GBOS Library holdings: General
General works, cylinders/controls, specimens, postmarks, auctions etc
(For Gibraltar see under Morocco Agencies)
(NP)= "non-philatelic material"
1 GB Overprints (general)
| Book No | Title | Author and type |
|---|---|---|
| 69 | Auction Catalogue 7 December 1978, Great Britain Overprints | Robson Lowe Auction catalogue |
| 103 | Auction Catalogue 17 February 1963, The Stamps of Great Britain Overprinted for use abroad and in Levant | HR Harmer Ltd Auction catalogue |
| 104 | Auction Catalogue 26-27 January 1959, The "Graneer" collection of Great Britain used abroad | HR Harmer Ltd Auction catalogue |
| 105 | Auction Catalogue 19 November 1983, British Empire including Niger Coast and Oil Rivers | Robson Lowe Auction catalogue |
| 109 | Auction Catalogue 26 April 1984, The National Postal Museum Archives | Christies, Robson Lowe Auction catalogue |
| 116 | Auction Catalogue 18 June 1942, from F.Hugh Vallencey Collection, G.B. and G.B. Overprints | Robson Lowe Auction catalogue |
| 117 | Auction Catalogue 31 June - 1 August 1940 British Stamps Used Abroad | Robson Lowe Auction catalogue |
| 133 | Postage Stamps of Great Britain 1840 - 1922, Section X "Overprinted for use Abroad" | F Hugh Vallencey Photo copy |
| 147 | Auction Catalogue 21 November 1986, British P.O.'s Abroad including British Levant and Morocco | London and Brighton Stamp Auctions, catalogue |
| 204 | National Postal Museum Archive, Copies of photographs of GB overprints (ex NPMA) | soft cover |
| 207 | The Wilding Overprints 1952-1961 | Mike Osborne |
| 210 | The Postage Stamps and Postal History of the Levant, Cyprus, Gibraltar & Malta. 25th November 1988 | Phillips Auction Catalogue |
| 213 | The History of Post Office Training | Tony Oliver & Alan Oliver |
| 232 | Tallan Collection (Training Schools) [School Specimens] and Officials 5th May 2010 | Harmers Auction Catalogue |
| 245 | British Commonwealth & Great Britain Edward VII, T.C. Smith Collection July 1-2nd 1981 (Fine Morocco Agencies & British Levant noted) | Harmers Auction Catalogue |
| 254 | Auction Catalogue August 28th 1997 British Commonwealth (Good Niger Coast & Zululand noted) | Harmers Auction Catalogue |
| 260 | Rossi Album, Copies of the original album sheets from his collection, plus catalogue and CD containing images from the Rossi auction (see 299) | Warwick & Warwick Auction catalogue, and CD |
| 262 | Auction Catalogue 28th & 29th September 2011, Francis Kiddle “Kuwait” Also Morocco Agencies | Grosvenor Auction catalogue |
| 299 | The Rossi Collection of G.B. Overprints 8th June 2008 | Warwick & Warwick Auction catalogue, |
| 304 | The PJGB September 1977 Vol 87 No 3. G.B. used in Cyprus & G.B. Officials | Booklet |
2 GB Overprints (cylinders, controls)
| Book No | Title | Author and type |
|---|---|---|
| 14 | Check List of Controls and Cylinder Nos. of KE VIII GB Stamps including Morocco Agencies, June 1944 | AL Bert Leaflet |
| 15 | Check List of Controls and Cylinder Nos. of KG VI GB Stamps including Morocco Agencies, MEF, EAF, 6th edition | AL Bert Leaflet |
| 16 | Check List of Controls and Cylinder Nos. of KG VI GB Stamps including Morocco Agencies, MEF, EAF, 7th Edition March 1947 | AL Bert Leaflet |
| 17 | Check List of Controls and Cylinder Nos. of KG VI GB Stamps, May 1954 | AL Bert Leaflet |
| 250 | GB Overprints A Compendium of Overprints on Great Britain Postage Stamps, 2nd Edition November 2002, 226 pages [NB: later editions electronic] | J Gledhill Large Book |
3 Specimen overprints
