Jan Kosniowski, W H Smith & Son Newspaper Wrappers 1870 – 1901, Stamp Domain

http://www.stampdomain.com/newswrapper/gb/whsmith/ - another good resource.

Philatec Newsletter.004 30/3/07 - The McInroy Collection, available as a pdf document.

GB Meter Franking (Gibbons Stamp Monthly) - Jack Peach’s history of meter franking Parts 1 to 4 available in pdf format at the bottom of this Meter Stamp Society page.

The History of the Postmarks of the British Isles from 1840 to 1876, compiled chiefly from official records John G. Hendy - Available at www.archive.org. (see chapter 4)

The Encyclopedia of British Empire Postage Stamps, Volume 1, Robson Lowe 1948 - Sorry, can't help you with this - see below.

The Postmarks of Great Britain and Ireland, Alcock and Holland (1940). - Sorry, can't help you with this either.

Alternatively, British Postmarks - a Short History and Guide, R. C. Alcock and F. C. Holland (1960)

The Postmarks of the British Isles, George Brumell (1930). - Sorry, can't help you with this either.

British Post Office Numbers 1844-1906, George Brumell (Reprinted 1979, Pub. R. C. Alcock Ltd.). - Try AbeBooks

British Postal Stationery, A Priced Handbook of the Postal Stationery of Great Britain, Alan K. Huggins (1970) - 3 important pages available as a zip file from www.philatelicsannex.org

Collect British Postal Stationery, Alan Huggins and Colin Baker (2007) ISBN 978-0-907630-22-7 A Simplified Listing of British Postal Stationery 1840 to 2007 - readily available.

A Historical Survey of Precancels by R. Malcolm Hooper (1979) - Relating to the U. S. A.

The History of Precancels, collected works of N. R. Hoover, Published by the Precancel Stamp Society Inc. (PSS350 - 1989) - Almost exclusively U. S. A.

The Postage Stamps of Great Britain Part One: The Line-Engraved Issues 1840 to 1853 , J. B. Seymour , edition 2 (1 Jan 1950) or 3 (1967)

English and Welsh Postmarks Since 1840 , James A. Mackay (March 1980) - or try the library.

First with the News: The History of W.H.Smith, 1792-1972 (1985) Charles Wilson.

Collect British Postmarks: Handbook to British Postal Markings and Their Values , Compiled by Dr. J. T. Whitney.

Newspaper and Almanac Stamps of Great Britain and Ireland (1981) by John H.Chandler & H.Dagnall .

Newspaper Branch Cancels / Killers (1971) by W.G.Stitt Dibden.

The railway letter stamps of Great Britain & Ireland 1891-1947 (2000) by Roger De Lacy-Spencer.

The Plating of Alphabet III, 1856-64; plates 22-68, R15-R17 by W.R.D.Wiggins, G.C.Tonna (5 volumes, 1973) - I got my copies from Amazon for £11.25 plus postage, but you have to shop around.

The Story of the Stamford Mercury Postage and Revenue Stamps by John H. Chandler Published in 1958, Rutland & Stamford Mercury (Stamford, Lincolnshire) - I have a photocopy only of this.

The next three are well out of print, but are thankfully, available for free download at:

www.philatelicsannex.org - a valuable resource that few seem to know about.

London Postmarks used on printed matter and parcels from 1860, Curt N. Fernau pages 19 & 20



The Postal Cancellations of London 1840-1890 by H. C. Westley pages 43 to 45 and 59.



Billig's Handbook on Postmarks Volume 9 'British Postmarks' by F. Hugh Vallancey Page 28, 32



Life Span of the Printing Plates by Allan Oliver - Good for Line-Engraved, incomplete for Surface Mounted. - www.philatelicsannex.org



Barred Numeral Cancellations of London by John Parmenter. British Philatelic Trust Publications (£25 + £3 P&P)

(1999, ISBN 1 871777 10 X, 392 pages, hundreds of cancellations illustrated and PRICED)

Other worthwhile links:

Great Britain Collectors Club (GBCC) - Offers friendly help and information.

Great Britain Philatelic Society (GBPS) - Offers a wealth of information on GB stamps.

The Precancel Stamp Society of Great Britain. (PSSGB) - General information on Precancels.

British Postmark Society (BPS) - promotes and to co-ordinates the study and collection of British postal markings.

UK Philately - A wide range of information on all aspects of collecting.

postalhistory.org - General Postal History website.

The British Postal Museum & Archive (BPMA) - Records in The Royal Mail Archive.

The Perfin Society. - Information on Perfins used on GB stamps.

Guidelines for Authors on the preparation of a manuscript + more.

The Great Britain & Commonwealth Philatelic Society (Switzerland) has produced a range of useful booklets.

The Railway Philatelic GroupThe Society for Railway Philatelists.

Philatelics.org - A valuable resource for GB stamps.

Stamp Collecting Links - as well as offering links, also have on offer cheap website hosting.

Philatelic Foundation

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