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The book covers the nation’s general and special-purpose revenue and telegraph stamp issues printed up to 2010, but also includes new information on issues not previously recorded. It discusses the diversity of printing sources for these stamps and describes postal and telegraph workers pension stamps (including “semana” stamps), stamped revenue paper and the special issues for the Bluefields District and Cabo Gracias a Dios District of the Zelaya Department of eastern Nicaragua. The book includes numerous image examples of essays, proofs and specimens. As many of the original issued stamps of Nicaragua were also repurposed as provisional postal, revenue and telegraph stamps, the author has summarized these issues as well.

This new publication by The Royal Philatelic Society London joins a prestigious line of specialized literature reflecting RPSL support for excellence in world class books on a wide range of philately. There is almost no comprehensive Nicaragua literature on revenue and telegraph stamp issues over the past 120 years. Hence this book, eight years in preparation, tries to integrate diverse and often conflicting information, to illustrate and discuss as many of these issues as possible, and identify some of the myths that plague Nicaragua’s problematic philatelic history.

The book covers the nation’s general and special-purpose revenue and telegraph stamp issues printed up to 2010, but also includes new information on issues not previously recorded. It discusses the diversity of printing sources for these stamps and describes postal and telegraph workers pension stamps (including “semana” stamps), stamped revenue paper and the special issues for the Bluefields District and Cabo Gracias

The primary objective in producing this publication, is to consolidate the existing information about the use of these collars, a practice only adopted by very few other countries. Following the Introduction, which illustrates the range of embossed postage dies and the types of ‘Official’ collars used, images of the of the Inland Revenue registration records are published for the first time. The companies which officially registered their collars are then described in chronological order of registration first, followed by the ‘Unofficial’ / Private collars created by other organisations which are listed alphabetically. An Appendix gives a detailed listing of the dates of printing of the three major users and is followed by a brief valuation guide and bibliography.

The primary objective in producing this publication, is to consolidate the existing information about the use of these collars, a practice only adopted by very few other countries. Following the Introduction, which illustrates the range of embossed postage dies and the types of ‘Official’ collars used, images of the of the Inland Revenue registration records are published for the first time. The companies which officially registered their collars are then described in chronological order of registration first, followed by the ‘Unofficial’ / Private collars created by other organisations which are listed alphabetically. An Appendix gives a detailed listing of the dates of printing of the three major users and is followed by a brief valuation guide and bibliography.

When Rowland Hill introduced the Mulready Envelope and Lettersheet to the world on 6 May 1840 they were immediately ridiculed in the press. Some early users of the envelopes embellished the design with comic additions and the satirists and caricaturists of the time developed and published their own versions of the Mulready. Since its publication in 1984, the “bible” on this subject has been British Pictorial Envelopes of the 19th Century by Bodily Jarvis and Hahn (BJH). This new work sets out to update the information in the BJH book with much more detail on the varied states and printings of these caricatures by the different publishers. BJH listed 305 different copies in 145 different states; we now include 941 copies in 207 states and provide a census of all known recorded copies of Mulready caricatures.
Extensive research into the sale of these caricatures through examination of over 22,500 historical auction house catalogues and from handling many of these items over the past 20

When Rowland Hill introduced the Mulready Envelope and Lettersheet to the world on 6 May 1840 they were immediately ridiculed in the press. Some early users of the envelopes embellished the design with comic additions and the satirists and caricaturists of the time developed and published their own versions of the Mulready. Since its publication in 1984, the “bible” on this subject has been British Pictorial Envelopes of the 19th Century by Bodily Jarvis and Hahn (BJH). This new work sets out to update the information in the BJH book with much more detail on the varied states and printings of these caricatures by the different publishers. BJH listed 305 different copies in 145 different states; we now include 941 copies in 207 states and provide a census of all known recorded copies of Mulready caricatures.
Extensive research into the sale of these caricatures through examination of over 22,500 historical auction house catalogues and from handling many of these items over the past 20

There have not been many private companies through the years that have had a huge and important impact on the expansion of communication, neither in a specific country nor a region or worldwide.

The second half of the nineteenth century saw the most important expansion of postal communication ever, not only in the major financial areas of Europe and North America, but also in and between most other areas on the globe. One of the key factors in this expansion was the founding of many new steamship companies, both private enterprises and those operated by different governments.

These shipping companies and their shipping lines were such an important factor for the governments involved that many of them had governmental charters or contracts, or in other ways were subsidised by the governments.

Of all the areas of Ceylon postal stationery the George V envelopes are one of the most challenging. Graham Winters has taken up the gauntlet and has written a comprehensive study of these envelopes.

The many obstacles that arose in his search did not deter him from writing the most comprehensive study to date. This will prove to be the handbook on the Ceylon George V envelopes for many years

Stephen Schumann RDP FRPSL

Soft Cover, 66 Pages