| Book No | Title | Author and type |
|---|---|---|
| 30 | Specimen Stamps of Crown Colonies | M Samuel Book (large) |
| 81, 88 | Specimen Stamps & Stationary of GB |
Marcus Samuel and Alan Huggins Book (large) |
4 GB (general)
| Book No | Title | Author and type |
|---|---|---|
| 33 | G.B. Vol.1 Q.V.Specialised Catalogue, 1st. Edition 1963 | Stanley Gibbons Book (large) |
| 37 | Isle of Man, Catalogue of Stamps and Postal History, 1978 Edition | Dr JT Whitney Book |
| 38, 39 | Catalogue of British Elizabethan Stamps, 1970 - 71 Edition | Woodstock Book (large) |
| 43 | G.B. Vol.III Q.E.II Specialised Catalogue., 2nd. Edition | Stanley Gibbons Book (large) |
| 61 | The Stoneham Catalogue of British Stamps 1840 - 1977 |
Book |
| 67 | Collect British Postmarks | Dr JT Whitney Booklet |
| 67A | 67A Collect British Postmarks 3rd Edition, 1983 | Dr JT Whitney |
| 193 | Discovering Seahorses King George V High Values (Two copies) |
Bryan Kearsley Heavy Book |
| 193A | Gems from the Graeme Webster Collection of Seahorses, (no Overprints) |
Lajar & Claridge Booklet |
| 200 | British Civilian Postage Rates of the 20th Century | Michael Furfie |
| 215 | British Postage Due Mail 1914-1971, A Study of Uses of the Pre-Decimal Postage Due Stamps | Michael Furfie Book |
| 216 | Waterlow Procedures King GVI Arms to Festival High Values Design to Press | Gerry Bater |
| 222 | The R E Phillips collection of British Telegraph Stamps March 19th 1987 | Phillips Auction Catalogue |
| 225 | Great Britain King George VI Low Value Definitive Stamps, 2001 | Peter Worsford Booklet |
| 234 | POST OFFICE ARCHIVES, Index to Minuted Papers, Date range, 1895-1976 Post 121 Supplement (Book) 14 pages | |
| 235 | POST OFFICE ARCHIVES, Index to Minuted Papers, Date range 1895-1981 Post 121, Supplement No 2 (Book) 8 pages | |
| 236 | POST OFFICE ARCHIVES, Index to Minuted Papers, Date range, 1886-1969 Post 122 No 1 (Book) 65 pages | |
| 237 | POST OFFICE ARCHIVES, Index to Minuted Papers, Date range 1883-1973 Post 122 No 2 (Book) 155 pages | |
| 244 | The Wembley Lions, Some Background Notes, 6 pages (Original Artwork & Cancelled Material, no Overprint information) | A.G. Rigo de Righi |
| 256 | Great Britain Telegraphs, The London Philatelist, May-June 1980, Vol 89 No 1049-50 | Peter Langmead |
5 Postal stationery
| Book No | Title | Author and type |
|---|---|---|
| 203 | Collect British Postal Stationery, A simplified listing from 1840-2007 | Alan Huggins & Colin Baker GBPS and Postal History Society *heavy book |
6 General (other and mixed catagories)
| Book No | Title | Author and type |
|---|---|---|
| 77 | The Encyclopedia of British Empire Stamps, Part I Africa. Billig's Philatelic Handbook, Vol. 36 | Book (large) |
| 78 | The Encyclopedia of British Empire Stamps, Part II Africa Billig's Philatelic Handbook, Vol. 37 | Book (large) |
| 134 | The Graf Zeppelin Flights to South America 1930 - 1937. Walter Curley | Book (large) |
| 140,141 | The Queen Elizabeth II Waterlow "Castle" High Values 1955 - 1958 | Gerry Bater and Lord Spens Book |
| 144 | A Guide to the Post Office Archives | Jean Farrugia Book |
| 150,151 | Auction Catalogue 18 December 1990, "The Lord Spens" Collection of Castles High Values | Robson Lowe Auction catalogue |
| 170 | OAT and AV2 Markings "A work in Progress", American Air Mail Society | Murray Heifetz Book |
| 217 | Madame Joseph Forged Postmarks | Book |
| 218 | Madame Joseph Revisited (Book + Binder of Cancels in slipcase) | Brian M Cartwright Heavy Book |
| 220 | Introducing Thematic Collecting | Alma Lee Small booklet |
