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Auction No 350, Category: Philatelic Literature

6 Lots (displaying 1 - 6)

"St. Martin's-le-Grand: The Post Office Magazine, Volume IV" 1894

Lot: 307

  • Auction Date: Wed 22nd Apr 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
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St. Martin's-le-Grand: The Post Office Magazine, Volume IV,  1894, cloth-bound volume, gilt, fine; 472pp + b/w plates, with additional illustrations in text. 8 page index. 

Ross-on-Wye Post Office copy letter book 1904-1932

Lot: 308

  • Auction Date: Wed 22nd Apr 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £150 - £200
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Ross-on-Wye Post Office copy letter book 1904-1932, comprising a manuscript record of correspondence received by the Ross-on-Wye postmaster from the Surveyor of the GPO and other officilas. The entries from 1904 to 1920 are comprehensive but increasingly sketchy and summarised thereafter. The early period provides a fascinating insight into the day to day workings of the postal service in Herefordshire and the management of post office staff. Foolscap, 140pp, plus diary entries thereafter, bound in original boards with OHMS label on front.

"The Mechanical Handling of Mails in Large Sorting Offices" January 1952

Lot: 309

  • Auction Date: Wed 22nd Apr 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
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The Mechanical Handling of Mails in Large Sorting Offices, January 1952, quarto, cloth-bound, gilt, fine; a report produced by the joint postal administrations of Great Britain, Netherlands and Switzerland. 154pp with many illustrations, plus 22 fold-out Diagrams and charts. Also British Postal Engineering, 1971, proceedings of a conference hosted by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers in 1970, hardback in dustjacket, 390pp, many illustrations.

Printed Contracts of 1874 and 1899 between The Post Office and the Midland Railway and Taff Vale Railway Co respectively

Lot: 310

  • Auction Date: Wed 22nd Apr 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £42
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Printed Contracts of 1874 and 1899 between The Post Office and the Midland Railway and Taff Vale Railway Co respectively, concerning the Conveyance of Mails, the former lacking front cover. Foolscap, 19pp or 8pp.  (2)

Borre Amundsen "King Gustav V i Medaljong og Sveriges Portotakster 1910-1920"

Lot: 311

  • Auction Date: Wed 22nd Apr 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £10 - £20
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Borre Amundsen Kong Gustav V i Medaljong og Sveriges Portotakster 1910-1920, Tromso, 1981; A5 softback, many illustrations, 80pp

Ilkka Teerijoki "Postivaunun matkassa 1862-1995" Postimuseo, 1999

Lot: 312

  • Auction Date: Wed 22nd Apr 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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Ilkka Teerijoki Postivaunun matkassa 1862-1995, Postimuseo, 1999, hardback, pictorial boards, 354pp. A comprehensive history of the Finnish TPO system