BIBLIOGRAPHYOF GENERAL LITERATURE
AND SPECIAL COLLECTIONSIN THE PHILATELIC LIBRARYOF
BRIAN J. BIRCH© Brian J. Birch
Lieu dit au Guinot, Route de St. Barthélemy
47350 Montignac Toupinerie, France
21st February 2018

BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE BOUND VOLUMES
Although this document is only intended to exist in electronic form, I find it very convenient to have a hard copy
to hand. It is easier to refer to a book than wait the five or ten minutes it takes to start up and close down acomputer, just to obtain a single reference or check a fact. Books also give you the big picture of the document
as a whole, rather than the small-screen glimpses we have all got used to. Accordingly, I printed and had bound a
copy of this document in February 2006, which I have called the First edition, for convenience. Henceforth, I
will have a copy bound each January, or thereabouts, provided the document has increased in size by at least ten
percent since the previous printing. At the same time I will send an update to the web files onwww.fipliterature.org, where the electronic version of this document is hosted. Since printing and binding isquite an expensive undertaking, I donate the obsolete volumes to important philatelic libraries round the world.
In 2010, I decided to remove all of the Victorian journals from my holdings, keeping only those published in the1860s. This resulted in a general reorganisation of the work which eliminated many blank pages. The deleting of
the periodicals was completed in 2011, the whole restructuring having removed fifty or sixty pages from thiswork. By the middle of 2012, this document was moving towards the 1,000 page mark and so I simplified the
set-up (removed widows and orphans) and reduced each of the (generous) margins by 5mm. This resulted in a
reduction of 45 pages. By the middle of 2012, in line with my other documents, I simplified the set-up andturned off the remove widows and orphans feature. This resulted in a reduction in length of 9 pages. Reducing
the amount of white space is an ongoing process in an effort to minimise the page count whilst notcompromising usability.
Following the end of Tony Virvilis’ tenure as President of the FIP Literature Commission, I lost touch with theorganisation, which appeared to me to have become moribund. Following a repeated request by Frank Walton,
the Past President of the Royal Philatelic Society London for my works to be hosted on the Royal’s web site, I
agreed in January 2018.
This edition was last printed on the first day of January 2015
1st edition, February 2006
A single bound copy of 130 pages. It was donated to the Western Philatelic
Library of Sunnyvale, California, when it was replaced in my library by the 2 nd edition.
2nd edition, January 2007 A single bound copy of 179 pages. It was donated to the Collectors Club of New
York, when it was replaced in my library by the 3rd edition.
3rd edition, January 2008
A single bound copy of 233 pages. It was donated to the Rocky Mountain
Philatelic Library of Denver, Colorado, when it was replaced in my library by the 4th edition.
4th edition, December 2008
A single copy of 261 pages. It was donated to the American PhilatelicResearch Library of Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, when it was replaced in my library by the 5th edition.
5th edition, January 2010
A single bound copy of 277 pages. It was donated to the National PhilatelicSociety of London, UK, when it was replaced in my library by the 6 th edition.
6th edition, January 2012
A single bound copy of 280 pages. It was donated to the Royal PhilatelicSociety London, UK, when it was replaced in my library by the 7 th edition.
7th edition, January 2013
A single bound copy of 326 pages. It was donated to the British Library of
London, UK, when it was replaced in my library by the 8 th edition.
8th edition, January 2014
A single bound copy of 494 pages. It was donated to The Royal Sydney
Philatelic Club of Sydney, Australia, when it was replaced in my library by the 9th edition.
9th edition, January 2015
A single bound copy of 506 pages. It will be donated to The Royal PhilatelicSociety of New Zealand of Wellington, New Zealand, when it was replaced in my library by the 10 th edition.

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The Author
2009

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CONTENTS
Frontispiece3

Foreword

7

Introduction

9Abbreviations

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30
32
33

Abbreviations for American States & Possessions
Abbreviations for Australian States & Territories
Abbreviations for Canadian Provinces & Territories

Books & Pamphlets in my Library
Introduction

The Chalmers-Hill Controversy
Introduction

The Parties Involved
Books Relating to the Controversy
The Earl of Crawford’s “Scrap Books”
The Chalmers-Hill Book
Publications & Letters by James Chalmers
Separate Publications by Patrick Chalmers and his
Supporters
Separate Publications by Pearson Hill
Articles on both sides of the controversy from
Periodicals, Newspapers, &c.
Author Index to the Articles

Published letters

Early Stamp Catalogues

35
35
169
169
169
173
175
186
189
190
197
199
246
247
250
250
250

Introduction

The Catalogues

Ephemera Relating to 19th Century Dealers
Introduction

Periodicals
Introduction

Ephemera Relating to Periodicals
Periodical Holdings
Introduction

Digital Periodical Holdings
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255
255
275
275
276
300
300
301

Societies’ Minor Publications

329
329
329

Introduction

The Publications

Philatelic Archives

351
351

Introduction

My Publications

373
373
373
387
389

Introduction

My Articles
Miscellaneous Writings
AwardsAppendices1.
Transcripts of Chalmers-Hill Holographic
Documents and Translations of thoseDocuments only Available in Foreign
Languages
2.
The Unpublished Tiffany Manuscripts
by James Negus

3.

Thomas F. Allen Award

390

499
505

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FOREWORD
I don’t have enough room in my house for me to have a large library, unless most of it isstored in boxes in the attic. For many years following my marriage, this is exactly what
happened, the majority of my collection of books and periodicals being kept in the attic of myparents’ house. When I began to compile The Philatelic Bibliophile’s Companion, my wholeapproach changed and I chose to keep only those items that found a place in this Bibliography
and not even all of those. All other items were to be read and disposed of, once I had
photocopied any material of interest in them.
Inevitably, there were certain items that I was reluctant to part with even though they formed
no part of The Philatelic Bibliophile’s Companion. In addition, when I considered Sections of
the work to have been completed, I disposed of the material from the completed Section,
simply because I had no room to store them. In spite of this policy, I occasionally kept
selected items of general interest or use to me – philatelic dictionaries, for example. All ofthese items I kept together in what I called my General Library. From time to time, I added
books of particular interest to me even though they had no place in my bibliographies.
The objective of this listing is to provide a catalogue of the various books and othercollections that comprise my General Philatelic Library. It specifically excludes works thatform part of The Philatelic Bibliophile’s Companion or my other bibliographic works.
Finally, I must thank Francis Kiddle who offered to host this and other unpublisheddocuments relating to my long-term projects, on the FIP Literature Commission web site at
http://hps.gr/fipliterature.
Brian John Birch
Standish, UK.
11th May 20117

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INTRODUCTION
My Library is mainly comprised of bibliographic and literary works related to the literature ofphilately. Naturally, all such works will eventually be found in The Philatelic Bibliophiles
Companion.
However, over the years I have collected a fairly small library of general works that do not fit
into the bibliographic area of philately. My reasons for keeping any particular book can be
many and varied. I have, for example, a great love for 19th century works on stamp collecting,showing as they do the stumbling steps that lead to the current scientific approach to philately.
In particular, their naïve writings are in stark contrast to the often pompous modern works of,in particular, postal historians, who appear to think that the main function of stamps is tomask the legibility of postmarks. Similarly, early stamps catalogues, up to about 1870,
intrigue me and have been accumulated rather than collected.
In a similar way, the pamphlet and article wars between the descendants of Sir Rowland Hill
and James Chalmers deserve more study than they have received to date. Initially theseformed part of the alphabetical listing but were eventually placed in a separate section when
they began to occupy too much space and disturbed the listing.
Early (pre-1870) periodicals are also accumulated owing to their place in recording theearliest history of the hobby and also in the (probably) vain hope that I will keep myself
amused by writing about and indexing them now that I have retired.
In a similar way, periodicals devoted to philatelic literature and bibliography are collected. All
that exists in this field are listed in their own Section in The Philatelic Bibliophiles
Companion and I only list here my holdings.
Another category, which I have accumulated over the years, and which is collected “for therecord” rather than for its intrinsic interests and that is Ephemera. These are the leaflets andbrochures, usually produced for advertising purposes and which are generally consigned to
the nearest dustbin by the recipient. This harkens back to the days of Tiffany, the first
American philatelic bibliophile who collected every document and piece of paper he could
find related to philately. Without his pioneering collection, now in the British Library in
London, many fascinating details of early philately would be lost to us today. My files are
divided into ephemeral items relating to periodicals which cover the earliest up to current
publications and that relating to 19th century dealers.
Over the years, some material relating to bibliophiles and other important philatelists havecome into my hands and these will be found in the Section called Philatelic Archives. As timeallows, I will index this material properly so that its contents can be made available toresearchers. However, at present most of it lies in piles in my study and elsewhere in thehouse.
The final Section in this Bibliography is a list of all of my own writings – for the record. It
also serves to remind me of the work that has been published and what a huge amountremains to be done. As a side issue, it records what I have lost of my own work, since I only
began to collect my own publications systematically a few years ago.
It will be noted that I have called this document a Bibliography rather than a catalogue of mylibrary. This is intentional. Rather than simply listing my holdings, I have included as muchdetail as I thought appropriate about each item listed, in order to provide as rigorous a record9as possible for posterity. In particular, I have added advertisers indexes to all of the Victorian
publications, many of which produced primarily as advertising media rather than the literarygems I like to believe they are.
Although I have simply called this the general literature in my library, it is nonethelessdivided into certain recognisable groups or collections of documents: Books and Pamphlets;
Periodicals; Catalogues, Dealer Ephemera, etc. Actually, I normally eschew categorisation for
its own sake, however, I have listed the documents in their respective collections withappropriate cross-references for my own convenience. In reality, my memory is so bad that I
can never find material unless I have arranged it in some simple, unforgettable way.

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ABBREVIATIONS
As a matter of principle, I have tried to avoid the use of abbreviations wherever possible. Thishas been done on two grounds: Firstly, as a one-time professional scientific researcher, I
struggled valiantly with a myriad of abbreviations used in references to stand for the titles of
periodicals, trying, often in vain, to understand their meaning and thereafter obtain the
document referred to. It became evident to me that one man’s obvious abbreviation wasanother man’s total confusion, and this was in a field which science had attempted tocontrol*1. Secondly, with modern personal computers having almost unlimited storage
capacity and speed, using numerous abbreviations in works such as I produce is, in myopinion, quite unnecessary. It would also seriously waste my time in continuously looking up
those abbreviations not yet committed to memory. The surprisingly large number of
exceptions to the above rule are listed below.
Ranks, titles and educational achievements that appear in front of a subject’s namehave been included in the entries wherever possible, in order to help differentiate
between individuals of the same name. Abbreviations have been used here in orderthat long titles don’t overwhelm the name and to differentiate between an honour or
rank and the same word used as a name. On the Continent, particularly in Germany, it
is normal to prefix a person’s name with abbreviations for all of their educational
achievements. This results in extreme cases such as Prof. Dr. Dr. Schmidt, forexample, – for a medical Doctor with a PhD who is a Professor in a teaching hospital.
As an expedient, I have adopted the English system of only recording the person’s
superior title which, in the above example, would be Prof. Schmidt.
Honours or Membership of important societies, generally denoted in the form of
post-nominal initials, i.e. immediately following the subjects names, (such as Sir
Ernest Hotson K.C.S.I., O.B.E., F.R.P.S.L.). These are generally only found informal biographical entries, such as can be found in my volume Philatelic and Postal
Bookplates and in material I have quoted. They can be denoted by the appropriate
initials, either with or without the full stops, and will be found without the full stops in
the Abbreviations list below.
Philatelic abbreviations which are in common use, often in the titles of periodicals,
and are generally, therefore, self-evident even to non-English speakers; such as FDC,
FIP, perf., TPO, wmk., etc. In spite of my considering them obvious, I have included
them in the list of abbreviations for the sake of completeness*2.
Company designations which are too long in their extended form to keep repeating.
Since these are generally not well-known beyond their home country’s own borders, I
have taken the opportunity to add a basic explanation of their meaning.
Latin terms such as i.e.; etc.; e.g.; sic; and so forth, which I have found very useful inreplacing whole phrases at times.
Common abbreviations such as p.; pp.; Dr.; Jr.; etc., which I use to avoid frequent
repetition.
Symbols can occasionally be useful and these are given in their own list of meanings,
preceding the list of abbreviations.
Names. Abbreviations or short versions of names are never used in my works but
since they may be used by others, they are included in the List of Shortened,
Abbreviated and Pet Names, which can be found in The Philatelic Bibliophile’s
11Companion.
Shows. I have not provided explanations of the initials and acronyms use for stamp
shows and exhibitions.
The other category of abbreviation that I have used widely is the United States Postal Service
codes for the American States. In order not to make this present list of abbreviations overly
long and difficult to use, I have appended these State abbreviations in their own list following
the main list of abbreviations. Similarly, Canadian Territories’ and Australian States’
abbreviations have been added as stand alone lists.
As I began to add special features in my works, like document indexes in The Philatelic
Bibliophile’s Companion, and material quoted from others, such as the Bierman biographicalmaterial from the web in Biographies of Philatelists and Dealers, I found that they usedadditional abbreviations that I was forced to include in my list. Although I occasionally
reverted rarer abbreviations back to their full text to avoid having to include an abbreviation
for a single use, this undoubtedly lead me away from the basic tenants to which I was
attempting to adhere. Nevertheless, and in spite of this substantial list of abbreviations, I have
tried hard to minimise the number of abbreviations I use regularly.
Occasionally, I have felt the need to explain terms, particularly for users whose mother tongue
is not English, which, although not abbreviations, have no other obvious place of refuge inthis work. I have therefore used the abbreviation list to explain the English Sir, Latin ergo andGerman Graf, for example.
In order to prevent myself from using different abbreviations for the same word and to ensure
consistency between my different works, I have used the same list of abbreviations in all ofthem, irrespective of whether any specific abbreviation is used therein.
____________________*1

To those who would like to look into the problem of abbreviations further, I would
recommend your reading James Negus: Philatelic Literature., James Bendon,
Limassol, Cyprus, 1991, pp.1-13; and particularly pp.49-51 & 207-208.

*2

Although these are not really within the purview of this Section, I have come across alist of French philatelic abbreviations that warrants a place in this work. Accordingly, I
have noted it below:
W. F. Wright: French abbreviations., The Philatelic Magazine, March 1982, p.373.
➢
A concise list of abbreviations which are to be found in the French philatelicliterature. Each entry is accompanied by the French equivalent and English
translation.

LIST OF SYMBOLS
…

&c.
~
A$

Used in material that is being quoted, to indicate that
there was additional text which it has not been
considered necessary to include.
& etcetera. Used in English as a way of indicating that
other similar items could have been included.
Approximately or, when followed by a date, About.
Australian Dollar. Alternatively, it can be designated
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C$
c/

o

*Date
†Date
$

≡

"
No

Nos

#

£

®

by the international code AUD.
Canadian Dollar. Alternatively, it can be designatedby the international code CAD.
Care of. (or in the care of) Used where someone is
authorised to stand in for a person ororganisation and receive material (such as mailor goods) on their behalf. Before the advent ofword processors with their superscript andsubscript capability, it was frequently found as
c/o.
Date of birth.
Date of death.
Dollar. The currency used in the United States ofAmerica. Alternatively, it can be designated by
US$ or the international code USD.
Many other countries use their own dollar as
their unit of currency, the value of which may
differ greatly from that of the US dollar. In print,
except in their own country, the dollar symbol isusually preceded by a country code (see A$ and
C$ above).
Equivalent. This is the international scientific symbolused to indicate that two items areinterchangeable with each other.
inch or inches. The shortest imperial measure of length.
I never use this abbreviation but have noticed itin some of the material I have quoted.
Number. It is followed immediately by the numeral,
without a space between them. It should not be
used as a general abbreviation for the word
number within text. It is often substituted byNo., particularly before the advent of computerswith their superscript facility.
Numbers. It is followed immediately by the numeral
range, without a space between them. It should
not be used as a general abbreviation for theword numbers within text. It is often substitutedby Nos., particularly before the advent ofcomputers with their superscript facility.
Number(s). This is an American abbreviation.
In general, I do not use this abbreviation but
have noticed it in some of the material I havequoted. However, I have used it in the table ofauction named sale pseudonyms, where I
included sale numbers as an afterthought andspace was at a premium.
Pound sterling. The currency currently used in the
United Kingdom and in certain dependencies andcolonies over the years.
Registered Trade Mark. This is an international
symbol indicating that the word to which it is
attached as a superscript suffix, has been13

officially recorded as denoting a specific productor entity.
Shilling(s). This symbol, preceded by a number, wasformerly used throughout the Sterling currency
area prior to decimalisation. The dash indicatesno pence and is replaced by the appropriate
number (not followed by the abbreviation d)when the amount includes pence. For example
2/6 means 2 shillings and 6 pence and could beequally shown as 2s 6d.

/-

Note:

Common currencies which are designated by letters alone will be found in thelist of abbreviations.

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
A
a. D.

AB

Ad hocAdm.
AG

Air Mar.
Air V.-M.
Ald.

APS
APRL
Archd.
ARGE or ArGe

A/S

ASCII

außer Dienst. This is a German expression meaning
Retired. It is generally found used after senior
military titles.
Aktiebolag. This is Swedish for Stock Company, theequivalent of the English Limited Liability
Company. It is occasionally found in its extended
form as Aktiebolaget, which just means The
Stock Company.
A Latin phrase meaning for this. It generally signifies asolution designed for a specific problem or task.
Admiral.
Aktiengesellschaft. This is German-speaking Swiss for
Stock Corporation, the equivalent of the English
Limited Liability Company.
Air Marshall.
Air Vice-Marshall.
Alderman. This is the English name for a member of amunicipal legislative body such as a town or city
council.
American Philatelic Society.
American Philatelic Research Library.
Archdeacon.
Arbeitsgemeinschaft. This is German for Working
Group, which is roughly equivalent to the British
Study Group.
Aktieselskap. This is the Danish for Stock Company,
the equivalent of the English Limited Liability
Company.
American Standard Code for Information
Interchange. It is generally used as an acronym
and is pronounced askee. ASCII is a code forrepresenting English characters as numbers, witheach character assigned a number from 0 to 127.
Most computers use ASCII codes to represent
14text, which makes it possible to transfer datafrom one computer to another.

B
Bart.

BBC
BEF
biog

BJB

BNA
Brig.
Brig.-Gen.
Bros.
BS
Bt.
bv or BV

Baronet. A British hereditary honour which is not partof the peerage but entitles the holder to be called
Sir.
British Broadcasting Corporation.
Belgian Franc(s). The currency which pre-dated theEuro in Belgium.
biography. Used in brackets by the author (BJB) when
producing indexes, to indicate that the reference
to a person includes useful biographical data,
although it may fall short of being a fullbiography.
Brian John Birch. Although my comments are always
given in square brackets in order to distinguishthem from the regular text, I occasionally use myinitials as an indicator of my part in someaction.
British North America.
Brigadier.
Brigadier-General.
Brothers. It is only used in the titles of companies inEnglish-speaking countries.
Bachelor of Science. This abbreviation is used in the
USA.
Baronet.
Besloten Vennootschap. This is the Dutch (andtherefore Flemish) equivalent of the English
Limited Liability Company. It may be found withor without a full stop after each letter.

C
c.
ca.
Cab.
Can.

Capt.
Card.
Cav.

CBE

Sometimes found used incorrectly as an abbreviation forcirca, in material I have quoted. See ca.
circa. This is the Latin for about.
Caballero. A Spanish term originally meaning knight
but now meaning gentleman of some rank.
Canon. From the Latin Canonicus, meaning an
ecclesiastical person, being a member of achapter or body of clerics living according to
rule.
Captain. This abbreviation may be equally used for a
Captain in the army or of a ship.
Cardinal.
Used in publications and merely transcribed by me.
Thought to be short for Cavalier – possibly of
Italian origin.
Commander of the Order of the British Empire. A
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British honour conferred for important services
rendered to the Crown.
Compact Disc or Compact Disk. A high density
storage media based on a 12cm diameterreflective optical disc which can be written-to
and read by a laser. CDs can hold up to 650
megabytes of data in digital form and many
publications are available only in this format orin the newer and even higher capacity DVD. A
pre-recorded CD is more-correctly called a CDROM – CD-Read Only Memory.
Commander.
Commandant.
Chevalier.
The international symbol for the Swiss Franc.
Compañía. This is Spanish for Company.

CD

Cdr.
Cdt.
Chev.
CHF
Cia.
or
Cie.

Cllr.

Co.
Col.
Com.
Crawford Catalogue

Companhia. This is Portuguese for Company.
Compagnie. This is French for Company. The same
abbreviation is used following the names ofDutch companies, with presumably the same
meaning.
Councillor. This is the English name for a member of alegislative body (or council) that governs a cityor municipality.
Company.
Colonel.
Commodore.
An abbreviation generally used to denote the catalogueof the philatelic section of the Earl of
Crawford’s Library. ([E. D. Bacon]:
Bibliotheca Lindesiana Vol. VII: A Bibliographyof the Writings General Special and Periodical
Forming the Literature of Philately., Aberdeen
University Press, Aberdeen, UK, 1911,
xi+[462]pp. {Reprinted as: [E. D. Bacon]:Catalogue of the Philatelic Library of the Earl of
Crawford, K.T., The Philatelic Literature
Society, London, UK, 1911, x+[462]pp. A
supplement was published as:- E. D. Bacon:
Supplement to the Catalogue of the Philatelic
Library of the Earl of Crawford, K.T., The
Philatelic Literature Society, London, UK, 1926,
v+[68]pp. An addenda was published as:- Sir
Edward D. Bacon: Addenda to the “Supplement
to the Catalogue of the Philatelic Library of the
Earl of Crawford, K.T.”., Supplement to The
London Philatelist, March 1938, 8 pp.}
{Volume VII, complete with the Supplement and
Addenda, was reprinted as: [E. D. Bacon]:Catalogue of the Crawford Library of Philatelic
Literature at the British Library., The Printer’s
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Ct.

Stone,
Fishkill,
NY,
USA,
1991,
xii+[462]+v+68+8pp.}
Count. An intermediate rank of nobility on theContinent. Generally equivalent to the English
Earl, the wife of which is called a Countess,there being no female equivalent of an Earl inEnglish nobility.

D
d.

D.

D.Litt.
Da Da. or Da

DFC

DM
Doc.
Dr.

Dr. Ing.
DVDpenny (or pence). Used in the Sterling currency area asan abbreviation for the penny or its plural,pence, prior to the conversion of the currency tothe decimal system. It may be found with orwithout the full stop. Following decimalisation,
the abbreviation for the penny was changed to p.
Don. This is a Spanish courtesy title given to gentlemen
and members of the nobility. Although its use is
not common nowadays, it can still be found in
older publications.
Doctor of Letters. See under Litt.D.
Doña. This is a Spanish courtesy title given to ladies
and female members of the nobility. Although its
use is not common nowadays, it can still befound in older and very formal publications.
Distinguished Flying Cross. A British military medal
awarded for exemplary gallantry during active
operations against the enemy in the air.
Deutschmark(s). The currency which pre-dated theEuro in Germany.
Doctor. This is really a colloquial or familiar shorteningof the title rather than a formal abbreviation.
Doctor. This title can equally be used by a Doctor of
medicine, anyone having the educational award
of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), or the Degree ofDoctor of Divinity (DD) and certain otheracademic awards. In Germany, for example, theyattempt to avoid this problem by using theabbreviation Dr. med.
Whilst, for the sake of clarity, I have tried toeliminate all non-medical titles since they are notuniversally used, I have no doubt that some willremain. Very occasionally, I have felt obliged toleave the title in place even though I was awarethat the persons were not a medical doctors,
simply because they were universally known by
this title. e.g. Dr. Viner, who had a PhD.
Doctor of Engineering. See the explanation under Ing.
This is often used in Europe as a title.
Digital Versatile Disc but can often be found called a
Digital Video Disc. A new type of CD that holds
a minimum of 4.7 gigabytes and was developedwith enough capacity to hold a full-length film.
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A pre-recorded DVD is more-correctly called a
DVD-ROM (-Read only memory).

E
e.g.
e.K.
Eng.
Eng.-Capt.
ergo

et al.

et seq.

etc.

exempli gratia. This is a Latin expression meaning forthe sake of example.
Eigenkapital. This is German for self-financed andindicates that it is a one-man business.
Engineer.
Engineer Captain.
The Latin term for therefore. It is widely used in English
to demonstrate a link between two things orevents and replaces words and phrases likehence, consequently, accordingly, for thatreason, etc. Although it is not an abbreviation, it
is included here for convenience.
et alia. This is a Latin expression meaning and theothers. Naturally, the Latin expression wouldchange in accordance with the gender of theothers in question: et alia for neutral, et alii for
masculine and et aliae for feminine things, all ofwhich use the same abbreviation.
et sequentes. This is a Latin expression meaning andthe following. It is used to shorten references
covering numerous sequential issues of aperiodical.
etcetera. This is a Latin term meaning and so on or andso forth.

F
F
f.

Fa.

FDC
fecit

ff.

Franc(s). The currency which pre-dated the Euro inFrance.
folio. This is a Latin term meaning on the (next) page.
In use, f. has no space between it and thepreceding number. See also ff.
Firma. This is a German term meaning Firm or
Company. It is generally used immediately
before the name of the company.
First Day Cover.
Created or executed. It is used after the name of theartist or craftsman who produced the work of art
or piece of craftsmanship.
folio. This is a Latin term meaning on the (next) page. It
is used to refer to the next page or pages in a
citation and as such is a synonym of et seq.
However, its usage has been extended to include
next sections, next paragraphs, etc. and evensubsequent issues of a periodical run or volumes(years) of a series still continuing.
In use, ff. has no space between it and the
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FIP

Fleet-Surg.
FLS

Flt.-Lt.
Fr.
“Franks”

Frhr.

FRS

ft.
FZS

preceding number.
f. is generally used to indicate a single page, etc.
or issue.
I never use either of these abbreviations but havenoticed them in some of the material I havequoted and translated.
Fédération Internationale de Philatélie. This is the
French name by which the International
Federation of Philately is generally known.
Fleet-Surgeon. A senior medical rank in the British
Navy from 1875 to 1918.
Fellow of the Linnean Society. Founded in 1788 andtaking its name from the Swedish naturalist
Carolus Linnaeus, it is the world's premiersociety for the study and dissemination oftaxonomy and natural history. Importantscientists who are granted the honour ofFellowship are allowed to use the letters FLS
after their name.
Flight Lieutenant.
Father. This is a familiar way of referring to someordained clergy. The German equivalent is
Pfarrer.
An abbreviation generally used to denote the catalogueof the Franks collection of bookplates. (E. R. J.
Gambier Howe: Catalogue of British andAmerican Book Plates Bequeathed to theTrustees of the British Museum by Sir Augustus
Woolaston Franks, K.C.B., F.R.S., P.S.A.,
Litt.D.,
3
Volumes,
BritishMuseum,London, UK, 1903-1904.)
Freiherr. This is a German title roughly equivalent to
the English Baron. Before 1919 it preceded thename and is abbreviated in this document. After
1919, it tended to be placed within the name,immediately before the family name. In thosecases, it is considered part of the name and given
in full.
Fellow of the Royal Society. Founded in 1660, theRoyal Society of London for Improving
Natural Knowledge, known simply as theRoyal Society, is probably the oldest scientificsociety in the world. Important scientists who are
granted the honour of Fellowship are allowed touse the letters FRS after their name.
foot or feet. An imperial measure equal to 12 inches or
305mm.
Fellow of the Zoological Society of London. Foundedin 1826 to house a zoological collection and be
devoted to the worldwide conservation ofanimals and their habitats, it is responsible forLondon Zoo and Whipsnade Zoo. Important19

scientists who are granted the honour ofFellowship are allowed to use the letters FZS
after their name.

G
GCIE

GCSI

Gen.
GM

GmbH

GmbH & Co. KG

GPO
Gr. Capt.
Graf

Knight Grand Commander of the Indian Empire.
This was the highest class of The Most Eminent
Order of the Indian Empire, which was createdin 1877 to reward British and native officials
who served with distinction in India.
Knight Grand Commander of the Star of India. This
was the highest class of The Most Exalted Orderof the Star of India, which was founded in 1861
to honour Indian Princes and Chiefs, as well as
British officers who had served with distinctionin India.
General.
George Medal. A British honour awarded to civilians
for acts of great bravery. It is also awarded tomilitary personnel where military honours would
not normally be granted, such as acts of greatbravery not in presence of the enemy.
Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung. This is theGerman equivalent of Limited Liability
Company. Such companies are incorporated, but
their shares are not publicly traded.
This is an organisation like a KG, but the entity withunlimited liability is a GmbH instead of aperson. (See also KG)
General Post Office. The original name for the British
Post Office.
Group Captain.
A former German title of nobility, equivalent to Earl inEnglish and Count on the Continent. All
privileges of the nobility were abolished inGermany in 1919 and so today, it is considered
to be part of the person’s name.

H
HM

Hnos.

Hptm.

His Majesty’s or Her Majesty’s. Prefix used by many
British Government organisations whose
activities are carried out in the name of theMonarch.
Hermanos. Spanish abbreviation for Brothers.
Generally found in the names of firms andequivalent to the English Bros.
Hauptmann. A German word usually translated as
Captain when it is used as an officer’s rank in theGerman, Austrian and Swiss armies. It also has
the dated meaning of Head man.
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HRH

His Royal Highness or Her Royal Highness. A style ofaddress reserved for certain members of the
British Royal Family.

I
i.e.
ibid.

illus

imperf.

Inc.
infra

Ing.

id est. This is Latin expression meaning that is or inother words.
ibidem. This is a Latin term meaning in the sameplace. It is used in references to refer to the lastwork cited, to save re-typing the same details
again.
illustration. Used in brackets by the author (BJB) when
producing indexes, to indicate that the reference
is to a person or periodical in an illustration.
imperforate. Any stamp which is found without
perforations or any other means to facilitate its
separation from the printed sheet. I do not use
this abbreviation but have noticed it in some of
the material I have quoted.
Incorporated. This is the American equivalent of
Limited Liability Company.
Latin for below. It is generally used in text to callreaders’ attention to something that follows in
the text. Sometimes preceded by vide “see”. This
is not a term that I use but I have noted it used byothers, whose work I have quoted.
This is the general abbreviation for professional
engineer in Continental Europe. It derives fromthe term for engineer in the appropriate
language, e.g. Ingénieur (France) or Ingenieur(Germany). This abbreviation is widely used inEurope as a title. It is often preceded by anindication of the level attained, such as Dipl. orDr., which I have tended to leave out in order toavoid confusion.

J
Jhr.

Jr.

Jonkheer. (Belgium and Netherlands) It is an honorifictitle used nowadays to indicate that someone
does belong to the nobility, but does not possess
a title.
Junior. Used to differentiate between a son and father
who both carry the same names. There isnormally a comma between the family name and
Jr. I have chosen to miss this out in all cases inorder not to cause confusion with the commaused after the family name when the familyname provides the alphabetical order.

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K
Kan.

KCB

KCSI

KCVO

KG

Kgl. Hoheit

Kanonikus. From the Latin Canonicus, meaning an
ecclesiastical person, being a member of achapter or body of clerics living according torule.
Knight Commander of the Bath. This is the fourthhighest British order of Chivalry and is usuallyawarded to senior Military Officers and Civil
Servants for services rendered to the Country.
Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of
India. This is the senior order of chivalry
associated with the Empire of India and wasgiven for conspicuous service in India.
Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order.
This is the second highest class of the RoyalVictorian Order, membership of which isconferred on those who have performed personal
service for the sovereign.
Kommanditgesellschaft. This is a German expression
meaning a partnership under a legal name.
There must be two partners, at least one oflimited liability and at least one of unlimited
liability.
Königliche Hoheit. This is a German expression
meaning Royal Highness.

L
Litt.D.

Litt. dim.

LL.B.

Doctor of Letters. This is a university academic degree
above the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) and isawarded in a number of countries, particularly
former British Colonies. The abbreviation isderived from the Latin Litterarum doctor andcan also be denoted by D.Litt. The degree isawarded to candidates whose record of publishedwork and research shows long, conspicuous
ability and originality which constitutes adistinguished and sustained achievement.
Letters dimissory. A document granted by a bishop to
an individual, born or resident in his diocese, toenable him to be ordained by another bishop, thegranting bishop having already established thatthe individual was sufficiently qualified to beordained.
Letters dimissory are also used to provide atestimonial by the bishop on behalf of aclergyman who was leaving his diocese to seek
employment elsewhere.
This is not an abbreviation that I use but I havenoted it used by others, whose work I havequoted.
Batchelor of Laws. An undergraduate degree in Law,
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LLC

LLD

Lt.
Lt.-Cdr.
Lt.-Col.
Ltd.

LVO

originating in England.
Limited Liability Company. A type of Americancompany. In the United States, Corporations
typically pay taxes, then distribute the profits via
dividends, on which the recipients must also pay
taxes. An LLC allows for pass through taxation,
which means that the profit a company makes
goes directly to the owners on their tax forms,
even if the profits were not actually distributed.
Therefore, the profits are only taxed once.
Doctor of Laws. An academic degree in Law. The
abbreviation derives from the Latin Legum
Doctor. Plural abbreviations in Latin are formedby doubling the letter, hence the double L.
Lieutenant.
Lieutenant-Commander.
Lieutenant-Colonel.
Limited. This is the English short form of Limited
Liability Company. It is used in many countries,
notably former British colonies.
Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order. A British
honour given for personal service to theSovereign, any members of their family, or anyof their Viceroys.

M
M.

M.D.

Maj.
Maj. Gen.
MBE

Mlle.
MM.
Mme. or Mme
MPMessieur. French equivalent to the English Mr. It isfrequently found followed by the person’s familyname and can easily be mistaken for the initial of
his forename.
Doctor of Medicine. From the Latin Medicinae Doctor
meaning Doctor of Medicine. It is sometimes
written today as MD, i.e. without the period after
each letter.
Major.
Major General.
Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British
Empire. An honour given to those who have
performed notable service for, or on behalf of,
the United Kingdom
Mademoiselle. French equivalent to the English Miss.
Messieurs. French equivalent to the English Messrs.
Madame. French equivalent to the English Mrs
Member of Parliament. Generally relates to the UK
only.

N
n.d.

no date. This means that the publication carries no
indication as to when it was published. Where
the date can be determined from the text, it is
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n.p.
n.pp.

n/a
Nachf.

nee

No or No.

Nos or Nos.

given in square brackets.
no place. This means that the publication carries no
indication as to where it was published.
no pagination. This means that the publication carries
no printed page numbers. Where a count has
been done, the number of pages, or the page
number, is given in square brackets.
not applicable.
Nachfolger. German for Successor. This term is used at
the end of company names to indicate that thepresent company has succeeded the previous
company of the same name.
This is the English equivalent of the French née,meaning a woman’s previous or family namebefore marriage. Also known as her maiden
name. The French version with an accent, issometimes found used incorrectly in English
writings I have quoted.
Abbreviation for Number when followed immediatelyby the numeral, without a space between them. It
should not be used as a general abbreviation for
the word number in text. No. was generally used
before the advent of computers with theirsuperscript facility.
Abbreviation for Numbers when followed immediatelyby the numeral range, without a space between
them. It should not be used as a generalabbreviation for the word numbers in text. Nos.
was generally used before the advent ofcomputers with their superscript facility.

O
OBE

Oblt.

OCR

op. cit.

Officer of the Order of the British Empire. This isan order of chivalry to recognise those who madea significant and valuable contribution to the
British Nation.
Oberleutnant. A German military rank used by all threeof the country’s services. It is translated as
Senior Lieutenant and is roughly equivalent toFirst Lieutenant in the British Army.
Optical character recognition. Software that allows
scanned images of printed text to be recognised
and made available in word processing software
so that it can be edited on computer.
opus citatum. This is a Latin expression meaning thatthe work has been cited and thus the reader canfind the full citation elsewhere. It is used to
avoid providing a complete citation of a work inseveral places. It is normally found following thename of the author whose work is being cited.
This is not a term that I use but I have noted it
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used by others, whose work I have quoted.
Office of Strategic Services. This was a United States
intelligence agency formed during World War II
to coordinate espionage activities behind enemy
lines for the United States Armed Forces. It wasa predecessor of the Central Intelligence Agency(CIA).
Osakeyhtiö. This is Finnish equivalent of Limited
Company.
Julkinen osakeyhtiö. This is used in Finland to denote apublicly traded company with the owners having
limited liability. It is equivalent to the UK’s plc.

OSS

Oy
OYJ

P
p.

page number, if followed by a number.
or

P.O. or P. O.
pdf

per se
perf.

photo

plc

pp.
Prof.
PSA

pt.

page, if preceded by the number 1.
Post Office. This abbreviation is primarily found in
addresses involving a Post Office Box.
portable document format. It was developed by Adobe
Systems to make it possible to send formatted
documents and have them appear on therecipient’s computer as they were intended. Inorder to view a pdf file (i.e. with the extension.pdf), one needs Adobe Reader, a free
application distributed by Adobe Systems.
This is not an abbreviation. It is a Latin phrase meaning
in itself.
perforated. Any stamp which is found with perforations
to facilitate its separation from the printed sheet.
I do not use this abbreviation but have noticed itin some of the material I have quoted.
photograph. Used in brackets by the author (BJB) when
producing indexes, to indicate that the reference
is to a photograph containing a picture of theperson named.
Public limited company. This is used in the UK todenote a publicly traded company with theowners having limited liability. A plc must haveat least £50,000 in authorized capital. It is also
used in Eire and some other countries.
pages.
Professor.
President of the Society of Antiquaries. Presidents areallowed to use these post-nominal letters during
their term of office. Former Presidents areaccorded the post-nominal letters Hon.-VPSA(Honorary Vice-President).
point. The usual unit for measuring font size on a
printed page. Nowadays, the traditional point
has been supplanted by the desktop publishing25

point (also called the PostScript point) which
was rounded to 72 points to the inch (= 0.3527
mm). In either system, there are 12 points to thepica.
The general text in my works is 12 pt., withheadings in 16 pt. or 14 pt. I also use 10 pt.
occasionally and 8 pt. for the reverse of the title
page, when there is insufficient space to use anyother font size and still have all of the text on asingle page. (BJB)

Sixteen point: 16 pt.: Boldface
Fourteen point: 14 pt.: Boldface
Twelve point: 12 pt.: Boldface
Ten point: 10 pt.: Boldface
Eight point: 8 pt.: Boldface

Pte.

Pty.

Private. This is used in Singapore to designate a
Private Company, i.e. the shares are held by anindividual or small group and are not listed on astock exchange.
Proprietary. This is used in Australia, Singapore andSouth Africa is the equivalent of Limited
Company.

Q
q.v.

quid videt. This is a Latin expression meaning which
see. It is used to indicate that more information
can be found under the heading that precedes theabbreviation.

R
R. Adm.
RAAF
RAF
Raj.
Retd.
Rev.
RN

RPSL

Rt. Hon.

Rear Admiral.
Royal Australian Air Force.
Royal Air Force.
Rajah. A title conferred on a chief or ruler in India andthe East Indies
Retired.
Reverend.
Royal Navy. This abbreviation is used after a person’s
name, generally to indicate the relevant branchof the services, where their rank is common to
two or more of the services. For Example, therank of Captain is common to the Army, Navyand Merchant Marine.
Royal Philatelic Society London. For many years theSociety’s name was shown as Royal PhilatelicSociety, London but the comma was dropped
recently.
Right Honourable. An honorific prefix that istraditionally applied to certain people in the
United Kingdom and many other English26

speaking former colonies, generally seniorpoliticians and some nobles.

S
s.

SA
SA

Sen.

sic

Sgt. Maj.
Sir
SpA

Squad. Ldr.
Sr.

srl
Sub.-Lt.
supra

Surg.

shilling(s). Used prior to decimalisation, with or without
the full stop, in the Sterling currency area as anabbreviation for the shilling. Shillings could also
be denoted by adding the symbol /- (orincorrectly /=) after the number of shillings. See
the example under Symbols above.
Societe Anónima. This is the Portuguese and Mexican
equivalent to Limited Liability Company.
Société Anonyme. This is the Belgian equivalent to
Limited Liability Company.
This abbreviation is also used in Switzerland,presumably with the same meaning
Senator. A politician who is a member of the Senate.
Widely used as a title, especially in the UnitedStates of America.
sicut. This is a Latin term meaning thus or just as that.
In writing, it is placed within square brackets andusually italicized [sic] to indicate that anincorrect
or
unusualspelling,
phrase,punctuation, or other preceding quoted material,has been reproduced verbatim from the original
and is not a transcription error.
Sergeant Major.
A title of respect used before the name of knight orbaronetSocietà per Azioni. This is an Italian Joint Stock
Company, where the share capital is divided into
a number of shares. It can be found with andwithout full stops after the letters.
Squadron Leader.
Senior. Used to differentiate between a son and father
who both carry the same names. There isoften a comma between the family name and
Sr. I have chosen to miss this out in all cases inorder not to cause confusion with the commaused after the family name, when the familyname provides the alphabetical order.
Società a Responsabilità Limitata. This is the Italianequivalent of Limited Liability Company.
Sub.-Lieutenant.
Latin for above. It is generally used in text to callreaders’ attention to something mentioned
previously in the text. Sometimes preceded byvide “see”. This is not a term that I use but I havenoted it used by others, whose work I havequoted.
Surgeon.
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Surg.-Capt.
Surg.-Gen.

Surgeon-Captain.
Surgeon-General.

T
TPO

Travelling Post Office.

U
UPU
USB

Universal Postal Union = Union Postal Universal.
Universal Serial Bus. A standard cable connection
interface port on personal computers and similarelectronic devices. USB ports allow stand-alone
electronic devices to be connected via cables to acomputer (or to each other) and can also supply
electric power through the cable to devices
without their own power source.

V.-Adm.
V.-Rev.

Vice-Admiral.
Very Reverend. A title of respect for various
ecclesiastical officials
Value Added Tax
Viscount (English) or Vicomte. (French)
Veuve. French for widow. It is found in the names offirms where the widow has continued thebusiness of her late husband. The BergerLevrault publishing company of Strasbourg
being the relevant example in philately. These
abbreviations are sometimes found as Ve and Vve
respectively.

V

VAT
Vcte.
Ve or VveW
W.-Cdr.
wmk.

WO

Wing-Commander.
watermark. A faint design impressed in some paper
during manufacture, that is visible when held
against the light. It was originally intended to
identify the paper maker but in stamps was asecurity measure.
Warrant Officer. A military rank between a noncommissioned officer and a commissioned
officer.

X

28

Y
Z

29

ABBREVIATIONS FOR AMERICAN STATES& POSSESSIONS(UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE)
AL
AK
AS
AR
AZ

Alabama
AlaskaAmerican Samoa
Arkansas
ArizonaCA
COCT

California
Colorado
Connecticut

DC
DE

District of Columbia
DelawareFL
FM

FloridaFederated States of Micronesia

GA
GU

Georgia
Guam

HI

Hawaii

IA
ID
IL
IN

Iowa
Idaho
Illinois
IndianaKS
KY

KansasKentuckyLALouisiana

MA
MD
ME
MH
MI
MN
MO
MP
MS
MT

Massachusetts
MarylandMaine
Marshall Islands
MichiganMinnesota
MissouriNorthern Mariana Islands
Mississippi
Montana

30

NC
ND
NE
NH
NJ
NM
NV
NY

North Carolina
North Dakota
Nebraska
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
NevadaNew York

OH
OK
OR

Ohio
Oklahoma
OregonPA
PR
PW

Pennsylvania
Puerto Rico
Palau

RI

Rhode Island

SC
SD

South Carolina
South Dakota

TN
TX

Tennessee
Texas

UT

Utah

VA
VI
VT

Virginia
Virgin Islands
Vermont

WA
WV
WI
WY

Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming

31

ABBREVIATIONS FOR AUSTRALIAN STATES& TERRITORIESACTAustralian Capital Territory

NSW

New South Wales

NT

Northern Territory

QLD

Queensland

SA

South Australia

TAS

Tasmania

VIC

Victoria

WA

Western Australia

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ABBREVIATIONS FOR CANADIAN PROVINCES& TERRITORIES
Alta.

AlbertaB.C.

British Columbia

Man.

Manitoba

N.B.

New Brunswick

Nfld.

Newfoundland & Labrador

N.S.

Nova Scotia

NV

Nunavut

N.W.T.

North West Territories

Ont.

Ontario

P.E.I.

Prince Edward Island

Que.

Quebec

Sask.

Saskatchewan

Y.T.

Yukon

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BOOKS & PAMPHLETS
INTRODUCTIONSize:
The dimensions given are the height and width of the pages to the nearest
millimetre, sometimes rounded up to the nearest 5mm where the pages are uneven. Cases of
hard bound books are generally 5 to 10 mm larger on each dimension.
Pagination: The page count includes all pages with text on. Unnumbered, blank pages are
ignored. Unnumbered pages containg text, coming before and after the main numbered series
are shown as lower case roman numerals.
Indexes &c.: Where I have provided extra information, by indexing advertisers for example,
these entries are given in bold, indigo, 10 point type in order that they do not detract from themain listings.

AAAA
ACTS OF PARLIAMENT
See also Britannia Stamp Bureau.
ACTS OF PARLIAMENT
An Ordinance Touching the Office of Postage of Letters, Inland and Foreign.
2nd September 1654. {Reprint from: World Stamp Digest, August 1938, Volume 1, Issue 6,
pp.367-373.}➢
Soft bound in royal blue buckram by the present owner.
ACTS OF PARLIAMENT
An Act for the Setling of the Postage of England, Scotland and Ireland.
17th September 1657. {Reprint from: World Stamp Digest, May 1938, Volume 1, Issue 3,
pp.155-158 & 163-164.}
ACTS OF PARLIAMENT
An Act for the Management of the Post Office.
1st year of Queen Victoria, Cap.XXXIII, 12th July 1837, pp.281-288.
ACTS OF PARLIAMENT
An Act for the Regulation of the Duties of Postage.
1st year of Queen Victoria, Cap. XXXIV, 12th July 1837, pp.289-307.
ACTS OF PARLIAMENT
An Act to provide for the Conveyance of the Mails by Railways.
1st & 2nd year of Queen Victoria, Cap. XCVIII, 14th August 1838, pp.797-804.
ACTS OF PARLIAMENT
An Act for the Further Regulation of the Duties on Postage until the Fifth Day of October One
Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty.
2nd & 3rd year of Queen Victoria, Cap. LII, 17th August 1839, pp.569-574.
ÅHMAN, Sven
Summary in English of The Three Skilling Banco.
No publication information is given on this document so it was presumably provided within35

the original Swedish version., 40pp. (235mm x 205mm) Pamphlet.
➢
It carries the bookplate of Henry E. Tester.
AKERMAN, Clive
See Gavin Fryer.
ALCOCK, R. C.
Identification Gauge for Types of Maltese Crosses.
R. C. Alcock, Cheltenham, U.K., n.d., 3 transparent plastic sheets. (165mm x 100mm)
ALCOCK, R. C. & HOLLAND, F. C.
British Postmarks: A Short History and Guide.
2nd revised edition, R. C. Alcock, Cheltenham, U.K., n.d., 314+xvipp. (215mm x 135mm)
Soft bound in white card, lettered in red on the cover and up the spine, with blue and redillustrations on the front.
➢
Pages i-xvi contain advertisements of R. C. Alcock.
➢
The first edition was published in 1960.
(Disposed of.)
ALCOCK, R. C. & HOLLAND, F. C.
British Postmarks: A Short History and Guide.
2nd revised edition reprint, R. C. Alcock, Cheltenham, U.K., 1977, 314+ivpp. (215mm x
135mm) Hardbound in blue, lettered in gold on the cover and up the spine.
➢
Pages i-iv contain advertisements for R. C. Alcock.
ALDEN, John
Printers and Printing in Philately.
Picton Publishing, Chippenham, UK, 1976, x+76pp. (202mm x 202mm) Soft boundpamphlet.
➢Includes a brief biography of the author on the outside back cover.
ALEXANDER, Thomas J.
The 1847s: America’s First Stamps.
Smithsonian Institution National Postal Museum, [Washington, DC, USA], 2002, 16pp.
(280mm x 215mm) Saddle stapled pamphlet with a multi-coloured paper cover.
➢
Issued to accompany an exhibition of America’s first stamps at the National Postal
Museum.
ALLAM, DavidThe Social and Economic Importance of Postal Reform in 1840.
Philatelic Pamphlet Number 4, Harry Hayes, [Batley], UK, 1976, 28pp. (215mm x 156mm)
Pamphlet with white paper cover.
ALLEN, Giles
1936 Proposed George V Memorial Issue.
Special Stamp History Three A, National Postal Museum, London, UK, 1998, 36pp. (210mm
x 150mm) Pamphlet.
➢
This is combined with Special Stamp History Three – See Simon Bates.
ALLEN, John L. & SILVERSTONE, Paul H.
Stamp Collector’s Guide to Europe.
Arco, New York, NY, USA, Second Printing, 1974, ix+309pp. (235mm x 165mm) Hardbound in brown cloth, lettered in gold down the spine.
36➢A soft cover edition was available. Price $3.95.

ANDERS, Rudi
See Leonard L. Laylon; Ben Beede; Rudi Anders; Fred Baumann; Les Winick; Chris
Deterding; George Kuhn; Geoff Jamieson, & Herman L. Halle.
ANGULO, Kelvin
See under Fernando Baez Guerrero.
ANYON, Alan D. & BORTFELDT, Dieter
A Different Look at Colombia.
Alan D. Anyon & Dieter Bortfeldt, n.p., 2010, 142pp. (275mm x 210mm) Perfect bound witha card cover.
➢This was produced as a hand-out to accompany a talk given by the authors to theRoyal Philatelic Society London on the 27th May 2020.
APFELBAUM, Earl P. L.
The Best of Apfelbaum’s Corner.
Earl P. L. Apfelbaum, Philadelphia, PA, USA, 1983, vi+201pp. (235mm x 160mm)
Hardbound in beige cloth, lettered in gold across the front and down the spine. Includes adamaged dust jacket.
➢
Also available as loose-leaf, 3-hole punched pages, wrapped in cellophane. (Disposedof.)➢
A biography of Apfelbaum is included on the inside flaps of the dust jacket and his
portrait on the front.
APFELBAUM, John D.
See David Lidman & John D. Apfelbaum.
APOLLONIA
A pseudonym, under which name a collection of Bermuda King George VI Large Key Plates
was sold by Grosvenor in 2005.
ARGYLL ETKIN
An auction house of London, UK. For the details of named sales, see under the name of theseller:Ryohei Ishikawa(Private Treaty)
ARRIGO, Vince & ARRIGO, Carol
See also under the Mystic Stamp Company.
ARRIGO, Vince & ARRIGO, Carol
The Case for the Grinnell Missionary Stamps.
Mystic Stamp Company, Camden, NY, USA, 2006, 60pp. (212mm x 137mm), Pamphlet.
Price: Free of charge from the publisher.
➢
Two articles by Varro E. Tyler, reprinted from Linn’s Stamp News of 2002, arereproduced on pages 49-51 and 52-57:
Title
Pages
Logic suggests one conclusion: Grinnell Missionaries are
49-51
genuineCould there be more Grinnell Missionaries?
52-57
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ARMSTRONG, Douglas B.
The Boys’ Book of Stamp Collecting.
Grant Richards, London, UK, 1913, 227pp. & 42 plates. (200mm x 135mm) Hard bound inolive cloth with representations of stamps from the reign of Queen Victoria on the front andspine. Lettered in black across the front and spine
ARMSTRONG, Douglas B.
Stamp Collecting for Pleasure and Profit.
C. Arthur Pearson, London, UK, 1922, 122+ivpp. The pagination at the fromt includes thecover. (185mm x 120mm) Hard bound in light blue cloth, illustrated in black on the front andlettered up the spine.
➢
The inside front cover (page 2), pages 3-4 &6 at the front and pages i-iv & the inside
rear cover at the back contain advertisements as follows:Advertiser

LocationPage

C
C. Arthur Pearson(non-philatelic)iii, iv & Inside rear coverD
D. Field

London4

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London2Birmingham
Ipswichi
6HHarris Publications Ltd.
Healey & Wise
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Norris & Company
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Séfi, Pemberton & Company
W
W. T. Wilson
Whitfield, King & Company

ASTRUL
British North America: The Astrul Collection.
337th Heinrich Köhler Auction, 15th to 18th September 2009, Wiesbaden, Germany, Lots 800837.
ATLEE, W. Dudley, PEMBERTON, Edward L. & EARÉE, Robert B.
The Spud Papers An Illustrated Descriptive Catalog of Early Philatelic Forgeries.
Janet Van Den Berg Associates, Delaware, OH, USA, n.d, 168pp. (180mm x 130mm) Softbound.
➢
Includes an introduction by Lowell Ragatz.
➢
The book includes an index to all of the stamps that were featured in the Spud Papers,with bibliographic details of where they can be found.
ATLEE, W. Dudley, PEMBERTON, Edward L. & EARÉE, Robert B.
The Spud Papers An Illustrated Descriptive Catalog of Early Philatelic Forgeries.
Emile Bertrand, Lucerne, Switzerland, n.d, 168pp. (175mm x 130mm) Soft bound in a grey
card cover, lettered in black across the front.
➢
This is the European edition of the Janet van den Berg book above.
AUCKLAND, R. G.
Air – Dropped Propaganda Currency.
John W. Baker, Stockton-on-Tees, 1972, 48pp. (210mm x 165mm) Saddle-stapled pamphlet
with a pink cover.
AURELIUS
A pseudonym, under which name a collection of King Edward VII Stamps was sold by38

Grosvenor in 2009.
AUTUMNThe “Autumn” Collection of the Liberated Areas of China.
Sale 1288, 24th November 2001, Spink, Hong Kong, lots 1001-1446. (265mm x 210mm)
Perfect bound.

BBBB
BACON, E. D.
See W. J. Hardy & E. D. Bacon.
BACKMANN, Anders & FORRESTER, Robert
The Smaller Channel Islands Catalogue 1989.
fourth edition, Anders Backman, Stockholm, Sweden, 1988, 40pp. (210mm x 148mm)
Pamphlet with red card cover.
➢
The inside back cover included a note to the effect that Anders Backman was
disposing of his collection of this material after thirty years of collecting it, in order tomake way for other collecting interests.
➢
The previous publications in this series were:Anders Backman: Jethou of the Channel Islands
Anders Backman & Robert Forrester: The Channel Isle of Jethou
Anders Backman & Robert Forrester: The Postage Stamps of the Smaller
Channel Islands➢
Soft bound in royal blue buckram by the present owner.
BAEZ, Fernando
See under Fernando Baez Guerrero.
BAILEY, Eric V.
A Glossary of Spanish Philatelic Terms.
Spanish Study Circle, London, UK, 1974, 86pp. (200mm x 163mm) Pamphlet with white card
cover.
➢
Soft bound in royal blue buckram by the present owner.
BAILEY, Eric V.
A Glossary of Spanish Philatelic Terms.
Troy, USA, 1984, 86pp. (175mm x 139mm) Pamphlet with white card cover.
➢This is a pirate copy of the Spanish Study Circle pamphlet according to a letter I
received, dated 30th January 1997, from Janet F. Richardson, the Honorary Secretary
to the Circle. This letter and the original order document from Numismatic Arts ofSanta Fe are included with the book.
➢
Soft bound in royal blue buckram by the present owner.
BAILLIE, Sir Gawaine
The Philatelic Collection Formed by Sir Gawaine Baillie, BT.
Eleven auctions from September 2004 to May 2007, Sotheby’s, London, UK.
Prospectus
8pp.
Volume I
Great Britain, Part 1
29th September to 1st October 2004
Volume II
British West Indies
February 2005
Volume III
Australia
June 2005
Volume IV
Great Britain, Part 2
September 2005
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Volume V
British Africa
November 2005
Volume VI
New ZealandFebruary 2006
Volume VII British North America
May 2006
Volume VIII Rhodesia
September 2006
Volume IX
British Empire
November 2006
Volume X
British Empire
December 2006
Volume XI
Missed Opportunities
2nd & 3rd May 2007
All of the sales were held in London except Volume III, which was held in Melbourne,
VIC, Australia and Volume VII, which was held in New York, NY, USA.
Sale XI was not originally scheduled and was ordered by Sir Gawaine Baillie’s
widow to dispose of all of the unsold lots. All lots in this sale were offered without
reserve to ensure that they sold.
Normally, Sotheby’s does not print prices realised but uploads them to its web site.
However, in this instance, the prices realised for the first ten sales were included inVolume XI. The prices realised in this last sale were to be found on the web site as
usual.

BAINES, F. E.
Forty Years at the Post-Office.
2 Volumes, Richard Bentley & Son, London, UK, Volume 1, 1895, 337pp+2pp, 3 plates &one map. Volume 2, 1895, 345pp. (205mm x 130mm) Hard bound in maroon cloth with arepresentation of Mercury on the front in gold. Lettered in gold across the spine.
➢
Volume 2 includes a photograph of the author as a frontispiece.
BALDUS, Wolfgang
Philatelic Witnesses: Stamps of Revolutions.
Album Publishing Company, Raleigh, NC, USA, 2002, 273pp. (255mm x 180mm) Perfectbound in a card cover.
➢An unnumbered page at the rear carries the author’s picture and some biographicaldetails.
BALDUS, Wolfgang
German Propaganda Parodies Against Great Britain.
Espionage Forgeries and Propaganda Parodies Volume 1, First edition, Great Britain &Commonwealth Philatelic Society, Bern, Switzerland, 2005, 55pp. (210mm x 145mm) Saddle
stapled with a paper cover.
➢Soft bound in green buckram by the present owner.
BALDUS, Wolfgang
German Propaganda Parodies Against Great Britain.
Second edition, Wolfgang Baldus, Munich, Germany, 2006, 55pp. (210mm x 150mm) Saddle
stapled with a card cover.
➢Soft bound in green buckram by the present owner.
BALDUS, Wolfgang
The Postage Stamps of the Principality of Trinidad.
History and Background Stories of Unusual Stamps Booklet No. 1, Wolfgang Baldus,
Munich, Germany, 2003, 36pp. (150mm x 210mm) Saddle-stapled pamphlet.
➢
A supplement was published as Wolfgang Baldus: The Postage Stamps of the
Principality of Trinidad: Feedback., Wolfgang Baldus, Munich, Germany, January
2004, 4pp.
➢
Soft bound in red buckram by the present owner.
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BALDUS, Wolfgang
The Postage Stamps of the Independent State of Acre.
History and Background Stories of Unusual Stamps Booklet No. 2, Wolfgang Baldus,
Munich, Germany, 2004, 32pp. (150mm x 210mm) Saddle-stapled pamphlet.
➢
Soft bound in red buckram by the present owner.
BALDUS, Wolfgang
The Postage Stamps of the Republic of Independent Guyana.
History and Background Stories of Unusual Stamps Booklet No. 3, Wolfgang Baldus,
Munich, Germany, 2004, 68pp. (150mm x 210mm) Saddle-stapled pamphlet.
➢
Soft bound in red buckram by the present owner.
BALDUS, Wolfgang
The Postage Stamps of the Kingdom of Sedang.
History and Background Stories of Unusual Stamps Booklet No. 4, Wolfgang Baldus,
Munich, Germany, 2005, 56pp. (150mm x 210mm) Saddle-stapled pamphlet.
BALDUS, Wolfgang
The Postage Stamps of Clipperton Island
History and Background Stories of Unusual Stamps Booklet No.5, Wolfgang Baldus, Munich,Germany, 2006, 68pp. (150mm x 210mm) Saddle-stapled pamphlet.
➢
Soft bound in red buckram by the present owner.
BALDUS, Wolfgang
The Postage Stamps of the Pao Tzu Ku Bandit Post.
History and Background Stories of Unusual Stamps Booklet No.6, Wolfgang Baldus, Munich,Germany, 2007, 64pp. (150mm x 210mm) Saddle-stapled pamphlet.
BALDUS, Wolfgang
The Postage Stamps of Batèken.
History and Background Stories of Unusual Stamps Booklet No.7, Wolfgang Baldus, Munich,Germany, 2009, 56pp. (150mm x 210mm) Saddle-stapled pamphlet.
BALDUS, Wolfgang
The Classic Postage Stamps of Bokhara.
History and Background Stories of Unusual Stamps Booklet No.8, Wolfgang Baldus, Munich,Germany, 2011, 92pp. (150mm x 210mm) Perfect bound pamphlet.
BALDUS, Wolfgang
The Postage Stamps of the Principality of Atlantis.
History and Background Stories of Unusual Stamps Booklet No.9, Wolfgang Baldus, Munich,Germany, 2012, 88pp. (150mm x 210mm) Perfect bound pamphlet.
BALDUS, Wolfgang & SCHWEIZER, Michael
Die Franke-Marke: Ein Britisch Propagandafälschung für das Generalgouvernment = The
Frank Stamp: A British Propaganda Parody for the General Government.
2nd edition, Handbook Nr. H62, Arbeitsgemeinschaft Generalgouvernment, Germany, 2008,
41+i pp. (295mm x 210mm) Perfect bound booklet with card cover.
➢
The final page contains a list of Society publications.
➢
Soft bound in green buckram by the present owner.
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BALDWIN, Stuart A. & HALSTEAD, L. Beverly
Dinosaur Stamps of the World.
Baldwin’s Books, Witham, U.K., 1991, 128pp. (210mm x 150mm) Soft bound, multicoloured cover.
BAREFOOT, John
Latvia Map Stamps.
European Philately 12, J. Barefoot, York, UK, 1983, 36pp. (210mm x 145mm) Saddle-stapledwith a yellow card cover, lettered in black. Price £2.
➢
The front cover carries the stamp of G. P. Henderson.
BAREFOOT, J[ohn], TUFFS, Valerie & HALL, Andrew
Great Britain Revenues.
2nd edition, European Philately No1, J. Barefoot, York, UK, 1983, 88pp. (300mm x 210mm)
Comb bound with a yellow card cover. Price £8.
➢
The first edition was 1978.
➢
It carries the bookplate of the Royal Philatelic Society London, overstamped
Withdrawn.
BATCHELOR, L. E. & PICTON-PHILLIPS, D. B.
Pre-Victorian Stamps & Franks.
Picton Publishing, Chippenham, UK, 1971, iii+42pp. (215mm x 160mm) Soft bound.
BATES, Simon
1935 Silver Jubilee Issue.
Special Stamp History Three, National Postal Museum, London, UK, 1998, 36pp. (210mm x
150mm) Pamphlet.
➢
This is combined with Special Stamp History Three A – See Giles Allen.
BAUMANN, Fred
See Leonard L. Laylon; Ben Beede; Rudi Anders; Fred Baumann; Les Winick; Chris
Deterding; George Kuhn; Geoff Jamieson, & Herman L. Halle.
BAXTER, James H.
Printing Postage Stamps by Line Engraving.
Quarterman Publications, Lawrence MA, USA, 1981, x+164pp. (230mm x 150mm)
Hardbound in grey cloth with black letters across the front and down the spine, with a dust
jacket.
➢This is a facsimile reprint of the American Philatelic Society edition of 1939.
➢
My copy has the case sewn on upside down.
➢
A picture of the author is facing the title page.
BAYNES-COPE, A. D.
Caring for Books and Documents.
Trustees of the British Museum, London, UK, 1981, 32pp. (249mm x 186mm) Hard boundwith an illustrated paper cover and lettering down the spine.
➢
Donated to the Royal Philatelic Society London.
BAYNES-COPE, A. D.
Caring for Books and Documents.
2nd edition, British Museum, London, UK, 1989, 48pp + 4 plates. (230mm x 156mm) Softbound with an illustrated card cover and lettering down the spine.
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BEALE, Philip O.
A History of the Post in England from the Romans to the Stuarts.
Ashgate, Aldershot, UK, 1998, xvi+284pp. (245mm x 185mm) Hard bound in dark green,
lettered in gold down the spine. Includes the dust jacket. Price £25.
BEAUREGARD, G. de & GORSSE, H. de
The Stamp King.
Stanley Gibbons, London, UK, 1899, xii+260+12pp. (250mm x 175mm) Hard bound in green
cloth with brown cloth quarter binding on the spine, lettered in gold across the front andspine. {Reprinted in paperback form by Stanley Gibbons, London, UK, 2010, 119pp. (214mm
x 170mm) Perfect bound.}➢Translated from the French by Miss Edith C. Phillips.
➢
The final twelve pages contain advertisements for Stanley Gibbons’ products.
➢
Inscribed Dedicated to Joce & Hugh from G. S, Buckley Williams, Xmas 1920. Signed
Pamela Humphrey.
➢
Carries the bookplate of Stephen Holder.
BEEDE, Ben
See Leonard L. Laylon; Ben Beede; Rudi Anders; Fred Baumann; Les Winick; Chris
Deterding; George Kuhn; Geoff Jamieson, & Herman L. Halle.
BEET, BrianLes Boîtes à Timbres = Stamp Boxes.
Musée de la Poste, Paris, France, 1994, 118pp. (297mm x 210mm) Soft bound with a multicoloured card cover.
➢
Dedicated to Brian Birch by the owner of the collection of stamp boxes described,
Tomas W. Bjäringer.
BELLAMY, F. A. & DARLOW, J. J.
A History of the Philatelic Congress of Great Britain and a Précis of the Proceedings at theFirst Four Congresses held at Manchester, London, Birmingham, Margate in 1909, 1910,
1911, 1912.
2nd impression, Permanent Philatelic Congress Committee, London, UK, 1914, vi+144pp.
(230mm x 145mm) Soft bound in light brown card, lettered in black on the front and up thespine. Price 1/- (5p)➢
Carries the bookplate of the Tunbridge Wells Philatelic Society.
BERMUDA PRESSThe Story of the Perot Stamp.
Bermuda Press, Hamilton, Bermuda, 1959, n.pp. [12pp. including the covers.] (144mm x83mm) Saddle stapled pamphlet. Price 1/- [£0.05]➢
A transparent envelope is tipped in at the back, containing a mint Bermuda 1ddefinitive showing the Perot stamp.
BICKERS, F
See F. Bickers & Co.
BIDWELL, R. L.
Currency Conversion Tables: A Hundred Years of Change.
Rex Collins, London, UK, 1970, v+66pp. (210mm x 130mm) Hardbound in black clothlettered in gold down the spine. Includes a dust jacket. Price £1.
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BIRKHEAD, Harry & GROENEWALD, Joh
The Wherewithal of Wolmaransstad.
No1 of the Anglo-Boer War Centenary Series, Philatelic Federation of South Africa,
Johannesburg, South Africa, 1999, 59pp. (295mm x 210mm) Perfect bound with a green card
cover, lettered in White across the front and down the spine.
➢
An addendum to the book, of four pages, was published in 2005 by the authors
together with Richard Stroud.
BIRKHEAD, Harry & GROENEWALD, Joh
The Pseudo-Siege of Schweizer-Reneke.
No2 of the Anglo-Boer War Centenary Series, Philatelic Federation of South Africa,
Johannesburg, South Africa, 2005, 63pp. (295mm x 210mm) Perfect bound with a green card
cover, lettered in White across the front and down the spine.
BIRKHEAD, Harry & GROENEWALD, Joh
The Riddle of Rustenburg.
No3 of the Anglo-Boer War Centenary Series, Philatelic Federation of South Africa,
Johannesburg, South Africa, 2007, 79pp. (295mm x 210mm) Perfect bound with a tan card
cover, lettered in White across the front and down the spine.
➢
Signed and dated 16/03/07 by Harry Birkhead.
BIRKHEAD, Harry & GROENEWALD, Joh
The Legacy of Lydenburg.
No4 of the Anglo-Boer War Centenary Series, Philatelic Federation of South Africa, Pretoria,
South Africa, 2009, 78pp. (295mm x 210mm) Perfect bound with a blue card cover, letteredin black across the front and down the spine.
➢
Annotated With compliments, H Birkhead.
BJÄRINGER, Tomas
See also Brian Beet and Paris.
BJÄRINGER, Tomas & HAMBERG, Erik
Svenska filatelistiska tidskrifter startade 1886-1919. [Swedish philatelic periodicals publishedfrom 1886-1919.]
Postryttaren, 2003, pp.93-108.
➢
The book is dedicated in manuscript to Brian Birch by Tomas Bjäringer.
BLAIR, Arthur
See Fred. J. Melville, Charles Skilton, L. N. & M. Williams & Arthur Blair.
BLOCK, Lawrence
Fictional stories, all with the word Hit in the title, featuring a hit man named Keller who alsocollects stamps.
BLOCK, Lawrence
Hit and Run.
Orion Books, London, UK, 2008, 287pp. (240mm x 160mm) Price £17.99. Hard bound inblue paper, lettered in gold down the spine. Includes dust jacket.
BLOCK, Lawrence
Hit Man.
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Orion Books, London, UK, 1999, 309pp. (178mm x 110mm) Price £5.99. Paperback.
BLOCK, Lawrence
Hit Parade.
Orion Books, London, UK, 2007, 359pp. (178mm x 110mm) Price £6.99. Paperback.
BLUE EYESThe ‘Blue Eyes’ Collection of Fine and Rare Stamp Boxes.
Spink, 15th July 2009, London, UK, 452 lots. (265mm x 210mm) Perfect bound.
➢
Sold in association with Soluphil.
BOGGS, Winthrop S.
The Foundations of Philately.
D. Van Nostrand, Princeton, NJ, USA, 1955, xi+196pp. (220mm x 145mm) Hardbound innavy blue cloth with gold lettering down the spine.
➢
Carries the sticker of McClelland’s Bookstore, Columbus, OH, USA. (Disposed of.)
BOGGS, Winthrop S.
Early American Perforating Machines and Perforations 1857-1867.
Unitrade Press, Toronto, Ont., Canada, 1982, ii+38pp. (230mm x 150mm) Saddle-stapled
pamphlet.
➢Pages thirty-six to thirty-eight advertise some publications relating to Canadianstamps, presumably available from the Publisher.
BOGGS, Winthrop S. & STRANGE, Arnold M.
The Foundations of Philately.
Faber & Faber, London, U.K., 1955, xi+196pp & 24 plates. (215mm x 140mm) Hardbound in
red cloth with gold lettering across the spine. Includes the dust jacket. Price 21/- (£1.10).
➢
A copy of the original prospectus is inserted in the book.
➢
This book was subject to a change in price since the corner of the dust jacket which
carried the published price of the book has been cut off and the new price of 25/(£1.25) printed adjacent to it.
BOLAFFI
Bolaffi International 1970-1990.
Giulio Bolaffi Editore, Turin, Italy, 1994, 110pp. (285mm x 210mm) Hardbound with amulti-coloured cover. Price £35.
➢
This volume covers the realisations up to and including 1990. All subsequent volumes
cover the year prior to their cover date.
BOLAFFI
Bolaffi International 1992.
Giulio Bolaffi Editore, Turin, Italy, 1992, 125pp. (285mm x 210mm) Hardbound with amulti-coloured cover.
BOLAFFI
Bolaffi International 1993.
Giulio Bolaffi Editore, Turin, Italy, 1993, 152pp. (285mm x 210mm) Hardbound with amulti-coloured cover. Price £40.
BOLAFFI
Bolaffi International 1994.
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Giulio Bolaffi Editore, Turin, Italy, 1994, 151pp. (285mm x 210mm) Hardbound with amulti-coloured cover. Price £40.
BOLAFFI
Bolaffi International 1995.
Giulio Bolaffi Editore, Turin, Italy, 1995, 112pp. (285mm x 210mm) Hardbound with amulti-coloured cover. Price £40.
BOLAFFI
Bolaffi International 1996.
Giulio Bolaffi Editore, Turin, Italy, 1996, 191pp. (285mm x 210mm) Hardbound with amulti-coloured cover. Price £50.
BOLAFFI
Bolaffi International 1997.
Giulio Bolaffi Editore, Turin, Italy, 1997, 232pp. (285mm x 210mm) Hardbound with amulti-coloured cover. Price £50.
BOLAFFI
Bolaffi International 1998.
Giulio Bolaffi Editore, Turin, Italy, 1998, 239pp. (285mm x 210mm) Hardbound with amulti-coloured cover. Price £40.
BOLAFFI
Bolaffi International 1999.
Giulio Bolaffi Editore, Turin, Italy, 1999, 239pp. (285mm x 210mm) Hardbound with amulti-coloured cover. Price £50.
BOLAFFI
Bolaffi International 2000.
Giulio Bolaffi Editore, Turin, Italy, 2000, 256pp. (285mm x 210mm) Hardbound with amulti-coloured cover. Price £50.
BOLAFFI
Bolaffi International 2001.
Giulio Bolaffi Editore, Turin, Italy, 2001, 227pp. (285mm x 210mm) Hardbound with amulti-coloured cover. Price £30.
BOLAFFI
Bolaffi International 2002.
Giulio Bolaffi Editore, Turin, Italy, 2002, 210pp. (285mm x 210mm) Hardbound with amulti-coloured cover. Price £30.
BOLAFFI
Bolaffi International 2003.
Giulio Bolaffi Editore, Turin, Italy, 2003, 192pp. (285mm x 210mm) Hardbound with amulti-coloured cover. Price €30.
BOLAFFI
Bolaffi International 2004.
Giulio Bolaffi Editore, Turin, Italy, 2004, 317pp. (285mm x 210mm) Hardbound with amulti-coloured cover.
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BOLAFFI
Bolaffi International 2005.
Giulio Bolaffi Editore, Turin, Italy, 2005, 320pp. (285mm x 210mm) Hardbound with amulti-coloured cover.
➢This volume includes a cumulative index to the stamps listed in all of the previous
volumes.
BOLAFFI
The Written Communication Forum.
Giulio Bolaffi Editore, Turin, Italy, n.d., 104pp. (290mm x 235mm) Perfect bound with a card
cover.
➢
This is selected pages from the huge publication FORUM, translated into English.
BORTFELDT, Dieter
See under Alan D. Anyon.
BRADLEY, Alan
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie.
Orion Books, London, UK, 2009, vi+363+10+14pp. (195mm x 130mm) Perfect bound with acream card cover. Price £7.99.
➢
The 10 pages following the novel comprise Reading Group Notes and the final 14
pages is an extract from the author’s latest book: The Weed that Strings theHangman’s Bag.
➢
This is a paperback edition of the 2009 book.
BRECKTON, Richard
The Rare and the Beautiful.
National Philatelic Centre & Archives, Australia Post, Melbourne, Australia, 1999, 56pp.
(295mm x 210mm) Perfect bound with a multicoloured card cover.
➢The book was the exhibition catalogue of a display at the Post Master Gallery,
National Philatelic Centre & Archive, 6th February to 25th March, 1999.
BRITANNIA STAMP BUREAU
See also Acts of Parliament.
BRITANNIA STAMP BUREAU
Acts of Parliament Relating to the Post Office from 9 Anne to 1 Victoria, 1710-1837.
Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, London, UK, 1838. Reprinted in a single volume by
Britannia Stamp Bureau, Tiverton, UK, 1977, vi+94pp+xviii. (185mm x 110mm) Hard boundin quarter leather. Tan leather with tan cloth. Lettered in gold across the spine on a red leather
patch. Dated 1844 on the spine. Edition of 300 copies.
➢
The book contains the following Acts:9 Anne, Cap. 10
An Act for establishing a General Post Office for all Her
Majesty’s Dominions, and settling a weekly Sum out of the
Revenues thereof for the Service of the War, and other Her
Majesty’s Occasions.
3 Geo. I, Cap. 7
An Act for redeeming the Duties and Revenues which weresettled to pay off the Principal and Interest on the Orders
made forth on Four Lottery Acts passed in the Ninth andTenth Years of Her Late Majesty’s Reign; and forredeeming certain Annuities payable on Orders out of the47

5 Geo. III, Cap. 25

7 Geo. III, Cap. 50

9 Geo. III, Cap. 35

22 Geo. III, Cap. 41

24 Geo. III, Cap. 37

25 Geo. III, Cap. 60

Hereditary Excise, according to a former Act in that
Behalf; and for establishing a General yearly fund, notonly for the future Payment of Annuities, at several Rates
to be payable and transferable at the Bank of England, andredeemable by Parliament, but also to raise monies forsuch Proprietors of the said Orders as shall choose to be
paid their Principal and Arrears of Interest in readyMoney; and for making good such other Deficiencies andPayments as in this Act are mentioned; and for taking off
the Duties on Linseed imported and British Linen exported.
An Act to alter certain Rates of Postage; and to amend,
explain, and enlarge several Provisions in an Act made in
the Ninth Year of the Reign of Queen Anne, and in otherActs relating to the Revenue of the Post Office.
An Act for amending certain Laws relating to the revenueof the Post Office; and for granting Rates of Postage for
the Conveyance of Letters and Packets between GreatBritain and the Isle of Man and within that Island.
An Act for discontinuing, upon the Exportation of Iron
imported in Foreign Ships, the Drawback of such Part of
the Duties payable thereon as exceeds the Duties payable
upon Iron imported in British Ships; to prohibit theexportation of Pig and Bar Iron, and certain Naval Stores,
unless the Pre-emption thereof be offered to theCommissioners of the Navy; to repeal so much of an Act
made in the Sixth year of His present Majesty’s Reign as
discontinued the Drawback upon Foreign Rough Hemp
exported; for providing a Compensation to the Clerks in
the Offices of the Principal Secretaries of State for the
Advantages such Clerks enjoyed before the Commencementof an Act made in the Fourth Year of the Reign of His
present Majesty, for preventing Frauds and Abuses inrelation to the sending and receiving Letters and Packets
free from Duty of Postage; and to explain and amend thesaid Act.
An Act for better securing the Freedom of Elections ofMembers to serve in Parliament by disabling certain
Officers employed in the Collection or Management of His
Majesty’s Revenues from giving their Votes at such
Elections.
An Act for granting to His Majesty certain additional Ratesof Postage for Conveyance of Letters and Packets by the
Post within the Kingdom of Great Britain; for preventing
Frauds in the Revenue carried on by the Conveyance of
certain Goods in Letters and Packets; and for further
preventing Frauds and Abuses in relation to the sending
and receiving of Letters and Packets free from Postage.
An Act for granting to His Majesty a certain sum of Moneyout of the Sinking Fund; and for applying certain Monies
therein mentioned for the Service of the Year One thousand
seven hundred and eighty-five and for further
appropriating the supplies granted in this Session of48

27 Geo. III, Cap. 13

43 Geo. III, Cap. 25

45 Geo. III, Cap. 43

46 Geo. III, Cap. 134
48 Geo. III, Cap. 48

48 Geo. III, Cap. 140

52 Geo. III, Cap. 146

53 Geo. III, Cap. 89
53 Geo. III, Cap. 146

54 Geo. III, Cap. 63

55 Geo. III, Cap. 120

Parliament; and for providing a Compensation to the
Clerks in the Offices of the Principal Secretaries of State,
and for the Advantages such Clerks enjoyed before theCommencement of an Act made in the twenty-fourth Yearof the Reign of His Present Majesty, for establishingcertain regulations concerning the Portage andConveyance of Letters and Packets by the Post between
Great Britain and Ireland.
An Act for repealing the several duties of Customs andExcise, and granting other Duties in lieu thereof; and for
applying the said Duties with the other Duties composing
the Public Revenue; for permitting the Importation ofcertain Goods, Wares and Merchandize the Produce or
Manufacture of the European Dominions of the French
King into this Kingdom; and for applying certain
unclaimed Monies remaining in the Exchequer for the
Payment of Annuities on Lives to the Reduction of the
National Debt.
An Act for better securing the Freedom of Elections ofMembers to serve in Parliament for any place in Ireland,by disabling certain Officers employed in the Collection orManagement of His Majesty’s Revenues in Ireland fromgiving their Votes at such Elections.
An Act to amend the Laws for improving and keeping inrepair the Post Roads in Ireland, and for rendering theConveyance of Letters by His Majesty’s Post Office moresecure and expeditious.
An Act to provide for the Security and Expedition of theConveyance of Letters by the Post in Ireland.
An Act to enable His Majesty’s Postmaster General of
Ireland to purchase Premises for the Enlargement of theGeneral Post Office in the City of Dublin.
An Act for the more effectual Administration of the Officeof a Justice of the Peace, and for the more effectual
Prevention of Felonies, within the District of Dublin
Metropolis.
An Act for the better regulating and Preserving Parish andother Registers of Births, Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials
in England.
An Act for the more regular Conveyance of Writs for theElection of Members to serve in Parliament.
An Act to amend an Act made in the Forty-fifth Year of His
present Majesty, intituled An Act to amend the Laws for
improving and keeping in repair the Post Roads in Ireland,
and for rendering the Conveyance of Letters by His
Majesty’s Post Office more secure and expeditious.
An Act to amend several Acts for enabling His Majesty’s
Postmaster General of Ireland to purchase Premises for
the Enlargement of the General Post Office in the City of
Dublin.
An Act to provide for the taking an Account of the
Population of Ireland, and for the ascertaining the49Increase or Diminution thereof.
5 Geo. IV, Cap. 5
An Act for enabling a Conveyance to be made of Part of a
House in Lombard Street, vested in the Right Honourable
Henry Frederick Lord Carteret formerly His Majesty’s
Postmaster General.
5 Geo. IV, Cap. 85
An Act for amending an Act of the last Session of
Parliament, relating to the building, repairing, andenlarging of certain Gaols and Houses of Correction; andfor procuring Information as to the state of all other Gaols
and Houses of Correction in England and Wales.
1 Will. IV, Cap. 27
An Act for enabling His Majesty’s Postmaster General tosell the Premises lately used as the Post Office in Lombard
Street, Abchurch Lane, and Sherborne Lane, in the City of
London.
1 & 2 Will. IV, Cap. 33 An Act for the Extension and Promotion of Public Works in
Ireland.
2 Will. IV, Cap. 4
An Act for more effectually preventing Embezzlements by
Persons employed in the Public Service of His Majesty.
2 & 3 Will. IV, Cap. 86 An Act to amend an Act of the Forty-fifth Year of His
Majesty King George the Third, relating to Post Roads in
Ireland.
4 Will. IV, Cap. 7
An Act to repeal, at the Period within mentioned, so muchof an Act passed in the Fifth Year of the Reign of his late
Majesty King George the Third, intituled An Act to altercertain Rates of Postage; and to amend, explain, andenlarge several Provisions in an Act made in the Ninth
Year of the Reign of Queen Anne, and in other Acts
relating to the Revenue of the Post Office, as authorizes thetaking of certain Rates of Inland Postage within His
Majesty’s Dominions in North America.
6 Will. IV, Cap. 25
An Act for granting an additional Rate of Postage on
Letters between Great Britain and Ireland by way of
Milford and Waterford.
6 & 7 Will. IV, Cap. An Act to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to the116
Presentment of Public Money by Grand Juries in Ireland.
1 Vict. Cap. 32
An Act to repeal the several Laws relating to the Post
Office.
1 Vict. Cap. 33
An Act for the Management of the Post Office.
1 Vict. Cap. 34
An Act for the Regulation of the Duties of Postage.
1 Vict. Cap. 35
An Act for regulating the sending and receiving of Lettersand Packets by the Post free from the Duty of Postage.
1 Vict. Cap. 36
An Act for consolidating the Laws relative to Offences
against the Post Office of the United Kingdom, and forregulating the judicial Administration of the Post OfficeLaws, and for explaining certain Terms and Expressions
employed in those Laws.
1 Vict. Cap. 76
An Act to impose Rates of Packet Postage on East India
Letters, and to amend certain Acts relating to the Post
Office.
1 Vict. Cap. 83
An Act to compel Clerks of the Peace for Counties andother persons to take Custody of such Documents as shallbe directed to be deposited with them under the Standing50

Orders of either House of Parliament.
BRITANNIA STAMP BUREAU
Acts of Parliament Relating to the Post Office from 2 & 2 Victoria to 7 & 8 Victoria, 18381844.
Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, London, UK, 1838-1844. Reprinted in a single volume by
Britannia Stamp Bureau, Tiverton, UK, 1976, vi+94pp+xviii. (185mm x 110mm) Hard boundin quarter leather. Tan leather with tan cloth. Lettered in gold across the spine on a red leather
patch. Dated 1838 on the spine. Edition of 300 copies.
➢
The book contains the following Acts:1 & 2 Victoria Cap. 97 An Act for imposing Rates of Postage on the Conveyanceof Letters by Packet Boats between places in the
Mediterranean and other Parts.
1 & 2 Victoria Cap. 98 An Act to provide for the Conveyance of the Mails by
Railways.
2 & 3 Victoria Cap. 52 An Act for the Further Regulation of the Duties on
Postage until the Fifth Day of October One Thousand
Eight Hundred and Forty.
3 & 4 Victoria Cap. 96 An Act for the Regulation of the Duties on Postage.
7 & 8 Victoria Cap. 49 An Act for the better Regulation of Colonial Posts.
BRITISH AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY
Ninety Years of Security Printing: The Story of British American Bank Note Company Limited
1866-1956., British American Bank Note Company, Ottawa, Canada, 1956, 25pp. Combbound.
➢
The card covers were encased in cellophane sleeves which shrank with time anddistorted the covers.
BRITISH PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS
The British Parliamentary Papers of the nineteenth century contain vital source material forstudents of history, commerce, economics, sociology and law. There are approximately 5,000
Papers for the period 1800 to 1900 - a mountain of source material that, because of its
traditional chronological arrangement, has been difficult to access. The Irish University Press’
programme of facsimile reprints of the Papers overcame this problem by commissioning
academic specialists to select the most important papers and group them on the principle of 32
subject sets. This series on the Post Office was published from about 1960 to 1972.
All the volumes are strongly half bound in green morocco leather. Each volume has a librarybook label on the free front endpaper and a neat shelf mark on the spine.
Volume 1.

Volume 2.
Volume 3.
Volume 4.
Volume 5.
Volume 6.

First and Third Reports from the Select Committee on Postage, together with
Minutes of Evidence, Appendix and Index [part 1], 712pp, (4 folding maps),
1837-8.
Second Report from the Select Committee on Postage together with Minutes of
Evidence, Appendixes and Index, 872pp, 1837-8.
Reports from Select Committees on the Electric Telegraphs Bill, with
Proceedings, Minutes of Evidence, Appendices and Index, 412pp, 1867-1869.
Select Committee and other Reports on the Post Office and the Postal andMoney Order Systems, 840pp, 1843-7.
Select Committee and other Reports on the Telegraphic Services with Minutesof Evidence, Appendices and Index, 624pp, 1867-76.
Report from the Interdepartmental Committee on Post Office Establishments
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Volume 7.
Volume 8.

with Minutes of Evidence [part 1], 776pp, 1897.
Report from the Interdepartmental Committee on Post Office Establishmentswith Minutes of Evidence, part II, 552pp, 1897.
Reports from Select Committees on the telephone Service, with Minutes of
Evidence, Appendices and Indices, 1096pp, 1895-8.

BRITISH PHILATELIC BULLETIN
The First Elizabeth II Castle High Value Definitives.
Royal Mail, London, 2005, 20pp. 210mm x 150mm) Pamphlet. 148mm) Pamphlet. Issued
free with the British Philatelic Bulletin, otherwise price £2.95.
➢
Soft bound in royal blue buckram by the present owner.
BROWN, Stanley
See Ron Hall & Stanley Brown.
BRÜHL, Carlrichard
Geschichte der Philatelie.
2 Volumes, Georg Olms Verlag, Hildesheim, Germany, 1985, xvi+1250pp. (260mm x
195mm) Hard bound in blue paper, lettered in dark blue across the front and spine. Includes
dust jackets.
➢
A copy of the prospectus is inserted in Volume 1.
➢
The section providing a biography of Ferrary was translated for the present author in2015 by Philip E. Robinson and made available to his correspondents. See underPhilip E. Robinson.
BRUNEL, Georges
Ce Qu’Était la Philatélie en 1867.
Yvert, Amiens, France, 1930, 37pp. (220mm x 140mm) Saddle-stitched buff card cover,lettered in black. This copy has been quarter bound in red leather with marbled boards.
➢
Ex-Corneille Soeteman. Sale 2, I believe.
BURRUS, Maurice
The “Burrus” Mauritius.
Robson Lowe, London, UK, 1963, 8pp. (235mm x 165mm) Saddle-stapled pamphlet.
➢
Prospectus for an auction sale of the stamps.
BURTON, R. E.
The New Finland.
Philatelic Institute Papers No. 7, Fred. J. Melville (Editor), Philatelic Institute, London, UK,n.d., 8pp. (185mm x 125mm) Pamphlet.
➢
Carries Melville’s advert for the stamps of Finland on the inside front cover andvarious of his publications on the inside rear cover.
➢Bound together with the other Philatelic Institute Papers – see Fred. J. Melville.
BUXTON, B. H.
The Buxton Encyclopedia of Watermarks.
Buxton Stamp Company, Tappan, NY, USA, 1977, 114pp. (215mm x 140mm) Saddlestitched white card cover with illustrations of watermarks in black. Price $2.99.
➢
Soft bound in royal blue buckram by the present owner.
BYRUM, Donald A. J.
The Supplemental Stamp Catalogue.
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Donald A. J. Byrum, USA, 1973, n.pp. [ca. 750pp.] 280mm x 215mm) Looseleaf.
➢
Bound in brown cloth by the present owner, lettered across the spine.
➢
It was originally donated to the Royal Philatelic Society London but was found to bea duplicate and returned.

CCCC
CABEEN, Richard McP.
Standard Handbook of Stamp Collecting.
New revised edition, Thomas Y. Crowell, New York, NY, USA, 1979, xii+630pp. (215mm x150mm) Hardbound in green cloth with green lettering down the spine. Includes the dust
jacket. Price $13.95.
CANNING, Vcte. Charles John
First Report of the Postmaster General on the Post Office.
Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, London, UK, 1855, 101pp. (240mm x 150mm) Pamphlet
with blue paper covers.
➢
Carries the ex libris of the Royal Philatelic Society London.
CAPE TOWN
The “Cape Town” Collection of Cape of Good Hope, Mafeking and Mauritius.
Sale 5029, 7th July 2005, Spink, London, UK, 63 lots. Includes the prices realised. (269mm x
210mm) Saddle stapled in a multi-coloured card cover.
➢It carries the embossed Library stamp of the Royal Philatelic Society London.
CARE, Capt. C. W.
A Check List of the Stamps of the New Republic of Poland.
Philatelic Institute Papers No. 4, Fred. J. Melville (Editor), Philatelic Institute, London, UK,
1919, 20pp. (185mm x 125mm) Pamphlet.
➢
Bound together with the other Philatelic Institute Papers – see Fred. J. Melville.
CASEY, Ron
The Tourist Sheets and Booklets of Japan.
ISJP Monograph 17, International Society for Japanese Philately, Schaumburg, IL, USA,2004, 110pp. (280mm x 215mm) Perfect bound in a paper cover.
➢
Issued as a supplement to Japanese Philately of October 2004.
CHALMERS – HILL CONTROVERSY
See under: David Allam;
Leah Chalmers;
Patrick Chalmers;
J. W. Croker
Eliezer Edwards;
Jean Farrugia;
Col. H. W. Hill;
I. D. Hill;
A. G. Rigo de
Righi;
Pearson Hill;
Rowland Hill;
Sir Rowland Hill & George Birkbeck Hill;
C. J. Dendy Marshall; W. J. Smith & J. E. Metcalf; Eleanor C. Smyth; AnthonyWicks.
In addition, many of the general books on the British Post Office may well contain somerelevant information. The articles and pamphlets relating to this controversy are given in thefollowing dedicated Section.
CHALMERS, Leah
Leah Chalmers was the daughter of Patrick Chalmers and the granddaughter of James
Chalmers.
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How the Adhesive Postage Stamp was Born.
P. S. King & Son, London, UK, 1939, vii+45pp. (185mm x 125mm) Soft bound in blue card.
➢
Carries the bookplate of the Hastings and East Sussex Philatelic Society which records
that it was presented to the Society by A. S. Mackenzie Low.
CHALMERS, Patrick
In order to promote the claim that his father, James Chalmers, invented the postage stamp,
Patrick Chalmers published a large number of pamphlets, some of which were originally
written by others. In order to provide the appropriate level of cross-referencing without
severely clogging up the basic listing, Patrick Chalmers’ pamphlets have all been consigned
to a separate Section following this main alphabetical Section.
CHAPMAN, Kenneth F.
Collectors’ pieces: Gravure printed stamps.
Reprint from The Penrose Annual, 1960, Volume 54, pp.99-102+plate. Loose pages in a blue
card cover, printed in black on the front.
➢
The contents list of the issue is printed on the inside of the front cover.
➢Soft bound in royal blue buckram by the present owner.
CHARLES I OF ENGLAND
See under Proclamations, England.
CHARLES II OF ENGLAND
See under Proclamations, England.
CHARTWELL COLLECTION
See Sir Humphrey Cripps.
CHRISTIE’S (LONDON)
An auction house based in London, UK. For details of named sales see under the name or
pseudonym of the owner:
Paris (Tomas Bjäringer)
CHRISTIE’S (NEW YORK)
An auction house based in New York, NY, USA. For details of named sales see under thename or pseudonym of the owner:
Ryohei Ishikawa
CHRISTIE’S ROBSON LOWE
An auction house based in London, UK. For details of named sales see under the name or
pseudonym of the owner:
Marcel Stanley
CHOW, Dr. Wei-Liang
See also L. F. Livingston.
CHOW, Dr. Wei-Liang
Shanghai Large Dragons: The First Issue of the Shanghai Local Post.
Margot Chow, Hong Kong, 1996, xxiv+72pp. (270mm x 210mm) Perfect bound in green andtan card cover, lettered in white down the spine.
➢
Edited by William L. Kullman and carries his signature.
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A photograph and brief biography of the author is given on page iii.

CLARIDGES
See Caron de Vico.
CLEAR, Charles R.
John Palmer (of Bath) Mail Coach Pioneer.
Blandford Press (in conjunction with The Postal History Society), London, UK, 1955, 109pp.
(220mm x 145mm) Hardbound in grey cloth with gold lettering down the spine and a gold
mail coach on the front cover. Includes the dust jacket. Price 17/6 (88p)➢
Signed by the author.
➢
Carries the bookplate of the Tunbridge Wells Philatelic Society.
➢
Includes a presentation bookplate recording the gift of the book from The misses
Nancy and Shirley Bryant from the late Mr. B. T. Stevenson’s Library.
➢
Includes a copy of the prospectus printed for members of the Postal History Society,to whom the price was 15/- (£0.75)
COHEN, Colin
Watermark 74.
Handbook of an exhibition held at Paper Point, 64 Poland Street, London, UK, 13th
September/1st November 1974, n.pp. (32pp.). (210mm x 150mm) White card cover.
COLLINGS, T. J. & SCHOOLEY-WEST, R. F.
The Care and Preservation of Philatelic Materials.
British Library, London, UK, 1989, vii+55pp. (235mm x 155mm) Hard bound with anillustrated front cover.
COLLINS, Peter
Philatelic Sheet Music: A Different Kind of Postal History.
Robson Lowe, London, UK, n.d., n.pp. [8pp.] (247mm x 172mm) Saddle-stapled pamphlet.
➢
Soft bound in royal blue buckram by the present owner.
COLLINS & MILLSThe Stamp Collector’s Companion.
Collins & Mills, Cincinnati, OH, USA, 1882, 50pp. (174mm x 107mm) Soft bound with agrey cover. Price 15 cents.
➢
The contents were intended for beginners and comprised a number of short articles asfollows:Author
Title
Pages
Gleanings
20-23
Humor of the press
23-24
Lexicon
24-26
Notes
16-18
Philatelic papers
26-28
Slight variations
18-20
Stamp collecting (Poem)
15-16
Stamp dealer’s directory
28-29
The largest [collection]
30-31
The Mormon stamp
29-30
COLLINS, C.
Forgeries
11-13
EARÉE, Rev. R. B.
Notes for collectors
5-11
WEARS, T. Martin
The postage and telegraph stamps of Great Britain
13-15
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B. M. HammondC
C. C. Collins
C. C. Simmons
C. H. Garrett
C. W. Fisher
Canadian Stamp Co.
Caxton, The
Chas. A. Townsend
Chas. B. Spofford
Chas. C. Barnea
Chas. H. Kampmann, Jr.
Collins & Mills

Cincinnati, OH, USA
Chariton, IA, USA
Ann Arbor, MI, USA
San Francisco, CA, USA
Montreal, Canada
Cincinnati, OH, USA
Akron, OH, USA
Manchester, NH, USA
Lockport, NY, USA
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Boston, MA, USA
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Burlington, VT, USA
Jersey City, NJ, USA

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Cincinnati, OH, USA
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F. F. Peard
F. L. Miller
F. T. Icenbarger
F. Trifet
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G. B. Calman
G. H. F. Gale
Geo. B. Edinger & Co.
H
Henry Collin & Co.
J
J. A. Pierce
J. Straus
John P. Mackenzie
M
Mercer’s Natural History StoreN
New Jersey PhilatelistP
Philatelic Medium, TheR
R. R. Bogert
S
Stamp World, The
Stanley, Gibbons & Co.
T
T. Martin Wears
Taussig, Hagemeyer & Co.
Thomas Ridpath & Co.
W
Wankelman & Mercer
Wm. F. Greany
Wm. Leckie & Co.

CONNOLLY, Joseph P. & CONNOLLY, Sean P.
Winfred Milton Grandy: A Philatelic Biography.
Joseph P. Connolly, Orange, CT, USA, 2006, n.pp., published on CD.
➢
All of the more than a thousand pages were printed out in 2007 and hard bound in red
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buckram by the present owner.
CONNOLLY, Sean P.
See Joseph P. Connolly & Sean P. Connolly.
COOPER, F. B.
Hints on Arranging a Collection.
Philatelic Institute Papers No. 1, Fred. J. Melville (Editor), Philatelic Institute, London, UK,
1919, 9pp. (185mm x 125mm) Pamphlet. Price 3d (1p)➢Bound together with the other Philatelic Institute Papers – see Fred. J. Melville.
COOPER, F. B.
Hints on Arranging a Collection.
2nd edition, Philatelic Institute Papers No. 1, Fred. J. Melville (Editor), Philatelic Institute,London, UK, 1926, 9pp. (185mm x 125mm) Pamphlet. Price 6d (2.5p)➢
Carries a full list of the eighteen titles in the series published to date, on the outside
rear cover.
➢Bound together with the other Philatelic Institute Papers – see Fred. J. Melville.
CORINPHILA AUCTIONS Ltd.
An auction house of Zurich, Switzerland. For details of named sales see under the name or
pseudonym of the seller:
Klaus Eitner
MoldauCOSGRAVE, Maurice
A Brief History of the General Post Office Dublin.
An Post, [Dublin, Eire, 2001], n.pp [16pp.] (147mm x 210mm) Saddle-stapled pamphlet.
COURTNEY, Nicholas
The Queen’s Stamps.
Methuen, London, UK, 2004, xiii+337pp. (235mm x 170mm) Hard bound in dark green,
lettered in silver down the spine. Includes dust jacket. Price £25
CRANE, Ian D.
Displays given to the London Philatelic Society and the Royal Philatelic Society London
1869-1996.
Ian D. Crane London, UK, 1995. A supplement updated the document to 1999.
➢
Only five copies of this document were produced: two for the Royal PhilatelicSociety London; one each for the British Library, the Compiler and James Negus.
My copy is ex James Negus.
CRANE, A. O.
Practical Stamp Collecting.
Stamp Magazine, London, UK, n.d. [1938], 32pp. (220mm x 140mm) Pamphlet. Price 3d.
(£0.02)➢This copy is signed by the author and is accompanied by a rough proof of both thecover and the entire pamphlet. The proof may well be of the second (wartime) editionof 1941 (reprinted 1942).
CRANE, A. O.
Practical Stamp Collecting.
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3rd edition, A. O. Crane, Harrow, UK, 1949, 32pp. (215mm x 140mm) Pamphlet. 1/6 (£0.08)
CREEKE Jr., A. B.
Stamp Collecting: A Guide for Beginners.
Hobby Book (Editor: Archibald Williams), Thomas Nelson & Sons, London, n.d. [1915],
320pp. (155mm x 100mm) Hard bound in red cloth, title embossed on the front and lettered ingold across the spine.
➢
Rubber stamped in purple by Utrechtsche Philatelisten Vereeniging, Utrecht.
CRIBB, Stephen
The Standard Catalogue of Postal Orders: Vol. 1 The British Postal Order 1881-1981.
Squirrel Publishing, Ruislip, UK, 1984, iv+66pp. (225mm x 155mm) Perfect bound with a red
and white card cover. Price £4.95.
➢
Carries the stamp of the Birkenhead Philatelic Society.
CRIPPS, Sir Humphrey
The Chartwell Collection of British Empire.
28th June 2011, Spink, London, UK, Lots 1-148.
CRIPPS, Sir Humphrey
The Chartwell Collection of Line Engraved Part 1.
29th June 2011, Spink, London, UK, Lots 1001-1545.
CRIPPS, Sir Humphrey
The Chartwell Collection of Surface Printed Issues.
12th to 13th October 2011, Spink, London, UK, 1163 Lots.
CROFTS, J.
Packhorse, Waggon and PostLand Carriage and Communications under the Tudors andStuarts.
Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, UK, 1967, xi+147pp. (215mm x 140mm) Hard Bound inBlack cloth, lettered in gold across the spine. Includes the dust jacket. Price 30s.
[£1.50]/$5.00.
[CROKER, J. W.]
Art. IX.
1.
Post Office Reform: its Importance and Practicability. By Rowland Hill. London.
1837. pp.104.
2.
Du Services des Postes et de la Taxation des Lettres au Moyen d’un Timbre. Par M. A.
Piron. Sous-Directeur des Postes. Paris. 1838. pp.148.
3.
First, Second and Third Reports from the Select Committee on Postage. 3 vols. fol.
1838.
The Quarterly Review (Daly’s Club), June & October 1839, Volume 64, pp.513-576. (210mm
x 130mm) Hard bound in red leather by the present owner, lettered in gold across the frontand down the spine.
➢
This is a contemporary review of the three publications noted above.
CROOM-JOHNSON, R. P.
Postage-Stamp Collecting: A Practical Guide for Beginners.
“The Bazaar, Exchange & Mart” Office, London, UK, 1923, xii+154+30+ii pp. (~185mm x
130mm – estimated from a re-bound copy.) Price 1/6 (£0.08)➢
Hard bound by the Royal Philatelic Society London in Navy blue buckram.
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Withdrawn from the Library in 2010.
The 30 pages at the back comprise a catalogue of the publisher’s Practical
Handbooks. The inside front cover, pages i to vi at the front and i to ii at the rear,contain advertisements as follows:Advertiser

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Chas. Nissen & Company
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Foyles (Book shop)
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Harmer, Rooke & Company
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Nelson T. Hillier

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Wallace Bros.
Whitfield King & Company
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CULHANE, Patrick
Patrick Culhane is the grandson of Charles Shattuck, the original owner of the Hawaiian
Missionary stamps in question.
CULHANE, Patrick
Response to the 2004 Royal Philatelic Society Opinion on the Grinnell Missionary Stamps.
Mystic Stamp Company, Camden, NY, USA, 2006, 24pp. (mm x mm), Pamphlet. Price: Freeof charge from the publisher.
➢
The publisher had run out of printed copies in late 2006 and supplied this photocopy.
CULHANE, Patrick
Trail of the Grinnells: An account of discovery and 71 Missionary stamps.
Po’oleka O Hawaii, January 2004, Whole number 77, pp.2-14. A two-sided colour copy of theillustrations was inserted into the magazine.
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Shown as Part 1, the magazine appears to have ceased publication with this issue andPart 2 was not published.
CUMMINGS, Rev. Hayman
The College Stamps of Oxford and Cambridge: A Study of their History and Use from 1870 to1886.
Slatter & Rose, Oxford & Simpkin Marshall, London, UK, n.d. [1905], [x]+110+[xv] pp.
210mm x 145mm) Hard bound in navy blue cloth with a simulated leather grain, lettered ingold across the front and spine.
➢
Carries the inscription that it was presented by the author to the Junior PhilatelicSociety in 1910.
➢
Carries labels from the Brighton Branch of the Junior Philatelic Society and theBrighton and Hove Philatelic Society (Branch of J.P.S., London).
➢Water damage affects the tops of some of the earlier pages but the text is unaffected.
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Londonvi
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Map sellers, Oxford
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LondonLondonxv
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Cummings, Rev. Hayman
Cummings, Rev. Hayman
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E. J. Brooks & Son
Edwin Healey & Company
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Gelli & Tani
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Hamlet & Dulake
Herbert, James & Company
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London Manufacturing Goldsmiths Company
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Oxford Geographical Institute
Oxford Stamp ExchangeP
P. L. Pemberton & Company
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Stamp Collector, The
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W. H. Peckitt
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DAGNALL, H.
John Dickinson and his Silk-Thread Paper.
Harry Dagnall, Leicester, UK, 1975, 32pp. (255mm x 177mm) Pamphlet with yellow card
cover.
➢A Victorian postal stationery envelope made from Dickinson’s silk-thread paper isinserted in an envelope attached to the inside back cover.
➢Soft bound in royal blue buckram by the present owner.
DAGNALL, H.
Ex Luce Lucellum: The Protest Against the Match Tax of 1871 and its Stamp.
H. Dagnall, Edgeware, UK, 1993, 20pp. (206mm x146mm) Pamphlet with blue paper cover.
Price £2.50.
➢
The back cover contains a list of books by Harry Dagnall.
➢
Soft bound in royal blue buckram by the present owner.
DALSTON, Thomas
How to Detect Forged Stamps.
R. Chambers, Gateshead, UK, 1865, 39pp. In: Thomas Dalton, Thornton Lewis & Edward
Pemberton: Early Forged Stamp Detector., Sanford J. Durst, New York, NY, USA, 1979.
➢
Reprinted in: Lowell Ragatz: The Early Philatelic Forgeries of all Countries. A
Stamp Collector’s Omnibus., Educational Research Bureau, Washington, DC, USA,
1953.
DALTON, Thomas, LEWIS, Thornton & PEMBERTON, Edward
Early Forged Stamp Detector.
Sanford J. Durst, New York, NY, USA, 1979, 36+iv+40pp. (215mm x 135mm) Pamphlet
with a dark brown, stapled cover with white lettering.
➢This book is a facsimile reprint of two early books on forgeries: Thomas Dalston:
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➢
➢

How to Detect Forged Stamps., R. Chambers, Gateshead, UK, 1865; and Thornton
Lewes & Edward Pemberton: Forged Stamps: How to Detect Them., Colson & Son,
Edinburgh, UK, 1863.
The Title Page, but not the Cover, has the authors listed in the correct order:- T.
Lewis, E. Pemberton & T. Dalton. However, both the Title Page and Cover quote
two of the names incorrectly:- Lewis should be Lewes and Dalton should be Dalston.
Soft bound in royal blue buckram by the present owner.