| 221 | Guidelines for Thematic Judges and Exhibitors at Local & Federation Level | Franceska Rapkin Small Booklet |
| 240 | Road Map of Greece Dated 1986 (NP) | Booklet |
| 246 | National Postal Museum Archives 19th February 1985, Imperforate imprimaturs from 1936 to 1970 (no Overprints) | Christies Robson Lowe Auction Catalogue |
| 249 | Worldwide Stamps & Postal History 3rd November 2006, Booklet, Good Overprint material | Argyll Etkin Auction Catalogue |
| 300 | The Philatelist & PJGB March/April 1982. Ottoman Empire in the Greek Islands | Booklet |
| 311 | Philitex92, International Philatelic Literature Exhibition in USA, October 28th – November 2nd 1992 | catalogue |
| 311A | Philitex92, International Philatelic Literature Exhibition in USA, Palmares, Overprinter was awarded Silver, Ron Peters |
Articles
Bound copies shown with asterisk
- A5 Note on Protective Underprints of G.B. Victorian Issues S.G. Balley, Stamp Collecting August 1955 (2 pages)
- A6 Security Endorsements of Great Britain Charles Jennings, Stamp Collecting November 1956 (4 pages)
- A7 The Swastika Overprints of Jersey William Newport Stamp Collecting June 1954 (1 page)
- A7A The Swastika Overprints Bill Newport Stamp World vo1 1 No 14 November 1987 (1 page)
- A7B Channel Island Overprints & Propaganda Labels (1940-1944), J N Davies (4 pages) undated
- A* 5 – 6 – 40 5= Notes on Protective Underprints of G.B. Victorian Issues, S.G. Balley. Stamp Collecting August 1955
6= Security Endorsements of Great Britain, Charles Jennings. Stamp Collecting November 1956
40 = Stamps overprinted or underprinted for and by private firms, F.M. Johnson. Stamp Monthly March 1980 - A20* Stamps for Special Purposes, Telegraphs etc., ex The Postage Stamps of the United Kingdom. W.A.S. Westoby 1891
- A20 Stamps for Special Purposes W.A.S. Westoby 1891 (Telegraphs etc) (24 pages)
- A40 Stamps overprinted or underprinted for and by private firms. F.M. Johnson Stamp Monthly March 1980 (2 pages)
- A46* Bury St. Edmunds 1d Postage Due P.C. Worsford, Ex G.B. Journal Vol 15 No 3
- A46 Bury St. Edmunds 1d Postage Due P.C. Worsford, Ex G.B. Journal Volume 15 No 3 (2 pages)
- A52 Collect your Perfins Peter Ibbotson Stamp Collecting September 1977 (2 pages)
- A53 Commercial Overprints on British Stamps Floyd A. Walker, The American Philatelist November 1977 (4 pages)
- A53* Commercial Overprints on British Stamps. Floyd A Walker, November 1977 The American Philatelist
- A58A Collecting Covers W.A. Wiseman (parts 3 & 4) (4 pages)
- A66 G.B Victorian Specimen Stamps Marcus Samuel Stamp Collecting September 1981 (1 page)
- A77 Edward VII High Values John Woolford Stamp Magazine, April 1984 (2 pages) Mention of Levant usage
- A80 Section from Huggins & Gage Postal Stationery Catalogue (12 pages)
- A91 GB Overprints Used Abroad Ian Angus (undated) (9 pages)
- A156 The Queens Empire, Photographs of Her Majesty’s Mails and Telegraphs. 1901 Cassells
- A167 Post Office Archive Information sheets, various subjects covered.
- A168 Overprints on British Stamps for use Abroad. Tom Current, 2002/03 American Collectors Club (unpublished approx 160 pages (Note not bound)
- A170 Egypt, Palestine, Syria and Turkey, photo-copy of a brochure for a 29 Day Pilgrimage, March & September 1936, £40.00 from London
- A171 Imperial Military Geography, photo-copies of various sections covering The Mediterranean Route to the East, Lines of Communications by Air, Cable & Wireless and much more. Publisher unknown and undated. (Approx 100 pages.) Includes two charts.
