In 1889 a general opinion was expressed that the fiftieth anniversary of the introduction of Uniform Penny Postage in Great Britain “ought not to be allowed to pass without some indication of the feelings, which must actuate all who looked back at the great reform introduced in 1840”. Arrangements were made for various Jubilee celebrations to be held in 1890. Although a plan for a commemorative stamp was initiated, it was later abandoned.

Volume 1: Postal Reforms and the Historical Background to the Postage Stamp 1550-1839
Volume 2: The Birth of the Postage Stamp and its International Effects 1840 to 1898

Volume 1: Postal Reforms and the Historical Background to the Postage Stamp 1550-1839
Volume 2: The Birth of the Postage Stamp and its International Effects 1840 to 1898

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the stamps of Ceylon, their uses, their printings and varieties. It also covers the postal stationery, being the earliest stationery issued by any of the British Colonies, as well as the revenue stamps, reprints and forgeries.

A two volume book on the postal card, from its very beginnings to its virtual end in the 1970's, this provides a postal history of the evolution of “when, what and why” of postal cards and how they related to each other in sequences of time worldwide vis-a-vis philosophical approaches, rules, regulations and rates.

This is a slipcase to hold the two volume copy of The Postal Card (above).

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Purchase of the Post Card Slipcase without the book

This is the first comprehensive and detailed account of this remarkable period in Morocco’s postal history, and explores the background to this time before considering the development of the Sherifien Post and each of the Local Posts. It also examines the role played by the intrepid rekkas, the postmen who carried the mail on foot up and down the country, and who made possible the expansion of the various postal services in Morocco.

How beautiful can philately be? These catalogues gives a clear answer from the Stockholmia Exhibition in 2019 that kicked off the 150th Anniversary of the Royal Philatelic Society London.