British Postal Guides and Post Office Guides 1856-1920
links collated by John Copeland FRPSL
LINKS TO BRITISH POSTAL GUIDES AND POST OFFICE GUIDES 1856-1920 (49 downloads )UPU links to UPU Conventions and Related Documents
links collated by John Copeland FRPSL
LINKS TO UPU CONVENTIONS AND RELATED DOCUMENTS (44 downloads )General Societies covering topics relevant to GBOS topics:
- American Philatelic Society (APS) - GBOS is affiliated
- Association of British Philatelic Societies (ABPS) - The GBOS is affiliated
- Commercial Overprint Society of Great Britain, and Revenue Society (COSGB)
- Great Britain Philatelic Society (GBPS)
- The Perfin Society
- The Revenue Society
Information about stamps, relevant to GBOS interests:
- Sandafayre’s on-line library of images of classic stamps - (note: on the Sandafayre site Oil Rivers stamps are under “Nigeria” and “Niger Coast” instead of “Oil Rivers”; Mafeking stamps are variously under “Bechuanaland”, “British Bechuanaland” and “Cape of Good Hope”)
- Stamp Fairs and Auctions
- Stamp Shows
- The Wolf Collection - Irish overprints
Specialist country societies including GBOS topics in their areas of interest:
- Bechuanalands and Botswana Society
- Channel Islands Specialists’ Society (CISS)
- Cyprus Study Circle
- Eire Philatelic Society
- Irish Philatelic Circle
- Oriental Philatelic Association of London (OPAL) - Levant
- Postal Order Society - Website and discussion forum
- The Ottoman and Near East Philatelic Society (ONEPS)
- West Africa Study Circle
Numerous hyperlinks to relevant other web pages (whether philatelic, historic, or general) are included wherever appropriate on each page. This is not intended to be an exhaustive bibliography or list of relevant web sites. Inclusion in this list is entirely at the discretion of the Web-manager.