DARLOW, J. J.
See F. A. Bellamy & J. J. Darlow.
DATZ, Stephen R.
On the Road: The Quest for Stamps.
General Philatelic Corporation, Loveland, CO, USA, 1991, vi+162+ii pp. (215mm x 140mm)
Soft bound. Price $9.95.
DATZ, Stephen R.
Top Dollar Paid! The Complete Guide to Selling Your Stamps.
General Philatelic Corporation, Loveland, CO., USA, 1989, vii+167+ii pp. (215mm x140mm) Soft bound. Price $9.95.
DATZ, Stephen R.
The Wild Side.
General Philatelic Corporation, Loveland, CO., USA, 1990, vi+164+ii pp. (215mm x 140mm)
Soft bound. Price $9.95.
DAUNTON, M. J.
Royal Mail. The Post Office Since 1840.
Athlone Press, London, UK, 1985, xviii+388pp. (235mm x 155mm) Hard bound in blue
paper, lettered in gold down the spine. Includes dust jacket.
DAVID FELDMAN SA
An auction house of Geneva, Switzerland. For details of named sales see under the name or
pseudonym of the owner:
Hiroyuki Kanai
PrimroseSaint LouisTomasini/Künzi
DAVID FELDMAN SA
Great Britain: The First Cover.
17th February 1999, David Feldman, Geneva, Switzerland, 1 lot, 23pp. (277mm x 194mm)
Hard bound in black felt, lettered in gold across the front.
DAVID FELDMAN SA
Greece: The Grand Prix Collection (I).
12th May 2003, David Feldman Galleries, Geneva, Switzerland, Lots 30,000-30,402. (275mm
x 195mm) Hard bound in maroon simulated leather.
DAVID FELDMAN SA
Mauritius: The Ball Invitation Envelope.
Sale by tender: 27th May – 12th June 2006, David Feldman, Geneva, Switzerland, n.pp.
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[16pp.], enclosed in a folder printed to look like the envelope. (295mm x 210mm) Pamphlet.
DAVID FELDMAN SA
Mauritius: The Greatest Stamp Collection in the World.
David Feldman, Geneva, Switzerland, 1986, 16pp. (295mm x 210mm) Hard bound in red
velvet, lettered in gold across the front.
➢
The earliest issues of Mauritius from a great collection.
DAVID FELDMAN SA
Postal Treasures from the Cape at the David Feldman Auction.
[Brochure], 1st to 6th November 1994, David Feldman, 32pp. (298mm x 213mm) Saddle
stapled pamphlet.
DAVID FELDMAN SA
Rarities of the World: Spring 2004.
6th May 2004, David Feldman, Geneva, Switzerland, 80 lots, 144+xvipp. (275mm x 195mm)
Hard bound in grey velvet, lettered in gold across the front and down the spine.
DAVID FELDMAN SA
Rarities of the World with Important Collections.
Auction & Private Treaty: David Feldman, Spring 2011, Geneva, Switzerland, 128pp.
(275mm x 195mm) Hard bound in maroon velvet, lettered in gold across the front and down
the spine, gilded page edges.
➢
This is a sample of the rare and important items being sold through the Company’s
auctions and by private treaty that Spring.
DAVID FELDMAN SA
Rarities of the World with Valuable Collections.
5th October 2007, David Feldman, Geneva, Switzerland, 85 lots, 144+viipp. (275mm x
195mm) Hard bound in grey velvet, lettered in gold across the front and down the spine,
gilded page edges.
➢
Carries the stamp of RPSL Ltd. Expert Committee.
DAVID FELDMAN SA
The “Treskilling” Yellow: The World’s Most Valuable Stamp.
8th November 1996, David Feldman, Zurich, Switzerland, 1 lot, 32pp. Includes the pricerealised. (285mm x 200mm) Hard bound in Yellow, lettered across the front in black. The
catalogue contains the following article:
Sven-Orlof Forselius: A tale of the “Yellow 3-skilling”.
pp.6-17The “Treskilling” Yellow: The biography.
pp.18-21
The prices realised included reprints of the following newspaper reports:
Weekend Financial Times, 9th/10th November 1996.
The Daily Telegraph, 9th November 1996.
New York Times International, 10th November 1996.
Le Matin, 9th November 1996.
The independent, 9th November 1996.
The Times, 9th November 1996.
Neu Zürcher Zeitung, 9th/10th November 1996.
Il Messagero, 8th November 1996.
[An unknown Japanese paper]
The Catalogue also included the following photocopy:
Deutsche Briefmarken-Revue, 1st December 1996, p.70.
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DAVID FELDMAN SA
The Unique Canada Postmaster’s Provisional.
Private treaty: David Feldman, May 2006, Geneva, Switzerland, n.pp. [4pp.] (290mm x
207mm) Pamphlet.
DAVIS, Hunter
The Joy of Stamps.
Robson Books, London, UK, 1984, 160pp. (215mm x 135mm) Soft bound. Price £2.95.
➢
The hard bound edition was published in 1983.
DAVIS, Sally
John Palmer and the Mail Coach Era.
Bath Postal Museum, Bath, UK, 1984, 24pp. (210mm x 150mm) Pamphlet with white card
cover.
➢
Soft bound in royal blue buckram by the present owner.
DAVIS, Sally
Ralph Allen: Benefactor and Postal Reformer.
Bath Postal Museum, Bath, UK, 1985, 24pp. (210mm x 150mm) Pamphlet with white card
cover.
➢
Soft bound in royal blue buckram by the present owner.
DAVISON, Alvah
Stamp Collecting and How to Collect.
Southern Stamp & Publishing Co., Charleston, SC, USA, 1891, n.pp. [12pp. excluding
covers.] (135mm x 80mm) Pamphlet with pale brown covers.
➢
The cover carries the following title: Stamp Collecting. The Most Fascinating Pursuitin the World. Its Object, Its Benefits, Its Pleasures. How to Collect from the
Beginning, up.
➢
The volume is dedicated to H. Edmund Deats and includes his portrait on page six
together with that of Henry Clotz.
DAVISON, Alvah
Dealing in Postage Stamps.
Jewett’s Philatelic Library No. 4, W. W. Jewett, Portland, MA, USA, 1891, 32pp. (135mm x98mm) Pamphlet with grey paper cover.
➢
The cover carries the following sub-title: Also a Directory of the Principal U. S. andCanadian Stamp Dealers.
➢
The inside front cover carries details of the four pamphlets already published in
Jewett’s Philatelic Library and the back cover an advertisement for Jewett’s journal,
The Philatelic Era, and an advertisement for The Curio, a general collectors paper of
Benson, MN, USA.
DE LA RUE
De La Rue Journal: Stamp Centenary Number.
Thomas De La Rue & Co., London, UK, 1955, 24pp. & 12 plates. (245mm x 185mm)
Magazine.
➢
Soft bound in royal blue buckram.
➢
The journal contains the following articles:Author
Title
Page
100 years of postage stamp printing
4
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Postage stamps supplied by De La Rue 185512
1955
How stamps are made21
BEAUMONT, Maj. K. M. The beginnings of posts and postage stamps
9
DEAKIN, W. F.
Stamps and the collector – or striking gold in13
the attic
LUMLEY, Sir DudleyInternational postage
17
WILSON, Sir John
Foreword2
It also contains a copy of the De La Rue Stamp Centenary Exhibition: Plan of Hall &List of Exhibits. as an insert, 4pp.
DEHN, Roy A.
Dictionary of English and Italian Philatelic Terms = Dizionario Italiano e Inglese di Termini
Filatelici.
Roy A. Dehn, Norwich, UK, 1994, 64pp.(208mm x 154mm) Pamphlet.
DELLQUEST, Augustus Wilfrid
Burt’s Handbook for Stamp Collectors.
A. L. Burt, New York, NY, USA, 1935, x+106pp. (170mm x 100mm) Hardbound in light
blue with silver lettering across the front cover.
➢The book has stamp strips on the inside front and rear covers.
➢
Four of the pages prior to the Title Page are plates.
DETERDING, Chris
See Leonard L. Laylon; Ben Beede; Rudi Anders; Fred Baumann; Les Winick; Chris
Deterding; George Kuhn; Geoff Jamieson, & Herman L. Halle.
DIBLEY, A.
New Zealand Arms Type Duty Stamps: The Design Process 1915-1929.
Monograph Series No. 7, Royal Philatelic Society of New Zealand, Wellington, New Zealand,
1988, 40pp. (245mm x 175mm) Soft bound with thick card in grey and blue.
➢
Number 193 of 350 numbered copies.
DICKSON, John
The Design and Engraving of Perkins Bacon Stamps Based on the Chalon Portrait.
Royal Philatelic Society London, UK, 2000, 29pp. (273mm x 195mm) Soft bound in creamcard.
➢
Supplement to The London Philatelist of December 2000.
DIRECTOR GENERAL OF POSTS
Prize Selections from the ROCPEX Taipei ’81.
Director General of Posts, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China, 1982, xvi+709+vpp. (257mm x
188mm) Hardbound in red cloth with gold lettering on the front (in Chinese) and on the spine(in Chinese and English) on black and gold printed decorative patches.
DOBSON-BLIGH, Col.
The Yak Posts of Doggar.
Asiatic Monograph Series Number 31, Story Post, Brussels, Belgium, 1990, 24pp. (210mm x
147mm) Pamphlet with pale green card cover.
➢A spoof monograph.
DOUGHTY, Francis Worcester
64How to Collect Stamps and Coins.
Ten Cent Hand Book Number 55, Frank Tousey, New York, NY, USA, 1902, 64pp. (165mm
x 105mm) Soft bound with multi-coloured paper cover.
➢Carries the bookplate of Stephen Holder.
DRUMMOND, James N.
College and School Stamps.
Names N. Drummond, Porter Ranch, CA, USA, 2007, 236pp. (275mm x 215mm) Perfectbound with a transparent plastic cover.
DUMAS, Maj. HenryNew Zealand: The Collection Formed by Major Henry Dumas, C.B.E, M.C., F.R.P.S.L.
15th March 2000, Spink & Son, London, UK, 746 lots. (267mm x 210mm) Perfect bound in a
multi-coloured card cover.

EEEE
EARÉE, Robert B.
See also W. Dudley Atlee.
EARÉE, Robert B.
Album Weeds; or, How to Detect Forged Stamps.
3rd edition, 2 Volumes, Stanley Gibbons, London, UK, Volume 1, A-L, 1906,
xxviii+587+8pp.; Volume 2, M-Z, viii+709+14pp. Hard bound in dark green cloth with asimulated leather grain, lettered across the front and spine.
➢
The first edition was published in 1882 (560pp.) and the second in 1892 (726pp).
➢
Pages 1-7 at the back of volume 1 contain advertisements for Stanley Gibbons Ltd.
products and page 8 for Glendining & Company. Pages 1-13 at the back of volume 2
contain advertisements for Stanley Gibbons Ltd. products and page 14 for
Glendining & Company.
EARÉE, Robert B.
Album Weeds; or, How to Detect Forged Stamps.
3rd edition, reprinted in facsimile in seven volumes by: Manuka-Ainslie Press, Canberra,
ACT, Australia, n.d., (215mm x 135mm) Perfect bound in tan card covers, Lettered in black
across the front and down the spine.
Volume I
Afghanistan - British Columbia[xxvi]+pp.1-146
Volume II
British East Africa – Denmark[xxiv]+pp.147-336
Volume III
Dominica – Iceland[xxiv]+pp.337-506
Volume IV
India – Luxemburg[xxiv]+pp.507-587
Volume V
Madeira – North Borneo[xxiv]+pp.1-144
Volume VI
Norway – St. Christopher[xxiv]+pp.145-300
Volume VII
St. Helena – Switzerland[xxiv]+pp.301-514
Volume VIII
Tasmania – Zululand[xxiv]+pp.515-710➢
The final page carries a picture of the author.
➢
All volumes carry the stamp of the Garstang Stamp Club.
EASTON, John
British Postage Stamp Design.
Faber & Faber, London, UK, 1943, 384pp. (220mm x 140mm) Hard bound in blue cloth withgold lettering across the spine. Includes dust jacket.
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EASTON, John
The De La Rue History of British & Foreign Postage Stamps.
Faber & Faber (for the Royal Philatelic Society, London), London, UK, 1958, xxii+846pp. &48 plates. (235mm x 150mm) Bound in brown cloth, lettered in gold across the spine.
Includes the dust jacket.
EASTON, John [& MELVILLE, Fred. J.]
Postage Stamps in the Making.
Faber & Faber, London, U.K., 1949, 246pp. + 52 plates. (220mm x 140mm) Hard bound in
red cloth with gold lettering across the spine. The title has a blue background in the form of a
postage stamp. Includes the dust jacket.
EDWARDS, Eliezer
Sir Rowland Hill, K.C.B.: A Biographical and Historical Sketch. With Records of the Family
to which he Belonged.
(Original: Frederick Warne, London, UK, 1879, 119pp.} Reprinted on demand by Kessinger
Publishing and was purchased in the UK in 2013. (230mm x 155mm) Perfect bound with a
tan and black card cover.
EDWARDS, T. A. & LUCAS, B. C.
G. B. Official Perfins.
1st edition, Perfin Society, London, UK, 1984, x+70pp. (210mm x 148mm) Pamphlet with red
card cover.
➢The edition is recorded as 500 copies.
EGAN, Chas. W. & KISSINGER, Clifford W.
The Stamp Collector’s Handbook, A Lexicon of Terms and Practical Hints to Philatelists.
C. W. Kissinger, (1030 Penn Street), Reading, PA, USA, 1894, 64pp. (175mm x 120mm)
Hard bound in blue with the title The Stamp Collector’s Handbook in gold letters across thefront.
➢
Inscribed in blue/black ink:- To my friend H. B. Mason. Albert E. Gorham 5 Oct 1914.
➢
A second copy is held, similar to the above but bound in brown with silver lettering.
➢
A third copy is held assembled with a soft white cloth cover but unbound.
➢
An advert in The Michigan Philatelist (August 1895, Volume 1, Issue 9, p.15) offers
the book for 25c in paper binding and 50c in cloth.
➢
Dedicated to J. Walter Scott and the Philatelic Sons of America.
EISENHART, Willy
The World of Donald Evans.
Another Harlin Quist Book, Bert Bakker, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1980, 174pp. (280mm x
220mm) Perfect bound.
EISENHART, Willy
The World of Donald Evans.
Abbeville Press, New York, NY, USA, 2nd edition, 1994, 175pp. (280mm x 215mm) Perfectbound.
EITNER, Klaus
Classic Peru: The Klaus Eitner Collection.
Corinphila auctions, 11th June 2009, Zurich, Switzerland, 256 lots. (265mm x 200mm) Hardbound in black paper, lettered in gold across the front and down the spine. Includes a dust
cover.
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ELLIS, Kenneth
The Post Office in the Eighteenth Century: A Study in Administrative History.
Oxford University Press, London, UK, 1958 (Reprinted 1969), xvi+176pp. (215mm x140mm) Hard bound in green cloth, lettered in gold across the spine.
➢
The title page carries the rubber stamp of Neville’s Cross College, County Durham,
UK.
➢The free endpaper, which presumably carried the library loan details, has been
removed neatly.
ERSKINE, G. B.
Approaches to Philately.
Blandford Press, London, UK, 1950, 212pp. & 7 plates. (215mm x 140mm). Hard bound inorange with lettering in black down the spine. Dust cover damaged at the bottom. 12/6 (£0.63)➢
The book consists of twenty-six articles by noted British (and one or two American)
philatelists.
➢
A brief biography of each contributor is included in the Introduction.
➢
An index to the contributors follows:
BiographicalContributor
Pages
notes
Title
Armstrong, Douglas B.
12
The art of the postage stamp.
133-138
Bishop, Percy C.
9Fashion in philately.
57-62
Chapman, Kenneth F.
14
Planning a society exhibition.
192-198
Cheavin, W. Harold S.
11
Philately and scientific methods.
108-117
Cooper, Jal
14
Stamp collecting analysed.
199-208
Crane, A. O.
8Common-sense philately.
36-42
Craven, William Hadfield
9
Stamp auctions.
63-70
Durand, Capt. Phillipe
12
Thematic collecting.
139-145
Edgar, Capt. W. H. Adgey
14
The lure of stamp collecting.
184-191
Gisburn, Harold G.
10Philately and the merchant air service: The
84-91
romance of Imperial Airways.
Gould, Agnes E.
11
Commemoratives are interesting.
118-125
Graveson, Samuel
12
The fascination of old letters.
146-151
Grumbridge, Dr. Jack L.
9The specialist.
49-56.
Harmer, H. R.
(Not N. R. Harmer as shown)
13
Fakes & Forgeries.
169-177
Hill, Col. H. W.
8
The financial aspect of penny post.
17-25
Hopkins, Maj. Adrian E.
1367Collectors in conference.
Melville, Fred. J.
A simplified collection.
Michael, A. Eugene
Collecting self-addressed covers: A one-year
venture that took four.
Phillips, Frederick Stanley
Information service.
Pierce, Arthur
Stamp collecting in literature: Was Sherlock
Holmes a stamp collector?
Sidebottom, John K.
Postal history. What is it?
Todd, T.
The first stamps.
Vallancey, F. HughFifty years of philately.
Ward, Dr. Gordon
Penny Black centenary.
Way, W. Dennis
Bogus stamps from Phantom lands.
Williams, Leon Norman & Maurice
Rare stamps are romantic.

162-168
943-48
11126-13210
78-83.
1071-77
13
178-18312
152-161209-21214 & 209212
8

26-35
11
99-107
10
92-98

EVANS, Joan
The Endless Web: John Dickinson & Co. Ltd.
Jonathan Cape, London, UK, 1955, xvi+274pp. & 49 plates. (260mm x 165mm) Hard boundin red cloth, lettered in gold across the spine. Includes a blue dust jacket. Price 32/6 (£1.63)
EXHIBITION
See London Philatelic Exhibition.

FFFF
F. BICKERS & COMPANY
Stamp Collecting and Exchange.
2nd Edition, F. Bickers & Company, Ipswich, UK, 1885, 15pp. plus a facsimile of the
Mulready envelope. (180mm x 120mm) Pamphlet with a pale blue paper wrapper.
➢
The rear cover contains an advertisement for The British Exchange Association.
➢
My copy was superbly bound in antique brown leather, lettered and tooled in gold, by
Corneille Soeteman and was purchased as lot 276 from Part III of his library.
Soeteman purchased it for 1,500BEF in April 1984 and had it bound in 1986 for
3,105BEF.
FABERGE, Oleg A.
Imperial Russia Zemstvo Post.
Philatelic Federation of Finland, Helsinki, Finland, 1993, 431pp. (296mm x 210mm) Includes
a map in a pocket attached to the back cover. Hard bound in blue, lettered in gold across thefront and spine.
➢
Copy number 96 out of an edition of 600.
FAKES FORGERIES EXPERTS
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This is published annually and is therefore considered to be a periodical, As such, it will befound in the Periodicals section of this work.
FARRUGIA, Jean
The Life and Work of Sir Rowland Hill 1795-1879.
National Postal Museum, London, UK, 1979, 21pp. (210mm x 146mm) Pamphlet with card
cover.
FELDMAN, David
See David Feldman SA.
FELIX, Ervin J.
The Stamp Collector’s Guidebook of Worldwide Watermarks and Perforations.
Whitman Publishing Co., Racine, WI, USA, 1966, 256pp. (190mm x 125mm) Hard bound in
multi-coloured paper with black and white lettering across the front and down the spine.
FERRARY, Philipp la Renotiérè von
Die Ferrary-Auktionen: Paris 1921-25, Zürich 1929.
Joachim Erhardt, Stuttgart, Germany, 1987, Paginated in sections. (240mm x 160mm) Hardbound in Navy blue, lettered in gold on the front and spine.
➢
This is a complete collection of the auction catalogues reproduced in facsimile,
together with the prices realised and the G. S. F. Napier index to the lots.
➢
It includes a Foreword by Prof. Carlrichard Brühl.
➢
Ex-libris Franceska Rapkin, with a dedication to her and Leon from ?
FIGUEROA, Don Mariano Pardo deSee Dr. Thebussem.
FIMMERSTAD, Lars
The Treskilling Yellow: The Most Valuable Thing in the World.
Argumentor, Sweden, 2004, 186pp. (270mm x 245mm) Hard bound in navy blue with asimulated leather grain, lettered in gold across the front and down the spine. It includes a gold
tape place marker.
FIRBY, Charles G.
Gems of Canadian Philately.
Charles G. Firby Publications, Waterford, MI, USA, 1996, 256+1pp. (230mm x 155mm)
Hard bound in red with a matching slipcase, lettered in gold.
➢
The final unnumbered page and the inside back cover was the Postscript, an accountof the creation of the book and those involved.
FIRTH, Oliver
Postage Stamps and Their Collection: A Practical Guide to Philately for all Collectors.
L. Upcott Gill, London, 1897, 6+188+16+xxxivpp. [Page numbers xxxii and xxxiii are
duplicated.] (180mm x 125mm) Hard bound in dark red cloth and paper, to simulate halfleather binding, with gold tooling. Published price 3/6 (17½p).
➢
A complete copy of the original advertising prospectus and order form (4pp.) is
enclosed in the book.
➢
Includes book labels on the inside front and rear covers inscribed D. M. Cowie,
Sittingbourne.
➢
Both the front (i-ix) and rear (x-xxxiv) pages of the book are filled with (mainly)
philatelic advertisements. The 16 leaves following the first page xxxiii consists of the69

➢complete catalogue of Upcott Gill’s publications and the following non-philatelicadvertisements:E. & F. N. Spon
Non-Philatelic Publications
Rowlands Articles
Hair, Complexion and Tooth Products
Spratts Patent Ltd.
Dog Food
An index to advertisers is included on the first pair of pages numbered xxxii andxxxiii. Although this index is adequate, it does not include the full names or initials of
the advertisers and accordingly, I have compiled my own index. My notes on theentries are given in square brackets. Entries for foreign advertisers include theirlocation.
Advertiser

LocationPages

A
A. Churchill Emerson
A. E. Witherick
A. Mcauslan & Co.
Alfred Smith & Son
Arthur F. Davis
Arthur Monteith & Co.

vii
xxvii
xxviii
xxi
xxv
xxv
B

B. W. Warhurst
Baldwin & Co.
Bluett & Co.
Bogert & Durbin
Brandon & Co.
Bright & Sons
Buhl & Company Ltd.
Butler Bros.

xxxii
xxv
iv
xxxi
xxvi
v
xviii
Facing page 85

NY & PA, USA

CCharles A. ColeCharles Manby
Charles Mortimer Jr.
Collector
Staffs,Collins Bros.

45 Florence Street, Newcastle,
UK

xxxii
xxviii
iii
xxv
xxviiiD
D. Ostara

xix
E

Edward Cooper & Co.
Edwin Healey & Co.
Ernest Barrett
Errington & Martin

vii
xvi
xxxii
xxiv
F

F. Edwards KingF. J. Durrant
Field Williams & Co.
Frank Brown
Frederick R. Ginn

xxvi
xxvi
viii
xxxii
i, ii
G

G. H. HoweG. Hamilton-Smith & Co.
Geo. C. Ginn
George Callf & Co.
George H. Coleby
BelgiumGeorge Mackey

Nice,France&Ostende,xxiv
Facing page 84
xxii
xxi
xxx
xxvii

H
H. A. Kennedy & Co.
H. H. Ashworth & Co.
H. L’Estrange Ewen
H. R. Shiels
H. Tebbitt

Neuilly-Sur-Seine, France

70

xxxiv
xxiv
xii, xiii, xiv
xxii
xxvi

Harry Croxton & Co.
Henry Bagshawe

xxviii
xxvii
JJ. G. Cuthbertson
J. H. Telfer
J. R. Morris & Co.
J. W. Palmer
James Bennett
John Boulton & Co.
John L. Ford

xxvi
xxiv
xxvii
xxvi
xxvi
xxviiixix
K

Kingston Stamp Co.

xxvii
L

L. M. T. Baillon
Lindum Stamp Co.
Lionel Dickinson

xxviii
xxxii
xxvii
M

M. Lindnermaker
M. P. Aloysius Collins
M. W. Hadlow
Margoschis Bros.

Non-philatelic - rubber stamp

xxiii
xxviii
xvii
xxxiiiN
Northern Stamp Co.

xxiii
P

P. Loines Pemberton
Philatelic Club & Exchange
Philatelic Monthly & World
Phoenix Stamp Co.
Puttick & Simpson

v
xxxi
xxxi
xxxii
xx
R

R. P. Aloysius Collins
R. T. Morgan & Co.

xxviiixxv
S

Smyth & Co.
Somerset Stamp Co.

xxvii
xxvii

T
The Bazaar
The Philatelic Record & Stamp NewsThe Philatelic TimesThos. Ridpath & Co.
Titley Fisher & Co.
W
W. Cooke & Co.
Walter Scott
Westminster Stamp & Coin Co.
Whitfield King & Co.
Winch Bros.
[Includes the famous Sea of Stamps
photograph.]xxv, xxix, xxxii
xviii
xxvii
ix
xxvi
xxviii
xxviii
ix
xv
vi[FISKE, Willard]
All about Postal Matters in Egypt.
Harry Hayes Philatelic Pamphlet No. 8, Harry Hayes, Batley, UK, 1977, 24pp. (215mm x
155mm) Pamphlet.
➢
This is a reprint of the very rare pamphlet published by the Landi Press, Florence,
Italy, 1898.
➢
It contains a foreword by John Alden, who borrowed from Brown University
Library the only recorded copy of the pamphlet in America, for reproduction.
➢
Soft bound in royal blue buckram by the present owner.

71

FITTE, Miss
Pseudonym used by Fred. J. Melville.
FITTE, Miss
The World’s Stamp Errors: Part I. The British Empire.
Postage Stamp Handbooks No. 10, W. H. Peckitt, London, UK, 59+vpp. (165mm x 100mm)
Yellow card cover, lettered in black and red on the front. Price 6d (£0.02½)➢
Pages iii-iv contain adverts for the Melville Stamp Books and the Postage Stamp
Handbooks, respectively.
➢
Page v contains an advert for the periodical The Postage Stamp, edited by Fred. J.
Melville.
➢
The outside back cover contain an advertisement for the new issue service of W. H.
Peckitt.
➢
Soft bound in royal blue buckram by the present owner.
FITTE, Miss
The World’s Stamp Errors: Part II. Foreign Countries.
Postage Stamp Handbooks No. 11, W. H. Peckitt, London, UK, 76+ivpp. (165mm x 100mm)
Yellow card cover, lettered in black and red on the front. Price 6d (£0.02½)➢
Pages iii-iv contain adverts for the Postage Stamp Handbooks and the Melville Stamp
Books, respectively.
➢
The outside back cover contain an advertisement for the new issue service of W. H.
Peckitt.
➢
Carries the bookplate of Stephen Holder.
➢
Soft bound in royal blue buckram by the present owner.
FOLEY, Joseph E.
The ‘Taylor-Made’ Fenian Essays.
American Philatelic Society (for the Eire Philatelic Association), State College, PA., USA,1971, 24pp. (255mm x 175mm) Pamphlet with stapled card cover.{Reprinted from The
American Philatelist.}➢
Soft bound in royal blue buckram by the present owner.
FORBIN, A.
Catalogue de Timbres-Fiscaux., Yvert & Tellier, Amiens, France, 1915, [vii]+797+[ii]pp.
Modern reprint with two original pages side by side on each new page., no details of the
publisher. (220mm x 185mm) Hard bound in black buckram, lettered in gold down the spine.
➢
Most of the pages indicated by Roman numerals contain advertisements for the
publisher or Forbin.
FORRESTER, Robert
See Anders Backman.
FOURNIER, François
Fournier’s 1914 Price-List of Philatelic Forgeries. (“Facsimiles of Obsolete Postage
Stamps”).
4th reprint edition, H. Garratt-Adams, Hereford, UK, 1958, xi+64pp. (215mm x 138mm)
Pamphlet with a grey flecked card cover, lettered in black.
➢
It includes an introduction by Lowell Ragatz.
➢Soft bound in royal blue buckram by the present owner.
➢
This Price List is also included in Lowell Ragatz: The Fournier Album of Philatelic
Forgeries., q.v.
72

FOXELL, J. T. & SPAFFORD, A. O.
Monarchs of All they Surveyed: The Story of the Post Office Surveyors.
Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, London, UK, 1952, 55pp. + 7 plates. (245mm x 150mm)
Saddle-stapled pamphlet. Price 2/6 (£0.13)
FRYD, Emil M.
Hints to Stamp Collectors.
Emil M. Fryd, Manchester, UK, 1886, 12pp. (210mm x 140mm) Pamphlet with a salmon
paper cover.
➢
The pamphlet contains a few articles for stamp collectors as follows:Author
Title
Page
English postage stamps
8
Fryd, E. M.
Preface5
Fryd, Emil M.
Hints on stamp collecting
5
Herdman, Edward F.
The choice of an album
7
Mulready*
A word to collectors
6
Ranch, Mary L. B.
The little stamp collector (Poem)
7*Mulready has now been identified as J. H. Lacy.
➢
The front cover, the back cover and many of the pages contain advertisements, which
are indexed below:Advertiser

Location

Pages

Southampton, UK

10

Manchester, UK

1, 2, 3, 4

A
Albert Dykes Jr.
B
British Philatelic Company, The
C
Chas. F. Walker

Bowdon, UK

4

Manchester, UK
Nottingham, UK

98

Leeds, UK10

London, UK
London, UK
Manchester, UK

10
12
8

London, UK(Percy C. Bishop),44London, UK

4

London, UK
Salisbury, UK

10
11

E
E. M. Fryd
Ed. Roberts
F
Fred Denton
J
J. Blythe
J. H. Lacy & Co.
James FrydP
Percy C. Bishop
Philatelic Exchange List
UKT
T. H. Hinton
W
W. Lincoln
William Brown

FRYER, Gavin & AKERMAN, Clive
The Reform of the Post Office in the Victorian Era and its Impact on Economic and Social
Activity.
2 Volumes, Royal Philatelic Society London, UK, 2000, lviii+1304pp. (295mm x 210mm)
Hard bound in red cloth, lettered in gold down the spine. Includes the dust jackets.
➢
Copy 385 of a limited edition of 650.
➢
The first volume includes a copy of the prospectus (16pp.)➢
These volumes contain a transcript of Sir Rowland Hill’s diaries, which he called My
Post Office Journal. At least some of these diaries have been published previously.
73See under Sir Rowland Hill for the full details.
Dates Covered
References
1839 – March 1847
The Philatelist (and Postal Historian), December
1950, Volume 17, Issue 3 to March 1954, Volume
20, Issue 6.
April – December 1847
Rowland Hill: My Post Office Journal., Regent
Stamp Company, London, UK, 1954. (Issued as asupplement to The Philatelist and Postal Historian,
October 1954, Volume 21, Issue 1.)
The Philatelic Journal of Great Britain, 1970s.
FRYER, Gavin & WHITESIDE, John
the Silver Yardstick: 1840-1871.
Royal Philatelic Society London, UK, 2003, iv+60pp. (272mm x 195mm) Issued in the sameformat as The London Philatelist.
➢
Issued as a supplement to The London Philatelist of December 2003 (Volume 112).
➢
Soft bound in blue cloth by the present owner.

GGGG
G.L.
The “G.L.” Collection of Classic Great Britain.
Sale 4309, Harmers, 10th June 1981, London, UK, 250 lots. (240mm x 175mm) Hard boundin dark blue imitation leather, lettered in gold on the front.
GADE, F. W.
The Postal History of Lundy.
Second edition? No publication details are given on the booklet. Thought to have been
published by F. W. Gade on Lundy in about 1955(215mm x 140mm) Pamphlet.
GAETANO VULLO“Gaetano Vullo” The Baloon Posts of Paris 1870-71.
Harmers, 11th December 2007, London, UK, 145 lots. (295mm x 210mm) Saddle stapled.
GAMMONS, Tony
The Early Days of the Postal Service.
National Postal Museum, [London, UK], n.d. [ca. 1986], 16pp. (210mm x 150mm) Saddlestapled pamphlet. Price £1.
➢
Reprinted from the British Philatelic Bulletin.
➢
Signed by John O. Griffiths.
GARDNER, W.
The Post-War Stamps of Germany.
Philatelic Institute Papers No. 18, Fred. J. Melville (Editor), Philatelic Institute, London, UK,n.d., 32pp. (185mm x 125mm) Pamphlet with grey card cover.
➢An advert for the first eighteen Philatelic Institute Papers occupies the inside front
cover and one for the first twenty-three Melville Stamp Books, the inside rear cover.
➢Bound together with the other Philatelic Institute Papers – see Fred. J. Melville.
GELDER, Peter J. van
H. Edgar Weston’s A British “Georgian” Stamp Banned by The Postmaster General.
Postal Stationery Society, UK, 2003, 20pp.(210mm x 150mm) Saddle stapled with a yellow
74paper cover. Price £1.30 (members) £1.70 (non-members).
➢
This is a new edition of H. Edgar Weston: A British ‘Georgian’ Stamp Banned by
The Postmaster General!, British Guiana Philatelic Society, Georgetown, British
Guiana, 1920.
GELDER, Peter J. vanVictor Marsh’s Great Britain: Abnormal Embossed Postage Stamps of King Edward VII &King George V.
Postal Stationery Society, UK, 1998, 32pp.(210mm x 150mm) Saddle stapled with an orange
paper cover. Price £1.70 (members) £2.00 (non-members).
➢
This is a new edition of Victor Marsh: Great Britain: Abnormal Embossed Postage
Stamps of King Edward VII & King George V., Publication details not known, 1923.
GENTLEMAN, David
Artwork.
Ebury Press, London, UK, 2002, 191+ipp. (235mm x 280mm) Hardbound in grey paper,
lettered down the spine in black. Includes a dust jacket. Price £30.
GIORDANO, Osvaldo MarioEl Correo Argentino en Malvinas.
Correo Argentino, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2007, 72pp. (243mm x 170mm) Perfect bound ina multicoloured card cover.
GLADSTONE, Ernest S.
Great Britain’s First Postage Stamp.
Douglas and Walls, Liverpool, UK, 1924, 25+viipp and 13 plates. (235mm x 180mm) Hardbound in green cloth, lettered in gold across the front cover and up the spine.
➢
Pages i-vii are headed Record of Unchronicled Varieties.
GODDEN, FrankPhilatelic Gems.
Frank Godden, London, UK, 16pp. (185mm x 125mm) Saddle stapled with a grey/blue card
cover.
➢
It includes Fred. J. Melville: The Empire in stamps: A pageant of philatelic gems of
the British Dominions., reprinted from The Postage Stamp.
GOODWYN, Charles W.
Royal Reform. Postal Reform 1837-1841 as Reflected in The Royal Philatelic Collection.
Stuart Rossiter Trust Fund, Bristol, UK, 1999, 112pp. (297mm x 211mm) Perfect bound withmulti-coloured card cover.
The Queen’s Stamps.
No publisher indicated (Published to accompany a travelling exhibition of the Queen’s
Philatelic Collection as part of her Golden Jubilee celebrations.), Cambridge, UK, 1982, 40pp.
(297mm x 186mm) Perfect bound with multi-coloured card cover.
GRANZOW, Gary W.
Engraving the Rosettes on the U.S. 3¢ 1851 Stamp.
The Chronicle of the U.S. Classic Postal Issues, August 2008, Volume 60, Issue 3, pp.198210.
GRANZOW, Gary W.
75

Jacob Perkins in America.
Handout to accompany his presentation to the Royal Philatelic Society London, 3rd October
2013, 12pp.
GRAVES, Robert
Antigua Penny Puce.
Penguin Books, West Drayton, UK, 1947, 314+vi pp. (180mm x 110mm) Soft bound.
➢
There is a short biography and photograph of the author on the outside rear cover.
➢
The final six pages carry advertisements for the publisher’s books.
➢
Discarded from the library of the Nederlandse Bond van Filatelie, Baarn,
Netherlands
GRAVESON, Samuel (Editor)
Penny Postage Centenary.
Postal History Society, London, UK, 1940, 144pp. (248mm x 185mm) Hard bound in brown
cloth, lettered in black across the front and up the spine. Includes the dust jacket. Price 10/6d.
GRAY, Arthur W.
The Arthur W. Gray Large Gold Medal Collection of Australia Kangaroo and Map Series
Postage Stamps.
Shreves Philatelic Galleries, 22nd to 23rd February 2007, New York, NY, USA, 849 lots.
(280mm x 215mm) Hard bound with a brown imitation leather cover with a picture of a £1
Kangaroo and Map stamp stuck on the front. Lettered in gold across the front and down thespine. Price $70, A$100, £40.
➢
Includes the prices realised.
➢A preview brochure was available covering the sales of Arthur W. Gray, Richard
Maisell and Neal M. Allen. 12pp. (230mm x 305mm) Saddle stapled with a blue andgold card cover.
➢This was only a part of his collection and he was still able to mount a display
including this issue to the Royal Philatelic Society London in 2012.
GRAY, Arthur W.
Catalogue of a display given to the Royal Philatelic Society London.
12th April 2012, Arthur W. Gray, Australia, 80pp.
26th April 2012, Arthur W. Gray, Australia, 76pp.
➢
Handouts given to attendees.
➢
His collection was mounted by Geoffrey Kellow.
GREG MANNING AUCTIONSAn auction house of New York, NY, USA. For details of named sales see under the name or
pseudonym of the seller:
GREG MANNING AUCTIONSNew York Stock Exchange Invert & International Rarities Auction.
Greg Manning Auctions, 16th June 2002, New York, NY, USA, 252 lots. (280mm x 215mm)
Hard bound in green cloth with gold lettering across the front and down the spine. Includes
the dust jacket.
GREGORY, Fred F.
Hawaiian Missionaries and the Grinell Controversy.
Collectors Club Seminar Series, Collectors Club, New York, NY, USA, 2006, CD.
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GRIFFITHS, Alan
1929 Postal Union Congress.
Special Stamp History Two, National Postal Museum, London, UK, 1998, 48pp. (210mm x
150mm) Pamphlet.
GRIFFITHS, Alan
1936 Proposed Edward VIII Coronation Issue.
Special Stamp History Three B, National Postal Museum, London, UK, 1998, 36pp. (210mm
x 150mm) Pamphlet.
GRIMWOOD-TAYLOR, JamesThe Post in Scotland.
Stamp Publicity Board/Royal Mail Stamps/Scottish Post Office Board, UK, 1990, 96pp.
(260mm x 230mm) Perfect bound.
➢
Co-ordinating Editor John Sussex.
GRINNELL, George H.
See under the Mystic Stamp Company.
GROENEWALD, Joh
See Harry Birkhead & Joh Groenewald.
GROSS, William H.
The William H. Gross Collection: Great Britain Line Engraved Issues 1840-1841.
Volume 1, Shreves Philatelic Galleries, 11th June 2007, New York, NY, USA, 77 lots.
(280mm x 215mm) Hard bound.
➢
Includes the prices realised.
GROSS, William H.
The William H. Gross Collection: Great Britain Important Postage Stamps 1847-1929.
Volume 2, Shreves Philatelic Galleries, 11th June 2007, New York, NY, USA, 226 lots.
(280mm x 215mm) Hard bound.
➢
Includes the prices realised.
GROSS, William H.
The William H. Gross Collection: United States Classics 1847-1869.
William H. Gross & the Collectors Club, New York, NY, USA, 2008, n.pp. [136pp.] (300mm
x 255mm) Hardbound in brown leatherette with gold lettering across the front and up thespine. Includes a dust jacket.
GROSSMAN, Samuel
Stamp Collector’s Handbook.
Longacre Publishing Company, New York, NY, 1957, 192pp. (215mm x 135mm) Perfectbound with multi-coloured card cover.
GROSVENOR PHILATELIC AUCTIONS Ltd.
An auction house of London, UK. For details of named sales see under the name or
pseudonym of the seller:
John Rose
GROSVENOR PHILATELIC AUCTIONS Ltd.
The Apollonia Collection of the Bermuda King George VI Large Key Type Issues.
77

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Grosvenor Philatelic Auctions, 10th March 2005, London, UK, 756 lots. (295mm x
210mm) Perfect bound.

GROSVENOR PHILATELIC AUCTIONS Ltd.
Auction of Great Britain & All World Postage Stamps & Postal History.
Grosvenor Philatelic Auctions, 19th-20th November 2003, London, UK, lots 1882-1896.
(295mm x 210mm) Soft bound in blue rexine by the present owner.
➢
Only the lots and photographs relating to the reconstructed 1d black and 2d blue plates
are held.
GROSVENOR PHILATELIC AUCTIONS Ltd.
The ‘Aurelius’ Collection, Part 2.
Grosvenor Philatelic Auctions, 8th October 2009, London, UK, 348 lots. (295mm x 210mm)
Perfect bound.
GUERRA S., Dr. Jose Gilberto
See under Fernando Baez Guerrero.
GUERRERO, Fernando Baez
Republica Dominicana: Stamps and Postal History Collections Created by Kelvin Angulo;
Dr. Jose Gilberto Guerra S.; Fernando Baez Guerrero and two Private Collectors.
H. R. Harmer, 31st May 2006, Washington, DC, USA, 168 lots. (270mm x 210mm) Perfectbound.
➢
Only the Baez collection is complete and sold as a single lot, the others named
included parts of their collections only.
➢
A portrait of Baez and his family, with a short biography, is included on page 8.
GUIDO CRAVERI HARMERS AUCTIONSFormerly Harmers Auctions of Lugano, Italy, q.v. For details of named sales see under thename or pseudonym of the seller:
Hassan Shaida
GUPTA, Prof. V. K.
Conservation, Restoration and Philatelic Chemistry.
Bhagwan Das Gupta, Delhi, India, n.d. [1998], 208pp. (238mm x 180mm) Hard bound inmaroon cloth with gold lettering on the front and down the spine. Includes a dust jacket. Price£30.
➢
A leather bound edition was also available at £60.

HHHH
HARMAN, C. G.
Perkins, Bacon the Company and its Work.
Handout to accompany a 1.00pm display to the Royal Philatelic Society London, 31st May
2007, 32pp. (297mm x 210mm) Individual pages stapled together through the top left corner.
H. R. HARMER Inc.
An auction house of New York, NY, USA. For details of named sales see under the name or
pseudonym of the seller:
Fernando Baez Guerrero
HAAS, Theodor
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Lehrbuch der Briefmarkenkunde.
Gebrüder Senf, Leipzig, Germany, n.d. [1905], xii+577pp & 1p. of corrections. (200mm x
125mm) Modern binding.
➢Originally published as a supplement to the Illustriertes Briefmarken-Journal from
1903-1905.
HADLOW, William
Useful Hints for Stamp Collectors.
2nd edition, Stamp Collectors’ Handbook No. 7., F. Hugh Vallancey, Sidcup, U.K., 1948,
24pp. (185mm x 120mm) Pamphlet with light blue marbled covers. Price 2/6 (£0.13).
➢
Inside front and back covers and page twenty four contain Vallancey’s
advertisements.
➢
Soft bound in royal blue buckram by the present owner.
HAHN, Andreas
Der Erfindung der Briefmarke. [The invention of stamps.]
Museumsstiftung Post und Telekommunikation, Bonn, Germany, 2008, 125pp. (275mm x
210mm) Hard bound with an illustrated cover.
➢The last two unnumbered pages contain an advertisement for Heinrich Köhler.
HAHN, Calvet M.
See under the Mystic Stamp Company.
HALDANE, A. R. B.
Three Centuries of Scotish Posts: An Historical Survey to 1836.
Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, 1971, xv+336pp., 22 plates & maps ina folder on the inside back cover. (245mm x 150mm) Hard bound in green cloth, lettered ingold across the spine. Includes the dust jacket.
HALL, Andrew
See under J. Barefoot.
HALL, Ron & BROWN, Stanley
The Scottish Replica Penfold Pillar Boxes.
[Stanley Hall?], Perth, UK, 2003, 20pp. (210mm x 147mm) Pamphlet with red card cover.
➢
Includes a letter to me from Stanley Brown dated 8th November 2003, noting two
revisions to the booklet.
➢
Soft bound in royal blue buckram by the present owner.
HALLE, Herman L.
See Leonard L. Laylon; Ben Beede; Rudi Anders; Fred Baumann; Les Winick; Chris
Deterding; George Kuhn; Geoff Jamieson, & Herman L. Halle.
HALSTEAD, L. Beverly
See Stuart A. Baldwin & L. Beverly L. Halstead.
HARDY, B. C.
Stamps Worth Finding.
Sidney Appleton, London, UK, 1904, iv+67pp. & 4 plates. (165mm x 100mm) Hard bound ingreen paper with an illustrated front. Price 1/- (£0.05).
➢
The rear cover contains advertisements for other publications by Sidney Appleton.
➢
A contemporary bookmark from the publisher is included, advertising nine of his
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publications including this one.
Carries the bookplate of Stephen Holder.

HARDY, W. J. & BACON, E. D.
The Stamp Collector.
Collector Series, George Redway, London, 1898, 300+4pp. & 12 plates. (205mm x 130mm)
Hard bound in olive cloth with gold lettering across both the front and spine.
➢
Carried the bookplate of the Tunbridge Wells Philatelic Society.
➢An earlier bookplate of R. B. Yardley lay under that of the Tunbridge Wells philatelicSociety.
➢
Both bookplates have now been removed.
HARDY, W. J. & BACON, E. D.
The Stamp Collector.
2nd. Edition, Collector Series, George Redway, London, 1898, 300+4pp. & 12 plates.
(205mm x 130mm) Hard bound in olive cloth with gold lettering across both the front andspine.
➢
An advert in E. J. NANKIVELL: Stamp Collecting as a Pastime., Stanley Gibbons,
London, U.K., 1902, notes that the publisher failed and that Stanley Gibbons
purchased the balance of the edition (about 1200 copies) and sold them at the reduced
price of 4/6 (23p) each.
➢
The final four pages of the book contain advertisements for non-philatelic books.
➢
The inside front cover contains the sticker of G. G. Walmsley, Bookseller, 50 Lord
Street, Liverpool.
{Chapter eleven, pages 238-264 of this book were reprinted as: Famous Stamp Collections at
the Turn of the Century., Raymond H. Weill, New Orleans, LA, USA, 1964. (205mm x
130mm) Hard bound in blue leather. Lettered in gold across the front.
➢
Other coloured bindings are known.
➢
The reprint retained the original pagination and had an additional frontispiece showing
Philipp La Rénotière von Ferrary.
➢
The lettering on the title page is “Famous Collections” being Chapter XI from The
Stamp Collector by W. J. Hardy and E. D. Bacon Published in London 1898.}➢

The book includes a chapter Famous Collections, covering pages 238 to 264 which
provides details of some of the most important early collectors and their collections.
Most of those included were British collectors who would have been personallyknown to the authors. The information given is relatively brief but is generally inproportion to their importance. An index of all of the collectors named in the Chapter,
excluding those mentioned in passing, is provided below.
A
Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg & Gotha
Avery, W. B.
Ayer, F. W.
B
Brown, Mount
Burnett, Maitland
C
Caillebotte, Georges
Caillebotte, Martial
Castle, M. P.
Cooper, Sir DanielE
Ehrenbach, R.
Evans, Maj. E. B.
F

262
261
256
242
246

(1821-

)

247
247
260
239
261
259

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Ferrary, Philipp La Rénotière von

Frontispiece, 258
G

George, Duke of York

262
H

Harrison, Gilbert
Hughes-Hughes, William(-1894)

249
241

I
Image, W. E.

245
K

Kingston, Earl of(-1897)

250

L
Legrand, Dr. J. A.

257
P

Pemberton, E. L.
Philbrick, Judge F. A.

(-1878)

243
239

R
Rothschild, Baron Alphonse de

245
S

Stainforth, Rev. F. J.

(-1866)

238((-1891)-1897)

251
250

T
Tapling, T. K.
Tiffany, J. K.
V
Viner, Dr. C. W.

242
W

Westoby, W. A. S.

244
YYsasi, Victoriano G. de(-1881)

246

HARLOW, Alvin F.
Paper Chase: The Amenities of Stamp Collecting.
Henry Holt, New York, NY, USA, 1940, ix+453pp. & 47 plates. (210mm x 140mm) Hardbound in blue cloth with gold lettering across the front and spine. Includes the dust cover.
Price $2.75.
HARMERSAn auction house of London, UK which often styled itself Harmers of London. For detailsof named sales see under the name or pseudonym of the seller:
G. L.
Gaetano Vullo
SirronSee also Guido Craveri Harmers Auctions and Harmers Auctions.
HARMERS AUCTIONSAn auction house of Lugano, Switzerland. It changed its name to Guido Craveri Harmers
Auctions, q.v. For details of named sales see under the name or pseudonym of the seller:
HARMERS AUCTIONS
The 2nd May Cover.
Harmers Auctions, 23rd March 1991, Lugano, Switzerland, 1 lot. (270mm x 185mm) Hardbound in simulated dark blue leather, lettered across the front in gold.
➢
The price realised is noted in pen inside.
HARRISON & SONSThe House of Harrison.
Harrison & Sons, London, UK, 1914, viii+118+ipp. & 24 plates. (255mm x 190mm) Hardbound in brown cloth. Lettered in gold on the front and up the spine. Price 5/- (£0.25)
81➢Printed on hand made paper with uncut edges.

HARMERS AUCTIONSPhotogravure.
Harrison & Sons, High Wycombe, UK, n.d. [ca. 1959], 16pp. (298mm x 216mm) Soft boundwith a blue cover.
HEGINBOTTOM, J. E.
Our Young Philatelists and their Prospects.
J. E. Heginbottom, Rochdale, UK, 1904, 12pp. (185mm x 125mm) Pamphlet with a light blue
card cover.
➢A paper read before the Herts, Manchester, Junior London, Leeds and Sheffield
Philatelic Societies.
➢
Soft bound in royal blue buckram by the present owner.
HEIMBÜCHLER, Fritz
See under Moldau.
HERST Jr., Herman
The Best of Herst’s Outbursts.
Venture Press, Fort Lauderdale, FL, 1993, 136pp. (230mm x 150mm) Soft bound.
➢
Dedicated by hand to Ernest A. Kerr.
HERST Jr., Herman
The Compleat Philatelist.
Washington Press, Florham Park, NJ, USA, 1979, ii+114+vi+iipp. (200mm x 135mm) Softbound.
➢The title page and its reverse are unnumbered as are the final four sides, although only
two of them are printed with adverts (of the Washington Press) and are therefore
included in the page count.
➢
Includes a personalised woven bookmark from Herman Herst, bearing a
representation of a Confederate 10c blue stamp.
➢
Inscribed to Brian Birch by the Author.
HERST Jr., Herman
Dirty Pool.
Herman Herst Jr., USA, n.d. [ca.1983], 26pp.(215mm x 140mm) Saddle stapled. Price $3.95.
➢
The back page contains an advert for other books by Herman Herst.
➢
Soft bound in royal blue buckram.
HERST Jr., Herman
Forensic Philately.
Herman Herst Jr., USA, n.d., iv+133pp. (270mm x 215mm) Soft bound.
➢
Originally published in The Stamp News, 1890-1892.
➢
Includes an introductory chapter by L. N. Williams entitled The Legal Scene.
HERST Jr., Herman
Fun and Profit in Stamp Collecting.
Duell, Sloane & Pearce, New York, NY, USA, 1962, xiv+168pp. (210mm x 140mm)
Hardbound in light blue cloth with gold lettering down the spine. Includes the dust jacket.
Price $3.95.
➢
The dust jacket carries a photograph and biography of the author on the rear flap.
82➢Signed by the author.

HERST Jr., Herman
Revised Edition, Hawthorn Books, New York, NY, USA, 1975, 169+xiii pp. (200mm x
130mm) Soft bound.
➢
Signed by the author.
(Disposed of.)
HERST Jr., Herman
More Stories to Collect Stamps By.
Washington Press, Florham Park, NJ, USA, 1982, ii+ii+204pp. (205mm x 135mm) Softbound.
➢
Signed by the author.
HERST Jr., Herman
Nassau Street: A Quarter Century of Stamp Dealing.
5th printing, Friends of the Western Philatelic Library, Sunnyvale, CA., USA, 1977,
viii+304pp. (215mm x 135mm) Hard bound in blue cloth with gold lettering down the spine.
Includes the dust jacket.
➢
First published by Duell, Sloane & Pearce.
•
1st printing:- 10,000 copies - sold out in two months. (Four months in the 1984
version.)•2nd printing:- 10,000 copies - sold out in less than a year.
➢
After the death of C. A. P. Pearce, the firm was taken over by the Meredith Press.
•
3rd printing:- 5,000 copies.
•
4th printing:- 5,000 copies.
➢
The Meredith Press was taken over by Hawthorn Books and the copyright was
returned to Herst who allowed the Western Philatelic Library to produce anotherreprint which was given as a free gift to new members.
•
5th printing:- ca.10,000 copies.
1.

Reference
Herman Herst Jr.: Give the reader a break. Writers Unit No. 30 of the American
Philatelic Society News Bulletin, December 1977, Volume 10, Issue 4, p.4. & 1984,
Volume 17, Issue 1, pp.3-4.

HERST Jr., Herman
Please Tell Me Mr. Herst.
The Philatelic Reporter, Baltimore, MD, USA, 1980, ii+63pp. (215mm x 140mm) Soft bound.
➢
Autographed by the author.
➢
Soft bound in royal blue buckram.
HERST Jr., Herman
Still More Stories to Collect Stamps By.
Mekeel’s Weekly Stamp News, White Plains, NY, 1993, viii+200pp. (215mm x 140mm) Softbound.
➢
Autographed by the author.
HERST Jr., Herman
Stories to Collect Stamps By.
Philatelic Book Publishers, New York, NY, 1968, viii+281pp. (220mm x 145mm) Hardboundin light blue with gold lettering across the front and down the spine. Includes a dust jacket.
Price $5.
83➢Autographed by the author.

HERST Jr., Herman
Stories to Collect Stamps By.
2nd edition, Philatelic Book Publishers, Boca Raton, FL, 1977, vi+281pp. (215mm x 140mm)
Soft bound.
➢
Includes a photograph and brief biography of the author on the back cover.
➢
Autographed by the author.
➢
Donated to the Royal Philatelic Society London.
HERTSCH, Max
Famous Stamps of the World.
Orbis Pictus No. 23, Hallwag, Bern, Switzerland, 1968, 8pp. & 19 plates, each accompanied
by a page of description. (185mm x 120mm) Hard bound with a picture of a Canada 12 pencestamp on the front.
➢
Carries the label of Henry Southeran Ltd., Booksellers, 2, 3, 4 & 5 Sackville St.,
London, W1X 2DP on the inside front cover.
HESSLER, GeneThe Engraver’s Line: An Encyclopedia of Paper Money & Postage Stamp Art.
BNR Press, Port Clinton, OH, USA, 1993, x+437pp. (260mm x 178mm) Hard bound in green
cloth and lettered in silver across the front and down the spine. Includes the dust jacket.
➢
An eleven page supplement was included with my copy of the book when it waspurchased in 2005: A Supplement to The Engraver’s Line, Corrections & Additions byGene Hessler, Mark Tomasco & Kenneth Guy.
➢
A signed proof copy of an engraving: Barbara by John S. Wallace, was also included
in my copy.
HESSLER, Gene
The International Engraver’s Line: Paper Money and Postage Stamp Engravers and theirWork from the 1700s to the Euro.
Gene Hessler, Cincinnati, OH, USA, 2005, x+381pp. (260mm x 178mm) Hard bound with amulti-coloured paper cover.
➢A four page supplement was included with my copy of the book when it waspurchased in 2005: Additions and Corrections: The International Engraver’s Line byGene Hessler.
HEWLETT, M. R. & PICTON-PHILLIPS, D. B.
Pre-Victorian Stamps & Franks.
1st revised edition, Picton’s Philatelic Handbook No 2, Picton Publishing, Chippenham, UK,
1979, 43+ii pp. (210mm x 145mm) Perfect-bound pamphlet with white cover. Price £4.
➢
Page 43 and the two unnumbered pages carry advertisements for the publisher’s books
and print services.
➢
The first edition was published in 1971.
HEY, Colin G.
Rowland Hill; Victorian Genius and Benefactor.
Quiller Press, London, UK, 1989, xviii+192pp. & 16 plates. (235mm x 155mm) Hard boundin blue paper, lettered in gold down the spine.
➢
Includes a photocopy of two reviews.
HILCKES, KIRKPATRICK & COMPANY84

A Complete Priced Catalogue of the Postal and Telegraph Adhesives of Great Britain.
Hilckes, Kirkpatrick & Company, London, UK, 1894, viii+64+xvi pp. The catalogue isinterleaved with bank sheets. (210mm x 135mm) Half bound in maroon leather, lettered ingold across the front. Price 4/6 (£0.23) including postage.
➢
The name A. Watson is crossed out and replaced by the annotation that it was donatedto the Manchester Philatelic Society by the President.
➢
Carries the ownership stamp of the Manchester Philatelic Society and the Society’s
library acquisition record stamp.
The sixteen unnumbered pages at the back contain advertisements as follows:Advertiser

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Londonxv-xvi

SwanageLondonxi
i-x, xiv

Londonxii-xiii

C
City of London Philatelic ClubH
H. EwenHilckes, Kirkpatrick & Company
W
Walter Morley

HILL, C. W.
See John Hill.
HILL, George Birkbeck
See Sir Rowland Hill.
HILL, Col. H. W.
Rowland Hill and the Fight for Penny Post.
Frederick Warne, London, UK, 1940, vii+205pp + Portrait. Includes a small card bearing acorrection to page 80. (185mm x 125mm) Hard bound in red cloth. Lettered in black acrossthe front and spine. Includes a red paper dust jacket with a portrait of Rowland Hill on thefront.
➢
Also available with a red paper cover with a portrait of Rowland Hill on the front.
➢
Colonel H. W. Hill was the grandson of Sir Rowland Hill.
HILL, I. D.
The Chalmers Craze Re-Investigated.
The GB Journal, October 1974, Volume 12, Issue 5, pp.98-102.
➢
Published in response to the then recently-released book W. J. Smith & J. E.
Metcalf: James Chalmers: Inventor of the Adhesive Postage Stamp., Winter & Son,
Dundee, UK, 1970. Winter & Son was the successors to the business of James
Chalmers.
➢
D. Hill was a descendant of one of Sir Rowland Hill’s brothers.
HILL, John
A Penny Post: or, a Vindication of the Liberty and Birthright of every Englishman, in
Carrying Merchant’s & other Men’s Letters, Against any Restraint of Farmers of such
Employments.
[John Hill?], London, UK, 1659, 8pp. {Reprint from: World Stamp Digest, March 1939,
pp.27-34.}
I also have a facsimile reprint on yellow paper with no indication of the modern publisher.
➢
A short note on John Hill was publishes as: C. W. Hill: A Penny Post Pioneer., The
Philatelist, September 1951, Volume 17, Issue 12, pp.369-371.
➢
A response to this note was published by A. E. Trout: A Penny Post Pioneer., The
Philatelist, November 1951, Volume 18, Issue 2, p.33.
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HILL, Pearson
The Jubilee of the Uniform Penny Postage. A Paper Read Before the Balloon Society.,
Cassell, London, UK, 1890, 28pp. (216mm x 140mm) Pamphlet.
➢
Soft bound in black leather by the present owner.
HILL, Pearson
The Post Office of Fifty Years Ago.
Cassell, London, UK, n.d. [1887], 48+7+104pp. (250mm x 140mm) Gray paper wrapper.
(Dedicated to Arthur Maury by Pearson Hill, July 1887.)
A further copy is held, hard bound in original green cloth titled across the front beneath the
British Coat of Arms, and lettered up the spine in gold. (Dedicated to Mrs. John Scott by
Pearson Hill, 1st July 1891.)➢
It contains a reprint of Rowland Hill’s original pamphlet of 22nd February 1937.
HILL, Pearson
The Origin of Postage Stamps. The Facts Connected with their Introduction into the United
Kingdom. The Chalmers Craze Investigated.
Morrison & Sons & Mallett, London, UK, 1888, 31+ipp. (215mm x 138mm) Soft bound witha grey paper wrapper. Price 3d. (£0.01)
HILL, Rowland [Later Sir Rowland Hill]
Post Office Reform; its Importance and Practicability.
Charles Knight, London, UK, 1837, vii+104pp. (212mm x 134mm) Soft bound with a grey
paper wrapper.
➢
An earlier edition was produced in the same year for private circulation.
HILL, Rowland [Later Sir Rowland Hill]
Post Office Reform; its Importance and Practicability.
2nd edition, Charles Knight, London, UK, 1837, vii+104pp. (212mm x 134mm) Soft boundwith a grey paper wrapper.
➢
The only difference between the first two editions is the words Second edition on the
cover.
HILL, Rowland [Later Sir Rowland Hill]
Rowland Hill’s Diaries.
The following series of articles, taken from The Philatelist, all relate to the contents of Sir
Rowland Hill’s Diaries covering his early years at the Post Office (1839-1847). For acomplete transcript of all of the diaries to 1869, see Gavin Fryer & Clive Akerman.
[Robson Lowe (Editor)]: Rowland Hill’s Diary.
December 1950, Volume 17, Issue 3, p.66 & Front Cover.
[Robson Lowe (Editor)]: Presentation of the Rowland Hill Journals.
February 1951, Volume 17, Issue 5, pp.132-134.
Rowland Hill: My Post Office Journal.
Marcus Samuel: Introduction.
January 1951, Volume 17, Issue 4, pp.98-101 & Front cover.
January 1951, Volume 17, Issue 4, pp.101-105.
February 1951, Volume 17, Issue 5, pp.136-144 & Front cover.
March 1951, Volume 17, Issue 6, pp.180-185 & Front cover.
April, 1951, Volume 17, Issue 7, pp.205-209 & Front cover.
May 1951, Volume 17, Issue 8, pp.237-242.
June 1951, Volume 17, Issue 9, pp.269-273.
July 1951, Volume 17, Issue 10, pp.305-308.
86August 1951, Volume 17, Issue 11, pp.350-351.
September 1951, Volume 17, Issue 12, pp.384-385.
October 1951, Volume 18, Issue 1, pp.1-4.
November 1951, Volume 18, Issue 2, pp.30-32.
December 1951, Volume 18, Issue 3, pp.49-53.
January 1952, Volume 18, Issue 4, pp.73-77.
February 1952, Volume 18, Issue 5, pp.97-101 & Front cover.
March 1952, Volume 18, Issue 6, pp.122-123.
April 1952, Volume 18, Issue 7, pp.145-147.
May 1952, Volume 18, Issue 8, pp.170-172.
June 1952, Volume 18, Issue 9, pp.193-195.
July 1952, Volume 18, Issue 10, pp.217-220 & Front cover.
August 1952, Volume 18, Issue 11, pp.241-244.
September 1952, Volume 18, Issue 12, pp.265-267.
October 1952, Volume 19, Issue 1, pp.1-3.
November 1952, Volume 19, Issue 2, pp.25-28.
December 1952, Volume 19, Issue 3, pp.49-52.
January 1953, Volume 19, Issue 4, pp.83-85.
February 1953, Volume 19, Issue 5, pp.101-103.
March 1953, Volume 19, Issue 6, pp.129-132.
April 1953, Volume 19, Issue 7, pp.158-159.
May 1953, Volume 19, Issue 8, pp.185-187.
June 1953, Volume 19, Issue 9, pp.215-217.
July 1953, Volume 19, Issue 10, pp.241-243 & Front cover.
August 1953, Volume 19, Issue 11, pp.270-273.
September 1953, Volume 19, Issue 12, pp.305-308.
October 1953, Volume 20, Issue 1, pp.13-15.
November 1953, Volume 20, Issue 2, pp.32-34.
December 1953, Volume 20, Issue 3, pp.61-63.
January 1954, Volume 20, Issue 4, pp.89-90.
February 1954, Volume 20, Issue 5, pp.122-124.
March 1954, Volume 20, Issue 6, pp.158-161.
Rowland Hill: My Post Office Journal., Regent Stamp Company, London, UK, 1954, 24pp.
{Issued as a supplement to The Philatelist, October 1954.}
HILL, Sir Rowland & HILL, George Birkbeck
The Life of Sir Rowland Hill and the History of Penny Postage.
2 Volumes, Thomas De La Rue, London, UK, 1880, xxii+543+viiipp. & x+516+viiipp.
((220mm x 140mm) Modern rebinding in green buckram.
➢
The final eight, unnumbered pages in both volumes comprise advertisements forThomas De La Rue publications.
➢
A small slip has been glued on to the title page which notes that the book was
Presented by Lady Hill and the Members of the late Sir Rowland Hill’s Family, in
accordance with his wishes. Bertram House, Hampstead, November, 1880. The top of
the slip carries the hand-written notation To the Honourable Spencer Lyttelton(?).
➢
Both volumes carry the hand stamps of Hamilton Public Library.
HILLS, Richard Leslie
A Brief History of Papermaking.
2nd edition, North Western Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester, UK, 1979, ii+22pp.
(210mm x 150mm) Pamphlet with a blue card cover, lettered in black with an old illustrationof papermaking on the front.
87➢Soft bound in royal blue buckram.

HINTON, T. H.
Hints on Stamp Collecting: An ABC of Philately and Handy Philatelic Guide for Beginners.
E. Nister, London, U.K., n.d. [1896], 53+1+2pp. (165mm x 105mm) Hard bound in pink
cloth, lettered in black on the front.
➢
The final two pages are blank except for the heading Memorandum, whilst theprevious page advertises stamp albums compiled by Hinton and published by Nister.
➢
The volume is also held bound in blue cloth – a duplicate from the Royal PhilatelicSociety London.
➢
The book is rubber stamped in purple by W. & G. Foyle, Booksellers of Charing
Cross, London.
➢
It also carries the name W. Worthington as a single line hand stamp.
➢
It carries the library stamp of W. R. Ricketts, Forty Fort, PA, USA.
HINTON, T. H.
Hints on Stamp Collecting: An ABC of Philately and Handy Philatelic Guide for Beginners Stamps that Puzzle Collectors Illustrated and Described.
2nd Edition, E. Nister, London, U.K., n.d. [1900], 116pp. (180mm x 125mm) Hard bound in
red cloth, lettered in black on the front and down the spine.
➢
Also held bound in green cloth carrying the label of Miss M. K. Brosnan, Dealer inRare Postage Stamps and Book Plates (Bookplate), 27 New Oxford St., London, W.C.
(The Stamp Shop opposite Mudies’.)➢
The book is rubber stamped in blue by the Collectors’ Club Library.
HINTON, T. H.
Hints on Stamp Collecting: An ABC of Philately and Handy Philatelic Guide for Beginners Stamps that Puzzle Collectors Illustrated and Described.
3rd Edition, E. Nister, London, U.K., n.d. [1908], 128pp. (185mm x 125mm) Hard bound inblue cloth, lettered in black on the front and down the spine.
➢
The final page carries the printer’s imprint, whilst the previous one advertises stamp
albums compiled by Hinton and published by Niser.
HOLLAND, F. C.
See R. C. Alcock & F. C. Holland.
HOLMAN, Frank
Stamp Collecting for Pleasure and Profit.
Frank Holman, Torquay, UK, 1903, 16pp. (185mm x 125mm) Red card covers with a
Seychelles 13c stamp illustrated on the front cover.
➢
Bookplate W. R. Ricketts.
➢
It contains a slip of paper noting that it was With the Author’s Compliments. and thatthe author’s address is Claremont, Chelston, Torquay.
➢
Soft bound in royal blue buckram.
HOLMAN, John
See James Watson & John Holman.
[HOLYOAK, Alan]Great Britain: Development and Use of the First Issues.
Royal Philatelic Society London, UK, 1st March 2008, 32pp. (240mm x 170mm) Pamphlet.
➢
Issued to support a talk given to the Society by Alan Holyoak.
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HÖRJEL, Nils
50th Jubilee of the Swedish Postal Administration’s Post Office Stamp Printing Works.
Swedish Postal Administration, Stockholm, Sweden, 1970, n.pp [32pp.] (240mm x 165mm)
Pamphlet.
➢Soft bound in royal blue buckram by the present owner.
HORNADGE, Bill
Philatelic Fables.
Review Publications, Dubbo, N.S.W., Australia, 1980, 72pp. (245mm x 180mm) Soft bound.
➢
The cover and page three contain cartoons of the author.
HORNADGE, Bill
Local Stamps of Australia.
Review Publications, Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia, 1982, 192pp. (199mm x 125mm)
Soft bound.
➢
Page four contains a list of other publications by the same author.
HORRY, DavidThe Unissued Stamps of King George VI.
Murray Payne, London, UK, 2001, n.pp. (170mm x 150mm) Hard bound in dark red. Includes
the dust jacket.
➢
The rear flap of the dust jacket contains a brief biography of the author.
HOSANG, Joachim
Stamps in Battledress.
German Philatelic Review Publication, (Peter C. Rickenback), London, UK, 1955, pp.97-128.
(215mm x 135mm) Saddle-sewn with a white card cover. Price 5/- (£0.25)➢
Translated from German by Peter C. Rickenback.
➢It is difficult to say whether this was reprinted from the German Philatelic Review oris an issue of that publication since it carries the issue details: September 1955,
Volume 3, Issue 4, Whole number 16.
➢
Signed and dated 1991 by Gerald Davis.
➢
My copy has a paper cover which has been constructed from a photocopy of theoriginal cover and which is not therefore original.
➢
Ex-libris Royal Philatelic Society London.
HOTCHNER, John M.
Facts and Fantasy about Philately.
21st Century Stamp Company, Melbourne, FL, USA, 1992, iv+97+ipp. (215mm x 140mm)
Soft bound.
➢
Originally published in the Virginia Philatelic Forum under the pseudonym Anon Y.
Mouse.
➢
The final unnumbered page contains an order form for the book.
➢
A copy of the prospectus and order form is included in the book.
HOUSEMAN, Lorna
The House that Thomas Built: The Story of De La Rue.
Chatto & Windus, London, 1968, xvi+207 + 14 plates. (215mm x 140mm) Hardbound in red
cloth with gold lettering on a black background across the spine, with the dust jacket.
➢
The back flap of the dust jacket carries a photograph and brief biography of the author.
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HOWELL, Alexander N. Y.
Stamp Collecting Considered as a Science.
C. H. Nunn, Bury St. Edmunds, UK, [1891], 58+[xiv]pp (180mm x 125mm) Pamphlet withgrey-brown paper cover. Price 6d (2½p).
➢
My copy was superbly bound in green leather, lettered and tooled in gold, by
Corneille Soeteman and was purchased as lot 293 from Part III of his library.
➢An annotation indicates that Soeteman purchased it for BEF 700 in April 1984.
The front cover, the back cover and pages at the rear of the book contain advertisements,
which are indexed below. The pages in the back of the book are not numbered, so I haveallocated the appropriate numbers. The inside front and rear covers are noted accordingly.
Advertiser

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Enfield, UK
Budapest, Hungary
London, UK

xiv
iv
vii

Bournemouth, UK

ix

AA. W. Heybourne & Co.
A. Weiz
Allen & Co.
B
Bright & Son
C
C. H. Nunn

Bury St. Edmunds, UK

Carl Hyllested
Ch. Schaupmeier & Co.
Charles Mortimer
Chas. F. Postlethwaite
Cheveley, Wilson & Co.

Copenhagen, Denmark
Paris, France
London, UK
London, UK
London & Birmingham,UK
London, UK

Clarke & Co.

Inside front cover; Inside
rear cover; Rear cover;
x
ii
i
xii
xi
xiii

E
Edward Fildes

Eccles, UK

xiii

Sheffield, UK
Hastings, UK

vi
viii

Birkenhead, UK
London, UK
London, UK

xiv
v
x

London, UK
Chichester, UK
Dublin, Eire
Southport, UK

x
vii
xiv
i

F
F. L. FordhamFred Hindell
G
G. Burrows
G. H. HoweG. J. Kirke,
H
H. Leslie
H. T. Homewood
Harrison & Co.
Henry LeesJ
J. Chester Levick
J. R. LerescheJohn G. Payn
John H. Johnson

Sheffield, UK
London, UK
Sudbury, UK
Southport, UK

xiv
xiii
v
xiv

N
Northern Stamp Co.
Nunn, Christie & Co.

Bradford, UK
Bury St. Edmunds, UKix
iii

London, UK

iBristol, UK
Bristol, UK
Newport-on-Usk, UK
Sunderland, UK

x
i
xiii
x

London, UK
London, UK
Bishop Auckland, UK

ix
iii
vii

R
R. Walford WhiteS
S. F. Bickers
S. Ritchie
Stubbs, Son & Co.
Sunderland Foreign Stamp Company, The
T
T. A. Innes & Co.
T. H. Hinton
T. H. Thompson & Co.

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T. W. Wood
Taylor & Co.
Taylor Bros.

Tottenham, UK
Glasgow, UK
Liverpool, UK

i
xiii
ix

Coventry, UK
Ipswich, UK
London, UK

iii
Front cover;v

W
W. T. Haughton
Whitfield King
Willy Jacoby

HUBBARD, Dr. Norman S.
Aristocrats.
Interphil ’76 Souvenir, American Philatelic Society, 1976, USA, n.pp. [20pp.] (280mm x
215mm) Pamphlet. Price $1.00
Also included are John Maas: Philatelic Tour: Philadelphia., [pp.19-20] and Pictorial
cancellations for Interphil ’76., [p.20.]
HYDE, J[ames]. Wilson
The Post in Grant and Farm.
Adam & Charles Black, London, UK, 1894, xvi+355+[iv]pp. (190mm x 125mm) Hard boundin red cloth, lettered in gold across the front and spine, with black bands at the top andbottom.
➢There is also an edition, similar in all respects but with the title; The Early History of
the Post in Grant and Farm.
The unnumbered pages at the rear of the book carry advertisements by various publishers,
which are indexed below.
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Adam & Charles Black[iii], [iv]S

Sampson, Low, Marston, & Company
Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent, & Company

[ii]
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IRVINE, D. E. G. & SESHOLD, M.
Errors in Postage Stamp Design.
National Philatelic Society, London, UK, 1979, viii+188pp. (215mm x 140mm) Hard boundin black. Lettered in gold across the front and down the spine. Includes dust jacket. Price£9.50. A copy of the prospectus is also held.
ISHIKAWA, Ryohei
Argyll Etkin are offering the World Famous Ryohei Ishikawa Collection of United States
Classics, 1847-1869, for Private Treaty Sale.
Argyll Etkin, London, UK, n.d., n.pp. [8pp.] (245mm x 185mm) Pamphlet.
➢
The price was $16 million.
ISHIKAWA, Ryohei
The Ryohei Ishikawa Collection United States Stamps and Covers 1847-1869.
Auction: Christies, New York, NY, USA, 28th - 29th September 1993, 746 lots, 365+ivpp.
(297mm x 210mm) Hard bound in green cloth, lettered across the front and down the spine ingold. Includes the dust jacket.
➢
Includes the prices realised and the bid form from Wolfgang Diesner.

JJJJ
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JACKSON, H. T.
The Post Office Telegraph Stamps of Great Britain 1869-1881.
capt. H. T. Jackson, UK, n.d, 57pp. (235mm x 175mm) Saddle-stapled pamphlet with a blue
card cover.
Pages 55-57 carry advertisements as follows:
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Great Britain Philatelic Society

56
H

Harris Publications Ltd.
Harry Hayes

57
55
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Robson Lowe Ltd.

56
V

Vale Stamps (H. J. Varnham)

57

JACKSON, W. Turrentine
A New Look at Wells Fargo, Stagecoaches and the Pony Express.
Reprint from the California Historical Society Quarterly, December 1996, pp.291-324.
(250mm x 165mm) Perfect bound pamphlet with a fawn card cover.
➢Carries the stamp Library on the front and sellotape marks down the spine where thelibrary markings had been attached.
JAMES II OF ENGLAND
See under Proclamations, England.
JAMIESON, Geoff
See Leonard L. Laylon; Ben Beede; Rudi Anders; Fred Baumann; Les Winick; Chris
Deterding; George Kuhn; Geoff Jamieson, & Herman L. Halle.
JOHNSON, Peter
Mail by Rail: The History of the TPO and Post Office Railway.
Ian Allan publishing, Shepperton, UK, 1995, 128pp. (235mm x 165mm) Hard bound in blue,
gold letted down the spine. Includes a dust jacket. Price £16.99.
JOHNSTONE, A. B.
Philatelic Phantasies.
A. B. Johnstone, Hawick, Scotland, UK, 1993, 152pp. (210mm x 145mm) Soft bound.
JUBILEE OF PENNY POSTAGE
Account of the Celebration of the Jubilee of Uniform Inland Penny Postage at the Venetian
Chamber, Holborn Restaurant, at the Guildhall, at the Museum of Science and Art, South
Kensington, and at Various Towns and Villages Throughout the United Kingdom: 1840-1890.
2nd edition, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Company (for the Jubilee Celebration
Committee, General Post Office, London, UK, 1891, x+331pp. (215mm x 135mm) hardbound in red cloth, lettered in black and gold on the front cover and across the spine.
➢
It carries various marks and forms showing that it formerly belonged to the Glasgow
Philatelic Society Library.
JUELL, Rodney A. & ROD, Steven J.
Encyclopedia of United States Stamps and Stamp Collecting.
Kirk House Publishers, Minneapolin, MN, USA, 2006, 730pp. (225mm x 150mm) Hardbound in navy blue, lettered in gold across the front and down the spine. Includes the dust92

jacket.
JUNIOR PHILATELIC SOCIETY
Official Catalogue.
Jubilee International Stamp Exhibition 1862-1912., 14th to 19th October 1912, London, UK,
80pp. (~280mm x 220mm, bound) Price 6d. (£0.02½)➢
It carries a larger than life advertising label in the form of a stamp on the fromtcover.
➢
A 3-page list of awards is bound into the front.
Apart from the catalogue of exhibits, the Catalogue also includes:
Portrait photographs:
Herbert Samuel, His Majesty’s Postmaster-Generalp.2
Emilio Diena
p.66
John N. Luff
p.70
William Martello Gray
p.75
The model stamp factory
pp.10-13
The stamp printers to the Exhibition (Waterlow)
pp.14-20
Post Offie Mauritius printing plate
p.25

KKKK
KAN, Weichoy
The Rare Stamps of China.
Volume 1, Mild Fair Publishing Company, Taipei, Taiwan, 1971, 128pp. (210mm x 150mm)
Hard bound in blue, lettered in gold on the front (Chinese), back (English) and down thespine. Price $12.00
KANAI, Hiroyuki
Mauritius.
David Feldman, 3rd November 1993, Geneva, Switzerland, 452 lots, 204pp. (283mm x
202mm) Hard bound in blue velvet, lettered in gold across the front and down the spine. This
volume was accompanied by a supplement, both items being supplied in a light blue slip
case:- Mauritius; Supplement to Auction Catalogue., 91pp. Soft bound in light blue card,
lettered in gold across the front.
KANDAUROFF, Prince Dimitry
Collecting Postal History.
Peter Lowe (for Eurobook), n.p., 1973, 188pp. (260mm x 190mm) Hard bound in gold,
lettered in gold down the spine. Includes the dust jacket. The corner of the inside flap of thedust jacket, which usually carries the price, has been cut off and a publishers’ sticker repricing the book at £2.95 placed nearby.
➢
The author’s name was a pseudonym for a British collector whose scholarship was
claimed to be rather doubtful.
➢
Accordingly, the material in this book is said to be by no means authoritative andsignificant errors can be found, which were highlighted in contemporary reviews.
KAUSCH, Oscar
Die Sprachwissenschaft in der Briefmarkenkunde.
Oscar Kausch, Dresden, Germany, 1886, [viii]+184pp. (214mm x 146mm) Soft bound with agrey paper cover.
The book contains a few advertisements as follows:Advertiser

Location

93

Pages

A
A. Pinkert (Book binder)
Alwin Zschiesche

Dresden, Germany
Naumberg, Germany

Inside rear cover[ii]

Goslar am Harz, Germany

Inside rear coverDresden, Germany

Inside rear cover

Paul Lietzow

Berlin, Germany[i]S
Sammler, Der (Dr. phil. Hans Brendicke)

Berlin, Germany

Inside front cover

C
Carl Jacobs
E
Ed. Stryk (Printer)
P

KAY, F. George
Royal Mail: The Story of the Posts in England from the Time of Edward VIth to the PresentDay.
Rockliffe Publishing Corporation, London, UK, 1951, ix+198pp. (215mm x 135mm) Hardbound in red, lettered across the spine in black.
➢
Carries a note that it was a gift to Horace C. Colman from Stacy and Sallie.
KEHR, Ernest A.
The Romance of Stamp Collecting.
Thomas Y. Crowell, New York, NY, USA, 1947, x+342pp. + 4 plates. (210mm x 145mm)
Hard bound in dark blue cloth, lettered in gold across the spine. Price $3.50.
➢
The dust jacket carries a sketch of the author on the back and a biography on the rearinside flap.
KIDD, Cyril
See also C. W. Meredith & Cyril Kidd.
KIDD, Cyril
Posted in Advance for Delivery on Christmas Day.
Robson Lowe, London, UK, 1974, pp.16. (245mm x 175mm) Pamphlet.
➢
Signed on the front cover by Cyril Kidd.
➢
The front cover carries the rubber stamp of the Royal Philatelic Society London.
KIMBLE, Ralph A.
How to Collect Stamps.
2nd revised and enlarged Edition, Gosset & Dunlap, New York, NY, USA, 1933, xiv+205pp.
& 14 plates. (200mm x 140mm) Hard bound in black cloth with gold lettering on the front
and across the spine.
➢
Donated to the Royal Philatelic Society London, May 2000.
KIMBLE, Ralph A.
How to Collect Stamps.
3rd revised and enlarged edition, Gosset & Dunlap, New York, NY, USA, 1936, xii+206+ipp.
& 1 plate.(195mm x 130mm) Hard bound in red with black lettering across the front andspine.
➢
Carries the bookplate of the Tunbridge Wells Philatelic Society.
KING, Gerald M.
Alice Through the Pillar Box and What She Found There.
Whizzard Press, London, UK, 1979, vi+33+ivpp.(245mm x 205mm) Hard bound in blue,
lettered in gold down the spine. Includes the dust jacket. Price £4.50.
➢
A history of the book can be found in: [Mark Valentine]: Wonderland stamps –94interview with Gerald M. King., British Private Posts Newsletter No 104, The
Cinderella Philatelist, July 2004, Volume 44, Issue 3, pp.162-164.
KING, Gerald M.
Lundy: The Alternative Collection, 1853-1929.
Phantasmagoria Security Printing Company (Gerald M. King), Bramfield, Suffolk, UK, n.d.,
n.pp. [12pp.] (210mm x 150mm) Pamphlet with yellow paper covers.
The cover bears the date 1935 but the whole publication is a spoof.
KIRKPATRICK, William Boyd
See Hilckes, Kirkpatrick & Company.
KISSINGER, Clifford W.
See under Chas. W. Egan.
KLEMANN, John A.
See under Mystic Stamp Company.
KNIGHT, John
Early Transmission of Letters.
Philatelic Institute Papers No. 6, Fred. J. Melville (Editor), Philatelic Institute, London, UK,n.d., 13pp. (185mm x 125mm) Pamphlet.
➢
A photograph of John Knight appears as the frontispiece.
➢
Carries Melville’s advert for a various of his publications on the outside rear cover.
➢Bound together with the other Philatelic Institute Papers – see Fred. J. Melville.
KUHN, George
See Leonard L. Laylon; Ben Beede; Rudi Anders; Fred Baumann; Les Winick; Chris
Deterding; George Kuhn; Geoff Jamieson, & Herman L. Halle.

LLLL
LACY, J. H. [Mulready]How to Deal in Foreign Stamps.
Revised and enlarged edition, C. H. Nunn, Bury St. Edmunds, UK, 1885, 14+xvipp. The
numbered pages include the front cover. (190mm x 125mm) Soft bound in a brown paper
cover. Price 4d (1.5p) including postage.
➢
Published under Lacy’s pseudonym Mulready.
➢Inscribed E. L. Whitney, 5 St. Charles St., Boston, Mass, January. 2nd 1886. on page 7.
➢
Soft bound in royal blue buckram by the present owner.
The unnumbered pages at the rear of the book are filled with philatelic advertisements. For
convenience, I numbered them using Roman numerals. I have compiled an index to theseadvertisements. All places are in the UK unless otherwise indicated.
Advertiser

Location

Page

London, UK
Canterbury, UKUKxii, xiii
ix, xiv
ix

Bury St. Edmunds, UK
Jerseyxiv
v, xiv

B
Benjamin & Bannister
Butler Bros.
Butler’s Philatelic ObserverC
C. H. Nunn
Chargois Bros.
D95

David Cohn

Berlin, Germanyvi, xiv

Winchester, UK
Hull, UKxiii
3, 4, 5, 6, xiv

E
E. Withers
Edwin England
F
Folin, G. A.

Swedenxiii

GGaedechens & Co.
George H. Mortimer
Ginn, Stanley & Co.

London, UK
Hull, UK
Tottenham, UK

x, xi, xiii
xiii
xiii

H
Hamilton Brown

Babbicombe, UKxiii

Rotherhithe, UK
Peckham, London, UK

2, xiv
iii, xiv

J
J. H. Lacy
J. Sarpy
L
L. D. & J. K. Ferguson

London, UK

iv, xiv

St Louis, MO, USAviii

M
M. D. BatchelderN
Nunn, Christie & Co.

Bury St. Edmunds, UK

xiv, xv

San Francisco, CA, USAii, xiii

Forrest Gate, London, UK

ix, xiv

UK
London, UKixiv, xvi

London, UK
UK

xiii
xiii

P
Pacific Coast Stamp Co.
R
Ralph & Co.
S
Stamp Collectors’ Journal
Stanley Gibbons
T
T. H. Hinton
The Collector
W
Whitfield King
William Durham
Winch Bros.
Wm. V. D. Wettern Jr.

Ipswich, UK
Ipswich, UK
Colchester, UK
Baltimore, MD, USA1, xivviii, xiv
vii, xiv
viii

LACY, J. H. [Mulready]How to Deal in Foreign Stamps.
3rd revised and enlarged edition, C. H. Nunn, Bury St. Edmunds, UK, 1889, 9+xiiipp.
(185mm x 125mm) Soft bound in a brown paper cover. Price 4d (1.5p) including postage.
➢
Soft bound in royal blue buckram by the present owner.
As with the previous edition, the advertisers are listed below:
Advertiser

LocationPage

A
A. Clarke

Bristol, UKx

C
C. H. Nunn

Bury St. Edmunds, UK

C. W. Stutesman
Cheveley & Co.

Bunker Hill, IA, USA
Reading, UK

Front cover, Inside front
cover, Inside back covervivi

E
E. Fernley
Edward Roberts
Edwin England

London, UK
Nottingham, UK
London, UK

i
iii
ii

F
F. C. Sundberg
F. R. Parker
F. W. Clarke
Foreign Stamp Dealers’ Protection Society
Frederick R. Ginn

Copenhagen, Denmark
London, UK
London, UK
UK
London, UK

i
xiii
xii
iii
viii

96

G
George Back Jr.
George Calff & Co.
George Wyall

Ilford, UK
Horsham, UK
London, UKxiiBath, UK
New York, NY, USAv
xii

Bury St. Edmunds, UK
Bucarest, Romania
Constantinople, Turkey

iv
iii
iv

Halifax, UKx

London, UK
London, UK

iv
ix

Leeds, UKiii

London, UK

vi

Castle Bromwich, UKxi

H
H. LoderHenry Gremmel
J
J. Graves
Jacques Wortmann
James Rawe & Co.
L
Lionel Dickinson
M
M. Giwelb
Malcolm MorrisN
N. Liversidge
R
R. A. Matthews & Co.
[Wants old philatelic literature]
R. Winkle
S
S. F. Bickers
Stanley Gibbons & Co.
Stanley, Clarke & Co.
T
T. W. Wood
Thomas Ridpath & Co.
W
W. H. Earl
W. T. Taylor
Wallace Cockeram
Wallace, John
Walters’ Midland Stamp Depot
Webb Brothers
William Titley
Winch Brothers

Clifton, UK
London, UK
Tottenham, UK

xiii
Back coverv

Tottenham, UK
Liverpool, UK

iv
v

Newcastle, UK
Hull, UK
St. Leonard’s on Sea, UK
London, UK
Leamington Spa, UK
UK
Bath, UK
Colchester, UK

iii
xii
x
iv
x
vii
i
viii

LACY, J. H. [Mulready]How to Deal in Foreign Stamps.
7th edition, W. J. Hall, Seaforth, UK, 1894, n.pp. (10+xivpp.) (215mm x 140mm) Soft boundin a salmon pink paper cover. Price 6d (2.5p)➢
The author is shown as Mulready and others.
As with the previous edition, the advertisers are listed below:
Advertiser

LocationPage

A
A. F. Liversedge
A. Weisz

Liverpool, UK
Budapest, Hungary

viii
iii

Oxford, UKvi

B
Butler Brothers
C
C. J. Smith
Charles H. Jubb
Charles Reed
Chas. F. Postlethwaite

Kingston Hill, UK
Belfast, UK
London, UK
London, UK

Back cover
i
ii
viii

E
Edgar Knight

Leeds, UK

viii

Bath, UK
Sheffield, UKviv

FFisher, Titley & Co.
Frank Fordham97

H
H. A. McMillan & Co.
Heller, Sidney
I
International Stamp Agency[Same address as W. J. C. Hall]J
J. Edwards
J. H. Lacy & Co.
James W. Norris
L
Leon de Raay
M
Montague & Co.
P
Philatelic Chronicle & Advertiser
Puttick & Simpson
R
R. T. Haberstraw
Robert Davison & Co.
S
Smyth & Co.
T
Thompson & Co.
Turner & Co.
W
W. J. C. Hall
W. Jacoby
Walter Morley
Walter R. Palmer
Walter Scott
Whitfield King & Co.
William Clinton,

London, UK
London, UK

vii
x

Seaforth, UK

xiii

Montreal, Canada
Rotherhithe, UK
London, UK

xiii
viii
iv

Amsterdam, Netherlandsii

London, UKv

Birmingham, UK
London, UK

xiv
iii

Swansea, UK
Grimsby, UKxiv

London, UK

ix

Bishop Auckland, UK
Haddington, Scotland, UK

ii
viii

Seaforth, UK
London, UK
London, UK
Staple Hill, UK
St. Boswels, Scotland, UK
Ipswich, UK
Whitstable, UK

xii
ii
vii
v
v
Inside front cover
Inside back cover

LANE, E. N. & MAGUIRE, P.
Catalogue of the Local Issues of the Treaty Ports of China.
2nd edition, China Stamps, UK, 1985, 40pp. (210mm x 150mm) Saddle-stapled in a red card
cover.
➢
The first edition was published in 1982.
LAYLON, Leonard L.; BEEDE, Ben; ANDERS, Rudi; BAUMANN, Fred; WINICK,
Les; DETERDING, Chris; KUHN, George; JAMIESON, Geoff & HALLE, Herman L.
German - English Philatelic Dictionary.
4th edition, Germany Philatelic Society, USA, 2005, 298pp. (217mm x 142mm) Wire bound.
➢
The first edition was published in 1969, the second in 1979 and the third in 1992.
LECLERC, Jude
Événements Philatéliques 1896-1946.
Pierre A. Leclerc, Québec, Canada, 1977, 30pp. (170mm x 110mm) Pamphlet.
➢
Soft bound in royal blue buckram.
LEGRAND, Dr. A[mable]
Le Grand’s Manual for Stamp Collectors: A Companion to the Stamp Album.
International Edition, George D. Hurst, New York, NY, USA, 1896, 173pp. (185mm x
125mm) Hard bound in red cloth with gold lettering on the front and across the spine.
➢
Translated, adapted and annotated by Henri Pène du Bois.
LEROY, Charles [Théodore]98Collections and Collectors = Collections et Collectionneurs.
S. Singer, New York, NY, USA, n.d. [1906], ii+12pp. (150mm x 130mm) Pink paper coverwith black lettering across the front.
➢
Singer’s address on the front and page twelve, 124 E. 86th St., is crossed out in pencil
and 128 East 23rd Street. is inserted by rubber stamp.
➢
A photograph of Singer can be found on page 10.
LEWES, Thornton A. & PEMBERTON, Edward L.
Forged Stamps: How to Detect Them.
Colston & Son, Edinburgh, UK, 1863, 36pp. (215mm x 135mm) Saddle-stiched pamphlet
with a light brown paper cover. Price 1/- (£0.05)➢
Reprinted in: Thomas Dalton, Thornton Lewis [sic] & Edward Pemberton: Early
Forged Stamp Detector., Sanford J. Durst, New York, NY, USA, 1979.
➢
Reprinted in: Lowell Ragatz: The Early Philatelic Forgeries of all Countries. A
Stamp Collector’s Omnibus., Educational Research Bureau, Washington, DC, USA,
1953.
LEWINS, William
Her Majesty’s Mails: A History of the Post-Office and an Industrial Account of its Present
Condition.
Sampson Low, Son, and Marston, London, 1865, xii+339pp. (175mm x 115mm) Bound in
red cloth and letterd across the spine.
➢
It carries the bookplate and embossed stamp of the W. H. Smith & Son Library.
LIDMAN, David & APFELBAUM, John D.
The World of Stamps and Stamp Collecting.
Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York, NY, USA, xii+243pp. (225mm x 180mm) Hard bound ingrey with silver lettering down the spine.
➢
The dust jacket carries photographs and very brief biographies of the authors on therear inside flap.
LIETZOW, Paul
Das Schwarze Buch der Philatelie oder Neudruck und Fälschung von Postmarken undBriefumschlägen.
Paul Lietzow, Berlin, Germany, 1879. Reprinted by Briefmarken-Clubs Hannover von 1886,
Hanover, Germany, 1990, 72pp. (210mm x 150mm) Perfect bound in brown card with a cloth
tape spine.
LIFE MAGAZINE
See under Claude Stanush.
LINCOLN, W. S.
Stamp Collecting Notes.
W. S. Lincoln, London, n.d., iv+77+3pp. (180mm x 120mm) Flush-bound in the style of soft
bound books but with stiff card covered in green cloth, lettered in gold on the front.
LINCOLN, W. S.
Stamp Collecting Notes.
2nd edition, W. S. Lincoln, London, n.d. [ca.1901 from the text.], 103+v pp. (190mm x
130mm) Hard bound in green cloth with black lettering across the front and down the spine.
➢
Also noted bound in red and in grey cloth.
➢
Bookplate the Royal Philatelic Society London.
99

➢

Lincoln records that he started collecting stamps in 1854.

LINCOLN, W. S.
Stamp Collecting Notes.
3rd edition, W. S. Lincoln, London, n.d., 124+iv pp. (185mm x 120mm) Hard bound in red
cloth with black lettering across the front and down the spine.
➢
Lincoln records in the Preface that he started collecting stamps in 1854.
LISTER, RaymondCollege Stamps of Oxford and Cambridge.
Second edition, Harry Hayes Philatelic Studies No. 11, Harry Hayes, Batley, UK, 1974, 64pp.
(210mm x 135mm) Perfect bound in a salmon card cover.
➢This is a reprint of the 1964 edition.
➢
The other titles in the series are listed on the verso of the title page.
LITCHFIELD, P. C.
Guide Lines to the Penny Black.
Robson Lowe, London, UK, 1949 (Reprinted 1979), 224pp. (220mm x 140mm) Hard boundin black paper, lettered in gold across the front and spine. Includes the dust jacket. Price£5.00.
➢
A photograph of the author can be found on page 3.
➢
The rear dust jacket contains details of some Robson Lowe publications.
➢
A copy of the original prospectus is inserted in the book.
LITTLE, William A. & SHERMAN, Michael W.
A Guide to Grading and Expertizing United States Postage Stamps.
2006 edition (5th?), Professional Stamp Experts, Collectors Universe, Newport Beach, CA,
USA, 2006, 64pp. (217mm x 140mm) Saddle stapled pamphlet with card cover.
LIVINGSTON, L. F. & CHOW, Wei-Liang
Catalog of the Shanghai Postal System.
Wei-Liang Chow, Towson, MD, USA, 1990, 54pp. (255mm x 175mm) Saddle stapled with awhite card cover.
LONDON PHILATELIC EXHIBITION
Official Catalogue., London Philatelic Exhibition, May 1890, 79pp. + 3pp. Index + 16pp.
Advertisements. (220mm x 150mm) Modern green cloth binding, lettered in gold across thefront.
The advertisers are given below:
Advertiser

Location

Page

B
Butler Brothers

Brackley[5]

St. Louis, MO, USA
Birmingham
Abergavenny

[16]
[8]
[3]

Tottenham[15]

Cardiff[14]

LondonLondon[11][1]

C
C. H. Mekeel
Chas. J. Phillips
Cheveley & Company
F
Fred. R. Ginn
H
H. G. Hanson
P
Pemberton, Wilson, & Company
Philatelic Society of London
S

100

Scott Stamp & Coin Company
Stafford Smith & Company
Stanley, Gibbons, & Company

New York, NY, USA
Brighton
London

[13]
[4]
[9]

Bishop Auckland
LondonLondonLondonLiverpool

[5]
[7]
[6]
[2]
[10]

IpswichLondonSalisbury

[1]
[12]
[10]

T
T. H. Thompson
The Stamp News
Theodor Buhl & Company
Thomas Bull
Thomas Ridpath & Company
W
Whitfield King & Company
William Lincoln
Wm. Brown

LOWE, Robson
The British Postage Stamp.
National Postal Museum, London, UK, 1968, viii+272pp. (245mm x 190mm) Hard bound inorange cloth. Lettered in gold across the spine. Price 75/- (£3.75). Includes the dust jacket.
➢
Donated to the Royal Philatelic Society London, 2005.
LOWE, Robson
The British Postage Stamp.
2nd edition, National Postal Museum, London, UK, 1979, viii+272pp. (245mm x 190mm)
Hard bound in orange cloth. Lettered in gold across the spine. Includes the dust jacket.
LOWE, Robson
The Diseases of Philately and their Treatment.
Robson Lowe, London, UK, n.d., 12pp. (235mm x 165mm) Pamphlet.
LOWE, Robson
The Encyclopaedia of British Empire Postage Stamps 1661-1951. great Britain and theEmpire in Europe.
2nd edition, Robson Lowe, London, UK. Facsimile reprint as: Billig’s Philatelic Handbook
Volumes 34 & 35., H.J.M.R., USA, n.d., viii+247pp. and v+242pp. (The second volume isactually paginated 226-468.) (215mm x 140mm) Hard bound in red cloth with gold lettering
across the front and up the spine.
LOWE, Robson
Historical Letters to Gratious Street, London 1570-1601.
Christie’s Robson Lowe, [London, UK], 1988, 41pp. (245mm x 170mm) Saddle stapled
pamphlet.
➢Issued in conjunction with the sale of the Corsini correspondence by auction.
LOWE, Robson
How Rare Stamps and Collections are Sold.
Robson Lowe, London, UK, 1946, 16pp. (245mm x 185mm) Green card-covered pamphlet
lettered in red across the front.
➢
Soft bound in royal blue buckram.
LOWE, Robson
Masterpieces of Engraving on Postage Stamps 1840=1940.
Postal History Society, London, UK, 1943, 96pp. (250mm x 190mm) Price 1 guinea (£1.10)
Hard bound in light blue. Lettered in dark blue across the front and up the spine. Includes adamaged dust jacket.
101➢This book was originally sold in aid of the Red Cross and St. John Stamp Fund.

LOWE, Robson
The Philatelist at Sea 1866-1966.
Robson Lowe, London, UK, 1966, 16pp. (245mm x 170mm) Saddle stapled card cover.
➢A souvenir edition of The Philatelist presented to every passenger aboard the RMS
Queen Mary on its voyage of 12th May 1966. It was the occasion of the firsttransatlantic philatelic radio auction.
LOWE, Robson
The Romance of the Empire Posts.
[Robson Lowe, London, UK,] n.d., 9pp. + 3 plates. (245mm x 190mm) Stapled, fawn card
cover, lettered in black across the front.
➢
Soft bound in royal blue buckram by the present owner.
LOWE, Robson & Walske, CarlThe Oneglia Engraved Forgeries. Commonly Attributed to Angelo Panelli.
James Bendon, Limassol, Cyprus, 1996, 104+v pp. (240mm x 165mm) Includes dust jacket.
hardbound in blue withgold lettering down the spine.
➢
Includes the prospectus.
The last five unnumbered pages contain advertisements as follows:
James Bendon, Limassol, Cyprus
Raybaudi Experts, Rome, Italy
Royal Philatelic Society London Expertising Service
Soluphil, Luxemburg & Paris, France
Stanley Gibbons, London, UK

iv
iii
i
v
ii

LUCAS, B. C.
See T. A. Edwards & B. C. Lucas.
LÜCKE, C. F.
Lückes Inventor- und Jahrbuch für Briefmarken-Sammler 1912-1913.
C. F. Lücke, Leipzig, Germany, 1912, 64pp. ((165mm x 115mm) Pamphlet with orange card
cover, printed in red.
The pamphlet includes numerous adverts for dealers other than Lücke, which are listed below.
Advertiser

LocationPage

A
A. Bolaffi
Albert Friedmann
Arthur Wülbern
August Marbes

Turin, Italy
Leipzig, Germany
Hamburg, Germany
Bremen, Germany

61
35
47
43

Dresden-Altstadt, Germany
Copenhagen, Denmark
Budapest, Hungary

57
55
43

Elberfeld, Germany
Pforzheim, Baden

51
31

Vienna, Austria
Naumburg (Salle), Germany

39
41

Friedrichshagen, Germany
Leipzig, Germany

43
47

B
B. Scheppig
Briefmarkenbörse V. Walter
Briefmarkenhaus S. Mattaras
C
C. Hansen Jr.
Carl Willadt & Co.
E
Eduard Heim & Co.
Ernst Hayn
F
Ferd. Starauschek
Friedrich B. Keller
G102

G. Altmann
G. Eger
Gebruder Senf
Gustav Freyse

Berlin, Germany
Cannstatt, Württemburg
Leipzig, Germany
Hannover, Germany

37
45
39
61

Dresden, Germany
Stockholm, Sweden
Bremen, Germany
Apolda, Germany

45
47
53
51

Berlin, Germany
Dresden, Germany
Dresden, Germany)

33
35, 5351

Königswinter (Rhein), Germany

49, 55

H
H. H. Duncker
H. Lichtenstein
Heinr. Lunow
Hugo Michel
J
J. Schlesinger
Joh. Otto Schultze
Johannes BuschK
Karl Kreitz
L
L. Wioland

Pforzheim, Baden

53

Nurnberg, Germany
Stuttgart, Germany
Vienna, Austria

61
63
41

Skive, Denmark

43

Munich, Germany

55

Berlin, Germany

35

Hengelo, Netherlands

47

Mannheim, Germany

59

Hamburg, Germany

61

M
Markenhaus A. M. Metz
Markenhaus Ferd. Redwitz
Markenhaus Rudolf Friedl
N
N. S. Nedergaard
O
Otto Bickel
P
Philipp Kosak
R
Reinou Kingma
S
Scholl’s Briefmarkenhandlung
W
Wilhelm Sellschopp

LUFF, John N
What Philately Teaches.
Scott Stamp & Coin Company, New York, NY, USA, 1899, 75pp. (185mm x 150mm)
Appears to have been soft bound in light green but is now hard bound in olive cloth with amarble paper onlay, giving a half-bound appearance.
➢
A lecture delivered before the Section on Philately of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts
and Sciences on the 24th February 1899.
LUGO, Sergio
See under John H. Willard & Sergio Lugo.
LUNN, [R.] Howard
A Guide to the History and Values of British Postal Orders 1881-1984.
R. Howard Lunn, East Stour, UK, 1984, 63+i pp. (215mm x 135mm) Hard bound in a
multicolour cover carting the title Postal Orders.
➢
The unnumbered page at the rear contains an advertisement for the Postal Order
Society.
➢
Signed by the author.
LYONS, James H.
The Commemorative Stamps of the World.
New England Stamp Company, Boston, MA, USA, 1914, 132+iv pp. 185mm x 130mm) Hardbound in blue cloth, lettered in gold across the front and up the spine.
➢
The unnumbered pages at the rear contain advertisements for products sold by the103➢publishers.
Carries the bookplate of the Royal Philatelic Society London, stamped Withdrawn.

