Publications for Sale
We have an extensive selection of philatelic books for sale, as listed below.
Please contact: Keith Morris, TPO & Seapost Society, 1 St Marys Drive, Fairford GL7 4LQ (+44) 01285 713 075 or email:
Payment can be made in any of the currencies listed by cheque (drawn on a UK bank) or cash only. Please make cheques payable to TPO & Seapost Society. Post & Packing will be charged at cost. Prices for p+p are available on application via email.
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Seaposts of the USA - now available By Roger Hosking In the course of the last sixty years, three writers have laid the foundations of our knowledge of the United States Seapost Service. In 1947 William Kuhnle produced a monograph on the structure and operation of the service. His monograph was not intended for publication, but was made available privately to collectors and others who were interested in the subject. In the 1960s, the US postal historian Robert Gordon carried out his definitive and pioneering work on the seaposts, putting flesh on the bones that Kuhnle had described, and comprehensively listing the cancellations used. The value of this ground-breaking contribution cannot be over-emphasised. Then in 1988 the British writer Philip Cockrill published two booklets in which he amplified and updated our knowledge with particular reference to the identification of the various ships which were involved in the service. Roger Hosking's timely new book serves to correlate, co-ordinate, and above all update everything that has been written in past years in a convenient and readily accessible form, and adds a considerable amount of new information - particularly in the area of tax marks, mis-sents, and other ancillary markings which are perhaps less easily found than the mainstream cancellations. Seaposts of the USA is an A4 format book and contains 58 illustrations of covers in colour and 200+ postmarks, with a total of 90 pages bound with a gloss laminated cover.
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Appendix - Supplementary Mail |
£24.00 UK €30.00 Europe $43.20 Worldwide |
£27.00 UK €33.75 Europe $48.50 Worldwide |
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Postal Markings of the Holyhead & Kingstown Packet By AD Lovelock A companion to The Irish Mail by Cyril Kidd covering the period 1860 to 1925, with 100 pages of colour illustrations showing every type of postmark and supplementary mark used in the Irish Sea floating post offices, together with a history of the vessels on the route. An essential reference for the collector's bookshelf! The postmarks of the floating Post Office on board the various steamers of the City of Dublin Steam Packet Co, which sailed between Holyhead and the Irish harbour of Kingstown (now Dun Laoghaire), have long held a fascination for postal historians. This 120-page book is based upon the collection of Mr Lovelock of which 100 pages feature colour illustrations. Every type of postmark and supplementary mark used in the 65 years of the operation of the Post Office is shown along with many colour illustrations of the steamers, on which they were used. Separate chapters deal with Postal Markings; a history of The City of Dublin Steam Packet Co; and the Post Office contract with the CDSPCo. |
£19.00 €23.75 $34.00 |
£21.00 €26.00 $38.00 |
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TPO Postmarks of Great Britain 1990-2004 By RM Stubbs A companion volume in the same format as TPO Postmarks of Great Britain 1962-1990, covering the final years of GB TPO operation. Essential for all collectors of modern GB TPO marks. The demise of the UK Travelling Post Office in January 2004 marked the end of an era in the delivery of mail throughout the British Isles. Fifteen years have passed since Robin Stubbs and the late Pete Roberts published their philatelic history of modern UK TPO operations from 1962 to 1990. Robin Stubbs has now brought the story up to date with a valuable record of the final years up to and including closure of the system, fully illustrated in colour, together with illustrations of all the cancellations and other marks known to have been issued by TPO Section. The latter include the elusive Christmas Bag Tender marks, which were not generally available to the public. The numbering scheme used follows on from the previous volume, and unusual marks such as those used by the Midland TPO are shown in great detail. An appendix lists the whereabouts of all surviving TPO marks. This book will be an essential companion to the original volume ( copies of which are still available - and can now be described as Part 1) and is likely to become the definitive philatelic history of the final years of UK TPO operations. |
£12.00 €15.00 $21.50 |
£14.00 €17.50 $25.00 |
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TPO Postmarks of Great Britain 1962-1990 By R Stubbs & GP Roberts The most comprehensive listing available of all GB TPO cancellations of this period, including bag tenders, with illustrations of every mark. Essential for all collectors of this material. Published 1990 as an update to "TPO Postmarks of the British Isles" by Norman Hill and published in 1962. It chronicles British TPOs during the latter part of the 20th century. Comes with updates. |
£2.50 €3.00 $4.50 |
£4.50 €5.50 $8.00 |
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Ocean Letters - A Sequel By Roger Hosking Ocean letters were conceived, introduced, promoted and forgotten in a period of less than forty years of the twentieth century. They are little understood, and constantly confused with ship letters and seaposts. Relatively few have survived, and this makes them difficult to study, however, Roger Hosking an acknowledged expert on matters maritime has taken on the task in the past, which resulted in his book: "An Introduction to Ocean Letters". Even during this short period of time, considerably more information has come to light, as is often the case when a subject has first been written up and therefore brought to general notice. So in consequence Roger has prepared a valuable addition to the collector of this division of maritime history. |
£10.00 €12.50 $18.00 |
£11.00 €14.00 $20.00 |
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An Introduction to Ocean Letters By Roger Hosking Published in 2002 it covers a period of time less than 40 years during the early part of the 20th century in which Ocean Letters were conceived, introduced, promoted and forgotten. The history is recorded here with great care and attention to detail. |
£12.00 €15.00 $21.50 |
£13.50 €17.00 $24.50 |
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The Irish Mail By Cyril Kidd A concise history of the rail and sea-borne travelling post offices from England to Ireland from 1850 to 1940 with examples of all known cancellations. The Irish mail has always been a fascinating subject to study with its Irish connections via the ships at Holyhead as well as its journey through England and Wales to London. Published in 1996 this is an updated version with much more information and illustrations, which had not been previously available when first published. All copies of the last edition have been sold. A reprint is in preparation. Let us know if you want a copy and we can tell you when it is ready |
£6.00 €7.50 $11.00 |
£8.00 €10.00 $14.50 |
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Travelling Post Offices & Bag Tenders of Great Britain & Ireland By Allan Harvey An operational history covering the period from 1839 to 1959, written by a former travelling inspector. Contains a wealth of information for the TPO collector. Provides a comprehensive guide to the TPOs and bag tenders of the British Isles carefully researched over many years and published in 2000 |
£8.00 €10.00 $14.50 |
£10.00 €12.50 $18.00 |
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Railways of West Wales By Chris Whitehead A copiously illustrated philatelic history of the period from 1854 to 1958 including postmarks, photographs and railway letter stamps, and with particular reference to the Llandyssil railway post office. |
£12.50 €15.50 $22.50 |
£14.50 €18.00 $26.00 |
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Norwegian Railways - Postal Connections and Cancellations By Eric N Jackson Covers the development of the railway TPO system in Norway from 1868 to the late 1980s with maps, timetables and illustrations of all the marks used. |
£2.00 €2.50 $3.50 |
£3.00 €3.75 $5.50 |
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Commemorative Last Day Cover of UK TPOs Complete with insert containing history and notes |
£5.00 €6.25 $9.00 |
£5.00 €6.25 $9.00 |
