British Philatelic Trust Publications
The Postal Stationery of the Bechuanalands and Botswana
by Peter Thy and John Inglefield-Watson
Published 2004; 192 pages; ISBN - 1 871777 13 5; Price - £50 (postage and packing £3.50)
The British Philatelic Trust, in conjunction with the Bechuanalands and Botswana Society, is proud to announce the publication of a major new monograph, The Postal Stationery of the Bechuanalands and Botswana.
This hard-bound 1§92-page book is the result of many years of research in existing collections, archives and other sources. It has long been awaited by specialist collectors and will fill a gap in existing literature. It will also appeal to general postal stationery collectors and to collectors of GB overprints, southern Africa and the British Commonwealth. It is likely to become the standard Bechuanalands and Botswana stationery handbook for decades.
Following an overall introduction and a useful users’ guide, the book is divided into seven chapters that describe in great detail the stamped and unstamped stationery of British Bechuanaland, Bechuanaland Protectorate and Botswana. The individual chapters that cover the postcards, newspaper wrappers, registration envelopes, aerogrammes and express envelopes each contain an extensively annotated catalogue of all stationery positively known to exist. Other chapters cover ‘SPECIMEN’ marked stationery and known essays and proofs.
The book is comprehensively illustrated and lists a remarkably large amount of issued stationery in excess of 200 different items, including major varieties, about 45 different ‘Specimens’ and 50 essays and proofs. Each listed item is given a ‘BBS number’ and this new numbering system is cross-referenced to previously published
listings.
London Late Fee and Too Late Mail 1840-1930
by John Parmenter
(Published 2002, 118 pages, fully illustrated, A4 size, hard bound
ISBN: 0 9530004 7 8, price £25 (plus £4 postage and packing)
The history of the Late Fee service from 1840 to 1930, with the various rates for this service from the London Post Offices and Railway Station Offices. The book is a fully illustrated priced catalogue of all the many cancellations and other handstamps associated with late fee and too late mail together with a chronological chart of postage and late fee rates to help explain the franking of a cover. The chart shows Inland, Foreign and Colonial postage rates with their late fees for four categories of mail: letters; newspapers; postcards; Registered mail. These are all listed on a year-by-year basis from 1840 through to 1930.
Other British Philatelic Trust
Publications
The Royal Air Force Cairo-Baghdad Air Mail Service 1921-1927 by William C. Andrews (2000, 78 pages, 70 illustrations, 4 maps, ISBN 1 871777 11 9, price £30 plus £3 postage and packing)
Barred Numeral Cancellations of London by John Parmenter (1999, 392 pages, hundreds of cancellations illustrated, ISBN 1 871777 10 X, price £25 plus £3 postage and packing)
History of the Post in Derby 1635-1941 by H. S. Wilson, published in conjunction with the Derbyshire Postal History Society (1990, 296 pages, 54 illustrations, ISBN 1 871777 05 4, price £22 plus £3.50 postage and packing)
An Annotated Bibliography of Burma Philately by Alan Meech (1993, 125 pages, 16 illustrations, ISBN 1 871777 07 0, price £17.50 plus £3 postage and packing)
The Postal History and Postage Stamps of the Tokelau/Union Islands by A. F. Burgess, published in conjunction with he Pacific islands Study Circle of Great Britain (1998, 324 pages, ISBN 1 871777 09 7, price £40 plus £4.50 postage and packing)
Also available from the British Philatelic Trust
Barred Numeral Cancellations Volume Three: Essex to Kent by John Parmenter with Michael Goodman and John Saylor Jr (1986, 244 pages, 1607 illustrations, price £13.50 plus £3 postage and packing)
Barred Numeral Cancellations Volume Four: Lancashire to Nottinghamshire by John Parmenter with Michael Goodman and John Saylor Jr (1986, 242 pages, 1531 illustrations, price £13.50 plus £3 postage and packing)
Barred Numeral Cancellations Volume Five: Oxfordshire to Sussex by John Parmenter with Michael Goodman and John Saylor Jr (1987, 224 pages, 1510 illustrations, price £13.50 plus £3 postage and packing)
Barred Numeral Cancellations Volume Six: Warwickshire to Yorkshire by John Parmenter with Michael Goodman and John Saylor Jr (1988, 210 pages, 1309 illustrations, price £13.50 plus £3 postage and packing)
Order forms for any of the above publications may be obtained from:
British Philatelic Trust
The British Philatelic Trust’s address is
Suite 101, Business Design Centre,
52 Upper Street, London N1 0QH; phone: 0207 688 8423. The office is open for phone calls and visitors, by appointment only
9.30–12.30 Monday –Friday.
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