MMMM
MAASSEN, Wolfgang
Alles, was der Sammler Braucht: Das Nötige Know-How, das Geld Spart! [Everything that
the Collector Needs: The Expertise, the Money Saving!]
Ratgeber für Briefmarkensammler, Phil*Creativ, Schwalmtal, Germany, 2011, 246pp.
(210mm x 150mm) Perfect bound with a multi-coloured cover.
MAASSEN, Wolfgang
Chronik der Deutschen Philatelie 2002.
Phil*Creativ Verlag, Schwalmtal, Germany, 2003, 156pp. (210mm x 145mm) Perfect boundwith a multi-coloured cover.
MAASSEN, Wolfgang
Chronik der Deutschen Philatelie 2003.
Phil*Creativ Verlag, Schwalmtal, Germany, 2004, 144pp. (210mm x 145mm) Perfect boundwith a multi-coloured cover.
MAASSEN, Wolfgang
Chronik der Deutschen Philatelie 2004.
Phil*Creativ Verlag, Schwalmtal, Germany, 2005, 194pp. (210mm x 145mm) Perfect boundwith a multi-coloured cover.
MAASSEN, Wolfgang; MEYER, Hermann & ROBINSON, PhilipPhilatelistisches Wörterverzeichnis: Deutsch – Englisch/Englisch – Deutsch.
Ratgeber für Briefmarkensammler Volume 8, Phil*Creativ, Schwalmtal, Germany, 2015,
151pp. (210mm x 148mm) Perfect bound with a multi-coloured cover.
➢
Signed by Philip E. Robinson and includes his Compliments slip.
MACKAY, Dr. James A.
1800 Stamps of the World.
Southwater, London, UK, 2007, 160pp. (297mm x 225mm) Perfect bound in multi-coloured
card covers.
➢
Previously published as part of The World Encyclopedia of Stamps and Stamp
Collecting.
MACKAY, Dr. James A.
The Complete Guide to Stamps & Stamp Collecting.
Hermes House, London, UK, 2007, 256pp. (297mm x 225mm) Perfect bound in multicoloured card covers.
MACKAY, Dr. James A.
St. Kilda – Its Posts and Communications.
Scottish Postmark Gtoup, Edinburgh, UK, 1963, 73+iiipp. (195mm x 160mm) Price 15/(£0.75).Hard bound in blue with gold lettering across the front and up the spine.
Each of the final unnumbered pages carries a full page advertisement:
National Commercial Bank of Scotland
Robson Lowe
William Ferris, of Glasgow’s Stamp Shop

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MACKAY, Dr. James A.
Under the Gum: Background to British Stamps 1840-1940.
James Bendon, Limassol, Cyprus, 1997, x+526pp. (240mm x 170mm) Hardbound in red
paper with gold lettering down the spine.
➢
Includes a dust jacket with a biography and photograph of the author on the back.
MADDEN, Don & LOUIS, KarlThe Dublin Find. The Most Important Stamp Find in GB Philately.
Mike Jackson Publications, Melton Mowbray, UK, 2006, vi+45+i+A1-A11pp. (297mm x
210mm) Soft bound with a multi-coloured cover. Price £15.
Page i contains an advertisement for the Great Britain Philatelic Society. Pages A1 to A11 andthe rear cover are advertisements from the following:
Advertiser

Location

Pages

A
AGL

Hurst & Witham, UK

Rear cover

B
Bill Barrell
Bonhams

Spalding, UK
London, UK

A11
A7

Derby, UK
Zurich, Switzerland

A5
A4

London, UKi
A6London, UK
Wiesbaden, Germany

A3
A10

Taunsstein-Hahn, Germany

A1

C
Cavendish Philatelic Auctions
Corinphila Auctions
G
Great Britain Philatelic Society
Grosvenor
H
Harmers
Heinrich Köhler Auktionshaus
K
Karl Louis
M
Michael Chipperfield
Mike Jackson Publications

London, UK
Melton Mowbray, UK

A9
A8, Inside rear coverS
Spink
Stanley Gibbons

London, UK
London, UK

A2
A12

MAGUIRE, P.
See E. N. Lane.
MANCHESTER PHILATELIC SOCIETY
Epitome of Papers Read Before the Society: Session 1892-93.
Manchester Philatelic Society, Manchester, U.K., 1893, 39pp. (215mm x 140mm) Pamphletbound in grey paper. Price 1/- (5p). The last three pages are plates.
➢
Actually covers the period 1891-1893.
➢
Bookplate W. R. Ricketts.
➢
Includes a contemporary review tipped-in between pages 18 and 19.
➢
The following papers are included in the pamphlet:Author
Title
Pages
Beckton, W. D.
Belgium
7-14 & 37-38
Beckton, W. D.
France18-28 & 38-39
Duerst, G. B.
Bergdorf
15-17 & 38
Duerst, G. B.
Heligoland
29-32 & 39
Duerst, G. B.
Lübeck33-36 & 39

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MANGIN, Jean-Pierre
Guide Mondial des Timbres Erronés = Errors on Stamps.
[Volume 1], Yvert & Tellier, Amiens, France, 1999, 736pp. (230mm x 150mm) Hard boundwith a multi-coloured front cover.
MANGIN, Jean-Pierre
Guide Mondial des Timbres Erronés = Errors on Stamps.
Volume 2, Yvert & Tellier, Amiens, France, 2005, viii+632pp. (230mm x 150mm) Hardbound with a multi-coloured front cover. Pages 601-624 is an erratum to the first volume.
MANNING, Bernie
The Bernie Manning Collection of Queensland Sidefaces & Large Chalons.
Prestige Philately, 13th June 2009, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 238 lots.
➢
It includes a brief biography of the vendor on page 4.
MARSH, Victor
A pseudonym used by H. Edgar Weston.
MARSH, Victor
Great Britain: Abnormal Embossed Postage Stamps of King Edward VII & King George V.
Harris Publications, London, UK, 1923, 18pp. (185mm x 120mm) Decoratively saddle-sewn
pamphlet. Price 5/- (£0.25)➢
Published in an edition of 100, my copy being number 69. A second copy was
obtained numbered 42, ex-libris the Maidstone & Mid Kent Philatelic Society.
➢
It includes a Preface by D. B. A. – Douglas Brawn Armstrong.
➢
A copy of Great Britain: Price List of the Abnormal Embossed Issues of King Edward
and King George., Victor Marsh, London, UK, was inserted in my copy.
➢
Reprinted by Peter J. van Gelder in 1998 in an edition of 77 copies. It was
subsequently reprinted once again in an edition of 25 copies. (Private communication
with Peter J. van Gelder, 26th April 2004.)
MARSHALL, C. F. Dendy
The History of the British Post Office.
Robson Lowe, 19th & 20th December 1945, London, UK, 68pp. (228mm x 174mm) Saddle
stapled with a paper cover.
➢
The inside front cover carries some biographical notes and a photograph of thecollection’s owner.
MASELIS, Patrick
From the Azores to New Zealand.
Patrick Maselis, Handout prepared for the Stuart Rossiter Memorial Lecture at the Royal
Philatelic Society London, UK, 31st October 2008, 18pp. (240mm x 170mm) Perfect boundpamphlet.
MAY, John
Successful Stamp Dealing.
5th edition, Better Business Guides, Southard Publishers, UK, n.d., n.pp. [12pp.] (190mm x
125mm) Saddle stapled pamphlet with a tan card cover.
McCADDIN, Joe
Duck Stamps and Prints: The Complete Federal and State Editions.
Hugh Lauter Levin Associates, New York, NY, USA, 1988, 192pp. (360mm x 290mm) Hard106

bound in maroon cloth, lettered in gold down the spine. Includes dust jacket.
MELVILLE, Frederick John
Used the pseudonym Miss Fitte, q.v. See also Frank Godden and John Easton & [Fred. J.
Melville].
Melville founded The Philatelic Institute and published 19 titles under the imprint of
Philatelic Institute Papers. A full set of these publications is held, bound together in a single
volume bearing the Bookplate of L. N. & M. Williams and purchased from the Joseph
Hackmey Library. (Huys-Berlingin Sale 18th/19th October 2003, Lot 6983.)
MELVILLE, Frederick John
A Penny All the Way.
Fred. J. Melville, London, UK, n.d. [1908], 48pp. (160mm x 110mm) Soft bound with a card
cover. Price 6d [£0.03].
➢
Page forty-two is blank and pages forty-three to forty-eight carry advertisements forbooks and magazines by Melville.
➢
The rear cover carries an advertisement for the Junior Philatelic Society, of which
Melville was President.
MELVILLE, Frederick John
The ABC of Stamp Collecting.
Henry J. Drane, London, UK, n.d., xiv+160pp. (145mm x 105mm) Hard bound in red clothwith an illustrated front cover. Lettered in white on the front cover and up the spine.
➢
Page 160, which is unnumbered, contains an advert for other H. J. Drane
publications.
MELVILLE, Frederick JohnAll About Postage Stamps.
T. Werner Laurie, London, U.K., n.d., xxviii + 256 + 4pp. + 32 plates. (185mm x 120mm)
Hard bound in blue cloth lettered in white across the front cover and spine. The title on thefront cover & spine is All About Stamps.
➢
Page iv and the final four unnumbered pages contain adverts for non-philatelic books
published by T. Werner Laurie.
MELVILLE, Frederick John
Azerbaijan.
Philatelic Institute Papers No. 17, Fred. J. Melville (Editor), Philatelic Institute, London, UK,n.d., 24pp. (185mm x 125mm) Pamphlet with grey card cover.
➢An advert for the first sixteen Philatelic Institute Papers occupies the inside front
cover and one for the first twenty-three Melville Stamp Books, the inside rear cover.
➢Bound together with the other Philatelic Institute Papers – see Fred. J. Melville.
MELVILLE, Frederick John
The British Prisoners’ Stamps of Ruhleben.
Philatelic Institute Papers No. 2, Fred. J. Melville (Editor), Philatelic Institute, London, UK,
1919, 4pp. (185mm x 125mm) Pamphlet.
➢
Carries an advert for various of Melville’s publications on the inside rear cover.
➢Bound together with the other Philatelic Institute Papers – see Fred. J. Melville.
MELVILLE, Frederick John
Cape of Good Hope: The Fourpence Black Triangular Stamp.
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Philatelic Institute Papers No. 19, Fred. J. Melville (Editor), Philatelic Institute, London, UK,n.d., 7pp. (185mm x 125mm) Pamphlet.
➢
An advert for the first eighteen Philatelic Institute Papers occupies the rear cover.
➢Bound together with the other Philatelic Institute Papers – see Fred. J. Melville.
MELVILLE, Frederick John
Chats on Postage Stamps.
Chats Series, Frederick A. Stokes, New York, NY, USA, n.d., 362pp. (200mm x 140mm)
Hard bound in green cloth, lettered in gold on front and across spine.
➢
Page 2 lists the publisher’s non-philatelic books in the “Chats” series.
MELVILLE, Frederick John
Chats on Postage Stamps.
Chats Series, 2nd Impression, T. Fisher Unwin, London, 1920, 362pp. (200mm x 140mm)
Hard bound in light brown cloth, lettered in black on front and across spine.
➢
Page two lists the publisher’s non-philatelic books in the “Chats” series.
➢
Donated to the Royal Philatelic Society London, September 1999.
MELVILLE, Frederick John
Chats on Postage Stamps.
Chats Series, 3rd Impression, T. Fisher Unwin, London, 1925, 362pp. (200mm x 140mm)
Hard bound in light brown cloth, lettered in black on front and across spine. Includes the dust
jacket.
➢Page two lists the publisher’s non-philatelic books in the “Chats” series.
MELVILLE, Frederick John
The Complete Philatelist.
Philatelic Institute, London, UK, 1924, xiii+246+iiipp plus 32 plates. (190mm x 125mm)
Hardbound in green cloth, lettered in red across the spine and front cover. The title on thefront is printed on a piece of paper, perforated to simulate a block of 12 stamps. the title on
the spine is printed on a white square to simulate a perforated stamp.
➢
Carries the bookplate of Winifred M. Oliver-Jones.
➢
The final three pages contains lists of books and pamphlets written by Melville andpublished by the Philatelic Institute.
MELVILLE, Frederick John
The Grammar of Philately.
Philatelic Institute Papers No. 8, Fred. J. Melville (Editor), The Philatelic Institute, London,n.d., 20pp. (185mm x 125mm) Pamphlet.
➢
The last two pages are not numbered. Page [19] contains a list of the sixteen PhilatelicInstitute Papers published to date and page [20] a list of other Philatelic Institutepublications.
➢
Bound together with the other Philatelic Institute Papers – see Fred. J. Melville.
MELVILLE, Frederick John
Guide to Stamp Collecting and Glossary.
G. F. Rapkin, London, UK, n.d [ca. 1932], 62pp. Pagination includes the front cover. (183mm
x 121mm) Pamphlet.
➢
Ex libris Stephen Holder.
MELVILLE, Frederick John
History from the Stamp Album.
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Philatelic Institute Papers No. 11, Fred. J. Melville (Editor), Philatelic Institute, London, UK,n.d., 16pp. (185mm x 125mm) Pamphlet.
➢
An advert for the sixteen Philatelic Institute Papers published to date occupies theinside rear cover.
➢Bound together with the other Philatelic Institute Papers – see Fred. J. Melville.
MELVILLE, Frederick John
How to Start a Philatelic Society.
“The Postage Stamp” Handbook No.7, W. H. Peckitt, London, UK, n.d., 32+iipp. (160mm x
100mm) Saddle stapled with a card cover.
➢
The inside front cover carries an advert for The Postage Stamp.
➢
The two unnumbered pages at the rear carry advertisements for “The Postage Stamp “Handbooks and The Melville Stamp Books, respectively.
➢
The inside back cover carries an advert for “The Postage Stamp” League.
➢
The back cover cvarries an advert for W. H. Pechitt’s 10% New Issue Service.
MELVILLE, Frederick John
Local Postage Stamps.
Philatelic Institute Papers No. 13, Fred. J. Melville (Editor), Philatelic Institute, London, UK,n.d., 14pp. + 2 plates (185mm x 125mm) Pamphlet.
➢
Adapted from Melville’s book The Complete Philatelist.
➢
An advert for the sixteen Philatelic Institute Papers published to date occupies theinside rear cover.
➢Bound together with the other Philatelic Institute Papers – see Fred. J. Melville.
MELVILLE, Frederick John
The Mayfair Find of Rare Stamps.
H. R. Harmer, London, UK, 1925, xlvi+44pp. & 12 Plates in a pocket at the back of the book.
(300mm x 265mm) Hard bound in red buckram, lettered in gold across the front. The pocket
also contains a copy of the prices realised and a formal photograph of a Lord and Lady,
presumably of the owners of the Find. Price £1.05 (21/-)MELVILLE, Frederick John
Modern Stamp Collecting.
English Universities Press, London, 1940, xii+316pp. + 68 plates. (195mm x 130mm) Hardbound in red cloth, lettered in black on front and across spine.
➢
Melville died on the 12th of January 1940, a few days after the proofs of the book had
been approved.
MELVILLE, Frederick John
The Mystery of the Shilling Green.
Charles Nissen, London, UK, n.d., 19pp + 6 plates + iii. (185mm x 125mm) Grey paper
cover, lettered in black across the front.
➢
The last three pages contain advertisements for Chas. Nissen & Co.
MELVILLE, Frederick John
The New A. B. C. of Stamp Collecting.
Melville Book Company, London, UK, 1922, iii+145+xvpp. plus 24 plates. (190mm x
120mm) Hardbound in red paper on card, lettered in white outlined in black on the front coverand down the spine. The front cover carries a reproduction of a stamp in each corner.
➢
Carries the bookplate of the Tunbridge Wells Philatelic Society.
Two of the initial pages (which include the inside front cover) and the final fifteen (including
109both sides of the cover) carry advertisements, which are indexed below. The pages are notnumbered in the book so I have allocated the appropriate numbers, the two front pages being
so noted.
Advertiser

Location

Pages

London, UK
London, UK

ii
i (Front)

London, UKiii

London, UKxii

London, UK
London, UKvi
ii (Front)

London, UK
London, UK

xivv

London, UK

xi

London, UK
London, UK

xiii
ix

London, UK

xv

London, UK
London, UKivii

London, UKiv

London, UK
London, UK
Birmingham, UK

x
viii
viii

B
Bridger & Kay
Bright & Son
C
Chas. Nissen & Co.
D
D. FieldF
F. Hugh Vallancey
Frank Godden
H
H. F. Johnson
Healey & WiseJ
Junior Philatelic SocietyP
P. Dworzakowski
Postage Stamp, The
R
R. RobertsS
Sefi, Pemberton & Co.
Stanley Gibbons
T
T. AllenW
W. Houtzamer
W. R. Dingle
W. T. Wilson[Printer & publisher]

MELVILLE, Frederick John
Phantom Philately.
Philatelic Institute, London, UK, 1923, 204pp. (185mm x 120mm) Hard bound in brown
cloth, lettered in orange on the front and up the spine.
➢
Carries the Library of Congress stamp indicating that it was a surplus duplicate. It
probably came from Melville’s stock which was acquired by the Library of Congress
following his death.
➢
This book would appear to have been produced along the same lines as a long series ofarticles, entitled Stamps which don’t exist, by the noted Parisian dealer Alfred
Montader in his monthly publication Le Postillon. Although Melville was punctilious
in including details of the publications to which he had referred after each section,these articles are not referenced in his book. (Le Postillon, 25th October 1909, Volume
8, Issue 381, p.420 – Announcement of the commencement of the articles. The articles
appeared each month from November 1909, Volume 8, Issue 383, p.457 to September
1910, Volume 9, Issue 401, pp.361-364.)
MELVILLE, Frederick John
Phantom Philately. A Descriptive List of Stamps That Are Not What They Seem.
2nd edition, Janet van den Berg, Worthington, OH, USA, 1950, 204pp. (180mm x 130mm)
Soft bound in green paper, lettered in black across the front.
➢
Includes a foreword by Lowell Ragatz.
➢
Janet van den Berg was one of Lowell Ragatz’s trading names and also his wife’s
name.
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MELVILLE, Frederick John
Phantom Philately. A Descriptive List of Stamps That Are Not What They Seem.
[2nd edition], Emile Bertrand, Lucerne, Switzerland, 1950, 204pp. (180mm x 130mm) Softbound in grey card, lettered in black across the front.
➢
Includes a foreword by Lowell Ragatz.
➢This was the European edition of the Janet van den Berg version above.
MELVILLE, Frederick John
Philatelic Accessories.
Philatelic Institute Papers No. 9, Fred. J. Melville (Editor), Philatelic Institute, London, UK,n.d., 16pp. (185mm x 125mm) Pamphlet.
➢
Page 16 is not numbered and carries Melville’s advert for the sixteen PhilatelicInstitute Papers published to date.
➢
An advert for other Melville books occupies the inside rear cover.
➢Bound together with the other Philatelic Institute Papers – see Fred. J. Melville.
MELVILLE, Frederick John
The Philatelic Library.
Philatelic Institute Papers No. 16, Fred. J. Melville (Editor), Philatelic Institute, London, UK,n.d., 22pp. (185mm x 125mm) Pamphlet.
➢
Pages 21-22 are not numbered and, together with the inside rear cover, contain adverts
for Melville’s publications.
➢
Bound together with the other Philatelic Institute Papers – see Fred. J. Melville.
➢
Carries the bookplate of L. N. & M. Williams.
MELVILLE, Frederick John
Pioneer Stamp Men of Liverpool.
The Stamp Collectors’ Fortnightly, London, UK, 1926, 20pp. (140mm x 215mm) Soft boundwith an oversize (150mm x 235mm) grey card cover lettered in blue and tied with a blue cord.
➢
Produced to commemorate the holding of the 13th Philatelic Congress of Great Britain
in Liverpool in 1936.
MELVILLE, Frederick John
Postmarks.
Philatelic Institute Papers No. 15, Fred. J. Melville (Editor), Philatelic Institute, London, UK,n.d., 14pp. (185mm x 125mm) Pamphlet.
➢
Pages eleven to fourteen are not numbered and carry adverts Melville’s books.
➢
Bound together with the other Philatelic Institute Papers – see Fred. J. Melville.
MELVILLE, Frederick John
Postage Stamps in the Making.
Volume 1, Stanley Gibbons, London, 1916, iv+198pp. (275mm x 190mm) Hard bound indark green cloth, lettered in gold across the spine.
➢
Although this book was announced as out of print shortly after the First World War, asmall unbound stock remained at the printers and was not discovered until 1935.
(Gibbons’ Stamp Monthly, April 1935, Volume 8, Issue 7, pp.140 & v.)➢
This book was completed by John Easton, q.v. and published in 1949 as: Postage
Stamps in the Making, by way of a memorial to Melville.
MELVILLE, Frederick John
The Postage Stamps of the Mozambique Company.
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Philatelic Institute Papers No. 3, Fred. J. Melville (Editor), Philatelic Institute, London, UK,n.d. [1919], 4pp. (185mm x 125mm) Pamphlet.
➢
Carries Melville’s advert for a collection of Mozambique Company stamps on theinside front cover.
➢Bound together with the other Philatelic Institute Papers – see Fred. J. Melville.
MELVILLE, Frederick John
Postage Stamps Worth Fortunes.
Booklet Number 26, Severn-Wylie-Jewett, Beverley, MA, USA, n.d., 21+iiipp. (235mm x
155mm) Orange card cover with black letters on the front. Price: 15c.
➢
I have a second copy with a heavy laid paper cover, rather than thin card.
➢
Carries the advertising label of Herman Toaspern and also the hand stamps of the
California Collectors Club Library and of H. W. Doscher & Co.
➢
The book is noted as having been donated to the Collectors Club by Gil Roberts.
The final three pages consists of the advertisements listed below.
Advertiser

Location

Pages

C
Carl Young
Co-operative Exchange

Philadelphia, PA, USA
Brooklyn, NY, USAiiBethlehem, PA, USA
New York City, NY, USA
Philadelphia, PA, USA

i
iii
i

Providence, RI, USAii

Plainfield, NJ, USAiii

Toronto, Canada
W. Hartford, CT, USA

iii
ii

E
E. T. Parker
Economist Stamp Co.*
Eugene Klein
F
Frank M. Mason
G
George C. Rockfellow
M
Marks Stamp Co.
Mrs. L. W. Kellog

U
United Stamp Co.
Chicago, IL, USA
Universal Stamp Co.
Mt. Clemens, MI, USA*Advertised the Economist Bulletin - Issued monthly at 12c per year to cover postage.

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MELVILLE, Frederick John
Postal Stationery.
Philatelic Institute Papers No. 14, Fred. J. Melville (Editor), Philatelic Institute, London, UK,n.d., 14pp. (185mm x 125mm) Pamphlet.
➢
Pages 13 & 14 are not numbered and carry adverts for Melville’s books.
➢
An advert for the sixteen Philatelic Institute Papers published to date occupies theinside rear cover.
➢Bound together with the other Philatelic Institute Papers – see Fred. J. Melville.
MELVILLE, Frederick John
The Romance of Postage Stamps.
The Postage Stamp Handbooks No. VIII, W. H. Peckitt, London, UK, n.d., 30+vipp. (160mm
x 100mm) Brochure. Price 6d. (£0.03)➢
Pages i & ii are blank except for the heading Memoranda.
➢
Pages iii to v contain a list of The Postage Stamp Handbooks; Some general titles by
Melville and The Melville Stamp Books respectively.
➢
The final page advertises The Postage stamp, all the foregoing being available fromW. H. Peckitt.
➢
The back cover carries an advertisement for “The Postage Stamp” League.
➢
Carries the hand stamp of The Croydon Philatelic Society.
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MELVILLE, Frederick John
A Simplified Collection.
Philatelic Institute Papers No. 12, Fred. J. Melville (Editor), Philatelic Institute, London, UK,n.d., 8pp. (185mm x 125mm) Pamphlet.
➢
An advert for the sixteen Philatelic Institute Papers published to date occupies theinside rear cover.
➢Bound together with the other Philatelic Institute Papers – see Fred. J. Melville.
MELVILLE, Frederick John
Stamp Collecting.
Fred. J. Melville, London, UK, n.d. [1897], 8pp. & free perforation gauge. (145mm x 100mm)
Brochure. Price 1d. (£0.01)➢
Carries the hand stamp of the Manchester Philatelic Society.
➢
Carries the bookplate of Stephen Holder.
➢
Said by Holder to be extremely rare since Melville was subsequently embarrassed byits poor quality and purchased as many copies as he could in order to destroy them.
The inside front cover and back covers carry advertisements which are listed below.
Advertiser

Location

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B
British Stamp Company

Inside & outside rear coverH

H. Ross-Shiels & Company

Inside rear cover
M

Margoschis Brothers

Birmingham, UK

Inside front cover

MELVILLE, Frederick John
Switzerland: The Children’s Stamps “Pro Juventute”.
Philatelic Institute Papers No. 10, Fred. J. Melville (Editor), Philatelic Institute, London, UK,n.d., 14pp. (185mm x 125mm) Pamphlet.
➢
An advert for the sixteen Philatelic Institute Papers published to date occupies theinside rear cover.
➢Bound together with the other Philatelic Institute Papers – see Fred. J. Melville.
MELVILLE, Fred. J. & SKILTON, Charles
Stamp Collecting for Fun and Profit.
Bell Publishing Company, New York, NY, USA, 1961, vi+190pp. (200mm x 135mm) Hardbound in yellow, lettered in black up the spine. Includes the dust jacket. {Includes a copyrightstatement of the English Universities Press, 1949 & 1961.}➢
This is a revised edition of Melville’s Modern Stamp Collecting, published in 1940.
➢
Donated to the Royal Philatelic Society London, May 2000.
MELVILLE, Fred. J., SKILTON, Charles & WILLIAMS, L. N. & M.
Stamp Collecting for Fun and Profit.
Teach Yourself Book, 3rd Edition, 3rd Impression, Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1973,
xi+207+5pp. + 32 plates. (180mm x 110mm) Soft bound.
➢This is a revised edition of Melville’s Modern Stamp Collecting, published in 1940
and revised in 1961.
➢
The final five pages advertise some of the publisher’s non-philatelic books.
➢
Donated to the Royal Philatelic Society London, May 2000.
MELVILLE, Fred. J.; SKILTON, Charles; WILLIAMS, L. N. & M. & BLAIR, Arthur
Stamp Collecting for Fun and Profit.
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Teach Yourself Book, 4th Edition, Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1978, xii+212pp. + 32
plates. (180mm x 110mm) Soft bound.
➢This is a revised edition of Melville’s Modern Stamp Collecting, published in 1940
and revised in 1961 & 1976.
MEREDITH, C. W. & KIDD, Cyril
A Christmas Story: Light is Shed on the “Posted in Advance” Scheme for Delivery on
Christmas Day, 1902-9.
Philatelic Adviser Handbook No.1, R. C. Alcock, Cheltenham, UK, 1954, 24pp. (220mm x
145mm) Saddle stapled with a card cover. Price 5/- [£0.25].
➢
Pages twenty to twenty-four contain advertisements for R. C. Alcock.
MEYER, Hermann
See Wolfgang Maassen, Hermann Meyer & Philip Robinson.
MICHAEL, John
See under Lord Vestey.
MILBURY, C. Ellis
So You Want to Invest in Stamps.
Hobson Book Press, New York, NY, USA, 1945, x+102pp. (220mm x 150mm) Hard boundin blue cloth, lettered in silver on the front and down the spine.
MILBURY, C. Ellis
What Price Philately.
Neptune Company, New York, NY, USA, 1946, 110pp. (215mm x 140mm) Hard bound in
stiff card. Price $2.00.
➢
An article about the chapter on Confederate stamps, taken from Linn’s Weekly Stamp
News, is glued to a blank page at the rear of the book. Some Added Notes on “WhatPrice Philately”., Linn’s Weekly Stamp News, 24th October 1949.
➢
It carries the bookplate of Bert Powell which has been overwritten D. Montague.
MOENS, Jean-Baptiste
On the Falsification of Postage Stamps or, A General Nomenclature of all the Imitations andForgeries, as well as the Various Essay Stamps of all Countries.
Tregaskis, Falmouth, UK, 1862, 32pp. Translated by E. Doble. {Facsimile reprint by Giulio
Bolaffi Editore, Turin, Italy, 2003, 32+xpp Includes a reproduction of Moens’ bookplate on
the reverse of the front cover. (170mm x 110mm) Hard bound in red cloth, lettered in gold
across the cover.
➢The unnumbered pages contain an essay entitled Le prime frodi postali del Mondo =The first postal frauds in the World., showing some early examples of postal abuse.
➢
Also reprinted in Lowell Ragatz: The Early Philatelic Forgeries of all Countries. A
Stamp Collector’s Omnibus., Educational Research Bureau, Washington, DC, USA,1953. q.v.
MOLDAU (Fritz Heimbüchler)Classic Romania. The ‘Moldau’ Grand Prix International Collection.
Part 1, Sale 167, 3rd December 2010, Corinphila Auktionen, Zurich, Switzerland, Lots 70017124. (265mm x 200mm) Hard bound in black.
MONACOPHIL
Catalogue de l’Exposition des Timbres et Documents Philatéliques Parmi les plus Rares du114

Monde.
Monaco ’97, 28th, 29th & 30th November 1997, Musée des Timbres et des Monnaies, Monaco
1997, 126+xxvipp. (305mm x 220mm) Hard bound in red velvet, lettered in gold across thefront and down the spine.
➢
The final twenty-six unnumbered pages contain advertisements and the index.
MONACOPHIL
Catalogue de l’Exposition des 100 Lettres et Documents Philatéliques Parmi les plus Raresdu Monde.
Monaco ’99, 12th, 13th & 14th February 1999, Musée des Timbres et des Monnaies (for theClub de Monte-Carlo de l’Elite de la Philatélie), Monaco, 1999, 127+xlviiipp. (305mm x
220mm) Hard bound in blue velvet, lettered in gold across the front and down the spine.
➢
Includes a self-adhesive label containing Erratum on the inside of the rear end paper, afolder containing a proof on card of a stamp commemorating the 50th Anniversary of
the accession of Prince Rainier Vol. 3 and c copy of the Exhibition prospectus.
➢
The final forty-eight unnumbered pages include a description in English of each of theexhibits, advertisements and the indexes.
MONACOPHIL
Catalogue de l’Exposition des 100 Timbres et Documents Philatéliques Parmi les plus Raresdu Monde.
Monaco 2000, 1st, 2nd & 3rd December 2000, Musée des Timbres et des Monnaies (for theClub de Monte-Carlo de l’Elite de la Philatélie), Monaco, 2000, 184pp. (305mm x 220mm)
Hard bound in green velvet, lettered in gold across the front and down the spine.
MONACOPHIL
Catalogue de l’Exposition des 100 Timbres et Documents Philatéliques Parmi les plus Raresdu Monde.
MonacoPhil 2002, 29th November to 1st December 2002, Musée des Timbres et des Monnaies(for the Club de Monte-Carlo de l’Elite de la Philatélie), Monaco, 2002, 204pp. (305mm x
220mm) Hard bound in brown velvet, lettered in gold across the front and down the spine.
MONACOPHIL
Catalogue de l’Exposition des 100 Timbres et Documents Philatéliques Parmi les plus Raresdu Monde.
MonacoPhil 2004, 3rd to 5th December 2004, Musée des Timbres et des Monnaies (for theClub de Monte-Carlo de l’Elite de la Philatélie), Monaco, 2004, 192pp. (305mm x 220mm)
Hard bound in black velvet, lettered in gold across the front and down the spine.
➢
Includes a folder containing a proof on card of three stamps paying homage toPrincess Grace.
MONACOPHIL
Catalogue de l’Exposition des 100 Timbres et Documents Philatéliques Parmi les plus Raresdu Monde.
MonacoPhil 2006, 1st to 3rd December 2006, Musée des Timbres et des Monnaies (for theClub de Monte-Carlo de l’Elite de la Philatélie), Monaco, 2006, 176pp. (305mm x 220mm)
Hard bound in grey velvet, lettered in gold across the front and down the spine. Price €60.
➢
Includes a folder containing a proof on card of three stamps depicting Prince Albert IIof Monaco.
MORGAN, Glenn
British Stamp Printers.
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British Philatelic Bulletin Publication No.12, Royal Mail, London, UK, 2006, 20pp. (210mm
x 148mm) Pamphlet. Issued free with the British Philatelic Bulletin. Price £2.95.
➢
Soft bound in royal blue buckram by the present owner.
MORGAN, HelenBlue Mauritius. The Hunt for the World’s Most Valuable Stamps.
Atlantic Books, London, UK, 2006, xii+320pp. (215mm x 155mm) Hard bound in blue andlettered in gold down the spine. Price £14.99.
MORRIS Jr., Dr. Vernon R.
The Vernon R. Morris Jr. M.D. Collection: Classic United States Stamps of Extraordinary
Quality and Color.
Sale 793, 26th September 1997, Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, New York, NY, USA,394 lots. Special edition, hard bound in dark green cloth, lettered in gold across the front anddown the spine. It contains a small card noting that it is number 84 of 100. Includes the prices
realised. (253mm x 210mm)
MOSCHKAU, Dr. A.
Die Wasserzeichen auf Briefmarken, Couverts, Postkarten, etc. nebst einer Geschichte derBriefmarkensammelwesens (Philatelie).
Fourth edition, Louis Senf, Leipzig, Germany, 1880, viii+98pp. 12 Tables. (185mm x 110mm– from photocopy)➢
This is a bound photocopy from the copy in the Crawford Library at the British
Library.
MOSIONDZ Jr., Peter
Successful Stamp Dealing: Tried and Tested Tips and Techniques.
Krause Publications, Iola, WI, USA, 1996, iv+116pp. (215mm x 140mm) Perfect bound in
multicoloured card. Price $12.95.
➢
The Foreword is by Herman Herst Jr.
MOSIONDZ Jr., Peter
Stamps & Stories: Reminiscences of a Stamp Dealer.
Subway Stamp Shop, [Altoona, PA, USA], 2009, xii+103pp. (228mm x 152mm) Price$19.95.
MOSS, Graham
A Collector’s Guide to the Care and Repair of Books and Documents.
Papersafe, Oldham, UK, 1991, 46pp. (210mm x 145mm) Stapled pamphlet with a yellow card
cover, lettered and illustrated in black.
➢An advert for Hugh Harris, bookcase, library and bookshop designer, occupies theinside rear cover.
MOUSE, Anon Y.
A pseudonym used by John M. Hotchner, q.v.
MUELLER, Barbara R.
Common Sense Philately.
D. Van Nostrand Company, Princeton, NJ, USA., 1956, xii+173pp. (225mm x 150mm) Hardbound in green, lettered in gold across the front and down the spine. Includes the dust jacket.
Price $3.95.
➢
There is a brief biography of the author on the inside rear dust cover flap.
116

MUIR, Douglas N.
Postal Reform & the Penny Black. A New Appreciation.
National Postal Museum, London, UK, 1990, 242pp. (240mm x 170mm) Soft bound.
➢
Includes a portrait of the author on the back cover.
MULREADY
Pseudonym used by J. H. Lacy, q.v.
MYSTIC STAMP COMPANY
The Grinnell Missionaries: Genuine or Forgeries.
Mystic Stamp Company, Camden, NY, USA, 2003, 65pp. (215mm x 140mm) Pamphlet.
Price: Free of charge from the publisher.
➢
Soft bound in green buckram by the present owner.
This pamphlet comprises a selection of articles on the Grinnell Missionaries, sometimes withadded modern photographs or updated text (Arrigo).
AuthorTitle
SourcePages
Arrigo, Vincent The
GrinnellHawaiian The Chronicle, 2003
39-61
& Carol
Missionary stamps: Addressing
the critics – Results of scientificresearch and discoveries inprovenanceGrinnell, George Hawaiian Missionaries
Linn’s Stamp News, 1951
7-20
H.
Hahn, Calvet M. In re Grinnell
The United States Specialist, 28-38
2002
Klemann, John “Res Adjudicata”
The American Philatelist, 21-27
A.
1924

NNNN
NANKIVELL, Edward J.
Stamp Collecting as a Pastime.
Stanley Gibbons Philatelic Handbook, Stanley Gibbons, London, U.K., 1902, 63+28pp.
(215mm x 135mm) Hard bound in red cloth lettered in black across the front and up the spine.
Price 1/- (5p).
➢
The final twenty-eight pages consist of advertisements for Stanley Gibbons’ own
products.
NATIONAL POSTAL MUSEUM
Britannia Depicta: Quality, Value & Security.
National Postal Museum, UK, 1993, 12pp. (210mm x 145mm) Saddle-stapled pamphlet.
➢
Issued to accompany an exhibition of the same name.
NATIONAL POSTAL MUSEUM (SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION)
See Thomas J. Alexander.
NATIONAL STAMP SERVICE
All of the editions of this publication would appear to have identical text apart from changesof the publisher’s address, etc.
NATIONAL STAMP SERVICE
117

The Dealers’ Guide to Chemical Restoration of Postage Stamps.
National Stamp Service, Weymouth, MA, USA, 1975, 42pp. (215mm x 138mm) Saddle
stapled with a brick-red card cover lettered in black on the front. Price $15.
➢
Signed by Gerald Davis, March 1975.
NATIONAL STAMP SERVICEThe Dealers’ Guide to Chemical Restoration of Postage Stamps.
4th edition, National Stamp Service, Quincy, MA, USA, 1976, 42pp. (215mm x 138mm)
Saddle stapled with a brick-red card cover lettered in black on the front. Price $18.
➢
Donated to the Royal Philatelic Society London.
NATIONAL STAMP SERVICEThe Dealers’ Guide to Chemical Restoration of Postage Stamps.
8th edition, National Stamp Service, Lantana, FL, USA, 1976, 42pp. (215mm x 138mm)
Saddle stapled with a Buff card cover lettered in black on the front. Price $18.
➢
Soft bound in royal blue buckram by the present owner.
NEGUS, James
Unpublished Work.
James Negus, Lymington, UK, 2003, CD Rom. Copy number 2.
➢
Produced after his retirement to consolidate his unpublished works and notes in orderto make them available to future philatelists.
➢
Personal copies, with a blue CD label, were distributed as follows:•
Copy number 1
Ron Negus•
Copy number 2
Brian Birch•
Copy number 3
John Holman•
Copy number 4James Bendon•
Copy number 5
Christer Brunstrom•
Copy number 6
Colin Peachy•
Copy number 7
Robert de Violini➢
Library deposit copies, with a black CD label, were distributed as follows:•
Copy number 8
Royal Philatelic Society London•
Copy number 9
National Philatelic Society•
Copy number 10
American Philatelic Research Library•
Copy number 11
Collectors Club, New York•
Copy number 12
Philatelistische Bibliothek München•
Copy number 13
Postal Museum Stockholm•
Copy number 14
British Library Philatelic Collections•
Copy number 15
Smithsonian Institution, National Postal Museum➢
Jim later advised me that he had sent copy 16 to the Dutch Philatelic Federation:•
Copy number 16
Netherlands Philatelic Library, AC Baarn
NELSON, John S.
The Handbook of British Perfins.
John S. Nelson, Biggin Hill, UK, 1967, ii+30pp. (122mm x 150mm) Brown card stapledcover lettered in black on the front.
➢
Soft bound in royal blue buckram by the present owner.
➢
This book has been reprinted several times by the Perfin Society.
NEWCOMER, Edward Payson
Ten Days with a Modern Stamp Dealer.
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Jewett’s Philatelic Library No.3., W. W. Jewett, Portland, ME, USA, 1891, 36pp. (135mm x100mm) Pamphlet with brick red covers.
I have compiled an index to advertisers and philatelic periodicals mentioned in theadvertisements. My notes on the entries are given in square brackets. Entries for foreign
advertisers include their location in round brackets.
Advertiser
A

Page

American Youth

Inside back coverC

C. H. Mekeel
Curio, The

St. Louis, MO

33
Back coverE
Empire State Novelty Company
Essex County Philatelic Company
Essex County Philatelist, The[Non-Philatelic]
Lawrence, MA

36
35
35

Indiana, IN

34

F
F. N. Massoth Jr.
H
Henry S. Harte(Montreal, Canada)

Inside front cover

Nashville, TN

Inside back coverCharleston, SC

32
32

J
Jas. J. Hailey
S
Southern PhilatelistSouthern Stamp & Publishing Company

NEWELL, Peter E.
Stamps of Alderney.
2nd edition, Channel Islands & Lundy Auctions (CILA), Brighton, UK, 1988, 63+iiipp.
(210mm x 150mm) Perfect bound with a card cover. Price £5.50.
➢
The first edition was published by Picton Publishing in 1982.
The inside front and rear covers and pages sixty-three & i to iii contain advertisements asfollows:
Advertiser
C
Channel Island Stamp Company
Channel Islands and Lundy Auctions
G
Glass Slipper
J
Jon AitchisonK
Ken Gibson
P
P. G. BrehautR
Roger Hudson
T
Tom GreenPage
iii
Inside front & rear covers
ii
i
63
i
ii
i

NEWMAN, Geoffrey R.
The Bickerdike Machine Papers.
Unitrade Press (for The British North American Philatelic Society), Toronto, Ont., Canada,
1986, 144pp. (215mm x 155mm) Perfect bound booklet. Price C$24.95.
NEWMAN, Stanley
See also William Newport.
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NEWMAN, Stanley
Mailboats to Lundy.
Channel Islands and Lundy Auctions (CILA), Brighton, UK, 1993, 40pp. (208mm x 148mm)
Pamphlet with buff card cover. Price £4.95.
Pages thirty-eight to forty contain advertisements as follows:
Advertiser

Page
A

Channel Islands and Lundy Auctions

40
J

Jon Aitchison

39
L

Landmark Trust, Lundy Island
Lundy Collectors Club

38
38
T

Tony Langham

39

NEWMAN, Stanley
Stamps of Lundy Island: An Illustrated Priced Guide and Handbook.
2nd edition, Channel Island & Lundy Auctions (CILA), Brighton, UK, 1993, 80pp. (210mm x
150mm) Perfect bound with a card cover. Price £9.50.
➢
The first edition was published in 1984 and a Supplement in 1989.
Pages seventy-seven to eighty contain advertisements as follows:
Advertiser

Page
C

Channel Islands and Lundy Auctions

80
J

Jon Aitchison

79
L

Landmark Trust, Lundy Island
Lundy Collectors Club

78
78
N

Negev Company

79
R

Roger Hudson

77
W

Windsor Stamps

79

NEWPORT, William
The Island of Herm and its Local Stamps.
Third edition, Channel Islands Specialists’ Society, London, UK., 1957, 20pp. (180mm x
120mm) Pamphlet with a white paper cover.
➢
The First edition was published in 1953 and the Second in 1954.
➢
The inside back cover contains an advertisement for J. Sanders (Philatelists) Ltd.
and the outside back cover one for holidays on Herm Island by Peter Wood.
NEWMAN, Stanley
The Post in Liverpool.
National Museums & Galleries in Merseyside/Stamp Publicity Board, Merseyside, UK,[1988], 59+vipp. (260mm x 230mm). Perfect bound in multi-coloured card covers.
➢
Edited by John Sussex.
Pages i-vi carry acknowledgements, a list of further reading and advertisements. An index tothe latter, follows:
Advertiser

Location

Page

Londoniii

AArgyll Etkin Ltd.

120CCAPHCO Ltd.
Christie’s Robson Lowe

SuttonLondoniv
ii

Londoniv

St. NeotsiLondonv

Edinburghv

Londoniii

H
Harmers of London
M
Michael Jackson (Philatelists) Ltd.
P
Phillips
R
Royal Mail Stamps
S
Stanley Gibbons Ltd.

NEWPORT, William & NEWMAN, Stanley
Postal History & Stamps of Sark.
Channel Islands & Lundy AuctionsHove, UK, 1990, ii+50pp. (210mm x 145mm) Pamphlet.
Pages 45-50 carry advertisements, an index to which follows:
Advertiser

Location

Page

Hove
St. Peter Port, Guernsey

49 & 50
47

C
Channel Islands and Lundy Auctions
Channel Islands Stamp Company
G
Glass Slipper

York

46

Ilfracombe

45

Coventry

48

N
Negev Stamps Ltd
R
Roger Hudson
S
Smaller Channel Islands Collectors Society
T
Tom Green46
Langport

45[NICOLLE, T. H.]
Stamp Collecting made easy.
T. H. Nicolle, Sidney, South Australia, n.d. (ca. 1911), 32pp. (180mm x 120mm) Pamphlet
with cream covers and brown printing. Price 1/- [£0.05].
➢
No author is given but the publisher was a stamp dealer from Sidney and the pamphlet
contains six pages of his advertising.
➢Pages thirty-one and thirty-two are blank except for the heading Memoranda.
➢
Soft bound in royal blue buckram by the present owner.
NUTMEG STAMP SALESAn auction house of Bethel, CT, USA. For details of named sales see under the name or
pseudonym of the seller.
NUTMEG STAMP SALES
Premier Graded Stamps.
Public Auction No.136, Nutmeg Stamp Sales, Bethel, CT, USA, 16th-17th February 2007,
1430 lots. (275mm x 215mm) Perfect bound.
NUTMEG STAMP SALES
Premier Graded Stamps.
Public Auction No.173, Nutmeg Stamp Sales, Bethel, CT, USA, 5th-6th September 2008, 1049
lots. (275mm x 215mm) Perfect bound.
121

OOOO
OGILVY, Walter T.
(Shown as Ogilvie on the later works.)
The Young Collector’s Handbook of Postage Stamps.
2nd Edition, W. Swan Sonnenschein, London, UK, [1883], 32pp (165mm x 105mm) Light
brown paper cover.
➢
The second edition can only be identified by having advertisements on the inside front
cover and both sides of the rear cover, as well as a note about Whitfield King’s
albums on page 32.
➢
Apart from lists of Swan Sonnenschein’s publications on the inside front and rearcovers, the other advertisers are:W. S. Lincoln
Whitfield King

Inside rear cover
Rear cover

OGILVY, Walter T.
Handbook for the Collector of Postage Stamps: with a Complete Catalogue of all of theStamps of the World, Revised to Date.
Young Collector Series, 2nd Edition, Swan Sonnenschein & Co., London, UK, 1894,
125+3pp. (185mm x 130mm) Hard bound in blue cloth, lettered in red and black on the front
and black up the spine. The title on the front is Postage Stamps and the publisher is shown as
George Allen & Unwin. Price 1/- [£0.05].
➢
The inside covers, page ii and the last three pages carry advertisements for other booksby the publisher.
➢
The catalogue in the book is based on Scott’s “Standard No.1” but only lists issues up
to 1890.
OGILVY, Walter T.
Handbook for the Collector of Postage Stamps: with a Complete Catalogue of all of theStamps of the World, Revised to Date.
Young Collector Series, 3rd Edition, Swan Sonnenschein & Co., London, 1905, 125+3pp.
(185mm x 120mm) Soft bound in light brown cloth, lettered in black on the front and up thespine. The title on the front is Postage Stamps and the publisher is shown as George Allen &Unwin. Price 1/6 [£0.08p].
➢
The next to last page carries a list of the other books in the Young Collector Series.
➢
The catalogue in the book is based on Scott’s “Standard No.1” but only lists issues up
to 1890.
OGILVIE, Walter T.
See under Walter T. Ogilvy.
O’KEEFE, Donna
Philatelic Gems 1.
2nd edition, Linn’s Stamp News, Sidney, OH, USA, 1987, 174pp. (215mm x 140mm) Softbound with a multi-coloured cover.
➢An unnumbered page at the end of the book advertises Linn’s Stamp News.
O’KEEFE, Donna
Philatelic Gems II.
Linn’s Stamp News, Sidney, OH, USA, 1985, 168pp. (215mm x 140mm) Soft bound with amulti-coloured cover.
O’KEEFE, Donna
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Philatelic Gems 3.
Linn’s Stamp News, Sidney, OH, USA, 1987, 167pp. (215mm x 140mm) Soft bound with amulti-coloured cover.
O’KEEFE, Donna
Philatelic Gems 4.
Linn’s Stamp News, Sidney, OH, USA, 1989, 167pp. (215mm x 140mm) Soft bound with amulti-coloured cover.
➢This volume carries an index to the stamps appearing in all four volumes.
OPINIONS
Although published irregularly, each issue is numbered so this publication is considered to bea periodical and will be found in the Periodicals section of this work.

PPPP
PARIS
The “Paris” Collection of Stamp Boxes.
10th December 2002, Christie’s, South Kensington, UK, 215 lots. (265mm x 210mm) Includes
the prices realised. Perfect bound in card covers.
➢
The collection belonged to Tomas Bjäringer and was written up as a book by Brian
Beet, q.v.
PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS
See British Parliamentary Papers.
PATERA, Alan H.
Your Obedient Servant: The Letters of Quincy A. Brooks, Special Agent of the Post Office
Department, 1865-1867.
Raven Press, Lake Oswego, OR, USA, 1986, 227pp. (220mm x 150mm) Perfect bound in atan card cover.
PATTON, Dr. Donald S.
Farthing Delivery: A Fight for Cheaper Postage.
Lowe & Brydone (Printers), London, UK, 1960, 55pp. (245mm x 185mm) Soft bound with amulti-coloured cover.
PEACE, BrianThe FIP Gold Medal Collection of New South Wales Pre-Stamp Postal History Formed by
Brian Peace.
Prestige Philately, 27th July 2009, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 246 lots. (295mm x 210mm)
Perfect bound.
➢
It includes a photograph and short note about Brian Peace on page 4.
PEARSON, Patrick
Advanced Philatelic Research.
Arthur Baker, London, 1971, 140pp. (195mm x 125mm) Hard bound in orange lettered inblack down the spine. Includes the dust jacket. Price £1.75.
PEARSON, Patrick
The Grinnell Hawaiian Missionary Stamps. The Investigation of the Grinnell Hawaiian
Missionaries by The Expert Committee of the Royal Philatelic Society London.
123

RPSL Ltd., London, UK, 2006, xvi+96pp. Hardbound in multi-coloured paper cover. (275mm
x 210mm) Includes the prospectus.
PEMBERTON, Edward Loines
See Thomas Dalton; Lowell Ragatz;

Lewes Thornton

and W. Dudley Atlee.

PETSCHEL, H. K.
Spurious Stamps: A History of U.S. Postal Counterfeits.
American Philatelic Society, State College, Pa, 1997, xi+266pp. + 16 colour plates. (225mm x150mm) Soft bound with a multi-coloured cover. A small correction slip reversing thepositions of illustrations 19 & 20 was sellotaped to the wrapping.
➢
Originally shrink-wrapped in cellophane.
PHILATELIC FOUNDATION
See Opinions in the Periodicals section.
PHILLIPS, Charles J.
The Future of Philately from the viewpoint of the Collector and Dealer.
Charles J. Phillips, New York, NY, USA, 1924, 48pp. (193mm x 120mm) Saddle stapled witha card cover.
➢Pages twenty-three to forty-eight carry details of stamps that Phillips had for sale.
➢
The inside rear cover solicited stamps for Phillips to purchase.
PHILLIPS, Charles J.
Postage Stamps as an Investment.
Charles J. Phillips, New York, NY, USA, 1923, 39pp. (190mm x 120mm) Card covered
pamphlet.
➢Soft bound in royal blue buckram by the present owner.
PHILLIPS, Charles J.
Stamp Collecting: The King of Hobbies and the Hobby of Kings.
H. L. Lindquist, New York, NY, USA, 1936, 408pp. & 30 plates (205mm x 135mm) Boundin green paper with a tan cloth covered spine in the style of quarter binding. Lettered in gold
on a piece of green paper across the spine. The lettering on the spine is limited to Stamp
Collecting.
PHILLIPS, Charles J.
Stamp Collecting for all.
Stanley Gibbons, London, UK, 1924, 64pp. (including the covers.) (185mm x 125mm) Softbound with an illustration of the British Museum on the front cover. Lettered down the spine.
Price 1/- [£0.05].
➢
Donated to the Royal Philatelic Society London.
PHILLIPS, Charles J.
Stamp Collecting.
5th Edition, Sampson Low, Marston & Company, London, UK, n.d. [ca. 1950s],
xi+350pp.+64 plates. (215mm x 140mm) Hardbound in brown cloth, lettered in black acrossthe spine.
PICTON-PHILLIPS, D. B.
See under M. R. Hewlett.
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POLITICAL & ECONOMIC PLANNING
Postage and Philately.
Volume XXIII, No. 413, Political & Economic Planning, London, UK, 1957, [20pp]
Paginated as pp.159-179. 210mm x 135mm) Price 2/6 (12.5p) Green, paper-covered
pamphlet.
➢Soft bound in royal blue buckram by the present owner.
POND, C. C.
The House of Commons Post Office.
Factsheet No. 60, Public Information Office, House of Commons, London, UK, 1993, 19pp.
(295mm x 205mm) Pamphlet.
The section on cancellations and much other material was written by Dr. D. H. Trapnell.
PONT, John E. du
The John E Du Pont Falkland Islands.
7th March 2013, Grosvenor Philatelic Auctions, London, UK, 166 lots. (300mm x 210mm)
Soft card cover.
POOLE, Bertram W. H.
The Stamp Collector’s Guide.
Severn-Wylie-jewett Handbook Number 2, 4th edition, Severn-Wylie-Jewett, Portland, ME,
USA, n.d. (ca. 1915), 54pp. (235mm x 155mm) Price 35 cents. Soft bound in dark brown cardwith the title in a box on the front.
➢
Carries the bookplate of the Philatelic Research Society Library noting that it was
gifted to the Society by Elmo E. McKinstry.
POSTENA Stamp is Made.
Posten [Swedish Post Office], Stockholm, Sweden, 1980, 16pp. (295mm x 210mm) Saddlestapled pamphlet.
POSTMASTER GENERAL
See Viscount Charles John Canning.
POSTRYTTAREN
See Tomas Bjäringer & Erik Hamberg.
POWER, Eustace B.
Philatelic Horse Sense.
5th Edition (Red), First reprint, Eustace B. Power, Chappaqua, NY, USA, n.d., 12pp. (150mm
x 90mm) Saddle-stapled pamphlet.
➢
It includes a photograph of Power on the inside front cover.
PRATCHETT, Terry
Going Postal.
Doubleday, London, UK, 2004, 352pp. (235mm x 155mm) Price £17.50. Hard bound in blackand lettered in gold down the spine. Includes the dust jacket.
PRESTIGE PHILATELY
An auction house of Melbourne, VIC, Australia. For details of named sales see under thename or pseudonym of the owner:
Bernie Manning
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Brian Peace
PRIMROSE
The ‘Primrose’ Collection of Stamp Boxes.
27th May 2000, David Feldman, London, UK, lots 20,000-20,517, 111pp. (270mm x 195mm)
Hard bound with an illustrated cover.
➢
It includes an introduction by Brian Beet.
PROCLAMATIONS, England
A Proclamation Concerning the Post-Master of England for Foreigne Parts., Proclamation by
King Charles I, 1632, 1p. (Modern reproduction.)
PROCLAMATIONS, England
A Proclamation for Quieting the Post-Master General in the Execution of his Office.,
Proclamation by King Charles II, 26th July 1667, 1p. (Modern reproduction.)
PROCLAMATIONS, England
A Proclamation for Enforcing the Due Execution of the Acts of Parliament for Erecting thePost Office, and for Settling the Profits Thereof upon Us, Our Heirs and Successors.,
Proclamation by King James II, 7th September 1685, 1p. (Modern reproduction.)
PROFESSIONAL STAMP EXPERTS
Widely known under the acronym PSE. They published a series of guides to grading US
postage stamps. See also William A. Little.
PROFESSIONAL STAMP EXPERTS
A Guide to the Grading of United States Postage Stamps.
2004 edition, Professional Stamp Experts, Collectors Universe, Newport Beach, CA, USA,2003, 24pp. (216mm x 140mm) Saddle stapled pamphlet with paper cover.
➢Soft bound in royal blue buckram by the present owner.
PSE
See Professional Stamp Experts.
PYTLÍČEK, Ludvík
The Rarest Czechoslovak Postage Stamps in the Collection of Ludvík Pytlíček = Nejvzácnější
Československé poštovní Známky ve sbírce Ludvíka Pytlíčka.
Ludvík Pytlíček, Czechoslovakia, 2008, 181+x pp.(295mm x 210mm) Hard bound in black
velvet, lettered in gold across the front and up the spine.
➢
The final x pages are advertisements.
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Published in both Czech and English.

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RAGATZ, Lowell
Used the pseudonym Janet van den Berg.
RAGATZ, Lowell
The Early Philatelic Forgeries of all Countries. A Stamp Collector’s Omnibus.
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Educational Research Bureau, Washington, DC, USA, 1953, iv; +32; & ix+36; & viii+66; &vi+39; & ii+30pp. (18mm x 12.5mm) Perfect bound with a tan card cover.
➢This book consists of facsimile reprints of the following five early books on forgeries:•
Jean-Baptiste Moens: On the Falsification of Postage Stamps or, A General
Nomenclature of all the Imitations and Forgeries, as well as the Various Essay
Stamps of all Countries., Tregaskis, Falmouth, UK, 1862, 32pp. Translated by
E. Doble.
•Thornton Lewes & Edward Pemberton: Forged Stamps: How to Detect
Them., Colson & Son, Edinburgh, UK, 1863.
•
J. M. Stourton: Postage Stamp Forgeries: or the Collector’s Vade Mecum:,
Trübner & Company, London, UK, 1865.
•
Thomas Dalston: How to Detect Forged Stamps., R. Chambers, Gateshead,UK, 1865.
•
Edward L. Pemberton: Supplement to Lewes and Pemberton’s Forged
Stamps: How to detect them., Reprinted from The Philatelist, 1866; 1867 &1868.
RAGATZ, Lowell
The Fournier Album of Philatelic Forgeries.
Janet van den Berg, Worthington, OH, USA, 1970, 175pp. (280mm x 215mm) Perfect boundin a green card cover, lettered in black across the front and down the spine.
➢
This reprint includes Fournier’s 1914 price list of facsimiles as well as the Album de
Fac-Similés., L’Union Philatélique de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland, 1928.
RAY, Ian
The Stock Exchange Forgery.
Ian Ray, Hand-out prepared to accompany a display given to the Royal Philatelic Society
London on 1st April 1993, 28pp. (295mm x 210mm) Perfect bound with a green paper cover.
REES, James
Foot-Prints of a Letter-Carrier; or, A History of the World’s Correspondence: Containing
Biographies, Tales, Sketches, Incidents, and Statistics Connected with Postal History.
J. B. Lippincott, Philadelphia, PA, USA, 1866, 420pp.
{Reprinted as: James Rees: Footprints of a Letter Carrier: Or a History of the World’s
Correspondence (1866)., Kessinger Publishing, USA, n.d. [Purchased in 2012], 420pp.
(230mm x 150mm) Hard (perfect) bound with a coloured cover.}RIGBY POSTAL HISTORY AUCTIONSA Calendar for the Years 1660 to 2000.
Rigby Postal History Auctions, Bournemouth, UK, n.d. [ca.1963], n.pp [24pp.] (135mm x90mm) Price 10/- (50p). Saddle stitched with a card cover.
RIGBY-HALL, B.
What is Postal History?
Rigby Postal History Auctions, Bournemouth, UK, n.d., 35pp. (180mm x 117mm) Price 4/[£0.20] Saddle-stapled red card cover with the title in black across the front.
RIGHI, A. G. Rigo de
The Story of the Penny Black and its Contemporaries.
National Postal Museum, London, UK, 1980, viii+56pp. (300mm x 210mm) Soft bound ingrey card with the title in white across the front and down the spine.
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RILEY, Peter
Haigh Hall and the Bradshaigh Family.
P & D RileyWarrington, UK, 2006, 32pp. (197mm x 208mm) Saddle-stapled pamphlet. Price£3.
ROBERT A. SIEGEL AUCTION GALLERIESAn auction house based in New York, NY, USA. For details of named sales see under thename or pseudonym of the seller:
Dr. Vernon R. Morris Jr.
Robert Zoellner
ROBERT A. SIEGEL AUCTION GALLERIESThe 1918 24¢ Inverted “Jenny” Plate Number Block.
Sale 901, 19th October 2005, Robert A. Siehel Auction Galleries, New York, NY, USA, 1 lot.
Includes the prices realised. (278mm x 221mm) Hard bound in navy blue cloth, lettered insilver across the front. Includes dust jacket.
➢
The catalogue contains two articles to support the Sale:
Joe R. Kirker“ … and my heart stood still.”
pp.9-19
Scott R. Trepel
The meaning of unique.
pp.20-29
ROBERTSON, Alan W.
The Ship Letter Stamps of Liverpool.
Regent Stamp Company, London, UK, 1953, 12pp. (245mm x 180mm) Saddle stapled
pamphlet.
➢
Supplement to The Philatelist and Postal Historian, December 1953.
➢
Soft bound in royal blue buckram by the present owner.
ROBIN, PeterAn Illustrated Trial Listing of Imperial Reply Coupons & Commonwealth Reply Coupons.
Peter Robin, Bala Cynwyd, PA, USA, 2005, i+17pp+25 plates. (27mm x 20.5mm) Perfectbound with a card cover.
➢Ex libris Royal Philatelic Society London and hard bound by them.
ROBINSON, Howard
The British Post Office. A History.
Princeton University Press, Princeton, MJ, USA, 1948, xviii+467pp. & 36 plates. (230mm x
155mm) Hard bound in brown cloth, lettered in gold across the spine. Includes the dust jacket.
Price $7.50.
➢
A copy of the original prospectus is inserted in the book.
➢
Carries the label of Mr. B. Iddon, Ad Astra Caravan Park, Brynteg, Anglesey, UK.
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ROBINSON, Martin
Old Letter Boxes.
Shire Album No. 188, Shire Publications, 1987, (Second reprint 1993), 32pp. (210mm x
150mm) Saddle stapled pamphlet with a multi-coloured cover.
ROBINSON, Philip E.
See also Wolfgang Maassen, Hermann Meyer & Philip Robinson.
ROBINSON, Philip E.
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Philipp la Renotière von Ferrary.
Philip E. Robinson, Scunthorpe, UK, 2015, n.pp. [14pp.] (295mm x 210mm) Black comb
bound with a green card cover, lettered in black.
➢
Privately published in an edition of 15 copies which were distributed to his friends andcorrespondents. Owing to the demand, this was increased to 20 copies, the last fivebeing numbered at my suggestion. My copy is number 18.
➢
This is a translation of the biography of Ferrary published on pages 169-198 ofVolume 1 of Carlrichard Bruhl: Geschichte de Philatelie. It was carried out at therequest of the present author to assist him in producing Ferrary’s biography as a
Father of Philately for a then forthcoming book on signatory’s to the Roll ofDistinguished Philatelists.
ROBINSON, Philip & YEN, Stephen P. S.
Paris to Shanghai, 1903: A Trans-Siberian Journey to China.
Yen Ping Sei, Hong Kong, China, 2011, 30pp. (260mm x 185mm) Saddle-stapled pamphlet.
➢
The rear cover contains illustrations on both sides of the postmarks from the postcards
in the pamphlet.
➢
Signed by Philip E. Robinson and containing his Compliments slip.
➢
The inside front cover contains an advertisement for Phila China Limited.
ROBINSON, Philip & YEN, Stephen P. S.
A Winter Journey Through Siberia to China, 1910.
Yen Ping Sei, Hong Kong, China, 2012, 29+ipp. (260mm x 185mm) Saddle-stapled
pamphlet.
➢Signed by Philip E. Robinson.
➢
The inside front cover, page i and inside rear cover contain advertisements for:
Interasia Auctions Limited
John Bull Stamp Auctions Limited
Spink China
ROBSON LOWE
An auction house of London, UK. For details of named sales see under the name or
pseudonym of the seller:
Maurice Burrus
C. F. Dendy MarshallROCK, Cyril H.
A Guide to the Collection Illustrating the History of the Post Office.
Tottenham Borough Council, London, UK, 1938, 24pp. (215mm x 140mm) Pamphlet with
red card covers.
➢
The cover carries the title: Tottenham Museum; Guide to the Postal History
Collection.
➢
The title page carries the rubber stamp of Sidney A. R. Oliver.
ROD, Steven J.
See under Rodney A. Juell.
RONDOT, Natalis
Les Timbres-Poste de tous les Etats du Globe en 1862.
Philatelisme, Antwerp, Belgium, 1935, 207pp. (230mm x 150mm) Hard bound in brown clothwith no lettering on it.
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ROOKE, Harry F.
Crazy Confederates or Bogus Adhesives.
Confederate Philatelist, January/April 1969, Volume 13, Issue 7, pp.1-42.
➢
The magazine has been given the appearance of a monograph since the article takes up
forty-two of its forty-eight pages.
➢
This is the review copy sent by Harry Rooke to the Librarian of the Royal PhilatelicSociety London, as indicated by an adhesive label attached to the first page.
➢
Discarded from the Royal Philatelic Society London’s Library in 2009.
ROSE, Cecil & LANCHBERRY, Edward
Ten Under Cat.
Cassell & Company, London, UK, 1958, 160pp. (185mm x 120mm) Hard bound in green,
lettered in gold across the spine. Includes the dust jacket. Price 10/6 (£0.53p).
ROSE, David
Annals of the Postage Stamp.
RD Publications, Dublin, Eire, 2000, v+103pp. (295mm x 210mm) Hard bound in blue,
lettered in gold down the spine. Includes the dust jacket. Price £16.00.
ROSE, John
The John Rose Collection of Gambia.
23rd May 2011, Grosvenor, London, UK, 476 lots. Includes the prices realised. ((295mm x
210mm) Perfect bound in a blue card cover.
➢Ex libris Royal Philatelic Society London.
ROYAL MAIL
1840-1990 The Penny Black Anniversary Book.
Royal Mail Stamps, London, 1999, 40pp. & 2 card inserts at the back. (215mm x 214mm)
Soft bound with a black cardboard cover lettered in red across the front.
➢
The two card inserts carry hingeless mounts, one bearing a facsimile of a one penny
Mulberry lettersheet and the other the set of five stamps and miniature sheet.
ROYAL MAIL
The First Elizabeth II Castle High Value Definitives.
British Philatelic Bulletin Publication No.11, Royal Mail, London, UK, 2005, 19pp. (210mm
x 148mm) Pamphlet, Price £2.95.
➢
Issued as a supplement to the British Philatelic Bulletin in 2005.
ROYAL PHILATELIC SOCIETY LONDON
Robert H. Clarkson Bequest to the Royal Philatelic Society London: Plates, Overprint
Typesets, Postmarks used by the “London Gang” of Forgers., Pamphlet for internal
circulation only, Royal Philatelic Society London, UK, 6th June 1996, n.pp. [23pp.] (295mm x
210mm) Comb bound with a transparent plastic front cover and black card rear cover.
➢It may well have been a handout accompanying a display of the artifacts.
ROYAL PHILATELIC SOCIETY LONDONThe Royal Centenary Exhibition.
7th to 9th December 2006, Royal Philatelic Society London, UK, 2006, 40pp. (270mm x
195mm) Pamphlet presented free of charge to each member.
➢
Includes a copy of An Invitation to the “Royal” Centenary Exhibition.
➢
Issued with the London Philatelist.
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ROYAL PHILATELIC SOCIETY LONDONA Display by Signatories to the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists given to the Royal PhilatelicSociety London in Celebration of the 100th Meeting of the Board of Election.
9th June 2011, Royal Philatelic Society London, UK, 2011, 32pp. (240mm x 170mm) Saddlestapled pamphlet,➢
The following displays were presented:
Tomas Bjäringer
Nineteenth Century French Philatelic Literature
George Barker
One Franc of France 1849
Robert Odenweller
Rarities and Interesting Items from New Zealand,1898 to 1907
Alan Drysdall
Imperial Military Railways: South African
Railways During the Boer War
Francis Kiddle
The Posts of Hohen Rinne
Jean-François BrunHistoires de Lettres, Lettres à Histoire
Michèle Chauvet
Greece - Large Hermes Heads - A Selection of
Covers to and from Abroad
Claude Delbeke
Maritime Mail Between Belgium and SouthAmerica 1850-1900
Christopher Harman
The First Issues of Ceylon - 1857 to 1863
Wolf Hess
Cuba -The Triangular Trade
Harry von Hofmann
Registration Machines in Russia
Alan Huggins
Great Britain QV Early Uprated Postal Stationery
Rolf-Dieter JaretzkyAfghanistan
Kurt Kimmel-Lampart
Ceylon Handstamps - Pre-adhesive Period (18151857)
Jane Moubray
Verviers-Cologne Railway
Patrick Pearson
Iraq - the 1932 Change of Currency Officials
Edward Proud
Wartime Intercontinental Air Mails
Jean Storch
Postcards in France During the War of 1870-1871
John Sussex
Australian Internal Air Mails 1914 to 1921
Brian Trotter
A Glance at the Revenue Stamps of Basutoland
Jussi Tuori
Winning the Independence
James Van der Linden
Postal Conventions Between the GPOs of theUnited Kingdom and Prussia 1847-1862
John West
British South American Airways

SSSS
S., Dr. Jose Gilberto Guerra
See under Fernando Baez Guerrero.
SAINT LOUIS
Rarities of the World & Mauritius – The “Saint Louis” Collection.
3rd December 2006, David Feldman, Geneva, Switzerland, 132 lots, 144+xvipp. (275mm x
195mm) Hard bound in grey velvet, lettered in gold across the front and down the spine,
gilded page edges.
➢
The collection of Mauritius was sold under the pseudonym Saint Louis.
SCHENK, Gustav
The Romance of the Postage Stamp.
Doubleday, Garden City, NY, USA, n.d. [1962], 231pp. (195mm x 125mm) Hardbound inyellow cloth with a Laotian stamp in purple on the cover. Lettered in black on the front cover131

and up the spine.
➢
Donated to the Royal Philatelic Society London in 2002.
Also held with the imprint Jonathan Cape, London, UK, 1962, 231pp. (190mm x 120mm)
Hardbound in fawn with a Laotian stamp in purple on the cover. Lettered in black on the front
cover and up the spine. Includes the dust jacket. Price 16 shillings [£0.80].
➢
Translated from the German Sie war Dabei., Liliver, Chur, Switzerland, 1959, by
Mervyn Savill.
SCHMID, Paul W.
How to Detect Damaged, Altered and Repaired Stamps.
1st printing, Palm Press, Huntington, NY, USA, 1979, ix+105pp. (225mm x 145mm)
Hardbound in brown cloth with the title in gold down the spine.
SCHMID, Paul W.
How to Detect Damaged, Altered and Repaired Stamps.
2nd printing, Krause Publications, Iola WI, USA, 1996, viii+105pp. (215mm x 140mm) Softbound with an illustrated cover printed in maroon on the front and down the spine. Price$16.95.
➢
Donated to the Royal Philatelic Society London, August 1999.
SCHUERMANS, Maurice
La Philatélie.
Philatelisme, Antwerp, Belgium, 1933,,210pp. (180mm x 135mm) Orifginally uncut pages
with an oversize grey card cover.
➢The edition consisted of :60 copies on “Hollande” paper numbered I to LX
600 copies on “Featherweight paper numbered 61 to 660
20 copies on “Japan” paper numbered LXI to LXXX
My copy is unnumbered.
SCHWEIZER, Michael
See Wolfgang Baldus & Michael Schweizer.
SCHOOLEY-WEST, R. F.
See also T. J. Collings & R. F. Schooley-West.
SCHOOLEY-WEST, R. F.
Stamps.
British Library, London, UK, 1987, 64pp.(235mm x 170mm) Perfect bound with a multicoloured card cover.
SCHWENZFEGER, Alfred
Taschenbuch des Briefmarkensammlers.
Humbolt-Taschenbuch 58, Gebrüder Weiss Verlag, Germany, n.d. [Carries the year 1974 inmanuscript.], 56pp. (180mm x 110mm) Soft bound.
➢Privately hard bound in red cloth with the original cover pasted on the front.
➢
Carries the Bookplate label of W. C. Verdoorn.
SÉFI, Alexander J.
An Introduction to Advanced Philately.
(Not Held)
Printed on hand made paper. 250 copies printed, 240 numbered.
➢
Reviewed in The Scots’ Philatelist, December 1926, Volume 1, Issue 3, p.58.
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SÉFI, Alexander J.
An Introduction to Advanced Philately.
2nd Edition, Rowley & Rowley, London, 1932, xx+130pp. (245mm x 185mm) Hardbound inbrown cloth lettered in gold across the front and spine. Includes dust Jacket. My copy is
number 73. It has suffered some damage to its inside front cover and page facing the title page
where book labels have been removed. Includes the prospectus.
➢
Issued in a limited edition of 400 copies.
•
Numbers 1-350
Standard copies
Price 18/- [£0.90].
•
Numbers 351-400
Deluxe copies printed on Millbourne hand-made paper,bound in half leather
Price 50/- [£2.50].
➢
Advertised in Philately in Scotland, March 1933, Volume 1, Issue 11, Advertising
page D.
➢
Copy 264, which had water damage to its front page was donated to the Royal
Philatelic Society London.
SERON, Dr. Zaven M.
From the Winged Heels of Mercury: The Story of the Evolution of the Stamp from Antiquity toModern Times.
Collectors’ Club of San Francisco, Redwood City, CA, USA, 1984, xvii+196pp. (255mm x
175mm) Hard bound in Maroon with gold letters on front and down the spine.
SESHOLD, M.
See D. E. G. Irvine & M. Seshold.
SESSIONS, David F.
Philatelic Fantasies of British North America (1860-1910).
Charles G. Firby, Waterford, MI, USA, 1999, vi+125+ii pp. ((250mm x 200mm) Perfectbound with a card cover. Price $25.50.
➢
Includes a flyer by the Saskatook Stamp Centre.
SEYMOUR, J. B.
The Stamps of Great Britain: Part I The Line-Engraved Issues of 1840-1853.
Royal Philatelic Society, London, UK, 1934, iv+171pp. (223mm x 150mm) Maroon
simulated hide cloth cover, lettered in gold across the front and spine.
➢
This is the Collectors Club edition – stamped in gold on the front.
➢
Ex-libris Calvert Stier, Tucson, AZ, USA, 1935..
SHAIDA, Hassan
1913-1934 Seahorses “Shaida, Part III”
29th April 1993, Guido Craveri Harmers Auctions, Lugano, Italy, 1993, Lots 501-842.
(265mm x 185mm) Perfect bound.
SHEP, Robert L.
Cleaning, repairing and Caring for Books.
4th edition, Richard Joseph, UK, 1991, 148pp. (204mm x 136mm) Hardbound with anillustrated cover. Price £10.95.
➢
First published in the United States in 1980 as Cleaning and Repairing Books.
➢
Revised for the British market and published in the UK in 1982 as Cleaning andCaring for Books.
SHERMAN, Michael W.
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See William A. Little.
SHREVES PHILATELIC GALLERIESAn auction house of London, UK. For named sales see under the name of the seller:
William H. Goss
Arthur W. Gray
SIEGEL, Robert A.
See under Robert A Siegel Auction Galleries.
SINGER, Sam
See also Charles Théodore Leroy.
SINGER, Sam“The People with the Calumny”
S. Singer, New York, NY, USA, 1908, 40pp. (230mm x 155mm) Grey paper cover.
➢Printed in English and French in adjacent columns.
➢
Rebound in antique red skivertex in 2002 by the present owner.
SIRRONThe “Sirron” Collection Airmails of the World.
Sale 4787, 29th July 2010, Harmers, London, UK, 259 lots. Includes the prices realised.
(295mm x 210mm) Perfect bound in a blue card cover.
➢Ex libris Royal Philatelic Society London.
SKILTON, Charles
See Fred. J. Melville & Charles Skilton;
Fred. J. Melville, Charles Skilton & L. N. &M. Williams; Fred. J. Melville, Charles Skilton, L. N. & M. Williams & Arthur Blair.
SKOPECEK, G. R.
English - Czech and Czech – English Philatelic Vocabulary.
Czechoslovak Philatelic Society, USA, 1955, 96pp. (230mm x 155mm) Perfect bound with atan card cover.
SLOAT, Ralph L.
Farley’s Follies.
Bureau Issues Association, USA, 1979, iii+108pp. (230mm x 155mm) Saddle stapled with acard cover.
➢
The inside back cover carries ome of Leonard H. Hartmann’s book labels.
➢
The book contained the unattached bookplate of W. Wilson Hulme and carries his
embossed library stamp on the title page.
SMITH, Bertram T. K.
How to Collect Postage Stamps.
George Bell & Sons, London, 1907, xi + 183pp. + 48 single-sided plates. (215mm x 140mm)
Hard bound in light green cloth patterned with a dark green motif and gold lettering on thefront and spine. Top of pages gilt.
SMITH, Courtenay
The Future of Australian Philately.
2nd edition, Courtenay Smith, Sydney, NSW, Australia, 1910, 79pp. ((210mm x 140mm) Paleblue card cover.
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One of the earlies philatelic books published in Australia.
Ex libris L. N. & M. Williams.

SMITH, George W.
James Heath. Engraver to Kings and Tutor to Many.
George W. Smith, Chelmsford, UK, 1989, 38pp. (240mm x 170mm) Saddle stapled pamphlet
with a red card cover. A handwritten (by GWS) slip of paper is tipped on to page 33 notingthat Sir Edward Denny Bacon was not a member of the family of printers.
SMITH, W. J. & METCALF, J. E.
James Chalmers Inventor of the Adhesive Postage Stamp.
David Winter & Son, Dundee, UK, 1970, 148pp+8 plates. (195mm x 130mm).Hard bound inblue. lettered in black across the front and up the spine. Mauve dust jacket. (Also held with ablue dust jacket.) Price £0.75.
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION NATIONAL POSTAL MUSEUM
See Thomas J. Alexander.
SMYTH, Eleanor C.
Sir Rowland Hill. The Story of a Great Reform.
T. Fisher Unwin, London, UK, 1907, xv+327pp. & 18 plates. (205mm x 135mm) Green cloth
cover, lettered in gold across the spine.
➢
A second copy is known bound in red and appears to be a cheaper edition.
➢
The author is the daughter of Sir Rowland Hill.
➢
The book carries a bookplate from the Convent of the Assumption, Richmond, Yorkand was awarded as a prize for Mathematics to Miss D. Bulman in July 1920.
SMYTH, J. H.
Philately in a Nutshell.
J. H. Smyth, Sidney, Australia, 1911, ii+110pp. (150mm x 110mm) Grey card cover.
➢Pages 93-110 consist of a copy of A Glossary of Philatelic Terms. compiled for theThird Philatelic Congress of Great Britain, 1911.
SOTHEBY’S
An auction house of London, UK. For named sales see under the name of the seller:
Sir Gawaine Baillie
SOUDER, Prof. Wm. E.
One More Time: Are Stamps Safe in Plastic?
Report 99185 Plastics.518, Center for Management of Science and Technology, University of
Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL, USA, 1999, 42pp. (280mm x 217mm) Plastic comb
bound with a transparent cover.
SPAFFORD, A. O.
See under J. T. Foxell & A. O. Spafford.
SPARKS, Ivan
Stagecoaches & Carriages: An Illustrated History of Coaches and Coaching.
Spurbooks, Bourne End, UK, 1975, 160pp. 220mm x 150mm) Hard bound in green paper,
lettered in gold down the spine. Includes dust jacket. Price £4.50.
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La Philatelie sans Experts?
Dees, Paris, France, 1946, 128pp+6 plates.(210mm x 135mm) Soft bound in cream card.
Lettered in black and red on the front and spine.
➢
Uncut.
➢The book contained the unattached bookplate of W. Wilson Hulme.
SPINK & SON
An auction house of London, UK, Hong Kong and Lugano, Switzerland. For named sales see
under the name or pseudonym of the owner:Blue Eyes
Cape Town
Major Henry Dumas
Sir Humphrey Cripps
SPINK HONG KONG
An auction house of Hong Kong. For named sales see under the name or pseudonym of theowner:
AutumnSPINK LUGANOAn auction house of Lugano, Switzerland. For named sales see under the name or pseudonymof the owner:
Tito
SPRINGER, Sherwood
Springer’s Catalogue of U.S. Taxpaids, B.N.A. Fantasies and Other Material Heretofore
Classified as “Unlisted”.
First edition, Sherwood Springer, Los Angeles, CA, USA, 1962, 16pp. (215mm x 145mm)
Pamphlet with light grey card covers. Price $1.
SPRINGER, Sherwood
Springer’s Catalogue of U.S. Taxpaids, B.N.A. Fantasies M.&M. Facsimiles and Other
Material Heretofore Classified as “Unlisted”.
Second edition, Sherwood Springer, Los Angeles, CA, USA, 1963, 28pp. (215mm x 145mm)
Pamphlet with yellow card covers. Price $1.
SPRINGER, Sherwood
Springer’s Catalogue of U.S. Taxpaids, B.N.A. Fantasies M.&M. Facsimiles and Other
Material Heretofore Classified as “Unlisted”.
Third edition, Sherwood Springer, Los Angeles, CA, USA, 1964, 40pp. (215mm x 145mm)
Pamphlet with light green card covers. Price $1.
SPRINGER, Sherwood
Springer’s Handbook of North American Cinderella Stamps Including Taxpaid Revenues.
Fourth edition, Sherwood Springer, Los Angeles, CA, USA, 1966, 56pp. (215mm x 145mm)
Pamphlet with yellow card covers. Price $2.
SPRINGER, Sherwood
Springer’s Handbook of North American Cinderella Stamps Including Taxpaid Revenues.
Fifth edition, Sherwood Springer, Hawthorne, CA, USA, 1970, 36pp. (215mm x 145mm)
Pamphlet with orange card covers. Price $2.
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SPRINGER, Sherwood
Springer’s Handbook of North American Cinderella Stamps Including Taxpaid Revenues.
Sixth edition, Sherwood Springer, Hawthorne, CA, USA, 1973, 40pp. (215mm x 145mm)
Pamphlet with light blue card covers. Price $3.
SPRINGER, Sherwood
Springer’s Handbook of North American Cinderella Stamps Including Taxpaid Revenues.
Seventh edition, Sherwood Springer, Hawthorne, CA, USA, 1974, 44pp. (215mm x 145mm)
Pamphlet with matt white card covers. Price $3.
SPRINGER, Sherwood
Springer’s Handbook of North American Cinderella Stamps Including Taxpaid Revenues.
Eighth edition, Sherwood Springer, Hawthorne, CA, USA, 1975, 48pp. (215mm x 145mm)
Pamphlet with glossy white card covers. Price $4.
SPRINGER, Sherwood
Springer’s Handbook of North American Cinderella Stamps Including Taxpaid Revenues.
Ninth edition, Sherwood Springer, Hawthorne, CA, USA, 1981, 56pp. (215mm x 145mm)
Pamphlet with orange card covers. Price $6.
SPRINGER, Sherwood
Springer’s Handbook of North American Cinderella Stamps Including Taxpaid Revenues.
Tenth edition, Sherwood Springer, Hawthorne, CA, USA, 1986, 64pp. (215mm x 145mm)
Pamphlet with mottled, light green card covers. Price $8.
STAFF, FrankThe Penny Post 1680-1918.
Lutterworth Press, London, UK, 1964, 219pp. (220mm x 150mm) Hard bound in light brown
cloth, lettered in gold across the spine. Includes dust jacket. Price 30s [£1.50].
Includes the prospectus.
➢
Published in paperback in 1992.
STANLEY, Marcel
The Marcel Stanley Collection of Portraits of Queen Victoria.
15th December 1992, Christie’s Robson Lowe, London, UK, 493 lots. (265mm x 210mm)
Perfect bound with a multicoloured card cover.
STANLEY GIBBONS
Stanley Gibbons’ Colour Guide for Stamp Collectors.
Improved edition, Stanley Gibbons, London, UK, n.d., Fold-out chart with 8 sides. (215mm x140mm) Price 2/6 [£0.13].
The colours are produced in the form of printed “stamps” which have been stuck in theappropriate places.
STANLEY GIBBONS
Stanley Gibbons Colour Guide for Stamp Collectors.
Stanley Gibbons, London, UK, n.d., Fold-out chart with 6 sides. (215mm x 140mm) Price 5/[£0.25].
STANUSH, Claude
Stamp Album Worth $1,000,000.
Life, 28th June, 1954, International edition, pp.37-49.
137

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This is one of the most renown articles on stamps published in the non-philatelic press.
The owner of the rare stamps illustrated in the article was given as Pacificus, a
pseudonym for Alfred Henry Caspary.

STEVENSON, W. Iain
“The Man for the Post” Henry Fawcett and Postal Reform.
Royal Philatelic Society London, UK, 2001, 32pp. Supplement to The London Philatelist,
December 2001, Volume 110. (270mm x 195mm). Grey card cover in the style of The
London Philatelist.
STONE, J. W. M.
Museum Catalogue: Parts I-IV.
Royal Philatelic Society London, UK, 1965, 26pp. Supplement to The London Philatelist,
May 1965. (270mm x 195mm). Grey card cover in the style of The London Philatelist.
➢
Soft bound in black cloth by the present owner.
STOURTON, J. M.
Postage Stamp Forgeries: or the Collector’s Vade Mecum:
Trübner & Company, London, UK, 1865.
➢
Reprinted in: Lowell Ragatz: The Early Philatelic Forgeries of all Countries. A
Stamp Collector’s Omnibus., Educational Research Bureau, Washington, DC, USA,1953.
STRANGE, Arnold M.
See Winthrop S. Boggs & Arnold M. Strange.
STROH, Roger
Lexique Philatélique: Français - Anglais et Anglais - Français. = French - English andEnglish - French Dictionary of Philatelic Terms.
Étude No.134, Le Monde des Philatélistes, Paris, France, n.d. [1971], 21pp. (210mm x
135mm) Saddle-stapled pamphlet.
➢
This publication was issued in three formats: Deluxe edition numbered 1-100;
Ordinary edition numbered 101-1,100 & a non-commercial edition numbered I-XXV.
My copy is number 607.
➢
The work was originally published as: Roger Stroh: Lexique philatélique Français –Anglais et Lexique philatélique Anglais - Français., Le Monde des Philatélistes, June
1970, Issue 222, p.17; July/August, Issue 223, p.19; September, Issue 224, p.27;
October, Issue 225, p.26; November, Issue 226, p.29; December, Issue 227, p.29;
January 1971, Issue 228, p.42; February, Issue 229, p.43; March, Issue 230, p.26;
April, Issue 231, p.26; May, Issue 232, p.26; June, Issue 233, p.26 & July/August,Issue 234, p.18.
➢
The inside front cover includes an advert for the magazine Le Monde des Philatélistes
and the rear cover a list of the publisher’s brochures.
STROH, Roger
Supplément au Lexique Français – Anglais et Anglais - Français.
Le Monde des Philatélistes, Paris, France, 1980, 12pp. (210mm x 135mm) (Photocopy).,
Issued as a Supplement to Le Monde des Philatélistes, March 1980, Issue 329.
SUTTON, R. J.
Practical Philately.
Hutchinson’s Scientific and Technical Publications, London, 1953, 216pp. (210mm x
138

135mm) Bound in maroon, lettered in gold across the spine. Includes a damaged dust jacket.
SUTTON, R. J.
Stamp Curiosities.
Hutchinson, London, UK, 1957, 285pp. (210mm x 135mm) Bound in dark green cloth withpictures of stamps on the front and white lettering down the spine. Includes a damaged dust
jacket. Price 25s (£1.25).
ŠVARC, František
Stamps and Stamp Collecting.
Caxton Editions, London, UK, 1998, 151pp. (280mm x 210mm) Hard bound with a multicoloured cover showing a montage of stamps. Includes a dust jacket. Price £14.99.
➢
First published by Aventinum Nakladatelství, Prague, Czech Republic, 1993.
➢
Purchased as a remainder in 2002 for £3.99.
SWAN, Annie S.
The Guinea Stamp.
Fifth edition, Oliphant Anderson & Ferrier, Edinburgh, UK, 1904, 384pp. & Frontispiece.
(190mm x 130mm) Hard bound in red cloth with decorative motifs on the front and spine.
Lettered in gold across both the front and spine.
➢
A note on page two remarks that a total of 25,000 copies had been produced to date.
➢
Page four carries a list of books by Annie S. Swan.
➢
The book carries a hand written dedication to Edith Anne Spencer from her parents,
for Christmas 1905.
SWEDISH POSTAL ADMINISTRATION
See Nild Hörjel; also Posten.
SWIFT, H. G.
A History of Postal Agitation from Fifty Years Ago till the Present Day Including a few
Forgotten Pages in the wider “History of Our Own Times”.
C. Arthur Pearson, London, UK, 1900, 310+x pp. (195mm x 125mm) Hard bound in red
cloth, lettered in gold across the spine with the title: A History of Postal Agitation.
➢
The unnumbered pages at the rear contain advertisement for other books from thepublisher.

TTTTTAYLOR, May Day
The Alexandria Blue Boy: The Postmaster, the Letter, and the Legend.
May Day Taylor, Washington, DC, USDA, 2006, 43pp. (230mm x 155mm) Saddle stapled
pamphlet.
TENNANT BROTHERSThe Penny Black, Pond Hill, Sheffield 1.
Tennant Brothers, Sheffield, UK, n.d. ca. 1970, 16pp. (215mm x 140mm) Decoratively
saddle-sewn pamphlet.
➢
It appears to have been ptoduced to celebrate the opening of a public house in the old
Post Office building in the centre of Sheffield.
➢
The contents comprises two short articles:
Ronald Ward1
The penny black139

Eric Buckley & Ronald Ward
The Post in Sheffield

3

THEBUSSEM, Doctor
Pseudonym used by Mariano Pardo de Figueroa
THEBUSSEM, Doctor
Algo de Philatelia.
Sucesores de Rivadeneyra, Madrid, Spain, 1899, viii+111pp. (215mm x 160mm)➢
Facsimile reprint by Servicio de Reproduction de Libros, Librerías “Paris-Valencia”,
Valencia, Spain, 1993.
THEBUSSEM, Doctor
Cinco Cartas para el Correo. [Five Letters for the Post.]
Cuadernos de “Revista de Filatelia”, Edifil, Madrid, Spain, 2002, 60+(3)pp. (240mm x
170mm). Multi-coloured card cover.
➢Facsimile reprint of the edition of 1891.
➢
Soft bound in royal blue buckram.
THEBUSSEM, Doctor
Fruslerías Postales. [Postal Trifles.]Sucesores de Rivadeneyra, Madrid, Spain, 1895, viii+317pp. & a folding table tipped inside
the back cover. (215mm x 160mm)➢
Facsimile reprint by Servicio de Reproduction de Libros, Librerías “Paris-Valencia”,
Valencia, Spain, 1994.
THEBUSSEM, Doctor(Segunda Edicion de) Kplankla (y Primera de) Klentrron. Cartas Philatélicas del Doctor
Thebussem y de Don Eduardo de Mariátegui. [(Second Edition of) Kplankla (and First of)Klentrron. Philatelic Letters of Doctor Thebussem and Mr. Eduardo de Mariátegui.]Madrid, Spain, 1871, ii+64pp. (215mm x 160mm)➢
Facsimile reprint by Servicio de Reproduction de Libros, Librerías “Paris-Valencia”,
Valencia, Spain, 1993.
➢
Edition of 300 copies.
THEBUSSEM, Doctor
Tarjetas Particulares y Oficiales.
Cuadernos de “Revista de Filatelia”, Edifil, Madrid, Spain, 1997, 53pp. (240mm x 170mm).
Multi-coloured card cover.
➢Facsimile reprint of the edition of 1891.
➢
The inside rear cover carries a listing of the publications available from Edifil.
THEBUSSEM, Doctor
Un Pliego de Cartas. [A Folded Letter.]
Sucesores de Rivadeneyra, Madrid, Spain, 1891, viii+317+ ipp. & a folded table. (215mm x160mm)➢
Facsimile reprint by Servicio de Reproduction de Libros, Librerías “Paris-Valencia”,
Valencia, Spain, 1994.
➢
The final page contains a prospectus for the book Correos de España: Sus Directores
Generales desde 1840 á 1890., by Dr. Thebussem.
TITO
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The “Tito” Collection: Part I.
16th March 2012, Spink Switzerland, Lugano, Switzerland, Lots 1000-1149. (270mm x
210mm) Perfect bound.
TODD, T
Behind the Stamp Album.
Duckworth, London, UK, 1939, 126pp + 16 plates. (220mm x 135mm) Hard bound in yellow
cloth, lettered in red across the spine.
➢
Signed E. J. Caffull, 1940.
TODD, T
An Album of Rare Stamps.
Vallancey International, Guernsey, British Isles, 1982, viii+162pp. and an erratum slip.
(208mm x 300mm) Hard bound in pale tan cloth, lettered in black down the spine and with anillustration of a British Guiana One Cent stamp on the cover. Inclides a plain paper dust
jacket.
➢Consulting Editor L. Norman Williams.
TOMASINI/KÜNZI
Classic Romania.
David Feldman, 3rd December 2006, Monte Carlo, Monaco, 286 lots. (275mm x 195mm)
Hard bound in green velvet, lettered in gold across the front and down the spine, gilt pageedges.
TRISTRAM, W. Outram
Coaching Days and Coaching Ways.
Macmillan & Company, London, UK, 1893, xv+376pp. (190mm x 125mm) Hard bound inquarter red leather, lettered and decorated in gold on the spine.
➢
It carries the bookplate of Devonport High School and was awarded as a Form Prize
to John Budge on 28th July 1904.
TROUT, A. E
See John Hill.
TRAPNELL, Dr. D. H.
See under C. C. Pond.
TUFFS, Valerie
See under J. Barefoot.
TYLER, Varro E.
See also under Vince & Carol Arrigo.
TYLER, Varro E.
Focus on Forgeries: A Guide to Forgeries of Common Stamps.
Revised, expanded edition, Linn’s Stamp News, Sidney, OH, USA, 2000, xiv+330pp.
(230mm x 150mm) Hard bound in blue cloth, lettered in gold across the front and down thespine.
➢A brief biography of the author is given on page 330.
➢
This is a compilation of the Focus on Forgeries features by Varro Tyler, whichappeared fortnightly in Linn’s Stamp News for many years. It includes all of thecontents of the first edition and updates it to cover three hundred and twenty one
141features.

UUUUUNION PHILATÉLIQUE DE GENÈVE
Album de Fac-Similés.
L’Union Philatélique de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland, 1928.
See under Lowell Ragatz.
UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE
Sources of Historical Information on Post Offices, Postal Employees, Mail Routes, and Mail
Contractors.
Publication 119, United States Postal Service, Washington, DC, USA, 2004, 28pp. (280mm x
217mm) Saddle stapled with a card cover.
➢Soft bound in royal blue buckram by the present owner.
UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICEThe United States Postal Service: An American History 1775-2002.
Publication 100, United States Postal Service, Washington, DC, USA, 2003, 60pp. (280mm x
217mm) Saddle stapled with a card cover.
UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNIONThe Guide for the Development of Philately: The Fascinating World of Stamps.
Universal Postal Union, Berne, Switzerland, n.d. (ca.2000), 143pp. (295mm x 210mm)
Multi-coloured card cover.

VVVV
VESTEY, Lord
Catalogue of a Display given to The Royal Philatelic Society London.
Spink (for Lord Vestey), London, UK, 11th June 2009, 72pp. (265mm x 210mm) Perfectbound with a multi-coloured soft cover.
➢Compiled for Lord Vestey by John Michael.
➢
A handout given to all members of the Society who attended the display.
VICO, Caron de
Rare Stamps of the World.
Claridge’s London, UK, 1995, 148pp. (300mm x 210mm) Maroon card cover. Price £10,
including admission to the exhibition.
➢
Includes the prospectus and entry ticket.
VICO, Caron de
Rare Stamps of the World.
Claridge’s London, UK, 1997, 160pp. (300mm x 210mm) Dark green card cover. Price £10,
including admission to the exhibition.
➢
Includes the prospectus and entry ticket.
VICO, Caron de
Rare Stamps of the World.
Claridge’s London, UK, 1999, 148pp. (300mm x 210mm) Navy blue card cover. Price £10,
including admission to the exhibition.
➢
Includes the prospectus and entry ticket.
142

WWWW
WALKER, George
Haste, Post, Haste! Postmen and Post-Roads through the Ages.
George G. Harrap, London, UK, 1938, 275pp+31 plates. (225mm x 145mm) Hard bound in
red cloth, titled in gold across the spine.
➢
Discontinued from Lewis’s Library Birmingham is perforated through page 15.
WALSKE, Steven CarlSee also Robson Lowe & Carl Walske.
WALSKE, Steven Carl
New Sperati Discoveries.
Carl Walske, USA, 2001, 15pp. (215mm x 140mm) Saddle-stapled pamphlet printed on lightyellow paper.
➢
Produced as a hand-out for his talks on the subject to the Royal Philatelic Society
London on the 3rd May 2001 and the Collectors Club of New York on the 7th
November 2001.
➢
Signed on the front by the author.
WATSON, JamesThe Stanley Gibbons Book of Stamps.
Windward, Leicester, UK, 1981, 221+xipp. (315mm x 225mm) Hard bound in maroon,
lettered in gold across the front and down the spine. Complete with dust jacket.
➢
Donated to the Royal Philatelic Society London when the second edition was
acquired.
WATSON, James & HOLMAN, John
The Stanley Gibbons Book of Stamps.
2nd Edition, Stanley Gibbons Publications, Ringwood, UK, 1990, 232pp. (315mm x 225mm)
Hard bound in maroon, lettered in gold across the front and down the spine. Complete withdust jacket.
WEARS, T. Martin
The Garland of Philatelic Poetry.
C. H. Nunn, Bury St. Edmund’s, UK, [1891], 24+xivpp. (185mm x 125mm) Dull red paper
cover, lettered in black. Price 6d (2.5p).
➢
Carries the library stamp of William A. R. Ricketts.
➢
Purchased from the Corneille Soeteman Library Sale, Part III, lot 350.
➢
The annotation on the glassine-fronted bag it was received in indicated that it was Lot
5373 from a previous sale – apparently one of the Garratt-Adams sales, from thestyle of the label.
➢
The front cover, inside front cover, back cover and the pages at the rear of the bookcontain advertisements, which are indexed below. The pages at the back of the bookare not numbered so I have allocated the appropriate numbers, the two front an rearcovers being so noted.
Advertiser

Location

Page

Enfield
Budapest, Hungary
London

xiv
iv
vii

A
A. W. Heyburn & Company
A. Weiz
Allen & Company
B

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Bright & Son

Bournemouthix

C
C. H. Nunn

Bury St. Edmunds

Carl Hyllested
Ch. SchaupmeierCharles F. PostlethwaiteCharles Mortimer
Cheveley, Wilson & Company
Clarke & Company

Copenhagen
Paris, France
LondonLondonLondon & Birmingham
LondonInside front cover
Rear cover
Inside rear cover
x
ii
xii
i
xi
xiii

E
Edward Fildes

Ecclesxiii

Sheffield
Hastings

vi
viii

Birkenhead
LondonLondonxiv
v
x

LondonChichester
Dublin, IrelandSouthport

x
vii
xiv
i

Sheffield
LondonSudburySouthport

xiv
xiii
v
xiv

Bradford
Bury St Edmundsix
iii

Bristoli

Bristol
Newport-on-Usk
Sunderland

x
xiii
x

LondonLondonBishop Auckland
Tottenham
Glasgow
Liverpool

ix
iii
vii
i
xiii
ix

F
F. L. FordhamFred Hindell
G
G. Burrow
G. H. HoweG. J. Kirke
H
H. Leslie
H. T. Homewood
Harrison & Co.
Henry LeesJ
J. Chester Levick
J. R. LerescheJohn G. Payn
John H. Johnson
N
Northern Stamp Company
Nunn, Christie & Company
R
R. Walford WhiteS
S. F. Bickers
Stubbs, Son, & Company
Sunderland Foreign Stamp Company
T
T. A. Innes & Company
T. H. Hinton
T. H. Thompson & Company
T. W. Wood
Taylor & Company
Taylor Bros.
W
W. T. Haughton
Whitfield King & Company
Willy Jacoby

Coventry
IpswichLondoniii
Front cover;v

WEILL BROTHERS
Raymond Henry Weill (1913-2003) & Roger G. Weill (1909-1991) owned the Raymond
H. Weill Company of New Orleans, LA, USA and were universally known as the Weill
Brothers.
WEILL BROTHERS
Rarities of Mauritius and British Guiana from the Weill Brothers’ Stock.
Auction; Christies-Robson Lowe, Zurich, Switzerland, 22nd November 1989, 15pp. (260mm x
205mm) Hard bound in black cloth, lettered in gold across the front. Includes dust jacket. A
slip of paper is included, correcting the start time given on page 6 from 22.00 to 20.00 hours.
144➢The sale consisted of five lots only.

WELLS, John
The History and Local Post of Rattlesnake Island Lake Erie.
Able Publishing, Knebworth, UK, 2003, 122pp. (210mm x 150mm) Multi-coloured card
cover. Price £8.50.
WESTON, H. Edgar
Used the pseudonym Victor Marsh when publishing and dealing in philatelic literature. See
also Victor Marsh.
WESTON, H. Edgar
A British ‘Georgian’ Stamp Banned by The Postmaster General!
British Guiana Philatelic Society, Georgetown, British Guiana, 1920, 8pp+2 plates. (220mm x
150mm) Saddle stitched with a paper cover. Price 1/6 [£0.08].
➢
Reprinted from The British Guiana Philatelic journal, December 1919.
➢
A new edition was published in 2003 by Peter J. van Gelder, q.v.
WHILDEN Jr., W[illiam] G.
The International Collector’s Guide.
W. G. Whilden Jr., Pelzer, SC, USA, 1884, 48pp. (180mm x 110mm) Pamphlet with lightbrown covers. Price 25c.
➢
The First 150 copies contained a photograph of L. W. Durbin on page thirty one missing from my copy.
➢
A second copy is held with a green cover, which has Durbin’s stamp-like perforated
photograph present on page 31.
WHITE, JudyThe Art of Collecting National Heritage: The Letters of Henry Luke White 1910-1913.
The Seven Press, Scone, NSW, Australia, 2007, x+190pp. (300mm x 215mm) Hard bound inblue cloth, unlettered. Includes the dust jacket.
➢
A limited edition of 300 copies of which mine is number 270.
➢
Signed by the author.
WHITESIDE, John
See Gavin Fryer & John Whiteside.
WHITNEY, Dr. J. T.
Collect British Postmarks.
5th edition, Dr. J. T. Whitney, Benfleet, UK, 1990, 324pp. (210mm x 145mm) Soft boundwith an illustrated cover.
➢
The inside front cover and pages 299-324 contain advertisements.
WICKS, Dr. Anthony
Chalmers Versus Hill: The Saga that Rocked the Victorian Philatelic World.
Mike Jackson Publications, UK, 2012, ix+156pp. (240mm x 170mm) Hard Bound in Red,
titled in gold across the front and down the spine. Includes a dust jacket.
➢
Ten pages at the back numbered A1-A10 contain advertisements for various dealers,publications and societies.
➢
My copy includes a dedication to myself by the author.
WILLARD, John H. & LUGO, Sergio
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Camp Genter: Colorado Ghost Town Mail. Origins and Operations of a 4th Class Post Office.
Rocky Mountain Philatelic Library, Denver, CO, USA, 2008, x+98pp. (217mm x 280mm)
Perfect bound.
➢
It includes the News Release and prospecus.
WILLIAMS, L. N. & M.
Leon Norman Williams (1914-1999) & Maurice Williams (1905-1976) published books
and articles in their joint names for over half a century.
See also Herman Herst: Forensic Philately; Fred. J. Melville, Charles Skilton & L. N. &M. Williams; and Fred. J. Melville, Charles Skilton, L. N. & M. Williams & Arthur
Blair.
WILLIAMS, L. N. & M.
Basic Philately: The Art and Craft of Stamp making.
Link House Publications, London, UK, n.d., 88pp. (190mm x 130mm) Hardbound in yellow
cloth with black lettering across the front and up the spine. Includes a damaged dust jacket.
➢
Originally appeared in serial form in The Stamp Magazine.
WILLIAMS, L. N. & M.
A Century of Stamp Production 1852-1952.
Waterlow & Sons, London, UK, n.d. [1952], 44pp.(215mm x 140mm) Card cover.
➢
Includes specimens of actual stamps to illustrate the work.
➢
Soft bound in royal blue buckram.
WILLIAMS, L. N. & M.
Check Your Stamps: How to make money from the Post Office.
A Handbag Book, Kenneth Mason, Havant, UK, 1973, 32pp. (100mm x 75mm) Saddle
stapled pamphlet. Price £0.10.
WILLIAMS, L. N. & M.
Cinderella Stamps.
Heinemann, London, UK, 1970, viii+152pp.(215mm x 180mm) Hard bound in dark blue,
lettered in gold down the spine. Includes a dust jacket. Price £2.50.
➢
A photograph and biography of the brothers can be found on the inside rear flap.
WILLIAMS, L. N. & M.
Collecting Postage Stamps.
Compass Book number 7, Oxford University Press, London, UK, 1950, 144pp. (185mm x
120mm) Hard bound in green cloth, lettered in black up the spine.
➢
A full list of Compass Books is given on p.[2].
➢The book was reprinted in 1953.
Compass Book number 7, Reprinted with revisions, Oxford University Press, London, UK,1960, 144pp. (185mm x 120mm) Hard bound in red, lettered in silver up the spine. Includes
the dust jacket.
➢
A full list of Compass Books is given on p.[2].
➢Carries the bookplate of the Royal Philatelic Society London, stamped Withdrawn.
WILLIAMS, L. N. & M.
Famous Stamps.
W. & R. Chambers, London, UK, 1940, 256pp. & 16 plates. (200mm x 130mm) Hard boundin blue cloth with dark blue lettering across the spine.
146

➢Carries the stamp of E. V. PopplestoneLtd., Booksellers, Bradford on the inside rearcover.