- A172 Jeffrey K. Weiss collection of the British Empire issues. G.B.1887 Jubilee issue, together with selected 1881 1d. lilac usages. Auction catalogue print out but no illustrations. December 1996. Nice! Anyone seen the printed catalogue?
- A180 “Care of Mr Waghorn.” Collection sold by W.E. Lea (21 items described) ex Stamp Collecting, undated.
- A82 AV2 Regulations
- A186 Set of UPU Rules for AV1 – AV7 (two sets)
- A189 Prisoner of War Camps in Great Britain During & After the Second World War John Davies (8 pages)
- A193 Manuscript Markings Ian McQueen Stamp Collecting October 1978 (9 pages)
- A194 Heligoland Robert T. Pollard - The American Philatelist, November 1987 (13 pages)
- A195 When Did The 1940 Exhibition take Place? James Negus, Stamp Lover June? (1 page)
- A196 “T” Marks Richard Lockyer - Stamp Lover April 1989 (3 pages)
- A198 Channel Islands & Propaganda Labels (1940-1944) J.N. Davies (13 pages)
- A211 Overprinted Issues of Great Britain R.E. Brunston Covers KGVI Controls etc, (undated) (11 pages)
- A217 Varieties on the UPU 2 ½ d A.A. Whitworth GSM December 1984 (4 pages)
- A220 Introducing Perfins G.A. McAdam Stamps January 1982 (20 pages)
- A238 Stamp design and ink technology Raife Wellsted The Stamp Magazine, December 1984 (6 pages)
- A245 Empire Echoes Curzon - Article on C.D.S. Codes – Stamp Collecting July 1981 (2 pages)
- A252 The O.A.T. Postal Marking – An attempt to solve the mystery of an airmail postal marking seen mostly on mail during World War II Henry M. GoodKind Collectors Club Philatelist Vol 38 No 6 (8 pages)
- A258 Additional Medicine Duty J.N. Davies. Plus photograph of Label, The Overprinter 3/94 October 1994
- A270 King George VI High Values – Another Update “T” Guide Mystery Resolved Gerry Bater. GSM November 1993 (2 pages) + King George VI “Arms & Festivals” A Follow Up. Gerry Bater. GSM October 1992 (2 pages)
- A271 Photographic Philately. Gerry Bater. GSM July 1993 (1 page)
- A273 G.B. Rapid Cancelling Machines Parts 1 & 2. Jack Peach, Stamp Collecting December 1978 (9 pages)
- A273 Post Box 506, Lisbon, Correspondence in World War II, A.E. Gilbert. Stamp Collecting December 1978
- A274 Saved from the Wreck of the “Lutine” Frigate. L.N. Williams, Stamp Collecting December 1978
- A275 Cinderella Corner “Welsh Pirate Labels” Ron Cowell. Welsh Philatelic Society Newsletter April 1987 )1 page)
- A277 King George VI 10s. Dark Blue. Gerry Bater. GSM February 1995 (2 pages)
- A283 3d. Wilding Jubilee Line retouches C.P. Rang GSM December 1982 (1 page) First published GSM March 1960
- A284 Great Britain, 1912-24 – Types of the “Simple” Cypher, Watermark. F.S.C. Gardner. GSM April 1953 (2 pages)
- A285 Great British Rarities. L.N. Williams. Covers Officials (17 pages)
- A286 A Technological Approach of Squared Circle Hammer Manufacture & Recutting. Maurice Barette (14 pages)
- A288 British Telegraph Stamps and their Collection. H.T. Jackson, Stamp Collecting March 1975 (2 pages)
- A294 Twentieth Century Colonials (January 1901 – June 1907, D.B. Armstrong. Gibbons Stamp Weekly, (Endorsed Vols 7 & 8 undated) (5 pages)
- A295 Overprinted Great Britain Stamps used in the United Kingdom, Barrie Cook. The G.B. Journal Volume 45 No 4 July/August 2007 (2 pages) Original also available.
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