968 Canada's Postage Stamps McClelland & Stewart Ltd
Wright & Drysdale1988 The Oates Correspondence (Matebeland & Zambesia
( 1873-75)
3. REST OF WORLD
AUTHOR DATE TITLE PUBLISHER
Barefoot, J 2002 Latvia Map Stamps European Philately 12
Bojanowicz, M. A. The Kingdom of Poland
Ceresa,R.J. 2007 Russian Postage Stamps 1917-1923 Forgery Guide
British Occupation of Batum
Daka Faroe Island Stamps and Postal History SF15
Flack, B. Postal Rates in Iceland 1870-1897
Hoffman, H Latvia Stamps The Rouble period 1918-1922
Hoffman, H Latvia Postal Stationery 1918-1940
Hoffman, H Latvia Stamps 1920-1940
Hoffman, H Latvia German Occupation 1941-1945
King-Farrow, R. Faeroske Postsempler
Lowe, R. World War II US Service Mail
Oustinovky, V. Tuva: Means of Postal Payment
Ryan, G. The First Stamps of Hungary 1867
Scheele 1970 A Short History of the Mail Service (USA)
Staff 1956 The Transatlantic Mail
Wowern, E. Faroe Islands Freight stamps 1978 SF14
Wowern, E. Faroe Islands Freight stamps 1988 SF14
Wovern, E. Postforbindelsen Faeroerne-Danmark i arene 1940-45
4. GENERAL PHILATELY AND RELATED TOPICS
AUTHOR DATE TITLE PUBLISHER
Banik, G. & Paper and Water: A Guide for Conservators
van den Bold, W.E.J. 1994 Handbook of Thematic Philately James Brendon Ltd.
Bruckle, I
Brunn, S. D. 2022 Stamps, Nationalism and Political Transition Routledge
Collings, T. J. & 1989 The Care and Preservation of Philatelic Materials British Library
Schoolley-West, R. F.
Catling, H.D. 2014 The Story of the Cambridge Messenger Stamps 1882-1885
Civil Censorship Study Circle - Bulletins 6,7,8,9
Cummings, H. The College Stamps of Oxford and Cambridge from 1870-1866
Returns of every MP who served in Parliament from Houses of Parliament
1705 to 1814 (England, Wales, Scotland &Ireland (2 vols)
Child, J Miniature Messages: The Semiotics and Politics of
Latin American Postage Stamps
Cummings, H College Stamps of Oxford and Cambridge from 1870-1866
Garfield, S. 2008 Error World Faber and Faber
Gentleman, D. 1972 Design in Miniature Studio Vista
Jordan, F. S. J. 1960 The Road to Philately
Laycock, S. and 2017 Lost Countries - Exotic Tales from an Old Stamp Album
West, C.
Lee, A. Introducing Thematic Collecting
Lister, 1966 College Stamps of Oxford and Cambridge
Prescott-Pickup, V.E. 1981 British Adhesive Postage Stamps Design Part I 1837-1901
Rose, S. 1980 Royal Mail Stamps: A Survey of British Stamps Design Phaidon Press
Scott, D. 1995 European Stamps Design: A Semiotic Approach to Academy Editions
Designing Messages
Searle, C. 100 years of the Philatelic Congress of Great Britain 1909-2009
Sigee, D.C. 2012 University Mails of Oxford and Cambridge 1490-1900
Stoetzer, C. 2018 Postage Stamps as Propaganda Forgotten Books
Sussex, V.J. Introducing Postal History
Thorne, R. G. House of Commons 1790-1820: Details of Members (3 vols) House of Parliament Trust/
Secker & Warburg
West, C. 2013 History of Britain in Thirty-six Postage Stamps Picador Press
West, C. 2014 History of America Thirty-six Postage Stamps Picador Press
West, V. 2012 The Postal History of the Oxford Union Society to 1920 RPSL
Williams, L. N. & M 1970 Cinderella Stamps
Williams, L. N. 1990 Fundamentals of Philately, revised edition APS
Yardley, C. B. 2015 The Representation of Science and Scientists on Postage Stamps ANU Press
The Directory-International Stamp Traders' Directory Stanley Gibbons
and Handbook
5. CATALOGUES
2015 Collect BRITISH Stamps
2000 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH (2 vols)
1942 BRITISH EMPIRE
SG Stamp Catalogue Part 17 CHINA
2010 SG Simplified COMMONWEALTH 4th edition
2016 SG COMMONWEALTH & BRITSH EMPIRE 1840-1970 118th edition
The Stella Catalogue of DENMARK
1994 Michel DEUTSCHLAND Spezial
1997 Michel DEUTSCHLAND Junior
1951 The Stella Catalogue of DENMARK
1963 SG EUROPE & COLONIES
1982 SG FRANCE
2002 SG GERMANY
2011 SG Part 7 GERMANY 9th edition
1978 SG Vol 3 GB Specialised Stamp Catalogue Queen Elizabeth II Pre-Decimal 4th Edition
1986 SG Vol 2 GB King Edward VII-King George VI Specialised Catalogue 7th Edition
1998 SG Vol 5 GB Queen Elizabeth II Decimal Special Issues 3rd Edition
1999 SG GB Specialised ( Vol 2)
1990 SG GB Specialised ( Vol 2)
2008 SG GB Vol 1 Queen Victoria Specialised Catalogue 15th Edition
2010 SG Vol 4 Part 1 GB Specialised Stamp Catalogue Queen Elizabeth II Decimal Definitive Issues
2010 SG Vol 4 Part 2 GB Specialised Stamp Catalogue Queen Elizabeth II Decimal Definitive Issues
2020 SG GB Queen Victoria Specialised Catalogue, Vol 1,Part 1 1st Edition
2013 SG Commonwealth INDIA (inc. Convention and Feudatory States) 4th Edition
1998 Sakura: Catalogue of JAPANESE Stamps
2003 Sakura: Catalogue of JAPANESE Stamps
2007 Sakura: Catalogue of JAPANESE Stamps
SG Stamp Catalogue Part 18 JAPAN and CHINA
2003 KOREAN Standard Stamp Catalogue
2006 KOREAN Standard Stamp Catalogue
2001 Specialised Catalogue of Postage Stamps and Postal Stationery
of LATVIA 1990-2000 (NB in Latvian)
1941 Special Catalogue of the Stamps of MANCHUKUO 2nd Ed. (Schumman,A.)
2009 SG NORTHERN CARIBBEAN, BAHAMAS & BERMUDA
2008 SG Part 10 RUSSIA 6th edition
2008 SG SCANDINAVIA
1975 Catalogue of the Adhesive Revenue Stamps of UK, ISLE OF MAN
and CHANNEL ISLANDS (Inc. pre 1922 Island and Free States overprints (Booth, R.G.)
1989 Scott's Specialized US Catalogue
1985 SG USA
2008 SG Simplified 'Stamps of the WORLD' (5 volumes)
2009 SG Simplified 'Stamps of the WORLD' (5 volumes)