WILLIAMS, L. N. & M.
Forged Stamps of Two World Wars.
L. N. & M. Williams, London, UK, 1954, 52pp. (215mm x 138mm) Pamphlet with a yellow
card cover. Price 6/- (£0.30).
➢
A list of other books by the same author and an index to advertisers can be found on
page [2].
➢Pages forty-three to fifty-two and the inside and outside back cover contain
advertisements which are indexed below:
Advertisers

Location

Pages

A
Albert Kürzl
Austrophil

Munich, Germany
Vienna, Austria

48
47

Basel, Switzerland

51

Hamburg, Germany

46

New York, NY, USA
LondonLondonInside back cover
Outside back cover50

New York, NY, USA

43

C
Ch. Hassel
F
Felix Chruszcz
H
H. L. Lindquist
H. R. Harmer
Harris Publications
J
J. H. Stolow
M
Mano Katz

London44-45, 49W
Wilhelm Sellschopp

Hamburg, Germany

49

WILLIAMS, L. N. & M.
Fundamentals of Philately.
American Philatelic Society, State College, PA, USA, 1971, iv+629+xxx pp. (245mm x
170mm) Hardbound in brown cloth with gold lettering on the front and across the spine.
➢
Originally serialised in the Philatelic Literature Review, 1954-63, Volumes 67-76.
➢
Reprinted in five sections and an appendix, 1958-68 (255mm x 175mm)•
Section 1 (1st edition)ii+pp.1-110
Yellow cover•
Section 1 (2nd edition)ii+pp.1-110
Yellow cover•
Section 2
ii+pp.111-230
Pale green cover•
Section 3
ii+pp.231-342
Blue cover•
Section 4
ii+pp.343-452
Pink Cover•
Section 5
ii+pp.453-629
Light grey cover•Appendix*
pp.i-xxx
No coverI have no details regarding the publication history of the Appendix which included
three pages of corrigenda and addenda, the remaining pages being devoted to an index
by James Negus.
➢
The above Sections were donated to the Royal Philatelic Society London in May
2000.
WILLIAMS, L. N. & M.
Fundamentals of Philately.
2nd revised edition, American Philatelic Society, State College, Pa, 1990, xv+862pp. (230mm
x 150mm) Hardbound in red cloth, with dust jacket.
➢
Only Leon Norman Williams is credited as the author of this edition, his brother
having died beforehand.
147

➢A photograph of the author is given on the rear flap of the dust jacket.

WILLIAMS, L. N. & M.
More Famous Stamps.
W. & R Chambers, London, UK, 1942, 152pp. (185mm x 120mm) Hard bound in blue withdark blue lettering across the spine.
WILLIAMS, L. N. & M.
Philately: An outline of its Elements.
Game and Recreations Series, Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, London, UK, 1939, 2+vii+158+8pp.
(180mm x 125mm) Hardbound in blue with black lettering across the front and spine.
Includes a dust jacket. Price 4/6 (£0.23p).
➢
There is a list of all of the titles in the Game and Recreation Series on the back of theunnumbered title page.
➢The final eight pages is entitled “A Brief Selection of General Books”, which is a listof Pitman’s publications.
WILLIAMS, L. N. & M.
Philately: An outline of its Elements.
Game and Recreations Series, 2nd edition, Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, London, UK, 1947,
2+viii+157pp. (180mm x 125mm) Hardbound in blue with black lettering across the front andup the spine. Includes a damaged dust jacket.
➢
There is a list of all of the titles in the Game and Recreation Series on the back of theunnumbered title page.
➢
Donated to the Royal Philatelic Society London in May 2000.
WILLIAMS, L. N. & M.
The Postage Stamp: Its History and Recognition.
Penguin Books, London, 1956, 272pp. + 16 plates. (180mm x 110mm) Soft bound. Price 3/6.
➢
Includes brief biographies of the authors on the back cover.
➢
The American edition is priced 85c on the front cover.
➢Donated to the Royal Philatelic Society London in May 2000.
WILLIAMS, L. N. & M.
Postage Stamps.
Puffin Picture Book 69, Penguin Books, West Drayton, UK, 1950, 32pp. including covers.
(180mm x 220mm) Pamphlet with a multi-coloured cover. Price 1/6 (7½p).
➢
Soft bound in royal blue buckram.
WILLIAMS, L. N. & M.
The “Propaganda” Forgeries. A History and Description of the Austrian, Bavarian andGerman Stamps Counterfeited by Order of the British Government during the Great War,1914-1918.
David Field, London, UK, 1938, 42+ 2pp. (165mm x 102mm) Brochure with a brown card
cover.
➢
The final page contains an advertisement for David Field.
WILLIAMS, L. N. & M.
Rare Stamps.
G. P. Putnam’s Sons, New York, NY, 1967, 120pp. (215mm x 210mm) Hardbound in blackwith a Finnish stamp in blue and white on the front. Lettered in white across the front anddown the spine. Includes a dust jacket. Price $5.95.
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WILLIAMS, L. N. & M.
Rare Stamps.
G. P. Putnam’s Sons, New York, NY, USA, 1967. (204mm x 210mm) Hardbound inblackpaper, lettered in white across the front and down the spine.
WILLIAMS, L. N. & M.
Rare Stamps.
Stanley Gibbons Magazines, London, UK, n.d., 100pp. (290mm x 205mm) Issued as asupplement to Stamp Monthly.
➢
Bound in red buckram by the present owner.
WILLIAMS, L. N. & M.
Stamp Anniversaries.
Philagraphia Philatelic Publishers, London, UK, [1942], 56pp. (245mm x 185mm) Saddlestitched paper cover in red and black. Price 2/6 (£0.13p)➢
The covers, except for the front cover, and pages 1-2 & 4 contain adverts. I havecompiled an index to the advertisers.
Advertisers

Pages
F

Frank Godden

Outside back coverG

Gerald Duckworth

2
H

Harry Burgess
Healy & Wise

Inside front cover
4
R

Red Cross Philatelic Section
Reliant Stamp Catalogue
Robson Lowe

1
Inside back cover
4

WILLIAMS, L. N. & M.
Stamp Collecting for Boys and Girls.
A Junior Teach Yourself Book, English Universities Press, London, UK, 1949 (New
Impression 1953.), 96pp. (220mm x 160mm) Hard bound in white paper with the publisher’s
emblem on the front.
➢
Quarter bound in blue cloth with blue lettering down the spine.
WILLIAMS, L. N. & M.
Stamp Collector and Philatelist.
Scout Badge Test Series No.9, Boy Scouts Association, Glasgow, UK, 1947 (Revised 1950),
30+iipp. (180mm x 123mm) Saddle stapled with a card cover.
➢
Although no author is given, the initials L. N. & M. W. appear at the end of each partof the book.
WILLIAMS, L. N. & M.
Stamps Day by Day.
Blandford Press, London, UK, 237pp. (215mm x 140mm) Hard bound in red cloth with gold
lettering across the front and spine. Includes dust jacket. Price 12/6 (£0.63).
WILLIAMS, L. N. & M.
Stamps of Fame.
Blandford Press, London, UK, 1949, 280pp. (215mm x 140mm) Hard bound in blue clothwith gold lettering across the front and spine. Price 12/6 (£0.63).
➢
An advertising prospectus is held for an edition with 312 pages.
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WILLIAMS, L. N. & M.
Techniques of Philately.
Heinemann, London, UK, 1969, vi + 134pp. + 13 plates. (220mm x 140mm) Hard bound in
purple with gold lettering down the spine and a dust jacket. Price £1.10/- (£1.50).
➢
Includes brief biographies of the authors on the inside flap of the dust jacket.
WILLIAMS, Leon Norman
See also L. N. & M. Williams.
WILLIAMS, Leon Norman
Encyclopaedia of Rare and Famous Stamps.
Two volumes, David Feldman, Geneva, Switzerland; Volume 1, The Stories, 1993, 368pp.;
Volume 2, 1997, 218pp. Both volumes include a dust jacket. (298mm x 210mm) Hardboundin white cloth. Lettered in gold across the front (Volume 1) and across the front and down thespine (Volume 2).
WILLIAMS, Maurice
See L. N. & M. Williams.
WILLCOCKS, R. M.
The Postal History of Great Britain and Ireland.
Vale Stamps, London, U.K., 1972, vii+80pp. (230mm x 145mm) Hard bound in blue withgold lettering down the spine and a dust jacket. Price £3.50.
WILLCOCKS, R. M.
England’s Postal History to 1840 with Notes on Scotland, Wales and Ireland.
R. M. Willcocks, U.K., viii+167pp. + 24 plates. (250mm x 185mm) Hard bound in blue withgold lettering down the spine and a dust cover. Price £7.50.
WILSON, Sir John
The Gratis Stamps Distributed by the “Stamp Collector’s Magazine”.
Reprinted from The London Philatelist, 16pp.+2 plates. (275mm x 195mm). Pamphlet withgrey paper cover.
➢Bound in red skivertex, lettered in gold across the front.
WILSON, Sir John
The Royal Philatelic Collection.
Dropmore Press, London, UK, Bound in red Niger morocco leather with the Royal Coat ofArms on the front and gold lettering across the ribbed spine. Price 60 Guineas [£63.00].
WILSON, Sir John
The Royal Philatelic Collection: Prospectus.
Dropmore Press, London, UK, n.d. [ca.?], n.pp. [16pp.] (355mm x 255mm) Saddle stitchedwith a pale orange card cover.
➢Soft bound in red morocco leather by the present owner.
➢
An order form is tipped on the inside of the back cover.
WINICK, Lester
See Leonard L. Laylon; Ben Beede; Rudi Anders; Fred Baumann; Les Winick; Chris
Deterding; George Kuhn; Geoff Jamieson, & Herman L. Halle.
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WOOD, Lt.-Col. H.
The War Stamps of Turkey.
Philatelic Institute Papers No. 5, Fred. J. Melville (Editor), Philatelic Institute, London, UK,n.d., 13pp. (185mm x 125mm) Pamphlet.
➢
Carries Melville’s advert for a collection of Turkish war stamps on the inside front
cover.
➢
Bound together with the other Philatelic Institute Papers – see Fred. J. Melville.
WOOD, Kenneth A.
Post Dates. A Chronology of Intriguing Events in the Mails and Philately.
Van Dahl Publications, Albany, OR, USA, 1985, n.pp. (175mm x 252mm) Hard bound with amulti-coloured cover.
WOODWARD, P. H.
The Secret Service of the Post-Office Department.
Sanford J. Durst, New York, NY, USA, 1978, 583+i pp. Hard bound in a navy blue imitation
leather cover, lettered in gold across the front and spine.
➢
Strictly, the full title, as given on the title page, is: The Secret Service of the PostOffice Department, as Exhibited in the Wonderful Exploits of Special Agents or
Inspectors in the Detection, Pursuit, and Capture of Depredators upon the Mails, witha Complete Description of the many means and Complicated Contrivances of the Wilyand Unscrupulous to Defraud the Public; Also an Accurate Account of the FamousStar Route Frauds.
➢
This is a facsimile reprint.
➢
The final page carries an advertisement for several other books by the same publisher.
WYLIE, Willard O. (Editor)
The Charm of Stamp Collecting.
W. T. Wilson, Birmingham, UK, n.d. (ca.1919), n.pp. [16pp.] (140mm x 85mm) Pamphlet.
➢
Presented with the compliments of W. T. Wilson.
➢
The rear cover (priced in sterling) and inside rear cover (priced in US currency)
advertise items available from the publisher.
➢
Soft bound in royal blue buckram.
➢
The booklet contains the following articles:Author
Title
Pages
Fair Philatelia
Inside front cover
FOUST, Roscoe T.
A strong educational factor
pp.11-13
HILL, Edwin B.
The irresistible appeal
pp.3-6
NANKIVELL, E. J.
As an investment
p.14
WILLIAMS, M.
A subtle charm
pp.6-10WYSOCKA, Barbara
Czesław Słania in Memoriam 1921-2005.
Muzeum Poczty i Telekomunikacji we Wrocławiu, Wroclaw, Poland, 2005, n.pp [48pp.](250mm x 200mm) Perfect bound in white card, titled and illustrated in blue across the cover.
➢The book was issued in conjunction with an exhibition of the works of Czesław Słania
held in the Museum from November 2005 to January 2006.

XXXX

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YYYY
YEN, Stephen P. S.
See Philip E. Robinson & Stephen P. S. Yen.

ZZZZZ., X. Y.
Almanach du Timbre-Poste.
J.-B. Moens, Brussels, Belgium, 1886, 60pp. (Issued as a supplement to Le Timbre-Poste of
February 1886.)➢
Print-out from a digital copy of the one held by the Smithsonian Institution, the gift ofGeorge T. Turner. It includes the bookplate of L. P. Couraud of Cognac, France.
➢
It contains the following (roughly translated):
Easy predictions for every day of each month about stamps, collectors anddealers.
Ephemera.
The three ages of the Post.
The escargotique [snail-like] telegraph.
The negro telephone.
The black cabinet.
Stamps.
The International Post.
The stamps with stars of the Portuguese Indies.
Between New York and San Francisco.
Sir James Brooke.
Jean-Baptiste Moens.
Tribulations of the social way.
My stamp album.
Danger of collections.
Symbolic stamps.
The hook stamp.
A Post Office at Smyrna.
The postal flower.
The postal kiss.
History of the past.
The suicide of a letter carrier.
Last farewell.
The Berlin Postal Museum.
Uncommon post boxes.
Chérami [?] on a spree.
Philatelic museum.
Varieties.
ZATULOVE, Paul M.
“ A Journey of Ingenuity” 4000 Years of Written Communication and Mail Delivery.
11th November 2008, Harmers, London, UK, 121 lots. Includes the prices realised. (295mm x
210mm)ZOELLNER, Robert
United States Postage Stamps: The Robert Zoellner Collection.
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, 8th-10th October, 1998, 911 lots. Includes the prices
realised. (280mm x 210mm) Limited edition, hard bound in maroon cloth, lettered in gold152

across the front and down the spine. Includes the dust jacket. Price $125.00.
➢
A copy of the Auction Preview is also held.

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154

THE CHALMERS-HILL CONTROVERSYINTRODUCTION
This Section contains all of the material I have collected specifically relating to thecontroversy over whether the adhesive postage stamp was invented by Rowland Hill orJames Chalmers. I had initially intended that it contained only the pamphlets written by thetwo major protagonists Patrick Chalmers and Pearson Hill. However, as I read throughlarge numbers of 19th Century periodicals from all countries, I came across numerous articles
and notes on the matter. Since these were, for the most part, published whilst the controversy
raged and often by the protagonists, I have added these to this Section with an annotation as totheir relevance.
I have attempted to list the material in chronological order, irrespective of the author, in orderto obtain a perspective of how the controversy developed. Where only a year or year andmonth of publication is given I have looked for and used the latest date given in the text as thedate of publication. This attempt to order the publications in a rigorous date order is also
necessary in determining how and when the specific claims and facts emerged.
An Index at the end of this section cross-references the documents to authors, not including
the writers of reprinted letters.

THE PARTIES INVOLVED
Christina Chalmers ()The daughter of Patrick
Chalmers, granddaughter ofJames Chalmers and sister ofLeah Chalmers.
This picture was taken at
Arbroath in 1940 during theAdhesive Stamp Centenary
Exhibition organised by the
Arbroath & District PhilatelicSociety where the sisters opened
the exhibition and presented a
portrait of their Grandfather tothe town.

James Chalmers (1782-1853)
Born in Arbroath, Scotland on the 2nd
February 1782, he trained as a weaver withhis brother Charles before moving to Dundee
in 1809 to join his brother William in theprinting busioness. When William moved toAmerica, he took over the business andestablished himself as a bookseller, printerand publisher of The Caledonian. He had a155

daughter, Margaret (†January 1891).
From the mid 1820s, he was an enthusiastic
postal reformer and campaigned to speed up
the mails between London and Edinburgh.
As the campaign for general postal reforms
gathered pace, in December 1837 hesubmitted his proposal, complete with essays
for stamps, to Robert Wallace, MP for

Greenock. On the basis of this proposal, he later wrote to Rowland Hill and claimed that he
was responsible for proposing the use of stamps. When Hill sent him a copy of his pamphletof February 1837, he withdrew his claim. He died on the 26th May 1853.
References
1.
James

Chalmers(Inventor).,Wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Chalmers_(inventor) , September 2012.

Leah Chalmers (-1955)
The daughter of Patrick
Chalmers, granddaughter ofJames Chalmers and sister ofChristina Chalmers. She diedon the 15th September 1955.
This picture was taken at
Arbroath in 1940 during theAdhesive Stamp Centenary
Exhibition organised by the
Arbroath & District PhilatelicSociety where the sisters opened
the exhibition and presented a
portrait of their Grandfather tothe town.
In the second picture, Leah issitting in the middle of thepicture next to Christina who
has just unveiled the picture of
their grandfather.

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web

site:

Patrick J. Chalmers (1819-1891)
The fourth son of James Chalmers, he wasborn in Dundee on the 26th July 1819. As ayoung man he travelled to China and becamea merchant. Having made his money, hereturned to the UK with his wife and two
daughters, Leah and Christina (†12th
January 1962) settling in Wimbledon,
London.
Following the death of Sir Rowland Hill, he
carried on an intensive campaign to have hisfather acknowledged as the inventor of the
postage stamp, mainly through publishingpamphlets, leaflets and articles.
He died in Wimbledon on the 3rd October
1891 at the age of seventy-two.
References
1.
[William A. S. Westoby (Editor)]: Varia., The Philatelic Record, October 1891,
Volume 13, pp.245-246. (It includes a reprinted obituary from the Surrey Comet.)2.
Death of Patrick Chalmers., The Stamp news, November 1891, Volume 7, Issue 6,
p.247.
3.
Death of Mr. Patrick Chalmers., Philatelic Journal of Great Britain, November 1891,
Volume 1, Issue 10, p.173. (Reprinted from the Pall Mall Gazette.)

Mrs. Eleanor Caroline Fellows
See Eleanor Caroline Hill.

Eleanor Caroline Hill (1831-1926)
The second daughter of Rowland Hill. She married Arthur Fellows in 1861 and Henry
Smyth in 1903. She wrote a pamphlet and two books under her married names Eleanor C.
Fellows and Eleanor C. Smyth, respectively. In November 1891, she wrote a letter to theeditor of The Philatelic Record under the pseudonym A Stamp Collector.

157Henry Warburton Hill (1877-1951)
The youngest son of Pearson Hill and the
grandson of Rowland Hill, he was born on
the 4th February 1877. Educated at Bradfield
and the Royal Military academy, he joined
the Royal Artillery in 1896. On the 29th ofApril 1919, at the age of forty-two, hemarried Ellinor Janet Marcia Walters (aged20).
He was active in opposing those whochampioned Chalmers and in 1940, he
published Rowland Hill and the fight for
penny post. He died in Oban in 1951 at theage of Seventy-four.

Col. Henry Warburton Hill arranging the displayof the Rowland Hill collection of Presentation Plate
at the British Philatelic Exhibition, 1947(2)References
1.
Death of Colonel H. W. Hill., The Philatelic Adviser, July 1951, Volume 14, Issue 7,
p.18.
2.
The death of Col. H. W. Hill., Philately, June 1951, Volume 3, Issue 9, p.127-128

Pearson Hill (-1898)
The only son of Rowland Hill. He marriedJane D’Esterre in about 1865 and had thefollowing children: Rowland Torrens Hill(*~December 1866); Norcott D’Esterre
Rowland Hill (*~June 1868); Jane Torrens
Evelyn Hill (*~March 1870); Caroline
Marion Annie Pearson Hill (*1871?); Robert
D’Esterre Hill (*~September 1874) andHenry Warburton Hill (*4th February 1877).
He entered the Post Office in 1850 to support
his father and made many valuable
improvements to the service.
He was never a consistent collector but
possessed many stamps and particularly
essays of great interest. He was a member of
the Philatelic Society, London for many
years.
He died in Kensington on the 13th December 1898 at the age of sixty-six.
References
1.
Death of Mr. Pearson Hill., The London Philatelist, December 1898, Volume 7,
p.315.
2.
The late Mr. Pearson Hill., The London Philatelist, January 1899, Volume 8, Issue 1,
pp.19-20.
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Sir Rowland Hill (1795-1879)
He was born in Kidderminster on the 3rd
December 1795. At the age of twelve, hebecame a student teacher at his father’s
school. In 1819, he moved the school from
central Birmingham to Edgebaston, anaffluent suburb, and renamed it Hazelwood.
He established a branch at Bruce Castle,
Tottenham, eventually closing Hazelwood
school in 1833 and moving to Bruce Castle
School, remaining there as head master until
1835. Thereafter, he became the Secretary of
the Colonisation Commissioners for South
Australia.
He took a serious interest in postal reform in
1835, being provided with a mass of books
and documents by Robert Wallace thefollowing year. His pamphlet of 1837, Post
Office Reform
its
Importance andPracticality, lead to the reforms of 1839 and1840 and to the introduction of postage stamps. Much of his later life was spent at the Post
Office attempting to push through these and other reforms. He was knighted in 1860.
He married Caroline Pearson, whom he had known from childhood. They had four children:
Louisa Mary Hill; Eleanor Caroline Hill; Pearson Hill and Clara Pearson Hill. He died in
Hamstead on the 27th August 1879.
References
1.
Rowland

Hill(PostalReformer).,

Wikipedia
web
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rowland_Hill_(postal_reformer) , September 2012.

site:

Mrs. Eleanor Caroline SmythSee Eleanor Caroline Hill.

BOOKS RELATING TO THE CONTROVERSYThis section only includes books written by the protagonists and their families, which have abearing on the Controversy and those books written solely about the Controversy. Pamphlets
produced by both Partick Chalmers and Pearson Hill will be found in another section.
1887
Pearson Hill: The Post Office of Fifty Years Ago., Cassell, London, UK, n.d. [1887],
48+7+104pp. (Inscribed to Arthur Maury by Pearson Hill.){A further edition is known, hard bound in green cloth, lettered in gold on the front and up thespine and with gilded page edges. It is not listed in the Crawford Library Catalogue. The other
difference is that it carries an engraved portrait of Sir Rowland Hill as a frontispiece, whichappears on the paper jacket of the other edition.}
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1907
Eleanor C. Smyth: Sir Rowland Hill. The Story of a Great Reform., T. Fisher Unwin,
London, UK, 1907, xv+327pp. & 18 plates.
1911[Eleanor C. Smyth]: Books of Reference and Epitaphs., St. Catherine Press and James
Nisbet, London, UK, 1911, 33pp.
➢
Although it apparently starts out as a general critique of reference books where theeditors have not taken enough care to check their facts, it quickly moves on to thosereference books which relied on Patrick Chalmers for their information.
1918
Eleanor C. Smyth: The Passing of the Penny Post., [Eleanor C. Smyth], Letchworth Printers,
Letchworth, UK, July 1918, 15pp.
➢
An outline of her fathers’ efforts to bring in penny postage against the opposition ofvested interests. She makes passing reference to the article in the Encyclopædia
Britannica of 1883, attributing the information [about James Chalmers’ part in thereforms] given therein for the first time, as having been written by one Edwards,
aparently dismissed from the Post Office by her father. Most of the erroneous
information given was “confirmed” by reference to Patrick Chalmers’ pamphlets.
1939
Leah Chalmers: How the Adhesive Postage Stamp was Born., P. S. King & Son, London,
UK, 1939, vii+45pp.
➢
The usual one-sided story about her grandfather’s invention of the postage stampsaving the reforms at the eleventh hour, taken from her fathers’ pamphlets.
1970
W. J. Smith & J. E. Metcalf: James Chalmers Inventor of the Adhesive Postage Stamp.,
David Winter & Son, Dundee, UK, 1970, 148pp+8 plates. In a pink dust jacket.
{Copies are also known with a blue dust jacket with the title: The Postage Stamp How it Was
Invented and the sub-title: James Chalmers Inventor of the Adhesive Postage Stamp. Other
than the dust jackets, the books are identical.}{The writers were associated with David Winter & Son, the successors to James Chalmers’
printing and publishing business.}2012
Anthony Wicks: Chalmers Versus Hill: The Saga that Rocked the Victorian PhilatelicWorld., Mike Jackson Publications, UK, 2012, ix+156pp.
➢
A modern view of the Controversy, untouched by emotion.

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THE EARL OF CRAWFORD’S “SCRAP BOOKS”
Since the Earl of Crawford attempted to collect everything published on philately, it was
only natural that he should collect the Chalmers-Hill pamphlets. However, his librarian,
Edward D. Bacon was always looking for new material for the library and amongst thatmaterial he obtained various holographic letters and related items relating to the controversy,
mostly it would appear, from the files of John K. Tiffany and Frederick A. Philbrick. These
documents were bound, together with the related pamphlets where appropriate, into twovolumes titled Chalmers-Hill Controversy 1882-94 (call number Crawford 1042), containing
the Tiffany collection, and the much smaller Chalmers-Hill Controversy 1884-1891 (callnumber Crawford 1043), containing the Philbrick correspondence.
Since these are now held by the British Library, I have obtained copies of both volumes andhad the holographic items transcribed in order to make them easily readable. The following
table is a list of all of the items found in these two volumes. Since neither the pages nor the
documents were numbered, I have given each document a number reflecting its position in thevolume, purely for my own convenience.
In general, I have given the publication data as found on the documents. Where I have thought
it helpful, I have annotated the entries in square brackets. Occasionally, I have supplied a few
explanatory notes in a bullet point accompanying the entry.
Brian J. Birch
27th January 2016

Chalmers-Hill Controversy 1882-94(Crawford 1042)
I have always found nineteenth century handwriting to be either copper-plate and easy to reador, more-commonly, exceedingly difficult to interpret. Accordingly, transcriptions of theholographic documents will be found in Appendix 1.
1.
2.
3.
4.

5.

6.

Karl v. Gündel: Die Erste Briefmarke., Internationalen Postwertzeichen-Museum,
Unterdöbling, Vienna, Austria, n.d., n.pp. [2pp.]
Patrick Chalmers: Postal Reform and the Adhesive Stamp. Declaration of theTreasury., Patrick Chalmers, Wimbledon, UK, 1884, n.pp. [4pp.]
Pat. Chalmers: Holographic letter to John K. Tiffany, St. Louis, MO, USA., 14th
June 1885, [4pp.] (See Appendix 1)
Patrick Chalmers: Holographic document headed Further observations on Rowland
Hill’s famous calculation whereby he finds that the cost of conveyance of letters was
so infinitesimal, being from Edinburgh, a distance of 400 miles, only 1/36th of a penny
per letter, that he came to the conclusion the postal charge for letters should be“uniform irrespective of distance”, and thereby claims to have been the discoverer ofthe great principle of “uniformity” in postal charge., Wimbledon, UK, 25th July 1885,
4pp. (See Appendix 1)
Patrick Chalmers: Penny Postage Reform., Reprinted from the Whitehall Review of
the 8th October 1885, Patrick Chalmers, Wimbledon, UK, 3rd October 1885, n.pp.
[3pp.]➢The pamphlet also includes an Obituary Notice for the Rev. Samuel Roberts
reprinted from The Times of 30th September 1885.
T.: Mr. James Chalmers the Real Inventor of the Postage Stamp., Reprinted from The
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7.

8.

9.

10.

11.
12.
13.

14.
15.
16.
17.

18.
19.

20.

St. Louis Republican of the 20th February 1886, [P. Chalmers], n.pp. [3pp.]➢
It is certain that the T stood for John K. Tiffany. Although there is no
indication of the publisher, it is possible that the next item was the fourth pageof this document.
Copy: Princeton College, New Jersey., Patrick Chalmers, Wimbledon, UK, n.d. [ca.
March 1886], 1p.
➢
Two letters, one from Prof. Alexander Johnson of Princeton College and theother from Henry Phillips Jr. of the Numismatic and Antiquarian Society ofPhiladelphia, acknowledging receipt of one of Patrick Chalmers’ pamphlets.
Patrick Chalmers: Copy of a letter to Sir John B. Monckton, Town Clerk,
Guildhall, 26th February 1886, 1p.
➢
It carries a manuscript note by Patrick Chalmers that it was published in tenof the leading London papers.
Patrick Chalmers: Concealment Unveiled, the Sir Rowland Hill Committee, a Tale ofthe Mansion House., Patrick Chalmers, Wimbledon, UK, March 1886, 1p.
➢
Note to accompany the pamphlet of the same title.
Patrick Chalmers: The Adhesive Postage Stamp., Patrick Chalmers, Wimbledon,
UK, March 1886, 1p.
➢
Copy of a letter from John Leng of the Dundee Advertiser, congratulating
him on his success in establishing his father’s claim.
Patrick Chalmers: To the Editor of the Quaker City Philatelist., Patrick Chalmers,
Wimbledon, UK, 20th April [1886], 1p.
P.C.: The Adhesive Postage Stamp., [Patrick Chalmers, Wimbledon, UK, 1886], 1p.
From Trubner’s “American, European, and Oriental Literary Record., [Patrick
Chalmers, Wimbledon, UK, 1886], n.pp. 1p.
➢
The pamphlet also includes a copy of a short note from the Surrey
Independent, reporting upon a piece in J. W. Palmer’s Bric-a-Brac.
The Adhesive Postage Stamp: From the “Christian Leader”., [Patrick Chalmers,
Wimbledon, UK, 1886], 1p.
Patrick Chalmers: Copy of a letter to Sir John B. Monckton, Town Clerk,
Guildhall, dated 26th July 1886., Patrick Chalmers, [Wimbledon, UK, 1886], 1p.
Patrick Chalmers: The Adhesive Postage Stamp: To the Editor of the “Dundee
Advertiser”., Patrick Chalmers, Wimbledon, UK, 28th July 1886, n.pp. [2p.]Patrick Chalmers: [To the Librarian of], Patrick Chalmers, Wimbledon, UK,
November 1886, n.pp. 1p.
➢
Circular to accompany a copy of his pamphlet, asking for it to be placed in thelibrary. A manuscript note suggests that pamphlets would be sent to 300
United States and 100 UK libraries.
PC: [Circular to accompany one of Chalmers’ pamphlets, giving a précis of its
contents.], n.d., 1p.
Patrick Chalmers: The Rowland Hill Memorial Fund Committee at the Mansion
House., n.d. [1886 in manuscript], n.pp. [2pp.]➢
A manuscript note says that a copy has been sent to the Lord Mayor, Aldermen
and others.
Patrick Chalmers: The Adhesive Postage Stamp in the United States., n.d. [ca. 1886
from the dates of the letters quoted], n.pp. [2pp.]➢
Reproductions of letters of support from:
J. C. Birdsong, State Librarian, North Carolina
R. A. Brock, Secretary, Virginia Historical Society
W. G. Whilden Jr., The Dixie Stamp Collector, Atlanta, GA
W. R. Fraser, The American Philatelist and Altoona Philatelic Society,
Altoona, PA
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➢The file contains two copies, one with a manuscript note asking for it to be
circulated and the other with a dedication to Tiffany and noting that 70 copies
were put in the same post as this to the Unites States.
21.
The Adhesive Postage Stamp in the United States. Additional Letters to hand
December 21st., n.d. [ca. 1887], n.pp. [2pp.]➢
Reproductions of letters of support from:
Jacob Fuller, Librarian, Washington & Lee University
C. R. Gadsden, Secretary, Chicago Philatelic Society
C. B. Tillinghast, Librarian, State Library of Massachusetts
P. M. Wolsieffer, Vice President, Chicago Philatelic Society
22.
PC: From the “City Press”., 26th January [1887], 1p.
➢
Paragraph noting the support for Chalmers’ claim from the United States.
23.
Patrick Chalmers: The Sir Rowland Hill Memorial., 27th January [1887], 1p.
➢
Memorandum to the members of the Corporation of the City of London
drawing their attention to the paragraph in the City Press and theaccompanying pamphlet.
24.
Note that Messers Trübner & Company and Messers Sampson [Low?] & Company
have acknowledged Chalmers’ claims in their trade circulars, [January 1887], 1p.
25.
Patrick Chalmers: The Adhesive Postage Stamp., January 1887, 1p.
➢
Circular addressed to The Editor, to accompany the third edition of his
pamphlet: Submission of the Sir Rowland Hill Committee.
26.
From the “Whitehall Review”, February 10th 1887., [Patrick Chalmers, 1887], 1p.
27.
Patrick Chalmers: The Adhesive Postage Stamp., Patrick Chalmers, Wimbledon,
March 1887, 3pp.
➢
A copy of Item 28 was originally attached.
28.
Advertising leaflet showing the contents table of the third edition of Submission of the
Sir Rowland Hill Committee, noting that ‘a copy of the pamphlet will be cheerfully
sent you if desired’., [Patrick Chalmers, 1887], 1p.
29.
Patrick Chalmers: The Adhesive Postage Stamp, Patrick Chalmers, Wimbledon,
March 1887, 3 + 1pp.
➢
A copy of Item 28 is attached.
30.
A leaflet with no heading but beginning Further recognitions ..., [Patrick Chalmers],
Wimbledon, March 1887, 1p.
31.
As above but with the list extended and dated April 1887, 1p.
32.
Patrick Chalmers: Holographic letter to J. K. Tiffany, St Louis, MO, USA, 17th
March 1887, 6pp. (See Appendix 1)
33.
Patrick Chalmers: Holographic letter to J. K. Tiffany, St Louis, MO, USA, 8th April
1887, 2pp. (See Appendix 1)
34.
Patrick Chalmers: Holographic letter to J. K. Tiffany, St Louis, MO, USA, 6th May
1887, 4pp. (See Appendix 1)
35.
Patrick Chalmers: The Adhesive Postage Stamp. To the Editor of the “Stamp & Coin
Gazette”., Patrick Chalmers, Wimbledon, 10th May 1887, n.pp. [3pp.]
Note: The following leaflet was bound so tightly that the heading could not be read.
36.
[A list of American societies acknowledging that James Chalmers was the originatorof the adhesive postage stamp.] Patrick Chalmers, Wimbledon, May 1887, 1p.
37.
Patrick Chalmers: Penny Postage Reform: to the Editor of the “Times”., Patrick
Chalmers, Wimbledon, 21st June 1887, n.pp. [2pp.]➢
The leaflet has the following note in Chalmers’ hand against the paragraph on
the second page mentioning the formal resolutions passed by nine American
philatelic societies: Also by the Société de Timbrophiles Internationale, Paris.
38.
Patrick Chalmers: A leaflet with no heading but beginning In addition to ..., Patrick
Chalmers, Wimbledon, September 1887, n.pp. [2pp.]
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➢At the foot, Chalmers has added by hand The New Milford Philatelic Society.
39.
Patrick Chalmers: [Leaflet to accompany a pamphlet distributed to the United Statespress]. Patrick Chalmers, Wimbledon, October 1887, 1p.
40.
The following Important Letter has reached me too late for Insertion in the Pages of
the Pamphlet., [Letter from Charles Gündel.], Patrick Chalmers, Wimbledon,
October 1887, 1p.
41.
Patrick Chalmers: Holographic letter to A. J. Palethorpe, Derby, 28th October 1887,
1p. (See Appendix 1)
42.
Patrick Chalmers: Penny Postage Reform: The “Times”, the “Encyclopaedia
Britannica” and the Adhesive Stamp. The following Letter was Published in the“Whitehall Review” of October 8th, 1885., Patrick Chalmers, Wimbledon, 3rd October
1885, n.pp. [2pp.]
43.
Obituary Notice from the “Times” of 30th September, 1885., The lower half of the
sheet is entitled Who invented uniform penny postage? Declaration of the Treasury.,
Patrick Chalmers, Wimbledon, November 1887, 1p.
44.
Patrick Chalmers: Holographic letter to J. K. Tiffany, St Louis, MO, USA, 22nd
November 1887, n.pp. [4pp.] (See Appendix 1)
45.
Patrick Chalmers: An open letter with no heading but starting Understanding thatcertain documents ...’, Patrick Chalmers, Wimbledon, November 1887, 2pp. At thebottom of this document Chalmers has added a manuscript note:
Dear Sir,Yours to hand. P. Hill is too cute to put his name to a pamphlet as then thepress would also read mine, being so far privately coached into considering
me a lunatic or a traducer.
P.C.
➢
A second copy (45a) without the annotation is attached,
46.
Patrick Chalmers: An open letter with no heading but starting In previous
publications successfully ..., November 1887, 2pp.
47.
Patrick Chalmers: The Rowland Hill Memorial and Benevolent Fund. Why
Subscriptions to the Fund do not come in., Patrick Chalmers, Wimbledon, 28th
November 1887, 2pp.
48.
Patrick Chalmers: An open letter with no heading but starting Understanding thatcertain documents ..., Patrick Chalmers, Wimbledon, December 1887, 2pp.
49.
From the “City Press”, December, 14th, 1887., Patrick Chalmers, [1887], 1p.
50.
From the “City Press”, December, 28th, 1887., Patrick Chalmers, [1888], 1p.
Note: The following leaflet was bound so tightly that the heading could not be read.
51.
P.C.: [A list of periodicals which have published the portrait of James Chalmers],
Patrick Chalmers, Wimbledon, 23rd December 1887, 1p.
52.
Patrick Chalmers: An open letter with no heading but starting In previous
publications ..., Patrick Chalmers, Wimbledon, January 1888, 2pp.
53.
Patrick Chalmers: A leaflet to advertise the pamphlet: Submission of the Sir Rowland
Hill Committee., [Patrick Chalmers, January 1888], 1p.
54.
From the “City Press”, 26th January., Patrick Chalmers, [1888], 1p.
55.
The Originator of the Adhesive Postage Stamp. Extract from the “Roll of Eminent
Burgesses of Dundee”. “Published by order of the Provost, Magistrates, and Town
Council. Dundee, 1887”. Patrick Chalmers, Wimbledon, February 1888, 3pp.
➢
The third page contains: Extract from the letter of James Chalmers handing hisplan of the adhesive postage stamp to the Mercantile Committee of the City of
London, and now in the South Kensington Museum Library, bequeathed by thelate Sir Henry Cole:-,56.
Patrick Chalmers: The Chalmers-Hill Controversy. Explanations., Patrick Chalmers,
Wimbledon, February 1888, 4pp.
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The Adhesive Stamp. Copy of letter from Sir Thomas Clark, Bart., Lord Provost of
Edinburgh., [Patrick Chalmers, February 1888], 1p.
➢
Attached to this is an otherwise exact copy but with the revised heading The
Adhesive Postage Stamp.
The Adhesive Postage Stamp. From the “British Mail,” and Journal of the Chambersof Commerce of the United Kingdom. Monthly, 1s., February 29th 1888., [Patrick
Chalmers, March 1888], 1p.
The Adhesive Postage Stamp. Extract from the “Morning Post,” 26th March, 1888.,
Patrick Chalmers, [March 1888], 1p.
The Adhesive Postage Stamp., [Leaflet that accompanied an article from the Illustrites[sic] Briefmarken Journal.], Patrick Chalmers, Wimbledon, 27th March 1888, 1p.
The Adhesive Postage Stamp. From the “Brighouse and Rastrick Gazette”, March
31st, 1888., [Patrick Chalmers, April 1888], 1p.
The Adhesive Postage Stamp. Publications which have recognised James Chalmers as
Originator of Same:-., Patrick Chalmers, Wimbledon, April 1888, 2pp.
The Adhesive Postage Stamp. From the “City Press,” “the Local paper for the City of
London,” April 4th, 1888., [Patrick Chalmers, April 1888], 1p.
The Adhesive Postage Stamp. From the “Metropolitan” Journal of the City of London,
April 21st, 1888., [Patrick Chalmers, April 1888], 1p.
The Adhesive Postage Stamp. From the “Dundee Courier”, April 25th, 1888, Patrick
Chalmers, [April 1888], 1p.
Patrick Chalmers: The Adhesive Postage Stamp. Publications which have
Recognised James Chalmers as Originator of Same:-, Patrick Chalmers, Wimbledon,
April 1888, 2pp.
Patrick Chalmers: The Chalmers-Hill Controversy., Patrick Chalmers, Wimbledon,
April 1888, 2pp.
From Trübner’s American, European, and Oriental Literary Record, May 1888.,[Patrick Chalmers, May 1888], 1p.
The Adhesive Postage Stamp. From Trübner’s American, European, and Oriental
Literary Record, May 1888., Patrick Chalmers, [May 1888], 1p.
➢
As Item 68 but with a note appended by Chalmers.
Patrick Chalmers: The Adhesive Postage Stamp. To the Editor of the “Dundee
Advertiser”., Patrick Chalmers, Wimbledon, 19th May 1888, 2pp.
Patrick Chalmers: The Chalmers-Hill Controversy. To the Editor of the “Dundee
Advertiser”., Patrick Chalmers, Wimbledon, 26th May 1888, 3pp.
Copies of a number of newspaper articles, some with handwritten notes by Pearson
Hill, 7 pp. (See Appendix 1)
The Dundee Advertiser:
17th May (Morrison & Sons & Mallett)21st May (Patrick Chalmers)
25th May (Pearson Hill)
28th May (Patrick Chalmers)
2nd June (Pearson Hill)
28th May (A. L. Walker)
5th June (Pearson Hill)
1st or 7th June (Dundee Town Council)
The Dundee Courier and Argus:
13th July (Dundee Town Council)
Patrick Chalmers: The Adhesive Postage Stamp. To the Editor of the “Dundee
Advertiser”., Patrick Chalmers, Wimbledon, 5th June 1888, 1p.
The Adhesive Postage Stamp. From the “City Press,” July 4th, 1888., [Patrick
Chalmers, July 1888], 1p.
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Patrick Chalmers: The Chalmers-Hill Controversy., Patrick Chalmers, 20th July
1888, n.pp. [2pp.]
Patrick Chalmers: The Adhesive Postage Stamp., Patrick Chalmers, July 1888, n.pp.
[2pp.]The Chalmers-Hill Controversy. From “The Philatelic Advertiser and Collectors’
Referee.”- S. Hellier, London, July 1888, 1p.
The Adhesive Postage Stamp. From the “Illustrite [sic] Briefmarken Zeitung,”Leipzig, August 15th, 1888. Editor, Dr. A. Moschkau, the Friend and Correspondent of
Sir Rowland Hill and of Mr. Pearson Hill., Patrick Chalmers, 1888, 1p.
S. B. Bradt: James Chalmers and the A. P. A. Convention., [Patrick Chalmers, 1888],
n.pp. [4pp.]➢
Reprinted from the Stamp Collector of August 1888.
Patrick Chalmers: Holographic letter to J. K. Tiffany, Worcester, MA, USA, 7thAugust 1888, 7pp. (See Appendix 1)
Patrick Chalmers: Holographic letter to J. K. Tiffany, Worcester, MA, USA, 9thAugust 1888, 2pp. (See Appendix 1)
Patrick Chalmers: Holographic letter to J. K. Tiffany, Worcester, MA, USA, 13th
August 1888, 4pp. (See Appendix 1)
The Adhesive Postage Stamp. From the “Illustrite [sic] Briefmarken Zeitung,”
Leipzig, August 15th, 1888. Editor, Dr. A. Moschkau., Patrick Chalmers, [August1888], 1p.
The Adhesive Postage Stamp. Further Important Recognition of James Chalmers.
From the “Deutsche Verkehrs Zeitung,” or German Traffic Journal — “organ of theGeneral Post Office and Telegraphic Affairs, and their Officials.” — Berlin, August
31st, 1888., Patrick Chalmers, Wimbledon, September 1888, 1p.
Patrick Chalmers: Holographic letter to J. K. Tiffany, St Louis, MO, USA, 6th
September 1888, 3pp. (See Appendix 1)
Patrick Chalmers: The Rowland Hill Memorial and Benevolent Fund., Patrick
Chalmers, Wimbledon, 20th November 1888, 2pp.
Patrick Chalmers: The Adhesive Postage Stamp., Patrick Chalmers, Wimbledon, 10th
December 1888, 2pp.
Patrick Chalmers: The Rowland Hill Memorial and Benevolent Fund. The Penny-aWeek Proposal., Patrick Chalmers, 2nd February 1889, 2pp.
Cornell University Library, Ithaca, New York, March 11th, 1889., [Letter from the
Librarian acknowledging receipt of one of Chalmers’ pamphlets], [Patrick Chalmers,
March 1889], 1p.
Jubilee of the Penny Post. From the “Northern Echo,” Darlington, March 18th, 1889
(A Plain-Speaking North of England Daily Paper)., Patrick Chalmers, March 1889,
1p.
Patrick Chalmers: The Adhesive Postage Stamp., Patrick Chalmers, Wimbledon, 26th
July 1889, 1p.
Patrick Chalmers: The Adhesive Postage Stamp. Letter of the Bankers andMerchants of Dundee to the Lords of Her Majesty’s Treasury., Patrick Chalmers,
Wimbledon, July 1889, 2pp.
Patrick Chalmers: Holographic letter to A. J. Palethorpe, Bingham, 5th September
1889, 2pp. (See Appendix 1)
Patrick Chalmers: Holographic letter to A. J. Palethorpe, Bingham, 18th September
1889, 1p. (See Appendix 1)
Patrick Chalmers: Mr. Gladstone on Penny Postage Reform., Patrick Chalmers,
Wimbledon, 8th November 1889, 4pp.
Patrick Chalmers: [Open letter to S. B. Bradt, Grand Crossing, IL, USA], Patrick
Chalmers, Wimbledon, 18th November 1889, 1p.
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Patrick Chalmers: The Adhesive Postage Stamp. “How James Chalmers Saved thePenny Postage Scheme. Letter of the Dundee Bankers and Merchants to the Lords of
H. M. Treasury”., Patrick Chalmers, Wimbledon, December 1889, 2pp.
➢
Leaflet to accompany a copy of the Preface to the above-named pamphlet.
Patrick Chalmers: The Jubilee of Penny Postage Reform. Chronology of theAdhesive Postage Stamp., Patrick Chalmers, Wimbledon, January 1890, 1p.
Patrick Chalmers: Penny Postage Reform., Patrick Chalmers, Wimbledon, 9thJanuary 1890, 2pp.
Patrick Chalmers: James Chalmers’ Adhesive Postage Stamp of 1834., Patrick
Chalmers, Wimbledon, February 1890, 2pp.
Patrick Chalmers: Jubilee of the Penny Postage. The Services of Robert Wallace,
M.P. for Greenock. The Sir Rowland Hill Mansion House Committee., Patrick
Chalmers, Wimbledon, February 1890, 6pp.
➢
Attached to this are the first two pages of an earlier version amended slightly
by hand.
The Adhesive Postage Stamp. From the “Chicago Daily News,” February 8th 1890.
“Invention of Postage Stamps., [Patrick Chalmers, February 1890], 1p.
Patrick Chalmers: An open letter with no heading but starting: The London
Philatelic Society, of which Pearson Hill is a Member ..., Patrick Chalmers,
Wimbledon, February 1890, 1p.
Patrick Chalmers: London Jubilee Philatelic Exhibition of May Next. Under the
Auspices of the London Philatelic Society, in Commemoration of the First Issue of theAdhesive Postage Stamp on 6th May 1840. Exhibition of the Stamps of James
Chalmers, Originator of the Adhesive Postage Stamp., Patrick Chalmers, Wimbledon,
14th March 1890, 3pp.
Patrick Chalmers: Chronology of the Adhesive Postage Stamp., Patrick Chalmers,
Wimbledon, March 1890, 1p.
The Adhesive Postage Stamp. From the “Liverpool Daily Post,” March 21st 1890. The
Jubilee of the Penny Postage., Patrick Chalmers, [March 1890], 1p.
The Adhesive Postage Stamp. From the “Vienna Weekly News,” Vienna, April 22nd,
1890, Patrick Chalmers, 24th April 1890, 2pp.
Fred. A. Philbrick: “The Standard”, 7th May, 1890. The Origin of Adhesive Postage
Stamps. To the Editor of “The Standard.”, [Patrick Chalmers, May 1890], 1p.
Patrick Chalmers: The Adhesive Postage Stamp. To the Editor of the “City Press.”,
Patrick Chalmers, Wimbledon, 12th May 1890, 1p.
Patrick Chalmers: The Adhesive Postage Stamp. Mr. Philbrick’s Letter to the“Standard”., Patrick Chalmers, Wimbledon, 12th May 1890, 3pp.
Patrick Chalmers: The Adhesive Postage Stamp. To The Right Hon. Sir Henry
Isaacs, Lord Mayor of London., Patrick Chalmers, Wimbledon, 13th May 1890, 1p.
Patrick Chalmers: The Adhesive Postage Stamp., Patrick Chalmers, Wimbledon, 13th
May 1890, 1p.
The Adhesive Postage Stamp [Daily Telegraph extract]., [Patrick Chalmers, May
1890], 1p.
From “Le Courier de Londres et de L’Europe,” May 18th, 1890. “À Travers lesExpositions. “L’Exposition des Timbres-Poste. [Through the exhibitions. The
Exhibition of Postage Stamps.], [Patrick Chalmers, May 1890], 1p. {A translation isavailable as Philat. Trans. 636, for which, see Appendix 1.}
Patrick Chalmers: The Adhesive Postage Stamp., Patrick Chalmers, 26th May 1890,
1p.
➢
Leaflet to accompany one of his circulars.
Patrick Chalmers: The London Philatelic Society Exhibition. The Adhesive Stamp
Fraud Brought to Light. Mr. Pearson Hill Produces Dundee Letters., Patrick
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Chalmers, Wimbledon, 26th May 1890, 4pp.
Patrick Chalmers: The Adhesive Fraud Brought to Light., Patrick Chalmers,
Wimbledon, June 1890, 4pp.
Patrick Chalmers: The Adhesive Postage Stamp. Letter from Her Majesty’s Post
Office to Mr. Hay, Town Clerk of Dundee, Patrick Chalmers, Wimbledon, 6th June
1890, 4pp.
The Adhesive Postage Stamp. The “St. Stephen’s Review,”. Patrick Chalmers,
Wimbledon, 16th June 1890, 1p.
Patrick Chalmers: [Letter to Sir James Whitehead]., Patrick Chalmers, Wimbledon,
20th June 1890, 3pp.
Patrick Chalmers: The Adhesive Postage Stamp. From the “Dundee Courier,” June
26th, 1890. “Jubilee Postal Exhibition in Dundee., Patrick Chalmers, Wimbledon, July
1890, 4pp.
Patrick Chalmers: [Flyer to accompany the above leaflet.], Patrick Chalmers,
Wimbledon, July 1890, 1p.
Patrick Chalmers: Le Timbre-Poste Adhésif. Au Rédacteur en Chef du TimbrePoste., Patrick Chalmers, Wimbledon, 5th August 1890, 4pp. {A translation isavailable as Philat. Trans. 540, for which, see Appendix 1.}
Patrick Chalmers: Le Timbre-Poste Adhésif. [Letter to M. Moens of Brussels].,
Patrick Chalmers, Wimbledon, 7th August 1890, 1p. {A translation is available asPhilat. Trans. 538, for which, see Appendix 1.}
Patrick Chalmers: Invention of Postage Stamps., Patrick Chalmers, Wimbledon,August 1890, 1p.
Lt.-Col. Karl von Gündel: From “Philatelia”, Brunswick, August, 1890. Translated
from the German. Historical Notes on the Science of Postage Stamps., [Patrick
Chalmers, August 1890], 1p.
Patrick Chalmers: Ueber die Erfindung der Briefmarken [On the Invention of
Postage Stamps], Patrick Chalmers, Wimbledon, September 1890, 1p.
Patrick Chalmers: Ueber die Erfindung der Briefmarke. Verbesserte Uebersetzung[On the Invention of Postage Stamps. Improved Translation], Patrick Chalmers,
Wimbledon, October 1890, 1p.
P.C.: The Chalmers-Hill Controversy., Patrick Chalmers, Wimbledon, October 1890,
1p.
➢
Leaflet to accompany the following ‘Letters’.
Patrick Chalmers: The Chalmers-Hill Controversy., Patrick Chalmers, Wimbledon,
October 1890, 3pp.
➢
Letters to and from the Philatelic Society, London.
Patrick Chalmers: The Chalmers-Hill Controversy., Patrick Chalmers, Wimbledon,
22nd December 1890, 1p.
➢
Letter to the Editor of Der Philatelist.
Patrick Chalmers: Zur Chalmers-Hill Frage., Patrick Chalmers, Wimbledon, 22nd
December 1890, 1p.
➢
Translation of the letter in 131 into German.
Patrick Chalmers: The Adhesive Postage Stamp., Patrick Chalmers, Wimbledon,
January 1891, 1p.
➢
Flyer to accompany his Petition to the Treasury.
Patrick Chalmers: Sequel to Pamphlet “Petition to the Lords of H.M. Treasury for
Restoration of Official Correspondence Removed by Sir Rowland Hill.”, Patrick
Chalmers, February 1891, 4pp.
Patrick Chalmers: Letter to the Secretary of Her Majesty’s Treasury., Patrick
Chalmers, Wimbledon, 10th March 1891, 2pp.
Patrick Chalmers: The Adhesive Postage Stamp. [Letter to Lord Provost Matthewson
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of Dundee.], Patrick Chalmers, Wimbledon, 12th March 1891, 1p.
Patrick Chalmers: The Chalmers-Hill Controversy. Remarks on Mr. Pearson Hill’s
Letter of date January 14th, 1891, addressed to Frank Mowatt, Esq., Under-Secretary
to Her Majesty’s Treasury, and published in the “Monthly Journal” and “Philatelic
Record”., Patrick Chalmers, Wimbledon, 27th July 1891, 3pp.
Patrick Chalmers: The Chalmers-Hill Controversy. Remarks on Mr. Pearson Hill’s
Letter of date January 14th, 1891, addressed to Frank Mowatt, Esq., Under-Secretary
to Her Majesty’s Treasury, and published in the “Monthly Journal” and “Philatelic
Record”., Patrick Chalmers, Wimbledon, August 1891, 3pp.
➢
This is identical to pamphlet 137 except for the date and the final paragraphreferring to his pamphlet: Action of Her Majesty’s Treasury - theCorrespondence Called For and Refused.
Patrick Chalmers: Die Chalmers-Hill Streitfrage [The Chalmers-Hill Controversy].,
Patrick Chalmers, Wimbledon, September 1890, 2pp.
➢
This appears to be a German version of item 137.
Copy of Certificate Forwarded in Mr. James Chalmers’ letter of 1st October 1839.,
3pp.
➢
This is a certificate from the people of Dundee dated 30th September 1839. It
carries an annotation on the final page by Pearson Hill. (See Appendix 1)
W. E. Gladstone: Holographic letter to Sir Rowland Hill dated 24 Mar. 1864., 2 pp.
➢
It is annotated by Pearson Hill. (See Appendix 1)
Sir Rowland Hill., The Times, Saturday 7th June 1879.
➢
Report of the presentation of the Freedom of the City to Hill. It is followed byan annotation by Pearson Hill. (See Appendix 1)[Untitled column about postal reform.], The Times, Saturday 7th June 1879.
[Pearson Hill]: The Adhesive Stamp 1881., Enclosure D, 2pp.
➢
A detailed, handwritten commentary on Patrick Chalmers’ pamphlet of theabove title. (See Appendix 1)
Pearson Hill: Proposed Reduction of Local and Other Inland Rates of Postage. To the
Chairman of the London Chamber of Commerce., Pearson Hill, London, 27th March
1883, 4pp.
➢
It carries a handwritten comment by Pearson Hill. (See Appendix 1)
Pearson Hill: The Adhesive Stamp. (From Dundee Advertiser, April 16th, 1883).,
Pearson Hill, April 1883, 1p.
➢
Extensively annotated by Hill before being sent to Tiffany. (See Appendix 1)
M. Burnett: Copy of a holographic letter to the Editor of The Dundee Advertiser,
23rd April 1883, 4pp. (See Appendix 1)➢
Considering its annotations, it was presumably sent to Pearson Hill byMaitland Burnett for information.
Pearson Hill: The Adhesive Stamp. (From Dundee Advertiser, April 30th, 1883).,
Pearson Hill, May 1883, 1p.
➢
This is a compilation of letters to the Editor by both Patrick Chalmers andPearson Hill.
➢
A long note has been written on the reverse by Pearson Hill. (See Appendix 1)‘Origin of the Adhesive Postage Stamp’., The Postal, Telegraphic and TelephonicGazette, 5th October 1883, p.147.
➢
Extensively annotated by Pearson Hill and with an attached page of notes.
(See Appendix 1.)‘Mr. Patrick Chalmers’ Pretensions’., Holographic transcript from The Postal,
Telegraphic and Telephonic Gazette, 14th March 1884, 3pp. (See Appendix 1)
Sir S. A. Blackwood: Holographic letter to Pearson Hill regarding his
communication with Patrick Chalmers, 7th July 1887, 2pp. (See Appendix 1)
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Pearson Hill: Holographic letter to J. K. Tiffany dated 27th July 1887, 4pp. (SeeAppendix 1)
James Whitehead: Handwritten copy of a letter to Pearson Hill dated 29th October
1887, 3 pp. (See Appendix 1)
Pearson Hill: Holographic letter to J. K. Tiffany dated 31st October 1887, 4pp. (SeeAppendix 1)
Pearson Hill: Holographic letter to J. K. Tiffany dated 3rd November 1887, 4pp. (SeeAppendix 1)
Pearson Hill: Holographic letter to J. K. Tiffany dated 5th December 1887, 9pp. (SeeAppendix 1)
Pearson Hill: Holographic letter to J. K. Tiffany dated 7th December 1887, 4pp. (SeeAppendix 1)
Pearson Hill: Holographic letter to J. K. Tiffany dated 10th January 1888, 9pp. (SeeAppendix 1)
Pearson Hill: Holographic letter to [J. K. Tiffany] dated 12th January 1888, 4pp. (SeeAppendix 1)
Pearson Hill: Holographic letter to J. K. Tiffany dated 14th January 1888, 4pp. (SeeAppendix 1)
Pearson Hill: Holographic letter to J. K. Tiffany dated 18th February 1888, 8pp. (SeeAppendix 1)
Pearson Hill: Holographic letter to J. K. Tiffany dated 24th February 1888, 4pp. (SeeAppendix 1)
Pearson Hill: Holographic letter to J. K. Tiffany dated 28th April 1888, 11pp. (SeeAppendix 1)
William Whitelaw: The Adhesive Postage Stamp., The Dundee Courier and Argus,
Friday 4th May 1888, 2pp. (Enclosure B)➢
Pearson Hill has added several comments to this cutting. (See Appendix 1)
Pearson Hill: Holographic letter to J. K. Tiffany dated 9th June 1888, 10pp. (SeeAppendix 1)➢This letter contained at least six enclosures (A to F). All except Enclosure E
have been removed at some stage and been placed in date order within thisScrap Book.
Pearson Hill: Holographic letter to J. K. Tiffany dated 24th July 1888, 6pp. (SeeAppendix 1)
Pearson Hill: Holographic letter to J. K. Tiffany dated 28th July 1888, 4pp. (SeeAppendix 1)
END OF THE FIRST VOLUME

The first volume of papers (Crawford 1042) seems to have been closed (probably by Tiffany)
when Patrick Chalmers died in November 1891. The second volume (Crawford 1043)
comprises additional material, most of which must have come to hand subsequent to
Tiffany’s library having been acquired by the Earl of Crawford. The document numbering iscontinued by me, for convenience.

Chalmers-Hill Controversy 1884-91(Crawford 1043)
168.

Pearson Hill: Holographic letter to F. A. Philbrick dated 26th February 188?, 7pp.
(See Appendix 1)
170

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170.
171.
172.
173.
174.
175.
176.
177.
178.
179.
180.
181.
182.
183.
184.
185.
186.
187.
188.
189.
190.
191.
192.

Patrick Chalmers: Holographic letter to F. A. Philbrick dated 8th July 1886, 1p. (SeeAppendix 1)
Patrick Chalmers: Holographic letter to F. A. Philbrick dated 12th November 1886,
1p. (See Appendix 1)
Patrick Chalmers: Holographic letter to F. A. Philbrick dated 18th November 1886,
4pp. (See Appendix 1)
Patrick Chalmers: Holographic letter to E. D. Bacon, Secretary, the PhilatelicSociety, London, dated 19th May 1889, 2pp. (See Appendix 1)
Frederick A. Philbrick: Holographic letter to Patrick Chalmers dated 20th May
1887, 4pp. (See Appendix 1)
E. D. Bacon (Secretary, the Philatelic Society, London): Holographic letter to Patrick
Chalmers dated 23rd May 1887, 2pp. (See Appendix 1)
Patrick Chalmers: Holographic letter to F. A. Philbrick dated 24th May 1887, 2pp.
(See Appendix 1)
Frederick A. Philbrick: Holographic letter to Patrick Chalmers dated 25th May
1887, 4pp. (See Appendix 1)
Pearson Hill: Holographic letter to F. A. Philbrick dated 5th June 1887, 8pp. (SeeAppendix 1)
Pearson Hill: Holographic letter to F. A. Philbrick dated 7th July 1887, 2pp. (SeeAppendix 1)
Pearson Hill: Holographic letter to F. A. Philbrick dated 18th November 1887, 4pp.
(See Appendix 1)
Pearson Hill: Holographic letter to F. A. Philbrick dated 4th April 1888, 2pp. (SeeAppendix 1)
Pearson Hill: Holographic letter to F. A. Philbrick dated 10th March 1889, 4pp. (SeeAppendix 1)
Pearson Hill: Holographic letter to F. A. Philbrick dated 30th September 1889, 4pp.
(See Appendix 1)
Pearson Hill: Holographic letter to F. A. Philbrick dated 10th March 1890, 2pp. (SeeAppendix 1)
Pearson Hill: Holographic letter to F. A. Philbrick dated 23rd March 1890, 4pp. (SeeAppendix 1)
Pearson Hill: Holographic letter to F. A. Philbrick dated 15th April 1890, 4pp. (SeeAppendix 1)
Patrick Chalmers: Holographic letter to F. A. Philbrick dated 25th July 1891, 1p.
(See Appendix 1)
Pearson Hill: Holographic letter to F. A. Philbrick dated 1st December 1891, 4pp.
(See Appendix 1)
Pearson Hill: Holographic letter to F. A. Philbrick dated 12th December 1891, 7pp.
(See Appendix 1)
Pearson Hill: Holographic letter to F. A. Philbrick dated 17th December 1891, 4pp.
(See Appendix 1)
Pearson Hill: Holographic letter to F. A. Philbrick dated 18th March 1892, 3pp. (SeeAppendix 1)
S. M. de Lacy?: Holographic letter to F. A. Philbrick dated 20th July 1894, 3pp. (SeeAppendix 1)
S. M. de Lacy?: Holographic letter to F. A. Philbrick dated 2nd August 1894, 1pp.
(See Appendix 1)

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THE CHALMERS-HILL BOOK
In the 1980s, Stephen Holder and Peter Gordon Husbands collected together ninety-two of
Patrick Chalmers’ small (eight pages maximum, with one exception) pamphlets, owned by
Husbands, and compiled them into a book entitled simply Chalmers-Hill. There were no
bibliographic details (i.e. no Author, Publisher, Place of Publication or Date.) included in thebook. Only 9 copies were produced, with the pamphlets being photocopied on both sides ofthe page on A4 paper and the originals being sold to Blackwell’s of Oxford, thereafter.
Husbands bound the books himself, in boards covered with dark green cloth and lettered ingold up the spine and diagonally across the lower right corner of the front cover*.
At the front of the book there is a Contents List with the pamphlets numbered and their titles
given in date order. Where a copy of a pamphlet appears in the following list, I haveannotated the entry with (Holder & Husbands) followed by its number in the Contents List.
*

This information was provided in June 2004 by Stephen Holder, who confirmed theinformation at the time, with Husbands (†2006).

Bibliographic reference:[Stephen Holder & Peter Gordon Husbands]: Chalmers-Hill., [Kemble Press, UK], n.d.
[ca. 1997], n.pp.
The above title is taken from the front cover and spine. There is no title page but the contents
page carries the following title: The Chalmers - Hill Controversy; “Who Invented The
Postage Stamp?” The Kemble Press was an imprint used by Holder.
The Contents, as provided at the front of the book is given below. Only the size of each
pamphlet (given as Qto., 8o, etc.) has been omitted.
List of photocopied documents: All by Patrick Chalmers and printed unless otherwise stated.
The entries below do not necessarily show the titles as given on the pamphlets.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.

Letter to “The Whitehall Review”
2pp. 3rd October 1885
Synopsis re. Encyclopaedia Britannica
3pp. January 1886
The Adhesive Postage Stamp in the United States, letters 2pp. November 1886
The Adhesive Postage Stamp in the United States, additional letters2pp. December 1886
The Adhesive Postage Stamp in America, France & Germany
24pp. 1887
The Philatelic Society of London – Sequel6pp. [1887]
Letter to “The Editor”
1p.
January 1887
From “The City Press”
1p.
26th January [1887]
Sir Rowland Hill Memorial
1p.
27th January [1887]
From “The Whitehall Review”
1p.
10th February 1887
The Adhesive Postage Stamp
4pp. March 1887
The Adhesive Postage Stamp
4pp. March 1887
List of organisations recognising James Chalmers
1p.
March 1887
List of organisations recognising James Chalmers
1p.
April 1887
The Adhesive Postage Stamp
4pp. April 1887
Letter to “Stamp & Coin Gazette”
2pp. 10th May 1887
Sir Rowland Hill Disowned
7pp. 30th May 1887
Circular handing out publication
1p.
October 1887
Letter from Charles Gündel
1p.
5th October 1887
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21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
26.
27.
28.
29.
30.
31.
32.
33.
34.
35.
36.
37.
38.
39.
40.
41.
42.
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44.
45.
46.
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52.
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55.
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57.
58.
59.
60.
61.
62.

Obituary Notice re. Rev. Samuel Roberts
1p.
November 1887
Letter to unknown
2pp. November 1887
Rowland Hill Memorial & Benevolent Fund, letter to Lord Mayor of London
28th November 1887
Letter abusing Pearson Hill
2pp. December 1887
Extract from “The City Press”
1p. 14th December 1887
List of publications
1p. 23rd December 1887
Letter from Wimbledon
2pp. January 1888
Explanations
4pp. February 1888
Extract from the Roll of Eminent Burgesses of Dundee
3pp. February 1888
Letter from the Rt. Hon. Sir Thomas Clark
1p.
23rd February 1888
Extract from “The British Mail”
1p.
29th February 1888
Extract from “The Morning Post”
1p.
26th March 1888
“The Wednesbury Herald” Leader & Article
31st March 1888
Extract from “The Brighouse & Rastrick Gazette”
1p.
31st March 1888
Extract from “The City Press”
1p.
4th April 1888
Extract from “The Metropolitan”
1p.
21st April 1888
From Trubners American, European & Oriental Literary Record
1p.
May 1888
Letter to the “Dundee Advertiser”
2pp. 19th May 1888
Letter re. Pearson Hill
1p.
June 1888
From “The Dundee Advertiser”
1p.
14 June 1888
Extract from “The Philatelic Advertiser and Collectors’ Referee”
1p.
July 1888
The Adhesive Postage Stamp, list of those recognising James Chalmers
2pp. July 1888
Extract from “The City Press”
1p.
4th July 1888
The Adhesive Postage Stamp, pubs which have recognised James Chalmers
2pp. 20th July 1888
The Chalmers-Hill Controversy
2pp. 20th July 1888
The Adhesive Postage Stamp, translated from Illustrite [sic] Briefmarken Zeitung
1p.
15th August 1888
From Illustrite [sic]Briefmarken Zeitung
1p.
15th August 1888
The Adhesive Postage Stamp, translated from Deutsche Verkehrs Zeitung
1p.
September 1888
The Chalmers-Hill Controversy
4pp. 20th November 1888
Letter from Geo W. Harris, Cornell University
1p.
11th March 1889
Letter to the “Quaker City Philatelist”
1p.
20th April [1889]
Jubilee of the Penny Post (from the Northern Echo)
1p.
18th March 1889
The Bankers & Merchants of Dundee to the Lords of Her Majesty’s Treasury
2pp. July 1889
The Adhesive Postage Stamp
1p.
26th July 1889
Letter to S. B. Bradt (U.S.A.)
1p. 18th November 1889
The Jubilee of Penny Post Reform
1p.
January 1890
Penny Postage Reform
2pp. 10th January 1890
James Chalmers Adhesive Postage Stamp of 1834
2pp. February 1890
The Jubilee of the Penny Post and Mr. Robert Wallace, M.P.
6pp. February 1890
Circular re. London Philatelic Society
1p.
February 1890
The L.P.S. Exhibition of May next
4pp. March 1890
Extract from “Vienna Weekly News”
1p.
22nd April 1890
Circular re. Museum exhibit
1p.
24th April, 1890
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64.
65.
66.
67.
68.
69.
70.
71.
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83.
84.
85.
86.
87.
88.
89.
90.
91.
92.

The City Press – Article
26th April 1890
Letter to “The City Press”
1p.
12th May 1890
Mr. Philbrick’s letter to “the Standard”
3pp. 12th May 1890
Circular re. letter from Dr. Moschkau
1p.
13th May, 1890
Letter to Rt. Hon. Sir Henry Isaacs
1p.
13th May 1890
Extract from “Daily Telegraph”
1p.
16th May [1890]
Circular re. plagiarism
1p.
26th May 1890
The L.P.S. Exhibition - The Adhesive Stamp Fraud brought to light
4pp. 26th May 1890
Extract from “Le Courier de Londres et de 1’Europe”
1p.
18th May 1890
The Adhesive Stamp Fraud brought to light
4pp. June 1890
Letter to Sir James Weatherhead re. “Times”
3pp. 20th June 1890
Extract from “The Dundee Courier”
4pp. 26th June 1890
Circular letter
1p.
July 1890
Invention of Postage Stamps
1p.
August 1890
Translation from “Philatelia”, Brunswick
1p.
August 1890
Letter in French to “Timbre Poste”
4pp. 5th August 1890
Letter to Monsieur Moens, Bruxelles, in French
1p.
7th August 1890
Circular letter in French
1p.
September 1890
Circular re. “unfounded statements”
1p.
October 1890
Correspondence with London Philatelic Society
3pp. October 1890
The Adhesive Postage Stamp - referring to Second German Congress
8pp. January 1891
Extracts from “Cape Argus” and “City Press”
1p. February/April 1891
Extract from “Montreal Herald”
1p.
15th March 1891
Extract from “Galignani’s Messenger”
1p.
5th April 1891
Letter to Lord Mayor
1p.
15th April 1891
Letter from Director General des Postes et des Telegraphes, Paris
1p.
16th April 1891
Quotation from speech by Mr. Leng, M.P.
1p.
17th April 1891
Extract from “Franfurter Zeitung”
1p.
20th April 1891
Letter from Ministero delle Poste, Rome (in French)
1p.
26th April 1891
Extract from “The Daily News”
1p.
26th May 1891

Not listed in the Contents but included in the book:[93.] Elizabeth Inglis: The Chalmers-Hill controversy., Stamp & Postal History News, 5th18th January [1982], p.19.

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PUBLICATIONS & LETTERS BY JAMES CHALMERS
1838
3rd February 1838
James Chalmers: Remarks on Various Modes Proposed for Franking Letters, under Mr.
Rowland Hill’s Plan of Post Office Reform.
James Chalmers, Dundee, UK, 3rd. February 1838, 1p.
➢
Illustrated in: A. G. Rigo de Righi: Gems from the RM Phillips Collection: XXXIXThe Chalmers Essays., Philatelic Bulletin, September 1976, Volume 14, Issue 1, pp.34.

175

SEPARATE PUBLICATIONS BY PATRICK CHALMERS
AND HIS SUPPORTERS
BIBLIOGRAPHIES
There have been several attempts to produce a definitive list of flyers, pamphlets and booklets
published by Patrick Chalmers as part of his efforts to have his father declared the inventerof the adhesive postage stamp. I have listed those that I have come across in the Bibliography
below. I have omitted both the Earl of Crawford’s Scrapbooks and the Chalmers-Hill Book,
the contents of which are listed above.
In general, the bibliographies include the pamphlets and booklets but not the flyers (generally
four pages or less) which were considered too insignificant to bother with. These were all
included in the Earl of Crawford’s Scrapbooks, the larger works being listed separately in his
Library Catalogue.
My own list which follows, merely includes my own holdings, for the record.

P. J. Anderson: The Late Mr. Patrick Chalmers., The Philatelic Record, November 1891,
Volume 13, Issue 11, pp.279-280.
➢
Anderson, a noted bibliographer, provided a list of Chalmers’ pamphlets of which he
was aware and requested additions and corrections.
T. Martin Wears: The late Mr. Patrick Chalmers., The Philatelic Record, December 1891,
Volume 13, Issue 12, pp.303-304.
➢
Some additions to the list of Patrick Chalmers’ pamphlets published by P. J.
Anderson in a previous issue of the magazine. Wears also lists the pamphlets by
Pearson Hill.
Karl von Gündel: Verzeichnis der Patrick Chalmers’ schen Streitschriften. [Index of Patrick
Chalmers’ Pamphlets.], Philatelistischer Börsen-Courier, 10th April 1892, Volume 7, Issue 7,
pp.70-71; 10th May, Issue 9, pp.92-95 & 10th June, Issue 11, pp.116-118.
➢
An attempt to list all of the pamphlets produced by Patrick Chalmers.
Bibliotheca Lindesiana Vol. VII: A Bibliography of the Writings General Special andPeriodical Forming the Literature of Philately., Aberdeen University Press, Aberdeen,
Scotland, 1911, Columns 74-78.
Reprinted as: Edward Denny Bacon: Catalogue of the Philatelic Library of the Earl of
Crawford, K.T., The Philatelic Literature Society, London, UK, 1911.
Note: A supplement was published as: E. D. Bacon: Supplement to the Catalogue of the
Philatelic Library of the Earl of Crawford, K.T., Philatelic Literature Society, London,
UK, 1926, Column 19.
Bacon’s working copy of Volume VII, now owned by the British Library, together with the
Supplement and Addenda, were reprinted as: Edward Denny Bacon: Catalogue of the
Crawford Library of Philatelic Literature at the British Library., The Printer’s Stone, Fishkill,
NY, USA, 1991.
➢
An attempt to list all of the pamphlets produced by Patrick Chalmers.
Anthony Wicks: Chalmers Versus Hill: The Saga that Rocked the Victorian PhilatelicWorld., Mike Jackson Publications, UK, 2012, pp.120-122.
176

➢An attempt to list all of the pamphlets produced by Patrick Chalmers.

PATRICK CHALMERS’ PUBLICATIONS
1881
Patrick Chalmers: The Adhesive Stamp: a Fresh Chapter in the History of Post Office
Reform., Effingham Wilson, London, UK, 1881, 70pp.
Patrick Chalmers: The Penny Postage Scheme of 1837: was it an Invention, or a Copy ?,Effingham Wilson, London, UK, 1881, 33+[1]pp.
1882
Patrick Chalmers: The Position of Sir Rowland Hill Made Plain., Effingham Wilson,
London, UK, 1882, 72pp.
1883
Patrick Chalmers: A Short review of the adhesive stamp., Effingham Wilson, London, 1883,
35pp.+(1)p.
Patrick Chalmers: Sir Rowland Hill and James Chalmers, the inventor of the adhesive
stamp. A reply to Mr. Pearson Hill., Effingham Wilson, London, 1883, 76pp.
Patrick Chalmers: Evidence from the pamphlet, “Sir Rowland Hill and James Chalmers, theinventor of the adhesive stamp“., Effingham Wilson, London, 1883, 27pp.+(1)p.
{Reprinted as a supplement to: Patrick Chalmers: “Opinions from the Press,” lately
circulated. Wimbledon, November, 1883.}
Patrick Chalmers: Opinions from the Press (fresh series) upon the letter and parcels post
and the adhesive stamp., P. S. Kidd, Wimbledon, 1883, 30pp.
1884
Patrick Chalmers: James Chalmers the inventor of the “adhesive stamp,” not Sir Rowland
Hill. With letter to H. M. Postmaster-General, and declaration of the Treasury., Effingham
Wilson, London, 1884, 39pp.+(1)p.
1885
Patrick Chalmers: The Adhesive stamp. Important additional evidence in behalf of James
Chalmers, in papers bequeathed to the South Kensington Museum library by the late Sir
Henry Cole., [London, 1885], 15pp.+(1)p.
Patrick Chalmers: The Adhesive stamp. Decision of the “Encyclopaedia Britannica
adhesive postage stamp.” Mr. Pearson Hill has not weakened the evidence to that effect. Sir
Rowland Hill, “though assuredly not its inventor” was its introducer “ both inventor andintroducer deserve to be held in enduring honor”. Also Papers on the penny postage reform
bequeathed by the late Sir Henry Cole. James Chalmers first proposed the adoption of theadhesive postage stamp, of which he was the inventor., London, 1885, 14pp.
1886
Patrick Chalmers: The Adhesive postage stamp. Decision of the “Encyclopaedia
Britannica”. James Chalmers was the inventor of the adhesive stamp - “Mr. Pearson Hill has
not weakened the evidence” to that effect. Also Papers on the penny postage reform,
177bequeathed by the late Sir Henry Cole. James Chalmers first proposed the adoption of theadhesive postage stamp, of which he the inventor., Effingham Wilson, London, 61pp.
Patrick Chalmers: Concealment unveiled, the Sir Rowland Hill Committee, a tale of theMansion House., Effingham Wilson, London, 1886, 31pp.+(1)p.
Patrick Chalmers: Sequel to “Concealment unveiled: a tale of the Mansion House”.
Submission of the Sir Rowland Hill committee., Effingham Wilson, London, 1886, 16pp.
Patrick Chalmers: Submission of the Sir Rowland Hill committee. Second edition, with
opinions from the Press (fourth series) on “the adhesive postage stamp”., Effingham Wilson,
London, 1886, 115pp.+(1)p.
[PatrickChalmers]: The Adhesive Postage Stamp in the United States. Additional Letters tohand December 21st., [Patrick Chalmers, Wimbledon], 21st December 1886, 2pp.
1887
Patrick Chalmers: The Adhesive postage stamp. Submission of the Sir Rowland Hillcommittee. Third edition, with decision of the Dictionary of National Biography in favour ofJames Chalmers., Effingham Wilson, London, 1887, 15pp.+(1)p.
➢This is really no more than an advertisement calling attention to the following
pamphlet.
Patrick Chalmers: Submission of the Sir Rowland Hill committee. Third edition, withdecision of the Dictionary of National Biography in favour of James Chalmers., Effingham
Wilson, London, 1887, 83pp.+(1)p.
Patrick Chalmers: The Philatelic Society of London and the adhesive postage stamp.,[Wimbledon, 1887], 7pp.+(1)p.
Patrick Chalmers: The Philatelic Society of London and the adhesive postage stamp.
Sequel., [Wimbledon, 1887], 6pp.
Patrick Chalmers: The American Philatelic Association and the adhesive postage stamp.,
Effiingham Wilson, London, 1887, 16pp.
Patrick Chalmers: The Adhesive postage stamp in America, France and Germany.
Recognition of James Chalmers., Effingham Wilson, London, 1887, 24pp.
[Patrick Chalmers]: From the “Whitehall Review,” February 10th, 1887., [Patrick Chalmers,
Wimbledon, February 1887], 1p.
Patrick Chalmers: The Adhesive Postage Stamp., Patrick Chalmers, Wimbledon, March
1887, 4pp.
Patrick Chalmers: Penny Postage Reform. The “Times,” The “Encyclopædia Britannica,”
and the Adhesive Postage Stamp. The Following Letter was Published in the “Whitehall
Review” of October 8th, 1885./Obituary Notice. From the “Times” of 30th September,
1885./Who Invented Uniform Penny Postage? Declaration of the Treasury., Patrick Chalmers,
Wimbledon, November 1887, 3pp.
Patrick Chalmers: The Rowland Hill Memorial and Benevolent Fund. Why Subscriptions to178the Fund do not come in., Patrick Chalmers, Wimbledon, 28th November 1887, 4pp. (two of
which are blank).
1888
Patrick Chalmers: The Adhesive postage stamp in America, France, and Germany.
Recognition of James Chalmers. Second edition with letter to the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor.,
Effingham Wilson, London, 1888, 31pp.+(1)p.
Patrick Chalmers: Le timbre-poste adhesif. Lettre a Monsieur George Henderson, expresident de la Societe “Quaker City Philatelic Society”, Philadelphia., Effingham Wilson,
London, 1888, 11pp.+(1)p.
Patrick Chalmers: The Adhesive postage stamp. Letter to the Dundee Burns Club. A reply to
Mr. Pearson Hill. By P. C., Effingham Wilson, London, 1888, 44pp.
Patrick Chalmers: Extract from the “Illustrirtes [sic] Briefmarken Journal,” Leipsic, the 1th
January, 1888. Translated from the German. The invention of postage stamps and of cheap
postage. [Wimbledon, 1888], 10pp.
Patrick Chalmers: Extract from the “Postwertzeichen” Munich, 1st February, 1888.
Translated from the German. Postage stamps and their inventor. By Earl von Gündel, Baden.,[Wimbledon, 1888], 8pp.
Patrick Chalmers: The Originator of the Adhesive Postage Stamp. Extract from the “Roll ofEminent Burgesses of Dundee. “Published by Order of the Provost, Magistrates, and Town
Council. “Dundee, 1887.”, Patrick Chalmers, Wimbledon, February 1888, 3pp.
Patrick Chalmers: The Chalmers-Hill Controversy. Explanations., Patrick Chalmers,
Wimbledon, February 1888, 4pp.
Patrick Chalmers: The Chalmers-Hill Controversy., Patrick Chalmers, Wimbledon, April
1888, 4pp. (two of which are blank).
Patrick Chalmers: La Controverse Chalmers-Hill., April 1888.
Patrick Chalmers: Letter to George Henderson, Esq., ex-president of the Quaker City
Philatelic Society, Philadelphia., Wimbledon, 20th April, 1888, 11pp.+(1)p.
Patrick Chalmers: The Rowland Hill Memorial and Benevolent Fund., Patrick Chalmers,
Wimbledon, 20th November 1888, 2pp.
1889
Patrick Chalmers: The Adhesive Postage Stamp. Letter to the Bankers and Merchants ofDundee to the Lords of Her Majesty’s Treasury., Patrick Chalmers, Wimbledon, July 1889,
2pp.
Patrick Chalmers: [Copy letter to S. B. Bradt, Grand Crossing, IL, USA.], Patrick Chalmers,
Wimbledon, 18th November 1889, 1p.
1890
I have pages 5 & 6 of a document dated February 1890.
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Patrick Chalmers: The Jubilee of Penny Postage Reform. Chronology of the Adhesive
Postage Stamp., Patrick Chalmers, Wimbledon, January 1890, 1p.
Patrick Chalmers: Penny Postage Reform., Patrick Chalmers, Wimbledon, 9th January 1890,
2pp.
Patrick Chalmers: Jubilee of the Penny Postage. The Services of Robert Wallace, M.P. forGreenock. – The Sir Rowland Hill Mansion House Committee., Patrick Chalmers,
Wimbledon, February 1890, 4pp.
Patrick Chalmers: James Chalmers’ Adhesive Postage Stamp of 1834., Patrick Chalmers,
Wimbledon, February 1890, 2pp.
Patrick Chalmers: Chronologie du Timbres-Poste Adhesif., March 1890.
Patrick Chalmers: L’Exposition de la Société Philatélique de Londres: La Fraude du Timbre
Adhesif Demasquee., March 1890.
Patrick Chalmers: Exposition Commemorative de Londres., 14th March 1890.
Patrick Chalmers: The Adhesive Postage Stamp. Mr. Philbrick’s Letter to the “Standard”.,
Patrick Chalmers, Wimbledon, 12th May 1890, 3pp.
Patrick Chalmers: The Adhesive Postage Stamp. To the Right Hon. Sir Henry A. Isaacs,
Lord Mayor of London., Patrick Chalmers, Wimbledon, 13th May 1890, 1p.
À Travers les Expositions. L’Exposition des Timbres-Poste. [Through the Exhibitions. The
Exhibition of Postage Stamps.], (From: Le Courier de Londres et de L’Europe, 18th May
1890) [Patrick Chalmers, Wimbledon, UK, 1890], 1p.
Patrick Chalmers: The London Philatelic Society Exhibition. The Adhesive Stamp Fraud
Brought to Light. Mr. Pearson Hill Produces Dundee Letters., Patrick Chalmers, Wimbledon,
UK, 26th May 1890, 4pp.
Patrick Chalmers: L’Exposition de la Société Philatélique de Londres. La Fraude du Timbre
Adhésif Démasquée. Mr. Pearson Hill Produit les Lettres de Dundee., Patrick Chalmers,
Wimbledon, UK, 26th May 1890, 4pp.
Patrick Chalmers: Le Timbre-Poste Adhésif., Wimbledon, UK, 26th May 1890, 1p. {Atranslation is available as Philat. Trans. 539.}
Patrick Chalmers: Le Timbre-Poste Adhésif. Au Rédacteur en Chef du Timbre-Poste.,Wimbledon, UK, 5th August 1890, 4pp. {A translation is available as Philat. Trans. 540.}
Patrick Chalmers: Le Timbre-Poste Adhésif. [Letter to Moens.], Wimbledon, UK, 7th August
1890, 1p. {A translation is available as Philat. Trans. 538.}
P. C.: Le Timbre-Poste Adhésif., Wimbledon, UK, September 1890, 1p. {A translation isavailable as Philat. Trans. 635.}
1891
Directeur Générale des Postes et des Télégraphes: [Letter to Patrick Chalmers in
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French.], Paris, France, 16th April 1891, 1p. {A translation is available as Philat. Trans. 537.}
26th April 1891
P. Stettiner: [Letter to Patrick Chalmers in French.], Librarian, Ministero Delle Poste Dei
Telegrafi, Rome, Italy, 26th April 1891, 1p. {A translation is available as Philat. Trans. 541.}
James Chalmers, inventeur du timbre-poste adhésif. Nouvelles recherches sur le projet de Sir
Rowland Hill., Londres, Effingham Wilson, 1889, 46pp.
Mr. John Francis, of the Athenaeum, on the plan of Sir Rowland Hill., London, Effingham
Wilson, 1889, 47pp. + 1p.
Mr. John Francis, of the Athenaeum, on the plan of Sir Rowland Hill., Second edition,
London, Effingham Wilson, 1889, 49pp.
How James Chalmers saved the penny postage scheme. Letter of the Dundee bankers andmerchants to the Lords of Her Majesty’s Treasury., London, Effingham Wilson, 1890, 7pp. +1p. {This is only a leaflet calling attention to the following pamphlet.}
How James Chalmers saved the penny postage scheme. Letter of the Dundee bankers andmerchants to the Lords of Her Majesty’s Treasury., London, Effingham Wilson, 1890, 71pp.+
1p.
Robert Wallace, M.P., and James Chalmers. The Scottish postal reformers. Letters, recent
press articles, and recognitions at home and abroad., London, Effingham Wilson, 1890,
75pp. + 1p.
The Adhesive postage stamp. Letter to the members of the International Society of Philatelists,
Dresden., London, Effingham Wilson, 1890, 9pp. + lp.
P. C.: Zur Beleuchtung der Frage iiber die Adhesif-Briefmarken Qffener Brief an die
Mitglieder der Internationalen Philatelistischen Gessellschaft zu Dresden. London,
Effingham Wilson, 1890, 12pp. + supplementary slip.
Zur Beleuchtung der Frage iiber die Adhesiven Briefmarken. Zuschriftan die Mitglieder derInternationalen Philatelistischen Gesellschaft zu Dresden., London, Effingham Wilson, 1890,
12pp.
The Adhesive postage stamp. The Chalmers-Hill controversy., [Wimbledon, 1891], 8pp.
The Adhesive postage stamp. Petition to the Lords of H. M. Treasury for restoration of official
correspondence removed by Sir Rowland Hill., London, Effingham Wilson, 31pp. + 1p.
The Adhesive postage stamp. Petition to the Lords of H. M. Treasury for restoration of official
correspondence removed by Sir Rowland Hill., Second? edition, London, Effingham Wilson,
1891, 36pp. + 1p.
The Adhesive postage stamp. Removal of official documents from H. M. Treasury by Sir
Rowland Hill. Discovery of contents proving the title of James Chalmers; with letters from
Mr. Rowland Hill, Mr. Wallace, M.P., Mr. Joseph Hume, M.P., and others., London,
Effingham Wilson, 1891, 20pp. + postscript slip, and fac-similes of three letters.
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The Chalmers-Hill controversy. Action of Her Majesty's Treasury. The correspondence called
for and refused. Further important letter from Mr. Wallace, M.P., London, Effingham
Wilson, 1891, 44pp.

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SEPARATE PUBLICATIONS BY PEARSON HILL
1881
Who Invented Penny Postage?, Pearson Hill, London, UK, 1881 n.pp. [4pp.]{Reprinted from The Citizen of the 16th April 1881.}
1882
Chalmers versus Sir Rowland Hill and Proceedings of the Philatelic Society of London.,Pearson Hill, London, UK, 1882, n.pp. [7pp.]{Reprinted from The Philatelic Record of November 1882.}
1883
Mr. Chalmers Again., Pearson Hill, London, UK, 1883, n.pp. [3pp.]{Reprinted from The Philatelic Record of February 1883.}
1887
The Post Office of Fifty Years Ago. Cassell, London, UK, 1887, 152pp.
{It includes a reprint of Rowland Hill’s pamphlet of the 22nd February 1837.}
1888
Post Office Reform., Pearson Hill, London, UK, February 1888, n.pp. 1p.
{A reprint of Rowland Hill’s memorandum of the 13th June 1839, with additional notes by
Pearson Hill.}
The Origin of Postage Stamps. The Facts Connected with their Introduction into the United
Kingdom. The Chalmers Craze Investigated., Morrison and Sons and Mallett, London, UK,
1888, n.pp. [31pp.]{A second edition (which has an un-numbered page added at the end) was published in thesame year.}
Memorandum. The Following Recent Correspondence will help show what Value should beplaced on any Statements put forward by Mr. Patrick Chalmers., Pearson Hill, London, UK,
April 1888, n.pp. [8pp.]
The Origin of Postage Stamps., Pearson Hill, London, UK, May 1888, n.pp. [4pp.]{The letters of Pearson Hill and W. A. Westoby published in The Philatelic Record of May
1888.}A Paper on Some Newly-Discovered Essays and Proofs of Postage Stamps, and on Some
Important Evidence Respecting the Original Suggestion of Adhesive Postage Stamps. Readbefore the Philatelic Society of London., Pearson Hill, London, UK, March 1889, n.pp.
[14pp.]{Reprinted from The Philatelic Record of November 1881.}
1889
Supplement to “The Origin of Postage Stamps”. A Paper on Some Newly-Discovered Essays
and Proofs of Postage Stamps. And on some Important Evidence Respectively. The Original
Suggestion of Adhesive Postage Labels. Reprinted from the Philatelic Record of November
1881, with added notes., Morrison and Sons and Mallett, London, UK, March 1889, n.pp.
[16pp.]The Origin of Postage Stamps. The Chalmers Craze. Memorandum. The Following
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Correspondence which has recently passed between the Lord Mayor of London (through his
Private Secretary) and Myself, sufficiently disposes of the latest development of the Chalmers
Craze., Pearson Hill, London, UK, 30th March 1889, n.pp. [3pp.]
1890
The Jubilee of the Uniform Penny Postage. A Paper Read Before the Balloon Society.,
Pearson Hill, London, UK, 8th January 1890, n.pp. [28pp.]
1891
Second Supplement to “The Origin of Postage Stamps”: The Chalmers’ Craze Investigated. A
Letter from Mr. Pearson Hill to the The Treasury Exposing Mr. P. Chalmers’ Misstatements.
Reprinted from The Monthly Journal. Pearson Hill, London, UK, 28th February 1891, n.pp.
[8pp.]
1896
The Rowland Hill and James Chalmers Correspondence., Pearson Hill, London, UK, 1896,
n.pp. [24 pp.]
{Reprinted from Stanley Gibbons’ Monthly Journal of December 1895 to March 1896.}

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ARTICLES ON BOTH SIDES OF THE CONTROVERSYFROM PERIODICALS, NEWSPAPERS, &c.
The objective of this section was to bring together as many as possible of the articles having abearing on this issue, many of which were published while the controversy raged. A great
number of these were written by Patrick Chalmers and some by Pearson Hill and are as
worthy of reading as their pamphlets. Others are the views of those who have investigated theissues, often by simply reading one or two of the relevant pamphlets. Some however, were oldenough to remember the postal reforms and had written about them (William A. S. Westoby),
while others such as Edward B. Evans, attempted to investigate the matter independantly andentered into correspondence with those involved as well as with the two main protagonists.
It was intended that minor mentions should have been omitted, as would mere reiterations of
the claims of one side or the other, unless the material appears as an article when it was
included to show that it has been considered here. Unfortunately, I came across a mass ofreferences in Ricketts’ Philatelic Bibliography Index and chose to chase up all of thereferences it contained. I was staggered to find that amongst the really useful articles, he had
included a vast number of trivial references. Accordingly, I have listed them all to save those
who come after me the same waste of time. All items have been annotated to highlight theirrelevance or otherwise, the more-important pieces generally having a longer annotation.
Although an attempt was made to include every worthwhile piece that could be found, thefollowing is sure to be incomplete.
After the deaths of the protaganists, the intensity of the arguments died away but were kept at
least simmering by their offspring well into the 1950s and by others long after that. Suchmodern pieces have been included where they are signed, even though few of them haveanything useful to contribute. Once again, the annotation indicates their worth.
Since some of the contributions contain details of earlier challenges to Rowland Hill, I haveincluded occasional references to those. Even though they might not relate directly to theControversy, some of them were mentioned by the protagonists and their supporters. As ever,my annotation attempts to make their relevance clear.

1863[Edward Moore (Editor)] with contributions from Y. & W. T. Fewtrell: Who invented thepenny postage scheme?, The Stamp Collectors’ Review and Monthly Advertiser, February
1863, Volume 1, Issue 3, pp.24-25.
➢
A review of the claims made by Dr. Gray of the British Museum regarding the originof the scheme and the correspondence in the Athanæum that followed. It includes
transcripts of two letters which appeared in whole number 1840, one by Y and theother by W. T. Fewtrell.
1876
James M. Chute: The origin of postage stamps., The Monthly Chronicle, October 1876,
Volume 1, Issue 9, p.2.
➢
An early attempt to list all of the methods adopted to pre-pay postage before theadoption of stamps.
1881
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[Editorial.], The Philatelists’ Gazette, February 1881, Volume 2, Issue 12, p.100.
➢
A Chalmers’ pamphlet has come to hand and some details of the claims are given.
However, the writer refuses to accept anyone as inventor of the postage stamp except
for Rowland Hill.
C. H. M.: Origin of the postage stamp., The Stamp Collectors Bureau, September 1881,
Volume 1, Issue 1, p.3.
➢
A brief history of Hill’s postal reforms.
Proceedings of the Philatelic Society of London., The Philatelic Record, November 1881,
Volume 3, Issue 10, pp.190-202.
➢
The majority of this report dealt with a display by Pearson Hill of Treasury Essays
and other material found amongst Sir Rowland Hill’s papers after his death. Having
described the material, Hill went on to describe James Chalmers’ essays and examine
in great detail the claim by Patrick Chalmers that his father invented the postage
stamp.
[William A. S. Westoby (editor)]: Our monthly philatelic chronicle., Alfred Smith & Co.’s
Monthly Circular, December 1881, Whole Number 84, pp.89-90.
➢
Whilst commenting on various aspects of Pearson Hill’s 1881 paper to the [Royal]
Philatelic Society London, Westoby was very dismissive of any claims on behalf ofJames Chalmers.
1882[Maitland J. Burnett (editor)]: Editorial., The Philatelic Record, November 1882, Volume
4, Issue 10, pp.169-172.
➢
Having advised that the Philatelic Society, London, has issued its verdict on the
Chalmers-Hill question after waiting in vain for eleven months for further evidence
from Chalmers, Burnett reviews how Chalmers has attempted to use theParliamentary Blue Book to prove that Hill stole his ideas, by simply distorting thefacts contained therein.
Proceedings of the Philatelic Society of London., The Philatelic Record, November 1882,
Volume 4, Issue 10, pp.183-186.
➢
Following a precis of Pearson Hill’s counter-claims against Patrick Chalmers,
documents received from the latter in response were put before the meeting. After afull discussion it was concluded that Patrick Chalmers had failed to substantiate anyof his allegations or claims.
1883[Maitland J. Burnett (editor)]: Editorial., The Philatelic Record, February 1883, Volume 5,
Issue 1, pp.1-3.
➢
Following the receipt of another pamphlet from Chalmers, Burnett stated that he hadneither acknowledged nor answered any of Hill’s arguments, and pointed out some ofthe serious mis-statements Chalmers had made, and the information he had
suppressed.
[Maitland J. Burnett (editor)]: Editorial., The Philatelic Record, March 1883, Volume 5,
Issue 2, p.25.
➢
Reference to the Town Council of Dundee passing a resolution that James Chalmers
was the originator of the adhesive postage stamp, based solely on Patrick Chalmers’
pamphlets.
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T. Martin Wears: Philatelic notes from Great Britain., The Empire City Philatelist, June
1883, Volume 2, Issue 3, pp.164-165.
➢
A surprisingly even-handed appraisal of the affair as it stood at that time, fromsomeone who seldom missed the opportunity of promoting James Chalmers’ case.
1884
Ray Rees: Who invented the postage stamp?, The Philatelic Referee, May 1884, Volume 2,
Whole Number 5, pp.6-7.
➢
A humorous poem which detailed all of those who had claimed to have invented theadhesive postage stamp.
1885
The first postage stamp., The Foreign Stamp Collectors’ News, January 1885, Volume 2,
Whole Number 16, pp.29-30. {Reprinted from the Inventors’ Record}➢
Although for the most part based on Chalmers’ pamphlets, the writer does note thatrevenue stamps were first introduced by the Dutch in 1642 and by the English in 1693.
[T. Martin Wears]: The garland of philatelic poetry. Part 1. Who invented the postage
stamp?’, The Empire State Philatelist, December 1885, Volume 1, Issue 12, pp.1-2.
➢
Details of those people who could or did lay claim to have invented the postage stamp,
followed by a poem about them. The article was followed by an enlarged version of
Ray Rees’ poem of 1884.
1886
T. [J. K. Tiffany]: The adhesive stamp., The Philatelic Journal of America, February 1886,
Volume 1, Issue 12, pp.208-209.
➢
A detailed re-stating of Patrick Chalmers’ case in favour of his father.
Philatelic notes., The Philatelic Herald, March 1886, Volume 3, Issue 3, p.19.
➢
A trivial statement that James Chalmers invented the adhesive stamp and Hillpublicised it.
The adhesive stamp., The Philatelic Journal of America, April 1886, Volume 2, Issue 2,
pp.22-23.
➢
Following an earlier article in the Journal, E. Campbell of Paris, France, sent a copyof The Philatelic Record of November 1882 requesting that the leading article on thematter be reprinted. The editor dismisses the decision of the Philatelic Society,London, as prejudiced and accepts the later decision of the Encyclopædia Britannica.
[J. W. Palmer (Editor)]: The adhesive postage stamp., Bric-a-Brac, May 1886, Volume 8,
Issue 5, p.3.
➢
Extracts from one or two Chalmers’ pamphlets.
P. J. Anderson: Stamp collecting and “The New English Dictionary”., The Philatelic
Record, June 1886, Volume 8, Issue 5, pp.92-93.
➢
The article entitled Post Office by Edward Edwards in the then current
Encyclopaedia Britannica proclaimed James Chalmers to have been the inventor of
the adhesive postage stamp in August 1834. Anderson’s view was that priority of
publication lay with Rowland Hill but priority of invention with Chalmers.

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[J. W. Palmer (Editor)]: The adhesive postage stamp., Bric-a-Brac, July 1886, Volume 8,
Issue 7, p.6.
➢
The editor quotes from papers quoting the item in the May issue of Bric-a-Brac andprovides a further quotation from a Chalmers’ pamphlet.
William A. S. Westoby (editor)]: Editorial., The Philatelic Record, October 1886, Volume
8, Issue 9, pp.149-152.
➢
Westoby, who was old enough to remember taking a personal interest in the reformsof 1837-40, pointed out the true facts about Rowland Hill’s reforms, which had
nothing to do with inventing the postage stamp, and debunked Patrick Chalmers’
claims on behalf of his father.
New publications., The Philatelist, Winter 1886, Volume 2, p.5.
➢
Report that Patrick Chalmers has published a new pamphlet.
Inventor of the adhesive postage stamp., The Philatelic Journal of America, December 1886,
Volume 2, Issue 10, p.116.
➢
On the occasion of Patrick Chalmers publishing a new pamphlet, the editor mentions
that the Encyclopædia Britannica has now decided the matter in favour of Chalmers.
Leader: The real inventor of the postage stamp., The Philatelic Magazine, December 1886,
Volume 2, Whole number 6, pp.66-69.
➢
Based on the Encyclopaedia Britannica entry ascribing the invention of the postage
stamp to James Chalmers, the author described in remarkable detail how Rowland
Hill appropriated Chalmers’ ideas. He also explained how Patrick Chalmers cameto take up his father’s cause.
Monumental fraud., The Texas Philatelist, December 1886, Volume 1, Issue 2, p.[3]; January
1887, Issue 3, pp.4-5; February, Issue 4, pp.1-2 & March, Issue 5, p.1.
➢
A seriously-flawed re-telling of the story followed by Patrick Chalmers’ tale about
the inscription on the Rowland Hill Memorial Statue.
1887
The true story of the adhesive postage stamps. The case for Mr. Chalmers. Bric-a-Brac,{Reprinted in: The Keystone State Philatelist, January 1887, Volume 1, Issue 1, p.7.}➢
A portion of one of Patrick Chalmers’ pamphlets is reproduced which downplays
Hill’s pamphlet of 1837 mentioning adhesive postage stamps and James Chalmers’
deferring to Hill in their correspondence of 1839-40.
The invention of the postage stamp., The Halifax Philatelist, January 1887, Volume 1, Issue 1,
pp.4-6.
➢
Whilst pointing out that there were a number of claimants to having invented the
postage stamp, the writer tends towards James Chalmers. There follows over a pageof extracts from Patrick Chalmers’ pamphlets. However, the final note is that this is
only one part of the story and if true, part of the fault that it is still debated lies withJames Chalmers for not pressing his claim at the time.
Editorial., The Philatelic Magazine, January 1887, Volume 2, Whole Number 7, pp.73-74.
➢
Reprinted passages from Patrick Chalmers’ pamphlets.
Chalmers vs. Hill., The Philatelic Monthly, January 1887, Volume 13, Issue 1, p.1.
➢
A pointless piece on the controversy.
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[Patrick Chalmers]: James Chalmers., The Stamp, January 1887, Volume 1, Issue 11, pp.[12].
➢Typical Patrick Chalmers propaganda masquerading as a biography of his father.
Editorial., The Stamp, January 1887, Volume 1, Issue 11, pp.[6-7].
➢
A note that the above biography of James Chalmers was provided by his son.
[Schuyler B. Bradt (Editor)]: Editorial chat., The Western Philatelist, January 1887,
Volume 1, Issue 1, p.7 & Chicago Philatelic Society., p.8.
➢
Whilst mentioning Chalmers’ new pamphlet, the editor notes articles in support of his
claim in The Chicago Herald and The New York Leader. The proceedings of the
Chicago Philatelic Society (of which Bradt was at one-time President) record themembers passing a resolution supporting James Chalmers’ claim.
James Chalmers: The real inventor of the adhesive postage stamp., The Philatelic Herald,
February 1887, Volume 4, Issue 2, p.[2]. {Reprinted from The Leader}
L. W. Durbin [Editor]: Paragraphs. The Philatelic Monthly & World, February 1887,
Volume 13, Issue 2, p.4.
➢
In publishing a quote from The American Philatelist that Patrick Chalmers neverclaimed to have invented the adhesive stamp he asks what does he claim.
[Schuyler B. Bradt (editor)]: Editorial., The Western Philatelist, February 1887, Volume 1,
Issue 2, p.24 (shown as 42 on the page iteself).
➢
Acknowledgement of receipt of a set of British Jubilee stamps from Patrick
Chalmers.
John B. Calder: R.I.P.S., The Cumberland Collector, March 1887, Volume 1, Issue 11, pp.83& 94.
➢
Report from the Rhode Island Philatelic Society that it will debate Chalmers’ claim at
the next meeting. The editor comments that the evidence in Chalmers’ latest pamphlet
is overwhelming.
E. B. Evans: Philatelic vs. Philatelical, and Chalmers vs. Hill., The Philatelic Journal of
America, March 1887, Volume 3, Issue 1, pp.6-7.
➢
Following a resolution passed by the St. Louis Philatelic Society acknowledging
James Chalmers as the originator of the postage stamp, Evans asks upon whatevidence it was decided that Chalmers made experimental stamps in 1833 [sic]. He
points out that memories of people after 40 or 50 years are all the evidence that exists.
Furthermore, in correspondence with Rowland Hill in 1839 and 1840, James
Chalmers never claimed to have invented the postage stamps, being aware thatadhesive [revenue] stamps were available long before 1833. Also, he never mentioned
making experimental stamps in 1833 claiming only priority in suggesting their use in
November 1837, withdrawing this when Hill provided him with a copy of his
pamphlet of February 1837.
[Schuyler B. Bradt (editor)]: Editorial., The Western Philatelist, March 1887, Volume 1,
Issue 3, p.40.
➢
Acknowledgement of the receipt of specimens of James Chalmers’ essays. The
gummed sheet bore four halfpenny stamps and a penny stamp. One is postmarked
Dundee, 10 February 1838.
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[W. R. Fraser (Editor)]: [Commentary.], The American Philatelist, April 1887, Volume 1,
Issue 4, p.29.
➢
In commenting on Evans’ article above, Fraser considers that the 1833 [sic] essays
are a proven fact unless the testimony of those remembering them are disproved. He
believes that Pearson Hill’s refusal to publish James Chalmers’ letter withdrawing
his claim negates the evidence.
Inventor of the postage stamp., The Cumberland Collector, April 1887, Volume 1, Issue 12,
pp.89-90 & 92.
➢
Based on the receipt of a portrait of James Chalmers and some of Patrick
Chalmers’ pamphlets, this short piece announced that the Encyclopaedia Britannica
and the Dictionary of National Biography had ended all controversy on the point by
coming down in Chalmers’ favour. An engraved portrait of James Chalmers wasprovided.
C. H. Mekeel: The first stamp., The Philatelic Journal of America, April 1887, Volume 3,
Issue 2, p.33.
➢
Beneath an illustration of one of Chalmers’ essays, Mekeel repeats the story of the1834 essays remembered by James Chalmers’ employees. The stamp illustrated is anexact facsimile of those now in the South Kensington Museum, dated 8th February
1838, and was produced for Patrick Chalmers at the behest of Mekeel.
H. McAllister [Editor]: Mr. Patrick Chalmers., The Quaker City Philatelist, April 1887,
Volume 2, Issue 4, p.48.
Report that a Mr. Lynde has found that a French claim to have invented the postage stamp far
pre-dates that of Chalmers’ father.
Theo. Siddall: Q.C.P.S. Meetings., The Quaker City Philatelist, April 1887, Volume 2, Issue4, p.50.
➢
The full text of the Society’s Resolution, drawn up by F. E. Lynde, against
Chalmers’ claims is given, in which the reason for the rejection are provided.
[Wm. M. Watson (Publisher)]: The claim of Patrick Chalmers., The Germantown
Philatelist, April/May 1887, Volume 1, Issue 2, pp.4-6.
➢
He notes that the Quaker City Philatelic Society has come out against Chalmers’
claims and declares them mistaken, by reference to the pamphlets of Patrick
Chalmers. He then outlines the claims for James Chalmers as written in thepamphlets and recommends that those who doubt these claims read Patrick
Chalmers’ pamphlets for themselves.
[Charles H. Mekeel (Editor)]: Portfolio., The Philatelic Journal of America, May 1887,
Volume 3, Issue 3, p.51.
➢
Mekeel notes that Chalmers made facsimiles of his father’s essays at his suggestion.
Patrick Chalmers: Re James Chalmers., The Philatelic Journal of America, May 1887,
Volume 3, Issue 3, pp.62-63. {A partial reprint from The Western Philatelist of May 1887.}➢
In response to Evans’ article of March pointing out that evidence of the 1834 essays
from memory cannot be relied upon, Chalmers points out that other authorities havebeen convinced by it and therefore Evans must be incorrect. Chalmers adds that as
Evans and Hill are both members of the Philatelic Society, London, he would
naturally be biased as, of course, is the Society.
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The editor, C. H. Mekeel, adds a note that although he believes in Chalmers’ claim, it
was a pity that he did not provide a more detailed reply.
F .E. P. L[ynde]: Jottings., The Quaker City Philatelist, May 1887, Volume 2, Issue 5, pp.6061.
➢
Following numerous letters regarding the report of the Quaker City PhilatelicSociety’s rejection of Chalmers’ claim, Lynde clarifies some errors it contained but
not the conclusion arrived at.
Mr. Patrick Chalmers’ letter., The Quaker City Philatelist, May 1887, Volume 2, Issue 5,
p.64.
➢
Patrick Chalmers’ letter to the paper is mentioned and the editor points out the
weakness of his case, which is demonstrated by the number of Jubilee sets he gives
away to supporters.
Patrick Chalmers: To the Editor of the Quaker City Philatelist., The Quaker City Philatelist,
May 1887, Volume 2, Issue 5, p.65.
➢
Chalmers points out that his father did claim to have been the originator of theadhesive postage stamp but only in correspondence he himself has never seen.
Patrick Chalmers: The adhesive postage stamp., The Quaker City Philatelist, May 1887,
Volume 2, Issue 5, pp.67-68.
➢
Chalmers considers it absurd to suggest that the postal affairs in France some two or
three hundred years before, weaken his claim on behalf of his father. The editor adds anote that he sees no reason to change his opinion.
Patrick Chalmers: Correspondence., The Western Philatelist, May 1887, Volume 1, Issue 5,
pp.81-82.
➢
Following the publication of a letter by Major Evans in the Philatelic Journal of
America, Chalmers sent a copy of his reply.
James Chalmers: The inventor of the adhesive stamp., Bric-a-Brac, June 1887, Volume 9,
Issue 6, pp.9-10.
{Reprinted as: James Chalmers. The inventor of the postage stamp., The American Philatelic
Record, August 1887, Volume 1, Issue 1, pp.1-2.}➢
A re-telling of Patrick Chalmers’ one-sided propaganda under the guise of abiography of James Chalmers.
Patrick Chalmers: Chalmers vs. Hill., The Mohawk Standard, June 1887, Volume 2, Issue 4,
p.3. {Reproduction of a letter to the Editor of the Stamp and Coin Gazette.}➢
Following a note in the Stamp and Coin Gazette that The Philatelic Record continues
to ridicule Chalmers’ claims on behalf of his father, he points out that no evidence onbehalf of Hill has been provided. He then repeats his claims for his father and that
Rowland Hill appropriated everyone else’s ideas.
[E. R. Aldrich (editor)]: Editorial notes., The Philatelic Fortnightly, 7th June 1887, Volume
1, Issue 5, p.3.
➢
Comment that about the only thing Chalmers has not claimed for his father is thehonour of inventing pen and ink.
Patrick Chalmers: The adhesive stamp, The Philatelic Gazette, June 1887, Volume 3, Whole
Number 36, p.140.
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➢

Having read in this paper that The Philatelic Record was still ridiculing his claims onbehalf of his father, he provided an overview of the situation. As usual, he repeated allof his own claims without mentioning the issues brought up against them by the The
Philatelic Record.

Edw. B. Evans: Re Chalmers., The Philatelic Journal of America, June 1887, Volume 3,
Issue 4, pp.78-79.
➢
Evans responds to Chalmers’ letter repudiating his views expressed in a previous
number of the paper. He points out that he is not acquainted with Pearson Hill and did
write the letter in the Whitehall Review mentioned by Chalmers. However, he points
out that there is no documentary evidence that essays were produced by James
Chalmers in 1834. He then points out a number in inaccuracies in Chalmers’ claims
and clarifies the actions of the Philatelic Society, London, in the matter.
A Revenue Collector: [Adhesive Fiscals.], The Philatelic Journal of America, June 1887,
Volume 3, Issue 4, pp.79-80.
➢
In response to George F. Heath about adhesive fiscal stamps pre-dating the adhesive
postage stamp, he compares the use of fiscal stamps with postage stamps. He thendescribes the French system of 1653. Finally, he consider it probable that Hill
appropriated all of the ideas as his own.
[Untitled note.], The Philatelic Magazine, June 1887, Volume 2, Issue 9, p.94.
➢
Acknowledgement of the receipt of a photographic copy of an article by James
Chalmers from the Edinburgh Magazine of August 1825 asking for an accelerationof the mail between Edinburgh, Manchester, Liverpool, etc.
[H. McAllister (editor)]: Jottings., The Quaker City Philatelist, June 1887, Volume 2, Issue
6, pp.80-81.
➢
Having been taken to task by the Germantown Philatelist for the anti-Chalmers
resolution passed by the Quaker City Philatelic Society, McAllister pondered as towhether the editor of the aformentioned paper had received a set of Jubilee stamps forwriting the article.
P.C. [Patrick Chalmers]: The adhesive stamp., The Stamp, June 1887, Volume 2, Issue 4,
p.49.
➢
Chalmers defended his claim against those who suggested that the French had
postage stamps some two or three hundred years earlier.
W. R. Fraser: The adhesive stamp., The Stamp, June 1887, Volume 2, Issue 4, p.55.
➢
Fraser quoted the Philatelic Monthly which had noted that a set of unused Jubilee
stamps went a long way towards persuading people that James Chalmers invented
the adhesive postage stamp; he then poured scorn on its writer (L. W. Durbin) andthose who supported Hill. A list of all Chalmers supporters is then provided.
E. D. Kline: The Western Philatelist, June 1887, Volume 1, Issue 6, pp.102-103.
➢
It was reported that every member of the Pomeroy Philatelic Society had received aset of Jubilee stamps from Patrick Chalmers.
Patrick Chalmers: Correspondence., The Western Philatelist, June 1887, Volume 1, Issue 6,
p.103.
➢In response to the Quaker City Philatelist’s repudiation of his father’s claims in its
April issue, Chalmers points out that he father’s claims are to be found in the192correspondence removed from the Treasury by Rowland Hill.
Patrick Chalmers: Correspondence., The Western Philatelist, June 1887, Volume 1, Issue 6,
p.103.
➢
Chalmers denies the statement in The Quaker City Philatelist that James Chalmers
did not claim to have originated the adhesive postage stamp, and then insists that
correspondence on the subject was removed from the Treasury by Sir Rowland Hilland is now in the hands of Pearson Hill.
[William A. S. Westoby (editor)]: Our monthly philatelic chronicle., Alfred Smith & Co.’s
Monthly Circular, July 1887, Whole Number 151, p.48.
➢
Westoby acknowledges the receipt of the book The Post Office of Fifty Years Ago,
which contains a facsimile of Rowland Hill’s pamphlet of the 22nd February 1837.
With regard to Patrick Chalmers’ claims for his father, Westoby noted that James
Chalmers sent a proposal to the Treasury in 1839 but it was not thought worthy offurther consideration.
Editorial notes and comments., The Philatelic Gazette, July 1887, Volume 4, Issue 1, p.7.
➢
The Editor notes that the Philatelic Monthly was unkind to insinuate that those who
sided with Patrick Chalmers did so only to receive a set of Jubilee stamps, as hesided with him but had received no stamps.
[William A. S. Westoby (editor)]: Editorial., The Philatelic Record, July 1887, Volume 9,
Issue 6, pp.89-92.
➢
Having received some new pamphlets from Patrick Chalmers, Westoby advised thatthey contain nothing new except perhaps that The Philatelic Record is the organ of
the London Philatelic Society of which Pearson Hill was a member. This was, ofcourse, untrue, the paper merely published the Society’s reports. Neither had hecorresponded with nor met with Hill, except on one long-ago occasion on acompletely unrelated matter. He also provided an example of Chalmers’ perversity ofreasoning relating to the so-called repudiation of the Post Office of its “own”
publication (The Postal, Telegraphic and Telephonic Gazette) which opposed his
views. He then considered in detail James Chalmers’ role in the origination of theadhesive postage stamp and concluded that he produced nothing of particular value tothe scheme.
Theodore Siddall: A contribution to the Hill-Chalmers controversy., Quaker City Philatelist,
July 1887, Volume 2, Issue 7, pp.92-94.
➢
Siddall proves that Hill never claimed to have invented the postage stamp andprovides contemporaneous (1840) evidence of this. He also dismisses Chalmers
claims as lacking in proof and simply ignoring the documentary evidence that isreadily available.
Patrick Chalmers: The Philatelic Society of London and the adhesive postage stamp., The
Stamp Collectors’ Journal, July 1887, Volume 9, Issue 9, pp.66-67 & August, Issue 10, pp.7475.
➢
Chalmers gives in full the correspondence between himself and the Philatelic Society,London which adds nothing to the debate, being little more than acknowledgements.
However, on receipt of two letters from F. A. Philbrick [the then President of the
Philatelic Society, London] containing eleven pages, he published carefully selectedparts of two or three lines which he then used to support his case.
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The Inventor of the postage stamp., The Collector’s Journal, August 1887, Volume 1, Issue 1,
p.1. An editorial note can be found on page 11.
➢
A reiteration of Chalmers’ case illustrated by the one penny essay and an engraved
portrait of James Chalmers. The note on page 11 quotes Chalmers as saying that hehas now proved his case.
Edw. B. Evans: In re Chalmers-Hill., The Quaker City Philatelist, August 1887, Volume 2,
Issue 8, pp.105-106.
➢
Following receipt of a copy of the Society’s resolution, Evans characterises Chalmers
arguments as partly abuse of Sir Rowland Hill and partly of demonstrating thatvarious parties have accepted his arguments – none of which is evidence. Fifty year
old memories of people remembering James Chalmers producing essays in 1834
count for nothing against his own claim that it was November 1837. He take the editorof The American Philatelist to task for not having read the 1881 article in The
Philatelic Record in spite of claiming to have read both sides of the case.
Phil Atelic: The invention of the adhesive postage stamp., The Western Philatelist, August
1887, Volume 1, Issue 8, pp.137-138.
➢
Having poured scorn on the ‘Queer City’ [Quaker City] Philatelic Society for goingagainst Chalmers’ claim, Phil Atelic announced that Chalmers had been supported
by two French societies and was likely to be supported by the International Society ofDresden.
The Hill-Chalmer’s [sic] Controversy., The Halifax Philatelist, September 1887, Volume 1,
Issue 9, p.7.
➢
A trifling mention that the affair is getting monotonous.
Pelf: A resume of the Chalmers’Hill controversy., The Philatelic Fortnightly, September
1887, Volume 1, Issue 9, p.1.
➢
Having pointed out that American societies espoused the Chalmers’ claim based on
his side of the story only and poured scorn and derision on anyone having an opposing
view, he points out that Major Evans summed the case for Hill up exactly. He thencontinues about French influence on the matter – rather incoherently.
[C. H. Mekeel (Editor)]: Mr.Chalmers’ proof., The Philatelic Journal of America, September
1887, Volume 3, Issue 7, p.177.
➢
Quotations from those claiming that Chalmers’ essays dated from 1834 are a given
and accepted as proof of the claims.
Edw. H. [sic] Evans: Adhesive Fiscals., The Philatelic Journal of America, September 1887,
Volume 3, Issue 7, p.178.
➢
Regarding the earlier note from Revenue Collector about adhesive revenue stamps,
Evans points out that these were in use in the UK for patent medicing taxation in theyears before the postage stamp. Charles Whiting, the successor to the printer of thesetax stamps was a postal reformer well known to Rowland Hill and produced his own
essays for the Treasury competition.
Editorial., The Quaker City Philatelist, September 1887, Volume 2, Issue 9, p.124.
➢
Regretting the position taken by The American Philatelic Association and feeling that
it will have to withdraw from it in due course.

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[Mr. Patrick Chalmers.], The Quaker City Philatelist, September 1887, Volume 2, Issue 9,p.125.
➢
A list of societies and prominent persons who consider Chalmers’ claims to beridiculous.
[William A. S. Westoby (editor)]: Our monthly philatelic chronicle., Alfred Smith & Co.’s
Monthly Circular, October 1887, Whole Number 194, pp.73-74.
➢
Westoby observed that he had read the testimonies of the three living persons upon
whose recollections Patrick Chalmers based his claim about essays being producedby his father in 1834, one of which clearly places their production in about 1839. The
essence and novelty of Hill’s reforms was that the price of postage should be based onweight and not on distance travelled or number of sheets. Since Chalmers’ essays areon the same basis, they can not pre-date Hill’s scheme.
[William A. S. Westoby (editor)]: Editorial., The Philatelic Record, October 1887, Volume
9, Issue 9, pp.141-143.
➢
Having discussed the recent resolution of the American Philatelic Association to
support Chalmers’ claim for his father, Westoby went on to say that Mr. Whiting
had been producing adhesive medicine tax stamps for many years prior to 1839. The
real inventor of the adhesive postage stamp should, in his view, be Jacob Perkins,
whose invention allowed identical postage stamps to be produced by their million, safe
from forgery.
[We notice that.], The Quaker City Philatelist, October 1887, Volume 2, Issue 10, p.145.
➢
Note that the committee appointed by The American Philatelic Association toinvestigate Chalmers’ claim was wholly composed of his supporters.
Pat. Chalmers: Mr. Patrick Chalmers., The American Philatelist, November 1887, Volume
2, Issue 2, p.20.
➢
Letter thanking the American Philatelic Association for passing a resolution infavour of his claims on behalf of his father.
G. W. von Utassy: An interview with Mr. Chalmers., The Western Philatelist, November
1887, Volume 1, Issue 11, p.252.
➢
Report of a visit to Patrick Chalmers. The editor, Schuyler B. Bradt, added a notethat a French society had now come out in support of Chalmers and noted that
Pearson Hill had published a response.
Review., The Witch City Philatelist, November 1887, Volume 1, Issue 5, p.18.
➢
A note that the Salem Philatelic Society had come out in favour of Chalmers.
Pat. Chalmers: [Correspondence.], The American Philatelist, December 1887, Volume 2,
Issue 3, p.47.
➢
Letter to accompany a copy of his latest pamphlet and a magazine published by the
Glasgow Post Office containing an article supporting his claim.
[Mr. Pat Chalmers.], The Philatelic Fortnightly, December 1887, Volume 2, Whole number
14, p.3.
➢
Notice of a new pamphlet from Chalmers and a note that few American Philatelic
Association members expected the endorsement of Chalmers otherwise more would
have voted against it.
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E. W. Voute: The Chalmers Society of Chicago., The Philatelic Journal of America,
December 1887, Volume 3, p.326.
➢
Notice of the first regular meeting of the Society at which Patrick Chalmers waselected an Honorary Member.
1888
P. M. Wolsieffer: To the Editors of “The American Philatelist”, The American Philatelist,
January 1888, Volume 2, Issue 4, pp.76-77.
➢
In response to an article by Dr. Mitchell in The Quaker City Philatelist of December
1887, Wolsieffer points out that he has served on two committees which ruled infavour of Chalmers, having read the letters from those involved in the production of
Chalmers’ essays. He then pours scorn on Mitchell for holding his views.
E. W. Voute: The Chalmers Society of Chicago., The Stamp, January 1888, Volume 2, Issue
11, p.144.
➢
This society, founded in 1887, was named after James Chalmers. His son was madean honorary member.
[C. H. Nunn (Editor)]: Mr. Patrick Chalmers., The Stamp Collectors’ Journal, January 1888,
Volume 10, p.22.
➢
The resolution recently passed by the American Philatelic Association is noted aswell as the article written by officials of the Glasgow Post Office, both in favour of
Chalmers.
L. H. Drury: Correspondence., The American Philatelist, February 1888, Volume 2, Issue 5,
pp.103-104.
➢
A note responding to some contentious issues raised against the Chalmers Society
ends by reporting that it merged into the Chicago Philatelic Society.
Our Own Critic: Our Literary Review., The Philatelic Advertiser and Collectors’ Referee,
March 1888, Volume 1, Issue 3, p.28.
➢
Notice of two new pamphlets from Chalmers containing irrefutable proof of his
claim.
J. E. Ryder: A monumental mockery., Wednesbury Herald and South Staffordshire Recorder,
31st March 1888, pp.?
{A translation into German by Karl von Gündel was published as: Vortrag, gehalten am 24.
März 1888 von herrn J. E. Ryder., Philatelistischer Börsen-Courier, 10th February 1891,
Volume 6, Issue 3, pp.22-26; 10th March, Issue 5, pp.38-40; 10th April 1891, Issue 7, pp.5456; 10th May, Issue 9, pp.71-73; 10th June, Issue 11, pp.91-92; 10th July, Issue 13, pp.107-109& 10th August, Issue 15, pp.126-127.}➢?
Patrick Chalmers: James Chalmers, inventor of adhesive postage stamps., The Charleston
Philatelist, April 1888, Volume 1, Issue 3, pp.13-15.
➢
A brief biography of James Chalmers, accompanied by an engraved portrait. He
made the usual claims on behalf of his father and provided an extract of the latter’s
submission to the Mercantile Committee of th 8th February 1838. He mentioned that
his father received a testimonial in Dundee in 1846 in recognition of his efforts toimprove the postal service and “as the originator of the adhesive postage stamp”. In
the next paragraph he mentioned that in 1883, the Dundee Council, on reading Patrick
Chalmers’ pamphlet, passed a resolution that James Chalmers was the originator of196

the postage stamp.
R. Morrison Jr.: Notes and comments., The Philatelic Advertiser and Collectors’ Referee,
April 1888, Volume 1, Issue 4, p.41.
➢
Notice of a new pamphlet by Chalmers excites the admiration of the writer for theway in which Chalmers makes his claims irrefutable.
Editorial notes and comments., The Philatelic Gazette, April 1888, Volume 4, Issue 9, p.102.
➢
A trivial note about Chalmers making progress with the English press.
Canadensis: Rowland Hill vs. Chalmers., The Eastern Philatelist, May 1888, Volume 1, Issue
6, pp.1-2.
➢
Quotations from certain publications and people pointing out the achievements of
Rowland Hill.
Pearson Hill: The origin of postage stamps., The Philatelic Record, May 1888, Volume 10,
Issue 4, p.85. {Reprinted in The American Journal of Philately of July 1888, Volume 1,
Issue 7, pp.234-236.}➢
In the Dundee Advertiser of th 16th April 1883, Hill had charged Patrick Chalmers
with the fabrication of documents and challenged him to bring an action for libel,
which Chalmers did not do. Since Chalmers continued to pursue his claim, Hillpublished this document of his own refuting it. A letter of approval and support sent toHill by W. A. Westoby followed. In this letter, Westoby reminded readers that he
was one of the authors of the most important handbook on the stamps of Great Britain
and in preparation read everything he could about the initiatives that led to theadoption of postage stamps. He recounted the documentation surrounding Chalmers’
proposals which dated from 1838 and 1839, and the latter’s first propounding of his
ideas in November 1837.
W. A. S. Westoby: Correspondence., The Philatelic Record, May 1888, Volume 10, Issue 5,
pp.86-87. {Reprinted in The American Journal of Philately of July 1888, Volume 1, Issue 7,
pp.234-236. The publishers add their own view that this is proof against Chalmers.}➢
In an open letter to Pearson Hill, Westoby provides the background to theintroduction of postage stamps as established by documents. He shows that James
Chalmers dated his own suggestion for their use to November 1837 and that
prepayment of letters had not even been thought of in 1834.
Patrick Chalmers: A letter from Mr. Chalmers., The Western Philatelist, May 1888, Volume
2, Issue 5, pp.66-67.
➢
Upon hearing the suggestion that the American Philatelic Association was about to reopen its investigation into the controversy, Chalmers attacked Pearson Hill toprovide ammunition for his supporters, without mentioning any of the points Hill
made against his own claims.
[Schuyler B. Bradt (editor)]: Notes and comments., The Western Philatelist, May 1888,
Volume 2, Issue 5, p.70.
➢
Reprint of a notice from the Dundee Advertiser that Chalmers had been given
permission to have his father’s headstone engraved to the effect that he was theinventor of the adhesive postage stamp.
S. B. Bradt & P. M. Wolsieffer: Correspondence., The American Philatelist, June 1888,
Volume 2, Issue 9, p.218.
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The American Philatelic Association set up a committee to review its earlier resolution
on the Chalmers-Hill question. It was to have consisted to two Hill supporters, two
Chalmers supporters and a fifth independent member. Since the two sides could notagree on the fifth member, nothing had been done.

Jottings., The Quaker City Philatelist, June 1888, Volume 3, Issue 6, p.95.
➢
A passing comment that Chalmers has spent a great deal of money in support of his
claim.
Editor: The origin of postage stamps., The American Journal of Philately, July 1888, Volume
1, Issue 7, pp.234-237. {Reprinted from The Philatelic Record of May 1888.}➢
The Editor adds that Pearson Hill has effectively demolished Patrick Chalmers’pretentions.
[The new pamphlet of Patrick Chalmers.], The Curiosity World, July 1888, Volume 3, Whole
number 29, p.69.
➢
A comment that Chalmers’ latest pamphlet is conclusive in every respect.
[The Chalmers-Hill dispute.], The Eastern Philatelist, July 1888, Volume 2, Issue 1, p.7.
➢
A trivial piece concluding that Chalmers invented the postage stamp and Hillestablished cheap postage.
The inventor of the postage stamp., The Philatelic Advertiser and Collectors’ Referee, July
1888, Volume 1, Issue 7, p.79. {Reprinted from The City Press of 4th July 1888.}➢
A note that Pearson Hill’s recent pamphlet has been answered point by point in
Chalmers’ latest pamphlet.
[Once more we reply to the attacks.], The Quaker City Philatelist, July 1888, Volume 3, Issue
7, p.115.
➢
A reply to writers in pro-Chalmers papers attacking the editor for publishing a satire
on Chalmers’ claims.
[The Chicago Tribune.],The Stamp Collector, July 1888, Volume 1, Issue 1, p.9.
➢
Report that an article on the Chalmers-Hill question published in the Chicago
Tribune of 10th June was full of nonsence.
Alfred Dawson: Communications., The American Journal of Philately, August 1888, Volume
1, Issue 8, pp.269-270.
➢
He takes exception to a remark in the previous issue of the Journal that Chalmers’
documents contain perversions of the truth. In presenting the “facts”, he then perverts
the truth outrageously. The editor adds that if Chalmers had a case he would havesued Pearson Hill for libel.
[Proceedings of the 1888 Convention.], The American Philatelist, August 1888, Volume 2,
Issue 11, p.262.
➢
Report of the passing of a resolution rescinding the resolution passed at the previous
convention and affirming the American Philatelic Association’s neutrality in thematter.
S. B. Bradt: James Chalmers and the A.P.A. Convention., The Stamp Collector, August
1888, Volume 1, Issue 2, pp.17-20.
➢
Following a warning in the Quaker City Philatelist that those giving proxies should198

ensure that they are voted as they wish on the Chalmers-Hill question, Bradt
provides details of how the resolution was actually dealt with. In view of thelikelihood of the question arising again, Bradt states Hill’s case fairly but the
Chalmers’ case he gives is essentially Patrick Chalmers’ distorted view of thematter together with the letter testifying to the 1834 essays.
P. M. Wolsieffer: Origin and progress of the Chicago Philatelic Society., The Stamp
Collector, August 1888, Volume 1, Issue 2, pp.20-21.
➢
The Chicago Philatelic Society claims to have been the first American philatelicsociety to support James Chalmers, passing a resolution on the 2nd December 1886.
[Pat Chalmers.], The Curio, September 1888, p.3.
➢
A claim that Chalmers has apologised to Pearson Hill for saying he was suppressing
letters.
Robert Morrison Jr.: Notes & Comments., The Philatelic Advertiser and Collectors’
Referee, September 1888, Volume 1, Issue 9, p.102.
➢
Report on the latest Chalmers’ pamphlet noting that Dr. Moschkau supports his
claims.
[William A. S. Westoby (editor)]: The American philatelists and the Chalmers’ bubble., The
Philatelic Record, September 1888, Volume 10, Issue 8, p.152. {Reprinted in The Philatelic
Journal of America, November 1888.}{Reprinted in The Quaker City Philatelist, November 1888, Volume 3, Whole Number 35,
p.176.}➢
A few disparaging remarks about those American philatelic societies willing to make adecision after hearing only one side of an argument.
George Henderson: Who invented the adhesive stamp? and Who was the author of uniform
penny postage?, The Quaker City Philatelist, September 1888, Volume 3, Issue 9, pp.141146, with comments from the editor, Will Watson, on pp.147-148.
➢
Having done a great deal of research into both sides of the question, Henderson found
Chalmers’ claims unsupportable. Most of the article is devoted to unmasking
Chalmers’ misrepresentation and falsification of the facts. The editor added nothing
beyond pointing out that Chalmers’ claims were only put forward after Sir Rowland
Hill’s death.
The adhesive postage stamp., The Stamp Collectors’ Journal, September 1888, Volume 10,
Issue 11, p.105.
➢
A report that A. Moschkau, the well-known German philatelist, had come out on theside of Chalmers.
E. D. Bacon: Communications., The American Journal of Philately, October 1888, Volume 1,
Issue 10, pp.348-350.
➢
In response to a letter from Alfred Dawson in the August issue of the Journal, Bacon
writes at length to correct the gross inaccuracies it contains.
Edw. B. Evans: Communications., The American Journal of Philately, October 1888,
Volume 1, Issue 10, pp.350-351.
➢
In response to a letter in the August issue of the Journal [by Alfred Dawson], Evanscorrects its inaccuracies. He then points out how Patrick Chalmers perverts the truth
to make his case.
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Notes and queries., The Philatelic Beacon, October 1888, Volume 1, Issue 1, p.6.
➢
A plea for the question as to who invented the adhesive postage stamp to be set aside.
Alvah Davison: Comments on current topics., The Collector’s Ledger, November 1888,
Volume 4, Issue 8, pp.122-123.
➢
A note from the editor saying that he has received a photograph of Patrick Chalmers.
Canadensis: Pithy philatelic points., The Eastern Philatelist, November 1888, Volume 2,
Issue 3, p.19.
➢
The writer supports the position taken by E. R. Aldrich in his article in the Minnesota
Philatelist. He then claims that Chalmers admits himself crushed and that theEncyclopædia Britannica has backed down. The editor queries the authority for thelast two statements.
Hooper, John R: Chalmers-Hill controversy and the C.P.A., The Halifax Philatelist,
November 1888, Volume 2, Issue 11, p.131.
➢
The attempt to have a Chalmers-Hill resolution put before the Canadian Philatelic
Association at its recent convention was put aside. Hooper claims to have read bothsides of the argument and considers Chalmers’ case to be unproven.
The A. P. A. and the Chalmer’s [sic] claim., The Philatelic Journal of America, November
1888, Volume 4, Issue 2, p.296. {Reprinted from The Philatelic Record of September 1888.}➢
The editor adds that the Association’s Committee was familiar with both sides of thequestion and that both the Committee and he recognise James Chalmers as theinventor.
Karl von Gündel: Zur erfindung der Briefmarken. [On the invention of the postage stamp.],
Das Postwertzeichen, November 1888, Volume 1, Issue 11, pp.2-3 & December, Issue 12,
pp.3-4.
➢This seems to be a reiteration of Patrick Chalmers’ claims, and is accompanied byillustrations of the two James Chalmers essays and the original sketch for the stamp
finally issued.
T. S. Ruhhg: The Chalmers-Hill question., The Stamp Collectors’ Journal, November 1888,
Volume 11, p. 4.
➢
Ruhhg recounted the occasions when adhesive postage stamps were first published by
Rowland Hill (February 1837) and by James Chalmers well after that date. In his
view, claims that Chalmers produced his stamps in 1834 must be disregarded until
proof comes to hand.
W. H. Higgenson: The Chalmers Society., The Alabama Philatelist, December 1888, Volume
1, Issue 2, p.4.
➢
A routine meeting report with nothing about the controversy.
Prominent philatelists: Patrick Chalmers., The Collector’s Ledger, December 1888, Volume
4, Issue 9, pp.133-134.
➢
An engraved portrait of Chalmers is accompanied by an outline of his claims. Once itis accepted that the claim that James Chalmers produced essays in 1834, in the lackof an earlier claim it becomes proof positive that he invented the adhesive postage
stamp.
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Canadensis: Pithy philatelic points., The Eastern Philatelist, December 1888, Volume 2,
Issue 4, p.26.
➢
Clarification of some of the points in his previous column, in particular Chalmers
would not admit to having been crushed and the Encyclopaedia Britannica wouldchange their stand in the next edition and had not already done so.
[Patrick Chalmers.], The Eastern Philatelist, December 1888, Volume 2, Issue 4, p.27.
➢
A minor piece noting that Chalmers has support from several important European
periodicals and that Canadensis has explained his two statements queried by theeditor in the previous issue.
[And now comes the reaction in favour of Rowland Hill.], The Quaker City Philatelist,
December 1888, Volume 3, Issue 12, p.191.
➢
A note that the latest pamphlet by Pearson Hill has crushed the Chalmers’ supporters
and several prominent ones are preparing to withdraw their support. It also mentions
that the Viennese Philatelic Club refused Chalmers’ claim by a vote of 43 to 7.
Patrick Chalmers: The Chalmers-Hill controversy. The Stamp Collectors’ Journal,
December 1888, Volume 11, p.16.
➢
In response to Ruhhg (above), Chalmers still insisted that Pearson Hill had withheld
correspondence between their two fathers and pressed for its return to the Treasury
from whence it was removed.
P. M. Wolsieffer: Chicago notes., The Stamp World, December 1888, Volume 4, Whole
number 34, p.54.
➢
In response to Hanes in The Philatelic Monthly, who notes that those who
engineering the Chalmers resolution through the American Philatelic Association
now insist that the subject is dropped, prompts Wolsieffer to ask what he and hiscolleagues have done to earn such criticism.
1889[A writer in …], The Eastern Philatelist, January 1889, Volume 2, Issue 5, p.36.
➢
Notes that the Stamp Collector’s Gazette supports Chalmers and that the Stamp
World has almost gone over to Hill.
Editorial notes., The Quaker City Philatelist, January 1889, Volume 4, Issue 1, p.11.
➢
A report that the Rhode Island Philatelic Society had not decided in Chalmers’ favour
as it was largely composed of older, wiser, collectors. He also commented on a recent
article by Wolsieffer.
The proxy question., The Quaker City Philatelist, January 1889, Volume 4, Issue 1, p.12.
➢
A discussion of the system whereby a few people holding many proxies decide theoutcome of all questions at The American Philatelic Association Convention and how
the system may be revised. It is noted that many votes such as that on the ChalmersHill question would have had a different outcome without the proxy system.
T. Martin Wears: The Chalmers-Hill question., The Stamp Collectors’ Journal, January
1889, Volume 11, pp.30-31.
➢
Reprint of a letter from Wears’ father testifying that Chalmers showed him stamped
slips in about 1835. The son, a notable philatelist, then tried to convince that the otherthree testimonies giving 1834 as the datethat the essays were produced were accurate.
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Pearson Hill & John R. Hooper: Correspondence., The Stamp World, January 1889,
Volume 4, Whole Number 35, pp.68-69.
➢
In a letter to Hooper enclosing his latest pamphlet, Hill commented that Chalmers’“fabricated letters, pretended quotations and false dates” would not bear comparison
with the original documents. Hooper responded that there are fewer Chalmers
supporters in America than might be supposed.
[John M. Hubbard (Editor)]: [Editorial.], The Stamp World, January 1889, Volume 4,
Whole number 35, p.72.
➢
Following an item by Valein in The Stamp criticising him for carrying items fromboth sides of the controversy, Hubbard points out that he is anxious that his
subscribers can read both sides. As for himself, being on the fence, he used to sidewith Hill but having received a set of mint Jubilee stamps from Chalmers is now on
the fence.
Canadensis: The Chalmers’ Hill controversy in a nutshell., The Stamp World, January 1889,
Volume 4, Whole number 35, p.75.
➢
An attempt to sum up the controversy in six short paragraphs, ending with Pearson
Hill’s attempt to provoke Chalmers to take him to Court.
John R. Hooper & Pearson Hill: Communications., The American Journal of Philately,
February 1889, Volume 2, Issue 2, pp.77-79.
➢
Hooper forwards a letter to him from Pearson Hill, for publication in the Journal as
it throws a light on some of Chalmers’ tricks. Hill reports that Chalmers claimed inseveral pamphlets that Hill appealed to a “tribunal” and was “severely reprimanded”
for making charges against Chalmers. Hill reveals that this related to him
communicating with the publisher of Chalmers’ pamphlets pointing out Chalmers’
falsehoods. The responses, which Chalmers’ claimed as a “Tribunal” dismissed Hill’s
letter. Another example of a half-truth used by Chalmers is his reporting that theDundee Town Council, based on his information, passed a resolution in favour ofJames Chalmers but failing to mention their withdrawing it at the following meeting
following Hill’s intervention. His similar statements about erecting a new gravestone
for his father; of publishing extracts of Hill’s letters as if it were the whole letter; etc.,
are similarly exposed.
Alvah Davison: Chalmers and the A. P. A., The Collector’s Ledger, February 1889, Volume
4, Issue 11, pp.173-174.
➢
A lengthy rebuttal of Hooper’s letter in the January issue of The American Journal ofPhilately which leaves more questions unanswered than it gives answers to.
Encyclopædia Britannica on the invention of postage stamps., The Eastern Philatelist,
February 1889, Volume 2, Issue 6, pp.41-42.
➢
The text of the ninth edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica relating to the adhesive
postage stamp is given in full.
Jno. R. Hooper: Correspondence., The Philatelic Beacon, February 1889, Volume 1, Issue 5,
p.38.
➢
Hooper advises that his article based on Pearson Hill’s notes will not be ready for the
February number – surely not intended for publication.
Cortland F. Bishop: New York notes., The Philatelic Gazette, February 1889, Volume 5,
Whole Number 54, pp.58-59.
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In mentioning that several articles had appeared recently on the subject of Ocean
Penny Post, all of which ignored Chalmers’ claims, Bishop added that the editors
must not have been supplied with copies of Chalmers’ pamphlets and free sets ofJubilee stamps.

Karl von Gündel: Besprechung Verschiedener auf die Briefmarkenkunde Habender Artikel.,Philatelistischer Börsen-Courier, February 1889, Volume 4, Issue 2, pp.15-17; May, Issue 5,
pp. 47-50 & June, Issue 6, pp.63 64.
➢
A comprehensive review of all forms of pre-payment of postage prior to Rowland
Hill’s reforms. [Printed in old-German script and very difficult to read.]
Personals., The Quaker City Philatelist, February 1889, Volume 4, Issue 8, p.27.
➢
A note that Hubbard, editor of The Stamp World, mentioned that having been sent a
set of Jubilee stamps by Chalmers, he had come from Hill’s side to sitting on thefence. Had he been sent two sets, he would out of gratitude have come on to
Chalmers’ side.
The binder., The Stamp Collectors’ Figaro, February 1889, Volume 3, Issue 2, pp.49-51.
➢
Receipt of a copy of Chalmers’ pamphlet Mr. John Francis, of the Athenæum, on theplan of Sir Rowland Hill, is acknowledged and later a short extract from Bric-a-Bracon the same is given.
The Chalmers’ Hill controversy., The Stamp Collectors’ Gazette, February 1889, Volume 1,
Issue 3, [p.1].
➢
An accumulation of bits of evidence in favour of Chalmers.
The Chalmers-Hill controversy: James Chalmers - the originator of the adhesive postage
stamp., The Stamp Collectors’ Gazette, February 1889, Volume 1, Issue 3, p.17.
➢
The editor disagreed with the points made in Pearson Hill’s pamphlet and isparticularly incensed by the personal smears made against Patrick Chalmers.
Jno. R. Hooper: Communications., The American Journal of Philately, March 1889, Volume
2, Issue 3, pp.125-126.
➢
In response to an article by Alvah Davison in the February issue of the Collector’s
Ledger, Hooper rails wildly against him and particularly his support of Chalmers. A
letter to Hooper from Pearson Hill is appended for good measure.
Dixon H. H.: Pencilings., The Curio, March 1889, p.3.
➢
A note that the new Chalmers’ pamphlet contains nothing new and that Hooper
triumphed for Hill in a recent article in The Philatelic Beacon.
Pat. Chalmers: More on the Chalmers-Hill controversy., The Eastern Philatelist, March
1889, Volume 3, Issue 1, p.1.
➢
A letter accompanying Chalmers latest pamphlet is reproduced. He notes that theNovember issue of the paper reported that the Encyclopædia Britannica was changing
its decision and points out that it is now closed down. He then pours scorn on the “halfdozen” members of the Philatelic Society, London, who support Hill. An outline ofthe pamphlet follows.
John R. Hooper: On behalf of Hill., The Philatelic Beacon, March 1889, Volume 1, Issue 6,
pp.41-43.
➢
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Chalmers, Maxwell, who claimed to have produced them in 1934, and that of James
Chalmers of 1838, to show the pronounced differences between them. Hill’s own
essay, which closely resembles the issued stamp is also shown. He also appends twonotes addressed to him by Pearson Hill. The first about an article by Maxwell in The
Quaker City Philatelist and the second clarifying some of the points made by
Maxwell and in particular pointing out that Chalmers, when referring to matters
contained in his own letter of the 10th December 1879, omits passages and denies that
he has done so. He then points out other flaws in Chalmers’ evidence.
Notes and comments., The Philatelic Gazette, March 1889, Volume 5, Whole number 55,
p.69.
➢
Thanking Chalmers for his latest pamphlet and castigating Hill for the sarcasm andabuse contained in his.
New Issue: Monthly Review., Philatelic Leader, 10th March 1889, Volume 1, [p.2].
➢
A minor note that the Chicago supporters of Chalmers are not having it all their own
way and implying that some support Chalmers for the Jubilee set of stamps he givesthem.
T. S. Ruhhg: The Chalmers-Hill controversy., The Stamp Collectors’ Journal, March 1889,
Volume 11, pp.48-49.
➢
Having received Patrick Chalmers’ latest pamphlet, Ruhhg points out a great
number of falsehoods, exaggerations and omissions in it.
Canadensis: Philatelic Gossip., The Stamp World, March 1889, Volume 5, Whole number
37, p.5.
➢
Amongst various notes castigating the writing of Alvah Davison in the Collector’s
Ledger, he considers that the latter only became a Chalmerite owing to his having
received a photograph from Chalmers and questions whether he received a Jubilee set
also. A note from Pearson Hill is attached pointing out how hard it is for people toadmit they were wrong having backed Chalmers in public.
Alvah Davison: Communications., The American Journal of Philately, April 1889, Volume 2,
Issue 4, 167-168.
➢
An acrimonious disagreement with Hooper as to how The American Philatelic
Association resolution was passed.
J. R. Hooper: A letter from Mr. Hooper., The Eastern Philatelist, April 1889, Volume 3,
Issue 2, p.10.
➢
In response to Patrick Chalmers’ claim in the March issue that not six members of
the Philatelic Society, London, had read his pamphlets, Hooper states that he iswrong. He points out that when Chalmers is challenged on any issue, he just skirtsround it.
[We have heard …], The Eastern Philatelist, April 1889, Volume 3, Issue 2, p.13.
➢
A brief defence of stamp journals against the claim that they devote too much space to
the Chalmers-Hill controversy.
G. L. Block: Mr. Hooper and the Hill claim., The Hoosier Philatelist, April 1889, Volume 1,
Issue 4, pp.56-58.
➢
Block responded to Hooper’s attacks on American philatelists who support Chalmers
by attacking Hooper, and then Pearson Hill.
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Canadensis [John R. Hooper]: Pithy Pointers., The Philatelic Beacon, April 1889, Volume
1, Issue 7, pp.51-52.
➢
Trivia about the attitude of some people towards Chalmers.
Chalmer’s [sic] veracity., The Philatelic Monthly, April 1889, Volume 15, Issue 4, p.5.
➢
It is pointed out that the Rhode Island Philatelic Society elected Patrick Chalmers anhonorary member but refused to endorse his claim and therefore had not recognised
James Chalmers as the inventor of the postage stamp as claimed in Patrick
Chalmers’ latest pamphlet.
[Editorial]: the Quaker City Philatelist, April 1889, Volume 4, Issue 4, p.64.
➢
In remarking on Chalmers’ latest pamphlet highlighting the societies in America
which have recognised his claim, the writer notes two Scottish-based societies thathave no interest in philately, as well as the Rhode Island Philatelic Society. In thecase of the latter, although Chalmers was made an honorary member it specificallyrefused to recognise his claim.
[In bringing up the Hill-Chalmers controversy], The Quaker City Philatelist, April 1889,
Volume 4, Issue 4, p.65.
➢
A trifle suggesting that interested parties study the case rather than relying on theopinion of others.
D. Maxwell: Our monthly mail., The Stamp, April 1889, Volume 4, Issue 2, pp.30-31.
➢
A letter responding to the letters of John R. Hooper and Pearson Hill in The
Philatelic Beacon, correcting their version of Maxwell’s testimony of seeing James
Chalmers’ essays in 1834.
H. H. Dixon: Pencilings., The Curio, May 1889, Volume 2, Issue 1, p.3.
➢
A note that [E. R.] Aldrich pointed out nearly a dozen errors in Chalmers’ latest
pamphlet.
D. Maxwell: On behalf of Chalmers., The Eastern Philatelist, May 1889, Volume 3, Issue 3,
p.17. {Reprinted from the Philatelic Gazette of May 1889, p.97.}{Reprinted in The Philatelic Beacon of June 1889. (Volume 1, Issue 9, pp.65-66.)}➢
Maxwell considers the references to him in the article by Hooper and Hill in the
March Philatelic Beacon to be deliberate lies and goes on to point out the falsehoods
in detail.
John R. Hooper., The Philatelic Gazette, May 1889, Volume 5, Whole Number 57, pp.96-97.
➢
After taking Hooper to task over various issues including his opposition to the
Chalmers’ claim, the above letter from D. Maxwell was reprinted.
John J. [sic] Hooper: Correspondence., The Hoosier Philatelist, June 1889, Volume 1, Issue
6, p.87.
➢
In response to the article by G. L. Block, Hooper quoted back to him what he said
about not trusting people’s memories - exactly what Chalmers’ claim rests upon.
Pearson Hill: A letter from Pearson Hill. To the Secretary of the Lord Mayor of London., The
Philatelic Beacon, June 1889, Volume 1, Issue 9, pp.66-67.
➢
A response to the Lord Mayor thanking him for sending a copy of Chalmers’ latest
pamphlet. He points out some of the omissions and deliberate distortions used by205Chalmers to promote his case.
The editor adds a note to the effect that since the participants are resorting to callingeach other names he will endeavour to keep the controversy out of his paper.
Wm. A. McFadden: Letter to the editor., The Philatelic Gazette, June 1889, Volume 5,
Whole Number 58, pp.109-110.
➢
In a response to D. Maxwell’s accusation of his having ‘garbled and twisted’
Maxwell’s letter, McFadden presents the details of what occurred between the two ofthem and Hooper.
F. L. Pender: Claims of Chalmers and Hill., The Quaker City Philatelist, June 1889, Volume4, Whole Number 42, p.98. The editor adds his comments on page 97.
➢
Pender comes down in favour of Hill but says nothing new. The editor merely
pontificates pointlesley in a supposed effort to dispel the confusion.
Pearson Hill: The adhesive postage stamp., The Stamp World, June 1889, Volume 5, Whole
Number 40, pp.25-30.
➢
In reminding readers that Chalmers’ claims had been shown to be groundless, Hill
reproduces in full the article by a Post Office official in the Postal Telegraphic andTelephonic Gazette. He then goes on to show the means used by Patrick Chalmers in
an attempt to discredit the article. In view of the means used by Chalmers to suppress
and distort information to favour his claim Hill challenged him to take the issue toCourt but to no avail and therefore declined to enter into correspondence with him.
Regarding the testimony of the witnesses to the 1834 essays he points out that James
Chalmers provided the dates of his first essays – 1837 - in his letter to Rowland Hill.
Canadensis: Philatelic gossip., The Stamp World, June 1889, Volume 5, Whole Number 40,
pp.30-31.
➢
Commenting on Chalmers’ latest pamphlet, Hooper points out that the so-called
confirmatory evidence found in the South Kensington museum all dates from 1838.
Editorials., The Curio, July 1889, Volume 2, Issue 2, p.3.
➢
A note that The Stamp World published by Hubbard is now siding with [Pearson]
Hill.
John R. Hooper: Correspondence., The Philatelic Gazette, August 1889, Volume 5, Whole
Number 60, p.125.
➢
Hooper’s answer to a letter by P. M. Woisieffer in the May issue contains no new
information on the Chalmers-Hill question.
[We have received Pat Chalmers’ latest pamphlet], Philatelic News, August 1889, Volume 2,
Issue 9, [p.3].
➢
On receipt of Chalmers’ latest pamphlet, it is noted that his claims are fullyrecognised in America.
Pat Chalmers: Letter to the Editor., Philatelic News, August 1889, Volume 2, Issue 9, [p.6].
➢
Letter giving thanks for the information that the “very important body”, The
Pennsylvania Stamp Collectors’ League had fully endorsed his father’s claim.
Ironically, the very next item in the paper is from the League’s Secretary noting that it
has been established for seven months, has no money and a relatively inactive
membership.
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The author of the penny postage., The Stamp Collectors’ Journal, August 1889, Volume 11,
pp.88-89.
➢
Reprint of a note from The Weekly Dispatch that a Francis Worrall Stevens hadcome forward claiming that Rowland Hill had stolen his ideas, followed by responses
by Patrick Chalmers and G.F.S. which contained nothing new.
E. R. Aldrich: Chalmers’ last circular., The Stamp World., August 1889, Volume 5, Whole
number 42, p.47. {Reprinted from The Curio}➢
According to Aldrich, the substantial part of Chalmers’ latest pamphlet is an extractfrom the Arbroath Herald of 1839, almost two years after Hill’s suggestion. The
pamphlet is also notable for its lack of mention of the 1834 evidence.
[John M. Hubbard (Editor)]: Editorial notes., The Stamp World, August 1889, Volume 5,
Whole number 42, pp.44-45. {Reprinted from the Philatelic Monthly}➢An editor wrote to Chalmers several years previously whilst trying to form an opinion
regarding the controversy. Chalmers replied that his claim was so established that hewould not answer the few questions put to him. Judging by his flood of newpamphlets, Chalmers’ case is weaker than he indicated.
L. P. M.: The real inventor of the postage stamp., The Essex County Philatelist, September
1889, Volume 1, Issue 1, p.1; November, Issue 2, p.5 and December, Issue 3, p.9.
➢
This reads like a Patrick Chalmers pamphlet, heaping scorn on Rowland Hill andfinding to his amazement that postal reform and inventing the stamp were all due tohis father.
James Chalmers., The Fitchburg Philatelist, September 1889, Volume 1, Issue 10, p.38.
➢
Reprint of a Chalmers’ pamphlet entitled Postage Improvement.
Geo. F. Heath: The great “Controversy”., The Hoosier Philatelist, September 1889, Volume
1, Issue 9, pp.125-126.
➢
An appeal for the matter not to be raised again at the American Philatelic Association
Convention.
Franz Himmelbauer: ‘Chalmers’ Verdienst. [‘Chalmers’ contribution.], Illustrirte
Briefmarken-Zeitung, September 1889, Volume 2, Issue 18, pp.289-290.
➢
A thorough review of pre-payment of postage from the 17th century.
P. M. Wolsieffer: An open letter to J. R. Hooper., The Philatelic Gazette, September 1889,
Volume 6, Whole Number 61, pp.6-7.
➢
After some comments about Hooper and his penchant for belittling Americancollectors, Wolsieffer questioned McFadden’s letter and the comments about
Maxwell’s letter but elicits nothing new.
The Bumble-Bee Philatelic Society., The Alabama Philatelist, October 1889, Volume 2, Issue
1, pp.4-5. {Reprinted in: The Stamp World, January 1890, Volume 6, Whole number 47,
pp.34-35.}➢
A humorous skit on the Chalmers-Hill controversy as seen through the eyes of a
newly-formed society for black American philatelists.
[Proceedings of the 1889 Convention of the American Philatelic Association.], The American
Philatelist, October 1889, Volume 2, Issue 1, pp.20-21.
➢
Corwin proposed that a Committee be formed to reconsider the Chalmers-Hill
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question. P. M. Wolsieffer, a Chalmers’ supporter, attempted to have it stopped but it
was passed.
On Hill vs. Chalmers., The American Stamp Journal, November 1889, Volume 1, Issue 1,[p.5].
➢A note that Hill is gaining ground on Chalmers and listing the notable philatelists andstamp papers that support him.
[George Henderson (Editor)]: [Hill-Chalmers], The Quaker City Philatelist, November
1889, Volume 4, Issue 11, p.145.
➢
A report of the resolution passed at the recent American Philatelic Association
Convention that a committee is to be established containing two Hill supporters, two
Chalmers supporters and one independent person.
J. R. Craigue: Philatelic notes., The Curio, December 1889, p.2.
➢
Having been on the fence regarding the Chalmers-Hill controversy, the writer now
comes down on the side of the majority – in favour of Hill.
Patrick Chalmers: The jubilee of penny postage reform: Chronology of the adhesive postage
stamp., The Midland Philatelist, December 1889, Volume 1, Issue 3, pp.9-10.
➢
A re-stateing of Chalmers’ claim, intermingling fact and fiction.
W. A. McFadden: Correspondence., The Philatelic Gazette, December 1889, Volume 6,
Whole Number 64, p.26.
➢
A response to Wolsieffer’s letter of September clarifying what happened to his letterat the Dead Letter Office.
[Theodor Buhl (editor)]: Mr Patrick Chalmers., The Stamp News, December 1889, Volume
6, Issue 1, p.11.
➢
Report on the latest Chalmers pamphlet and Francis Worrall Stevens’ claim.
1890
Official Catalogue., London Philatelic Exhibition, London, UK, 1890, p.66.
➢
A description of the facsimiles of James Chalmers’ Treasury essay and a photographof another essay of his exhibited by Patrick J. Chalmers.
Jno. R. Hooper: Justice triumphant., The Philatelic Beacon, January 1890, Volume 2, Issue4, pp.25-26; February, Issue 5, pp.33-37 & 39-40 & March, Issue 6, pp.46-49 & 51.
➢
Hooper hails the decision of the American Philatelic Association to re-visit theirresolution in favour of Chalmers as a great victory. He exposes the means by which
Chalmers sought to blacken Hill’s character and then extensively quotes the words ofmany prominent philatelists and editors of important philatelic journals who support
Hill.
Patrick Chalmers: Correspondence., The Philatelic Gazette, January 1890, Volume 6,
Whole Number 65, p.32.
➢
Noting that a committee had been set up by the American Philatelic Association toreview the question, Chalmers defended the fifty-years-old memories of his
witnesses. He added that since no-one claimed that Hill invented the adhesive postage
stamp the outcome will be inevitable and asked the editor to publicise thisinformation.
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Karl von Gündel: Geschichte der Britischen Post Reform vom jahre 1840. [A history of the
British postal reform of 1840.]’, Die Postwertzeichen-Kunde, January 1890, Volume 1, Issue
1, pp.2-4; February, Issue 2, pp.16-18 & March, Issue 3, pp.29-31.
➢
A detailed history of the precursors and events leading up to the postal reforms,
seemingly accepting that James Chalmers produced his essays in 1834.
[Editorial], The Quaker City Philatelist, January 1890, Volume 5, Issue 1, pp.4-5.
➢
Notice of Chalmers’ latest pamphlet objecting to Gladstone’s crediting Sir Rowland
Hill with the postal reforms.
C. A. M.: London Jottings., The Stamp Advertiser and Auction Record, January 1890,
Volume 1, Issue 2, p.32.
➢
On the occasion of the Jubilee celebrating penny postage, the author would like to see
an official announcement as to who was its originator.
[Theodor Buhl (editor)]: James Chalmers, the inventor of the adhesive postage stamp., The
Stamp News, January 1890, Volume 6, Whole Number 44, pp.29-30.
➢
A précis of the issue taken from Patrick Chalmers’ latest pamphlet and accompanied
by a photograph of James Chalmers.
Vexator: The burning question., The Stamp World, January 1890, Volume 6, Whole number
47, pp.37-39.
➢
The author considers that the only way to determine which party is in the right is in acourt of law, as Pearson Hill has proposed. He has been advised that this is what theHill supporters on the American Philatelic Association Committee appointed to look
into the matter will propose.
[J. H. Lyons (Editor)]: The Stamp World …, The Philatelic Express, February 1890, Volume
1, Issue 9, pp.[4-5].
➢
On noticing a pro-Hill article by Vexator in The Stamp World he notes that mostsuch articles in support of Hill contain base insinuations and that he has never found
any proof that Hill invented the adhesive postage stamp.
Americus: The adhesive postage stamp., The Philatelic Tribune, February 1890, Volume 8,
Whole number 44, pp.23-24.
➢
The author could not support someone like Chalmers who has been publicly charged
time and again with falsifying dates and documents and yet makes no attempt to clear
his name.
Patrick Chalmers: The adhesive postage stamp., The Stamp Advertiser and Auction Record,
February 1890, Volume 1, Issue 3, p.88.
➢
Chalmers writes to correct an item in the previous issue that he claimed for his father
the penny postage scheme whereas he only claims the adhesive stamp.
[Theodor Buhl (editor)]: The inventor of the adhesive postage stamp., The Stamp News,
February 1890, Volume 6, Issue 3, p.63.
➢
Following the previous month’s article and many letters for and against Chalmers,
Buhl stated his own opinion on the matter: He favoured Chalmers in the belief that heproduced erssays in 1834.
[John M. Hubbard (editor)]: A few comments., The Stamp World, February 1890, Volume
6, Whole Number 48, pp.47-48.
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At the time, when the American Philatelic Association was about to create acommittee to look again into the Chalmers-Hill affair, the editor urges calm as thequestion has already damaged the reputations of several writers. He pointed out that
the Chalmers Society, in spite of having 80 members, ceased to exist, leaving theexchange department of the American Philatelic Association holding their debts. On
the second page he acknowledged the receipt of another circular from Chalmers andadvised that until this issue was settled officially [presumably in court] as Pearson
Hill suggested, the writer’s opinion was against Chalmers.

The Beacon …, The Curio, March 1890, p.6.
➢
A report on an article in The Beacon on who is publishing what on the Chalmers-Hillquestion. He asks where is the new committee of The American Philatelic Association
set up to reconsider the question and asks the notable philatelists involved not to makepersonal attacks on those opposed to their views.
[Patrick Chalmers…], The Eastern Philatelist, March 1890, Volume 5, Issue 1, p.5.
➢
A trivial piece noting that Chalmers is still active and that the London PhilatelicSociety admits that Rowland Hill was not the originator of the adhesive stamp.
Ithuriel: A few comments., Hubbard’s Magazine, March 1890, Volume 7, Issue 1, p.10.
➢
The author notes that Bradt and Wolsieffer have agreed to serve on the American
Philatelic Association Committee, in spite of having first declined to do so.
Pearson Hill: A letter from Pearson Hill., Hubbard’s Magazine, March 1890, Volume 7,
Issue 1, pp.11-15.
➢
Hill writes in response to John M. Hubbard sending him a copy of the preface toChalmers’ new pamphlet How James Chalmers Saved the Penny Postage Scheme. He
then dissects at length Chalmers’ document statement by statement showing the lies,
distortions and misrepresentations it contains.
On Hill vs. Chalmers., The Philatelic News, March 1890, Volume 3, Issue 2, p.7.
➢
Reprinted from The American Stamp Journal of November 1889. The editor adds
that whilst he agrees Hill agitated for the stamp it does not mean that he invented it.
One more effort from Mr. Chalmers …, The Quaker City Philatelist, March 1890, Volume 5,
Issue 3, p.22.
➢
On receipt of another pamphlet from Chalmers, the writer points out that he still has
not sued Pearson Hill for libel and that he failed to challenge Rowland Hill until after
the latter’s death.
[Charles J. Phillips (Editor)]: Editorial: Rowland Hill v. Chalmers., The Stamp Advertiser
and Auction Record, March 1890, Volume 1, Issue 4, p.101.
➢
Since he has been asked by several correspondents for a clear article on the subject, he
has obtained the services of E. B. Evans to write one.
[S. H. WOOD (editor)]: Hill vs. Chalmers controversy., The Universal Collector, March
1890, Volume 1, Issue 4, n.pp. [p. 4] & April, Issue 5, n.pp. [p. 4].
➢
A poll of current publishers of philatelic journals on their position on the question had
been carried out with result: Hill, 7; Chalmers, 3; Neutral, 7, each paper being named.
Figeio: Chalmers and the right shall win., The Essex County Philatelist, April 1890, Volume
1, Issue 7, p.27.
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A poem written in favour of Chalmers.

Maurice V. Samuels: Philately., The Old Curiosity Shop, April 1890, Volume 9, Issue 3,
p.19.
➢
While noticing a recent article by Major Evans in which the claims of both parties are
set out equally, he points out that the whole question lies on whether one believes
Maxwell remembering James Chalmers printing essays in 1834. The believes
Maxwell and so supports Chalmers.
A. D.: Strong evidence., The Rhode Island Philatelist, April 1890, Volume 2, Issue 4, pp.2627.
➢
Following extensive passages quoted from Chalmers’ pamphlets, A. D. paraphrases
their conclusions but adds nothing new.
Patrick Chalmers/Edward B. Evans: The Chalmers-Hill controversy., The Stamp
Advertiser and Auction Record, April 1890, Volume 1, Issue 5, pp.138-139.
➢
Having learned that Evans had been asked to produce an impartial article on the
Chalmers-Hill question, Chalmers attempts to undermine his position as an authority
and repeats his claims in a letter he asked to be published in the same issue as thearticle. Evans, having seen the letter, clarifies each issue on a point-by-point basis,
particularly the latest claim of an actual 1834 essay being found in the Friedl Museum
in Austria. In correspondence with Evans, Friedl advised that the date given camefrom Chalmers’ pamphlets and that he had no separate documentation to confirm thedate. The description provided led Evans to believe it was actually a Treasury essay of
1839.
Edward B. Evans: The Chalmers-Hill question., The Stamp Advertiser and Auction Record,
April 1890, Volume 1, Issue 5, pp.139-145.
➢
In spite of his partiality to the Hill side of the argument, Evans attempted to provide abalanced view of the issues. He showed that stamps for collecting revenue in both
imprinted and adhesive forms were well known long before they were produced for
postal purposes. It followed that the real question was whether Hill or Chalmers firstcame up with the idea of using them for postal purposes. Evans demolished thesignificance of the Encyclopaedia Britannica’s article by showing that its attributionof the 1834 date was based on Chalmers’ evidence only. The James ChalmersRowland Hill correspondence is is given showing that Chalmers withdrew his claimin 1840. Finally, he looked at the evidence of the three witnesses to the 1834 essays,
having written to each of them, and concluded that they have the date wrong and are
actually referring to the essays of 1839.
T. Martin Wears: The Stamp Mania in 1863., The Stamp News, April 1890, Volume 6, Issue
5, pp.131-134.
{Reprinted in the International Stamp Journal, November 1890, Volume 1, Issue 3, pp.2527.}➢
This piece adds nothing to the debate but does throw some light on the seemingly
unquestioning acceptance of Chalmers’ doctrine by his supporters. Wears presented
an early article which looked into the postal reforms, the early stamps and the thenfairly recent hobby of stamp collecting. The un-named author looked into earlier
methods of prepaying postage and advised, after “his best inquiry”, that Rowland Hill
should not be considered to have first suggested the postage stamp. Naturally, Wears,
a well-known supporter of Chalmers, grasped this point and named Chalmers in his
stead. What Wears missed is that the points mentioned that debarred Rowland Hill
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also pre-dated Chalmers and would have similarly deprived him of the honour.
Wears also failed to appreciate that Chalmers’ name was nowhere to be found in thearticle, which is perhaps an indication of the impact he had on the reforms.
53. Postwerthzeichen-Museum, Internationales., in: Katalog der 1. Internationalen
Postwethzeichen-Austellung, Vienna, Austria, 20th April to 4th May 1890, p.15.
➢
This exhibit by Sigmund Friedl’s Musem at Unter Döbling, Vienna, included its copyof Chalmers’ essay attributed to 1834.
Karl von Gündel: James Chalmers und die Erfindung der Briefmarke. [James Chalmers andthe Invention of the Postage Stamp.], Illustrirte Briefmarken-Zeitung, May 1890, Volume 3,
Issue 9, pp.163-166.
➢
The history of the introduction of the postage stamp, attributing its invention to James
Chalmers whose portrait is provided. It also illustrated the new gravestone erected byhis son in 1888 and both Chalmers’ and Hill’s essays.
[William A. S. Westoby (editor)]: The claimant., The Philatelic Record, May 1890, Volume
12, Issue 5, p.84.
➢
Having noted a paragraph in a London newspaper that the London Philatelic Society
now admits that Rowland Hill did not originate the postage stamp, the editor enquiredof the Society, only to find that it had not changed its views since 1882. Westoby thenreiterated his own view.
D. Maxwell: The Chalmers-Hill controversy., The Stamp Advertiser and Auction Record,
May 1890, Volume 1, Issue 6, pp.171-172.
➢
Evans having sent Maxwell a copy of his article, Maxwell responded by taking
exception to Evans’ words about him, but reiterated his dating of the essays as 1834.
Pearson Hill: The Chalmers’ claim., The Stamp Advertiser and Auction Record, May 1890,
Volume 1, Issue 6, pp.172-174. (An advertisment placed by Patrick Chalmers for his latest
pamphlet, available free of charge, is on p. 197 of this issue.)➢Hill makes the point that all of Chalmers’ essays bear the weight and postage rate - aconcept not thought of in 1834. He once again suggested that the issue should besettled in a court of law.
Fred A. Philbrick: The origin of adhesive postage stamps., The Standard, 7th May 1890.
(Offprint), 1p.
➢
Letter to the editor denying Patrick Chalmers assertions in his latest pamphlet that
the Philatelic Society, London had changed its view as to his claims that his father
invented the adhesive postage stamp.
Patrick Chalmers again., The American Journal of Philately, June 1890, Volume 3, Issue 6,
pp.225-226. {Reprinted in: The Quaker City Philatelist, June 1890, Volume 5, Issue 6, pp.4546.}➢
The author notes that in a recent circular Chalmers claims that the Philatelic Society,London, would show at its Exhibition that it admitted the claim that James Chalmers
invented the adhesive postage stamp. Frederick A. Philbrick’s letter to The Standard
is given in full to refute this suggestion. In the author’s view this is another example ofChalmers’ misrepresentations.
Mr. Patrick Chalmers., The Metropolitan Philatelist, June 1890, Volume 1, Issue 3, pp.60-61.
➢
Whilst acknowledging receipt of Chalmers’ latest pamphlets advising that examples212

of the 1834 and 1838 essays will be exhibited by the Post Office during the Jubilee
celebration, the writer declines to take sides but admires Chalmers’ tenacity.
Pearson Hill: The Chalmers’ claim., The Stamp Advertiser and Auction Record, June 1890,
Volume 1, Issue 7, pp.216-219.
➢
Some parts of his previous letter having been incorrectly edited out, Hill provided themissing parts about the testimonies regarding the 1834 eassys. He then reproduced
James Chalmers’ letter to Rowland Hill dated the 1st October 1839 regarding his
support for Hill’s reforms and claim of priority in suggesting the use of stamps.
Enclosed with this letter was a certificate from important persons in Dundee attesting
to Chalmers’ interest in postal improvements and support of Hill’s scheme.
Fred. A. Philbrick: The origin of the adhesive postage stamp., The Stamp Advertiser andAuction Record, June 1890, Volume 1, Issue 7, pp.219-220.
{Reprinted from The Standard of the 7th May 1890.}➢
Philbrick denied Chalmers’ assertion that the Philatelic Society, London now admits
that Sir Rowland Hill did not originate the adhesive postage stamp and advised that
Chalmers’ essays of 1839 will be on view at the Society’s exhibition. A copy of aletter dated the 4th July 1888 from Herbert Joyce of the General Post Office,addressed to William Hay was attached which advised that the use of adhesive
postage stamps was first suggested by Rowland Hill on the 13th February 1837 andwas not put forward by Chalmers until the 8th February 1838.
W. M. Stuart: Editorial., The Essex County Philatelist, July 1890, Volume 1, Issue 10,
pp.52-53.
➢
Stuart lists some items received from Chalmers as evidence of his father’s claim.
Mr. Patrick Pamphlet Chalmers …, The Quaker City Philatelist, July 1890, Volume 5, Issue
7, p.55.
➢
On receipt of a new pamphlet, the writer questions which are the ten societies heclaims support him.
Charles B. Corwin: American notes., Stanley Gibbons & Co.’s Monthly Journal, July 1890,
Volume 1, Issue 1, pp.16-18.
➢
In response to Pearson Hill’s deprecation of the American Philatelic Association’s
resolution in favour of Chalmers, Corwin provided the details of exactly what
happened and pointed out that he is neutral in the matter.
Pearson Hill: Les revendications de M. Chalmers., Le Timbre-Poste, July 1890, Volume 28,
Issue 7, pp.61-63.
➢
To refute Chalmers’ claims, Hill has attached two letters to The Standard, one byhimself and the other by F. A. Philbrick.
Maj. E. B. Evans: Die Chalmers-Hill-frage. [The Chalmers-Hill question.], Extra
supplement to Die Philatelist, 15th August 1890, Volume 11, Issue 11, 10pp. (Translated fromthe Stamp Advertiser by J. Siewert of Moscow, Russia.)➢
Evans’ detailed overview of the question.
Yankee: An acrostic., The Philatelic Tribune, September 1890, Volume 9, Issue 3, p.31.
➢
An attempt to produce a poem, the first letter of each line of which spells James
Chalmers.
213Patrick Chalmers: Invention of postage stamps., The Stamp Collectors’ Journal, September
1890, Volume 12, pp.83-94.
➢
Taking it as proven that his father produced adhesive postage stamps in 1834,
Chalmers lists some authorities who have declared that no postage stamps existed
before 1834.
Patrick Chalmers: The originator of the adhesive postage stamp., The Stamp Collector’sMonthly, September 1890, Volume 1, Issue 6, pp.60-61.
➢
Extensive quotations from James Chalmers’ letters regarding his proposals foradhesive stamps offered as proof that he was the inventor, without regard for any
contrary information on the matter.
Lt.-Col. Karl Von Gündel: The invention of postage stamps., The Stamp Collector’sMonthly, October 1890, Volume 1, Issue 7, p.69.
➢
A sweeping statement that virtually everybody around the world accepts that James
Chalmers invented the adhesive postage stamp. The few who do not recognise thisare dismissed as having no proof to the contrary.
The Chalmers’ claim., Stanley Gibbons Limited, Monthly Journal, October 1890, Volume 1,
Issue 4, p.78.
➢
Notice that the Canadian Philatelic Society and the International Philatelic Societyof Dresden had rejected Chalmers’ claim and the American Philatelic Association
had rescinded its 1887 resolution in his favour.
Invention of perforation., The Stamp Collector’s Monthly, November 1890, Volume 1, Issue8, p.?
➢
An attempt to besmirch Rowland Hill’s reputation in connection with the introductionof perforating of postage stamps and thereby bolster Patrick Chalmers’ claims for his
father.
Patrick Chalmers: Correspondence., Stanley Gibbons Limited, Monthly Journal, November
1890, Volume 1, Issue 5, pp.104-105. {Reprinted in The Stamp Collectors’ Journal ofNovember 1890. (Volume 13, p.2.}}➢
With reference to the Journal’s recent report that the American Philatelic
Association had rescinded their 1887 resolution in favour of his father, Chalmers
advises that he has not been informed that this is the case and provides an extract of aletter from the editor of The Metropolitan.
The editor [Charles Phillips] notes that he always welcome’s communications thatstick to facts and not opinions and questions the date of the correspondence quoted.
[Editorial], The Philatelic Beacon, December 1890, Volume 3, Issue 3, pp.22-23.
➢
A dismissive review of Chalmers’ latest pamphlet pointing out that it contains
nothing conclusive.
J. Siewert: Zur Chalmers-Hill-frage. [On the Chalmers-Hill question.], Der philatelist, 1st
December 1890, Volume 11, Issue 17, pp.261-263.
➢
Some thoughts on the question, following Evans’ article of the previous August.
Jottings., The Quaker City Philatelist, December 1890, Volume 5, Issue 12, pp.95-96.
➢
A claim that Chalmers has to produce pamphlets as publishers will not print hisarticles. The only significant society now supporting him is Chicago and his
vilification and abuse of the dead is acting against him.
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Patrick Chalmers: Correspondence., Stanley Gibbons Limited, Monthly Journal, December
1890, Volume 1, Issue 6, p.137.
➢
In response to the editor’s note in the previous issue of the Journal, Chalmers gives
the date of the correspondence as May 1888.
1891
The Hill and Chalmers controversy., The Stamp News Annual, 1891, p.75.
➢
Although the writer is not certain that James Chalmers invented the adhesive postage
stamp he admires Patrick Chalmers’ persistence. He nevertheless gives Chalmers
the credit of inventing the gummed label? He then virtually apologises for opposing
the “great philatelists” who write in support of Hill.
H. F.: Der Trojanische Krieg in der Philatelie. [The Trojan War in philately.], Deutsche
Briefmarken-Zeitung, January 1891, Volume 1, Issue 4, pp.37-39.
➢
An outline of the Chalmers-Hill controversy, comparing it with the Trojan War inview of its longevity.
Karl von Gündel: Vortag, Gehalten am 24 März 1888 von Herrn J. E. Ryder.,Philatelistischer Börsen-Courier, 10th February 1891, Volume 6, Issue 3, pp.22-26; 10th
March, Issue 5, pp.38-40; 10th April, Issue 7, pp.54-56; 10th May, Issue 9, pp.71-73; 10th June,
Issue 11, pp.91-92; 10th July, Issue 13, pp.107-109 & 10th August Issue 15, pp.126-127.
➢
A translation into German of J. E. Ryder’s presentation to the Spring Head Mutual
Improvement Society of Kidderminster in 1888.
[Charles J. Phillips (Editor)]: Editorial., Stanley Gibbons Limited, Monthly Journal,
February 1891, Volume 1, Issue 8, p.166.
➢
The editor comments on Chalmers’ failure to gain any support from the PhilatelicSociety, London, which has lead others such as Dr. Kloss of Germany refusing
support. He then outlines Chalmers’ current complaint, that the Society refuses tosupply him with a list of members and their addresses, which he claims was decided
by supporters of Pearson Hill. The editor also takes issue with other Chalmers’
claims and in particular that Rowland Hill had improperly removed documents fromthe Treasury, disproved by Pearson Hill’s explanation in the current issue of the
Journal.
Pearson Hill: The Chalmers’ claim., Stanley Gibbons Limited, Monthly Journal, February
1891, Volume 1, Issue 8, pp.187-189.
➢
Hill writes in response to a letter to him from the Treasury querying Chalmers’ claimthat Rowland Hill took papers from the Treasury relating to James Chalmers’ Claim.
He outlines Chalmers’ claims and actions over the past ten years and shows why hewill not provide him with further documentation. He denies that he has any documents
belonging to the Treasury.
Pearson Hill: The Chalmers craze., The Philatelic Record, March 1891, Volume 13, Issue 3,
pp.64-68.
➢
In response to Patrick Chalmers’ having petitioned the Treasury regarding his
assertion that Rowland Hill had removed from the Treasury official papers containing
James Chalmers’ suggestions, Hill received a letter from the Treasury asking about
the letters. Hill’s response was printed in full.
Charles W. Woodger: The adhesive postage stamp; Who invented it: James Chalmers or Sir
215

Rowland Hill?, The Monthly Review and Stamp Collector’s Guide, April 1891, Volume 1,
Issue 1, p.4.
➢
A note that a copy of Chalmers’ petition to the Treasury for the return of the papers
removed, sent to Pearson Hill was returned marked Refused.
Patrick Chalmers: Mr. Patrick Chalmers and the missing documents., The Philatelic Record,
April 1891, Volume 13, Issue 4, pp.89-90.
➢
Following Hill’s letter, a copy of Chalmers’ subsequent letter to the Treasury was
published advising that copies of the letters supposed to have been extracted from theTreasury by Rowland Hill had come to light.
Patrick Chalmers: Letter to the Secretary to Her Majesty’s Treasury., Stanley Gibbons
Limited, Monthly Journal, April 1891, Volume 1, Issue 10, pp.246-247.
➢
An open letter to the Treasury enclosing a pamphlet pointing out that he now hascopies of the letters he claimed had been removed from the Treasury. He notes
Pearson Hill’s response to the Treasury in the February issue of the Journal taking it
as a refusal to return the documents to the Treasury. As far as he is concerned, thedocuments he now has to hand prove his case.
The editor [Charles J. Phillips] notes with regret that Chalmers has not apologised
for the unfounded charge of theft of public documents brought against Sir Rowland
Hill.
Patrick Chalmers: The adhesive postage stamp., The Philatelic Record, May 1891, Volume
13, Issue 5, p. 116.
➢
An announcement that Chalmers had asked the Treasury and the Post Office to search
for their copies of the missing documents he now had. The editor, W. A. S. Westoby,
dissociated himself from the innuendo in the letter.
[Charles J. Phillips (Editor)]: Editorial., Stanley Gibbons Limited, Monthly Journal, May
1891, Volume 1, Issue 11, pp.249-252.
➢
In commenting on the whole question, Phillips points out the fallacy of Chalmers’
claim that an example of his father’s 1834 essay had been found in Vienna and on the
dubious value of his “living witnesses”. Also, Chalmers claimed that Rowland Hill
had removed all papers relating to his father from the Treasury even though this claim
was not based on any evidence. Looking at the papers newly in Chalmers’ possession,
Phillips points out that none of them is dated before the end of 1837 and sodemonstrate the priority of Rowland Hill’s suggestion of February that year.
Pat. Chalmers: The adhesive postage stamp., Stanley Gibbons Limited, Monthly Journal,
May 1891, Volume 1, Issue 11, p.270.
➢
Whilst thanking the editor for inserting his note in the Journal, he takes issue with theattribution of the word theft to Rowland Hill’s removal of documents from theTreasury. He notes that he has applied to the Public Record Office and the Post Office
to search for the missing documents, which he is just about to publish.
The editor notes that he simply put in plain language Chalmers’ charges and points
out that although Chalmers’ enquiries are justified his insinuations are not and thewhole matter was just a fishing enquiry.
Patrick Chalmers: Correspondence., The Philatelic Record, June 1891, Volume 13, Issue 6,
p.144.
➢The innuendo in his previous letter was withdrawn and fresh evidence promised.
216[E. B. Evans (Editor)]: Editorial., Stanley Gibbons Monthly Journal, July 1891, Volume 2,
Issue 1, pp.1-2.
➢
Evans points out the errors involved in Chalmers’ latest pamphlet attributing the
copy of his father’s essay in Friedl’s Museum in Vienna to 1834. He then shows the
improper interpretation Chalmers places on the documents no longer held by theTreasury.
[Dr Hans Brendicke (editor)]: Zur Chalmers-Hill-Frage. [On the Chalmers-Hill question.],Deutsche Briefmarken-Zeitung, August 1891, Volume 1, Issue 11, p.143. {A translation isavailable as Philat. Trans. 566.}➢
A concise but accurate review of the situation as shown by the documents of theperiod, which do not support Chalmers’ claims.
[William A. S. WESTOBY (editor)]: Reviews., The Philatelic Record, August 1891,
Volume 13, Issue 8, pp.190-191.
➢
A new pamphlet by Chalmers was received, the title of which Action of Her
Majesty’s Treasury: The Correspondence Called for and Refused was not borne outby the contents. A further leaflet, even more misleading, had since been received. The
editor expressed his lack of confidence in both the pretensions and methods ofChalmers.
Karl von Gündel: Ueber die Britischer Postwertzeichen vom jahre 1840. [Regarding British
postage stamps from 1840.], Die Postwertzeichen-Kunde, September 1891, Volume 2, Issue
9, pp.123-125; October, Issue 10, pp.142-144; November, Issue 11, pp.162-163 & December,
Issue 12, pp.167-170.
➢
A detailed review of the introduction of postage stamps in the UK and Chalmers’ rolein the reforms.
[E. B. Evans (Editor)]: Editorial., Stanley Gibbons Monthly Journal, October 1891, Volume
2, Issue 4, p.65.
➢
Notice of the death of Patrick Chalmers coupled with admiration for his dogged
persistence.
[Dr Hans Brendicke (editor)]: Noch einmal zur Chalmers Hill-frage. [Once again to the
Chalmers-Hill question.], Deutsche Briefmarken-Zeitung, November 1891, Volume 2, Issue2, pp.16-17➢
He points out how the documentation clearly shows Hill to have been the first to
mention postage stamps and reviews some of the published data.
A Stamp Collector: The Chalmers’ claim., The Philatelic Record, November 1891, Volume
13, Issue 11, p.279.
➢
The writer inferred from the obituary of Patrick Chalmers [who died in Wimbledonon the 7th October 1891] in the previous month’s issue that the editor [W. A. S.
Westoby] agreed with the statement that Chalmers had proved his father’s claim. In
the writer’s view, Hill’s scheme owed nothing to Chalmers. The editor commented
that the writer had misinterpreted his comments.
P. J. Anderson: The Late Mr. Patrick Chalmers., The Philatelic Record, November 1891,
Volume 13, Issue 11, pp.279-280.
➢
Anderson, a noted bibliographer, provided a list of Chalmers’ pamphlets of which he
was aware and requested additions and corrections.
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Franz Himmelbauer: Ein Parteigänger Sir Pearson Hill. [A partisan Sir Pearson Hill.] (Thetitle was corrected to “Mr.” in the second part of the article), Philatelistischer Börsen-Courier,10th November 1891, Volume 6, Issue 21, pp.175-176 & Issue 22(?), pp.205-207 {Atranslation is available as Philat. Trans. 535.}➢
A pro-Chalmers article simply pouring scorn on opponents.
Who invented the postage stamp?, The Stamp Collector’s Companion, November 1891,
Volume 1, Issue 2, pp.34-36.
➢
Having reviewed early developments in the pre-payment of postage, the author
considered that Rowland Hill should be named as the inventor even though heaccepted that Chalmers printed essays in 1834.
[Patrick Chalmers.], Deutsche Briefmarken-Zeitung, December 1891, Volume 2, Issue 3,
p.33.
➢
Notice of the death of Patrick Chalmers from the British press.
T. Martin Wears: The late Mr. Patrick Chalmers., The Philatelic Record, December 1891,
Volume 13, Issue 12, pp.303-304.
➢
Some additions to the list of Patrick Chalmers’ pamphlets published by P. J.
Anderson in a previous issue of the magazine. Wears also lists the pamphlets by
Pearson Hill. He then takes issue with the letter by A Stamp Collector publishedearlier particularly regarding the 1882 decision by the Philatelic Society, London,
which he considers was overtaken by that of the Encyclopædia Britannica. The editor
regrets that the writer included the final paragraph which he felt obliged to publish as
the original letter had already appeared.
John K. Tiffany: Address of the President to the Fifth Annual Convention of the American
Philatelic Association., The Stamp News Annual, December 1891, pp.51-58.
➢
In discussing the postal reforms that led to the introduction of stamps, Tiffany pointed
out that every individ.ual part had been put forward before but that Hill brought all theideas together into a workable scheme. It was a matter of belief whether Chalmers or
Hill had the best argument but the question must not be allowed to cause discord
amongst the Association’s members.
1892[Dr Hans Brendicke (editor)]: Herr Franz Himmelbauer., Deutsche Briefmarken-Zeitung,January 1892, Volume 2, Issue 4, p.50.
➢
Himmelbauer rejects the author’s previous article holding up the essays supposedly
produced in 1834 as evidence of Chalmers’ priority.
Dixey: Notes, Comments and Review., The New Hampshire Philatelist, January 1892,
Volume 1, Issue 12, p.76.
➢
Now that Jos. [sic] Chalmers is dead, there is no-one to oppose Pearson Hill but
Americans will not believe Hill.
To correspondents., The Philatelic Record, January 1892, Volume 14, p.18.
➢
It is noted that the letter published in the November issue by A Stamp Collector wasfrom Mrs. Fellows, a daughter of the late Sir Rowland Hill. Also, if Chalmers had aleg to stand on, he could have brought it before the courts.
Karl von Gündel: Verzeichnis der Patrick Chalmers’ schen Streitschriften. [Index of Patrick
Chalmers’ Pamphlets.], Philatelistischer Börsen-Courier, 10th April 1892, Volume 7, Issue 7,
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pp.70-71; 10th May, Issue 9, pp.92-95 & 10th June, Issue 11, pp.116-118.
➢
An attempt to list all of the pamphlets produced by Patrick Chalmers.
[Dr Hans Brendicke (editor)]: Zeit- und Streitfragen. [Time and issues.], Deutsche
Briefmarken-Zeitung, July 1892, Volume 2, Issue 10, p.144.
➢
In noticing Gündel’s article of the previous April, he comments on the huge number(140) of pamphlets &c. that Patrick Chalmers published. He also points out that
James Chalmers withdrew his own claim on the matter.
1893
T. Martin Wears & [Percy C. Bishop (Editor)]: Stamps of “Old Dundee”., The Philatelic
Journal of Great Britain, January 1893, Volume 3, Issue 1, pp.2-3.
➢
A report on Wears exhibit at the Dundee Exhibition of December 1892, much ofwhich was devoted to James Chalmers as the inventor of the adhesive postage stamp.
The Editor added a disclaimer at the front of the report, pointing out that the views
expressed were not shared by him nor by many others knowledgeable on the matter.
1896
Pearson Hill: The Rowland Hill and James Chalmers correspondence., Stanley Gibbons
Monthly Journal, December 1895, Volume 6, Issue 6, pp.88-92; January 1896, Issue 7,
pp.127-129; February, Issue 8, pp.142-144 & March, Issue 9, pp.158-159.
➢
Editorial notice of the article by E. B. Evans will be found in the issues for December
1895 (p.81) and March 1896 (p.154). Having given brief details of the controversy
between himself and Patrick Chalmers, Hill proceeds to publish the relevantcorrespondence by and between their respective fathers as he had promised to do
many years before. He points out that there are several letters missing from thecorrespondence which, if Patrick Chalmers had come to know of this fact, he wassure that he would have simply manufactured replacements to suit his case. He also revisits and deals with the testimony of those citing 1834 as the date of James
Chalmers’ first essays.
The editor notes that some of the letters had never been published before. In his final
note, Evans comments to those who criticised the necessity of wasting space
publishing all of the documents – since all that was required was the one establishing
the February 1837 priority, noting that this information was published many years
before and did not stop Chalmers’ attacking Hill for the next decade.
1897
Chalmers’ stamp., The Philatelic Monthly and Philatelic World, March 1897, Volume 23,
Issue 3, p.39.
➢
A wonderful example of the mythology that has grown up about the controversy.
Having illustrated the Chalmers essay from the Vienna museum, it was announced
that Chalmers sent a copy to Hill on 2 September 1834 – a year or so before Hillbecame interested in postal reform.
1902
Invention of postage stamps., The Chicago Philatelist, July 1902, Volume 1, Issue 1, p.3.
➢
More nonsense about the introduction of postage stamps.
The Veteran: Tales of other days - III: The Chalmers-Hill controversy., Mekeel’s Stamp
Collector, 4th October 1902, Volume 15, Issue 40, pp.468-471.
➢
A deeply flawed and poorly researched attempt to summarise the matter.
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1904
Who invented the adhesive stamp?, The Stamp Collectors’ Fortnightly, 31st December 1904,
Volume 10, pp.187-188.
➢
In answer to the question, several answers from four correspondents are published:
J. H. Maguire:
Following brief details of all of the possible claimants from the17th century-on and those who made claims after the
introduction of stamps, the author decides it was James
Chalmers on the basis of his supposed essays of 1834.
H. W. W.:
Once again, James Chalmers on the basis of his supposed
essays of 1834.
J. P. C.:
Decides on Messrs Bacon & Petch, on the basis that they
produced the first stamps.
J. B. A.:
Points out that self-adhesive labels were used for many
purposes long before postage stamps and their use in this casecould have been thought of by anyone. In terms of who firstsuggested their use, Rowland Hill did so before James
Chalmers.
1905[Edward J. Nankivell (Editor)]: Miscellaneous., Gibbons Stamp Weekly, 16th September
1905, Volume 2, Issue 12, p.188.
➢
Nankivell notes that some non-philatelic journals have started to claim that James
Chalmers was the inventor of the adhesive postage stamp. He therefore reprints
crucial paragraphs from Philbrick’s letter to The Standard of May 1890.
Harry J. Maguire: The evolution of the postage stamp: A sketch of its history prior to 1840.,
The Stamp Collector, November 1905, Volume 9, Issue 11, pp.177-180; December, Issue 12,
pp.193-196 & January 1906, Volume 10, Issue 1, pp.2-4; Part 2: May, Issue 5, pp.60-62;
June, Issue 6, pp.76-78 & July, Issue 7, pp.92-95; Part 3: August, Issue 8, pp.108-111; Part 4:
September, Issue 9, pp.124-127.
➢
A detailed review of all occasions when, and means by which, postage was prepaid.
Considering the extensive references the author provided, one cannot explain how heaccepted Chalmers’ supposed essays of 1834 without any documentary evidence
whatsoever. After prompting by V. W. Morten, the author commenced Part 2 whichstarted by admitting the lack of documentary proof for the 1834 essays and looked into
their background - all drawn from Chalmers’ pamphlets. From this Part the author
can be seen to have leant heavily in Chalmers’ direction by the one-sided arguments
he employed - obviously extracted from Patrick Chalmers’ pamphlets.
1907
W. V. Morten: Correspondence., The Stamp Collector, April 1906, Volume 10, Issue 4,
p.58.
➢
In response to Maguire’s article on the evolution of the postage stamp, Morten asks
for proof of the assertion that Chalmers produced gummed stamps in 1834.
1908
Plain Anchor: The introduction of penny postage., Stanley Gibbons Monthly Journal, May
1908, Volume 18, Issue 11, pp.245-248 & June, Issue 12, pp.267-270.
➢
Copies of letters and pamphlets relating to the introduction of the postage stamp. They
do not mention Chalmers but one carries some illustrations resembling his essays. A
letter from Dr. J. E. Gray is included giving details of his assistance to Hill andreproducing the Introduction from his 1862 catalogue.
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1909
The first postage stamp., The Dominion Philatelist [and Canadian Youth], January 1909,
Volume 6, Issue 1, n.pp.
➢
A little bit of rubbish about James Chalm[ers], not even getting his name right.
T. M. Wears: Who invented the postage stamp., The Stamp Collector, October 1909, Volume
13, Issue 10, p.159.
➢
Commentary on an exhibition of stamps by Wears, a great Chalmers supporter, in the
Victoria Art Galleries, Dundee. In it, he showed an adhesive hat tax stamp from 1784 an obvious precursor to the adhesive postage stamp.
1912
B. T. K. Smith: Notes in a philatelic library., The Journal of the Philatelic Literature Society,October 1912, Volume 5, Issue 4, pp.67-68.
➢
A list of 13 of Chalmers’ pamphlets in the writer’s library.
T. M. Wears [& Fred. A. Philbrick]: Who invented the adhesive stamp?, The Stamp Lover,
April 1912, Volume 4, Issue 11, pp.193-194.
➢
Seven letters between the two authors are given verbatim, in which Wears questions astatement in the Philbrick & Westoby handbook on the stamps of Great Britain
which ascribes the proposal for collecting postage by means of stamps to a Mr Stead,reported in 1829. From his research, details of Stead’s proposal were actually reported
in 1838 and in reality dealt with stamped paper. Philbrick ascribes thismisunderstanding to a misreading of the text, which is not written as clearly as it could
have been, nevertheless Stead’s proposal was made in 1829. Philbrick adds that at thetime of writing the book, he had access to a large box of correspondence &c. loaned
by Pearson Hill. Following Hill’s death, Philbrick’s attempts to trace the box came
to nothing.
1915
Chalmers and the postage stamp., Mekeel’s Weekly Stamp News, 2nd October 1915, Volume
29, p.340. {Reprinted from The Pittsburg Dispatch}➢
Although this is seemingly extracted wholesale from a pamphlet by Chalmers, itsvalue can be judged by the author calling James Chalmers an Englishman born in
Arbroath who first suggested a minimum rate of postage.
1917
A. S. Bates: Chalmers’ essays., The London Philatelist, August 1917, Volume 26, pp.183185 & plate.
➢
A list of all known essays attributed to James Chalmers.
Af. G. Übelhausser: Danmarks frimærker. [Denmark’s postage stamps.], Filatelisten,
November 1923, Volume 9, Issue 9, p.109 & December, Issue 10, pp.121-122.
➢
A brief history of postal reform with photographs of Chalmers and Hill together with
their essays.
1923
William B. Rawlinson: The Chalmers-Hill Controversy., The Australian Stamp Journal, July
1923, Volume 13, Issue 7, pp.109-112.
{Reprinted in: The Philatelist, November 1923, Volume 1, Issue 8, pp.15 & 17; February
1924, Issue 9, p.11 & August, Issue 10, pp.7 & 4.
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➢In re-visiting the Chalmers-Hill controversy he is convinced by the testimony of
those claiming to have printed the stamps in 1834.

1925
A. S. Bates: The pre-1840 essays of Great Britain., Report of the Twelfth Philatelic Congressof Great Britain, 1925, Cambridge, UK, pp.49-60.
➢
An attempt to compile a complete record of all of the essays produced in response to
the Treasury Competition, including those of Chalmers.
Girasa: Timbres-poste., Filatelia, June 1925, Volume 9, Issue 6, p.106.
➢
Report that the French had postage stamps in 1832. It brought the response that there
were even earlier versions.
Antonio del Mancino: La posta: Chifu l’inventtore del francobollo adhesive., Filatelia,
December 1925, Volume 9, Issue 12, pp.362-363.
➢
In response to Girasa, details of the British postal reforms and the resulting stamps
were provided.
1934
Leah Chalmers: The first postage stamp., The Observer, 27th January 1934.
➢
Response to an earlier article, and advising that her father did not attack Sir Rowland
Hill’s reputation and repeated that her grandfather invented the postage stamp in 1834.
[A. S. Bates]: The conception of the postage stamp., The Raconteur, November 1934,
Volume 1, Issue 2, pp.38-40.
➢
Details of the early essays for British postage stamps inclining towards Chalmers as
the inventor. (On the occasion of the sale of Bates’ collection.)
Lewis Spence: The man who invented stamps., The Stamp Magazine, November 1934, p.23.
➢
Spence was a great-grandson of James Chalmers and son of Charlotte Chalmers.
He claimed to be in possession of certain facts relating to the controversy. His
information came from James Chalmers’ daughter Margaret. The information is theusual August 1834 essays and the claim that impressed staitonery was to be the only
form of pre-paid postage until Chalmers suggested postage stamps. It was followedby mention of the silver salver presented to Chalmers in 1846, supposedly for
inventing the postage stamp, and some brief details of the Chalmers-Hill pamphlet
war. Spence mentioned finding some original correspondence between James
Chalmers, Rowland Hill and others when Margaret died in 1891, and passing themto Patrick Chalmers.
1938
Leah Chalmers: James Chalmers., The Stamp Magazine, November 1938, p.20.
➢
After a few biographical details about James Chalmers, she provides information
about his involvement in postal reform. The article then moves on to Patrick
Chalmers’ claims.
1939
N. J. K. Strachan: First adhesive postage stamp., Post Office Magazine, January 1939, p. 23.
➢
On the basis of seeing the plate (illustrated) on James Chalmers’ former bookshop
attributing the invention of the postage stamp to him, Strachan indulges in thereiteration the usual Patrick Chalmers propaganda.
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Samuel Graveson: Who invented the adhesive postage stamp? A century-old controversy.,
The Stamp Magazine, February 1939.
➢
An introduction to those most involved in the postal reforms in which Chalmers getsa passing mention.
Robson Lowe: A hundred years ago: The history of the invention of the adhesive postage
stamp., The Philatelist, March 1939, Volume 5, Issue 6, pp.131-133 & plate; April, Issue 7,
pp.163-164; May, Issue 8, pp.188-190; June, Issue 9, pp.235-236; July, Issue 10, pp.268-269;
August, Issue 11, pp.295-297; September, Issue 12, pp.315-316; November, Volume 6, Issue2, pp.33-34; December, Issue 3, pp.59-60; January 1940, Issue 4, pp.99-100; February, Issue
5, pp.130-131; March, Issue 6, pp.167-171; April, Issue 7, pp.187-190 & May, Issue 8,
pp.219-224.
➢
A review of the essays submitted in response to the Treasury Competition, largely
based on the collection of Colonel Arthur Stanley Bates (1879-1958).
P. H.: Who invented the adhesive postage stamp? Hill v. Chalmers: The controversy revived.,
Stamp Collecting, 8th July 1939, pp.407-408.
➢
Based on the then recently-published book by Leah Chalmers, it contains nothing
new.
Samuel Graveson: Chalmers v. Hill, The Stamp Magazine, September 1939.
➢
A short but balanced account, based upon facts that could be proven.
1940
Had famous grandfather., Arbroath & District Philatelic Society Minutes No23, 1940, p.?
(Bibliographic details are uncertain.)➢
Details of the Chalmers’ sisters being made Honorary Presidents of the Society on theeve of the exhibition, with their portraits.
The Arbroath Herald also carried a report of the exhibition with illustrations of the
Chalmers’ sisters making presentations. (Bibliographic details unknown.)
Samuel Graveson: Penny Postage Centenary., Postal History Society, London, UK, 1940,
144pp.
➢
A detailed review of the postal reforms that lead to the issue of postage stamps,
including details of many essays produced for the Treasury Competition.
Centenary of adhesive stamp. Grand-daughters of Arbroath inventor attend local exhibition.,
The Arbroath Guide, 4th May 1940, pp.?
➢
An illustrated account of the exhibition attended by Chalmers’ granddaughters Leah
and Christina.
Famous son’s portrait gifted to Arbroath., The People’s Journal, 4th May 1940, p.?
➢
Brief details of the exhibition and the presentation of James Chalmers’ portrait.
Samuel Graveson: The uniform penny post., Journal of the Society of Arts, 31st May 1940,
Volume 88, pp.636-650.
➢
A conference, whose invited Chairman was Col. Henry W. Hill, the grandson of Sir
Rowland Hill. The background to, and history of the postal reforms of 1840 were
given with no mention of Chalmers other than a footnote at the end.
1946
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Leah Chalmers: How the adhesive stamp was born., Musson’s Stamp Digest, March 1946,
pp.6-8; April, pp.39-40.
➢
A repeat of her father’s claims but moderated and based on the documentation, except
of course for Chalmers’ essays of 1834.
Samuel Graveson: The Mercantile Committee on Postage, 1838: Mr. George Moffatt’s
papers found., The Philatelist, June 1946, Volume 12, Issue 9, pp.226-229.
➢
A report on the activities of the Mercantile Committee and the finding of Moffatt’s
papers. The article also noted that the Post Circular contained a letter from James
Chalmers giving Rowland Hill credit for the reforms - later denied by his son.
Leah Chalmers: The Moffatt papers., The Philatelist, August 1946, Volume 12, Issue 11,
p.307.
➢Leah Chalmers cast doubt on the essays illustrated in the Graveson article (above),having been produced by James Chalmers.
C. W. Hill: The Moffatt papers., The Philatelist, October 1946, Volume 13, Issue 1, pp.19-22.
➢
Hill agreed with Leah Chalmers (above) regarding the essays, which are actually
attributed to Henry Cole in the Index to the Moffatt Papers. Some notes on
Chalmers’ first plan are followed by an extract of James Chalmers’ letter toRowland Hill of October 1839 and a discussion of his contribution to having the new
system adopted.
Leah Chalmers: The Moffatt papers’, The Philatelist, October 1946, Volume 13, Issue 1,
p.22.
➢
Leah Chalmers confirmed that the document and essays should not be attributed toJames Chalmers.
1949
Col H. W. Hill: Rowland Hill’s Postal Reforms., Monthly Stamp Digest, February 1949,
Volume 3, Issue 11, pp.332-335.
➢
A short list of many of the postal reforms instituted by Rowland Hill and some of thehonours he received on his retirement. In quoting Robert Wallace, who attributed allof the reforms and their implementation to Hill, the author, Hill’s grandson, counters
the Chalmers’ propaganda published earlier in the same magazine.
1950
Great Britain., in: Catalogue., London International Stamp Exhibition, 1950, pp.60-61.
➢
H. V. C. Adams exhibited (Frame 64) British essays and proofs including one by
Chalmers, illustrated on page 61.
1951
Scotland again!, The Stamp Collectors’ Fortnightly, 13th January 1951, p.?
➢A picture of one of Chalmers’ Treasury essays stamped Dundee, Oct.7, 39, on theoccasion of its sale by Robson Lowe.
L. N. Williams: “Bits of coloured paper”., The Stamp Magazine, April 1951, pp.?
➢
An overview of early proposals for and methods of pre-payment of postage,
mentioning Chalmers’ claim and illustrating one of his essays. It contains nothing
new.
1953
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Francis Collingwood: Rowland Hill or James Chalmers? Story of the stamp controversy.,
Post Office Magazine, August 1953.
➢
A mixture of fact and fantasy in the centenary year of Chalmers’ death.
Scottish centenary., Stamp Collecting, 14th September 1953, p.?
➢
Report of a family ceremony at James Chalmers’ grave on the centenary of his death,with both of his granddaughters present.
1954
The Chalmers story., Postal History Society – Bulletin, January/February 1954, Whole
number 72, pp.8-9.
➢
Report of the meeting of 14th October 1953, at which C. R. Clear and Christina andLeah Chalmers gave an account of the introduction of adhesive postage stamps andJames Chalmers’ role in postal reforms.
1955[Robson Lowe (editor)]: The original Chalmers essay., The Philatelist, August 1955,
Volume 21, Issue 11, p.319.
➢
A report that the copy of James Chalmers’ original specification sent to Lt.-Col.
Maberly had come to light. It allowed Patrick Chalmers’ reprints to be distinguishedfrom the originals.
[Robson Lowe (editor)]: The postal reforms of Rowland Hill: A new Chalmers discovery.,
The Philatelist, September 1955, Volume 21, Issue 12, p.?
{Reports of this find and its sale were given as:
A James Chalmers discovery., Stamp Collecting, 16th September 1955, p.?
The postal reform of Rowland Hill – A new discovery., The Stamp Collectors’ Fortnightly,
17th September 1955, Volume 61, p. 303.
The earliest Chalmers essays., Stamp Collecting, 30th Sept. 1955, pp.97 & 99.}➢
The copy of Chalmers’ pamphlet reported above was illustrated with a commentaryon its significance.
____________________
By the mid 1950s, the second generation of protagonists were either dead or too old tocontinue their involvement in the affair. Occasionally, however, third generation and moredistant members of the families added their comments.
Hereafter, the majority of the references tend to contain information which may be interesting
and relevant, such as images of Chalmers’ essays and reports of the sale of private archivesof the postal reformers, but may not be germane to the controversy.
There are also a number of re-tellings of the Chalmers-Hill controversy, generally from
Patrick Chalmers’ point of view and with little or no research other than reading a few of thelatter’s pamphlets. Details of other claimants to have invented the postage stamp are included.
____________________
1957
James Chalmers exhibition., Stamp Collecting, 6th September 1957, p.?
{This was also reported as: James Chalmers., The Philatelist, October 1957, Volume 24,
Issue 1, p.5.}➢
Report that the James Chalmers exhibition in Dundee was opened by his
granddaughter Miss Christina Chalmers.
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Rhoda Spence: The Scots inventor of the postage stamp., Scotland’s Magazine, November
1957, pp.?
➢
On the occasion of the ceremony at the Dundee Museum, Chalmers’ great great
granddaughter, who was present, outlines the history of James Chalmers. (Rhoda
Spence was the daughter of Lewis Spence.)
1961
A. Petrie: James Chalmers., The Stamp Magazine, March 1961, p.?
➢
A complaint that a previous article on the history of the Penny Black failed to mention
James Chalmers, followed by an ill-informed article on Chalmers’ claims, omitting
all mention of the 1834 essays, the only basis for his claim.
1962
F. G.: Christina Chalmers, Postal History Society Bulletin, 1962, Issue 7/8, p?
➢
A note on the occasion of Christina’s death about her and her sister Leah attending
Society meetings from the end of the war to 1955, when Leah died. The case forJames Chalmers is then outlined.
1965
James A. Mackay: Who fathered the postage stamp., The Stamp Magazine, May 1965,
pp.308-309.
➢
A review of all of those who did and who could have claimed to have thought of
postage stamps first, including James Chalmers.
James Chalmers, inventor of the adhesive postage stamp, and Sir Rowland Hill, plagiarist.,
Stampwise, 1965, p.?
➢
A re-telling of the Chalmers’ claims based solely on reading five of Patrick
Chalmers’ pamphlets.
1966
Ian J. Glassborow: New Chalmers essays., Stamp Collecting, 22nd September 1966, pp.137& 139.
➢
Report of some of Chalmers’ essays being found amongst the papers of George
Duncan, Member of Parliament for Dundee at the time of Rowland Hill’s postal
reforms.
The H. R. Harmer sale of the 3rd and 4th October included three lots (27-29) of Chalmers’
essays illustrated on Plate 1.
1967
The Agitation for Postal Reform and the Production of the World’s First Pre-Paid Postage
Stamps of 1840., National Postal Museum exhibit at the British Philatelic Exhibition, 1967,
n.pp. [12pp]➢
The essays by James Chalmers were the only essays included in the exhibit.
1969
L. N. & M. Williams: How a peasant’s son made stamp history., Stamp Weekly, 23rd
January 1969, Volume 2, Issue 20, p.3.
➢
The story of Laurenz Kosir [Koschier] who was said to have suggested the prepayment of postage by means of stamps in 1836.
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1970
The Robson Lowe sale of May 1970 included a copy of James Chalmers’ submission to theTreasury dated 30th September 1839 as Lot 1019. Although it is shown on Plate 6, the essays
it included have been superimposed on it, obscuring part of the text.
Chalmers’s 1939 [sic] “reprints”., The Philatelic Journal of Great Britain, June 1970,
Volume 80, Issue 2, pp.30-33.
➢
An explanation about where the well-known “reprints” of Chalmers’ 1838 essays
came from. In fact, they were produced by Chalmers to accompany his 1839 proposal
to the Treasury. The text of the proposal and his covering letter are both given in fullalong with an illustration of the letter and essays.
Robson Lowe: James Chalmers, inventor of the adhesive postage stamp., The Philatelist,
December 1970, Volume 37, Issue 3, p.79.
➢
Following a review of Smith’s book, Robson Lowe added that he thought he could
terminate the war by inviting Patrick Chalmers’ daughters and Henry Hill to dinner.
He noted that rarely had he enjoyed a good dinner less.
1972
Bernard Smith: Rowland Hill., Postal History, August/October 1972, Whole Number 175,
p.211.
➢A note on the claim of Francis Worrall Stevens that Hill stole his ideas.
L. N. & M. Williams: Who really did invent the stamp?, Stamp Collecting, 21st September
1972, Volume 119, p.171.
➢
A letter noting that Dr. Gray had withdrawn his claim to have invented the postage
stamp and pointing out that adhesive tax stamps had been in use since before
Rowland Hill was born. However, Hill could claim to have been first to suggest theiruse for postage.
A. G. Rigo de Righi: Rowland Hill, Henry Corbould and the Penny Black., Stamp
Collecting, 28th September 1972, Volume 119, p.199.
➢
In response to earlier correspondence, the Curator of the National Postal Mueum notedthat those who claimed priority over Rowland Hill generally did so years after the fact
and produced no outside evidence in support.
1974
I. D. Hill: The Chalmers craze re-investigated., The GB Journal, October 1974, Volume 12,
Issue 5, pp.98-102.
➢
A brief history of the dispute followed by a chronology of documented mentions of
the adhesive postage stamp. Hill pointed out that the postage rates given on
Chalmers’ essays correspond with those in the second edition of Rowland Hill’s
pamphlet of 1837; the rates shown in the first edition were different.
1976
A. G. Rigo de Righi: Gems from the RM Phillips Collection: XXXIX The Chalmers Essays.,
Philatelic Bulletin, September 1976, Volume 14, Issue 1, pp.3-4.
➢
On the basis of the published evidence, the author naturally gives Rowland Hill thecredit for the introduction of postage stamps. It includes an illustration of thefollowing pamphlet in full: James Chalmers: Remarks on Various Modes Proposed
for Franking Letters, under Mr. Rowland Hill’s Plan of Post Office Reform., James
Chalmers, Dundee, UK, 3rd February 1838, 1p.
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1980
A Courier Reporter: Why does the Post Office ignore James Chalmers?’, Dundee Courier,2nd February 1980, p.?
➢
Notice of the James Chalmers Society issuing a label commemorating Chalmers inan effort to get the Post Office to issue a commemorative stamp on the 200th
anniversary of his birth.
Letter of the 17th July from Morrison S. Scott, Co-ordinator of the James Chalmers Society
to Her Majesty The Queen giving details of the attempts to have a commemorative stamp
issued for James Chalmers. The Society’s current attempt to celebrate the centenary of hisbirth in 1982 has been rebuffed by the Post Office and he therefore brings the matter to her
attention.
1981
Morris S. Scott: James Chalmers., Stamp Collecting, 5th March 1981, p.777.
➢
A response to an article by Graham Homer-Wooff, correcting some errors andproviding details of the James Chalmers Society and its activities.
Letter of the 22nd March from Morris S. Scott of the James Chalmers Society to Mr.
Crosby thanking him for the cheque for £5 and enclosing some press cuttings, etc. He
mentions a copy of a page from a German book which is attached to this letter. He advisesthat although English papers do not publish their material, the American Embassy has shown
an interest for a possible stamp.
1984
James Mackay: The Chalmers/Hill controversy., Stamps and Foreign Stamps, December
1984, pp.83, 85 & 87. (This is a corrected version of the article which was published in theprevious issue.)➢An excellent review of the affair based on extensive research into the documents ofthe period. The earliest reference Mackay found to postal reform related to Robert
Wallace MP in 1835. Nowhere in the Dundee newspapers is there any report ofJames Chalmers championing postal reform in 1834, in spite of the fact that hepublished one of the newspapers, the Dundee Herald. Details of the controversy aresupplied, together with information on the booklet commemorating Chalmers
published in 1982.
1985
James Mackay: Laurenz Koschier - ideological creator of the postage stamp., Stamps andForeign Stamps, February 1985, pp.49 & 51.
➢
Following a recap of Hill’s and Chalmers’ claims, Mackay looked into the case for
Koschier.
1988
Mike Sartori: Cinderella’s wardrobe. Number three: Cypher seals., London & Provincial
Stamp Club Bulletin, January 1988, Volume 8, Issue 2, Whole number 314, p.11.
➢
The background to the cypher seals used in Great Britain since 1700 and which were
probably the inspiration for postage stamps.
The Mercantile Papers., Postal History, 3rd Quarter 1988, Whole Number 247, Front cover &p.64.
➢
A note that the Postal History Society is to sell its set of Mercantile Papers,
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originally collected by George Moffatt. (The next issue reported that they realised£15,396.)
Harmers of London sale of the 13th October 1988 (postponed from the 21st September)offering the set of Mercantile Papers, the property of the Postal History Society, in 70 lots ofwhich many are illustrated.
1989
Martin Willcock: Sale of the Mercantile Papers by Harmers of London., Postal History, 1stQuarter 1989, Whole Number 249, p.8.
➢
Some notes about the sale and the prices reached by some individual lots.
James Grimwood Taylor: Charles Whiting and Robert Wallace, the postal reformers.,
Stamps, October 1989, pp.91-94.
➢
The proposals of 1830 by Whiting for sending circulars and pamphlets at a special
rate are given, together with his essay for a pre-paid wrapper. An outline of Wallace’s
attempts to provoke Post Office reform from within Parliament is provided,
culminating in his meeting with Rowland Hill.
1992
The Robert Wallace Papers., Cavendish Philatelic Auctions, Derby, UK, 22nd February 1992,
Lots 705-784.
➢
Some details are provided about the finding of the Wallace Papers and theirsignificance. Many lots are illustrated. There are no references to James Chalmers.
2003
Great Britain., Cavendish Philatelic Auctions, Derby, UK, 26th September 2003, Lots 19952060.
➢
Although many of the lots are postal history items having a bearing on the postal
reforms, there are a number of related documents and essays including one by James
Chalmers (Lot 2048).
2006
Wolfgang Maassen: Dundee: James Chalmers Gedanken zur Postreform – 1838. [Dundee:
James Chalmers’ thoughts on postal reform – 1838.], in: Philatelie und Vereine im 19
Jahrhundert., Phil Creativ, Schwalmtal, Germany, 2006, pp.91-94.
➢
The results of recent German research on the controversy, which seem to cast doubtson the 1834 essays.
2008
Andreas Hahn: Der Erfindung der Briefmarke. [The invention of stamps.], Museumsstiftung
Post und Telekommunikation, Bonn, Germany, 2008.
➢
Based upon the recently unearthed collection of British essays formed by F. A.
Philbrick and the Prussian Find of sheets of stamps sent by the British Post Office totheir counterparts in Prussia as samples, the story of British postal reforms is told. A
short section on James Chalmers contains nothing new.
2010
Wolfgang Maassen: Eine Idee und ihr Welterfolg (2): James Chalmers Gedanken zur
Postreform. [An idea and its worldwide success (2): James Chalmers’ thoughts on postal
reform.]’, Philatelie, July 2010, Volume 62, Whole Number 397, pp.46 & 50.
➢
Although still mentioning the 1834 essay, the author acknowledges that all of the229

documentary evidence is on the side of Rowland Hill.
2012
The Frank & Peter Thompson Collections of Great Britain Essays & Postage Stamps, 18371966., Cavendish Philatelic Auctions, 25th January 2012, 380 lots.
➢
Lots 3-8 are Chalmers’ essays and pamphlets, all of which are illustrated.
Alan K. Huggins: Sir Daniel Cooper and ‘Stamps with Large Margins’., Handout for the2012 Sir Daniel Cooper Lecture to the Royal Philatelic Society London, 29th March 2012,
London, UK, 16pp.
➢
It provides an introduction to the earliest proposals for postage stamps. Chalmers is
not mentioned at all.
2013
Worldwide: The Brian Allcock Aden/Bombaay Sea Posts, G. B. Stamps, etc. Cavendish
Philatelic Auctions, Derby, UK, 6th March 2013, Lots 427-433.
➢
The first five lots comprise the original correspondence from Pearson Hill to J.-B.
Moens and from Patrick Chalmers to Moens. The other two lots comprise smallcollections of Patrick Chalmers’ and Pearson Hill’s pamphlets, respectively.
Michael Peach: James Chalmers: The real inventor of the adhesive postage stamp?, Gibbons
Stamp Monthly, June 2013, Volume 44, Issue 1, pp.42-45.
➢
A very well illustrated re-telling of the Chalmers’ story including much about modern
pro-Chalmers propaganda and celebrations.
2017
Gunnar Dahlvig: Falstaff Fakir., The London Philatelist, April 2017, Volume 126, p.123.
➢
An addition to an earlier paper of no relevance to the Controversy, it includes atranslated report and illustration of a James Chalmers essay being shown in Lund,
Sweden in 1893. My note to the editor Steve Jarvis and his reply was:Steve, I am sure that someone more knowledgeable than myself will already havedrawn your attention to the errors written about the circular stamp illustrated on page
123 of The London Philatelist of April this year. The essay was certainly produced byJames Chalmers for the first British stamp but not in 1833. Even his son Patrick
only claimed the date of 1834 for its production but that too was incorrect. In fact, thisstamp was part of James Chalmers’ submission for the Treasury Competition of 1839
and was received on the of 30th September 1839.
Hello Brian, The article was originally submitted without an image. I did a google
search and found an image that seemed to match the description. However, I shouldhave added the comment regarding actually 1839 as the year quoted in the newspaper
must have been incorrect.
This commentary was never published.

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AUTHOR INDEX TO THE ARTICLES

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PUBLISHED LETTERS & DOCUMENTS
Since it has been common for the protagonists to quote very selectively from letters, theobjective of this section is to advise where the full transcripts of letters relevant to thecontroversy can be found. Normally only the date, sender, recipient and location are provided.
In the case of the letters of which I hold photocopies, a little information about the contents is
included. I have not listed the innumerable letters to the editors, etc.
1837
9th December
Letter from Robert Wallace to James Chalmers dated 4th December thanking him for the
specimens of stamps to carry into effect Hill’s plan.
1838
3rd March
Letter from Rowland Hill to James Chalmers acknowledging receipt of his letter of the 9th[February] thanking him for the suggestions it contains which he will probably make use of in
his evidence before the Committee. (BJB) (Lewis Spence, 1934.)
1839
1st January?
Essay prepared by Rowland Hill for the proposed adhesive postage stamp. (Philatelic Events
that Changed the World., Exhibit prepared for EUROPHILEX 2015 by the Club de MonteCarlo, Monaco, 2015, 38pp.){Reprinted as: Philatelic events that changed the world., In: Exhibition Catalogue.,
EUROPHILEX 2015, London, UK, 13th-16th May 2015, pp.38-43. Reprinted in German as:“Philatelic events that changed the world” in 20 Rahmen., Philatelie, July 2015, Volume 67,
Whole number 457, pp.19-25 & August, Whole number 458, pp.25-30.}
30th September
Certificate presented to James Chalmers by the merchants of Dundee.
1st October
Letter from James Chalmers to Rowland Hill.
7th October (Year not clear but thought to be 1839)
Letter from P. Chalmers [MP] to James Chalmers acknowledging receipt of his letterenclosing a specimen of his proposed stamp and earlier, similar communication.
7th November
Rowland Hill’s Famous Letter to the Chancellor of the Exchequer 2 Nov. 1839 Outlining His
Plan for the Gradual Implementation of Postal Reforms., [Transcription of the original
holographic draft in the Reginald M. Phillips’ Collection], National Postal Museum, UK,n.d., 12pp. [The letter itself was not sent until the 7th November in case additional suggestions
were forthcoming.]
1880
30th December
Letter from Pearson Hill to Patrick Chalmers.
(in: The Philatelic Record, November 1881, Volume 3, Issue 10, pp.196-197.)
1881
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9th May
Letter from Pearson Hill to the editor of the Athanæum.
1882
27th March
Letter from the Lord Mayor of London to Patrick Chalmers.
(in: The Philatelic Record, February 1883, Volume 5, Issue 1, p.2.)
1887th

19 MayLetter of Patrick Chalmers to E. D. Bacon, Secretary of the Philatelic Society, London.
23rd May
Letter from E. D. Bacon to Patrick Chalmers.
24th May
Letter from Patrick Chalmers to E. D. Bacon.
27th May
Letter from E. D. Bacon to Patrick Chalmers.
(in: The Stamp Collectors’ Journal, July 1887, Volume 9, p.66a.)
29th October
Letter from James Whitehead, Secretary of the Sir Rowland Hill Committee, to Pearson
Hill.
(in: The Quaker city Philatelist, September 1888, Volume 3, Issue 9, p.142.)
1888
7th May
Letter from W. A. S. Westoby to Pearson Hill.
(in: The Philatelic Record, May 1888, Volume 10, pp. 86-87.)
4th July
Letter from H. Joyce, Assistant Secretary to the General Post Office to William Hay, Town
Clerk of Dundee.
(in: The Stamp Advertiser and Auction Record, June 1890, Volume 1, Issue 7, pp.217220.)
1889
27th November
Open letter from John D. Wears.
(in: The Stamp Collectors’ Journal, January 1889, Volume 11, p.30.)
27th March
Letter from D. Maxwell to Patrick Chalmers.
(in: The Stamp, April 1889, Volume 4, Issue 2, pp.30-31.) and(in: The Philatelic Gazette, May 1889, Volume 5, Whole Number 57, p.97.)
1890
st

1 May
Letter from Fred. A. Philbrick, President of the Philatelic Society, London, to the editor of
The Standard.
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1891
14th January
Letter from Pearson Hill to Frank Mowatt, Assistant Secretary to the Treasury.
(in: The Philatelic Record, March 1891, Volume 13, Issue 3, pp.64-68.)
10th March
Letter from Patrick Chalmers to Sir R. E. Welby, Secretary to H. M. Treasury.
(in: The Philatelic Record, April 1891, Volume 13, Issue 4, p.90.)

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EARLY STAMP CATALOGUESINTRODUCTION
My collection consists primarily of catalogues covering the years up to and including 1870.
Occasionally I include later catalogues if they have a special attribute or significance. For
example, my copy of Moens’ 7th and final complete edition of 1892/93, was part of Moens’
own library and carries his bookplate. I also pick up reprints of first editions irrespective ofthe date of the original publication.
For convenience, they are listed under the name by which they are best known, usually thecompiler or publisher.

THE CATALOGUESzzzzz
BELLARS & DAVIEThe Standard Guide to Postage Stamp Collecting.
2nd revised and corrected edition, John Camden Hotten, London, UK, 1864, 130+xivpp. +covers. (165mm x 105mm) Card bound with the cover showing stamps in red, blue and black.
➢
The spine has recently been covered with tan cloth with the title up the spine and thedate across the bottom of the spine in black.
➢
Annotated in pencil, the date Decr. 1864 has been added in manuscript on the verso of
the title page.
➢
A note advises that a leather bound and interleaved copy was also available for 2/6(12½p).
➢
Pages 125-130 comprise an index and table of foreign currencies with their Sterling
equivalents.
➢
The fourteen unnumbered pages at the rear of the book and the back cover are filledwith non-philatelic advertisements for books available from the publisher, John
Camden Hotten. This volume, by Bellars & Davie, is featured on the sixth page andincludes two contemporary reviews.

BOOTY
Frederick Booty: The Stamp Collectors Guide with 200 Fac-simile Drawings., H. & C.
Treacher, Brighton, UK, 1862, 98pp.
➢
The pages are printed on one side only.
➢
A second printing was produced in 1862 with the Introduction printed on both sides,
resulting in a reduction in the number of pages to 94.
➢
Reprinted in 2002 by the Associazione Italiana di Storia Postale and the Unione
Filatelica Lombarda in an edition of 300, of which 226 were for general sale. {I only
hold the reprint.}

GIBBONS, E. Stanley
A Descriptive Price List & Catalogue of British, Colonial & Foreign Postage Stamps, forSale by E. Stanley Gibbons, Foreign Postage Stamp Dealer, 15, Treville Street, Plymouth., E.
Stanley Gibbons, Plymouth, UK, 1865, ii+16+iipp. (240mm x 180mm) Pamphlet with stapled
card cover.
Stanley Gibbons Catalogue Centenary Exhibition. Stanley Gibbons Ltd., London, UK, 1965,
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pp.21-40.

GRAY
Dr. J. E. Gray
Hand Catalogue of Postage Stamps.
2nd edition, Robert Hardwicke, London, UK, 1863, xiv+58pp. (165mm x 100mm) Hard boundwith illustrated cover.
The outside back cover contains advertisement for other books published by Robert
Hardwicke.
➢
It carries the three line rubber stamp: W. H. Earl, Chartered accountant, Newcastleunder-Lyme on the front free endpaper, with his signature on the title page. Below therubber stamp is an embossed mark of a wreath enclosing the initials G.S.
➢
A second version exists with the front cover bearing the author’s name as: John
Edward Gray, and with full details of his qualifications and position at the British
Museum.
The Illustrated Catalogue of Postage Stamps for the use of Collectors.
3rd edition, E. Marlborough, London, UK & Alfred Smith & Smith, Bath, UK, 1865,
xvi+96+xxiv pp. (165mm x 100mm) Hard bound with an old re-binding.
The pages at the rear bearing roman numerals contain various advertisements:
Young & Stockall, Central Chambers, 17 South Castle Street, Liverpool
i-vii
W. Diamond, 54 Westbourne Grove, Bayswatervii(Oldest established shop in London for the sale of obsolete postage stamps.)(Offered list of coins also.)
Steinau, Jones & Company, 29 Corporation Street, Manchesterviii-x➢

The front paste-down endpaper carries the bookplate of the Royal Philatelic Society
London, stamped Withdrawn.

The Illustrated Catalogue of Postage Stamps for the use of Collectors.
4th edition, E. Marlborough, London, UK & Alfred Smith, Bath, UK, 1866, xvi+180+xii pp.
(165mm x 100mm) Hard bound with illustrated cover. Modern spine.
The end papers and pages i-x following the text contain advertisements for Alfred Smith and
Co. Pages xi and xii contain advertisements for Stafford Smith & Co., Brighton, UK.
The Illustrated Catalogue of Postage Stamps for the use of Collectors.
5th edition, Revised and corrected by Overy Taylor, E. Marlborough, London, UK & Alfred
Smith, Bath, UK, 1866, xvi+210pp. (165mm x 100mm) Hard bound with illustrated cover.
Tape spine.
The end papers contain advertisements for Alfred Smith and Co.
Bookplate: Stephen Holder.
The Illustrated Catalogue of Postage Stamps.
6th edition, Revised & corrected by Overy Taylor, E. Marlborough & Co., London & Alfred
Smith & Co., Bath, 1875, xvi + 524pp. (170mm x 125mm)
This volume has had the covers removed and been hard bound in dark Green buckram withthe title Postage Stamps across the spine and the (owner’s?) initials, W.J.H.K., on the front ingold. Although the volume has been bound, the edges appear not to have been trimmed.
An advert for Alfred Smith & Co.’s Monthly Circular appears on the last (unnumbered)
page.

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MAHÉ
P. Mahé: Guide-Manuel du Collectionneur de Timbres-Poste.
P. Mahé et Cie, 18 Rue des Canettes, Paris, [1863], 18pp+coloured paper cover.
➢This was the first priced catalogue to be published.

MAURY, Arthur
Catalogue Descriptif de tous les Timbres-Poste Créés de 1840 à 1870.
Chez Maury, Paris, France, [1870], 116pp. (205mm x 135mm) Multi-coloured paper cover.
(Page 67 is cut.)Bookstamp: F. A. Bellamy & Bookplate: Stephen Holder.

MOENS, J.-B.
Les Timbres-Poste Illustrés.
J.-B. Moens, Brussels, Belgium, 1864, 148pp.+54 plates. (190mm x 125mm) Soft bound witha loose brown paper cover, lettered in black and red across the front and in black down thespine.
Illustrations of Postage Stamps.
Hall & Co., London, UK & Stafford Smith & Co, Brighton, UK, [1864], 148pp+54 plates.
(Plate 53 missing.) (190mm x 145mm)Hard bound with a multi-coloured cover. Price 2/6(£0.13)
Ex-Libris Stephen Holder.
A reprint of this catalogue (by Giulio Bolaffi Editore, Turin, Italy, 1968) is also held.
Catalogue Prix-Courant de Timbres-Poste.
7th edition, 3 Volumes, J.-B. Moens, Brussels, Belgium, 1891, iii+562pp.+i+192 plates; 1893,
xii+361pp+i+208 plates; 1893, 369pp+80 plates+197 colour plates.
Bookplate: J.-B. Moens.

MOUNT BROWN
Catalogue of British, Colonial and Foreign Postage stamps.
2nd edition, F. Passmore, London, UK, 1862, 72pp. (135mm x 105mm) (Bound in blackleather.) Price 1/Catalogue of British, Colonial, and Foreign Postage stamps.
3rd edition, F. Passmore, London, UK, 1862, xvii+1+66+2pp. Interleaved. (130mm x 105mm)
Bound in maroon with green cloth quarter binding.)
Carries the annotation: C. A. Gibson, Market Place, Bungay, 1878. Bookplate Stephen
Holder.
A second copy bound in black leather. has a copy of Mount Brown’s leaflet To Collectors of
Postage Stamps., tipped in at the back opposite the Money Table.
Catalogue of British, Colonial and Foreign Postage stamps.
5th edition, F. Passmore, London, UK, 1864, 96pp. (135mm x 105mm) Yellow paper cover,lettered in black ink across the front. (Back cover missing.) Price 1/-

PEMBERTON, E. L.
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The Philatelical Catalogue: Being a Complete Catalogue of Postage Stamps and Postal
Envelopes and Cards with Voluminous Notes on Reprints, Forgeries, and every Subject ofInterest.
James R. Grant & Company, Dawlish, UK, 1st January 1874, 52pp. and a slip headed
Abbreviations used in the present number … () Sewn into green paper covers. Price 1 shilling.
➢
Although it is shown as Part 1 (Alsace to Bolivia) of 8 monthly Parts, no other Parts
were published.
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An Extra Edition of 100 copies on larger paper (277mm x 180mm) was available attwice the cover price.
➢
My copy is from the Extra Edition and is stamped E. D. Bacon. It lacks the slip
headed Abbreviations used in the present number …, and the back cover. It includes aslip in Bacon’s hand, copied from the Metropolitan Philatelist of July 1892 about the
Bolivia first issue translated by Henry Clotz from Le Timbre-Poste of the 18th March1892.
The Stamp Collector’s Handbook.
2nd edition, Pemberton, Wilson & Company, London, UK, 1878, xii+340pp. (180mm x
120mm) Hard bound in dark brown with gold letters on the front and across the spine.
➢
Carries a sticker on the title page reading - Sold by William Lincoln, Dealer in Foreign& colonial Postage Stamps, 239, High Holborn. Another of Lincoln’s stickers,
adapted from a Mulready envelope, is attached to the inside back cover.

SCOTT, J. W.
Descriptive Catalogue of American and Foreign Postage Stamps, Issued from 1840 to date,Splendidly Illustrated with Coloured Engravings and Containing the Current Value of each
Variety.
J. W. Scott & Co., New York, NY, USA, September 1868, 21pp.(190mm x 115mm)➢
Reprinted by the Scott Publishing Company, Omaha, NE, USA, 1971, from theoriginal held by the Collectors Club, New York, NY, USA.

YVERT & TELLIER
Catalogue Prix-Courant de Timbres-Poste.
1897 Yvert & Tellier, Amiens, France.
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Catalogues published in the first few years are very rare in good condition. A facsimileof the first edition was produced by the publisher, the only evidence being the
publisher’s imprint, Maury-Eurolivres, opposite page 552.

ZSCHIESCHE & KÖDER
Katalog über alle seit 1840 bis Ende April 1867 ausgegebenen Briefmarken aller Länder mit
beigreduckten Verkaufspreisen.
8th edition, Zscheische & Köder, Leipzig, Germany, 1867, 72pp + covers. (177mm x 115mm)
Soft bound in grey paper covers.
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Carries the ex Libris stamp and signature of F. A. Bellamy on the title page.
➢The inside of the front cover and both sides of the rear cover carry Zscheische &Köder’s advertisements.
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Purchased from Stephen Holder in 2008.
Katalog über alle seit 1840 bis Ende October 1870 ausgegebenen Briefmarken aller Länder
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mit beigreduckten Verkaufspreisen.
8th edition, Zscheische & Köder, Leipzig, Germany, 1870, 79pp + covers. (170mm x 110mm)
Soft bound in yellow paper covers.
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The inside of the front cover and both sides of the rear cover carry Zscheische &Köder’s advertisements.
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Ex-Libris the Collectors Club, New York, NY, USA.
➢A small square has been cut from the centre of the cover and it is annotated throughout
in red ink.
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Bound in marbled boards.
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Purchased from Edenbridge Philatelic Lit. in 1998.

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EPHEMERA RELATING TO
19th CENTURY DEALERSINTRODUCTION
From time to time, I have acquired material produced by 19th Century dealers, usually as a byproduct of acquiring something else. Being loath to discard such relatively uncommon andunrecorded material, I generally put it aside for some future, unconsidered purpose. In
practice, I have allowed unusual material from the first decade or so of the 20th Century tocreep into the listing. I have had to be rigorous in avoiding the acquisition of substantial listsof stamps for sale which are not only too bulky but are collected by others.
At one stage, I also collected but did not list, unusual material from relatively modern dealers:
Stamp albums, Approval sheets; Perforation gauges and other accessories and novelties
produced for advertising purposes. In 2011, the Royal Philatelic Society London purchased asmall collection of such items from the estate of John Michael, a well-known British
auctioneer and so I donated my meagre holdings to the Society. (See: The Collectors Series.,
Auction Catalogue, 14th-15th July 2010, Lot 1453A- The John Michael collection of
perforation gauges. &c. Purchased by John Taylor and exhibited at STAMPEX in 2010, it
was then offered to the Royal Philatelic Society London and purchased for their Archives.
The collection was found to be somewhat wider than simply perforation gauges)
I have now brought all such items in my collection together in a single alphabetical listingunder the dealer’s trading name. The initial list was produced before I had considered how toprovide long-term storage and so the current list includes some items that I can no longer
locate. I have left these listed here, since I am sure that they will turn up, but have noted thatthey are missing and highlighted them in yellow.
The items I hold for each dealer sre bullet pointed with an arrow head and given a succinct
description.

AAAA
A. R. Rogers
See Albert R. Rogers.

Albert R. Rogers
He also traded as A. R. Rogers.
75 Maiden Lane, New York, NY, USA.
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Special Notice. 189_. (Two different copies.)
Circular regarding his new priced catalogue of U.S. postage stamps, 2nd May 1892
Copy of his advertisement for his Catalogue from The Metropolitan Philatelist, May
1892.
Pro-forma for ordering his Catalogue, 1892.
Pro-forma for ordering a copy of his 1892 stamp catalogue, with 1893 prices.

Am. Tract Society Building, New York, NY, USA.
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Invitation to H. E. Deats to preview his next auction sale. 16th January 1897.
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Albert Schiff

Missing from fileth462 West 44 Street, New York, NY, USA.
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Circular. 1892.

Alfred Muscat
270 Strada Reale, Malta.
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Circular offering mint Malta stamps at face + 5%.

Alfred Smith & Company
6 Bath Street, Bath, UK.
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Advertising flyer for Dr. J. E. Grey’s Illustrated Catalogue of Postage Stamps,
published in eight monthly parts.

Alfred Smith & Son
37-39 Essex Street, Strand, London, UK.
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Compliments slip.
Specimen sheet of the Imperial Postage Stamp Album, 8th edition, 19th April 1898.

Allen Willey
Hadlyme, CN, USA.
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Advertising post card sent to H. E. Deats. 2nd March 1898.

American Collectors Company
87 Nassau Street, New York City, NY, USA.
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Prospectus for the share issue of 1899.

Arthur C. Smith

Missing from file

Scranton, PA, USA.
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Price List.

Arthur Maury

Missing from file

6 Boulevard Montmartre, Paris, France.
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List of accessories. 1907?

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BBBB
B. B. Stamp Company
Flemington, NJ, USA.
➢Special March Bargains. 1889.

Baitzell, William E.
Traded as Wm. E. Baitzell.

Barry, Samuel R.
Traded as Samuel R. Barry.

Batchelder, M. D.
Traded as the Batchelder Stamp Company.

Batchelder Stamp Company
3113 Cass Avenue, St. Louis, MO, USA.
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Circular explaining the Company’s problems. ca. 1888
Price List of Stamps. 1889

Beard, Joseph F.
Traded as Joe F. Beard.

Benjamin, Alfred
Traded as Benjamin & Sarpy.

Benjamin & Sarpy
1 Cullum Street, London, UK.
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Wholesale Price List of Foreign Postal & Fiscal Stamps. ca. 1893.

Bogert, Rudolphus R.
Traded as R. R. Bogert & Company and the Bogert & Durbin Company.

Bogert & Durbin Company
Room 37, Tribune building, New York, NY, USA.
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Wholesale Price List “N”. ca. 1894.

Room 37, Tribune building, New York, NY, USA. & 128 South Seventh Street, Philadelphia,
PA, USA.
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Flyer announcing of the sale of the Milton F. Walton stock.

160 Nassau Street, New York, NY, USA. & 722 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
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Price List United States Revenue Stamps. November 1896.

Britannia Stamp Association
103 Portland Road, Notting Hill, UK.
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Circular soliciting requests for approvals, 1873.

Brown, M.
Traded as Mr. M. Brown.

Brown, William P.
Traded as Wm. P. Brown.

Buhl, Theodor
Traded as Theodor Buhl & Company.

Butt, James Oliver
Traded as James Oliver Butt.

CCCC
C. D. Smith

Missing from file

Delta, NY, USA.
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Notice regarding stamp stocks & approvals.

C. D. T. Publishing Company
See under James Oliver Butt.

C. H. Mekeel Stamp & Publishing Company
Established 1877.
C. H. Mekeel & Co. (Partnership with W. B. Davies.)
3112 Groveland Park Avenue, Chicago, IL, USA.
C. H. Mekeel.
1887 Room 71 Turner Building, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Room 1 Turner Building, St. Louis, MO, USA.
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C. H. Mekeel Stamp & Publishing Company
1889-93
1007, 1009 & 1011 Locust Street, St. Louis, MO, USA.
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Mekeel’s Great Mixtures.
Wholesale Dealer in Postage Stamps., 12th July 1887.
Pseudo-handwritten letter to accompany the Catalogue of American Postage Stamps,
28th May 1889.
Clinbing., Leaflet, October 1890.
Priced Catalogue of American Postage Stamps., 16th June 1891.
Mekeel’s Wholesale Price List., Received stamp, 17th December 1892.
Price List 1893.
U. S. Document Revenues and Proprietary Medicine, Match and Card Stamps.,
Includes the stock of E. B. Sterling.
Revised List of Single Stamps.
Sample pages, Mekeel’s Popular Stamp Album – Roumania; United States ofColumbia.
Eleventh Series of Popular Packets.
Bargains.
Thirteenth Series of Popular Packets.
Philatelic Publications.
Price List No. 15.
Price List of Postage Stamps Sold in Packets, Lots and Mixtures.
Mekeel’s Wholesale Price List.
Price List of United States, Confederate States, Mexico and other American Countries.
Price List of C. H. Mekeel.
Price List of United States, Confederate States, Mexico and other American Stamps
Usually kept on hand.

C. T. Reed
Importer of foreign stamps.
26 Manchester Square Mansions, Dorset Street, London, UK.
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Wholesale and Retail List of Foreign and Colonial Postage Stamps., September 1884.

Carion, Georges
Traded as Georges Carion.

Carson Stamp Company
P. O. Box 512, St. Louis, MO, USA.
➢U. S. Exchange List.

Chas. A. Townsend
Box 2464 Akron, OH, USA.
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Flyer offering $4.00 for $1.00. [1897]

Clark, T. S.
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Traded as T. S. Clark.

Croome, Robert
Traded as Robert Croome.

Cowell, Charles E.
See under the Universal Collectors’ Guide.

DDDD
Dauth, Heinrich Johann
Traded as H. J. Dauth.

Durbin, Leonidas W.
Traded as the Bogert & Durbin Company.

EEEE
E. B. Jones
1910 George Street, Sioux City, IA, USA.
➢➢➢➢

A Collection of Foreign Postal Cards. [1897/98]
Some Things for a Philatelic Library. [1897/98]
Prospectus for the Comprehensive Check-List for Philatelic Literature Collectors.
[1897/98]
Prospectus for the Priced Catalogue of Philatelic Literature. [1897/98]

E. F. Gambs
1224 2nd Carondelet Ave, St. Louis, MO, USA.
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New Circular for 1875.
California exposition badges, 1894. With his stamp.

Ewen, Herbert L’Estrange
Traded as H. L’Estrange Ewen.

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FFFF
F. Clement Soper

Missing from file

Ypsilanti, MI, USA.
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Price list of United States revenues.

F. J. Stanton

Missing from fileNorwich, NY, USA.
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Price List. 1896.
Circular advertising the 57th edition of Scott’s Catalogue. 1896.
Circular: United States Stamps for Sale by F. J. Stanton Norwich New York. 1897.

F. Trifet
99 Court Street, Boston, MA, USA.
➢➢➢His signature on part of a post card dated May 1889.
Prospectus for the Descriptive Price Catalogue of the Postage Stamps of all Nations.,
9th edition., 1875, 4pp. [Lists all of his packets. He would not warrant his packets ofLocals, Nos. 55-59, to contain only genuine stamps.]
Prospectus for the Descriptive Price Catalogue of the Postage Stamps of all Nations.,
9th edition., 1875, 4pp. [Includes three pages of testimonials in favour of the catalogue
including one from S. A. Taylor! The back page advertises The Monthly Stamp
Circular.

GGGG
G. G. Bergman
P. O. Box 1238, Mexico City, Mexico.
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Post Card offering Mexican stamps, addressed to H. E. Deats, 3rd June 1907

Gebrüder Senf
Leipzig, Germany.
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Special-Offerten No. 1-5.
Revidirte Special-Offerten No. 1-8., 1886
Prospectus for the Taschenbuch für Briefmarken-Sammler. 1889.
Der Neue Senf-Katalog. 1908.
Wichtig für Briefmarken-Sammler.
Neue Auflage von Dr. Alfred Moschkau’s Handbuch.

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Georges Carion
Founded in 1879 as Georges Carion & Emden.
83 Rue Lemercier, Paris, France & P. O. Box 2457, San Francisco, CA, USA.
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Stamps of all Nations for Collectors., [1896].

Georges Carion & Emden
See Georges Carion.

Gregory, W. F.
Traded as W. F. Gregory.

Gibbons, Stanley
Traded as Stanley Gibbons Ltd.

HHHH
H. J. Dauth

Missing from file
Vilbelerstrasse 26 & 29, Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany.
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Universum subscription leaflet. 1893.
Self-addressed envelope.
Frankfurter Briefmarken - Zeitung leaflet, soliciting advertisements. 1992.

H. L. Lindquist

Missing from file

100 Sixth Avenue, New York, NY, USA.
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Subscription Blank for Stamps. ca. 1933.
Recommended by James A. Urquhart, P.O. Box 3355, Ferry P.O., San Francisco,
CA, USA.
Various ad hoc brochures relating to philatelic literature.

H. L’Estrange Ewen
32 Palace Square, Norwood, London, UK.
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Compliments slip to accompany a copy of the Standard Catalogue of British Stamps
and Postmarks sent for review, n.d. [1896].
Notice to Stamp Collectors that he is to issue a comprehensive, specialised GreatBritain catalogue, 10th December 1896, 8pp.

H. Mack & Company
20 Villiers Street, London, UK.
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Our Latest Offer.

Haddaway, C.
Traded as Haddaway’s Circular Mailing Agency.

Haddaway’s Cicular Mailing Agency
Easton, MD, USA.
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Flyer advertising the Agency. (2 copies on different coloured, re-used papers.)

Hall, W. Kelsey
Traded as W. Kelsey Hall.

Handford, J. T.
Traded as J. T. Handford.

Harold R. Miller
Casilla 31, Lima Peru.
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Advertising flyer in Spanish and English.

Harris, Albert Henry
Traded as Harris Publications.

Harris Publications

Missing from fileLondon, UK.
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Leaflet advertising The Philatelic Magazine and Stamp Collectors’ Monthly Journal inwhich is to be published Encyclopaedia Philatelica.

Henry Gremmel
Room J, 85 Nassau Street, New York, NY, USA.
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Gremmel’s Price List of U.S. and Foreign Postage Stamps. 1889.
September Monthly Bargains. ca.1890.

80 Nassau Street, New York, NY, USA.
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Price List of Sets, Packets, Stamp Albums, etc. 1893.
109 Second Street New York, NY, USA.
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Rare Bargains.

Hilckes, Harry248

Traded as Hilckes, Kirkpatrick & Company.

Hilckes, Kirkpatrick & Company
64 Cheapside, London, UK.
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Leaflet advertising the Priced Catalogue of the Postal and Telegraph Adhesives ofGreat Britain.
Leaflet Advertising the Illustrated Catalogue of all Known Reprints and how to Detect
Them.

IIII
Illinois Stamp Company
Dealers in U.S. and foreign postage stamps.
Box 371, Chicago, IL, USA.
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Flyer offering approvals, Chicago Packets and Garden City Packets, [1890].

JJJJ
J. D. Russell
Sparkbrook, Birmingham, UK.
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J. D. Russell’s Wholesale Price List of Foreign Postage Stamps &c., (Postmarked
August 1877) This circular is addressed to S. Allan Taylor.

J. T. Handford
P. O. Box 1870, New York, NY, USA.
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Price List No. 8. February 1884.

J. W. Stowell

Missing from file

Philatelic Advertising Bureau.
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Represents the following periodicals:
Virginia Philatelist
Allegheny Philatelist
Philatelic Bulletin
New York Philatelist
Perforator
Adhesive249

James Oliver Butt
(Hartman Specialties) (Collector-Dealer-Trader)
239 Grandview Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
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Circular.
Letter to firearms collectors.
Free advertisement coupon from the C. D. T. Publishing Company, New Philadelphia,
OH, USA. ca. 1922.

Joe F. Beard
Lock Box 73, Muscatine, IA, USA.
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Price List of U. S. Adhesives, Special Delivery, Periodicals. Due Stamps, Cut Square
Envelopes, and U.S. Document, Revenue and Proprietary Stamps., January 1897.
Special Offer. ca. 1896.

Jones, E. B.
Traded as E. B. Jones.

KKKK
Kirkpatrick, William Boyd
Traded as Hilckes, Kirkpatrick & Company.

LLLL
Leckie, William
Traded as Wm. Leckie & Company.

Lightner Publishing Corp.

Missing from file2810 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL, USA.
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Prospectus for Hobbies Magazine.
Subscription Blank. ca. 1933.
Agent: James A. Urquhart, P. O. Box 3355, Ferry Post Office, San Francisco, CA,USA.

Lindquist, Harry L.
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Traded as H. L. Lindquist.

MMMM
M. Brown
See Mr. M. Brown.

Mack, H.
Traded as H. Mack & Company.

Mackey, P. C.
Traded as P. C. Mackey.

Maury, Arthur
Traded as Arthur Maury.

Mekeel, Charles Haviland
Traded as C. H. Mekeel Stamp & Publishing Company.

Miller, Harold R.
Traded as Harold R. Miller.

Mr. M. Brown
124 Cheapside, London, UK.
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To Collectors of Postage Stamps.,

Muscat, Alfred
Traded as Alfred Muscat.

NNNN
New England Stamp Company

Missing from file

12 Bromfield Street, Boston, MA, USA.
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Numerous documents.
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P. C. Mackey
461 43rd Street, Brooklyn, NY, USA.
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American Hinges.

P. M. Wolsieffer
75 State Street, Chicago, IL, USA.
➢Best Cheap Album Published.

Paul Stroehlin & Cie.
Cité 20, Geneva, Switzerland.
5 Rue des Granges, Geneva, Switzerland.
➢➢Paul Stroehlin & Cie un Comptoir de Numusmatique et d’Heraldique.
Untitled and undated circular.

PetersonSee Pierce & Peterson.

Philipp Kosak
Neue Königstrasse 38, Berlin, Germany.
➢Satz-preisliste., Nr. 2, 1893/94.

PierceSee Pierce & Peterson.

Pierce & Peterson
Wholesale dealers in U.S. postage stamps.
109 & 193 Clark Street, Chicago, IL, USA.
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Price List of Columbian Stamps., February 1894.

QQQQ

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R. R. Bogert & Company
Established in 1873.
Room 37, Tribune Building, New York, NY, USA.
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Circular regarding his merchant supply service.
Price List of United States Revenue Stamps.
Sample Page of Post Card Catalogue. 1889. (Two different.)
Price List of United States Stamps. (Two lists, one ca. 1889, the other ca. 1890.)
Wholesale Price List “J.”
Wholesale Price List “L.” Part 1.
C. H. Mekeel’s Philatelic Publications.

Room 38, Tribune Building, New York, NY, USA.
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Price List of Postage Stamps &c.
Wholesale Price List “I.”

P. O. Box 1438 New York, NY, USA.
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Wholesale Price List. (Latest stamp 1876.)
Wholesale Price List of Foreign Postage Stamps. (Latest stamp 1877.)

R. R. Schuman & Company

Missing from file

179 Ontario Street, Chicago, IL, USA.
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Price List No.2.

R. Walford White108 Fenchurch Street, London, E.C., UK.
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Revised Price List of Foreign Stamps, Post Cards, Albums, Stamp Mounts, &c., May
1891.
Wholesale List of Foreign Stamps., Season 1891-92.

Reed, C. T.
Traded as C. T. Read.
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Ridley, Thomas M.
Traded as Thomas M. Ridley.

Robert Croome
Tewkesbury, UK.
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Manuscript letter to H. G. Halton, dated 8th June 1895.
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Flyer regarding his Stamp Collectors’ Library, soliciting advertisements. [1895].

Rogers, A. R.
Traded as A. R. Rogers and Albert R. Rogers q.v.

Russell, J. D.
Traded as J. D. Russell.

SSSS
S. Allan Taylor
75 Devonshire Street, Boston, MA, USA.
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Untitled but headed Special Notice.

81 Washington Street, Boston, MA, USA.
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S. Allan Taylor’s Packet List of Foreign Postage Stamps. ca. 1868. (photocopy)

209 Washington Street, Boston, MA, USA.
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Untitled but headed Special Notice. (photocopy)

40 Kilby Street, Boston, MA, USA.
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Reprint or Fac-Simile Stamps for Collectors. (photocopy)
This is a facsimile of one of Taylor’s lists, said to date from 1904 and to be his lastlist.

Samuel R. Barry
Albaugh’s Grand Opera House, Washington, DC, USA.
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Price List, ca. 1885.

Sarpy, Julian Hippolite
Traded as Benjamin & Sarpy.
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Schiff, Albert
Traded as Albert Schiff.

Schuman, R. R.
Traded as R. R. Schuman & Company.

Senf, Emil Louis Richard
Traded as Gebrüder Senf.

Senf, Louis Wilhelm August
Traded as Gebrüder Senf.

Smith, Alfred
Traded as Alfred Smith & Company and later as Alfred Smith & Sons.

Smith, Arthur C.
Traded as Arthur C. Smith.

Smith, C. D.
Traded as C. D. Smith.

Soper, F. Clement
Traded as F. Clement Soper.

Stanley Gibbons Ltd.
The Strand, London, UK.
➢

Advertisements for their stamp catalogue. 1934 & 1935.

Stanley Thompson
Stamp importer.
Southport, UK.
➢

List of Stamps on Sale.

Stanton, F. J.
Traded as F. J. Stanton.

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Stowell, J. W.
Traded as J. W. Stowell.

Stroehlin, Paul-Ch.
Traded as Paul Stroehlin.

TTTT
T. S. Clark
Bellville, Ont., Canada.
➢➢

Fourth Auction Sale, 27th January, 1893.
Supplement to The Dominion Philatelist, December 1892.

Taylor, Samuel Allan
Traded as S. Allan Taylor.

Theodor Buhl & Company
Lambert Road, Brixton Rise, London, S.W., UK.
➢➢➢➢

Price List of Foreign & Colonial Postage Stamps, Post Cards, &c., 1881-82.
Circular offering British Honduras remainders., 14th July 1891.
Special Offer., (Circular offering Serbian remainders.), 14th July 1891.
Wholesale Price List of Foreign and Colonial Postage Stamps, Envelopes, Post Cards,
Philatelic Publications, etc., 1892.

Thomas M. Ridley
12 Avondale Terrace, Chester-le-Street, Durham, UK.
➢

Flyer: special Offers to Stamp Collectors for the Month. [1895].

Thompson, Stanley
Traded as Stanley Thompson.

Townsend, Charles A.
Traded as Chas. A. Townsend.

Trifet, Ferdinand Marie
Traded as F. Trifet.

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UUUU
Universal Collectors’ Guide
Chas. E. Cowell, Newark, NJ, USA.
➢

Blank for an entry in his proposed Guide. 1919.

Urquhart, James A.
Traded as the Pan American Collectors’ Union.

VVVV

WWWW
W. F. Gregory
Room 5, 11 Park Row, New York, NY, USA.
➢

Wholesale Offers to Dealers Only., ca. 1895. (Two different copies.)

W. Kelsey HallPeterborough, Ont. Canada.
➢

List of Wants., Proforma, 189?

White, R. Walford
Traded as R. Walford White.

Willey, Allen
Traded as Allen Willey.

Wm. E. Baitzell
412 North Howard Street, Baltimore, MD, USA.
➢Special Bargains in U.S. Envelopes., October 1891.
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➢
➢

Cheap Sets Stamps.
Price List of Packets of Stamps.

Wm. Leckie & Company
3025 South Park Avenue, Chicago, IL, USA.
➢

Price List of Stamps, Packets, &c., ca.1893.

Wm. P. Brown,
114 Nassau Street, New York, NY, USA.
➢

Stamps on Approval., 1873.

908 Gates Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, USA.
➢➢

Price Catalogue of U. S. & Foreign Postage Stamps., 1885.
Price List of Stamps., 1887.

53 Nassau Street, New York, NY, USA.
➢

The Popular Series of Benjamin Franklin Packets.

410 Tompkins Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, USA.
➢

Card, Job & Ornamental Printer.

Wolsieffer, Philip Matthias
Traded as P. M. Wolsieffer.

XXXX

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ZZZZ

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PERIODICALSINTRODUCTION
I have always had a particular interest in periodicals, since they comprise the most neglected
field of philatelic literature. They also have three attributes not given to other forms ofphilatelic literature:➢
They are generally the first point of publication for all manner of information➢
The information they hold is very difficult to access owing to the lack ofindexes➢
There is no complete, or even reasonably complete listing of what has been
published in the past 150 or so years, even though the Crawford Catalogue wasa remarkably good start
My periodical holdings fall into three categories:•
Periodicals that I keep owing to their content being of great interest to me becauseof their historical nature. This includes all periodicals that were published in the1860s, particularly those published in English. A few from the 1870s, where I
have fortuitously obtained bound sets can also be found in this list.
•
Periodicals of a bibliographic nature devoted to philatelic literature and thesocieties that specialised in this area.
•
Complete series of periodicals in digital format. I collect all of these irrespectiveof their content – a luxury I can afford owing to the relatively small amount of
space digital material occupies.
A subsidiary list, that I have placed immediately following this Introduction, includes
ephemera published by or on behalf of periodicals.
All of my holdings are kept in an alphabetical list for simplicity, the particular nature of eachbeing evident from the entry or the annotation. Alphabetical order is based on a word-by-wordcriteria. Titles with no prefix come before those prefixed with an article. i.e. PhilatelicAdvertiser would come before Philatelic Advertiser, The.

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EPHEMERA RELATING TO PERIODICALSINTRODUCTION
The first part of this section comprises a list of those periodicals for which I hold one or more
pieces of ephemera such as: Subscription forms; Advertising flyers; Compliments slips;
Letterheads; Correspondence; etc. These were mostly free-standing documents, given out
with the periodical or with communications from the publisher and are primarily
advertisements extolling people either to subscribe to the periodical or to use the advertising
services it supplied. I have not included anything that was an integral part of the periodical,
such as Supplements.
There are no date limits to the material I collect although I naturally prefer material relating toearly periodicals. In terms of scope, although I tend to collect everything I come across. Somemodern periodicals, Linn’s Stamp News being a good example, produce such an amount ofephemera that to collect it all would overwhelm me. Accordingly, I have just retained a few
representative examples for such periodicals.
The following listing gives only the names of the periodicals, and their publishers, for which I
hold some piece of ephemera. I have deliberately not annotated my holdings which would berather time-consuming and would, to my mind, add little of value to the list since it isrelatively easy for me to simply locate the originals.
Philatelic Advertisers’ Bureau
J. W. Stowell, Federalsburg, MD, USA.
Agents for:
The Adhesive
The Allegheny Philatelist
The Perforator
The Philatelic Bulletin
Philatelic Advertising
Ralph P. Spooner, New York, NY, USA.
Periodicals
AAAA
A. C. Roessler’s Stamp NewsA. C. Roessler, East Orange, NJ, USA.
Aalesunds Frimærkeblad
Knud Chr. Bolstad, Aalesund, Norway.
Advertiser and Collector, The
I. C. Haddaway, Haddaway Bros., Easton, MD, USA.
This was just a very large edition of The Collector.
Advertiser of Wants and Offers
Philatelic Publishing Company, Birmingham, UK.
Aero Field, The
Francis J. Field, Sutton Coldfield, UK.
African Stamps
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The New York Philatelist
The Virginia PhilatelistAfrican Stamps, Cape Town, South Africa.
Air Mail and Precancel Journal, The
Minneapolis, MN, USA.
Albemarle Stamp Collector, The
Albemarle Stamp Company, Keswick, VA, USA.
Alert – United Dealers Alert
Anthony Santitoro, Yardville, NJ, USA.
American Philatelist
American Philatelic Society, USA.
American Philatelist and Collector
F. B. Estabrook Stamp and Publishing Company, Marlboro, MA, USA.
American Revenuer, The
American Revenue Association, USA.
American Stamp, The
D. B. Crockett, Newark, NJ, USA.
American Stamp Dealer & Collector, The
American Stamp Dealers’ Association, Leesport, PA, USA.
Atalaya
Christer Brunström, Halmstad, Sweden.
Australasian Stamps
Australasian Stamp Monthly, Australia.
Australian Philatelist, The
B & K Philatelic Publishing, Melbourne, Australia.
Australian Stamp Collector, The
B & K Philatelic Publishing, Melbourne, Australia.
Australian Stamp Monthly
Horticultural Press, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Australian Stamps
Australasian Stamp Monthly, Australia.
Austria-Philatelist
Adolf Kosel, Vienna, Austria.
BBBB
B.S.C. Record
Belgian Study Circle, UK.
Bay Phil, The
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Friends of the Western Philatelic Library, Sunnyvale, CA, USA.
Braziliana
John Fosbery, Newton Abbot, UK.
Berliner Briefmarken-Zeitung
Philipp Kosack, Berlin, Germany.
Berner Briefmarken - Zeitung
Zumstein & Cie., Bern, Switzerland.
Bollettino Mensile Illustrato
A. & R. Sanguinetti, Milan, Italy.
Bollettino Prefilatelioco e Storico Postale
Benetton Editore, Padua, Italy.
Briefmarken Spiegel
Briefmarken Spiegel, Göttingen, Germany.
Briefmarkenkurier, Der
Der Briefmarkenkurier, Wiesbaden, Germany.
British Philatelic Bulletin
Royal Mail, Edinburgh, UK.
Brooklyn Stamp, The
Raymond L. Perry, Brooklyn, NY, USA.
Brooks’ Stamp Notes
Brooks & Edwards (R. M. Pannell), Camberwell, UK.
Buckeye Philatelist
E. L. French, Wellington, OH, USA.
Buffalo Collector and Exchange
H. S. Pickett & Co., Buffalo, NY, USA.
Buffalo Philatelist, The
CCCC
Cahiers d’Histoire des PTT, Les
Cahiers d’Histoire des P. et T., Paris, France.
Campbell Patterson’s Newsletter
Campbell Patterson Ltd., Auckland, New Zealand.
Cape & Natal Philatelic Journal
Cape & Natal Study Circle, UK.
Carter’s Monthly Journal
Formby, UK.
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Charleston Philatelist, The
Gustav J. Luhn, Charleston, Stamp Collecting, USA.
Chicago International Philatelist
Chicago International Philatelist, Chicago, IL, USA.
Circulaire Philatélique, La
Ch. Lemierre, Le Havre, France.
Claremont Philatelist, The
Claremont Philatelist, New York, NY, USA.
Coleccionismo
Sociedad Filatélica de Madrid, Spain.
Collector, The
I. C. Haddaway, Haddaway Bros., Easton, MD, USA.
Collector-Dealer, The
Chas. S. Quinton, Portsmouth, UK.
Collector-Dealer-Trader
Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Collectors Club PhilatelistCollectors Club, New York, NY, USA.
Collectors’ Gazette, The
The Collectors’ Gazette, Dallas, TX, USA.
Collectors’ Journal, The
H. L. Lindquist, Chicago, IL, USA.
Collectors Journal, The
J. E. Guest, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
Collectors’ Magazine, Thecollectors’ Magazine, London, UK.
Collectors’ Review, The
William Haddon, Tipton, UK.
Collezionista Italia Filatelica, Il
Scot, Turin, Italy.
Columbian Philatelist, The
J. F. Dodge, New Oxford, PA, USA.
Constellation
Frank Muller, Paris, France.
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Convenção Filatélica
Associação Nacional de Journalistas e Escritores Filatélicos, Portugal.
Corriere Filatelico, Il
Italy.
Corriere Filatelico Italiano
Florence, Italy.
Courrier des Timbres-Poste
Stanislas Bossakiewicz, St. Etienne, France.
Courrier Timbrophilique
France.
Cream City PhilatelistCharles Test Taylor, Milwaukee, WI, USA.
Croydon Philatelic Gazette
Pearce & Stamford, Croydon, UK.
Curiosity World, The
John M. Hubbard, Lake Village, NH, USA.
Cursores
Editrice Cursores, Milan, Italy.
Czechoslovak Specialist, The
USA.
DDDD
David Feldman NewsletterDavid Feldman, Dublin, Eire.
DBZ
Deutsche Briefmarken-Zeitung Verlag, Bad Ems, Germany.
DF NewsletterDavid Feldman, Dublin, Eire.
Documents Philatéliques
Académie de Philatélie, France.
Don Houseworth’s International Stamp Review
The Stamp Review, St. Joseph, MI, USA.
EEEE
Écho de la Timbrologie, L’
L’Écho de la Timbrologie, Amiens, France.
El Petit Filatelist
El Petit Filatelist, Ybor City, FL, USA.
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El Trencito
Bill Welch, State College, PA, USA.
Empire State Philatelist, The
T. C. Watkins,New York, NY, USA.
Everybody’s Philatelist
Dr. J. M. Holt, Astoria, OR, USA.
Evga Trade Journal
Lawrence Evans, 406 Seventh Street, Ocean City, NJ, USA.
FFFF
Filacap
Clube Filatelico de Cachoeira Paulista, Caixa Postal 6. 12.630 - Cachoeira Paulista SP, Brazil
Filatelia
Filatelia, Turin, Italy.
Filatelia Portuguesa, A
Clube Nacional de Filatelia, Porto, Portugal.
Filatelic Facts and Fallacies
W. Schellschopp, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Filatelistiska Meddelanden
Harry Wennberg, Stockholm, Sweden.
Fowler’s Stamp and Coin Age
Henry Ades Fowler, Chicago, IL, USA.
Frama Imprint
Frama Study Group of the Australian Commonwealth Collectors Club of New South Wales,
NSW, Australia.
Frankfurter Briefmarken-Zeitung und Universum
Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
GGGG
G–O–G Review
R. D. Gilmour, Glasgow, Scotland, UK.
Gen, The
BCM/FAEM, London, UK.
General-Anzeiger für Philatelie
General-Anzeiger für Philatelie, Ludwigslust, Germany.
Gibbons’ International Stamp News
Stanley Gibbons Publications, Ringwood, UK.
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Gibbons Stamp Circular
Stanley Gibbons Inc., New York, NY, USA.
Gibbons’ Stamp Monthly
Stanley Gibbons Ltd., London, UK.
Grant’s Philatelic Monthly
Grant’s Philatelic Monthly, Kansas City, KS, USA.
Great Britain Philatelist, The
Regent Stamp Company, London, UK.
Great Wall, The
China Stamp Collectors Club of Australasia, Australia.
HHHH
Harmer’s Stamp Hints
H. R. Harmer, New York, NY, USA.
Harper’s Annual Advertiser
Harper Bros., Manchester, UK.
Herdman’s Miscellany
Edward F. Herdman, Berwick-upon-Tweed, UK.
Hobbies Magazine
Lightner Publishing Company, Chicago, IL, USA.
Holy Land philatelist, The
F. W. Pollack, Tel Aviv, Israel.
IIII
Illustrirtes Briefmarken-Journal
Gebrüder Senf, Leipzig, Germany.
India Post
India Study circle for Philately, UK.
Insight
Trajan Publishing, St. Catharines, Ont., Canada.
International Philatelic Advertiser
Krebs Bros., New York, NY, USA.
International Philatelic Monthly
G. W. Hawley, Harrisville, MI, USA.
International Philatelist, The
Herbert C. Beardsley, St. Joseph, MO, USA.
International Stamp & Exhibition News
Stanley Gibbons Publications, Ringwood, UK.
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International Stamp journal
J. Speed Jr., St. Louis, MO, USA.
IPHV Courier
Internationalen Postwertzeichen-Händler-Verbandes, Berlin, Germany.
Irish Stamp News
Ian Whyte (Ireland), Dublin, Eire.
JJJJ
Journal for Specialists in the Stamps of JapanF. J. Peplow, London, UK.
Journal of Arabian Philately
Chaplin Editorial Services, Sidney, OH, USA.
Journal of British Commonwealth Philately
Arthur C. Hamm, Washington, DC, USA.
Junior, The
Bethlehem, PA, USA.
Junior Stamp Collector
Margöschis Brothers, Birmingham, UK.
KKKK
Köhlers Philatelistisches MagazinHeinrich Köhler, Berlin, Germany.
Kosmofilatelist
E. Gebbers, Liljendal, Sweden.
LLLL
Latin American Post
Latin American Philatelic Society, USA.
Linn’s Stamp News
Linn’s Stamp News, Sidney, OH, USA.
MMMM
Mack’s Monthly Philatelist
August W. Mack, Scranton, PA, USA.
Mack’s Stamp Review
Herbert Mack & Company, London, UK.
Mainsheet
Spanish Main Study Circle, UK.
Malden Philatelist
USA.
267

Mekeel’s Stamp Collector
C. H. Mekeel’s Stamp & Publishing Company, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Mekeel’s Weekly Stamp NewsC. H. Mekeel Stamp & Publishing Co., St. Louis, MO, USA.
Melita Philatelic Chronicle and Advertiser, The
Alfred Muscat, Valetta, Malta.
Merkur-Kurier
Kerkur-Kurier, Insbruck, Austria.
Merkur-Revue
Mercurio
Harold R. Miller, Lima, Peru.
Mexicana
Mexico Elmhurst Philatelic Society International, USA.
Moderno Raccoglitore, Il
Federico Barelli, Turin, Italy.
Monthly Philatelic Advertiser, The
W. Webster, Derby, UK.
Mundo Filatélico
Mundo Filatélico Ediciones, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Myers Advertiser
G. J. Myers, Codorus, PA, USA.
NNNN
National Stamp Shopper
National Stamp Shopper, Warren, OH, USA.
Nebraska Stamp News
Edward C. Biggar, Fremont, NB, USA.
Nederlandsch Maandblad voor Philatelie
Netherlands.
New England Stamp Monthly
New England Stamp Co., USA
New Hampshire Philatelist
New Hampshire Philatelist, NH, USA.
New Puffin Journal, The
Lundy Collectors Club (U.K. Chapter), UK.
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New Stamps
Edgar Lewy, London, UK.
New Zealand Philatelist, The
Federation of New Zealand Philatelic Societies, Wellington, New Zealand.
New Zealand Stamp Collector, The
Verne & Company (Later, the Federation of New Zealand Philatelic Societies) Christchurch,
New Zealand.
New Zealand Stamp Monthly
New Zealand Stamp Monthly, Auckland, New Zealand.
New Zealand Stamp Specialist, The
New Zealand Philatelic Brokers Publishing, Auckland, New Zealand.
Newark Stamp News, The
Newark Philatelic Society, Newark, NJ, USA.
Nuovo Corriere Filatelico, Il
Società di Studi Filatelici e Storico Postali, Florence, Italy.
OOOO
Ondes Philatéliques, Les
Jos. Praet & Jean Baete, Ghent, Belgium.
PPPP
P.S.
aGatherin’, Wynantskill, NY, USA.
P.T.S. Journal, The
Philatelic Traders Society, UK.
Pacific Stamp JournalJohn J. Bishop Ltd., Auckland, New Zealand.
Pan-American Collectors’ Journal, The
USA.
Peninsular Philatelist, The
Peninsular State Philatelic Society, MI, USA.
Penny Post
Carriers and Locals Society, USA.
Philabook International
C. Nieuwland, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Philadelphia Stamp News
Percy McGraw Mann, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Philatelia
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Barcelona, Spain.
Philatelic Adviser, The
R. C. Alcock, Cheltenham, UK.
Philatelic Advocate, The
Starnaman Brothers, Berlin, Ontario, Canada.
Philatelic Chronicle, The
Philatelic Publishing Company, Birmingham, UK.
Philatelic Era
W. W. Jewett, Portland, ME, USA.
Philatelic Exporter, The
Stamp Mirror Publications, Slough, UK.
Philatelic Flashes
Levert L. Dolson, Geneva, IA, USA.
Philatelic Foundation Quarterly Bulletin
Philatelic Foundation, New York, NY, USA.
Philatelic Gazette
J. F. Hindell, Hastings, UK.
Philatelic Journal of America
C. H. Mekeel, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Philatelic Journal of Great Britain
Robson Lowe Ltd., London, UK.
Philatelic Journalist, The
Gustav Detjen Jr., New York, NY, USA.
Philatelic Magazine
Harris Publications, London, UK.
Philatelic Magazine Wholesale Supplement, The
Harris Publications, London, UK.
Philatelic Monthly and World
Bogert & Durbin, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Philatelic News
Harry J. Berry, Chicago, IL, USA.
Philatelic News
Karl Hennig Briefmarkenhaus, Weimar, Germany.
Philatelic News Reporter, The
Chas. H. Frobisher. Runcorn, UK.
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Philatelic Puck
Alamo Publishing Company, San Antonio, TX, USA.
Philatelic Quarterly Review, The
Dan Collins, London, UK.
Philatelic Record
Theodor Buhl, London, UK.
Philatelic Review, The
Candlish, McCleery, Bristol, UK.
Philatelic Review, The
P. C. Mackey, Brooklyn, NY, USA.
Philatelic Stores Bulletin
Philatelic Stores, London, UK.
Philatelic Trader
Harris Publications, London, UK.
Philatelic Tribune, The
Clarence P. DeKay, Florida, NY, USA.
Philatelic World, The
Alexander J. Séfi, London, UK.
Philatelie
Phil*Creativ, Schwalmtal, Germany.
Philatelie Portugaise, La
Mattos & Cie., Lisbon, Portugal.
Philatelist, Der
Internationalen Philatelisten-Vereins Dresden, Germany.
Philatelist, The
Robson Lowe Ltd., London, UK.
Formerly The Philatelist and Postal Historian.
Philatelist & P.J.G.B.
Robson Lowe, Bournemouth, UK.
Philatelist and Postal Historian
Robson Lowe Ltd., London, UK.
Philatelistische Rundschau
Hans Kirchhofer, Morges, Switzerland.
Philatelistischen MitteilungenKarl Hennig, Weimar, Germany.
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Philately
Philately Publishing Company, New York, NY, USA.
Philately
British Philatelic Association, London, UK.
Philately in Scotland
Captain E. McIntyre, 43 Northfield Crescent, Edinburgh, UK.
Philotelia
Hellenic Philotelic Society, Athens, Greece.
Pim’s Pacific Stamp Review
Pim & Co. (N.Z.) Ltd., Auckland, New Zealand.
PochtaRoss Marshall (for the Australia & New Zealand Society of Russian Philately), Otorohanga,
New Zealand.
Popular Stamps
Popular Stamps, Cobden, Ont., Canada.
Portu-Info
International society for Portuguese Philately, UK.
Post Card and Stamp Journal, The
Post Card and Stamp Journal, Springfield, IL, USA.
Post Office Stone, The
Postmark and Postal History Society of Southern Africa, South Africa.
Postage Stamp Gazette, The
Penry Williams & Company, London, UK.
Postage Stamps
W. W. Betts, Clearfield, PA, USA.
Postal Cards and Covers
Walter T. Wilson, Leeds, UK.
Postal Gazette, The
Alessandro Arseni, Lugarno, Switzerland.
Postal History International
Postal History International, (Proud-Bailey), Brighton, UK.
Postal History Society Bulletin, The
Postal History Society, UK.
Postal Service Today
Taiwan.
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Postgeschichte
Hans R. Schwarzenbach, Zurich, Switzerland.
Postmarke, Die
Briefmarkenzeitungs- und Handelsgesellschaft, Vienna, Austria.
PS
See under P.S.
Publicité Philatélique
Padua, Italy.
QQQQ
Quinzaine Philatélique, La
J. Foret, Paris, France.
RRRR
RaconteurRobson Lowe, London, UK.
Repertorio Filatelico Costarricense
Donegal SA, San José, Costa Rica.
Revenue Journal, The
Revenue Society of Great Britain, UK.
Revue du Timbre, La
Salm Phila Club, Vielsalm, Belgium.
Revue Internationale Cartophile Timbrophile
Le Mans, France.
Revue Philatélique Française
Société Française de Timbrologie, Paris, France.
Revue Philatélique Suisse, La
Paul Strœhlin, Geneva, Switzerland.
Rhodesian Philatelist, The
O. J. Peetoom, Roos, UK.
Rock, The
Gibraltar Study Circle, UK.
SSSS
S. P. A. Journal
Society of Philatelic Americans, USA.
Sammel-Sport, Der
Leipziger Verlagsgesellschaft, Leipzig, Germany.
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Sammler-Lupe, Die
Germany.
San Marino-philatelist
Otto Bickel, San Marino, Italy.
Sanders’ Philatelic Journal
Sanders’ Philatelic Journal, Southampton, UK.
Saxon Stamp Courier, The
Saxon Stamp Courier, Waynesboro, VA, UK.
Scott Stamp Monthly, The
Scott Publishing Company, New York, NY, USA.
Schweizer Briefmarken Zeitung
Schweizer Briefmarken-Zeitung, Bern, Switzerland.
Scott’s Monthly Stamp Journal
Scott’s Stamp & Coin Company, Boulder, CO, USA.
Skilling
Trykkeri Forlag Frimærkebladet, Denmark.
Smyth & Co.’s Philatelic Circular
Smyth & Company, Bournemouth, UK.
South African Philatelist, The
South Africa.
South African Stamp Collector
South African Stamp Collector, Kimberley, South Africa.
Southern Philatelist, The
Southern Publishing Company, Charleston, NC, USA.
Space & Science Philately
H-R Productions, New York, NY, USA.
Spencers Monthly Stamp Journal
Spencers Monthly Stamp Journal, Padiham, UK.
Stamp Advertiser
Rogers & Loughran, New York, NY, USA.
Stamp & Coin Mart
Warners Group Publications, UK.
Stamp & Postal History News[British Philatelic Federation], London, UK.
Stamp Auction Reporter, The
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F. A. Wickhart & M. Z. Kuttner, London, UK.
Stamp Bulletin
Horseshoe Publishing, Guildford, UK.
Stamp Bulletin
Northcable, Coventry, UK.
Stamp Collecting
Stamp Collecting Limited, London, UK.
Stamp Collector, The
Margöschis Brothers, Birmingham, UK.
Stamp Collectors’ Annual, The
Harris Publications, London, UK.
Stamp Collectors’ Bulletin, The
F. Hugh Vallancey, Sidcup, UK.
Stamp Collector’s Bureau
C. H. Mekeel & Co., Chicago, IL, USA.
Stamp Collectors’ Companion, The
Stamp Collectors’ Companion Publishing Company, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Stamp Collectors’ Fortnightly, The
Stamp Collectors’ Fortnightly, London, UK.
Stamp Collectors’ Monthly Circular, The
Albert H. Harris, London, UK.
Stamp Collectors’ Monthly Journal
London, UK.
Stamp Journal, The
Stamp Journal Publishing Company, (Clarence P. DeKay), Denver, CO, USA.
Stamp Life
Frank E. Hadley, Plainfield, NJ, USA.
Stamp Lore
Commercial Printing Company, London, Canada.
Stamp Lover, The
Junior Philatelic Society, London, UK.
Stamp Magazine
Link House Publications, Croydon, UK.
Stamp Market and Trader
Horticultural Press, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
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Stamp Market Weekly
Alton Philatelic, Alton, UK.
Stamp Mart, The
Dartford, UK.
Stamp Mount, The
W. Webster, Derby, UK.
Stamp News, The
Theodor Buhl, London, UK.
Stamp News
Dubbo, Australia.
Stamp News
Scotland, UK.
Stamp News
Formerly Stamp & Postal History News, London, UK.
Stamp Reporter, The
A. R. Capon, Ipswich, UK.
Stamp Specialist
H. L. Lindquist, New York, NY, USA.
Stamp Trade Advertiser
Vallancey Press. London, UK.
Stamp Wholesaler
Lucius Jackson, Burlington, VT, USA.
Stamp WorldJohn Tippen, Epes, AL, USA.
Stamp World
Lieuse Publications, London, UK.
Stamp-Lovers Weekly
Stamp-Lovers Weekly, Bethlehem, PA, USA.
Stamping Around
Mid-Cities Stamp Club, Texas, USA.
Stampland
Stampland, Star City, IA, USA.
StampsCGB Publishing, Penketh, UK.
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StampsF. L. Heygate, Rushden, UK.
StampsStamp Publications, Brentwood, UK.
StampsH. L. Lindquist, New York, NY, USA.
StampsStamps Publishing Company, New York, NY, USA.
Stanley Gibbons [Circular]
Stanley Gibbons Inc., New York, NY, USA.
Stanley Gibbons Investor, The
Stanley Gibbons Ltd., London, UK.
Stanley Gibbons Monthly Journal
Stanley Gibbons & Company Ltd., London, UK.
Star Stamp Journal, The
Star Stamp Company, USA.
Storia PostaleStudio Bibliografico Forlanini, Milan, Italy.
Strictly US
Strictly US, Dunedin, FL, USA.
Sussex Post
Hastings & East Sussex Philatelic Society, UK.
Sydney Views
Australian States Study Circle of the Royal Sydney Philatelic Club, Sydney, Australia.
TTTT
Tabularium
Verlag Tabularium, Budapest, Hungary.
Texas Philatelic Journal
Edgar T. Neville, Paris, TX, USA.
Texas Stamp
Thomas P. Martin, Fort Worth, TX, USA.
Timbrophilo
L. Steinberg, Bucharest, Romania.
Toronto Philatelic Journal, The
H. Morell, Toronto, Canada.
277

Trans MississippianTrans-Mississippi Philatelic Society, USA.
Tribuna Filatelistů
Tribuna Filatelistů, Prague, Czechoslovakia.
UUUU
U.D.P.A. Bulletin
Geoff Poppitt, Crewe, UK.
U.H. Stamp Digest
Urch Harris, Bristol, UK.
Union Postale
Universal Postal Union, Switzerland.
Universal Philatelic Advertiser, The
Frankford Stamp & Publishing Company, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Universum
H. J. Dauth, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
VVVV
Vaccari Magazine
Vaccari, Vignola, Italy.
Variety Club News
B. Alan, Sevenoaks, UK.
Vertraulichen Mittheilungen des Internat. Philatelisten-Vereins DresdenInternat. Philatelisten-Vereins, Dresden, Germany.
Vertrauliches Korrespondenz-Blatt
Verein für Briefmarkenkunde Frankfurt a. M., Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Vindin’s Stamp Trade Journal
Dawson A. Vindin, 143 Strand, London WC, UK.
Virginia Philatelist
Virginia Philatelic Publishing Company, Richmond, VA, USA.
WWWW
Washington Philatelist, The
Washington, USA.
Weekly Stamp Tribune, The
Stamp Tribune Publishing Company, Cleveland, OH, USA.
West, The
The West, Superior, NB, USA.
West-End Philatelist, The
278

David Field, London, UK.
Western India Philatelic Review
Western India Philatelic Review, Bombay, India.
Western Philatelist, The
Western Publishing Company, Chicago, IL, USA.
Western Stamp Collector
Van Dahl Publications, Albany, OR, USA.
Whitfield King & Co’s. Philatelic Bulletin
Whitfield King, Ipswich, UK.
Winged Stamps
R.A.F.A. Stamp Club, UK.
Witherick’s Stamp Collecting Circular
A. E. Witherick, Leytonstone, UK.
World of Stamps, The
Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, Russia.
World Stamp Press
McAlpine Press, Frinton-on-Sea, UK.
XXXX
YYYY
Youths Ledger, The
Authorised agent: James C. Jay, La Hoyt, IA, USA.
ZZZZ

279

PERIODICAL HOLDINGSINTRODUCTION
In general, I only collect periodicals which meet one of the following criteria:
1.
Periodicals devoted to the study of philatelic literature2.
Early periodicals from the 1860s to 1870 (roughly)
3.
Digital versions of any periodicals
Naturally, there is also a catch-all category:4.
Any periodical which has some special interest to me.
Entries for a periodical will be found under the last title it had during its lifetime which may
not necessarily be its best-known title. If it helps me, I may include appropriate crossreferences. Owing to their special nature and in order to keep them all together, my holdingsof digital periodicals are located in the table which follows this present listing.
The complete bibliographic data and notes for each periodical can be found in The Philatelic
Bibliophile’s Companion, Section 2.2.1.2: Bibliography of Periodicals.

AAAA
All the Year Around
Charles Dickens, London, UK.
1859-1868; Volume 1 to Volume 20.
➢
Non-philatelic.
➢
In volume 7 of 1862, an article about stamp collecting was published entitled My
nephew’s collection. (Volume 7, Whole number 169, pp.445-448.)
Holdings:

Volume 7.

American Stamp Mercury, The
F. Trifet, Boston, MA, USA.
1867-71; Volume 1 to Volume 4, Issue 1/3. (Whole number 39.)➢
Renamed The American Stamp Mercury and Numismatist.
➢
Reverted to its original title.
Holdings:

Complete. The set is bound in a single volume which carries the bookplates ofE. D. Bacon and L. N. & M. Williams and is annotated by both Bacon andNorman Williams.

Archiv der Philatelistischen Literatur
Alfred Ihm, Wunsiedel, Germany.
19??➢
Devoted to philatelic literature.
Holdings:

Volume 3, Issue 4;

Archiv der Philatelistischen Literatur
Germany.
280

1948-50 Volume 1 to Volume 3, Issue 5. (Whole number 10.)➢Formerly Philatelistischer Brief-Dienst über Philatelistischer BriefmarkenZeitschrift; Briefdienst uber Briefmarken-Zeitungen (From Volume 2, Number 1 toVolume 3, Number 1).
Holdings:

Complete except issue 1.

Archiv für Philatelistische Literatur
Germany.
1972; Volume 1, Issue 1 to Issue 3.
➢
Devoted to philatelic literature.
Holdings:

Complete. (Photocopies)

Auxiliary Philatelist & Universal Exchange
C. W. Chase, Putnam, CT, USA.
1900-01; Volume 1 to Volume 2, Issue 4. (Whole number 8.)➢
Devoted to philatelic literature at one stage.
➢
Formerly The Universal Exchange and Auxiliary Philatelist.
➢
Volume 2, Issues 1 and 2 were never published. The first issue of Volume 2 wasshown as Issue 3. Volume 2, Issue 4 was also shown as New Series No. 1.
Holdings:

Complete.

BBBB
Bay Phil, The
Friends of the Western Philatelic Library, Sunnyvale, CA, USA.
1971- In Progress.
➢
Devoted to philatelic literature.
➢
Formerly The S.B.P.L. Journal.
Holdings:

Complete & continuing.

Bazar Für Briefmarken-Sammler, Der
William Faber & Company, Heidelberg, Germany.
1869-1870, Issues 1-11.
➢
Reprinted by Phil*Creativ Verlag, Schwalmtal, Germany, 1999.
Holdings:

Complete (Reprint).

Bluss Philatelic Literature NewsPaul Bluss, New York, NY, USA.
1942-47; Volume 1 to Volume 2, Issue 1. (Whole number 5.)➢
Devoted to philatelic literature.
Holdings:

Complete.

Bulletin of the Boston University Philatelic Library281

Friends of the Boston University Philatelic Library, Boston, MA, USA.
1955-70; Whole number 1 to Whole number 37.
➢
Formerly Bulletin of the Friends of the Boston University Philatelic Library.
Holdings:

Issues 1-2, 4-37. (Photocopies)

CCCC
Champion Exchange, the Arcade, and Foreign Stamp Gazette: A Monthly Journal for
Stamp Collectors and Advertisers, The
W. Morley, Matfield Green, UK.
1879-80; Issue 1 to Issue 6.
➢
Only partly philatelic.
➢
Issues 4 and 5 were devoted to philatelic literature.
➢
Formerly The Champion Exchange and Monthly Advertiser, then The Champion
Exchange and Monthly Advertiser; and Journal of Philatelic Literature.
Holdings:

Issue 5;City Philatelist, The
S. F. Bickers, Cork, Ireland.
1901-03; Issue 1 to Issue 6.
➢
Devoted to philatelic literature.
➢
All issues carry the library stamp of William A. R. Ricketts.
Holdings:

Complete.

Clipper, The
Clipper Publishing Company, Sioux City, IA, USA.
1899-1900; Volume 1 to Volume 2, Issue 1. (Whole number 7.)➢
Devoted to philatelic literature.
Holdings:

Complete.

Collectionneur de Timbres-Poste, Le
A. Maury Fils, Paris, France.
1864-1968; Whole number 1 to Whole number 731.
➢
The first three issues were published in folio size but were reprinted as a single issue(numbered 1,2,3 and dated 15 September 1864) in quarto format to match thesubsequent issues. The reprint did not include all of the material in the original issues,
the most important omission being the details of a number of new issues.
Holdings:

1864-66;

Collectors’ Chronicle of Philatelic Literature
F. Hugh Vallancey, London, UK.
ca. 1919;➢
Discontinued because the space allocated to literature in Stamp Collecting wasincreased. (Stamp Collecting, 6th December 1919, Volume 13, Issue 9, p.241.)
282

Holdings:
Collector’s Circular, The
Industria and Company, Preston, UK.
1865-66; [Volume 1, Issue 1 to Issue 12.]➢All issues carry F. A. Bellamy’s library stamp.
Holdings:

Complete.

Collector’s Digest, The
A. H. Pike, Buffalo, NY, USA.
1918-22; Volume 1 to Volume 4, Issue 9. (Whole number 12.)➢
Devoted to philatelic literature.
Holdings:

Complete.

Collector’s Library, The
A. H. Pike, Buffalo, NY, USA.
1920-22; Volume 1, Issue 1 to Issue 5.
➢
Devoted to philatelic literature.
Holdings:

Complete.

Colonial Stamp Advertiser, The
A. B. Sheraton, St. John, New Brunswick, Canada.
October 1865;➢
Only a prospectus was issued, the journal never appeared.

DDDD
Deutsche Briefmarken-Zeitung
Alwin Zschiesche, Leipzig, Germany.
1870-73; Whole number 1 to Whole number 33. (Whole number 31.)➢
The first fifteen numbers were also published under the imprint of Expedition der
Deutschen Briefmarken-Zeitung.
➢The first volume was reprinted without attribution in about 1988-89 by Deutsche
Briefmarken Zeitung, Nassau, Germany in a limited edition of 1,000 copies, of whichmine is No2.
➢
Whole numbers 29 and 30 were never published.
Holdings:

Volume 1 (reprint).

Deutsche Philatelistische Bücherwurm, Der
Alexander Bungerz & Carl Beck, Germany.
1921-38; Volume 1 to Volume 18, Issue 12. (Whole number ?)➢Formerly Der Philatelistische Bücherwurm.
Holdings:

Complete.
283

EEEE
Edwards’ Philatelic Press List
John Edwards, Montreal, Canada.
[1896]-98; Volume 1 to Volume 2, Issue 3. (Whole number 7.)
Holdings:

Volume 1, Issue 4;

FFFF
Fakes Forgeries Experts
Paolo Vollmeier, Castagnola, Switzerland.
1998- In progress.
➢
Widely referred to as FFE.
➢
One issue each year.
Holdings:

Complete & continuing.

FFE
See Fakes Forgeries Experts.

GGGG

Gesellschaft für Philatelistische Literatur - Rundbrief
Gesellschaft für Philatelistische Literatur, Germany.
1956-57; Issue 1 to Issue 2.
Holdings:

Complete.
HHHH

HJMR Newslist
HJMR Company, FL, USA.
1970-83? Volume 1 to Volume 13, Issue 3? (Whole number 53?)
Holdings:

IIII

Informationen der Philatelistischen Bücherei Hamburg e.V.
Philatelistische Bücherei Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.
1988- In progress.
Holdings:

Complete.

International Postage Stamp Review, The
284

Thomas Wilks, London, UK.
1863; Volume 1, Issue 1 to Issue 3.
➢
Superseded by a New series under the same title
Holdings:

Complete (photocopies).

International Postage Stamp Review, The
Thomas Wilks, London, UK.
1863; Second series, Volume 1, Issue 1 to 6.
➢
Superseded the First series of the same name.
Holdings:

Complete (photocopies).

JJJJ
Journal of the Philatelic Literature Society, The
Philatelic Literature Society, London, UK.
1908-18 Volume 1 to Volume 11. (Whole number 44.)
Holdings:

Complete

KKKK
zzzzz
LLLL
Literary Philatelist, The
Harlem Stamp Company, New York, NY, USA.
1903; Issue 1 to Issue 2.
➢
Devoted to literature and philately, not philatelic literature.
Holdings:

Not held.

Literatur Nachrichten
Philatelic Section, Munich Public Library, Munich, Germany.
1951- In progress.
➢
A CD was published containing all of the references from the issues of 1991 to 1996
which could be accessed using search software provided: Literatur Nachrichten 19911996., Bund Deutscher Philatelisten, Germany, n.d. [ca. 2000].
➢
A CD was published containing all of the references from the issues of 1987 to 2005
which could be accessed using search software provided: Literatur Nachrichten 19872005., Bund Deutscher Philatelisten, Germany, 2006.
Holdings:

Complete & the database on CD.
Translations
Volume 1, Issues 1-2;

London and New York Stamp Collector’s Review, The
John George Boel, London, UK.
1864; Volume 1, Issue 1 to Issue 2.
➢
Both copies carry Bellamy’s library stamp.
285

Holdings:

Complete.

London Philatelist, The
Philatelic Society, London, UK.
1892- In progress.
➢
The first 114 volumes were published on CD as Geoffrey Eibl-Kaye (Archive
Editor): The London Philatelist Archival Edition 1892-2005., RPAL, UK, 2007.
➢
Each subsequent volume is made available in the same format shortly after the end of
the year. The 2010 update corrected all faults noticed to date and updated the years
from 2006.
Holdings:

1892-2010 on CD.

MMMM
Magasin Pittoresque, Le
Edouard Charton, Paris, France.
1833-?; Volume 1 to Volume ?
➢This periodical was non-philatelic in character but contained a very early serialised
article on stamps by Natalis Rondot (or Armand Martin). It was published from 1862
to 1866 in 53 parts.
➢
It was translated into English and published in Cassell’s Illustrated Family Paper;
into German and published in Der Bazar and into the Dutch of Nederlandsch
Magazijn. (P. H. Witkamp: Postzegels van alle Rijken en Staaten., Nederlandsch
Magazijn, February 1863, p.51, to December 1864, Issue 51, p.401.)
Holdings:

Complete.

Magazin für Philatelistische Literatur
Philak (K. Scharfenberg), Berlin, Germany.
1950-?
Holdings:

Volume 1, Issue 1;
Translations
June 1950, Volume 1, Issue 1
Philat. Trans. 503

MCSC – Philatelically Yours
Mid-Cities Stamp Club, Arlington, TX, USA.
1974-76?
➢
Only two issues have been seen: Volume 1, Issue 1 of December 1974 and Volume 2,
Issue 4 of April 1976. (All that is held by the Club) The second issue has no title, justthe Club name on the masthead and may therefore be a new journal. These two issues
were available on the CD containing the first 22 (1986-2009) volumes of the Club’s
Stamping Around.
➢
Superseded by “Stamping Around”.
Holdings:

Volume 1, Issue 2 & Volume 2, Issue 4 on CD.

Mainsheet, The
286

John Fosbery (later the Spanish Main Society), UK.
1972- In progress.
➢
Whole numbers 1-100 of the magazine were made available on CD by Brian
Moorhouse, Peterborough, UK.
Holdings:

Whole numbers 1-100 on CD.

Meter Stamp Society Quarterly Bulletin
Meter Stamp Society, USA.
1948-? In progress➢
Formerly the Meter Stamp Society Bulletin.
➢
All of the issues from 1948 to 2007 were published by the Society on CD in 2010.
Holdings:

1948-2007 on CD.

Monthly Intelligencer, The
W. Macmillan, Birmingham, UK.
1862-63; Volume 1, Issue 1 to Issue 10.
➢
This was the first journal published in Great Britain for stamp collectors.
➢
Only partly philatelic.
➢
Numbers 7 and 8 and possibly some of the other numbers, had coloured paper
wrappers on which the title was given as The Monthly intelligencer andControversialist.
Holdings:

Issue 7 (photocopy);

NNNN
Nachrichten der Philatelistischen Bibliothek von Albert Gottschalk
Albert Gottschalk, Berlin-Halensee, Germany.
1904-05; Issue 1 to Issue 17.
➢
Devoted to philatelic literature.
Holdings:

Issues 2-3, 6, 8-10, 17. (Photocopies.)

New Curiosity Times, The
Stafford Smith & Smith, Bath, UK.
1865; Issue 1.
➢
Only partly philatelic.
Holdings:

Complete.

New England Journal of Philately, The
W. W. Learned & Company, Boston, MA, USA.
1869; Volume 1, Issue 1 to Issue 3.
Holdings:

Issue 2;

Nicarao287

Nicaragua Study Group, USA.
1990- In progress.
➢
The first 10 volumes (1990-2001) were made available by the Society on CD.
Holdings:

Volumes 1-10 on CD.

Norddeutscher Postbezirk - Rundbrief
Arbeitsgemeinschaft Norddeutscher Postbezirk, Germany.
1983- In progress.
➢
Formerly Norddeutscher Postbezirk - Rundschreben.
➢
The first 77 numbers (1983-2007) were made available on CD as: Benutzeranweisung
NDP-Rundbriefe., Version 4, 11th October 2007.
Holdings:

Whole numbers 1-74 on CD.

Nyförvarvslista
Postmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden.
1956-93;➢
Formerly Postmusei Filatelistiska Bibliotek Litteraturforteckning.
Holdings:

1957, Issues 1-3; 1958, Issues 1-3; 1959, Issues 1-3; 1960, Issues 1-3; 1961,
Issues 1-3; 1962, Issues 1-3; 1963, Issues 1-3; 1964, Issues 1-3; 1965, Issues 13; 1966, Issues 1-3; 1967, Issues 1-3; 1968, Issues 1-3; 1969, Issues 1-3; 1970,
Issues 1-3; 1971, Issues 1-3; 1972, Issues 1-3; 1973, Issues 1-3; 1974, Issues 13; 1975, Issues 1-3; 1976, Issues 1-3; 1977, Issues 1-3; 1978, Issues 1-3;1979,
Issues 1-3; 1980, Issues 1-3; 1981, Issues 1-3; 1982, Issues 1-3; 1983, Issues 13; 1984, Issues 1-3; 1985, Issues 1-2; 1986, Issue 1 (unnumbered); 1987,
Issues 1-2; 1988, Issue 1; 1989, Issue 1; 1990, Issue 1 (unnumbered); 1991,
Issue 1 (unnumbered);

OOOO
Once a Month or The Stamp Collector’s Advertiser
C. Gloyn, Manchester, UK.
1863-64; Issue 1 to Issue 5.
➢
Superseded by a New series under the same title.
Holdings:

Complete.

Once a Month or The Stamp Collector’s Advertiser
C. and H. Gloyn, Manchester, UK.
1864; New series, Volume 1, Issue 1 to Issue 9.
➢
Superseded a first series of the same title.
Holdings:

Issues 1-2, 8-9.

Opinions: Philatelic Expertising – An Inside View
Philatelic Foundation, New York, NY, USA.
1983- In progress.
➢
It was published annually for the first three years but then became an occasional
288

➢
➢

➢
➢

publication, produced whenever sufficient material was available.
They are available both hard bound and soft bound format. The first issue had a dust
jacket.
A book of abstracts and an index to the first five issues was produced in 1990:
Opinions I-V: The Complete Abstracts and Index. A copy of Definition of Terms(August 1988, [8]pp.) produced by the Expert Committee of the Philatelic Foundation
is tipped into the back of the book. A bookplate explaining one of the idiosyncrasies ofthe book was also included. (The publications were listed as I-V in the Abstracts but
A-E in the Index!)
The publication went into abeyance in 1992 and was resurrected in time for theAmerican international exhibition, Washington 2006. The principal funding for thisrevival was provided by Joseph D. Hackmey.
The issues have been published as follows:
Whole number I
1983
Whole number II
1984
Whole number III
1985
Whole number IV
1987
Whole number V
1988
Opinions I-V: The Complete Abstracts and Index
1990
Whole number VI
1992
Whole number VII
2006
Whole number VIII
2010

Holdings:

Complete.

PPPP
Pacifica
Pacific Island Study Circle of Great Britain, UK.
1962- In progress.
➢
The first 44 volumes (1962-2006) of the journal were made available on CD.
Holdings:

Volumes 1-44 on CD.

Peninsular Philatelist, The
Peninsular State Philatelic Society, MI, USA.
1951- In progress.
➢
The volumes from 1951 to 2008 were made available on CD.
Holdings:

1951-2008 on CD.

Philabook International
C. Nieuwland, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
1985-90; Volume 1 to Volume 6, Issue 4. (Whole number 28.)➢
Devoted to philatelic literature.
➢
Superseded by PLN International.
Holdings:

Complete.

Philat. Litteratur, Die
289

Richard Rose Jr., Gumbinnen, East Prussia, Germany. (After W.W.II, the town became partof the USSR and was renamed Gusev.)
1894; Volume 1, Issue 1 to Issue 2.
➢
Devoted to philatelic literature.
Holdings:

Complete. (Photocopies from the Royal Philatelic Society London library.)
Translations

Complete.

Philatelic Beacon, The
Lighthouse Stamp Society, USA.
1992- In progress.
➢
Formerly The Beacon.
➢
In 2009, the first seventeen volumes were made available on CD.
Holdings:

Volumes 1-17 on CD.

Philatelic Guide, The
H. Garratt-Adams & Company, Kinnersley, UK.
1961-62; Volume 1, Issue 1 to Issue 2/3.
➢
Devoted to philatelic literature.
Holdings:

Complete.

Philatelic Inter-Ocean, The
J. A. Cook, Waterloo, IA, USA.
1899-1907; Volume 1 to Volume 10, Issue 6. (Whole number 90.)➢
Bound in two Volumes, both of which carry the bookplate of W. Lawrence Green.
Holdings:

Complete.

Philatelic Literature
Kirby and Benton, Taunton, MA, USA.
1896-1900; Volume 1 to Volume 2, Issue 2. (Whole number 8.)➢
Devoted to philatelic literature.
Holdings:

Issues 4, 6-8. Other issues as photocopies.

Philatelic Literature
C. J. M. Lehner, London, UK.
1901; Volume 1, Issue 1 to Issue 4.
➢
Devoted to philatelic literature.
➢
Includes two inserts, one from Lehner announcing the discontinuation of theperiodical and the other from both Lehner and F. A. Bellamy announcing Bellamy’s
acquisition of the title.
➢
Volume 1, Issue 2 was issued with white, cream and green covers. My copy of thegreen cover carries a copy of Bellamy’s library stamp.
Holdings:

Complete.
290

Philatelic Literature
W. C. Wendover, Red Creek, NY, USA.
1903; Volume 1, Issue 1.
➢
Devoted to philatelic literature.
Holdings:

Complete.

Philatelic Literature Collector, The
Herbert Crane Beardsley, St.Joseph, MO, USA.
1888; Volume 1, Issue 1.
➢
Devoted to philatelic literature.
Holdings:

Complete (photocopy from Royal Philatelic Society London.).

Philatelic Literature Collector
H. L. Much, Houlton, ME, USA.
1896-98; Volume 1 to Volume 2, Issue 5.(Whole number 15.)➢
Devoted to philatelic literature.
➢
Issue 5 is held with both pink and brown covers. Issue 8 is held with both salmon andgreen covers.
Holdings:
Issues 1-12; Issues 13-14 as photocopies.

Philatelic Literature Collector, The
W. C. Wendover, Westbury, NY, USA.
1901; Issue 1 to Issue 3.
➢
Devoted to philatelic literature.
Holdings:

Complete (photocopies).

Philatelic Literature Review
Walter J. Rozmin, Chicago, IL, USA.
1938; Volume 1, Issue 1 to Issue 4.
Checked:Philatelic Literature Review
Philatelic Library Association, Canajoharie, USA.
1942-49; Volume 1 to Volume 7, Issue 4. (Whole number 24.)➢
Devoted to philatelic literature.
➢
An undated and unnumbered Special Issue was published in 1948.
➢
Superseded by a Second series of the same title.
Holdings:

Complete. Including the Special Issue.

Philatelic Literature Review
Philatelic Library Association, Canajoharie, USA.
291

1950- In progress.
➢
Superseded a first series of the same name.
Holdings:

Complete and continuing.

Philatelic Magazine Library Supplement
Philatelic Magazine, Harris Publications, London, UK.
1922-24; Issue 1 to Issue 19.
➢
Devoted to philatelic literature.
Holdings:

Complete.

Philatelic Puck=Literaturist, The
Moses B. Page, Muscatine, IA, USA.
1897; Volume 1, Issue 1.
➢
Devoted to philatelic literature.
Holdings:

Complete. (Photocopy)

Philatelic Review of Reviews, The
William Brown, Salisbury, UK.
1892-96; Volume 1 to Volume 5, Issue 12. (Whole number 60.)➢
Supplement to the Philatelic Journal of Great Britain, with which it was eventuallyamalgamatedHoldings:

Volume 1. Photocopy from NPS library.

Philatelic Review of Reviews The
H. E. Tuttle & Company, Osage, IA, USA.
1894-95; Volume 1, Issue 1 to Issue 6.
Holdings:

Complete.

Philatelical Journal, The
Edward L. Pemberton, Birmingham, UK.
1872-75; Volume 1 to Volume 2, Issue 4. (Whole number 16.)➢
Pemberton also traded as James R. Grant & Company who are shown as the
publishers.
➢
There is a supplement to issue 5 consisting of a thin card sheet to one side of which is
attached photographs of the first United States stamped envelope dies. This is often
missing from bound sets, like mine.
➢
Publication was suspended in 1872 whilst Pemberton worked on his monumental
work The Philatelical Catalogue, of which only Part 1. Alsace to Bolivia wasproduced.
Holdings:

Complete in two bound volumes.

Philateliography Canada
292

Literature Study Group of the British North America Philatelic Society, Canada.
1991-?
Holdings:

Complete.

Philatelist, The
Stafford Smith and Company, Brighton, UK.
1866-76; Volume 1 to Volume 10, Issue 12. (Whole number 121.)
Holdings:

Volumes 1-4; Bound in the style used by W. Lawrence Green.
An unused publisher’s binding case for Volume 1.
Volumes 1-10 bound in matching publisher’s binding cases.

Philatelistische Literatur, Die
Johannes Klink, Niebüll, Schleswig, Germany.
1931Holdings:
Volume 3, Issues 1 (photocopy), 3, 6-10;
Translations: Volume 3, Issue 1;

Philatelistische Literatursammler, Der
Grüne Sammler-Welt, Germany.
1932➢
A Prospectus is held, together with a translation: Philat. Trans. 622.
➢
The first two volumes were issued as supplements to the Grüne Sammler-Welt.
Thereafter, it was published separately.
Holdings:

Volume 1, Issue 1; Volume 2;
Volume 2, Issue 8,

Translations
Philat Trans 83.

Philatelistische Litteratur, Die
Universal-Briefmarken-Album Baumbach and Company, Leipzig, Germany.
1895-97; Volume 1 to Volume 3, Issue 12. (Whole number 36.)➢
Issued as a supplement to Die Post.
Holdings:
1895
1895
1895
1895
1895
1895
1895
1895
1895
1895
1895

Volumes 2-3. (Volume 1 is held as a photocopy.)
Volume 1
Volume 1
Volume 1
Volume 1
Volume 1
Volume 1
Volume 1
Volume 1
Volume 1
Volume 1
Volume 1

Translations
Issue 1
Issue 2
Issue 3Issue 4
Issue 5
Issue 6
Issue 7
Issue 8Issue 9Issue 10Issue 11293

Philat. Trans. 200
Philat. Trans. 201
Philat. Trans. 202
Philat. Trans. 203
Philat. Trans. 204
Philat. Trans. 205
Philat. Trans. 206
Philat. Trans. 209
Philat. Trans. 213
Philat. Trans. 253
Philat. Trans. 252

1896
1896
1897
1897
1897
1897
1897
1897
1897
1897

Volume 2
Volume 2
Volume 3
Volume 3
Volume 3
Volume 3
Volume 3
Volume 3
Volume 3
Volume 3

Issue 1
Issue 2
Issue 3Issue 5
Issue 6
Issue 7
Issue 8Issue 9Issue 10Issue 11

Philat. Trans. 222
Philat. Trans. 251
Philat. Trans. 254
Philat. Trans. 236
Philat. Trans. 095
Philat. Trans. 332
Philat. Trans. 459
Philat. Trans. 460
Philat. Trans. 461
Philat. Trans. 462

Philatelistische Litteratursammler, Der
Otto Rommel, Leipzig, Germany.
1906-09 Volume 1 to Volume 3, Issue 3. (Whole number 10.)➢
The first five issues were typewritten, the remainder being produced by autographic
lithography.
➢
The autographic issues have the title as Der Philatelistische Litteratur Sammler. In
Germany, this would not be seen as a change of title.
➢
There is a four page supplement to Number 7.
Holdings:

Issues 3-6, 9; (Photocopies from RPSL.)
Whole number 9

Translations
Philat Trans 590

POCHTA= ПОЧТА
Australian & New Zealand Society of Russian Philately, New Zealand.
1986-2006; Whole number 1 to Whole number 40.
➢
Whole numbers 1-24 were made available on CD by the editor, Ross Marshall in
1999. (Not held.) All of the issues were available as pdf files and a special searchfacility was included.
➢
Each year thereafter, a new CD was produced containing all of the issues to date:
Whole numbers 1-26
1986-1999
Whole numbers 1-28
1986-2000
Whole numbers 1-30
1986-2001
Whole numbers 1-32
1986-2002
Whole numbers 1-34
1986-2003
Whole numbers 1-36
1986-2004
Whole numbers 1-38
1986-2005
Whole numbers 1-40
1986-2006➢
The journal ceased publication when the editor retired.
Holdings:

Complete on CD.

Postman’s Knock, The
Excelsior Stamp Association, St. John, New Brunswick, Canada.
1866-70; Volume 1 to Volume 2, Issue 9. (Whole number 21.)➢
Number 9 has 1866 in mistake for 1867 and number 16 is dated August and
September 1867.
294

➢
➢

Number 21 has a supplemental slip headed “Errata”.
A title page and index to numbers 1-18 was produced by J. W. Scott of New York in
April 1870.

Holdings:

Complete (photocopy).

QQQQ

RRRR
Rossica= Poccикa
Rossica Society of Russian Philately, Yugoslavia.
1930- In progress.
➢
Whole numbers 1-40 were published in Russian and the title was rendered in cyrillic.
Whole numbers 41-43 were in both Russian and English.
➢
From whole number 44 of 1954 to whole number 122 of 1994, the periodical was
published in English in the United States and carried the title: The Journal of the
Rossica Society of Russian Philately, although it was always known as Rossica.
➢
In 2008, whole numbers 44 to 137 were issued on CD by the Society.
➢
Subsequently, whole numbers 1 to 43 were made available on CD by the Society.
Holdings:

Whole numbers 1-137 on CD.

SSSS
Sarawak Journal, The
Sarawak Specialists’ Society, UK
1947- In progress.
➢
During 2002 and 2003, the Society published the first 50 volumes (1947-1997) of their
Journal on CDs, five consecutive volumes at a time, each of the ten CDs also included
a copy of Ray Price’s cumulative index to the first 50 volumes.
Holdings:

Volumes 1-50 on CD.

Stamp Argus The
Robert J. Melvin, St. John, New Brunswick, Canada.
1865; Volume 1, Issue 1 to Issue 5.
Holdings:

Complete (photocopy).

“Stamp Collecting” Literary Supplement
F. Hugh Vallancey, London, UK.
1922-1923; Volume 1 to Volume 3. (Whole number ?)➢Devoted to philatelic literature.
Holdings:

Stamp Collecting Literature Supplement
F. Hugh Vallancey, London, UK.
295

1st May 1920.
➢
I have found no references to this Supplement in Stamp Collecting for either 1919 or
1920.
➢
In the issue of 6th December 1919, (Volume 13, Issue 9, p.241) Percy C. Bishop
announced a special Literary Supplement to the following week’s issue.
➢
The Royal Philatelic Society London’s library contains no supplement to the issue of
1st May 1920.
Holdings:

Complete?

Stamp Collectors’ Bulletin, The
F. Hugh Vallancey, Sidcup, UK.
1947-50; Whole number 1 to Whole number 13.
Holdings:

Issues 1-3; 5-13.

Stamp Collectors’ Guide to Literature, The
F. Hugh Vallancey, Sidcup, UK.
1946-50; Issue 1 to Issue 14.
➢
Carries the text Formerly “VP” Bulletin.
➢
All issues shown as 3rd Series.
Holdings:

Complete.

Stamp Collector’s Magazine, The
Stafford Smith & Smith, Bath, UK.
1863-74; Volume 1 to Volume 12. (Whole number 144.)➢
Publisher’s bindings seen:- Green (Volumes 1-3) and Blue (Volumes 4-12).
➢
The first issue was reprinted and the reprint can be distinguished as follows:•
Original:
On page 16, column 2, the advert for The Postage Stamp
Collector’s Pocket Album reads just pubished.
•
Reprint:
The missing l in the word published has been inserted.
Holdings:

Complete.

Stamp Collectors’ Miscellany, The
D. Dean & Company, Weymouth, UK.
1864-65; Volume 1, Issue 1 to Issue 11.
➢
The first issue carries the library stamp of F. A. Bellamy.
Holdings:

Complete.

Stamp Collector’s Monthly Gazette, The
George Stewart Jr., St. John, New Brunswick, Canada.
1865-67; Volume 1 to Volume 2, Issue 12. (Whole number 24.)➢
Number 18 is wrongly numbered 17.
➢
There is a supplement of two pages to No10 and also one of two pages dated June,
1867.
➢
A combined title-page and index to the two volumes was produced by J. W. Scott of296

New York in April 1870.
Holdings:

Complete (photocopy).

Stamp Collector’s Record, The
Samuel Allan Taylor, Montreal, Canada.
1864; Volume 1, Issue 1.
➢
A second issue was said to have been printed but only five or six copies were
distributed, the remainder being destroyed. (S. A. Taylor to J. K. Tiffany.)➢
Superseded by a New Series, published in Albany, NY, USA.
Holdings:

Complete (photocopy).

Stamp Collector’s Record, The
Samuel Allan Taylor, Albany, NY, USA.
1864-76; Volume 1 to Volume 4, Issue 6. (Whole number 42.)➢
Some issues have the title shown as The Stamp Collectors’ Record.
Holdings:

Issue 10; Complete (photocopy).

Stamp Collector’s Review, The
F. H. King, Boston, MA, USA.
1866; Volume 1, Issue 1 (Introductory) and Issue 1. (Whole number 2.)➢
The first number was an introductory issue consisting of a single sheet printed on one
side only.
Holdings:

Complete.

“Stamping Around”
Mid-Cities Stamp Club, Arlington, TX, USA.
1977; Volume 1, Issue 1.
➢
This issues was available on the CD containing the first 22 (1986-2009) volumes of
the Club’s Stamping Around.
➢
Superseded by a new series under the same title.
Holdings:

Complete on CD.

Stamping Around
Mid-Cities Stamp Club, Arlington, TX, USA.
1986- In progress.
➢
Formerly “Stamping Around”.
➢
The first 22 volumes (1986 to 2009) were made available on CD by the Club/
Holdings:

Volumes 1-22 on CD.

Stanley Gibbons Monthly Circular
Stanley Gibbons, London, UK.
1919-23; Volume 1 to Volume 4, Issue ? (Whole number ?)
297

➢
➢
➢

superseded Stanley Gibbons Monthly Journal.
The complete set is available on DVD as: Gibbons Stamp Monthly Archive Edition,
1890-2009., Stanley Gibbons, London, UK, 2010.
Superseded by a New Series of Stanley Gibbons Monthly Journal.

Holdings:

Complete on CD.

Stanley Gibbons Monthly Journal
Stanley, Gibbons & Company, London, UK.
1890-1914; Volume 1 to Volume ?. (Whole number ?)➢Formerly Stanley, Gibbons, and Co.’s Monthly Journal, then Stanley Gibbons,
Limited, Monthly Journal.
➢
From 1908 to 1910, it ceased publication, being superseded by Gibbons Stamp
Weekly.
➢The complete set is available on DVD as: Gibbons Stamp Monthly Archive Edition,
1890-2009., Stanley Gibbons, London, UK, 2010.
➢
It ceased publication owing to the First World War and in 1919, was superseded by
Stanley Gibbons Monthly Circular.
Holdings:

Complete on CD.

Stanley Gibbons Monthly Journal
Stanley Gibbons, London, UK.
1923-27; New Series Volume 1 to Volume 4, Issue 12. (Whole number 48.)➢
Superseded Stanley Gibbons Monthly Circular.
➢
The complete set is available on DVD as: Gibbons Stamp Monthly Archive Edition,
1890-2009., Stanley Gibbons, London, UK, 2010.
➢
Superseded by Gibbons’ Stamp Monthly.
Holdings:

Complete on CD.

Stanton’s Philatelic Index
W. J. Stanton, Detroit, MI, USA.
1900 Volume 1, Issue 1 to Issue 3.
➢
Devoted to philatelic literature.
➢
There is a supplement of 2 pages to number 2.
Holdings:

Complete.

TTTT
Texas Postal History Society Journal, The
Texas Postal History Society, TX, USA.
1975- In progress.
➢
The first 31 volumes were made available on CD.
Holdings:

Volumes 1-31 on CD.

Thurn und Taxis - MitteilungenArbeitsgemeinschaft Thurn und Taxis, Germany.
298

1975- New Series, In progress.
➢
Whole numbers (Neue Folge) 1 to 11/12 carried no title, just the name of the Society.
➢
The first 97 numbers (1975-2007) were made available by the Society on 4 CDs.
Although the cover showed the contents to include up to whole number 97, it also
included 98.
Holdings:

Issues 1-98 on CD.

Timbre-Poste, Le
J.-B. Moens, Brussels, Belgium.
1863➢
Volume 1 was reprinted in facsimile by Il Collezionista-Italia Filatelica in 1970.
Holdings:

Volume 1 (Reprint); 1863-1872, Volumes 1-10;

Timbrophilist, The
C. A. Lyford, Boston, MA, USA.
1869-74; Volume 1 to Volume 3, Issue 3. (Whole number 5.)➢
The numbering system is quite arbitrary and only the following issues were published:
Volume 1, Issues 1 & 7; Volume 2, Issues 1 & 6; Volume 3, Issue 3, the latter being
shown as Whole number 74.
Holdings:

Complete. (Photocopy)

UUUU
U.S.C.S. Log
Universal Ship Cancellation Society, USA.
1932- In progress.
➢
Formerly the Universal Ship Cancellation Society – Bulletin.
➢
All of the issues to 2010 are available on three DVDs: USCS Bulletins and Logs
October 15, 1932 to May 2010, Complete., Universal ship Cancellation Society, USA,2010.
Holdings:

1932-2010 on DVD.

VVVV
“V.P.” Bulletin
Vallancey Press, London, UK.
1934-37, Issue 1 to Issue 10.
➢
Superseded by a New Series under the same title.
Holdings:

Issues 1-5, 9;“V.P.” Bulletin
Vallancey Press, London, UK.
1939-45, Issue 1 to Issue 17.
➢
Superseded “V.P.” Bulletin (1934).
➢
The Whole numbering included the first series.
299

➢Superseded by The Stamp Collectors’ Guide to Literature.

Holdings:

Issues 1-5, 8-17.

Vermont Philatelist, The
Vermont Philatelic Society, VT, USA.
1956- In progress.
➢
In 2003, Volumes 1-47 (1956-2003) were made available on CD by the Society as:
Karl Henson & Omer Bar-or: Vermont Postal History on CD: The Vermont
Philatelist., Version 1.0, Vermont Philatelic Society, VT, USA, 2003.
Holdings:

Volumes 1-46; Volume 47, Issues 1-3; (On CD)

WWWW
Western Express
Western Cover Society, USA.
1950- In progress➢
In 1950, an “Extra” edition announcing the forthcoming journal was published byEmerson Barker.
➢
In 2006, the Society made the issues from 1950-2005 (Volumes 1-55) available on CD
in a limited edition of 100 copies, mine being number 083.
Holdings:

1950-2005 on CD.

XXXX

YYYY
Young Stamp Collector, The
Fred. J. Melville, London, UK.
1900; Volume 1, Issue 1 to Issue 6.
➢
This periodical is held because it is the only one ever published by Melville.
➢
Incorporated into The Stamp Collectors’ Fortnightly.
Holdings:

Complete.

ZZZZ

300

DIGITAL PERIODICAL HOLDINGS
Many individual runs of digitised periodicals occupy tens or even hundreds of Megabytes ofcomputer space and therefore my holdings can not be kept together on my computer. For
convenience, I have listed all of my digital periodical holdings in the table below, indicatingwhere they can be found on my computer or portable hard drives. The codes used also
indicate which I routinely receive or download from the web and which I have read.
A separate list following this gives details of those I download from the web. This data will beincorporated into the main list as soon as possible to give a unified listing of all digital
periodicals I hold.
GSM
OHD
PCC
PIP
PNC

Gibbons Stamp Monthly Archive Edition, 1890-2009.
Periodicals not checked - On the old portable hard drives
Periodicals Checked - On computer
Periodicals in progress not checked – On computer
Periodicals not checked – On computer

Where the holdings are given in red it means that the run is complete. Holdings are given as
whole numbers except where noted otherwise.
PCC
PCC
OHD
OHD
OHD
PNC
PNC
OHD
PNC
OHD
PNC
PIP

PCC

Ad AstraAdhiParasakthi Philatelic Society – News Letter
AFF
AGF Rundschau
Alaskan Philatelist
American Journal of Philately
American Philatelist
BC Philatelic Society Newsletter
Belarus Rundbrief
BNA Topics
BNA Topics
Boambee East Philatelic Society Newsletter
Boletín Electrónico Grupo Podium
See: Boletín Electrónico Podium
Boletín Electrónico Podium
Formerly: Boletín Electrónico Grupo PodiumBook Reports

OHD
OHD
OHD
OHD
PNC
PIP
PNC
OHD
OHD
PNC
OHD
OHD

British West Indies Philatelist
British West Indies Study Circle – Bulletin
CAC Newsletter
CAC Newsletter (Chapter Newsletter)
Cachets
Campbelltown Philatelic News
Canada FDC Specialist
Canada Meter Study Group Newsletter
Canadian Forces Philatelic Society Bulletin
Canadian Meter Study Group Newsletter
Canadian Philatelic Society Bulletin
CCC Cover Connection

PIP

301

2009
1937-1939
1969-2006
2002-2010(1-24)(1-15)(1-118)(Vols. 1-10)(Vols. 6, 8-19, 23-36)(57/3-59/3)(7-10)
1944(1)(1-175)
2009-2013(1-13)

16, 18, 23-39 & 41-96
2008(Vols. 5, 6)
2010 – In progress
1949-1958(Vols. 1-9)
1954-2003(1-199)1990-2009
1943
(1)
1998
(Vol. 1, 1, 3)
2010-2014
1965, 1984/85
1981?-2005 (1-70)(V26-34)
1981-2005(1-70)
1935-1940(1-37)(Vols. 1-4)

PCC
PNC
PCC
OHD
OHD
OHD
OHD
OHD
PCC
OHD
OHD
OHD
PIP
OHD
PNC
PCC
PNC
PNC
PNC
OHD
PCC
PCC
GSM
GSM
GSM
OHD
PIP
OHD
OHD
OHD
OHD
OHD
OHD
PCC
PNC
OHD
OHD
PNC
OHD
PCC
OHD
OHD
OHD
PNC
PNC
PCC
OHD
OHD
OHD

Chatterbox Edition
Chronicle
Commentator
CPS Bulletin
Cyprus Circular Post
Czechoslovak Specialist
Dispatcher
Dummy News and Views
Dummy Stamps
El Faro (1st Series)
El Faro (2nd Series)
Elizade Stamp Journal
Federation of South Wales Philatelic Societies
Newsletter
Festival Update
Filateli-Nytt
FIP Literature Commission Newsletter
FIP Revenue Newsletter
First Days
First Impressions
Forerunners
Friends Newsletter
GB Perfin Society Newsletter
Gibbons Stamp Monthly
Gibbons Stamp Monthly
Gibbons Stamp Weekly
Global Express
GPA News
Graebner GazetteHaiti Philately
Halifax Philatelist
Helvetia Alphorn
Helvetia Bulletin
Helvetia Herald
Hojita, La
ICC Cap News
India Post
India Post (Bulletins)
Indo-China Philatelist
Irish Study GroupJames E. Lee’s Philately
Joint Stamp Issues
Journal of Cuban Philately
Journal of the Irish Philatelic Circle
Journal of the Philatelic Literature Society
Journal of the United States Philatelists
Karphila NewsKing George VI Post and Mail
Kiwi
Literatur Nachrichten
302

1942
1973-1980
1946-1949
1974-2005
1939-2004
1954-2005

1972-1973
1975-1998
1939-1941(Vol. 1, No. 6)(Vols. 1-3)
(Vols. 1-15)(1-14)(1-36)(1-3)(1-24)(62-71)(1-2)

2007-20132004-2011
1955-2014

1957-2007
1927-1970
1970-2009
1905-1912
2012-2014
2005

(1-3)
(1-419)(1-19)(1-54)(26, 28-29)(1-351)(Vols 1-43)(Vols 1-40?)(Vols 1-12)(3-4, 6)(1-30)(May)(Vols. 1-30)

1887-18892009
1967-2007
1951-1966
1971-2011
1960-19622011
2002-2007
1963-2009
1908-1918(Vols. 21-26)(Vols. 1-20)(Vols. 1-5)
(21)
(1-39)(Vols. 1-41)(58)(16-39)(1)(Vols. 1-11)(Vols. 1-34)(1-7)

2003-2007(Vols. 1-50)
?

PNC
OHD
PNC
OHD
OHD
PIP
OHD
OHD
PIP
PNC
OHD
OHD
OHD
OHD
PNC
PCC
PIP

London Philatelic Society Newsletter
Mainsheet
Mayflower Minutes
Meter Stamp Society Bulletin
Miasma Philatelist
Middle East Philatelic Bulletin, The
New Jersey Postal History Journal
Newcastle Philatelic Society
Newcastle Philatelic Society Newsletter
Newport & Gwent Philately
Newsletter of the Orange Coin & Stamp Club
Nicarao
Norddeutscher Postbezirk Rundbrief
Northern Beaches Stamp Collector
Nottinghamshire Philatelic Society Newsletter
Official CircularOrange Coin & Stamp Club Newsletter

PNC
PNC
OHD
OHD
PNC
PCC
PCC
OHD
PCC
OHD
PNC
PCC
OHD
PCC
PNC
PNC
PCC
OHD
PCC
OHD
PNC
PNC
OHD
PCC
PCC
OHD
PCC
OHD
OHD
OHD
PNC
OHD

Oswald Marsh’s Weekly CircularOxcartPacifica
Peninsular Philatelist
Perfins Bulletin
Phila Historica
Philas News
Philatelic Beacon
Philatelic Communicator
Philatelic Exhibitor
Philatelic Exhibitor
Philatelic Literature Review
Philatelic Reader
Philatelic Reader
Philatelic Record
Philatelie
Philately and the Letter Box
Philippine Philatelic Society Journal
Philotelia
PochtaPostal Himal
Postal Stationery Commission Newsletter
Quebec Philatelie
Rainbow Stamp NewsRock
Rossica
Rossiter NewsSan Diego County Philatelist
Santa (Rassegna delle Poste e Telegrapi e Telefoni)Santa Catarina Filatelica
Santa Catarina Filatelica
Sarawak Journal
303

2008

(1-4)
(1-100)2011-2012
1949-2000(Vols. 1-6)
2015- In progress(1-43)
2010-2011(152-159)(160-167)(1-51)
2010-2011(108-119)(Vols. 1-10)
1983-2002(1-74)
2010-2011(Vols. 44-45)(2007-2014)
1886-1887(1-4)(126-133, 137-138, 140-141,
143)(151-220)(213)
1963-2006(Vols. 1-44)
1951-2008(Vols. 1-50)
1945-2009(Vols. 1-63)
2013-2015(164-166)
1991-2009(Vols. 1-17)
2000-2009
1986-2005(1-76)(75-80)2009-2013(1-14)(15)
1879-1914(Vols. 1-36)
1948-2012(1-424)(1-35)
2002-2004(63-67)(669)(1-40)
1974-2011(0-148)
2008-2012(292-297)(15-88)(148-151)(1-137)(1-26)
1994(120)
1929-1943(50-59)(50-66)(Vols. 1-50)

PCC
PNC
OHD
PNC
OHD
PIP
PNC
PNC
PCC
PCC
PIP
OHD
PCC
OHD
OHD
OHD
OHD
PNC
OHD
OHD
OHD
OHD
OHD
OHD

Scottish Philately
Siegel Despatch
SIPA Bulletin
SIPA Bulletin
St. George Philatelist
Stamp Chatter
Stamp Collector’s Magazine
Stamp Insider
Stamp Insider
Stamp Lover
Stamp Tracks
Stamping Around
Stamps of India Collectors Companion
Swiss Philatelist
Tell
Texas Postal History Society Journal
Thurn und Taxis Mitteilungen
Topical Time
U. S. AtoZ
U. S. Pacific Islands Bulletin
USCS Log
Vermont Philatelist
Washington City Despatch
Western Express

304(49-51)(42)
See PCC
2008-20122010
1999-2014
1865-1874(Vols. 3-12)
2003-2012
2003-20102012(3)-2015
2005-2014
1974-2009(443-444)(1-91)(Vols. 1-30)(Vols. 1-31)
1975-2007(1-98)(1-382)
2004-2009(1-44)(1-57)
1932-20102006-2009(1-23)
1950-2005

PERIODICALS ON THE WEB
INTRODUCTION
The objective is to record which periodicals can be found on the web which are continuouslyor regularly updated with recent issues. It also provides a calendar regarding my extraction ofthem for my files.
Airpost Journal, The
American Airmail Society

http://americanairmailsociety.org

Extracted:
All Nations Stamp & Coin - Newsletter
All Nations Stamp & Coin
Extracted:

www.allnationsstampandcoin.com

Whole numbers 1-260;

Alsakan Philatelist, The
Alaska Collectors’ Club:
Extracted:

www.alaskaphilatelic.org

2002, Issue 3; 2003-2010;

BNA Topics
British North America Philatelic Society:
Extracted:

www.bnaps.org

Whole numbers 1-13;

Boletim Filatélico
Clube Filatélico Brusquense:
Extracted:

www.selosefilatelia.com.br.

Issues 1-11;

British Columbia Philatelic Society Newsletter
British Columbia Philatelic Society:www.bcphilatelic.org

Extracted:
British West Indies Study Circle Bulletin
British West Indies Study Circle:
Extracted:

http://bwisc.org

Whole numbers 1-199;

Canal Zone Philatelist, The
Canal Zone Study Group:

http://www.canalzonestudygroup.com

Extracted:
CCC Cover Connection, The
Cover Collectors Circuit Club:
Extracted:

www.covercollectors.org

Volumes 1-2; Volume 3, Issues 1-8, 11; Volume 4, Issues 1-9, 11;

Dummy News & Views
305

Dummy Stamps Study Group:
Extracted:

www.usstamps.org/dssg.html

Whole numbers 1-14;

Federation of South Wales Philatelic Societies - Newsletter
Federation of South Wales:
http://fswps.weebly.com
Extracted:

Whole numbers 62-79;

Finest Hour
The Churchill Centre & Museum

www.winstonchurchill.org

Extracted:
FIP Literature Commission Newsletter
FIP Literature Commission:
Extracted:

http://fipliterature.org

2004-2009;

FIP Revenue Commission Newsletter
FIP Revenue Commission:
Extracted:

www.fip-revenue.org

Whole numbers 1-3;

First Impressions
BNAPS First Day Cover Study Group:
Extracted:

http://canadafdc.org/Drupal

Whole numbers 1-17;

Gazette du Cercle, La
Cercle Philatélique France-Russie et Pays de l’ex URSS, France.
Extracted:

Whole numbers 62-65;

Joint Stamp Issues
Joint Stamp Issues Society:
Extracted:www.jointstampissues.net

Whole number 16-39.

Check for earlier issues & replacement journal.

Journal of the United Nations Philatelists
United Nations Philatelists:
Extracted:

www.unpi.com

Volume 1 to Volume 34

Karphila News
Karnataka Philatelic Society:
Extracted & Copied:

http://cid-b00fe4ab1f903415.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/.Public

Volume 1, Issue 1;

Kent Federation of Philatelic Societies Bulletin
Kent Federation of Philatelic Societies:
Extracted:

Whole numbers 183-200;

King George VI Post & Mail
306

www.kentphilately.weebly.com

BNAPS KingGeorge VI Study Group:
Extracted & Copied:

http://bnatopics.org/hhlibrary/newsletters/n-kg6.htm

Whole numbers 1-11; Special Edition 2007;

Mayflower Minutes
West Suburban Stamp Club:

http://www.thewssc.com

Extracted & Copied:
Miasma Philatelist
Malaria Philatelists International:
Read:

www.malariastamps.com

Whole numbers 1-29;

Middle East Philatelic Bulletin, The
Tobias Zywietz:
Read:www.zobbel.de

Whole numbers 1-2;

Netherlands Philately
American Society of Netherlands Philately:

www.asnp1975.com

Extracted:
Newport & Gwent Philately
Newport & Gwent Philatelic Society:
Extracted:

http://newportgwentphilatelic.weebly.com

Whole numbers 1-51;

NJPH
New Jersey Postal History Society
Extracted:

www.njpostalhistory.org

Whole numbers 1-43;

Nordisk Filatelistisk Tidsskrift
Kjøbenhavns Philatelist Klub

http://kpk.dk

Extracted:
Perfins Bulletin
Perfins Club

www.perfins.org

Extracted:
Phila Vénète
Philatélie Vannetaise
Extracted:

http://joomla.philatelie-vannetaise.fr

Whole numbers 00-68

Philabulle
Amis de la Philatélie et de BD, France

http://philabulle/free.fr

Extracted:
Philanews
Bpost, Belgium

www.bpost.be307Extracted:

2005-2014, 2015-1;

Philas News
Philatelic Association of NSW, Australia
Extracted:

www.philas.org.au

169, 172-181;

Philatelic Exhibitor
American Association of Philatelic Exhibitors:
Extracted:

Whole numbers 1-80;

Postal Himal
Nepal & Tibet Study Circle:
Extracted:

www.digitalhimalaya.com

Whole numbers 1-162, (Less 68; 101-104 – communicated to Digital
Himalaya)

Postal Stationery Commission Newsletter
FIP Postal History Commission:
Extracted:

www.aape.org

www.postalstationery.org

2008-2012;

Posthorn, The
Scandinavian Collectors Club of New York:www.scc-online.org

Extracted:
Québec Philatélie
Québec Philatélie, Quebec, Canada:
Extracted:

www.philateliequebec.com

Whole numbers 292-297

Revealer
Eire Philatelic Association:www.eirephilatelicassoc.org

Extracted:
Rossica
Rossica Society of Russian Philately:www.rossica.org➢
Issues 44-136 can be read on-line but not extracted.
Extracted:

Whole numbers 1-3;

Santa Caterina Filatélica
Associação Filatélica de Santa Catarina:
Extracted:

www.afsc.org.br/boletins/boletim.html

Whole numbers 50-66;

Scottish Philately
Association of Scottish Philatelic Societies:
http://scottishphilately.homestead.com/ScottishPhilately.html

Extracted:

Whole numbers 49-51;
308

Shoebox
Lakeshore Stamp Club

www.lakeshorestampclub.ca

Extracted:
SIPA Bulletin
South India Philatelists’ Association:
Extracted:

www.sipa.org.in/bulletin.html

2008, January/February-2013, October/December; (Last checked: April 2015)
Missing January/March 2013 (Would not load)

SOS Signal
Stamps on Stamps Collectors Club, USA:
Extracted:

www.stampsonstamps.org

Whole number 43;

Stamp Chatter
Sequoia Stamp Club, Redwood City, CA, USA.
Extracted:
Stamp Insider
Federation of New York Philatelic Societies:
Extracted:

www.stampinsider.org

Volume 21 (2002)-2012, Issue 2;

Stamp Tracks
Postal History Foundation:
Extracted:

http://www.postalhistoryfoundation.org

Whole numbers 1-23

Stamps of India Collectors’ Companion
Stamps of India:
Extracted:

www.stampsofindia.com

This is not in a form that could be sensibly extracted.

Tell
Thatcham Postmark, The
Thatcham & District Philatelc Society
Extracted:

www.tdps.org.uk

2011-2017

U.S.AtoZ
US Specialised Yahoo Group:
Extracted & Printed:

www.stamps.us/usatoz/index.html

Whole numbers 1-44

U.S. Pacific Islands Bulletin
Eric?:
Extracted:www.jrsportfolio.com/phila/uspib/index.htm

Whole numbers 1-57;

Viuda, La
Filatelia de Temática Masónica:

www.mscnewyork.net

309

Extracted:

Issues 1-6;

Washington City Despatch
Washington Stamp Collectors Club
Extracted:

www.dcstampclub.org/despatch.htm

Whole numbers 1-21;

WatermarkValley of Ottawa Masonic Club:
Extracted:

www.mscnewyork.net

Volume 1, Issue 2- Volume 3, Issue 1;

Wessex Bulletin, The
Wessex Philatelic Federation
Extracted:

www.wessexpf.org.uk

2012-2017

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SOCIETIES’ MINOR PUBLICATIONSINTRODUCTION
Although headed Societies, this Section includes all similar philatelic organisations such as
Clubs, Study Circles, Federations, Postal Museums and their foreign counterparts.
Considering the large number of societies and their prodigious documentary output, it would
be only too easy for this collection to get out of hand quite rapidly. Accordingly, mycollection is rigorously controlled and my holdings are restricted to minor publications,generally of early date that are overlooked as a source of information by the majority ofphilatelists.
In simple terms, I collect all of their 19th Century and some early 20th Century (pre-1920,
sometimes later for obscure organisations) publications including Rules; Statutes; Annual
Reports and Yearbooks. These latter publications are listed with their full bibliographic
details, under the name of the publishing society.
I make no effort to include ephemeral material such as Correspondence; Letter headings;
Printed envelopes; Enrollment brochures; Compliments slips; Membership application forms;
Membership cards; Circulars; Programs; &c. Similarly, I avoid their documentary outputs,
such as Magazines; Journals; Books; Pamphlets; &c., which are already well-documented andstudied by others.
My holdings are listed under each society in order of the year quoted on the document, which
is not necessarily the year of publication. Directories that cover more than a single year are
listed under the first year, once again irrespective of the year of publication. Listings are given
under the latest name for a society with cross-references to and from earlier names.

THE PUBLICATIONSAAAAAmerican Philatelic Association
Founded in 1886 in New York City, NY, USA.
➢
Renamed the American Philatelic Society in 1897 but quickly reverted to its original
title the same year.
➢
Renamed the American Philatelic Society in 1908.

American Philatelic Society
Founded in 1886 in New York City, NY, USA.
➢
Originally called the American Philatelic Association, the name of the organization
was changed briefly to the American Philatelic Society in 1897 but was changed
back to its original name after only a few months.
➢
The name was finally changed to the American Philatelic Society at the 1908
Convention.
Constitution of the American Philatelic Association., Grand Crossing, IL, USA, 1887, 26pp.
311

Constitution of the American Philatelic Association., Ottawa, IL, USA, 1888, 16pp.
The American Philatelic Association: What it Aims to do; What it Accomplishes; and Why all
Philatelists should be Numbered Among its Members., Grand Crossing, IL, USA, 1888, 12pp.
➢
Carries the library stamp of W. R. Ricketts. Acquired by him on the 8th October 1924.
Constitution of the American Philatelic Association., New York, NY, USA, 1889, 16pp.
➢
Carries the library stamp of W. R. Ricketts on the front cover.
By-Laws of the American Philatelic Association., USA, 1896, 9pp.
Stockholders of the American Philatelic Association., USA, 1898, 16pp.
➢
In order to be a member at this time, it was necessary to hold a share in the
Association and so, this is essentially a membership list.
By-Laws of the American Philatelic Association., Derby, CT, USA, 1901, 8pp.
List of Members and Branch Societies. Revised and Corrected to March 1, 1918., Supplement
to The American Philatelist, March 1918, 75pp.
Proceedings of the Thirty-Fourth Annual Convention held at St. Louis, Mo., August 19-20-21,
1919., Supplement to The American Philatelist, October 1919, 100pp.
Proceedings of the Forty-First Annual Convention held at New York City, October 18-19-20,
1926., Supplement to The American Philatelist, January 1927, 163pp.
Proceedings of the Forty-Second Annual Convention held at St. Louis, Mo., August 16-17-18,
1927., Supplement to The American Philatelist, November 1927, 100pp.
Proceedings of the Forty-Third Annual Convention held at Toronto, Canada, August 23-2425, 1928., Supplement to The American Philatelist, October 1928, 98pp.
Proceedings of the Forty-Fourth Annual Convention held at Minneapolis, Minn., August 2021-22-23, 1929., Supplement to The American Philatelist, November 1929, 163pp.

American Stamp Exchange
Founded in 1886 in the USA.
Year Book., M. Cornish (for the American Stamp Exchange), USA, 1887, 24+viiipp.

Association Philatélique Internationale “Genève” à Budapest
See under Internationaler Philatelisten Verband “Genf” in Budapest.

Atlas Stamp Exchange ClubFounded in London, UK.
Rules., London, UK, n.d., n.pp. [3pp.]

BBBB
312

Bath Philatelic Society
Founded in 1906 in Bath, UK.
Annual Report 1908., Bath, UK, 1908, 11+vpp.
➢
Ex-libris W. R. Ricketts. Acquired by him on the 11th January 1922.

Bayerischen Philatelisten-Vereins
Founded in Munich, Germany.
Statuten des Bayerischen Philatelisten-Vereins München Nebst den Bestimmungen zur
Tausch- und Kaufvereinigung., München, Germany 1889, 8pp.
➢
Uncut.

Berliner Philatelisten-Club
Founded in Berlin, Germany.
Mitgleider-Verzeichniss Nach dem Stand vom 1. Juli 1898., Berlin, Germany, 1898, 8pp.
➢
Membership List.

Birmingham Philatelic Society
Founded in Birmingham, UK.
Annual Report Oct. 1, 1894 to Oct. 1, 1895., Birmingham, UK, 1895, 22pp.
➢
Not listed in the Crawford Catalogue.
Annual Report for Year Ending October 1st, 1896., Birmingham, UK, 1896, 34pp.
Annual Report for Year Ending October 1st, 1897., Birmingham, UK, 1897, 28pp.
Annual Report for Year Ending October 1st, 1898., Birmingham, UK, 1898, 28pp.
➢
Includes a Membership Application Form.
➢
Included advertising flyers for G. Hamilton-Smith; Wm. Bradbury & C. F. Luecke.
Annual Report for Year Ending September 30th, 1899., [7th edition?], Birmingham, UK, 1899,
28pp.
➢
This copy and several subsequent issues carried their edition number in pencil,
presumably placed there by a previous owner. I have included this numbering owing
to the fact that Crawford obviously did not have a complete set.
Annual Report, for Year Ending September 30, 1900., [8th edition?], Birmingham, UK, 1900,
28pp.
Annual Report, for Year Ending September 30, 1901., [9th edition?], Birmingham, UK, 1901,
32pp.
Annual Report, for Year Ending September 30th, 1902., [10th edition?], Birmingham, UK,
1902, 20pp.
➢
Includes a Membership Application Form.
Annual Report, for Year Ending September 30th, 1903., [11th edition?], Birmingham, UK,
1903, 32pp.
313

Annual Report, for Year Ending September 30th, 1904., [12th edition?], Birmingham, UK,
1904, 32pp.
Annual Report, for Year Ending September 30th, 1905., [13th edition?], Birmingham, UK,
1905, 28pp.
➢
Includes two Membership Application Forms.
Annual Report, for Year Ending September 30th, 1906., [14th edition?], Birmingham, UK,
1906, 28pp.
➢
Includes two Membership Application Forms.
Annual Report, for Year Ending September 30th, 1908., [16th edition?], Birmingham, UK,
1908, 28pp.
Annual Report for Year Ending September 30th, 1909., [17th edition?], Birmingham, UK,
1909, 24pp.
➢
Includes a Membership Application Form.
Annual Report for Year Ending September 30th, 1910., [18th edition?], Birmingham, UK,
1909, 24pp.
➢
Ex-libris W. R. Ricketts. Acquired by him on the 11th January 1922.
➢
A Special Notice regarding the last day for receipt of Lots for the auction sale on
December 1st is pasted on page 6.
➢
Includes an unpaginated insert stapled into its centre regarding the upcoming third
Philatelic Congress of Great Britain, to be held in Birmingham in 1911.

Boston Philatelic Society
Founded in 1891 in Boston, MA, USA.
See also United Stamp Societies, of which this Society was a member.
Statutes of the Boston Philatelic Society., Boston, MA, USA, 1908, 16pp.
List of Members., Boston, MA, USA, 1908, n.pp [16pp.]

Bridgeport Philatelic ClubFounded in Bridgeport, CT, USA.
See also United Stamp Societies, of which this Club was a member.

Brooklyn Stamp ClubFounded in Brooklyn, NY, USA.
See also United Stamp Societies, of which this Club was a member.

Brooklyn Stamp Society
Founded in Brooklyn, NY, USA.
Year Book – 1915., No. 1, Brooklyn, NY, USA, 1915, 28pp.
➢
Ex-libris W. R. Ricketts.
Year Book – 1916., No. 2, Brooklyn, NY, USA, 1916, 24pp.
➢
Ex-libris W. R. Ricketts. Acquired by him on the 14th April 1916.
314

Bundes Deutscher und Österreichischer Philatelisten-VereineFounded in 1896 in Germany.
Mitgleider-Verzeichnis und Satzungen des Bundes Deutscher und Österreichischer
Philatelisten-Vereine., Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 1907, 19pp.
➢
Includes the Vertrauliches Korrespondenz-Blatt Philatelistischer Vereine, 1907,
Volume 17; bound in at the end.

CCCC
Canadian Philatelic Association
Founded in Canada.
Constitution of the Canadian Philatelic Association., Peterborough, Canada, 1888, 19pp.
Constitution, By-Laws and List of Members of the Canadian Philatelic Association., Halifax,
Nova Scotia, 1890, 22pp.

Canadian Philatelic Society
Founded in 1919 in Canada.
William Butler, William Given & Herbert Buckland: Canadian Philatelic Society Year
Book 1925., Toronto, Canada, 1925, 32pp.

Cercle Français des Collectionneurs de Timbres-Poste
Founded in 1897 in Buenos Airies, Argentina.
Règlement du Cercle Français des Collecctionneurs de Timbres-Poste de Buenos Aires.,
Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1898, 18pp.

Chicago Philatelic Society.
Founded in Chicago, IL, USA.
Brickbats and Bouquets., Chicago, IL, USA, 1931, n.pp [8pp.]➢
A complete list of the membership of the Chicago Philatelic Society with personalities
indulged in by the author and compiler., Presented at the Annual Banquet, Morrison
Hotel, 19th February 1931.
➢
It has an unused copy of the General Pulaski 2c commemorative stamp of January
1931, stuck to the front.

City of London Philatelic club
Founded in London, UK.
Rules of the City of London Philatelic Club., Bournemouth, UK, 1896, 15pp.
315

➢Ex-libris W. R. Ricketts.

Club Philatélique Bruxellois
Founded in Brussels, Belgium.
Statuts, Règlement des Échanges et Annexes., Brussels, Belgium, 1908, 20pp.
➢
Purchased from the Corneille Soeteman Library Sale.
➢
Half-bound in leather by Soeteman.

Coleport Stamp ClubFounded in Smethport, PA, USA.
See also United Stamp Societies, of which this Club was a member.

Concord Stamp ClubFounded in Concord, NH, USA.
See also United Stamp Societies, of which this Club was a member.

DDDD
Dakota Philatelic Association
Founded in Dakota, USA.
John W. Warns & W. W. Hansen: Annual Yearbook 1914., Volume 1, Issue 1, Dakota,
USA, 1914, 32pp.

Delaware Stamp ClubFounded in 1912 in Delaware, USA.
By-Laws and Constitution of the Delaware Stamp Club., USA, 1912, 20pp.
➢
Ex-libris W. R. Ricketts.

EEEE
E. T. Stamp ClubFounded in Quebec, Canada.
See also United Stamp Societies, of which this Club was a member.

Enterprise Philatelic Society
316

Founded in 1902 in London, UK.
Rules, List of members and Report for 1902-03., UK, 1903, n.pp. [8pp.]➢
Ex-libris W. R. Ricketts. Acquired by him on the 11th January 1922.
Annual Report for Year Ending 30th September, 1904., London, UK, 1904, 19pp.
➢
Ex-libris W. R. Ricketts. Acquired by him on the 11th January 1922.
Annual Report for Year Ending 30th September, 1905., London, UK, 1904, 20pp.
➢
Ex-libris W. R. Ricketts. Acquired by him on the 11th January 1922.

FFFF
Fiscal Philatelic Society
Founded in 1902 in the UK.
The Fiscal Philatelic Society, Season 1904-5., 3rd edition, UK, 1904, n.pp [12pp.]
The Fiscal Philatelic Society, Season 1905-6., 4th edition, UK, 1905, n.pp [12pp.]
The Fiscal Philatelic Society, Season 1906-7., 5th edition, UK, 1906, 12pp.
➢
Includes a copy of the Exchange Section Rules as a four-page insert, two sides ofwhich are blank.
The Fiscal Philatelic Society, Season 1907-8., 6th edition, UK, 1907, 10pp.

GGGG

HHHH
Hackensack Philatelic Society
Founded in Hackensack, NJ, USA.
See also United Stamp Societies, of which this Society was a member.

Herts Philatelic Society
Founded in 1897 in St Albans, UK.
Annual Report for the Year Ending October 1st. 1899., 1st edition, St Albans, UK, 1899, 8pp.
➢
Includes a folded sheet of paper soliciting the recipients membership. Three sides ofthe sheet are blank.
317

➢
➢
➢

Ex-libris W. R. Ricketts.
A second copy is held in which the Officers and Rules pages (pp.1-2) have been struck
through in pencil and with a sheet of paper (4pp.) inserted, carrying revised
information.
Includes the remains of a used Application Form, from which two thirds of the front
page have been removed.

Report for the Year 1899-1900., 2nd edition, St Albans, UK, 1900, 15pp.
Report for the Year 1900-1901., 3rd edition, St Albans, UK, 1901, 16pp.
Report for the Year 1901-1902., 4th edition, St Albans, UK, 1902, 19pp.
Report for the Year 1903-1904., 6th edition, St Albans, UK, 1904, 19pp.
➢
Includes a solicitation from the Secretary that the second copy of the Report is passed
to a potential recruit.
➢
Includes a Membership Application Form.
Report for the Year 1904-1905., 7th edition, St Albans, UK, 1905, 19pp.
➢
Includes a solicitation to join the Advanced Packet Section.
➢
Includes a circular from the Secretary, dated 31st May, 1905, relating and explaining
the significant changes being made to the Society Officers.
Report for the Session 1905-1906., 8th edition, St Albans, UK, 1906, 22pp.
➢
Ex-libris W. R. Ricketts.

Holyoak Stamp Club
Holyoak, MA, USA.
See also United Stamp Societies, of which this Club was a member.

IIII
International Philatelic Union
Founded in 1881 in the UK.
The Official Statutes of the International Philatelic Union., Bristol, UK, 1896, 4pp.
The Official Statutes of the International Philatelic Union. With a List of the Officers,
Committee and Members, 1896-97., London, UK, 1896, 24pp.
The Official Statutes of the International Philatelic Union with a List of the Officers,
Committee and Members, 1897-98., London, UK, 1897, 24pp.
➢
Includes a four-page flyer soliciting new members.
List of Members., London, UK, n.d. [1900], n.pp. [4pp.]

Internationale Postwertzeichenhändler-Verein zu BerlinFounded in 1885 in Berlin, Germany.
318

Paul Lietzow: Jahresbericht im Jahre 1899., Berlin, Germany, 1900, 30pp.
Paul Lietzow: Jahresbericht im Jahre 1900., Berlin, Germany, 1901, 24pp.
Dr. Hans Brendicke: Jahresbericht im Jahre 1902., Berlin, Germany, 1903, 16pp.
Dr. Hans Brendicke: Jahresbericht im Jahre 1903., Berlin, Germany, 1904, 16pp.
Carl Sternheim: Jahresbericht im Jahre 1904., Berlin, Germany, 1905, 20pp.
Carl Sternheim: Jahres-Bericht im Jahre 1905., Berlin, Germany, 1906, 21pp.
Carl Sternheim: Jahres-Bericht im Jahre 1906., Berlin, Germany, 1907, 20pp.
Carl Sternheim: Jahres-Bericht im Jahre 1907., Berlin, Germany, 1908, 20pp.
Carl Sternheim: Jahres-Bericht im Jahre 1908., Berlin, Germany, 1909, 20pp.
Carl Sternheim: Jahres-Bericht im Jahre 1909., Berlin, Germany, 1910, 21pp.
➢
Ex-libris W. R. Ricketts.
Internationaler Philatelisten Verband “Genf” in Budapest= Association Philatélique Internationale “Genève” à Budapest
Founded in Budapest, Hungary.
1904
Béla Szekula: Almanach1904-1905., Budapest, Hungary, 1904, 88pp.

Internationaler Philatelisten-Verein Dresden
Founded in1877 in Dresden, Germany.
Zur Erinerung an das Zehnjährige Stiftungfest 28-31 May 1887., Dresden, 1887, 24pp. in theform of a continuous folding sheet.
➢[In Memory of the 10th Anniversary Celebration 28th-31st May 1887.]➢
This volume contains portraits of 563 members of the Society.
Vertrauliche Mittheilung., 11th edition, Dresden, Germany, 1889, 98pp.
➢
Ex-Libris the Collectors Club, New York, NY, USA.

JJJJJamaica Philatelic Society
Founded in 1920 in Kingston, Jamaica.
Report for the Year 1921-22., Kingston, Jamaica, 1922, 8pp.
➢
Ex-libris W. R. Ricketts. Acquired by him on the 8th October 1924.
Constitution. Revised to 1st January 1922., [Kingston, Jamaica], 1922, 7pp.
➢
Printed by Stamp Collecting, London, UK.
➢
Ex-libris W. R. Ricketts. Acquired by him on the 8th October 1924.
319

The Third Annual Report and Balance Sheet of the Jamaica Philatelic Society (Founded April
14, 1920.) for the Year Ended April, 13, 1923., Kingston, Jamaica, 1923, 10pp.

Johannesburg United Philatelic Society
Formed by the merger of the Transvaal Philatelic Society and the Johannesburg PhilatelicSociety.
Rules., Johannesburg, South Africa, 1909, n.pp. [12pp.]➢
Ex-libris W. R. Ricketts. Acquired by him on the 11th January 1922.

KKKK

LLLL
London Philatelic ClubFounded in London, UK.
Rules., London, UK, n.d., 7pp.
➢
Ex-libris W. R. Ricketts.

Lynn Philatelic Association
Founded in 1910 in Lynn, MA, USA.
List of Members 1910-1913., Lynn, MA, USA, n.d., n.pp. [8pp.]

Lynn Philatelic Society
Lynn, MA, USA.
See also United Stamp Societies, of which this Society was a member.

MMMM
Manchester Junior Philatelic Society
Founded in Manchester, UK as a Branch of the Junior Philatelic Society.
Constitution and Rules of The Manchester Junior Philatelic Society., Manchester, UK, n.d.,
8pp.
320

➢

Includes a copy of the Program for 1910-11. (4pp.)

Metropolitan Philatelic Association
Founded in USA.
Second Year Book., Dunlap, IA, USA, 1907, 18pp.
➢
Includes an advertising flyer headed M. P. A. Bargains, from S. B. Hopkins.
Constitution and By-Laws., USA, 1914, 20pp.

Modern Collectors’ Philatelic Exchange ClubFounded in London, UK.
Season 1910-11., London, UK, 1910, 16pp.
➢
Includes a Membership Application form

Montclair Philatelic Society
Founded in Montclair, NJ, USA.
See also United Stamp Societies, of which this Society was a member.

NNNN
National Philatelic Society
Founded in 1910 in the USA.
➢
Reorganised in 1913.
➢
Formed regional branches including: Philadelphia Branch of the National PhilatelicSociety.
Annual Year Book 1914., Volume 1, Dover, NH, USA, 1914, 28pp.
Annual Year Book 1915., Volume 2, Dover, NH, USA, 1915, 36pp.
Annual Year Book 1917., Volume 4, USA, 1917, 20pp.

National Philatelical Society
Founded in 1874 in New York, NY, USA.
Constitution of the National Philatelical Society of the City of New York., New York, NY,
USA, 1875, 8pp.
➢
Carries the rubber-stamped address of Geo. B. Mason on the front cover.
Constitution and By-Laws of the National Philatelical Society., n.p., n.d. [Carries the date1889 in pencil on the front cover.], 8pp.
➢
Not in the Crawford Catalogue.
Constitution and By-Laws of the National Philatelical Society., USA, 1892, 14pp.
321

Nederlandsche Vereeniging van Postzegelverzamalaars
Founded in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
C. Wafelbakker, J. B. Robert & J. A. van Rooij: Jaarboek No. 15, 1905., Amsterdam,
Netherlands, 1905, 58pp.
C. Wafelbakker, P. J. van Harderwijk & J. B. Robert: Jaarboek No. 20, 1910.,
Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1910, 57pp.

New York Stamp Society
Founded in 1904 in New York, NY, USA.
Constitution and By-Laws of the New York Stamp Society., New York, NY, USA, n.d., 15pp.
Constitution and By-Laws of the New York Stamp Society., New York, NY, USA, 1910, 11pp.
➢
Ex-Libris the Collectors Club, New York, NY, USA.

Newark Stamp ClubFounded in Newark, NJ, USA.
See also United Stamp Societies, of which this Club was a member.

North-West Provinces (India) Philatelic Club
India.
T. E. Madden: Annual Report 1896., Silchar, India, 1896, 24pp.
➢
It contains the following articles:
AuthorTitle
Lt. T. E. Madden
Notes on the stamps of Kashmir
Reply of a philatelist to the query “Qui Bono?”
Lt. T. E. Madden
The adhesive stamps of British India
J. M. Moses
The import stamp duty
The Society for the Suppression of Speculative Stamps
➢

Pages
4-9
10-11
12-17
18-19
20-21

My copy is missing pages 11-18.

OOOO
Oesterreichische Briefmarkenhändler VereineFounded in Austria.
Mitgleider-Liste des Oesterreichischen Briefmarkenhändler-Vereines in Wien 1924., Vienna,
Austria, 1924, 24pp.

322

Otterdale Stamp Exchange ClubFounded in 1898 in the UK.
Report for 1907., London, UK, 1908, n.pp. [4pp.]
Report for 1923., London, UK, 1924, 12pp.

PPPP
Palace Philatelic Exchange Society
Founded in 1900 in London, UK.
First Annual Report and Handbook., London, UK, 1904, 44pp.
➢
Ex-libris W. R. Ricketts.

Passiac Stamp ClubFounded in Passiac, NJ, USA
See also United Stamp Societies, of which this Club was a member.

Philadelphia Branch of the National Philatelic Society
Founded in 1908 in Philadelphia, PA, USA.
➢
Merged with the other philatelic societies in Philadelphia to form the Philadelphia
Stamp Club.

Philadelphia Philatelic Society
Founded in 1904 in Philadelphia, PA, USA by members of the American Philatelic Societyliving in the City.
➢
Formed as Branch No. 18 of the American Philatelic Society.
➢
Merged with the other philatelic societies in Philadelphia to form the Philadelphia
Stamp Club.

Philadelphia Stamp ClubFounded in 1909 in Philadelphia, PA, USA.
See also United Stamp Societies, of which this Society was a member.
➢
The Society was formed by the merger of the four existing societies in Philadelphia:
Quaker City Philatelic Society
Philadelphia Branch of the National Philatelic Society
Philadelphia Philatelic Society
West Philadelphia Philatelic Society.
Year Book of The Philadelphia Stamp Club 1909-10., Philadelphia, PA, USA, 1910, 38pp.
➢
Includes a membership application form.

323

Philatelic Society of New ZealandFounded in 1888 in Wellington, New Zealand.
22nd Annual Report and Balance Sheet., Wellington, New Zealand, 1910 21pp.
➢
The front cover carries a rubber stamp: With the Hon. Secretary’s Compliments.
24th Annual Report and Balance Sheet., Wellington, New Zealand, 1912 30pp.
➢
The front cover carries a rubber stamp: With the Hon. Secretary’s Compliments.
➢
Ex-libris W. R. Ricketts. Acquired by him on the 11th January 1922.
25th Annual Report and Balance Sheet., Wellington, New Zealand, 1913 36pp. (It includes apink erratum slip.)

Philatelic Society of Pittsburgh
Founded in Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
See also United Stamp Societies, of which this Society was a member.

Philatelic Society of The Oranges
Founded in East Orange, NJ, USA.
See also United Stamp Societies, of which this Society was a member.

Philatelic Society of Victoria
Founded in 1892 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Fourth Annual Report and Balance Sheet of the Philatelic Society of Victoria., Melbourne,
Victoria, Aistralia, 1896n.pp. [18pp.]

Philatelic Sons of America
Founded in 1893 in the USA.
Lewis Myers Lang: The Official Souvenir and Year Book of the Philatelic Sons of America
1896., Lang & Althouse, Baltimore, MD, USA, 1896, n.pp. [96pp.]

Philatelisten-Verein BaselFounded in Basel, Switzerland.
See also Société Philatéliques Suisses for a membership list.

Philatelisten-Verein Bern
Founded in Bern, Switzerland.
See also Société Philatéliques Suisses for a membership list.

Philatelisten-Verein “Hermes”
Founded in Rosenberg, Germany.
Statuten des Philatelisten-Verein “Hermes” zu Rosenberg O.-S., Germany, 1896, 10pp.
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Pretoria Philatelic Society
Founded in 1898 in Pretoria, South Africa.
Rules of the Pretoria Philatelic Society., Pretoria, South Africa, 1898, 8pp.

QQQQ
Quaker City Philatelic Society
Founded in 1900 in Philadelphia, PA, USA.
➢
Merged with the other philatelic societies in Philadelphia to form the Philadelphia
Stamp Club.

RRRR
Rutherford Stamp ClubFounded in East Rutherford, NJ, USA.
See also United Stamp Societies, of which this Club was a member.

SSSS
Shanghai Philatelic Society
Founded in 1912 in Shanghai, China.
Season 1923-24., Shanghai, China, 1923, 12pp.

Skandinavischer Philatelisten-VereinFounded in 1890 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Statuten des Skandinavischen-Philatelisten-Verein., Copenhagen, Denmark, n.d., 24pp.
➢
Published in German.

Sociedad Filatélica del RosarioFounded in 1904 in Rosario de Santa Fe, Argentina.
Reglamento de la Sociedad Filatélica del Rosario., Rosario de Santa Fe, Argentina, 1904,
9pp.
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➢

Ex-libris W. R. Ricketts.

Sociedad Filotelica Uruguaya
Founded in Montevideo, Uruguay.
Estatutos de la Sociedad Filotelica Uruguaya Instalada el 1º de Setiembre de 1879 en
Montevideo, Republica Oriental del Uruguay., Montevideo, Uruguay, 1879, 8pp.
➢
Carries the Society handstamp on the front cover and its address written in ink.

Sociedad Filatélica Uruguaya
Founded in Montevideo, Uruguay.
Actas de las Sesiones Extraordinarias del 2 y 21 July 1886 = Procés Verbal des Séances
Extraordinaires du 2 et 21 Juillet 1886., Montevideo, Uruguay, 1886, 8pp.

Société Internationale des Collectionneurs de Timbres-Poste
Founded in Geneva, Switzerland.
Statuts et Règlements de la Société Internationale des Collectionneurs de Timbres-Poste.,
Geneva, Switzerland, n.d., 15pp.
➢
Ex-libris W. R. Ricketts.

Société Lausannois de Timbrologie
Founded in Lausanne, Switzerland.
See also Société Philatéliques Suisses for a membership list.

Société Nouvelle de Timbrologie
Founded in France.
Dr. A. Legrand: Annuaire de la Société Nouvelle de Timbrologie pour l’Année 1894.,
Nantes, France, 1895, 68pp.

Société Philatélique de Bienne
Founded in Bienne, Switzerland.
See also Société Philatéliques Suisses for a membership list.

Société Philatélique de la Chaux-de-Fonds
Founded in Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland.
See also Société Philatéliques Suisses for a membership list.

Société Philatélique de Genève
Founded in Geneva, Switzerland.
See also Société Philatéliques Suisses for a membership list.
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Société Philatélique du Locle
Founded in Locle, Switzerland.
See also Société Philatéliques Suisses for a membership list.

Société Philatélique Française
Founded in 1889 in Paris, France.
Statuts de la Société Philatélique Française., Paris, France, 1889?, 10pp.
➢
Has a copy of the Liste des Membres du Comité pour l’Exercice de 1893 tipped onto
the inside rear cover. A single leaf printed on one side only.
Annuaire 1895., Paris, France, 1895, 56pp.

Société Philatéliques Suisses
This does not appear to be a formal society, rather, a compilation of membership lists of thecurrent Swiss philatelic societies:
Mitgleider-Verzeichniss der Philatelisten-Vereine der Schweiz = Liste des Membres desSociétés Philatéliques Suisses 1909., n.p., 1909, 16pp.
➢
The following societies are included:
Verein für Briefmarkenkunde Aarau
Philatelisten-Verein BaselPhilatelisten-Verein Bern
Société Philatélique de Bienne
Société Philatélique de la Chaux-de-Fonds
Union Timbrologique Fribourgeoise
Société Philatélique de Genève
Société Lausannois de Timbrologie
Société Philatélique du Locle

Société Pontoisienne d’Echanges
Founded in 1891 in Pontoise, France.
Statuts et Règlement des Échanges., Amiens, France, 1892, 21pp.

Society for the Suppression of Speculative Stamps
Founded in London, UK.
Statutes of the Society for the Suppression of Speculative Stamps., London, UK, n.d., 6pp.
➢
It includes a letter from the Secretary outlining the recent reorganisation and soliciting
membership. The attached membership form is missing.

Society of Philatelic Americans
Founded in 1894 in the USA.
➢
Originally called the Southern Philatelic Association, it was renamed to reflect its
nationwide membership.
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Year Book 1920., Volume 10, Painesville, OH, USA, 1920, 168pp.

Sons of Philatelia
Founded in 1891 in the USA.
R. M. Miller: The Sons of Philatelia Official Hand-Book., Herbert A. Bricker, Bellvue, PA,
USA, 1895, n.pp. [86pp.]

Southern Philatelic Association
Founded in 1894 in the USA.
➢
Renamed the Society of Philatelic Americans to to reflect its nationwide
membership.

Staten Island Philatelic Society
Founded in 1884 in Staten Island, NY, USA.
[Rules] Adopted September 8th 1886., 12pp.
[Rules] Adopted October 24, 1892., 13pp.

Suburban Stamp and Curio ClubFounded in Roxbury, MA, USA.
See also United Stamp Societies, of which this Club was a member.

TTTT

UUUU
Unión Filatélica Cubana
Founded in Havana, Cuba.
Estatutos de la Unión Filatélica Cubana., Havana, Cuba, 1905, 15pp.
➢
Carries the library stamp of W. R. Ricketts on the front cover and first page.

Union Timbrologique Fribourgeoise
Founded in Fribourg, Switzerland.
See also Société Philatéliques Suisses for a membership list.

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United Stamp Societies
A society to bring together and represent about twenty philatelic societies on the North East
coast of America.
Annual Year Book 1922., Lynn, MA, USA, Volume 1, November 1922, 16pp.
➢
Carries the library stamp of W. R. Ricketts on the first page.
➢The following societies are members:
Boston Philatelic Society
Bridgeport Philatelic Club
Brooklyn Stamp Club
Coleport Stamp Club
Concord Stamp ClubE. T. Stamp Club
Hackensack Philatelic Society
Holyoak Stamp Club
Lynn Philatelic Society
Montclair Philatelic Society
Newark Stamp Club
Passiac Stamp Club
Philadelphia Stamp Club
Philatelic Society of Pittsburgh
Philatelic Society of The Oranges
Rutherford Stamp Club
Suburban Stamp & Curio Club
Vermont Philatelic Society
Worcester Stamp Club

United States Revenue Society
Founded in 1907 in the USA.
Year Book of the United States Revenue Society., Second Annual Publication, Denver, CO,
USA, December 1908, 36pp.
Year Book of the United States Revenue Society., Third Annual Publication, Springfield, MA,
USA, 1909, 24pp.
➢
Carries the library stamp of W. R. Ricketts on the front cover.

VVVV
Verein für Briefmarkenkunde Aarau
Founded in Arau, Switzerland.
See also Société Philatéliques Suisses for a membership list.

Vereins für Briefmarkenkunde Kiel
Founded in Kiel, Germany.
Jahres-Bericht des Vereins für Briefmarkenkunde Kiel 1897/98., Kiel, Germany, 1898, 48pp.
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Jahres-Bericht des Vereins für Briefmarkenkunde Kiel 1898/99., Kiel, Germany, 1899, 72pp.
Jahres-Bericht des Vereins für Briefmarkenkunde Kiel 1900., Kiel, Germany, 1901, 24pp.
➢
Carries the library stamp of W. R. Ricketts on the front cover.
Jahres-Bericht des Vereins für Briefmarkenkunde Kiel 1901., Kiel, Germany, 1902, 16pp.
Jahres-Bericht des Vereins für Briefmarkenkunde Kiel 1903., Kiel, Germany, 1904, 12pp. (Norear cover)➢
Includes a membership application form.
Jahres-Bericht des Vereins für Briefmarkenkunde Kiel 1904., Kiel, Germany, 1905, 16pp.
➢
Carries the library stamp of W. R. Ricketts on the front cover.
Jahres-Bericht des Vereins für Briefmarkenkunde Kiel 1905., Kiel, Germany, 1906, 12pp.
(Covers damaged)

Vereins für Briefmarkenkunde zu Hamburg von 1885
Founded in 1885 in Hamburg, Germany.
Mitgleider-Verzeichnis des Vereins für briefmarkenkunde zu Hamburg von 1885., Hamburg,
Germany, 1910, 16pp. (It appears to be missing its coloured paper cover.)Vermont Philatelic Society
Founded in Vermont, VT, USA.
See also United Stamp Societies, of which this Society was a member.

WWWW
West Philadelphia Philatelic Society
Founded in 1907 in Philadelphia, PA, USA.
➢
Merged with the other philatelic societies in Philadelphia to form the Philadelphia
Stamp Club.

Worcester Stamp ClubFounded in Worcester, MA, USA.
See also United Stamp Societies, of which this Society was a member.

Württembergischer Philatelisten-VereinFounded in Stuttgart, Germany.
Bericht über das Dritte Verwaltungs-Jahr 1884/85., 3rd Issue, Stuttgart, Germany, 1885,
12pp.
Bericht über das Vierte Verwaltungs-Jahr 1885/86., 4th issue, Stuttgart, Germany, 1886, 11pp.
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➢

Carries the library stamp of W. R. Ricketts on the front cover.

Bericht über das Fünfte Verwaltungs-Jahr 1886/7., 5th issue, Stuttgart, Germany, 1887, 11pp.
(No rear cover)➢Carries the library stamp of W. R. Ricketts on the front cover.
Bericht über das Sechste Verwaltungs-Jahr 1887/8., 6th issue, Stuttgart, Germany, 1888, 8pp.
(No rear cover)➢Carries the stamp of the Verein für Briefmarkenkunde, Frankfurt-am-Main on thefront cover.
Bericht über das Siebente Verwaltungs-Jahr 1888/9., 7th issue, Stuttgart, Germany, 1889,
12pp. (No covers)➢
Carries the stamp of the Verein für Briefmarkenkunde, Frankfurt-am-Main on page
three.
Bericht über das Achte Verwaltungs-Jahr 1889/90., 8th issue, Stuttgart, Germany, 1890, 13pp.
(No covers)➢
Carries the stamp of the Verein für Briefmarkenkunde, Frankfurt-am-Main on page
three.
Bericht über das Neunte Verwaltungs-Jahr 1890., 9th issue, Stuttgart, Germany, 1891, 13pp.
(No covers)➢
Carries the stamp of the Verein für Briefmarkenkunde, Frankfurt-am-Main on page
three.
Bericht über das Zehnte Vereins-Jahr 1891., 10th issue, Stuttgart, Germany, 1892, 20pp. (Nocovers)➢Carries the stamp of the Verein für Briefmarkenkunde, Frankfurt-am-Main on page
three.
Bericht über das Fünfzehnte Vereins-Jahr 1896., 15th issue, Stuttgart, Germany, 1896, 15pp.
(No covers)
Bericht über das 18. Vereins-Jahr 1899., 18th issue, Stuttgart, Germany, 1899, 15pp. (Nocovers)➢Carries the stamp of the Verein für Briefmarkenkunde, Frankfurt-am-Main on page
three.
Jahresbericht 1903., 22nd issue, Stuttgart, Germany, 1904, 4pp.
Jahresbericht 1904., 23rd issue, Stuttgart, Germany, 1905, 6pp.
Jahresbericht 1905., 24th issue, Stuttgart, Germany, 1906, 6pp.
Jahres-Bericht für 1906., 25th issue, Stuttgart, Germany, 1907, 23pp.
➢
Carries the stamp of the Verein für Briefmarkenkunde, Frankfurt-am-Main on thefront cover.
Jahres-Bericht für 1910-1911., 29th issue, Stuttgart, Germany, 1911, 12pp.
➢
Carries the stamp of the Verein für Briefmarkenkunde, Frankfurt-am-Main on thefront cover.
Jahres-Bericht für 1912-1913., 31st issue, Stuttgart, Germany, 1913, 15pp.
➢
Carries the stamp of the Verein für Briefmarkenkunde, Frankfurt-am-Main on thefront cover.
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Jahres-Bericht für 1913-1914., 32nd issue, Stuttgart, Germany, 1914, 20pp.
➢
Carries the stamp of the Verein für Briefmarkenkunde, Frankfurt-am-Main on thefront cover.

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PHILATELIC ARCHIVESINTRODUCTION
These are called archives but in most cases, they are simply collections of correspondence,other ephemeral material and memorabilia relating to bibliophiles or certain major philatelists.
In the case of certain persons, George Barker, David Glover, John O. Griffiths, Bill
Hagan, Harry Hayes, Jim Negus and Ron Negus, I was given or purchased much material
from them, which would otherwise have been discarded. For most of the others who appear inthis list, the material has been gathered together from numerous sources over many years. It isalso the depository for my own memorabilia.
Owing to its ad hoc nature, I have attempted to provide sufficient description of each item, togive an indication of the material held, so that others will know what is available for study.
Although I have listed the individuals under their full names, the order is alphabetical by theirlast name Wherever possible, items are listed in date order. Correspondence between
individuals which ran into a second year is given under the year under which thecorrespondence was initiated. Important long-term correspondence may be listed under thename of the correspondent.

Paul Asher
Correspondence
1888
14th August
Copy typed letter to August Dejonge of Stapleton [Staten Island, NY] asking his assistance ininforming members of the American Philatelic Association about certain genuine Peruvian
stamps claimed to be forged by Henry L. Calman because he has never seen them, as well as
the stamps Calman sells which were surcharged to his order and never available at any Post
Office.
Alexander Bruce Auckland
Miscellaneous
1995
Menu from the lunch to celebrate Auckland’s 100th birthday held on the 1st April 1995.
Frank Arthur Bellamy
Miscellaneous
1908
Envelope front addressed to Bellamy at 4 St. Johns Rd., Oxford and cancelled 26th February
1908.
Dr Stanley M. Bierman
Correspondence
1990
4th June
Letter from Bill Welch of the American Philatelic Society regarding William R. Ricketts’indexes.
Brian John Birch
Miscellaneous
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1981
Certificate of Membership of the Royal Philatelic Society, London.
1982
Certificate of Life Membership of the Friends of the Western Philatelic Library.
1991
Invitation to the British Library Centenary of the Philatelic Collections, 2nd October 1991. It
includes the Crown Agents souvenir produced for the occasion – A folder containing asheetlet of 25 Isle of Man 1p stamps from the 1990, 150th anniversary of the 1d black.
1994
Notification letter and Certificate of Fellowship of the Royal Philatelic Society, London.
2002
Invitation to the Swiss Ambassador’s residence to celebrate Swiss-British postal and philatelicrelations. Complete with the souvenir booklet.
2010
Certificate of 10 years of personal Membership of the Bund Deutscher Philatelisten (BDPh).
2013
Three envelopes from the Club de Monte Carlo, 2013 with copperplate handwriting.
2015
Invitation to join the Patron’s Club of Europhilex London 2015.
Correspondence
2001
Letter from Charles Goodwyn, Keeper of the Royal Collection, Buckingham Palace,Complete with envelope.

Bolaffi
Miscellaneous
A Christmas or New Year greeting card signed by three members of staff.
Castenholz & Sons
Correspondence
1994
31st May
Letter from Bill J. Castenholz to Andrew Hall of The Glass Slipper asking him to stock
their publications.
Ian D. Crane
Miscellaneous
Each year, Ian used to produce an annual newsletter to tell his correspondents what had
happened to him during the year. These came to me via the James Negus files. I have thefollowing years:
2001;
2002;
2005;
Robert Danzig
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Correspondence
2001
29th March
Letter to Burkhard Schneider to advise him that he has a stand at the Brussels exhibition in
June.
Hiram Edmund Deats
Miscellaneous
UndatedEnvelope from Deats addressed to A. G. Stebbins.
1891
Membership card for the Staten Island Philatelic Society, signed by August Dejong andHenry Clotz.
1905/1909
Membership card for the Chicago Philatelic Society for 1905 and 1909, signed by Chas. T.
Mann? and Henry Ades Fowler respectively.
1949
Photocopy of a receipt dated 27th January 1949, from the Royal Philatelic Society London forthe payment of £1.1.0 for a copy of Roland King-Farlow: The Journal of the Philatelic
Literature Society Cumulative Index Volumes I to XI, 1908-1918.
Correspondence
1898
20th April
Circular post card from B. L. Drew & Company advising that they have mailed an auction
catalogue to Deats.
1900
6th September
A post card from the Chicago Philatelic Society advising about the next meeting.
1928
24th March
Letter to Helen M. Corvell on Minneakoning Farm letter head, asking to be on the mailinglist for her publication, the Point Pleasant Philatelist. Her reply is pencilled at the foot.
1945
17th April
Envelope from Norman Landis, successor to Alvater & Landis addressed to Deats. A
pencilled note on the back by Deats lists the issues if the Stamp-Lovers Weekly and notes to
the Phila Library that he does not remember sending these and has made this set up fromremainders.
Roy Arthur Dehn
Correspondence
1964
6th April
Letter from A. Palmer?, Secretary of the Philatelic Traders’ Society advising him that he won
a prize book in their Shakespeare Competition.
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1968
2nd July
Letter from Arnold M. Strange on Royal Philatelic Society, London letterhead enclosing aspare copy of Dr. Enzo Diena’s book I Bolli delle Romagne accidently sent in duplicate by
the author.
Pandelis J. Drossos
Correspondence
1973
17th November
Letter to Ian Hamilton thanking him for his letter and the information provided. He also
discusses the work by Hoecht.
1st December
Letter to Ian Hamilton thanking him for sourcing a book for him from Vera Trinder.
Queen Elizabeth II
Miscellaneous
1965
Letter dated the 3rd December 1965 from the Central Office of Information to C. W. Hill,
enclosing a set of six photographs of the Queen’s Stamp Collection Exhibition. (One of thephotographs which showed Sir John Wilson has been placed with my photographs ofphilatelists.)
Peter R. Feltus
Correspondence
1991
1st May
Letter from Eckhard O. W. Redecke thanking him for the publication and enclosing
payment. He also advises about his collection andwill contact him about missing items later.
Colin G. Fraser
Miscellaneous
Visiting Card.
Ernest Eugene [Gene] Fricks
Correspondence
1984
7th February
Letter to George Barker responding to an enquiry and advising that one of the volumes herequires has been sent. He mentions the Bowker Company edition of the Club library list anddiscusses the bibliography produced by John Dowd, a copy of which was given to the Club.
John Francis Giblin
Correspondence
1970
24th October
Post card from Fred G. Ingham of Chicago thanking him for information on Kossell ofVienna regarding the so-called essays of Mexico.
1971
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28th May
Letter from Schwaneberger Verlag in answer to a query from Giblin.
David Glover
Miscellaneous
UndatedA small Memo Pad used by Glover for notes relating to his philatelic projects. Undated but
obtained with much other material from HH Sales in 2002.
1997
6th January 1997
David S. Glover: Who Was Who: Philatelists of Yesterday 1860-1960.
Title page for a proposed work. Several pages in the Memo Pad above, list persons to be
included in this work.
David S. Glover: A Guide to the Journal of the Philatelic Literature Society 1908-1918.
Title page for a proposed work. Although mentioned in the Memo Pad above.
17th June 1997
Membership Card: Rocky Mountain Philatelic Library, No327.
Invoices & Correspondence
Alfredo V. Basurtoth
26 April 1996
Letter confirming that the Philatelic Journal of America, purchased by Glover had been sent.
Argyll Etkin Limited
10 December 1998
Invoice for books purchased.
thCharles G. Firby
2nd November 1993
Invoice for purchases from a literature auction.
21st November 1995
Glover’s bid sheet from a literature auction and Invoice for the lots purchased.
5th December 1995
Letter from Glover asking for the prices realised.
6th December 1995
Letter from Glover asking for the reserve prices on some of the unsold lots.
12th December 1995
Letter of the 6th December with the prices added by hand and faxed back to Glover.
Letter from Glover listing the lots he requires.
Invoice for the items required by Glover.
13th December 1995
Notice of the shipping charges.
14th December 1995
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Notice that the auction purchases were mailed on the previous day and asking whether the
charges should be applied to his credit card.
12th November 1998
Glover’s bid sheet from a literature auction.
Dr. Conrad Graham
11 June 1993
Glover’s bid sheet from a literature auction and Invoice for the lots purchased.
th

5th November 1994
Glover’s bid sheet from a literature auction and Invoice for the lots purchased.
28th June 1998
Card from Graham offering to supply his early auction catalogues.
James E. Lee
22nd September 1995
Invoice for books purchased.
Messengers
21 May 1996
Letter to [Barrie] Evans, the proprietor of Messengers on the proposed sale of the business.
st

27th June 1996
Glover’s bid sheet from a literature auction and Invoice for the lots purchased.
Postings
18th July 1998
Glover’s bid sheet from a literature auction.
Schwanke & Sohn Briefmarkenauktionenen
1999
Glover’s bid sheet from a literature auction.
8th March 1999
Invoice for the lots purchased.
Correspondence
1996
24th October
Letter to Brian J. Birch dealing with various issues relating to philatelic literature.
20th December
Letter to Brian J. Birch dealing with various issues relating to philatelic literature.
1998
9th June
Letter from the Royal Sydney Philatelic Club, Australian States Study Circle confirming thatthey had a complete run of Sydney Views that Glover could purchase it.
31st July
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Letter from Lindy Knight accompanying some booklets and stamps Glover had purchased.
John O. Griffiths
Miscellaneous
Visiting card for Griffiths as the Chairman of the Functions Committee of the International
Stamp Exhibition, London 1980.
Correspondence
1984
12th April
Letter from C. W. Bert Christian discussing American stamps and publications.
1986
22nd April
Letter from Robson Lowe regarding Griffiths recent sales, with payment being made to his
Bermuda account.
1992
13th May
Letter from Robson Lowe congratulating Griffiths on his success at the Granada Exhibition.
Certificates &c.
Certificates relating to awards won at major exhibitions were donated to the Royal PhilatelicSociety London Archives in 2012.
UndatedCertificate of Participation as a Judge in Filatelic Fiesta, together with a silk Judge sash.
UndatedCertificate from the Collectors Club of New York for giving a display.
7th November 1972
Certificate from the Norwood Philatelic Society for giving a display.
3rd January 1975
Certificate from the Gerards Cross & District Philatelic Society for giving a display.
6th-14th May 1980
Certificate of participation in London 1980.
27th November 1981
Letter from Robert P. Odenweller on behalf of the International Relations Committee of theAmerican Philatelic Society together with a certificate.
16th November 1983
Certificate from the Collectors Club of New York for giving a display.
1986
Certificate of Participation in the National Postage Stamp Show ’86.
Certificate of participation as a volunteer in Ameripex ’86.
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18th June 1988
Accreditation Certificate for Topical Judging from the American Topical Association.
8th October 1988
Certificate of appreciation of his participation as a Judge in Powpex XI.
3rd June 1990
Certificate of participation as a Judge at LOBEX.
8th March 1994
Certificate from the Leeds Philatelic Society for giving a display.
22nd May 1994
Certificate from the organisers of the Northeast Philatelic Weekend for giving a display.
Statements for Material Sold
Harmers of London
11th April 1979
Letter accompanying a list of the lots to be included in the May sale.
15th May 1979
Letter accompanying a list of realisations for his lots.
Robson Lowe22nd May 1980
A statement showing the lots belonging to Griffiths and the prices they realised at auction.
8th October 1980
A statement showing the lots belonging to Griffiths and the prices they realised at auction.
9th October 1980
Letter from Mrs. J. Norman confirming the realisation from the previous day’s sale andoffering to sell the unsold lots in a future sale.
8th November 1980
A statement showing the lots belonging to Griffiths and the prices they realised by being soldon commission.
Stanley Gibbons Auctions
2nd June 1980
Letter from David J. Crocker advising that his Seahorse collection is to be sold in
September. He also point out that one stamp has a tear.
3rd June
Letter from Howard O. Fraser on Stanley Gibbons International letter head regarding his
Seahorse collection and an unsold lot that they are holding for him.
Christie’s Robson Lowe
8th October 1985
A statement showing the lots belonging to Griffiths and the prices they realised at auction.
7th November 1985
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A letter to Barclays Bank accompanying a cheque to be credited to Griffiths’ account for theabove.
Joseph Hackmey
Miscellaneous
1978
SeptemberPhotocopy of a bid form to London & Brighton Stamp Auctions for lots from Lebanon and
Libya.
Correspondence
2006
6th July
Letter from Michael Laurence, Executive Director of The Philatelic Foundation thanking
him for providing the principal funding that enabled the Foundation to publish Opinions VII.
William Hagan
Correspondence
1977
8th February
Letter from R. F. S. West of the British Library, Philatelic Section responding to his query
about the Crawford Catalogue and providing a reply demonstrating that he is not reallyfamiliar with the book in question.
16th February
Copy of a letter to H. M. R. Watt of the Aberdeen University Press, asking for information
about Volume VII of the Bibliotheca Lindesiana.
23rd February
Reply to the above letter of the 16th advising that the Aberdeen University Press does not havea copy of the book and nor are there any records extant.
6th November
Air Letter from Norman Williams asking for more details of the kind of help Hagan islooking for but advising that he is always very busy.
1978
8th January
Letter from Harlan W. Miller of the Miller Print Shop, Lawrence, KS, in response to
Hagan’s enquiry about the early philatelic publications he printed, advising that his records
are not detailed enough to provide the information. Although he kept a few to ten or so ofeach issue he printed, he has not the time to see what he has accumulated over 40 years ofphilatelic printing. He enclosed a list of the philatelic publications he had printed over theyears.
12th April
Letter from Frímerksjasalan, the Iceland Post and Telecommunication Adminstration’s
Philatelic Sales department, regarding the print numbers of their book in English and
Icelandic.
1979
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21st February
Letter about Hagan’s article on the book the Royal Philatelic Collection, explaining why hehad two copies, neither of which he could find. He then discusses the exchange club he ran foryears and through which he built up the funds for their purchase.
1981
18th April
Letter from Calvet M. Hahn of H & H Marketing, New York, NY, writing to congratulate
him on the [Turner] library catalogue. He also asks on behalf of the Collectors Club for a
photocopy of the Philatelic Gazette for 1918 which has been stolen from the library. The
Collectors Club library has suffered heavy losses over the years and Robbins used to return
regularly library material offered to him by estates for auction. He then comments on someindividual items in the sale.
11th December
Letter from Herbert A. Trenchard of Hyattsville, MD, thanking him for his kind words
abouth his article and providing details as to how he rearranged the Turner Library remains
for viewing prior to their sale to Roger Koerber.
1984
7th December
Post card complaining about the failure of Hagan to communicate with him about thepossibility of his bidding for Hagan at the Robbins sale.
1985
24th February
Response from Emily M. Brown of the Aerophilatelic Federation of the Americas, toHagan’s request for information about the Jack Knight Air Log, written on Hagan’s originalundated letter.
1988
6th January
Letter to David Beech of the British Library about his recent letter in the Philatelic
Literature Review about the Crawford Catalogue and requesting clarification.
26th January
Letter from David Beech responding to Hagan’s letter of the 6th providing the information
requested.
Ian T. Hamilton
Correspondence
Undated13th May
Letter from Elizabeth W. Farish? providing details of and directions to the Essex
Convention.
16th May
Letter from Elizabeth W. Farish? asking him to fill in a form about notable members of the
Spanish Study Circle and looking forward to seeing him on the 1st June.
1951
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Letter from Edward G. Ardouin, Secretary, on The Midland & District Federation ofPhilatelic Societies letter head, enclosing some information about the Federation per
Hamilton’s request to Dr. J. R. Grumbridge. he also discusses converting his Stamp News
into the official organ of the Federation.
1957
15th November
Letter from Philippe Durand of the Thematic Stamp Group in reply to his enquiry.
However, since the Group has no journal or exchange packet he sees little benefit in
Hamilton joining.
1969
12th October
Letter from Robson Lowe thanking him for sending a copy of the Ox Cart.
1972
18th December
Letter from Ernest H. Wise enclosing some copies of Norden for review and giving a shorthistory of its origin.
1973
6th January
Letter from Ernest H. Wise thanking Hamilton for the extensive review of the journal andexplaining each of his observations. Details of his probems with Norden and his book areadded in a chatty letter.
1978
19th April
Letter from ? Paget of the East Midlands Federation of Stamp Clubs enclosing a Bulletin
for review and providing some news of the Federation.
1980
14th October
Letter from Frances Ellenberger thanking him for welcoming her home. She adds notes
about the lots being sold on her behalf but points out that all auction catalogues must be
sealed not stapled shut with details of her lots mentioned as with the last one. The situation in
the country (Zimbabwe) is quite terrible.
Peter Haubner
Correspondence
1977
23rd February
Letter from the Office for Tokelau Affairs, New Zealand, listing the stamps currently
available from the Philatelic Bureau.
1983
26th January
Letter from the Department of Maori Affairs, New Zealand, advising that the Department nolonger deals with Pacific Island matters and that his letter has been forwarded to the Foreign
Affairs Department.
3rd February343

Letter from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, New Zealand enclosing material about theTokelau Islands.
14th February
Letter from the Office for Tokelau Affairs, Western Samoa answering his query about
specific Tokelau material available from them.
19th April
Letter from the Office for Tokelau Affairs, Western Samoa answering his query about
Tokelau coins available from them.
27th July
Letter from the Office for Tokelau Affairs, Western Samoa advising that the material he hasordered has been sent.
18th October
Letter from the Office for Tokelau Affairs, Western Samoa answering his query about
Tokelau material available from them and a magazine supplied to locals living abroad.
1992
18th November
Letter to John Hunt enclosing his Tokelau collection as it is too much for him now and hischildren are not interested.
Harry Hayes
Miscellaneous
A [Compliments] slip from his literature business, with the reverse used by him to makenotes.
1987/88
Two receipts from the Yorkshire Postal History Society for membership fees andpublications.
Correspondence
1985
13th December
Letter from Bill Welch, editor of the American Philatelist, regarding an article Hayes wished
to reprint.
1986
2nf February
Letter from Bill Welch agreeing a price for the copies.
1990
7th February
Copy of a letter to Jack Calvert, Honorary Secretary of the Yorkshire Philatelic Association,commenting on the December 1989 YPA News magazine offering suggestions for its
improvement and asking questions about some of its content. He also offers suggestions for
improving the Association’s affairs.
12th February344

Letter from Calvert on Yorkshire Philatelic Association letter head, responding to the points
made in Hayes’ letter of the 7th and comments on the general problems of the Association.
Finally, he solicits an open letter to the Association membership to be included in the next
newsletter.
21st March
Copy of a letter to Jack Calvert in which Hayes reinforces his view on certain points andencloses the open letter requested.
23rd March
Letter from Calvert detailing the sorry state of the Association’s records and his attempts toremedy the situation.
2002
10th January
A photocopy of a letter to the editor of Yorkshire’s Post which accompanied an article for themagazine. He also lists his holdings of periodicals, year books and convention handbooks
produced by Yorkshire societies, soliciting any missing issues. Although he states that these
are not for sale, I purchased the lot some time shortly thereafter. They have now been donatedto the Royal Philatelic Society London library. Finally, he notes some errors in Yorkshire’s
Post issue numbering.
C. W. Hill
Correspondence
1979
25th April
Letter from E. A. Kehr regarding Hill’s coumn [in Linn’s Stamp News] disagreeing with hisstatement that Roosevelt and King George VI talked about stamps during theirconversations.
9th May
Reply to Kehr’s letter admitting that he was not certain about this though he had presented it
as a fact and adds some information about the King’s interest in philately.
Karl Huber
Correspondence
1971
25th July
Letter from Gerhard Wessely regarding his recent article.
E. J. Jewell
Correspondence
2000
11th February
Letter [probably to David Glover] about some magazines he has sent.
15th February
A letter explaining that he has found some additional magazines.
Kenneth Robert Lake
Correspondence
1997
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14th March
A letter from P. E. Robinson about Upper Darquali, mentioned in Lake’s recent article.
Bobbie Lancaster
Correspondence
UndatedNote from Joe Stricborne? asking her to bid on two lots in an upcoming sale.
Alma Lee
Correspondence
1986
17th July
Letter from Paul H. Jensen answering her query about a Swedish post card sent to
Switzerland.
1991
10th November
Letter from M. Rutherfoord answering her queries about two items from Switzerland.
John Harry Robson LoweSee also Robson Lowe Ltd.
Miscellaneous
1953
Circular from Robson Lowe to society secretaries enclosing tickets and inviting theirmembers to visit The Coronation Exhibition of The Queens of England on Postage Stamps. A
ticket and copy of the exhibition catalogue is included as well as a copy of the Chalon portraitof Queen Victoria, published as a supplement to Stamp Collecting, 29th May 1953.
Correspondence
1967
27th April
Picture post card posted in Chicago, IL, USA, to Gerald Davis, expressing satisfaction with
the New Zealand Philatelic Exhibition.
1985
23rd April
Letter on Christie’s Robson Lowe letter heading to Stanley Bierman offering thanks for his
letter but advising that he is now too old to travel other than to his office.
1989
Christmas
Letter to Stanley [Bierman] on letter heading which includes his sketch. It contains
reflections on his Encyclopaedia as well as the historical books he has read during the year.
(Includes the envelope.)
Giorgio Migliavacca
Correspondence
1993
4th August
Letter to Roy Dehn enclosing some stamps from Fiume and asking for his expert opinion on346

them. He suggests that Dehn write a book on the country and offers to publish it.
24th August
Letter in response to Dehn’s reply and discussed Fiume philately in general. There are many
handwritten notes by Dehn on the back.
14th September
Continuation of the discussion about Fiume.
29th November
Continuation of the discussion about Fiume. Dehn’s handwritten notes on the back relating to
the stamps sent.
31st December
A lengthy continuation of the discussion about Fiume. It includes a detailed history of his
acquisition of the Antiniazzo Bernardelli collection.
1994
4th February
Letter to Roy Dehn enclosing an article and some more Fiume stamps for comment.
15th May
Letter to Roy Dehn enclosing some more stamps for his opinion and requesting a critique on
his Victorian article.
3rd June
Note that he has received the previous batch of stamps and enclosing a further one.
27th August
Letter about the pitfalls in expertising Napoleonic covers from the Bianchi collection andelsewhere and commending Dehn on his judgement.
14th September
Letter thanking Dehn for his comments and noting that he is working on a book on Fiume. He
offers whatever help is required and even to publish it, even offering a £1,000 advance on
royalties. He sends get well soon wishes and relates how a friend, Mr. Siefert of Bolzano,
had regular heart attacks and yet lived for another 20 years.
Zzzzz Done to here
John Mumford
Correspondence
1953
23rd October
letter to Eric Buckley enclosing a catalogue of the Leicester exhibition and thanking him andthe Sheffield Philatelic Society for their hospitality.
James Negus
MiscellaneousRoyal Air Force notebook containing a manuscript list of periodicals.
Unused letter heading, used for making notes – 349 Russell Court, London.
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Photocopy of unused letter heading – Kitwalls, Lymington.
Carbon copy of a talk given to the City of London Philatelic Society, undated, 4pp. About
problems associated with the philately of Mongolia.
Typescript for a short article: How to Handle Philatelic Arrows.
1958
Manuscript dated 9th June 1958 outlining a plan to set up a Philatelic Information Association.
Transcribed onto computer, 7th July 2007.
2001
Note to his brother Ron enclosing details of the cumulative indexes, the biographies fromwhich had been incorporated into his Bibliographical Index from Magazine Sources.
Correspondence
Manuscript draft of a letter to Christoph Otto Müller about the possibilities of collaboration
between the Philatelic Section of the Munich Public Library and the National PhilatelicSociety regarding indexing. Transcribed onto computer, 20th September 2009.
1952
24th October
Letter to Victor Roberts about a periodical entitled Alembic, which may have been a college
publication.
1955
22nd June
Letter from James B. Hatcher of Scott Publications explaining why he had not included the
China Section of the City of London Philatelic Society in his list of specialty organisations.
1958
16th May
A carbon copy of a page containing two corrections [to the list of periodicals indexed?] and a
letter to Vera Trinder.
1960
UndatedLetter from Norman Hill of the T.P.O. & Seapost Society enclosing an issue of theSociety’s magazine which included one of Negus’ articles.
1963
4th June
Post card from R. Butler at The Royal Philatelic Society, London advising him that aperiodical he requested was not in the library.
1964
24th March
Correspondence with Howard L. Fears of Mermaid Stamps: discussing his standing order
requirements.
1965
30th July
Letter from Howard L. Fears advising him that he had been unable to fulfil his requirements348

and advising him to try Mr. Beer.
Correspondence with O. Beer:➢
2nd August 1965 - Negus asking if Beers could supply First Day Covers of El
Salvador.
➢
23rd May 1966 - Letter from Gordon Harris of Harris Publications, enclosing a postcard from O. Beer about Negus’ recent article.
➢
26th May 1966 - Letter to Gordon Harris thanking him for the post card.
➢
26th May 1966 - Carbon copy of a letter to O. Beer thanking him for complimenting
him on a recent article about the Dr. Hennan collection and reiterating his request to
be supplied with FDCs.
➢
22nd August 1966 - Post card from O. Beer acknowledging Negus’ letter andrecommending George Herzog of New York for FDCs.
1988
5th May 1988 - Letter from F. Eichorn to James Bendon including comments on
Manchuria’s (non-) membership of the UPU, forwarded to Negus by the latter for comment.
1994
Correspondence with Ian Paton of the British Thematic Association:➢
12th December 1994 – Paton’s reply to Negus’ letter of 10th December, providing
details of members with similar interests. Included an early copy of the Association’s
Thematic Interest Classification.
➢
15th December 1994 – Negus’ reply thanking him for the copy of the ThematicInterest Classification, promising to adhere to it when compiling his British Press
Checklist.
➢
24th December 1994 – Paton’s reply Discussing the enclosed documents and his own
thematic interests. Includes an updated copy of the Association’s Thematic Interest
Classification and Notes on the Design and Construction of the BTA Thematic Interest
Classification.
➢
7th February 1995 – Negus on potential new thematic codes he has come across.
➢
9th February 1995 – Paton’s response, mostly about using computers.
➢
10th February 1995 – Negus’ response mostly about computers.
1995
27th February 1995 – Letter to James Bendon about the latter’s Handbook of Thematic
Philately.
1st November 1995 – Letter from Anthony Wawrukiewicz to James Bendon requesting
permission to include an Appendix from Bendon & Negus’ UPU Specimen Stamps in his
forthcoming book & Bendon’s response of 21st November in the affirmative.
Correspondence with Brian Birch
Correspondence with the Royal Philatelic Society London
Ronald Negus
Derek Page
Done
Correspondence
Undated
3rd August349

Letter to Goodwyn enclosing an article that is about to be published.
Joseph Pulinckx
done
Miscellaneous
1924
Menu card for a banquet on the 24th January 1924, for the Founder members of L’Amicale
Philatélique on the occasion of its 10th Anniversary. It carries a cancelled Belgian charity
stamp and is addressed to M. Pulinckx.
William R. Ricketts
Philip E. Robinson
Done
Miscellaneous
A With Compliments slip as Regional Representative, Royal Philatelic Society London.
(Received 2015)
Robson Lowe Ltd.
Done
Miscellaneous1952
1st October
Receipt for cash from D. H. Wildman.
Kenneth S. Sargeant
Done
Correspondence
1967
18th May
Letter from Heinz Katcher of The Amateur Collector advising the catalogue price ofSargeant’s stamp and that he has no crash covers.
Gerald Sattin
Done
Correspondence
1983
? May
Post card signed Hillary, acknowledging his entry for AUSIPEX.
F. Burton Sellers
Jürgen Settgast
Done
Invoices1982
12th May
Invoice from Robson Lowe for purchases at auction.
7th July
Invoice from Robson Lowe for purchases at auction.
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Correspondence
1989
4th December
Letter from Peter R. Feltus asking if Settgast received the stamps he sent and encloses a few
more.
1990
17th January
Letter from Peter R. Feltus advising that he is going to the London Show and is thinking ofvisiting Settgast in Berlin also.
26th October
Letter from Heinrich Köhler auction house in German.
1991
18th July
Letter from Peter R. Feltus covering various books on Egypt and an enquiry about Eckhard
Redecke.
1992
9th January
Letter from Mike and Sumalee Murphy of London with details of his material sales at auction.
14th January
Letter from Mike Murphy of London with further details of his material sales and purchases at
auction.
K. J. A. Smith
Col. Leonard H. Smith
Done
Miscellaneous
1967
24th November
Circular letter enclosing the Second Tentative Listing of Ross-Smith Covers and requesting
additional information. It is accompanied by Amendment #1 of 5th December andAmendment #2 of 24th December 1967
Victor Suppantschitsch
Done
Miscellaneous1878
28th March
Envelope, beautifully addressed to Suppantschitsch at Adelsberg in Krain.
Kohn Kerr Tiffany
Done
Correspondence
1886
7th January
Copy of a letter to E. D. Bacon (Secretary) offering his thanks to the Philatelic Society of
London for making him an Honorary Member and enclosing a copy of his Philatelical351

library. A modern transcript is attached.
1887
28th September
Copy of a letter to E. D. Bacon (Secretary) providing information about J. F. Mitchell, aprospective member who gave Tiffany’s name as a reference. A modern transcript is
attached.
1888
15th February
Copy of a letter to E. D. Bacon (Secretary) regarding the motion by P. J. Anderson that theSociety support the creation of an index under the leadership of Tiffany and on which thelatter is already working. Tiffany denies any knowledge of the work and avows not to get
involved, giving details of his own indexing efforts. A modern transcript is attached.
Leon Norman Williams

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MY PUBLICATIONSINTRODUCTION
Over the years, I have contributed to the literature of philately on numerous occasions. In theearly years, my contributions were generally restricted to the Security Endorsement andPerfin Society (Later the G.B. Perfin Society), in which I held the offices of Librarian andPacket Superintendent for a number of years. I flirted with The Bay Phil for a few years, until
I realised that their membership was a bit too broadly-based to appreciate the rather drymaterial I produced. By the early 1990s, I had settled on the Philatelic Literature Review as
my main medium of publication, since they were happy to accept my serious bibliographies
which seemed so ill-placed elsewhere, although, I continued to produce the occasional ad hoc
documents for a quite diverse range of publications, simply because they seemed to be theright place to publish the information. However, From the late 1990s, the Philatelic
Literature Review began to publish major works such as the Ricketts Index and a bibliographyof forgeries which occupied a large proportion of the pages for years at a time, squeezing
other material out. When one of my offerings went completely unacknowledged in spite of
my many attempts to determine its fate, I rather gave up on it and looked elsewhere for anoutlet for my articles which, rather surprisingly was The London Philatelist.
This is an attempt to list of all of my publications, including letters. I only began to collect myown writings in the late 1990s so some of the earlier material is missing. Alongside my own
works, I have tried to keep copies of published additions, corrections and comments. In 2003,
I began making an effort to bring all of this material together and had each of my articles andany related material individually bound in antique green skivertex, to distinguish it from myother library material. The ancillary material listed under each entry is included in the boundcopy unless otherwise stated. The company that had done my binding for over three decades
closed down as their main business, thesis binding converted to digital submission. Since thereplacement company made such heavy weather of my requirements in this regard – green
Skivertex binding and Silkote end papers - because they were out of the ordinary, I had togive up the vanity binding.
The subsequent list gives my articles in date order. Where no author is given, I am the soleauthor, otherwise the authors are listed in the same order as on the original article. All otheritems such as letters, reviews, mentions, &c. are to be found in the Miscellaneous section that
follows.

MY CONTINUING WORKS
Although the documents listed below are only intended to exist in electronic form, I find itvery convenient to have a hard copy to hand. It is easier to refer to a book than wait the five or
ten minutes it takes to start up and close down a computer, just to obtain a single reference.
Books also give you the big picture of the whole document rather than the small-screen
glimpses we have all got used to. Accordingly, I printed and had bound a copy of eachdocument at the time that it was first published on the web. I have called each of these firstbound copies the first edition, simply for convenience. Subsequent editions of each document
have generally been bound in exactly the same format as their first editions. The electronic
versions of these documents are hosted on the web site of the FIP Literature Commission,
http://hps.gr/fipliterature. Since printing and binding is quite an expensive undertaking and thevolumes take up a lot of shelf space, I donated the obsolete bound volumes to importantphilatelic libraries round the world, as indicated below:353

First editions:
Second editions:Third editions:
Fourth editions:Fifth editions:
Sixth editions:
Seventh editions:
Eighth editions:Ninth editions:
Tenth editions:
Eleventh editions:
Twelfth editions
Thirteenth editions
Fourteenth editions

Western Philatelic Library, Sunnyvale, CA, USA.
Collectors Club, New York, NY, USA.
Rocky Mountain Philatelic Library, Denver, CO, USA.
American Philatelic Research Library, Bellafonte, PA, USA.
National Philatelic Society, London, UK.
Royal Philatelic Society London, London, UK.
British Library, London, UK.
Royal Sydney Philatelic Club, Sydney, Australia.
Royal Philatelic Society of New Zealand, Wellington, New
Zealand.
PHILAS Library, Sydney, Australia.
Northwest Philatelic Library, Portland, OR, USA.
Postal History Foundation, Tucson, AZ, USA.
Philatelistische Bibliothek, Hamburg, Germany.
Münchner Stadtbibliothek Philatelistische Bibliothek,
Munich, Germany

After the 14th edition, I rather ran out of notable philatelic libraries to which I could donate thevolumes and decided to put printing and distribution of the 15th edition on hold, thereby
allowing the other volumes to catch up to the 14th edition.
At the end of 2009, my book binder of the previous thirty-five years went into liquidation andI had to find a new binder. This is why the style of binding on the 2010 volumes changed
from flat, thesis style spines to traditional rounded spines. Also, some of the binding cloths
they used differed in shade from those used earlier and the Biographies of Philatelists andDealers, was bound in light blue, entirely the wrong colour. In spite of this, the quality ofbinding and lettering was fine. However, their prices were about twice those I had been used
to and in 2011, I changed once again, this time to the binder used by the Royal PhilatelicSociety London library and once again, there were minor differences in the binding style.
Also, since I was no longer had access to my former employer’s printers, I moved the printing
date forward from January to December so that there were effectively two editions printed
that year.
Bibliography of Cumulative Indexes to Philatelic Periodicals.
First edition, Brian John Birch, Standish, UK, 2004, 190pp. (291mm x 208mm) Hardbound in
red, lettered in gold down the spine. No further editions were published.
➢
Section 2.2.1.4. of The Philatelic Bibliophile’s Companion.
➢
This was combined with Section 2.2.2.2: Histories of Individual Periodicals, andrenamed the Bibliography of Philatelic Periodicals.
Bibliography of Current-Awareness and Retrospective Indexes.
1st edition, Brian John Birch, Standish, UK, February 2006, 124pp. (291mm x 208mm)
Hardbound initially in black and later in red, lettered in gold down the spine.
➢
Section 2.2.1.5 of The Philatelic Bibliophile’s Companion.
➢
It was originally intended to be bound in black. When it was realised that several
editions of Philatelic and Postal Bookplates had inadvertently been bound in black, a
new colour, red, was chosen for this title, from the second edition. Unfortunately, thesecond edition was also bound in black. Red cloth was used from the third edition.
nd
2 edition, December 2008, 143pp.
3rd edition, January 2010, 193pp.
4th edition, January 2012, 219pp.
5th edition, January 2013, 248pp.
6th edition, January 2014, 257pp.
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Bibliography of General Literature in the Philatelic Library of Brian J. Birch.
1st edition, Brian John Birch, Standish, UK, February 2006, 130pp. (291mm x 208mm)
Hardbound in dark green, lettered in gold down the spine.
2nd edition, January 2007, 179pp.
3rd edition, January 2008, 233pp.
4th edition, December 2008, 261pp.
5th edition, January 2010, 277pp.
6th edition, January 2012, 280pp.
7th edition, January 2013, 324pp.
8th edition, January 2014, 494pp.
Bibliography of Philatelic Periodicals.
2nd edition, Brian John Birch, Standish, UK, January 2008, 275pp. (291mm x 208mm)
Hardbound in light blue, lettered in gold down the spine.
➢
A combination of Section 2.2.1.2 with some or all of Sections 2.2.1.3, 2.2.1.4 and2.2.1.5 of The Philatelic Bibliophile’s Companion.
➢
For the first edition see Histories of Philatelic Periodicals.
rd
3 edition, December 2008, 443pp.
4th edition, January 2010, 568pp.
5th edition, December 2010, 694pp.
6th edition, January 2012, 853pp.
7th edition, January 2013, 855pp.
8th edition, January 2014, 935pp.
Biographies of Philatelists and Dealers.
1st edition, Brian John Birch, Standish, UK, 2002, 300pp. (291mm x 208mm) Hardbound innavy blue, lettered in gold down the spine.
➢
Section 5.2 of The Philatelic Bibliophile’s Companion.
nd
2 edition, 2002, 500pp.
3rd edition, 2003, 750pp.
4th edition, 2004, 1,003pp. Bound in two volumes.
5th edition, 2005, 1,107pp. Bound in two volumes.
6th edition, 2005, 1,213pp. Bound in two volumes.
7th edition, 2007, 1,319pp. Bound in two volumes.
8th edition, 2008, 1,420pp. Bound in two volumes.
9th edition, 2008, 1566pp. Bound in three volumes.
10th edition, 2010, 1780pp. Bound in two volumes. In spite of my showing the new bookbinders a sample of the previous edition, they bound these volumes in royal blue.
11th edition, 2010, 2,104pp. Bound in three volumes. Once again the book binders, new thisyear bound the volumes in royal blue, just a shade darker than the previous year.
th
12 edition, January 2012, 2491pp. Bound in three volumes.
13th edition, January 2013, 2,799pp. Bound in three volumes.
14th edition, January 2014, 3,027pp. Bound in three volumes.
Histories of Individual Periodicals.
1st edition, Brian John Birch, Standish, UK, January 2007, 146pp. (291mm x 208mm)
Hardbound in light blue, lettered in gold down the spine.
➢
Section 2.2.1.2 of The Philatelic Bibliophile’s Companion.
➢
This was combined with Section 2.2.1.4 Bibliography of Cumulative Indexes to
Philatelic Periodicals, and renamed the Bibliography of Philatelic Periodicals, q.v.
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Index to the Philat. Trans. Series of Translations.
1st edition, Brian John Birch, Standish, UK, February 2006, 125pp. (291mm x 208mm)
Hardbound in green, lettered in gold down the spine.
➢
Re-named Index to the Philatelic Translations Produced by Brian J. Birch, q.v.
Index to the Philatelic Translations Produced by Brian J. Birch.
2nd edition, Brian John Birch, Standish, UK, January 2007, 132pp. (291mm x 208mm)
Hardbound in green, lettered in gold down the spine.
➢
Formerly Index to the Philat. Trans. Series of Translations.
➢
Following the Eighth edition, I decided to incorporate the translations into thisvolume, for convenience. Accordingly, its title was changed to Philatelic Translations
Produced by Brian J. Birch, q.v.
rd
3 edition, December 2008, 191pp.
4th edition, January 2010, 218pp.
5th edition, January 2010, 218pp. After I retired in 2009, the voumes dated 2010 were the firstones produced by a contract printer. A second copy of this document was produced inerror. Rather than waste it, I bound the two copies and designated this copy the fifth
edition.
th
6 edition, January 2012, 177pp.
7th edition, January 2013, 178pp.
8th edition, January 2014, 189pp.
Philatelic and Postal Bookplates
1st edition, Brian John Birch, Standish, UK, January 2005, 348pp. (291mm x 208mm)
Hardbound in black, lettered in gold down the spine.
2nd edition, January 2006, 381pp.
3rd edition, January 2007, 530pp.
3rd special edition, February 2008, 540pp. This was produced for Stephen Holder inrecognition of his assistance and for allowing me to search his stock for bookplates.
th
4 edition, January 2010, 584pp.
5th edition, December 2010, 650pp.
6th edition, January 2012, 744pp.
7th edition, January 2013, 828pp.
8th edition, January 2014, 967pp.
The Philatelic Bibliophile’s Companion.
1st edition, Brian John Birch, Standish, UK, January 2004, 487pp. (291mm x 208mm)
Hardbound in dark blue, lettered in gold down the spine.
➢
The Philatelic Bibliophile’s Companion is intended to contain all of the information ofuse to philatelic bibliophiles and, incidentally, to philatelic librarians. As individual
Sections grew too large to be sensibly included in the basic document, they wereseparated out as individual volumes.
➢
This edition was bound in dark blue cloth in the same style as my Biographies ofPhilatelists and Dealers in order to have a uniform style for all of my works. In
practice, it was not helpful since I could not distinguish the volumes on my bookshelves on sight. I decided that all subsequent volumes would be bound in green.
2nd edition, February 2006, 450pp.
➢
The reduction in the number of the pages reflects the removal of two Sections.
•
Early in 2005, Section 5.4 Philatelic Bookplates was made a free-standing
volume in its own right.
•
In January 2006, I transferred the contents of Section 5.3 Biographies of
Bibliophiles and Literature Dealers to the already free-standing Section 5.2
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Biographies of Philatelists and Dealers to avoid the necessity of referring to
two volumes for biographical information.
➢
This volume was inadvertantly bound in maroon, so all subsequent volumes werebound in the same colour.
3rd edition, January 2007, 468pp.
➢
Late in 2006, I determined to combine my document listing all of the periodicals I had
read looking for material to further my researches, with Section 2.2.2.2 Histories ofIndividual Periodicals, separating the latter Section from the document. The small
increase in the number of the pages reflects the removal of this Section coupled with amajor revision in the style of reference employed, which reduced the space required foreach reference.
4th edition, January 2008, 603pp.
5th edition, January 2009, 667pp.
6th edition, January 2010, 739pp.
7th edition, December 2010, 857pp.
8th edition, January 2012, 1,126pp.
9th edition, January 2013, 1,279pp. Bound in two volumes.
10th edition, January 2014, 1,407pp. Bound in two volumes.
Philatelic Translations Produced by Brian J. Birch.
9th edition, Brian John Birch, Standish, UK, January 2015, 1,533pp. bound in two volumes.
(291mm x 208mm) Hardbound in green, lettered in gold down the spine.
➢
Following the Eighth edition, I decided to incorporate the translations themselves into
this volume, for convenience and, its title was changed accordingly.
➢
See Index to the Philatelic Translations Produced by Brian J. Birch for the previous
eight editions.

MY ARTICLESyellow = missing from my files
1973
Bulgarian perfins
Security Endorsement & Perfin Society [News-Sheet], January/February 1973, Issue 143, p.3.
➢
Item 4 in the Brian Birch Corner.
1974
Officials : Hungary
Supplement to the Security Endorsement & Perfin Society [News-Sheet], July/August 1974,
Issue 152, 2pp.
(Photocopy)
Officials – Hungary.
Security Endorsement & Perfin Society [News-Sheet], September/October 1974.
1975
B. J. Birch & R. Bowman
The S.E.P.S. Perfin.
S.E.P.S. Bulletin, July/August 1975, Issue 158, p.3 & 6.
Perfins Abstracts.
Security Endorsement & Perfin Society of Great Britain, UK, March 1975 to January 1983,
iii+158pp.
➢
This was created to bring some order to the Security Endorsement and Perfin Society’s
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library and make its contents more-accessible to the members. It was publishedduring my tenure as librarian.
A list of Abbreviations of periodical Titles (1p.) was published in March 1977,
together with an Author Index (6pp.) and Subject Index (11pp.) covering
Abstracts 0001-0150.
An introduction, Perfins Abstracts – New index available (2pp.) appears to have been
distributed with the Bulletin to advertise the availability of the new indexes tothe first 500 abstracts, at a cost of £1.25: Perfins Abstracts – Indexes, Security
Endorsement & Perfin Society of Great Britain, UK, 1977, 55pp.

1977
N. Wright & B. Birch
SEPS perfin permitted on the stamps of Eire.
S.E.P.S. Bulletin, September/October 1977, Issue 171, p.3.
1978
Bibliography of perfins catalogues.
S.E.P.S. Bulletin, May/June 1978, Issue 175, pp.6-8.
North West Pacific Islands official perfins.
S.E.P.S. Bulletin, November/December 1978, Issue 178, p.6.
1980
Swiss “T” perfin.
S.E.P.S. Bulletin, March/April 1980, Issue 186, p.3.
The ‘Langer’ underprint.
Gibbons Stamp Monthly, August 1980, Volume 11, Issue 3.
Letter to the Editor.
Still stamping out those perforations.
UB Times, 1980, Issue 119.
1981
Forgeries of Canadian OH/MS perfins.
S.E.P.S. Bulletin, January/February 1981, Issue 191, p.3.
The Philatelic Intelligencer – Cumulative Index.
The Bay Phil, October 1981, Volume 10, Issue 7, pp.52-54.
1982
Cumulative Index to The Bulletin of the Fiscal Philatelic Society; Volumes 1-2; 1908-1928.
Cinderella Stamp Club, UK, 1982, 16pp.
➢
This booklet was given as a free gift with The Cinderella Philatelist. See Our freegift., The Cinderella Philatelist, July 1982, Volume 22, Issue 3, p.41.
1984
The Perfin Society library translations project.
Perfin Society Bulletin, February 1984, Issue 209, pp.6-7; April, Issue 210, pp.8-9; June,
Issue 211, pp.6-7; August, Issue 212, pp.4-5; October, Issue 213, pp.8-9 & December, Issue
214, pp.6-7.
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1986
Perfin glossary.
Perfin Society Bulletin, October 1986, Issue 225, pp.3-8.
1987
Glossary of Security Endorsements.
The Perfin Society Bulletin, June 1987, Issue 229, pp.9-12, December, Issue 232, pp.10-14 &February 1988, Issue 233, pp.9-14.
➢
This was produced in response to the publication of a glossary of terms relating toperfins by Jon C. Johnson: Perfin glossary., The Perfin Society Bulletin, October
1986, Issue 225, pp.3-8.
Philatelic translations index.
Philatelic Literature Review, 4th quarter 1987, Volume 36, Issue 4, pp.232-290.
1991
Bibliography of Periodicals Devoted to Philatelic Literature.
Friends of the Western Philatelic Library, Sunnyvale, CA, 1991, 38pp.
➢
This booklet was sent to the Friends of the Western Philatelic Library to be as anarticle in their periodical, The Bay Phil. It was a complete surprise to me when they
published it separately as a booklet. They also entered it in Philitex 92, where it won
a bronze award. (Palmares., Philitex 92, New York, NY, 1992, p.13.)➢
Some additions were published as More about the Birch biblio., The Bay Phil,
November/December 1991, Volume 21, Issue 6, p.3.
➢
The availability of the Bibliography was noted in Steven J. Rod: New bibliographyoffered., Philatelic Literature Review, 3rd quarter 1991, Volume 40, Issue 3, p.120.
➢
A letter was received from Leonard H. Hartmann (27th November 1991) stating that
he was intending to stock the booklet and bewailing the cheapness of its manufacture.
Where do I find Philatelic Information? Part 1.
Philatelic Quill, January 1991, Volume 7, Issue 1, pp.18-19.
➢
Reprinted in The Bay Phil, January/February 1991, Volume 21, Issue 1, pp.3-4.
➢
In the introduction, it was promised that this was to be one of an occasional series
which, apart from the second part listed below, never materialised owing to a lack oftime on my part.
➢
This was produced to introduce researchers to a book that I had just had translated:
Paul S. Ulrich: Wie Finde Ich Philatelistische Informationen?, Berlin Verlag, Berlin,
Germany, 1978. Available in translation as Philat. Trans. 16.
➢
A second part was deemed to be necessary when it was pointed out (James Negus:
Philatelic Literature., James Bendon, Limassol, Cyprus, 1991, p.175.) that I had failed
to provide a Contents in English. Brian J. Birch: Where do I find PhilatelicInformation? Part 2., Philatelic Quill, January 1992, Volume 8, Issue 1, p.13 &Supplement 1pp.
➢
The second part was also reprinted in The Bay Phil, May/June 1993, Volume 23, Issue
3, pp.9-11.
Index to the “Private Post” 1975/6 and to the 1976 Newsletter of the British Private Post
Study Circle.
B.P.P.S.G. Newsletter, January 1991, Issue 51, pp.4-6 & 15.
The Little Curiosity News: An Appreciation and Index of Contents.
[Number one of a series], Supplement to The Bay Phil, November/December 1991, Volume359

21, Issue 6, 4pp.
1992
What is a perfin?
The Perfin Society Bulletin, February 1992, Issue 256, pp.8-10.
➢This article was published in response to several questions and comments publishedthe previous year: J. M. Rucklidge: What is a perfin? & Rosemary Smith (Editor):
What do we call non-perfins?, The Perfin Society Bulletin, April 1991, Issue 251, p.7;
Also, three separate comments from Bryan Toop:, David Anderson: & Mike Bavin:
What is a perfin?, The Perfin Society Bulletin, June 1991, Issue 252, pp.5-7.
➢
Following the appearance of my article a response was received from David
Anderson: What is a perfin?, The Perfin Society Bulletin, August 1992, Issue 259,
pp.4-5.
➢
I produced an addendum to my article in response to the Anderson comments: Brian
Birch: What is a perfin?, The Perfin Society Bulletin, October 1993, Issue 266, pp.1921.
Stamp Snaps: An Appreciation and Index of Contents.
Number two of a series, Supplement to The Bay Phil, November/December 1992, Volume 22,
Issue 6, 4pp.
➢
No further indexes were issued in this series because I realised that the material was
too specialised for the readership.
1993
A bibliography of cumulative indexes to the Congress Books.
Philatelic Literature Review, 2nd quarter 1993, Volume 42, Issue 2, pp.104-107.
1996
Making old philatelic directories more useful.
Philatelic Literature Review, 1st quarter 1996, Volume 45, Issue 1, pp.12-16.
1997
The International Postage Stamp Review - 1863.
The London Philatelist, March 1997, Volume 106, pp.53-64 & April, pp.87-94.
1999
Mike Rucklidge’s history of the Perfin Society.
The Perfin Society Bulletin, February 1999, Whole number 298, pp.8-11.
➢
This was published to fill some gaps in Mike Rucklidge: A Brief History of the Perfin
Society., Perfin Society, UK, 1998; and provide an index to the persons mentioned
therein.
➢
Some additional information was published separately by |Dave Hill: and John
Nelson: Founder members., The Perfin Society Bulletin, Whole number 299, p.14.
Bibliography of multi-lingual philatelic dictionaries.
Philatelic Literature Review, 2nd quarter 1999, Volume 48, Issue 2, front cover, back cover &pp.84-115.
Lost and non-existent cumulative indexes.
Philatelic Literature Review, 4th quarter 1999, Volume 48, Issue 4, pp.224-234.
➢
Published in an effort to locate some cumulative indexes that had been recorded in theliterature but had resisted my every effort to locate them for at least ten years.
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Some comments were published as E. E. Fricks: AP indexing., Philatelic Literature
Review, 2nd quarter 2000, Volume 49, p.104.

2000
Major bibliographic works in numbered editions.
Cronista Filatélico, December 2000, Issue 238, pp.21-27.
➢
As part of my efforts to locate these numbered editions, I sent part of the document todozens of potential collaborators, one of whom was Osvaldo Mario Giordano. He
requested that I prepare an edited version for Cronista Filatélica, which he edited.
➢
Although this was published in English, the editor added an explanation in Spanish for
his non-English-speaking readers.
2001
The philatelic editor as a censor.
The Philatelic Communicator, First quarter 2001, Volume 35, Issue 1, p.7.
➢
Produced as a response to an article by Ken Trettin: The use of non-philatelic titles
and honours in philatelic publications., which the Editor responded to on the same
page of the same issue: Joe Foley: Another point of view on the use of non-philatelictitles and honours in philatelic publications., The Philatelic Communicator, Second
quarter 2000, Volume 34, Issue 2, p.5. A number of letters on the subject were
published in the subsequent issue by: David Gurney; Jerome C. Jarnick; John M.
Hotchner & Niles Schuh: The Philatelic Communicator, third quarter 2000, Volume
34, Issue 3, p.15.
Biographies of famous philatelists from the Stamp Collectors’ Fortnightly, 1900-1915.
Philatelic Literature Review, 2nd quarter 2002, Volume 50, Issue 2, protective cover & pp.98113.
➢
These biographies were gathered whilst I was scanning the early volumes of the Stamp
Collectors’ Fortnightly looking for certain bibliographical references. When I realisedthat I could make a reasonable story from them with their several false starts, I wrote
them up in an article.
2002
A revised list of philatelic pseudonyms.
Philatelic Literature Review, 3rd quarter 2002, Volume 51, Issue 3, pp.174-186.
➢
The illustrations and the Forgers’ index were added by the Editor, the latterpresumably to fill the space on the final page. An illustration of the front pageofthis article was used in an advert for the Philatelic Literature Review in the
London Philatelist, January/February 2003, p.ix.
A few notes on the ZAR-watermarked paper.
The Transvaal Philatelist, August 2002, Volume 37, Issue 3, pp.90-91.
2003
Histories of philatelic societies.
Philatelic Literature Review, 1st quarter 2003, Volume 52, Issue 1, protective cover & pp.2047.
➢
A letter, noting an additional history was sent by Joseph E. Foley: One more.,
Philatelic Literature Review, 2nd quarter 2003, Volume 52, Issue 2, p.182.
The earliest Cinderella stamp club?
The Cinderella Philatelist, July 2003, Volume 43, Issue 3, pp.120-121.
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Biographies of philatelists: An online resource.
The London Philatelist, November 2003, Volume 112, pp.330-334.
➢
A short commentary on the project was provided by Clive Akerman in The Revenue
Journal of Great Britain, December 2003, Volume 14, Issue 3, pp.99-100.
Bibliography of cumulative indexes to philatelic periodicals.
The Asia Pacific Exhibitor, November 2003, Volume 16, Issue 4, pp.228-234 & 254.
➢
The last page gives a very brief biography of the author.
2004
Current-awareness and retrospective indexes.
Philatelic Literature Review, 1st quarter 2004, Volume 53, Issue 1, pp.33-58.
➢
Wolfgang Maassen wrote in response, providing additional information about
Literatur Nachrichten.
2005
Gems on the bookshelf.
The London Philatelist, May 2005, Volume 114, p.142.
➢
This was written at the Librarian’s request to provide interesting snippets about thelibrary and thereby increase members’ interest in using it. The piece was also heavily
edited by the Librarian.
2006
Hastings and East Sussex Philatelic Society.
Stamp Lover, December 2006, Volume 98, Issue 6, pp.163-164.
Charles Nissen (1880-1944)
The Transvaal Philatelist, August 2006, Volume 41, Issue 3, pp.60-62.
2007
The search for George William Gandenberger (1897-1964) and his philatelic periodical: Live
Notes.
The American Stamp Dealer & Collector, May 2007, Whole number 10, pp.20-23.
Why I publish on-line.
The Bay Phil, May/June 2007, Volume 37, Issue 3, pp.1 & 9.
The first perfin collector?, The London Philatelist, October 2007, Volume 116, pp.308-309.
Reprinted with permission as: Brian Birch: The first perfin collector?, G.B. Perfin Society
Bulletin, April 2008, Whole number 353, Front cover & pp.27-29.
2008
Handbooks and Style Guides for philatelic authors and editors: A bibliography.
The Philatelic Communicator, Fourth Quarter 2008, Volume 42, Issue 4, pp.8-9.
A new list of philatelic pseudonyms.
Stamp Lover, December 2008, Volume 100, Issue 6, pp.244-246; February 2009, Volume101, Issue 1, p.26; April, Issue 2, pp.43-44; October, Issue 5, pp.133-134 & December, Issue
6, pp.161-162.
2010
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Treasure in the Library: The first philatelic current-awareness index.
London Philatelist, January/February 2010, Volume 119, pp.11-16.
The earliest Cinderella stamp club.
The Cinderella Philatelist, April 2010, Volume 50, Issue 2, p.71.
Philately in Scotland 1978-1979; Volume 1, Issues 1-4.
Philatelic Literature Review, 2nd quarter 2010, Volume 59, Issue 2, pp.121-126.
The Bacon Index.
The London Philatelist, November 2010, Volume 119, pp.326-330.
A stamp dealers advert.
G.B. Perfin Society Bulletin, December 2010, Whole number 369, p.30.
2011
Where is A Librarian’s Guide to the Literature of Philately?
Philatelic Literature Review, 2nd quarter 2011, Volume 60, Issue 2, pp.107-109.
Western Australia convict stamps.
G.B. Perfin Society Bulletin, August 2011, Whole number 373, pp.24-26.
{Reprinted as: Brian J. Burch: Western Australia convict stamps., The Bulletin [British
Society of Australian Philately], October 2011, Volume 66, Issue 5, pp.103-105.}
Found: A Librarian’s Guide to the Literature of Philately.
Philatelic Literature Review, 4th quarter 2011, Volume 60, Issue 4, pp.303-306.
Index to people in “APS: The First Century”.
Philatelic Literature Review, 4th quarter 2011, Volume 60, Issue 4, pp.326-332.
Biographies of early perfin collectors.
G.B. Perfin Society Bulletin. December 2011, Whole number 375, pp.28-32.
2012
Missing covers: A problem not restricted to The London Philatelist.
The London Philatelist, May 2012, Volume 121, pp.150-151.
An early reference to collecting Advertising Rings.
G.B. Perfin Society Bulletin, June 2012, Whole number 378, pp.19-20.
Schuyler B. Bradt and the first philatelic index.
Philatelic Literature Review, 3rd Quarter 2012, Volume 61, Issue 3, pp.221-238.
{This article received the first Thomas F. Allen Award in 2013. See: First Thomas F. Allen
award honoree: Brian J. Birch., Philatelic Literature Review, 4th Quarter 2013, Volume 62,
Issue 4, pp.306-307 & Appendix 3 of this document.}{A commentary on my mentioning that it was generally accepted that Bradt was the major
force in the founding of the American Philatelic Association and disputing that view, waspublished as: Ken Lawrence: Theodore F. Cuno; Correcting the story., Philatelic Literature
Review, 2nd quarter 2013, vol 62, Issue 2, pp.140-150.}{My response to Ken Lawrence was published as: Brian J. Birch: Who really founded theAmerican Philatelic Society, Theodore F. Cuno or Schuyler B. Bradt?, Philatelic Literature
Review, 1st Quarter 2015, Volume 64, Issue 1, pp.18-26. (Note that this response was363

prepared and sent to the editor a few weeks after receipt of the Philatelic Literature Review
containing Ken’s article. Unfortunately, it was lost which was only discovered when I chased
it up a year or so later.}{A minor update reporting an article by Bradt dating from 1901, long after he had left thephilatelic field, was published as: Brian J. Birch: Schuyler B. Bradt – An update., Philatelic
Literature Review, 2nd Quarter 2014, Volume 63, Issue 2, p.92.}
The Creeke Index – Biographical references.
The London Philatelist, September 2012, Volume 121, pp.279-284.
Which was the first magazine devoted to stamp collecting?
The London Philatelist, December 2012, Volume 121, pp.382-393
2013
James Negus* & Brian J. Birch
Unpublished Tiffany manuscripts.
Philatelic Literature Review, 1st quarter 2013, Volume 62, Issue 1, pp.28-50.
{This article received the second Thomas F. Allen Award in 2013. See: First Thomas F. Allen
award honoree: Brian J. Birch., Philatelic Literature Review, 4th Quarter 2013, Volume 62,
Issue 4, pp.306-307 & Appendix 3 of the current document.}* Jim Negus’ original typescript of 3rd July 1995, which formed the catalyst for this article, isgiven as Appendix 2 in this document.
Pioneer auction catalogues.
The London Philatelist, May 2013, Volume 122, pp.134-142.
{A letter to the Editor provided the name of the first auction of a named stamp collector(Josef W. Elb) which I had been unable to recall: Alan Wood: Letter to the Editor., The
London Philatelist, June 2013, Volume 122, p.196.}{An abbreviated version of this article appeared as: Brian J. Birch FRPSL: Pioneer auction
catalogues., The Bay Phil, September/October 2013, Whole number 299, pp.5-6.}
2014
Literary Supplements to Stamp Collecting from the 1920s.
The London Philatelist, May 2014, Volume 123, pp.154-158.
{The article originally included a transcription of the Index. This was omitted from thepublished article but was incorporated into the RPSL Catalogue, cumulative indexes
database.}
Closed philatelic societies.
The London Philatelist, June 2014, Volume 123, pp.202-205.
Style guides.
The Philatelic Communicator, 2nd Quarter 2014, Volume 48, Issue 2, Whole number 184,
pp.6-7.
{This was only intended as a letter to the Editor for information only but he decided to print it
in full.}John K. Tiffany and the Suppantschitsch Index of 1892-94.
Philatelic Literature Review, 3rd Quarter 2014, Volume 63, Issue 3, pp.178-180.
Victor Suppantschitsch and his great index.
Philatelic Literature Review, 4th Quarter 2014, Volume 63, Issue 4, Mailing cover & pp.256364

268.
How Sir William B. Avery met C. J. Phillips through an Advertising Ring.
Perfin Society Bulletin, December 2014, Whole number 393, pp.16-17.
2015
See my article in the Philatelic Literature Review of 2012.
This article was Awarded the Thomas F. Allen Award for 2015.
2016
Mount Brown’s Circular of June 1862. Treasures in the Archives.
The London Philatelist, March 2016, Volume 125, pp.96-99.
Even Earlier References to Collecting Advertising Rings.
Perfin Society Bulletin, April 2016, Whole number 401, pp.25-28.

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MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGS &c.
This section includes Letters I have written
Reviews of books
Mentions of me, including thanks &c.
Important projects I have carried out for third parties
Obviously, this section includes items ranging from the important to the very trivial. In eachcase, the annotation makes my contribution clear.
1997
David Springbett: The Society’s Library., The London Philatelist, July/August 1997,
Volume 106, pp. 171-172.
➢
Mention that I am part of the Royal Philatelic Society London Library Team.
2001
Osvaldo Mario Giordano: Guia Mundial de Escritores Filatelicos = World Guide ofPhilatelic Writers., Biblioteca del Cronista Filatélico Volume VIII, Asociación de Cronistas
Filatélicos de la Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2001, 80pp.
➢
My name and address is included on page 17.
2006
Jeff Woolgar: The Postage Stamps of the Transvaal., The Transvaal Philatelist, November
2006, Volume 41, Issue 4, p.xiv.
➢
Report of my donation of a copy of the book of the above title by Charles Nissen to
the Transvaal Study Circle.
2010
Bacon Index
Over the period April 2001 to April 2010, I transcribed the Bacon Index onto computer for theRoyal Philatelic Society London. After about three years, having reached the letter G, I ran
out of steam and the project went into abeyance. In 2009, I was made redundant as was mysecretary. Thereafter, I paid her to do the typing and I edited it. Although the Royal was
happy with a digital version, I created it in a book format and had three numbered and signed
copies made and bound in black buckram, with the permission of the Royal. Copy 1 was for
the Society, Copy 2 was for the British Library and the third for myself.
{A review was published as: Ian D. Crane & David Beech: The Bacon Index., The London
Philatelist, July/August 2015, Volume 124, pp.298-299.}
Anthony Virvilis: Report to the 2010 FIP Congress., FIP Literarure Commission Newsletter,
July 2010, p.2.
➢
It contains an honourable mention for allowing my unpublished material to be stored
on the Commission’s web site.
2012
Creeke Index: Appreciations and Obituaries
In 2011, the original typescript of the Creeke Index was located in a basement storeroom at
the Royal Philatelic Society London. It was accompanied by separate copies of biographicalreferences called Appreciations and Obituaries by Creeke, on which work had been started
typing them up. Since I was already digitising the main index, I decided to clear the
biographical references out of the way first and so, with the help of my typist Anne
Drinkwater, compiled them into a single volume. Although the Royal was happy with a366

digital version, I created it in a book format and had three numbered and signed copies madeand bound in navy blue buckram, with the permission of the Royal. Copy 1 was for theSociety, Copy 2 was for the British Library and Copy 3 for myself.
Anthony Virvilis: Report to the 2012 FIP Congress., Circulated by the FIP Philatelic
Literature Commission, 2pp.
➢
It contains an honourable mention for allowing my unpublished material to be stored
on the Commission’s web site.
Brian J. Birch: Wer ist Wer in der Philatelie?Band 1, A-D., The London Philatelist, March
2012, Volume 121, p.80.
➢
A book review. My photograph and biography appeared in this book on pages 132133.
Brian J. Birch: Letters., The Philatelic Communicator, 3rd quarter 2012, Volume 46, Issue 3,
Whole number 177, p.6.
➢
A letter about scanning a difficult original.
Anthony Wicks: Chalmers Versus Hill: The Saga that Rocked the Victorian PhilatelicWorld., Mike Jackson Publications, UK, 2012, ix+156pp.
➢
I contributed Appendices 3, 4 and 5 on pages 124-152.
2013
Wolfgang Maassen & Vincent Schouberechts: Les Jalons de la Littérature Philatélique au
XIXe Siècle. = Milestones of the Philatelic Literature of the 19th Century., Musée des Timbres
et des Monnaies de Monaco (for the Club de Monte-Carlo, Monaco, 2013, 512pp.
➢
As well as providing data and photographs for the book, I edited the English-language
version. Appendix 1: A short biography of a few major figures in philatelicpublishing, was taken primarily from my Biographies of Philatelists and Dealers.
Appendix 2 Pseudonyms, was provided by me.
2014[Randy L. Neil (Editor)]: Nostalgia news from our good friend Brian Birch, philatelichistorian., The American Stamp Dealer & Collector, January 2014, Whole number 76, p.28.
➢
Some kind words and a photograph about a piece regarding Nassau Street that I sent to
the editor.
Michael Trost: MonacoPhil 2013: A celebration for friends of philatelic literature., The
Philatelic Journalist, March 2014, Whole number 143, pp.15-18➢
It includes a mention of my exhibit and a picture of the Association Internationale desJournalistes Philatéliques meeting showing me sitting next to Vincent Schouberechts.
Peter Youatt: Reg Boulton (1923-2012)., The Bookplate Journal, Autumn 2014, Volume 12,
Issue 2, pp.84-85.
➢
Note mentioning that I had added another bookplate (for John Gartner) to those
attributed to Reg Boulton in the previous issue of the Journal.
2015
Brian Birch: Nachtrag zu Katalog de Bayerischen Firmenlochungen [a supplement to]
Firmenlochungen Bayern / Timbres perforés de Bavière / Perfins of Bavaria by Rainer vonScharpen., The London Philatelist, March 2015, Volume 124, pp.87-88.
➢
Review of the Supplement. The author was unhappy with the very terse review of the367

original work donated to the Royal Philatelic Society London and had complained to
the librarian (Ian D. Crane) who advised him that the Society had nobody suitably
knowledgeable to review it. This topic cropped up in conversation when I met Rainer
at MonacoPhil in 2013 and I pointed out that actually I was suitably knowledgeable
and was a volunteer in the Royal’s library when his book was received. He sent me theSupplement with the request that I review it for The London Philatelist.
2016
Library news., The London Philatelist, April 2016, Volume 125, p.154.
➢
Mentions my donation of books and a full run of The Journal of the Philatelic
Literature Society.
Sean Brady: Library., Perfin Society Bulletin, April 2016, Whole number 401, p.5.
➢
Mentions my donation of a copy of the catalogue of Bavarian Perfins by Rainer vonScharpen.
From our good friend Brian Birch philatelic historian., The American Stamp Dealer &Collector, November/December 2016, Whole number 105, p.9.
➢
Items about Nassau Street that I found in early philatelic journals are shown.

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AWARDSThis section includes general awards that I have received. It excludes those given for specificpamphlets and articles, which will appear under the appropriate publication.

2014
Royal Philatelic Society London Medal
Awarded for outstanding service to the Library and Archive.
The London Philatelist, April 2014, Volume 123, p.112.
➢
The report includes a group picture of all of the recipients.
➢
The picture was reproduced in Stamp Lover of August 2014 (Volume 106, Issue 4,p.94), the account accompanying it specifically recognises that I am a National
Philatelic Society member.
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The picture was reproduced in Gibbons Stamp Monthly of October 2014 with a shortreport.

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APPENDICES
Appendix 1

TRANSCRIPTS OF
CHALMERS-HILL HOLOGRAPHIC DOCUMENTS
AND TRANSLATIONS OF THOSE DOCUMENTS ONLYAVAILABLE IN FOREIGN LANGUAGESINTRODUCTION
I have always found nineteenth century handwriting to be either copperplate and therefore
very easy to read or, more-commonly, exceedingly difficult to interpret. Unfortunately, mostof the letters in this collection fall into the latter category.
My former secretary, Anne Drinkwater, had the misfortune during her working life toprovide secretarial services to a series of managers who drafted letters very quickly in themost dreadful handwriting. With many years of such an apprenticeship under her belt, she
could generally make light work of Victorian handwriting, correctly generating a word fromthe merest squiggle. At least it generally made sense once I had edited in the philatelic termswith which she was unfamiliar. However, some words defeated even her well-trained faculties
and these are indicated with a question mark.
Accordingly, transcriptions of the holographic documents will be found below. Since I haveedited all of these documents and inserted any words that I could, having the advantage ofknowing the context and speaking philately rather fluently, any errors and missing words are
my responsibility.
I have generally used a bold typeface for names in order to make it easy to pick them out andfacilitate reading the document.
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Document 3
To Mr John K. Tiffany
Saint Louis
Missouri
U/States
35 Alexandra Road,
Wimbledon, S.W.
London, 14th June 1885
Dear Sir,
Yesterday I received your esteemed letter of 1st Inst. the contents of which are of muchinterest, giving me high satisfaction to find one so fully conversant with all matters relating to
the history of postal affairs and of stamps, good enough to communicate with me on thesubject. I consider it a privilege to now lay my statements and my discoveries before you, innow sending you four pamphlets, which should be read in the order so numbered. They
contain much of repetition, yet each giving something new.
My object has of course been to vindicate my late father’s claim to the merit of having been
the originator of the adhesive stamp – but in looking into the subject, I have been enabled toshow that Sir Rowland Hill was not even the originator of uniform penny postage, nor of any
one of the principles of the scheme of 1837.
Since drawing up the pamphlets now sent you, further important evidence on the subject of
the adhesive stamp has come to light. A recognition of much value, moreover, will shortly be
published in my favour, after full investigation, upon which I must again issue a statement,
copy of which it will be a pleasure to send to you.
Meantime, you will have enough to digest in the pamphlets sent, copies of some of which I
have posted some time ago to various Libraries in the U/States – but I should be glad if you
could favour me with some list of libraries or learned societies in any way likely to read ortake an interest in the subject. The facts of a matter of such historical interest should beknown. In this country, we have had nothing beyond a blind worship of Sir Rowland Hill –few editors, especially in London, will even read a word in any way disputing his pretensions– on your side of the water, I look to find more impartiality.
I remain, Dear Sir
Yours faithfully
Pat Chalmers

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Document 4
Further observations on Rowland Hill’s famous calculation whereby he finds that the cost of
conveyance of letters was so infinitesimal , being from London to Edinburgh, a distance of
400 miles, only1/36th of a penny per letter, that he came to the conclusion the postal charge
for letters should be “uniform irrespective of distance”, and thereby claims to have been the
discoverer of the great principle of “uniformity” in postal charge.
To what is already said on the above in my pamphlet “The Position of Sir Rowland Hill Made
Plain”, page 25, and to which I beg to refer, some further points have occurred to me:For Mr. Hill to have put forward the cost of conveyance of letters from London to Edinburgh
as anything like the average cost of such conveyance throughout the general postal system of
the United Kingdom was to put forward a wholly fallacious and misleading view of thematter. With the object of being looked upon as the discoverer of a uniform rate of penny
postage, Mr. Hill picked out this exceptional route where the weight of letters carried was
exceptionally great, and these letters carried, for exceptional reasons, at a merely nominal
price, in order to arrive at such an infinitesimal cost of letters as to make it appear that,through this calculation, the principle of uniformity of charge had been brought to his mind
for the first time.
That the weight of letters on this route was exceptionally great is clear, such being the main
artery of the country’s correspondence, branching out in lesser streams right and left. And if,(what I am not prepared to dispute) letters on this main route to the weight of 8cwt. And 6cwt.
nett, were conveyed for 400 miles at the merely nominal charge of £2.10.6 for a several days
journey, why was that? It was because the Coach which carried them found its interest in
being the Mail Coach, its profit depending upon the conveyance of passengers who flocked tothe mail coach in preference to all competing coaches through same being bound to time, tospeed, and to regularity, and for this readily paying higher fares, other coaches merely getting
any overflow of traffic. In this way it would indeed have paid the Mail Coach to have carried
the mail for nothing, more especially as being exempted from paying tolls in England exofficio as mail.
But once leave this highway of the northern mail and where were you? The letters must be
carried right and left and the conveyances paid for doing so irrespective of passenger traffic,
while the weight of letters fell off to a bag as a handful. Where was Mr. Hill’s infinitesimal
average sums under such circumstances? And could anything have been more delusive than tohave picked out this exceptional route from London to Edinburgh, only devised to lead to theimpression that Mr. Hill had discovered “uniformity”.
And after all, Mr. Hill is obliged to admit that his 1/36th or 1/18th of a penny would not
suffice in all cases – that indeed the penny itself would not invariably cover the mere cost of
conveyance. So he proceeds to enquire what is to be done when the cost of transmission of aletter is more than a penny. More than a penny! And if in many cases over the penny, in how
very many more cases was it a farthing, or a half penny, or the penny itself? Here we have,first, a calculation gamely put forward to show and to inspire the impression that the cost of
conveyance was perfectly infinitesimal, only 1/36th of a penny, and next this conclusion
immediately set aside and overturned by the writer himself admitting that such cost might be
all sorts of figures according to the locality, up to even more than the full penny itself! Could
anything be more ridiculous? A queer way indeed of discovering “uniformity”.

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And that this cost of transit was, in 1837, well up to and often more than a penny in class. In
the first place Mr. Hill’s calculation assumes that the writer of a letter for transmission by thenorthern mail posted same in the Mail Coach at his own expense, all local or suburban cost oftransit being omitted from Mr. Hill’s calculation. But the letters had to reach the Mail Coachfrom all quarters, north, south, east, and west, and the cost of transit thence was as much an
integral part of the whole cost of conveyance from the writer to the recipient as was the mere
charge of the northern mail coach. And here were no passengers to relieve the cost of transit,
the carts must be bought, and man and horse paid for, entailing a daily cost of very much
more than the sum put forward as the mere Mail Coach transit. Similar expense was entailedon the Post Office in distributing letters beyond the Mail Coach centres of call and this insmall lots, at an average cost of letters varying according to distance or locality, but
increasing, as Mr. Hill himself admits, to over a penny. Yet we are asked to believe that Mr.
Hill invented uniformity of charge in postage by having discovered that the average cost of
conveying a letter was only 1/36th of a penny!
Again, (see 6th Report of Commissioners of Post Office Inquiry) there was the Mail Packet
service to be taken into account, provided by Government at a capital cost for the Packets of£273,000, and carried on at a loss, after deducting all receipts, of £40,000 a year, mainly on
the Irish Channel line. Why did not Mr. Hill give us the average cost of a letter by road andsea to Dublin or to Cork in place of Edinburgh? So far from the quotient here turning out an
infinitesimal sum, it may be said all Ireland would have come under Mr. Hill’s head of“secondary distribution” as being over the penny, and so have had to fetch and carry its own
bags! So any allusion to Dublin or Cork would never have done.
What Mr. Hill proposed should be done when the cost of conveyance of a letter to any
locality exceeded the penny is already stated by me in the pamphlet named, page 27 – such
locality, after having taken out a license through the guardians of the post, was to be entitledto have a bag made up for it at the nearest Post town at a centre, presumably where the Mail
Coach called, and was to fetch and carry its own bag at its own expense, arranging for its
collection and delivery of the letters, on which all extra postage might be charged. What was
this but doing away with uniform penny postage after all? Whatever the number of localities
which might in this way have been called upon to set up a Post Office for themselves the
proposal was absurd, and only directed towards keeping down the cost of conveyance as far
as outlay by the Post Office was concerned, and so presenting to Mr. Hill that infinitesimal
sum and that principle of which he was “in quest”. Was all this the simplicity of uniformity,
or was it not rather a system of complication involving certain confusion, jobbery andspeculation?
Such, then, is the remarkable picture presented to our minds by contemplating which we areasked to believe that Mr. Hill at the conception of the great principle of uniformity of charge
irrespective of distance.
That the public as purely of 1837, staggered by Mr. Hill’s six pages of figures, cared little
what such amounted to so long as they were offered a penny postage is easily understood.
They were not “to look a gift horse in the mouth”. As respects modern writers, such havemerely taken Mr. Hill’s account of the matter for granted, passing on his “inventions” from
one to the other without any attempt at investigation.
We now know, however, that neither uniformity was any one of the principles of the penny
postage scheme of 1837 were original conceptions on the part of Sir Rowland Hill. The Fifth
Report of the Commissioners and Post Office Inquiry had already proposed as respects
mercantile circulars all he proposed as respects letters, a Report which lay before him as he373

wrote, its proposals [?] un-acknowledged and un-alluded to. Had he told us what this report
proposed, the delusion that he was in even any one point an inventor could never haveexisted. There is, moreover, the conclusive declaration of the Treasury that prior to the
proposals of Sir Rowland Hill uniform penny postage had been “urged upon the
Government”. There are the statements to the same effect of that pioneer of postal reform yetliving, the Rev. Samuel Roberts, a man regarded in the highest quarters, “that the idea waswell known around the Post Office and other high places”. And there is the admission of the
Sir Rowland Hill Memorial Fund Committee itself, a body only too devious, and naturally so,
if possible to ignore the evidence laid before them, yet on 16th March 1882, unanimously
abandoning the point of Sir Rowland Hill’s originality. His great services are fully admitted,
but “not content with this high position, he must further pose as the genius of inventions towhich he was not entitled, he must grasp at honours to which he had no claim, and place uponhis own brow laurels only stripped from others”, including the adhesive stamp.
Patrick Chalmers
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Document 32
To Mr. Tiffany
St. Louis
1, Mayfield Road
Wimbledon
March 17th 1887
Dear Sir,Your esteemed letter of 3rd Inst is to hand, the perusal of which has afforded me muchpleasure, which my appreciative thanks are further due to you for finding time to write me atall, aware as I am of the many calls upon your time and attention.
I am glad you have received my various communications with satisfaction, and am more
especially pleased with your observations on the subject of my late father’s portrait. The
conclusions you arrive at with respect to the nature of the man are confirmed by everything I
have ever heard or known respecting him – and in quoting these observations at any time, as
in some home instances where they will be welcomed, I will refrain from quoting your nameupon which I have already drawn so freely.
A child-like innocence and confidence is what any one chose to tell him was indeed his
characteristic, a trait artfully made use of in the case in point, and with results which havebeen my greatest difficulty to overcome. It is hard, indeed to have had to prove a man to havebeen a benefactor against his own determined opinion and even expressions to the contrary.
The kind receptions my statements have met with on your side and the pointed action takenby your Societies in consequence have re-acted most favourably upon my efforts on this side.
Even Dundee has been moved to something like a desire to know what it is all about, alocality where not three people outside the newspaper offices have yet condescended to read aline I have published. Consequently the “Advertiser” has favoured its readers with a portrait(!) and biography of J. C., taken, let history note it, from your Colorado “Stamp”. I send youa copy. The other papers, the “Courier” and “Weekly News”, has also come forward in a“notice” which I enclose, and which drew from me a letter, copy also enclosed. You will see
there is not much harmony behind me and Dundee. After the Passing of the Resolution of the
Town Council in March 1883, it was intimated to me that if I liked to present a painting of myfather’s likeness to their Picture Gallery of Dundee notables, (presented by relatives of richnobodies) influence would be used to get the painting placed amongst the illustrious
collection – an intimation to which I replied, in courteous terms but to the effect that I would
see them dead first. That the value of any such memorial depended upon such having been thegift of the townsmen, and if the town thought otherwise, any memorial of their townsmen
might, as far as I was concerned, remain “conspicuous by its absence”. The provost was ofopinion that if the town was to fund memorials of all their great men, they must begin with
“Keiller” of marmalade fame. (A fact.) So there the matter has remained – till now, that I havemade Dundee famous without their help, the stimulus from abroad is awakening some sort ofidea that “something must be done”.
But I am told that nothing ever will be done until some Lord, or at least some Member ofParliament “takes me up”, that Dundee is the most radical town in the Kingdom, indeed
republican on paper. So I have drawn up a short history of the matter, copy herewith, to belaid before a hundred or so members of the Legislature in the hope of picking up a stray M.P.
at least, if not a Lord, to take some interest in the subject. Where no political advantage is in375

prospect, such public men will however be very backward in running against the populardelusion, not yet admitted to be a delusion by their deity, “The Times”.
The City Corporation have got into trouble just now, being on their trial before a SelectCommittee of the House of Commons for getting up bogus meetings of “the inhabitants of
London districts” in favour of themselves as against any reform, - the speakers, the“inhabitants”, and the reporters being all provided and paid for by the Corporation. While
nobody doubts they did this, besides hiring gangs of roughs to break up meetings on the otherside, everybody laughs at the “clever” dodger – just as a good many laugh at their putting up a
statue by them to an acknowledged humbug in order to turn an enterprising citizen into an
Alderman. The fact is the Corporation is a fair representative of the problem and mercantile
morality at large, from neither of which have I much to expect in the way of rectification.
Many magazines, including that from Texas, reach me from your side, in which every kindrecognition is afforded me, as from good friends and dealers in your Philatelic world. While
intruding upon you from time to time with any fresh matter I may have to communicate, youwill not, of course, feel yourself called upon to say much in return. What I send you is sent as
to a house of record, to the most likely address in all the world where the history and events of
my mission will find a welcome and a place of abode perhaps someday to see the light when
all is darkness with one or both of us - darkness here, but light in the world of honest men.
Believe meYours very faithfullyPat. Chalmers
Hon: Member,
Chicago Phil: Soc:

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Mr Tiffany
St Louis1, Mayfield Road
South Wimbledon, S.W.
April 8th 1887
Dear Sir,I see a letter depreciating me has appeared in the March issue of the Philatelic Journal of
America under the signature of Major Evans, R.A., but actually drawn up by Mr Pearson
Hill, same or practically the same having already appeared under different aspects here sometime back. Published under the name of some apparently impartial looker-on such is moredangerous and effective than if under the name of the principal concerned.
I have accordingly drawn up a reply, sent to Mr Mekeel, which I make no doubt he will
equally publish in his next.
We are practically in a state of civil war here, so my circular lately sent you has been sent to
no one in or out of Parliament. Some have however, have gone to your side, with the enclosed
list of formal recognitions. I have now a large American correspondence.
With my best regards
I remainYours faithfully
Pat Chalmers
Hon. Member
Chicago & ?
Phil: Soc: &Denver Stamp
Coll: League377

Document 34
J. K. Tiffany Esq.
St Louis1, Mayfield Road
South Wimbledon, S.W.
May 6th, 1887
My Dear Sir,
You are already aware of the general recognition I have obtained for my late father’s name on
your side of the Atlantic – and now you will join me in the satisfaction I derive in finding thatthe truth is becoming equally manifest on the Continent of Europe, where, however, thedifference of language presents a serious obstacle to my obtaining anything like the same
quick and general recognition as with you.
I have just received, however, from a dealer in Paris the enclosed “James Chalmers Packet”’
of Postage stamps, with a letter written in good English, congratulating me upon the successobtained for my work in the rights of which he is in full accord with me, and which he will dohis best to make known by more effort the James Chalmers printed packet. M. Simian
further gives me the addresses of some chief Philatelist including Baron Alphonse deRothschild, - also of the “but one Philatelic Magazine” in France, to which I might send thelikeness and biography of J. C.
In the absence of any possible further attention at home at present, here then, is a fresh field
wherein to work, while my correspondence with your side continues large, animated, andincreasing.
I ask your acceptance of M. Simian’s packet, not for its intrinsic value, but as the first fruitsof Continental recognition to one who was the first to recognise me on your side. I have asked
for many more packets which will be received with delight and encouragement by my manyfriends on your side.
Legislation and our Parliamentary institutions here have quite broken down, and everything ina ferment.
Yours faithfully,
Pat Chalmers
P.t.o.
There seems no chance of the Committee of investigation agreeing upon any report respecting
the proceedings of the City Corporation in the matter of bogus meetings. Everybody knows
they are guilty but you will never get their friends and the papers to admit that, any more thanthey will admit other matters which the Corporation wishes not to be ventilated.

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Document 41
A. J. Palethorpe Esq.
Derby
1, Mayfield Road,
South Wimbledon, S.W.
October 28 1887
Dear Sir,
Under a press of work I can only now acknowledge and much thank you for your esteemed ofof yesterday, meantime sending you Sept. issue of the Western Philatelist which to you will
prove of much interest, I can see.
Other productions of my own will shortly reach you. Paris, France, Leipzig & Berlin send me
increasing ? in return.
Yours faithfully,
Pat Chalmers.
Hon. Member of the Société Internationale de Timbrologie, Paris379

Document 44
Mr J. K. Tiffany
St Louis1, Mayfield Road
South Wimbledon, S.W.
November 22nd 1887
Dear Sir,
Yesterday I was favoured with your long and interesting letter having reference to certain
communications you had received from Mr Pearson Hill, as to which I had already been
made acquainted by Mr Wolsieffer of Chicago. Having in the interval forwarded to Mr W.
copious replies under the impression same would be sent on to you, I will doubtless be held
excused by you from now recapitulating same to you direct, especially as I will request Mr
Wolsieffer to send you what I have written should he see no objection to the contrary.
In two long letters of some four quarto pages each, I think, I have said what I trust will efface
from your mind the sophistries, or worse, of Mr Pearson Hill, and lead you to require fromhim “some tangible and business like statement before you can see your way to reopen before
the St Louis society as the A. P. A. the decisions already carried out”.
In a third letter, I sent Mr Wolsieffer a further most potent communication in a proof-sheet ofa chapter, headed “Modern Instruction” intended by me for publication in one of mypamphlets, and which will explain to you the correspondence betwixt myself and Mr Pearson
Hill in 1880 not published by me, and as to which he has thought fit to bring against me acharge of “concealing and garbling letters”. Having read this, you will be in a position tojudge how far I have done any injustice to Mr Pearson Hill, as can be looked upon as open to
his animadversions on the point. You will further be better able to judge as to the means usedhere to puff Sir Rowland Hill – as to judge of the sort of man I have had to deal with in thiscontroversy.
From my new pamphlet about being published here, a duplicate copy of which is herewith,you will be glad to see the progress I am making on the Continent. One writer especially,
Chas von Gündel of Baden-Vienna, has taken up the subject very keenly, and after going
through all my pamphlets from 1882, and reading Sir Rowland Hill’s “Life”, checking mystatements therewith, writes me just to hand – “But your pamphlets interest me much – there
is in all truth and clearness, I have the fullest conviction of the justice of your claims, and I am
not very credulous, because I have much enough worked in the “Kriegsarchiv” in Vienna inhistorical matters and know how often the truth is falsified. In the “Life of Sir Rowland Hill”
is much of forgery – that is so clear as the sun, and you have a great merit for unveiling thatimportant matter.” Again, “It is incomprehensible to me how anyone can doubt that yourfather was the real inventor of the postage stamp. The evidence both as to the invention andproposal on the part of your father is so clear, while on the part of Sir Rowland Hill there isno evidence as to the invention – he in fact invented nothing in connection with the reformed
scheme. The evidence that the adhesive stamp formed no part of his original proposals as
intention is equally clear. His pretentions to the contrary are merely pretence andafterthought.” … “When I will find still an antagonist I can now due serve him with themonstrous “Life” in my hands.”
Since closing my pamphlet, I get an official recognition from the Frankfurt Philatelic Society.
But the most influential is now the Glasgow Post Office Magazine, copies of which are being
freely taken, of 1p 2 hundred in all the chief Post Offices. The proof sheets of ‘The Queen’s
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Head’ were sent by the Postmaster to London before he would publish it – but to whom I am
not informed.
Yours faithfully,
Pat Chalmers

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Document 72
The following are transcriptions of the notes written by Pearson Hill to accompany someletters published by Patrick Chalmers in The Dundee Advertiser.
Page 1:*

Useful to know that he recognises that the only material date is the date of publicationof the plan.

+

My quotations from official documents are apparently “vague assertions”. His “vague
assertions” being I suppose, in his own estimations, proofs.

Page 2:
Irrelevant matter introduced to distract attention from the main charge against him – viz.
falsification of dated and documents.
(1)

Suggest is false. It was I who offered to place all facts before Mr. S. Morley when hespoke to me about it. It was Mr. Morley who soon dropped Chalmers, finding hecould not believe anything he said.

(2)

See paras 27 and 33 (footnote) “The Origin of Postage Stamps”. Chalmers himself
fights against their decision that Mr. R. Hill was the first to publish his plan and that
James Chalmers admitted his priority. The statement for the Prosecution, however
temperate, doubtless always seems “wild and reckless abuse” to the criminal.

(3)

Won’t fight. “Discretion is the better part of – cowardice”.

(4)

If it be abusive in me to openly charge Chalmers with fraud – offering to prove thefact, what is his conduct in slandering for seven years, a public benefactor like Sir.
Rowland Hill?

(5)

No reader of my pamphlet can have any doubt on this point.

(6)“How beautifully he lies”. The date 13th Feby. 37 is given no less than 7 times in mypamphlet. See especially par: 12.

(7)

Sir R. Hill proposed it from the very first. See his evidence & pamphlet also. “TheOrigin of Postage Stamps”, para: 10-27 and many others.

(8)

See “The Origin of Postage Stamps”, para 30 and 34. This is a most dishonest
misrepresentation of the debate, but even if the House had passed a unanimous votethat Mr. R. Hill had not proposed the use of the adhesive stamp up to that date, itwould not get over the fact that his evidence and pamphlet prove beyond question, that
he did so in Feby. 1837.

(9)Which being interpreted means he-haw, he-haw, he-haw!

*

A fine specimen of Pat Chalmers useless misrepresentations. He well knows that the
London Philatelic Society are totally opposed to his claim. He has just published a382

letter full, as usual, of misrepresentations, addressed to Mr. Henderson of the Quaker
City Philatelic Society, giving them additional statements as he finds they don’t agreewith him!

Page 3:Misprint for “possible”

Page 4:
(1)

Note
*

This refers to the writer of an anonymous letter giving that signature. In another letter
P. Chalmers quotes, as a great authority in his favour the assertions of thisanonymous writer! Probably himself or one of his family or servants is the writer inquestion.

This may readily explain the ease with which the old people in Dundee have adopted
the 1834 theory. Believing honestly that James Chalmers’ invention was some twoor three years earlier than Rowland Hill’s (which is proved to have been in 1837) theywould naturally suppose the date to have been 1834 or thereabouts.

Page 5:Is a duplication of Page 4 to improve the legibility of the written text.

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Document 80
Mr J. K. Tiffany
Worcester
Mass.
1, Mayfield Road
South Wimbledon, S.W.
August 7th, 1888
Dear Sir,
It is with much pleasure that I receive again a letter from you after an interval of silence forwhich I am afraid I myself am chiefly responsible, being comparatively an idle man while I
am aware of the many calls upon your time and attention. I am sorry indeed, however, tonotice from your letter a disposition to go back from the solemn Resolutions adopted under
your Presidency at the late Chicago meeting as to the adhesive postage stamp invention,
everything that has since occurred going to strengthen rather than to weaken the evidence
upon which these Resolutions were founded. I think you must have overlooked or forgottenthat evidence, so I consequently take leave to hand you again copy of pamphlet of 1884
containing same. You have not above the testimony of an entire community, but you have thespecific testimony as to the date, the year 1834, of men who took part in the matter and saw
the stamps, with much corroborative evidence.
Then as to the point of “who first proposed to adopt this plan for the purpose of carrying out
the penny postage scheme in practice”, if my late pamphlet, “Letters to the Dundee Burns
Club”, does not convince you that it was to my father we owe that proposal and not to
Rowland Hill, anything I may state within the limits of a letter will be of no avail.
As to the penny postage scheme itself we seem quite to agree, that same was “an ingenious
combination of the ideas of others” for which “Hill derives great credit”. Also, that “hecertainly did not invent uniform postage or cheap postage or the use of stamps of any kind for
postage”. These are just the delusions obtaining here, handed down and fostered by Hill
himself, and spread more largely seeing their mistake by our press and biographers, that it has
been my aim to dissipate and which efforts on my part I trust to have your powerful aid ingetting set aside. If we do not quite agree about this Fifth Report having been the model fromwhich Hill took his scheme, we at least agree that the ideas were not his own, while I submitthat the total silence shown by Hill in his works as to this identical Fifth Report is a proof that
it was the concealed model from which he took a plan handed down as of his own conception.
Be that as it may, we are agreed the plan was not his own conception.
You also admit that neither “was the use of stamps of any kind for postage”. Here, too, we areagreed. What, then, is to be the subject matter of reference which you would propose to handover to this Committee you speak of? You say we are not indebted to Hill for this – if not to
my father to whom then are we so indebted? That is the point to be concerned – not by vague
suppositions or aspersions but by proof as put by me in the enclosed letter of May 19th to theDundee Advertiser – and unless you see your way to produce same with proof I trust you will
not carry out this proposal of reference. The interests of the A.P.A., it may further seem toyou, are concerned in not dealing without full consideration in this matter. Unless you haveanother candidate to bring forward, Hill being given up, what will be said of this large bodyof your members, by the keen witted Frenchmen and logical Germans, now supporting me,
should you now turn round in the manner proposed, and what will be the effect upon your
Association? Let me beg of you, therefore, Sir, to set your face against any proposal of thesort that may be brought forward.
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I enclose several leaflets which favour me by reading, and I have a further one in the press ofmuch importance to follow next mail. A statement in explanation of Mr. Pearson Hill’s
charge against me of garbling or withholding correspondence I am now drawing up the
perusal of which to follow in a month or so will tend to show the means which have been used
to propagate this Rowland Hill delusion, and to further show the sort of opponent I have had
to deal with.*
Believe meYours very truly
Pat Chalmers*

See “Conclusions” to my late “Reply to Mr. Pearson Hill”.

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Mr J. K. Tiffany
Worcester
Mass.
1, Mayfield Road
South Wimbledon, S.W.
August 9th, 1888
Dear Sir,
I now send you the further leaflet alluded to in my late letters – and this leads me to ask you to
be good enough to tell me, “from what sources or from where, in your opinion did Sir
Rowland Hill derive the idea of a low and uniform postage, with the valuable principles ofcharge by weight and prepayment by stamp.”
You admit such were no original conception on his part, yet you attach little or no importanceto this Fifth Report of the Coms as having been in any way his model.
Favour me, then, by saying from what sources he got these ideas. This is now a very
important part of the matter, and I trust you will not deny me the benefit of your opinion
thereupon.
Yours very truly
Pat Chalmers

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Document 82
Mr. J.K. Tiffany
Worcester
Mass.
1, Mayfield Road
South Wimbledon, S.W.
August 13th, 1888
Dear Sir,
You asked for the production of some published record on the first of Chalmers as to his
having invented the adhesive stamp in 1834, but you have overlooked that the proposal of
substituting a penny stamp postage on newspapers in place of the then existing fourpenny
stamp on the sheet never assumed a form sufficiently definite to call for a published proposalof this stamp from Chalmers. Nor was he an idle man like Hill, whose occupation was gone
and he is in search of some question of the day to take up for a livelihood, but a busy man too
fully occupied to write unnecessary letters to the newspapers*. As soon as the uniform penny
postage proposal assumed a definite shape, you find Chalmers at once sending his proposal
to the Select Committee of the House of Commons, to the Mercantile Committee of the Cityof London and to Rowland Hill himself, a year and a half before the Bill was introduced into
Parliament, and up to which foresaid Hill had not proposed to adopt the adhesive stamp forthe scheme. You also overlook that it was Cole and the Mercantile Committee who reallycarried the scheme through Parliament.
*

Though I cannot say he never did so.

Then, on what grounds are you to propose a fresh Committee of investigation on your side of
the water, the members living probably hundreds of miles apart, where the matter has alreadybeen investigated here on the spot by a Tribunal of the highest positions and authority andwhose world-wide reputation and livelihood depend upon the accuracy of their judgement andproceedings, and for these very reasons selected by Mr. Pearson Hill himself a tribunal oflearned men to whom my witnesses were known personally or by reputation, or within easy
call. My testimony is overwhelming as to set aside preconceived ideas, that tribunal tells youthat the adhesive postage stamp was the invention of James Chalmers in the month ofAugust 1834 – and it is at such a decision as this that your doubts are now displayed andwhich you think you can manage better.
I trust then, Sir, that in your own interest and in the welfare of the association over which you
preside, you have given no countenance to what is initially a proposal to try over again, underinsufferable disadvantages, the proceedings of the Encyclopaedia Britannica already recorded
in history, to which Mr. Pearson Hill himself attested, and by which he and his supporters
are bound by every rule of honour to abide. And this proposal, too, in the face of yourPresidential address of 1887 and of the solemn Resolutions then arrived at, the force of
propriety of which everything that has since occurred only confirms. Read that address again,
and, admitting as you now do, that Rowland Hill invented neither the uniform penny postage
scheme nor a stamp of any kind, upon what possible grounds, wholly incomprehensible to me
as to others, are you to turn your back upon yourself as to expect the association at large tofollow that example,
Yours faithfully
Pat Chalmers
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Mr. J.K. Tiffany
St. Louis
1, Mayfield Road
South Wimbledon, S.W.
Sept, 6th 1888
Dear Sir,
I am now in receipt of your long and much esteemed passim of 23rd Augt, the perusal ofwhich disabuses me of the impression I had arrived at from the contents of previous letter of
25th July, in which I understood you to say that the Chicago Resolutions were to come up
again at the Boston meeting, when you intended to propose that the matter in question should
be referred to a Committee to investigate and report.
From this I naturally concluded you had changed your opinion as to James Chalmers as
expressed by these Resolutions, as if still of the same opinion as then you would certainly
have stated it was your intention to meet any such adverse proposal by a direct negative.
My replies of 7th and 13th August, consequently, to the tenor of which you take some
exception I must now seek your indulgence with respect to it having been written under an
erroneous impression for which I cannot hold myself altogether responsible.
Moreover, you misapprehend the reason for my expostulations, as any anxiety I felt arosefrom the retarding effect the news of this appointment would have upon the progress mycause continues to make on the Continent.
It is now, however, with intense satisfaction that I read your opinions remain unchanged, andthat I follow the reasoning and arguments put forward in support of my case, more able andpowerful indeed, than I have myself succeeded in presenting it. And if this aforesaid, as you
say, can only be shaken by the overturning of the veracity and testimony of my witnesses wemay safely discard the idea of any such possibility – indeed, you say the barriers attempted to
be set up by Mr. Pearson Hill have in fact no existence at all.
It is thus with pleasure that I have again and again read over your valuable letter for thecontents of which my thanks are specially due.
And this too, extends to the impression you have formed with me as reflects the origins or
antecedents of the penny postage scheme itself, showing that by putting together one thing
and another no originality of conception was called for or existed on the part of Sir Rowland
Hill, however able and ingenious the compilation itself. – We have thus respectively arrived
at the same conclusion or terminus if by different roads, and that such has been the case only
strengthens the fact itself.
I have not yet seen any detailed account of the late Boston meeting but which, I trust, went off
to your satisfaction, and I remain,
Dear Sir,
Most faithfully
Pat Chalmers

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Document 93
A. J. Palethorpe, Esq.
Bingham
1, Mayfield Road
South Wimbledon, S.W.
Sept, 5th 1889
Dear Sir,
I was much pleased today at finding your enquiry of yesterday for any publications of mine
still going on, as this shows me you continue to take an interest in my adhesive stamp matter.
I consequently send you copy of my latest pamphlet which I think you have not got, “Mr.
John Francis &c.” – Also, copy of a statement termed “Explanation”, which will shew you
how an ignorant and confiding public is imposed upon.
I have looked up 3 copies of the Timbre Levantine, which after perusal, please return, also thecard enclosed.
Several of the later Philatelic papers sent me are enclosed herewith, and which I hope you will
not forget to return me when done with, as I am seldom favoured with more than one copy.
The enclosed Bric-a-Brac I do not again require.
Are you a member of the London Philatelic Society?
Yours truly
Pat. Chalmers

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Mr. A. J. Palethorpe, Esq.
BinghamNotts
1, Mayfield Road
South Wimbledon, S.W.
Sept, 18th 1889
Dear Sir,I wrote to you on 5th inst. with a parcel of philatelic papers, and now take leave to put you inmind to return same as, in the main, they are the only copies I have.
Some new evidence of consequence has transpired, and which will be made known shortly.
Yours faithfully,
Pat. Chalmers

390Document 114
Philat. Trans. 636
Through the Exhibitions. The Exhibition of Postage Stamps[À Travers les Expositions. L’Exposition des Timbres-Poste](From: Le Courier de Londres et de L’Europe, 18th May 1890)[Patrick Chalmers, Wimbledon, UK, 1890], 1p.]

Translation produced for Brian J. Birch
33 Boar’s Head Avenue, Standish, Wigan, WN6 0BH, UK
September 2012

THROUGH THE EXHIBITION
THE EXHIBITION OF POSTAGE STAMPS.
From Le Courier de Londres et de L’Europe, 18th May 1890.
It is not only in England that the fiftieth anniversary of the adoption of postage stamps will becelebrated. In Vienna, there was the most curious exhibition, under the patronage of the
Minister of Commerce, to honour this discovery apparently so simple, yet so useful. The
exhibition was opened at the end of last month, and it includes as complete a collection as
possible of all the stamps of different countries, since their invention.
It occupied two large rooms of the Austrian Museum, and the variety of specimens placed
under the eyes of visitors is of great interest not only to stamp collectors, but also to thegeneral public.
It will once again prove that it is rarely the inspiration of an idea that, at first, gains the merit.
So far, indeed, it was believed that the true author of the postal transformation that has takenplace over about half a century, was Sir Rowland Hill, and it is to him that we gave all of thehonour.
However, it seems that on the contrary, the latter was one of the greatest opponents of the newmeans of taxation, and that the real inventor was none other than James Chalmers.
In the month of August 1834, was sent to the English administration a sample of a postage
stamp similar to those we use today. This approach remaining without result, he renewed it in1837 and 1838. It was only on the 26th December 1839 that the House of Commons, finding
nothing better among the various projects that were proposed, stopped at that of James
Chalmers.
At the Vienna Exhibition we can see photographs of different specimens of stamps prior to1840 and designed by the inventor himself. The controversy will be ended, and Sir Rowland
Hill and will be forced to leave James Chalmers the title he usurped “father of the postage
stamp”.

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Document 123
Philat. Trans. 540
Patrick Chalmers
The Postage Stamp: To the Editor in Chief of Timbre-Poste[Le Timbre Adhésif: Au Rédacteur en Chef du Timbre-Poste]
Wimbledon, UK, 5th August 1890, 4pp.

Translation produced for Brian J. Birch
33 Boar’s Head Avenue, Standish, Wigan, WN6 0BH, UK
June 2005

THE POSTAGE STAMP:TO THE EDITOR IN CHIEF OF TIMBRE-POSTE
Sir,
My attention was drawn by a letter from Pearson Hill, published in the last issue of yourjournal, and which also contained a letter posted by Mr. Philbrick, in which I am accused ofmaking certain false allegations; I ask your simple courtesy for permission to respond.
I never said that I had been invited by the senior staff of the Post Office to exhibit any
specimen stamps of James Chalmers at the last Guildhall exposition, as Pearson Hill soaccuses me; to the contrary, I did say in precise terms that it was these senior staff who hadintervened to prevent one of the officials, who was a complete stranger to me, from displaying
these model stamps. Far from being considered as an imposter by most of the staff, thejustification of my complaints is generally accepted, and there is no need for further proof
than the spontaneous offer of one of the members of the Post Office to exhibit the stamps andChalmer’s project at the Exposition. I can also add that a long article was published at sometime in the Queen’s Head journal of the Glasgow Post Office, written by an official of the
Post Office, who was also unknown to me, substantiating the claims of James Chalmers andthat 5,000 copies of this article were bought by employees of the English Post Office.
Moreover, on the occasion of the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary, the heads of the Post
Office did not claim for Sir Rowland Hill the honour of having invented the adhesive postal
stamp. The accusation of Pearson Hill against me is therefore, only a product of his
imagination.
It is likewise said that these same remarks have occurred between me and the PhilatelicSociety of London. It is I who first asked permission to exhibit the stamps and I never said
anything else; I did not say either that the committee accepts my claims.
Then Pearson Hill declared that the stamp of James Chalmers, which was made in 1834,
recently exhibited at the Exposition of Vienna is only a duplicate of the stamp of Chalmers
which he himself had shown at the London Exposition. Unfortunately for him, the stamp
shown by Pearson Hill bore an imitation of a postal cancellation, Dundee, Sept. 30th, 1839
whereas the one from Vienna carried the word Used printed across the stamp to prevent
anyone from using it a second time. That clearly proves that this stamp is a first attempt ofChalmers prior to the one by which he suggested the system of cancelling stamps by affixing392

the date and the mark of the post office. Pearson Hill is again at fault; his stamp, instead ofbeing an imitation of the one from Vienna, is completely different from it by this material
point. Whatever Pearson Hill may be able to say, the fact that Chalmers had invented theadhesive postage stamp in 1834 was proven in a conclusive manner by personal testimonies
and by the production of the stamp of 1834 itself, to the satisfaction of the organizers andvisitors of the Vienna Exposition, and did not leave a single doubt in a totally unbiased spirit.
The highest biographical authorities of our days, to whom Pearson Hill appealed, from alengthy special examination, arrived at the conclusion that James Chalmers was the inventorof the adhesive postage stamp in 1834 and that Mr. Pearson Hill could not shake that
conclusion. I am therefore accused of having impugned the nature of the letter of Rowland
Hill to Mr. Chalmers on March 3rd 1838. Why then did not Pearson Hill produce that letter
itself? When two years before he complained that nothing had been said about his proposal
for an adhesive postage stamp, why would Mr. Chalmers have returned to Mr. Hill a copy ofhis letter, if this was not supporting his complaint? It is that Pearson Hill needlessly rejects
that conclusion, while all the while he tries to hold secret the contents of the letter itself.
Therefore, it is evident that all of the accusations made against me by Pearson Hill do not
have, when one responds to them categorically, any basis. Moreover, this gentleman has been
willing to intersperse his allegations with such irrelevant epithets, which he applied to me,such as monomaniac, imposter, absolutely false, an error or a lie, etc., expressions which areusually used only when one does not have any valid arguments, and that I leave withconfidence to the judgement and appreciation of all of those individuals who have read thisletter.
___________________
A word about the letter of Mr. Philbrick, which I examined in a special circular, an example
of which is at the disposition of all of your readers. My authorities, on which Mr. Philbrickchallenges me, are:1st
A letter from the very same Mr. Philbrick of May 25th 1887, in which he paidme the honour of addressing me and where he said, Neither your father nor Mr.
Rowland Hill invented the postal adhesive stamp.
2nd
A paragraph of the Stamp News, where the chief editor, after having had thehonour of an interview on the subject of that very question, said: The PhilatelicSociety has admitted that it did not claim that Sir Rowland Hill had invented the
postage stamp.
Concerning the matter that the correspondence is in the possession of Mr. Philbrick, I
request in my circular by what right is it in his possession and at what point did Sir Rowland
Hill remove from the Ministry that official correspondence? It is in vain that for some years I
demanded copies of these letters from Pearson Hill and from Mr. Philbrick himself. The
pages of insults and abuses flung against me will not blind the impartial observer to themeaning of this fact in the discussion. Fortunately, I have been able to prove with the help of
my friends from Arbroath, in Scotland, and without the aid of that correspondence, that it is toJames Chalmers that we are indebted for the benefit of the adhesive postage stamp.
Accept, etc.,
Patrick Chalmers
Wimbledon
5th August 1890

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Philat. Trans. 538
Patrick Chalmers
The Adhesive Postage Stamp[A letter to J.-B. Moens of Brussels][Le Timbre-Poste Adhésif]Wimbledon, UK, 7th August 1890, 1p.

Translation produced by Donald H. Kellander for Brian J. Birch
33 Boar’s Head Avenue, Standish, Wigan, WN6 0BH, UK
June 2005

THE ADHESIVE POSTAGE STAMP[A letter from Patrick Chalmers to J.-B. Moens of Brussels]
Wimbledon,
7th August 1890
Sir:
I am pleased to be able to send you enclosed herein, a letter in response to that of Mr.
Pearson Hill, published in the last issue of your journal, Le Timbre-Poste, and I beg you to beso kind as to publish it in your next issue. My letter, although long, is not as long as that of
Mr. Pearson Hill, and it is important and just that the response be submitted to those whohave read the attack. I am counting, then, on you to publish my letter in all fairness.
Permit me to inform you that I have answered your letter of 15th March 1888, in which you
addressed to me certain questions on the subject of my claims. After having had your lettertranslated into English, I drew up in English a response to each of your questions, 12 in
number, and I sent you the whole thing on 26th March, also sending back, as you had desired,the questions that you had sent me. If my mailing did not arrive or if it has escaped yourattention, there is no fault on my part, and there is none attributable to any lack of courtesy on
my part in regards to you.
Yours very truly
Patrick Chalmers
to Mr. Moens
BrusselsHave the kindness to advise to me if my letter will be published, in accordance with the rules
and the courtesy394

Document 140
Copy of Certificate forwarded in Mr. James Chalmers’ letter of 1st October 1839____________________
Dundee, 30th Sept. 1839
We certify that Mr. James Chalmers, Bookseller, here, has for many years taken an active
interest in the acceleration of the Mails and the general improvement of the Post Office
Establishment, and his services in this way have been repeatedly noted with commendation in
respectable periodicals. Chiefly through his exertions through directing attention to the means
and importance of accelerating the Mail, two days were gained in correspondence betwixt thisand Liverpool prior to the use of Railways. Since the proposal to establish a Uniform Rate ofPostage was announced. Mr. Chalmers has devoted much attention to the subject, and has
been at great pains to discover the best method of carrying the scheme into effect. We haveseen a specimen along with a description of his plan of using stamped slips, which appear to
us to process several peculiar and important advantages. We beg, therefore, respectfully torecommend his plan to the favourable consideration of the Right Honourable the Lords of Her
Majesty’s Treasury.
Signed:Alex Balfour
Edward Baxter
Williams Thoms
John Sturrock
John Symers
William Hackney
George Kinlock
Jas. Brown
George Duncan
Tas. Guthrie
C.W. Boase
W. Christie
David GuthrieAlex King
W. Johnstone
John Brown
John Calman
Jas Thomas
Chris Kerr
Will Barrie
Chas. AdieJohn Murdock
Arch Crichton
George Milne
Shiell & Surall

Chairman of Chamber of Commerce
Deputy Chairman of Chamber of Commerce
Banker and JP
Banker and JP
Banker and JP
JP
JP
JP
JP
JP
BankerBankerBanker
ProvostBailieBailieBailieDean of Guild
Town Clerk
Town Clerk
D.D
Convener of the Nine Incorporated Trades
Sea Insurance Office
Clerk to the Harbour Trustees
Writers

Subscribed also to above are one hundred Merchant Ship owners and others of Dundee.
____________________
Commentary added in manuscript by Pearson Hill:

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This certificate - described by Mr. James Chalmers as one his friends and neighbours had
kindly signed in his behalf – was forwarded by him to the Treasury in support of his claim tohave put forward his scheme of adhesive stamps “nearly two years” before August 1839 –It is obvious that had there been any truth in the statement made by Mr. Patrick Chalmers
that his father suggested such stamps in 1834 some reference to such a claim would have been
made –
It is scarcely necessary to add that no proposal to establish a Uniform Rate of Postage had
been announced prior to the issue of Sir R. Hill’s pamphlet – see “Origin of Postage Stamps”
para 43-51 and Memo
[Pearson Hill]

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11 Downing Street
WhitehallMarch 24th 1864
My dear Sir Rowland Hill,
On receiving your letter of 18th I immediately took steps to expedite the circulation of thepapers.
It was not intended in the Treasury minute to put a negation on your claim to originality, as I
think you may see if in reading it, you lay a stress on the word development(1).
I am very glad, however, that you have taken that subject into your own hands and appealed
to the proper tribunal – that of opinion – through the proper medium - that of the press. Your
explanations(2) may be fairly regarded as a challenge to the world and will both positively andnegatively have thrown light, partially effectual light, upon the subject before it is mentioned
in Parliament.
I trust you are experiencing the benefit of repose.
and I remain
Most faithfully yours(signed) W. E. Gladstone____________________The Rt. Honble W. E. Gladstone M.P.
Respecting Treasury Minute on Sir Rowland Hill’s retirement____________________
Annotation by Pearson Hill
(1)

This explanation would seem to imply that in the passage in the Treasury Minuterespecting the honour that “may be due to those who before the development of theplans of Sir Rowland Hill urged the adoption of uniform penny postage” was simply
intended to refer to those persons like Mr. Wallace, Hume, Warburton and the
Mercantile Committee who gave the plan, after it was brought out, their cordial andzealous support.
P. H.

(2)

See The Life of Sir Rowland Hill, Vol 2 p.402.
Also The Post Office of 50 Years Ago, pp.33-36.

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Document 143
Annotation by Pearson Hill
Compare what Sir R. Hill did say here, with the statement by Mr. P. Chalmers in his 1st
pamphlet – where he asserts that Sir Rowland Hill frankly admitted that the Govt adopted hisplan without knowing how it was to be carried into effect.

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Enc. D(1) “The Adhesive Stamp” 1881
Claim

p.3

That the stamp proposed by Rowland Hill originally was
not the adhesive stamp of 1840 popularly credited to him
but an entirely different thing the impressed stamp of theExcise Office; (p4) that James Chalmers was the inventorof the adhesive stamp (p47) that he invented it in 1834 andthat (p64) Hill adopted it (from Chalmers’ proposal) when
in office and p4 and 39 that this adhesive stamp saved thePenny Postage Scheme) See the) Origin of) Postage) Stamps for) refutation) of this) nonsense)

Chargep.4 & 48 That even the detached adhesive form of theimpressed stamps proposed by Hill was the exception andnot the rule and was immediately abandoned by Hill while
the adhesive stamp proposed by Chalmers was to be thewhole means of carrying out this plan of prepayment) See Do Do
)
)
A
)
)

Chargep.39 That Hill learned of and adapted Chalmers’ stampfrom the proposal sent in by Chalmers, in the “Treasury
Chambers” after proposals were called for in 1889 [sicactually 1839] and seeing its great advantages thereforetoclaimed it for his own) Memorandum) on the) collection of) postage by) means of) stamps is) prior to that in) James) Chalmers) Apr ’39. Aug) ‘39

Chargep.15 That Hill’s whole system is to be found in the 5th
Report, never acknowledged by Hill but which he shows tohave read in the appendage to his pamphlet of 1837
(absolutely untrue – see Philatelic Record November 1881
pages 198 to 201 – see also reprints from Circulaire April‘81, see also my Memo on 5th Report. P.H.

In support

p.19 to 24 cites Hill’s mode of prepayment from thepamphlet and comments that this is not the stamp we know
pp.24 to 28 as the adhesive stamp. Covers, wrappers, )stamped sheets, monopoly, forgery, Committee’s )suggestions only adopted covers and envelopes in a )peculiar paper.
p.29 & 30 The Government did not know how this plan
was to be carried out but asked for “powers” only for a
uniform rate by weight and prepaid.
p.32 Treasury advertised for plans and Chalmers sent inhis.
p.31 Chalmers’ plans of prepaid gummed labels stating
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Bvalues does away with the monopoly troubles.
p.32 Patrick Chalmers remembers his father’s claim of
this to have been before 1837.
p.35 Mr. Joseph Hewson & others knew not what that“letterpress stamp could or ought to have been accepted”
but that Chalmers was the inventor of the adhesive stamp.
p.36 that such opinion was entertained in Dundee in the
40ties remarks at the presentation is Chalmers “hadrecommended the adoption of the adhesive slip.
p.37 plan adopted was practically that of Chalmers. Hills& Bacon’s testimony before Commission on “? Patent”
Hills 964 and p43 Hill and Bacon 1808, 1692.
p.44-6 Comments are more repetition of Claims.
p.47 Hill adoption of Chalmers plan reasserted. (bosh)p.48-50 repetition of pp.4 & 39.
p.52 Question asked which the facts were not made publicin 1839 and dedication Chalmers would have thenvindicated his claim p.54.
p.55 to 57 that Chalmers invented in 1834. Letters of “?
etc. and repeats statements.
p.14 Edward Lytton Bulmer in 1832 moved for a selectCommittee and proposed that newspapers weighing lessthan 2oz should pass through the past at a Uniform rate of
1d and local post ½d and repeated this in a speech in 1834
adding irrespective of distance.
1835 Wallace proposed prices current should pass the postat uniform rate of 2d and letters should be charged byweight and repeated this before the Com of Enq.
p.56-7 Matthew Davenport Hill in 1834 in a speechfollowing the Bulmer advocated Knights covers. This was
the impressed stamp prepaid wrapper and uniform postage
p.69 mostly repetition of “forgery” and assertion Hills
plans have mostly disappeared) No evidence) of this)))) see my letter) in Dundee
Advertiser of 5?

C

D

) Don’t find) he did in) the 5th Report
)

E

)
)

See B

(A)

The real difference between them was this – Chalmers urged that none but adhesive
stamps should be used – giving as one reason that envelopes would increase by (Ithink) one third the weight of the mails, while his adhesive stamp would weight but
little. Rowland Hill said let all kinds be prepared, so that the public may choose what
it likes best.

(B)

The answer to all this balderdash is easy enough. The adhesive stamp was preferred by
Sir R Hill in his evidence of 1837. The difficulties of adopting the plan – difficulties
common to all great changes – and the objections and forgery were not in any way
overcome by the suggestion of adhesive stamps – but even if it were so as theseadhesive stamps had from the first been suggested by Sir R Hill the credit ofovercoming them would clearly be due to him – see “Origin of Postage Stamps” para
10-27 and para 74.

(C)

The fact that James Chalmers’ plan was not adopted was, in 1839-40, made known tohim – he did endeavour to vindicate his claim, but on reading Mr. Rowland Hill’s
400evidence of 13th February 1837 – withdrew it – How could any publication of facts
then, have given to Mr. Chalmers any knowledge he did not then possess”?
(D)

I didn’t know where the authority for this statement is to be found. I didn’t find it inHansard – but the very statement shows that uniformity of rate was and his proposal
for it is stated to be ½ for local papers and 1d for others. see also next note.

(E)

There is no ground for the pretence that newspapers being allowed to go free throughthe post when printed (as all papers then were) on stamped paper was in fact theestablishment of uniform rates of postage prepaid by stamp. Railway Directors travel
free over their own lines but that is no precedent for uniform fares for other people.
Newspapers have always, from political and other reasons, been granted special
facilities in the way of postal transmission. In 1834 (and long afterwards) the
Government was a sort of sleeping partner in every newspaper – taking as no risk, andpocketing the lion’s share of the profits. It received a stamp duty of 4d (afterwards
reduced to 1d) on every copy printed, it received a duty of 1/6 on every advertisement,
and it received 3d per l lb duty on the paper on which it was printed. It had therefore
the strongest fiscal interest in allowing postal facilities to newspapers, as anything that
increased their circulation increased the profits of the Chancellor of the Exchequer –they were consequently allowed to circulate through the (General) post free of charge.

About the year 1834 an agitation supported, if not commenced, by the Society for the
Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, was in fact first to reduce the newspaper tax to 1d andsecondly to abolish its compulsory use in all cases so as to relieve those newspapers which
did not go through the post from this charge, and it was in order that the Government shouldstill receive on any unstamped newspapers which did circulate by post, the same payment asthey obtained on others, that Mr. Charles Knight proposed that the stamp should be on theband or wrapper instead of on the newspaper itself. The plan, however, fell through – thenewspaper duty stamp was still retained and continued in force till about 1856 – though
reduced to 1d in 1836.
Newspaper postage has never been held in any way to afford a justification for adopting thesame rates as for letters. To this day an ounce letter goes everywhere in the UK for 1dwhereas a newspaper, however heavy, goes for one halfpenny. Even the lightest letter being
thus charged twice as much as the heaviest newspaper – let any one today propose that all
letters however heavy should (like newspapers) go free for a postale of one halfpenny , and hewould find that far from effecting a great postal reform he would be treated with the derision
he deserves.
Anybody could easily suggest uniform rates of postage (though I don’t believe any ever did so
before Sir R. Hill) just as some persons have been foolish enough to suggest uniform rates by
Railway for passengers. It was Sir R. Hill’s discovery and demonstration of the fact that
distance might be disregarded and that uniformity was even more just than any charge formere “conveyance” that made his suggestions useful and his reform practicable. Sir E.
Bulmer Lytton and others may or may not have made offhand suggestions of uniformity ofrate (though I never have met these suggestions) but such suggestions, unaccompanied with
proof of their practicability, would have been as useless as a justification now-a-days that weshould all wear wings as an improved method of locomotion.

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Annotation at the top of the document by Pearson Hill
Found with yr. papers in the Post Office. It entirely stopped a foolish agitation and the views
laid down are now accepted by the Post Office of the United Kingdom as its fundamental
principles.
P. Hill402

Document 146
Various manuscript annotations on the document, made by Pearson Hill

Annotation at the top of the first page
Chalmers publicly accused of fraud, and dared to bring action for libel, if the charge were
untrue.
Annotation against asterisk at “papers I have forwarded to the Town Council”
At its next meeting the Town Council expressed its regret at having passed its previous
resolution in Mr. Patrick Chalmers’ favour – Mr. P. Chalmers often quotes that resolution,
but never mentions the after-proceedings of the Dundee Town Council.

Annotation against the final sentences of the first letter
Chalmers’ reply to this challenge was that as he was threatened with legal proceedings, hewould henceforth take no notice of what I said!!!

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Document 147
M. Burnet, Esq.
Secretary, London Philatelic Society
Exposing Mr. Patrick Chalmers’ misrepresentations respecting the decision of the London
Philatelic Society on his claim. Also his dishonesty in mutilating letters, and then denying hehad done so.
____________________
13 Grey’s Inn Square
London23 April 1883
To the Editor, The Dundee Advertiser
Sir,
My attention has been called to a letter from Mr. Patrick Chalmers in your issue of 19th
instant. I shall not venture to criticise the resolution which the Dundee Town Council, without
calling for any evidence from the other side, saw fit to pass in favour of the claim advanced
by Mr. P. Chalmers on behalf of his father. But I ask your permission to reply to Mr.
Chalmers’ statement to the effect that “as respects the decision of that body before which
Mr. Pearson Hill was pleased to bring his case, it is enough to say that so far from the matter
having been fully investigated this decision was issued at least two months before my ‘reply’
was drawn up – its value may thus be appreciated”.
“That body” elsewhere more respectfully referred to by Mr. Chalmers while the matter inquestion was still under consideration as a “Scientific Society” wrote to Mr. Chalmers on 1st
December 1881, 21st Jan 1882, 22nd April 1882, 17th June 1882 and 9th October 1882, and ineach of these letters called upon Mr. Chalmers for such further evidence in support of his
allegations as he might be in a position to furnish. In the last letter we pointed out that elevenmonths having elapsed since we first wrote to him on the subject, we should now proceed to
examine the evidence before us and give our verdict.
That our investigation was full no one, except of course Mr. Chalmers, will venture toquestion after reading our report, but I regret to say that throughout the discussion Mr.
Chalmers has continually taken refuge in what I will not qualify more harshly than thesuppessio veri. As regards his denial that he suppressed portions of the correspondence which
passed between him and Mr. Pearson Hill, I can only say that I have seen his letter to Mr.
Hill of 10th December 1879, and a copy of that gentleman’s reply dated 13th idem, and that I
am thus in a position to assert that Mr. Chalmers did not give much more than half theircontents when he pretended to reprint them in his pamphlets.
`

Note:

I am sir(Signed) M. Burnet
Secretary to the Philatelic Society, London____________________
This letter appeared in the correspondence column of The Dundee Advertiserof 25th April 1883.

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Document 148
Various manuscript annotations on the document, made by Pearson Hill

Annotation at the foot of the pageThe effect of this exposure was to make it no longer safe for Mr. Chalmers to denymutilation of my letters as he had hitherto done. He then declared that the matter suppressed
was irrelevant, a statement absolutely untrue as shown above.

Annotation on the reverse of the document
No. 5
Note:

As to my having appealed to a “Tribunal” and (as Mr. Patrick Chalmers says
elsewhere) having been severely reprimanded by it for making such charges
against him.

The following are the facts:Sometime ago, thinking that the publisher of his pamphlets (Mr. Effingham Wilson) could
hardly be aware of their extreme dishonesty, and, if a man of honour he would not care to be
instrumental in the circulation of false and cowardly slander against the late Sir Rowland
Hill. I wrote to him pointing out the character of Mr. Chalmers’ publications – I received inreply two very insolent letters – obviously inspired by Mr. Patrick Chalmers though signed“Effingham Wilson” – in which letters the writer pretended he could see no difference
between my openly giving extracts from letters, and Mr. Patrick Chalmers’ conduct inendeavouring to pass off mutilated letters as the whole correspondence and denying the fraud
when charged with it. Mr Effingham Wilson - if the letters be genuine - who still goes onwith the publications, appearing to attach more value to the money he was making by thus
circulating attacks upon a dead man, than to the injury to his own reputation – but be this as it
may, the “Tribunal” and its decision are in fact nothing more than letters obviously promptedby Mr. Patrick Chalmers himself and coming avowedly from his new accomplice inslander!!
This is but one of the many instances in which Mr. Chalmers first prepares a small basis offact, upon which to rear a monstrous mass of falsehood. As Tennyson says “a lie that is half atruth is ever the blackest of lies”.
Pearson Hill

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Document 149
NO 6
Extensively annotated by Pearson Hill
Annotation at top of page 147
Note A.
The document found at South Kensington is of still more recent date – viz 8th Feby. 1838 –nearly twelve months after Sir R. Hill’s suggestion – but in order to make it appear the earlier
document, Mr. Chalmers falsifies the date of Sir R. Hill’s suggestion, giving it as November
1839 (I think). He perfectly well knows the right date.

Annotations at bottom of page 147
The writer of the article in the Encyclopædia Britannica fully admits that I prove Sir
Rowland Hill was the first to publish his suggestion, and also that James Chalmers himself
admitted Sir R. Hill’s priority. In other words he admits that I have proved everything which
the rule above referred to requires. But he then goes on to say that I don’t disprove that James
Chalmers may have invented them first. That is to say that I don’t prove more than wasnecessary. The whole article in the Encyclopædia Britannica is full of the grossest blunders –e.g. Messrs. De la Rue are credited with making postage stamps in 1852 (four years before
they really did so) and Messrs. Perkins & Bacon, who for 40 years printed the 1d and 2dlabels – 19/20ths of all the stamps made – are ignored altogether – the latter being referred to as“a Mr. Bacon” who according to the ideas of the writer, seems to have something to do withthe writer* - all Mr. P. Chalmers’ assertions as to the “special investigation” by learned
writers in the Encyclopædia Britannica and in the Dictionary of National Biography, arenonsense – beyond sending to the Editor …
*This sentence may well refer to Pearson Hill as the writer and Bacon being Edward
D. Bacon, one time secretary of the Philatelic Society, London.

Annotation overleaf
Editor of the Enca. Brita. (Messrs. Black of Edinburgh) a copy of The Philatelic Record ofNovember 1881 I had as further communication with them for the two and half years before
the Article was published, and assumed they had abandoned all intention of dealing with thequestion. Meanwhile they seem to have been abundantly supplied with Mr. Chalmers’
statements. As Dr. Johnson said “it requires a great deal of self denial in a Scotsman, at any
time to prefer truth to Scotland”.
As regards the “special” investigation by the Editor of the Dictionary of National Biography –it is sufficient to say that I had no communication whatever with them.
Both the Encyclopædia Britannica and the Dictionary of National Biography decide against
Patrick Chalmers on almost all other points he raised giving him only the bare point that his
father invented the stamps in 1834 but never published his idea. The worthlessness of theevidence on which the claim to this prior invention is founded is fully pointed out in theforegoing letter and in the note appended to document No. 2 – see also “The Post Office of 50
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Years Ago” pages 18-20 and 36. With all his misrepresentations probably those persons who
have been taken in by Mr. Patrick Chalmers are not a hundredth part of those who believed,
for a time, in the Tichborne Claimant – and Chalmers is laying up for himself a reputation
hardly to be envied, as copies of his publications, together with the genuine documents fromwhich he gives false & misleading quotations, and his father’s own letters (which, if he hadforeseen the misrepresentations his own son would put forward could not have been written
more thoroughly to expose them) will be placed where, to all time, those interested in thesituation may see the real facts of the case.

MEMO
The manner in which Mr. Chalmers dealt with this letter was so dishonest, and so typical of
the way in which, when he has no answer to a charge he fabricates evidence andmisrepresents facts, that it is important to record what he did. The letter, as the Date of thepaper shows appeared on 5th October 1883. Nearly six months later early in March 1884 Mr.
Chalmers, without in any way referring to this letter, or to any of the hundreds of articles
which had appeared in this newspaper (then still in existence) wrote to Mr. Blackwood (nowSir Arthur Blackwood) the Secretary of the London Post Office, asking merely the innocent
looking question whether “The Postal Telegraphic and Telephonic Gazette” was an Official
Newspaper expressing the view of the Post Office. As there is in this country, only one
Official Newspaper, viz The London Gazette, the answer he received, as he knew it would be,was, of course, in the negative, and it is this mere statement that the Postal Telegraphic andTelephonic Gazette is not an Official Newspaper, that Mr. Patrick Chalmers advertises as
an Official letter from H. M. Post Office repudiating the statements of [his] opponents!!
Mr. Blackwood would have also answered in the negative the question as to whether The
Times was an official newspaper and might therefore with equal dishonesty have been quoted
as officially repudiating any statements anyone liked to select from the columns of that paper
during the previous six months.
It will be noticed that in his letter which appears in the Philatelic Journal of America of May
last, Mr. Patrick Chalmers again repeats this gross misrepresentation, the other statement hemakes as to the London Philatelic Society having decided against him before he had
published his case, is equally dishonest, as will be seen by a perusal of document No. 2.
In my letter which appeared in the Dundee Advertiser of 16th April 1883 I publicly charged
Chalmers with wilful falsification of documents, and dare him to take the only course (anaction for libel) by which a man publicly so charged can clear his character – pointing out that
if any charges be untrue, he would obtain, heavy damages, and the most splendid opportunityof bringing his father’s claims before a tribunal where every statement must be made on oathand be subject to cross examination. He has never dared to take up that challenge, but heaps
falsehood upon falsehood to cover his disgrace.
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Document 150
From
The Postal Telegraphic & Telephonic Gazette 14th March 1884____________________
Mr. Patrick Chalmers’ pretentions
We had hoped that the very conclusive letter from a high official authority which appeared in
our impression of 5th October last respecting the original suggestion of adhesive postage
stamps would have settled the question, and that we and the public at large, might have beenspared the periodic infliction of pamphlets and circulars from Mr. Patrick Chalmers insupport of his oft refuted claim. In this hope we find ourselves disappointed; and have before
us a fresh circular of his, which affords a striking proof of the extraordinary extent to which
an apparently morbid desire for notoriety may succeed in overriding all other considerations.
We do not suppose that many of our readers are likely to be misled by the document beforeus, but as it is our special function to deal with matters official or semi-official, we will briefly
show what value is to be placed upon Mr. Chalmers’ assertions. Mr. Chalmers coolly assetsthat it is now “recognised” that his father, James Chalmers, was the originator and proposerof the adhesive postage stamp. He makes no reference to the fact that his father’s letters stillin existence prove not only that he did not propose them till nearly a year after Sir R. Hill had
done so, but that in May 1840, he honestly and fully withdrew his claim to priority. He
declares (though the assertion has often been disproved) that Sir Rowland Hill’s plan was but
a copy of some pre-existing suggesting, and that in consequence of Mr. Patrick Chalmers
calling attention to this, the inscription on the Rowland Hill Memorial was altered inaccordance with his representations. Mr. Chalmers does not mention that when his lettermaking the statement appeared in “The Standard” about two years ago – with its date April
1st – he was at once contradicted by the Hon. Sec. to the Memorial Committee, Mr.
Alderman Whitehead; we may also point to the fact that the inscription in the Monument, asanyone who runs may read, states that Sir Rowland Hill was the “Founder” of the Uniform
Penny Postage system, and therefore, so far from supporting Mr. Chalmers’ assertions it
directly contradicts them. But perhaps the most lamentable instance in which Mr. Chalmers
indulges in the suppressio veri, is where he quotes as conclusive evidence of his charges
against Sir Rowland Hill, the paragraph from the Treasury Minute of 11 March 1864 inwhich a passing allusion is made by ”My Lords” to such honour as “may be due to those who
before the development of the plans of Sir Rowland Hill, urged the adoption of Uniform
Penny Postage”. The highly complimentary Minute on Sir Rowland Hill’s retirement inwhich this passage occurs, our readers will find quoted at full length in the “Life of Sir R.
Hill” Vol II. p.391, and they will see that a note is appended to this very passage, showingthat the statement was at once challenged by Sir Rowland Hill, that the Treasury in reply
admitted the correction, and stated that they had had no intention of questioning his
originality. Mr. Patrick Chalmers’ letters and pamphlets prove that he has read this book.
His suppression of the above fact, which shows that the statements he quotes as an
authoritative decision in his favour was a mere clerical error immediately corrected andadmitted, can therefore hardly have been unintentional.

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Document 151
7 July 1887
Sir S.A. Blackwood, KCB
Secretary of the Post OfficeContradicting the statement of Mr. Chalmers that he had an “official letter from the Post
Office repudiating the opinions of his opponents”____________________
7th July 1887
P. Hill, Esq.
Dear Sir,
My letter to Mr. Chalmers of the 24th March 1884 was merely a reply in the negative to hisquestion if the “Postal, Telegraphic and Telephonic Gazette” was an official journal in thesense that the Post Office was responsible for anything therein contained.
The accuracy or inaccuracy of any particular statement was not even raised in Mr. Chalmers’letter, and certainly was not referred to in mine.
Faithfully yours(signed)409

S. Arthur Blackwood

Document 152
6 Pembridge Square W.
London27 July 1887
J. K. Tiffany, Esq.
Dear Sir,
Someone has kindly forwarded to me copies of The Philatelic Journal of America for April,
May and June of this year, from which I gather that the Editor of that paper and some of yourPhilatelic societies are believers in the claims put forward on behalf of Mr. James Chalmersof Dundee, to have been the originator of the adhesive postage stamp. These gentlemenprobably being unaware of the exposé of these claims made in a paper I read before theLondon Philatelic Society in November 1881.
I have not the pleasure of knowing any member of the many Philatelic Societies in America,
but your name has been suggested to me, by Mr. Bacon, Secretary of the London PhilatelicSociety, as one to whom information might be sent with the certainty of its being properly andimpartially applied, and I venture therefore to trouble you with the accompanying printed
documents which, with the notes appended thereto, will enable you and others readily tounderstand the worthlessness of the claim in question.
I should perhaps explain that although the earliest authentic suggestion of adhesive postage
stamps known is undoubtedly Sir Rowland Hill’s proposal made in his evidence on 13th Feb
1837 – and therefore that whatever credit be due for it is undoubtedly due to him – yet the
moment the practicability of using stamps of any kind (rather than money) for the prepaymentof postage was made manifest, the question of making the stamp adhesive has always seemed
to me so completely a mere matter of mechanical detail – so certain to occur to dozens ofpeople – that had Mr. P. Chalmers been content to put forward his claim without falsely
charging Sir Rowland Hill with fraudulently appropriating the idea, I should hardly have
deemed it necessary to contradict him, or to attempt to convince anyone who chose to believe
him that they were mistaken. The errors of other people not, as a rule, troubling me much
more than graver evils did the celebrated Lord Chesterfield, of whom it was said that “noone bore the misfortunes of others with greater philosophy”, but as Mr. P. Chalmers fromthe very beginning has chosen to impute fraud, and to take a cowardly advantage of the defectin our law of libel, under which no one can be prosecuted for slandering the dead, I havethought it necessary in the accompanying and other documents, to place permanently onrecord a pretty complete refutation of his assertions, and exposure of his misrepresentations.
These documents I ask you kindly to place before the Philatelic Society of which you are
President, and to communicate them to the Editor of the Philatelic Journal of America – if
you think fit – and such other persons as you may select.
The following are the documents in questions which I send you by Book Post:No. 1 The Philatelic Record (London) of Nov: 1881 containing full statement of the facts,and Mr. James Chalmers’ renunciation of all claim to priority.
No. 2 The decision of the London Philatelic Society absolutely rejecting Mr. Patrick
Chalmers’ claim, with a memo printed in red, showing the dishonest course followedby him in connection with that award.
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No. 3 Reprint from The Philatelic Record of Feb: 1883 showing several cases of Mr.
Patrick Chalmers’ distortions of facts and suppressions of truth.
No. 4 Letter of mine in Dundee Advertiser of 16th Apr 1883 in which I publicly charge Mr.
P. Chalmers with falsifying documents and dare him to bring an action for libel if any
charges be untrue.
No. 5 Second letter of mine, publishing the omitted portions of the correspondence andshowing their importance in reply to Mr. Chalmers’ reiterated denial of having
mutilated my letters.
No. 6 Letter in “The Postal Telegraphic & Telephonic Gazette” of 5th October briefly
giving facts and showing the worthlessness of the “evidence” upon which alone theclaim that James Chalmers invented stamps in 1834 is based, with m.s. memo (mostimportant) showing the absolute untruthfulness of his assertion (repeated in effect in
his letter in The Philatelic Record of America [sic] of last May) that he has an official
letter from H. M. Post Office repudiating the statements of his opponents.
No. 7 A reprint of Sir Rowland Hill’s pamphlet of 22 February 1837 proposing Penny
Postage, with account of “The Post Office of 50 years ago” – first published by
Messrs. Cassell, in which the first suggestions for Postage Stamps are noticed.
Should it be thought desirable to publish any of these documents in the Philatelic Journal or
any other paper, I would suggest, as a selection:
No. 1 From p.194⅔ to 201½ - or at least that portion commencing at p.198 which is marked
in red ink.
No. 2 The proceedings of the London Philatelic Society of London on 28 Oct 1882, with thenote printed in red at the end – this last is most important as showing theuntruthfulness of Mr. Chalmers favourite assertion that the Society decided he casewithout waiting to hear what he had to say.
No. 4 The marked passage beginning “one more fact” to end of letter, andNo. 6 This should be given in extenso, especially with the m.s. Memo at the end explaining
how the so-called “Official repudiation” was obtained.
To all these matters I venture to call the special attention of your Society, though but that I am
assured you take an interest in this question I should hardly have ventured to trouble you withthe documents and with so long a letter, to shorten which, however, I have necessarily leftmany points unnoticed.
I should add that I am told Mr. Chalmers is mad on this question, having postage stamps on
the brain, as badly as Mr. Dick in Copperfield had the beheading of Charles I. Pray makewhat use you like of this letter.
Your very truly
Pearson Hill

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PS:

No one on this side of the water pays Chalmers any attention. His documents findtheir proper resting place in the official waste paper baskets – There is no truth
whatsoever in his statement of Mr. Samuel Roberts having proposed uniform
postage.

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B
29 Oct 1887
Mr. Alderman Whitehead
Hon: Sec: Rowland Hill/Mansion House/Memorial Committee____________________
Exposing the absolute untruthfulness of Chalmers’ statements as to the “Subscription” of the
Rowland Hill Memorial Committee, or as to their having acknowledged the truth of his
allegations.
____________________
Note: Mr. Alderman Whitehead, in “The Standard”, publicly contradicted Chalmers’
assertion on this point when it first appeared in April 1882.
____________________
Highfield House
Catford Bridge
Kent SEth
29 October 1887
Pearson Hill, Esq.
Dear Sir
In answer to your letter of the 24th Instant, there is not the slightest excuse for the assertion of
Mr. Patrick Chalmers that the Memorial Committee admitted that Sir Rowland Hill was
not the originator of the Penny Postage Scheme, or that they changed the inscription for theCity Statue in consequence of his or any other representations.
No Doubt of any kind was at anytime expressed by a single member of the Committee as to
Sir Rowland Hill’s right to be considered the originator and founder of the system. The only
difference of opinion amongst us was as to what would be the most suitable and impressive
inscription for the statue. One proposal (my own) was that it should run “He gave us Penny
Postage”, another “He founded Penny Postage”, a third “Founder of Uniform Penny Postage”.
Eventually and after Mr. Patrick Chalmers’ contention had been fully considered, we
decided that it should be the last of these three.
The words on the Memorial in Westminster Abbey which describe him as the “Originator of
the Penny Postal System” were written by the late Dean Stanley, and were submitted to andunanimously approved by the Committee.
Thus you see we were agreed that both “founder” and “originator” correctly describe Sir
Rowland Hill’s position in connection with this great public boon.
I think I ought to add that Mr. Chalmers afterwards sent to each member of the Committee
numerous letters and pamphlets on the subject; but neither the Committee, nor so far as I
know, any individual member of the Committee thought that his communications called for
reply.
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I am
Dear SirYours faithfully(signed) James Whitehead

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6, Pembridge Square W
London31 October 1887
J. K. Tiffany, Esq.
Dear Sir,I have to thank you for your letter of 23rd ulto: and though I contemplate preparing anotherprinted paper, addressed to the London Philatelic Society on the Chalmers’ nonsense, (a copyof which shall be sent to you) I now write to deal with a few points in your letter, doing so I
need scarcely add, in perfect friendship and with all apologies for troubling you with so long acommunication.
I am glad you propose to compare the statements I sent you with official and other documents
in your possession. If you will do the same with Chalmers’ statements I have no doubt you
will have your eyes opened. If there be any published Parliamentary or Official documents
which you require for this purchase, let me know, and I will endeavour to procure them foryou.

see Report of Proceedings of the
London Philatelic Society for 28
October 1882

I can well understand that gentlemen in America should, other things equal, attach more value
to the opinions of their own Philatelic Association than to those of the London PhilatelicSociety, but can it be pretended that the American Association has taken equal pains toascertain the truth?
When, In November 1881, my paper (of which I forwarded you a copy) was
read before the London Philatelic Society, that society with my entire
concurrence, forwarded a copy to Mr. Chalmers for his reply. They readevery one of the multitudinous documents he had published and sent to themon the question, and after waiting month after month for any further
information he might wish to supply, did not proceed to judgement till he had
had nearly a year to complete his case, nor until they had given him due noticethat they could wait no longer. Their judgement was given, therefore, after
having heard both sides.

Is not the case of the American Philatelic Society totally different? They (after having, as yourletter shows, been abundantly supplied with Mr. Chalmers’ statements) make no application
to Sir Rowland Hill’s representatives for their counter-statement, nor do they even informthem that the question was to come under consideration. Can any reason be shown why theirdecision should be entitled to more weight than any other opinion founded on purely ex parteevidence?
One portion of your letter, I must confess, for a moment raised in my mind the idea that inyour autumnal wanderings you must surely have visited “Alice in Looking-Glass House”
where as you will remember, in Louis Carroll’s interesting story, everything goes by the ruleof contraries, where you run away from a thing if you want to get near it, and where people
are first imprisoned and afterwards tried for offences they have not yet committed. I refer tothat part of your letter where you suggest such very different explanations of the silence ofJames Chalmers, and the silence of Sir Rowland Hill’s representatives.

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James Chalmers suggests adhesive stamps, and on the strength of having first made his plan
public in November 1837, he claims, or rather expresses a belief, that he was “first in thefield”. He is referred by Sir Rowland Hill to his evidence of 13th February 1837, andthereupon finding that his suggestion had been anticipated by many months he candidly
abandons his claim, and says nothing more about it.
The explanation in “Looking-Glass House” would probably have been what you suggest –viz: that having openly abandoned his claim when he found it untenable, his after-silencemeant that he was so confident of its truth, that he considered any further assertion of it
unnecessary! Would not the common sense verdict be that as people do not generally abandon
claims likely to be profitable, without full examination, his silence clearly “indicated theweakness of his claim”?
On the other hand Sir Rowland Hill’s representatives have not been silence altogether. Your
association supposes we have been silent only because you have not seen or let us know you
wished to see our answer. We brought the question in 1881, before the most competenttribunal (the London Philatelic Society) for decision. That decision after Chalmers’ replies
had been heard, was wholly in our favour. We know that by the Post Office authorities
Chalmers’ claims are utterly scouted. We expose his persistent and deliberate untruthfulness
and in my letter in the Dundee Advertiser of 19 April 1883 I publicly charge him with fraud
and falsehood and dare him to bring an action for libel if any charges were untrue – a stepwhich he has never ventured to take. Having done all this we treat his further statements withthe contempt they deserve.
But, on “Looking-glass-house” precedents, you suggest that our long silence may beinterpreted as indicating the weakness of our claim! To me it seems to show – almost quoting
your own words as applied to James Chalmers – that there is so little doubt that Sir R. Hill
was the inventor, that we do not trouble ourselves to discuss the matter.
I hardly understand the distinction you draw between my being a witness or an advocate. I do
not admit that in a case like this an advocate has the slightest right to depart from the strict
truth; and I am sure when contrasting my statements with those of Mr. P. Chalmers, you will
attach sufficient weight to the facts. First; that he has over and over again been convicted ofdeliberate misrepresentation, while I challenge anyone to point out a single statement of mine
which is untrue, and secondly, that while Mr. Chalmers, through long absence abroad,admits he has no personal knowledge of the facts, I speak from special information, notmerely through being the son of the late Sir Rowland Hill, but from a 37 years personal andintimate knowledge of postal matters past and present, having for 22 years (1850-1872) held
an appointment in the Secretary’s Office of the General Post Office London – a Department
with which I am still in constant communication.
I have just read the resolutions adopted by the gentlemen who met at Chicago on 8th August
last to the effect that the “Association upon proof by living witnesses, do endorse the claims
made by Mr. Patrick Chalmers”. To quote the late Lord Westbury, I can only say “I havereceived their decision with the most respectful amazement”!
Unless the old gentlemen of Dundee appeared before the conference, and had their testimony
tested by cross-examination (which I don’t suppose was the case) how can it be asserted that
the Association has proof by living witnesses? To be accurate the first resolution should haverun “Resolved that as Mr. Patrick Chalmers (whose word has been shown to be worth
nothing) says he has proof by living witnesses, this Association do endorse his claims”. Is notthat the true statement of the case, and does not the simple statement of it, show the absurdity416

of the whole proceeding? Is it not about on a par with the resolutions which, a few years ago,
used to be passed by persons who (having heard one side of the case only) declared that
Arthur Orton was the real Sir Roger Tichbourne? or with the proceedings of the Dundee
Town Council which, in March 1883 passed a somewhat similar resolution, and the next
month, after they had seen the exposure of Patrick Chalmers’ dishonesty, expressed theirregret at having been so foolish?
This letter has now reached so formidable a length, that I will reserve to another day somefurther points to which I think it necessary to call your attention before preparing that“square” statement which you desire, merely enclosing herewith copies of three letters fromSir S. Arthur Blackwood, the Secretary of the Post Office, from Mr. Alderman Whitehead,
Hon: Secretary of the Rowland Hill (Mansion House) Memorial Committee, and from Mr.
M. Burnett, late Secretary of the London Philatelic Society – (the highest possible authorities
on the several points upon which they flatly contradict Mr. Chalmers) – proving that thethree assertions made by him, to which some persons have appeared to attach much weight
viz; 1st that he has an official letter from H. M. Post Office repudiating the opinion of his
opponents. 2nd that the Rowland Hill (Mansion House) Memorial Committee have admitted
the truth of his (Chalmers) assertions and altered the inscription on the City Statue inconsequence, and 3rd that the London Philatelic Society decided the question against him
without waiting for his reply, are each and all of them deliberate misstatements of fact.
Yours very faithfully
Pearson Hill

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Document 155
6, Pembridge Square. W.
3rd Nov, 1887
J. K. Tiffany, Esq.
Dear Sir,
Taking what may perhaps seem to you almost an unfair advantage of your admission that the
subject of the originations of postage stamps is interesting to you, I send you herewith a letter(which I regret is so long) on some of the points suggested by your letter to me of the 23rd
September last.
Pray don’t think it necessary to reply to each letter – but reserve your judgement till you havethe whole facts before you, when I feel pretty confident what your verdict must be.
In one point your letter seems to suggest a belief in your mind that Mr. Chalmers has
succeeded in establishing his claims in this Country – I think you attach more weight than isdue to his assertions to this effect, and to the numerous extracts he gives from provincial
newspapers – paragraphs read one day and forgotten the next – and which if genuine camefrom persons wholly ignorant of the facts, but which are doubtless in most instances, simply
paragraphs which Chalmers has himself communicated to the papers, and then re-prints andputs forward as independent testimony in his favour – (see p:200 (2nd paragraph) of The
Philatelic Record of Nov. 1881 for an instance of his so doing).
In one of his recent leaflets or pamphlets he records how his letters have appeared in “TheWorld”, “The Truth”, “The St. James Gazette”, “The Standard” and many other London
papers without received any contradiction.
He does not, however, state that in these papers his letters appear only as paid advertisements.
The very fact of a letter so appearing is, in this Country, taken as proof that the Editor thinks
so little of the subject or the writer, that he has refused to insert it in any other manner. It
stands self-condemned and nobody expects to see it receive any notice.
The Whitehall Review which supports Mr. Chalmers, has a very indifferent reputation. It is
the lowest of the “Society” Journals with so limited a circulation that it is glad to jump atanything to attract attention. It backs up Chalmers and in return Chalmers advertises it in his
pamphlets as a “First Class” publication probably he and it will quarrel before long, and whenthieves fall out, honest men may come to their own.
Pray make whatever use you think kit of my letters.
Yours very faithfully,
Pearson HillPS:

I enclose you the re-print from the “Citizen” of 19 April 1881 referred to in my paperof Nov: 1881 and invite your special attention to the manuscript note thereunto
appended.

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Editor’s Note:

The pages of this document are out of order in the digital copy. The
correct order can be established by reference to the follow-on word
given at the foot of most of the handwritten pages.
6 Pembridge Square
London. W.
5th December 1887

J. K. Tiffany, Esq.
Dear Sir,
1.
I have, of late, been so much occupied that I have been obliged to delay longer than I
had intended the further communication I promised you respecting the origination of adhesive
postage stamps –2.
My previous letters, with the documents sent therewith, will I think have disposed of ahost of Mr. P. Chalmers’ mis-statements, and this present letter will, I trust sufficiently clear
away the heap of rubbish which he has accumulated during the last seven years, so that we
may at last get down to solid ground upon which to rest the real facts of the case.
3.
There are multitudes of Mr. Chalmers’ misstatements which I need scarcely waste
your time in exposing, but if there be any upon which you desire information, pray let me
know. I must, however, say a few words as regards his assertion that Mr. Samuel Roberts ofNorth Wales and other persons had suggested Uniform Penny Postage before Sir R. Hill did
so, as – when dating back Mr. James Chalmers’ claim to 1834 – this becomes an essential
part of his case, in order to prevent the absurdity of that date being at once demonstrated by
the simple fact that, at that time, practically no one dreamed of prepaying letters, andtherefore postage stamps would have been utterly useless except in view of somecontemplated change in the postal system.
4.
Mr. Samuel Roberts was, I have no doubt, a perfectly honest man – but he was oneof about a dozen others – mostly lightheaded – who, though they made no sign when their
help might have been useful, have from time to time come forward, after the plan had
succeeded, to claim the suggestion of Penny Postage. Such forms of hallucinations are by nomeans uncommon; a well known case being that of George IV, who towards the end of his
life, used to assert that he had commanded the British Army at Waterloo, and a more recent
instance is that of the caricaturist George Cruikshank, who as you may remember, got it into
his head in his old age, that he, and not Charles Dickens was the real author of Oliver Twist.
5.
Though Mr. Chalmers asserts that Mr. Roberts’ suggestions were well known to the
Post Office long before 1837, and were also communicated by him to a Welsh Society with anunutterable name, he nowhere produces a particle of documentary evidence containing these
proposals. He can show nothing but Mr. Roberts’ own recent letters, and an anonymous
notice of his death in The Times newspaper, written of course by some friend of Mr. Roberts– possibly by Mr. Chalmers himself.
6.
I need scarcely point out that a mere bald suggestion (if even made by Mr. Roberts or
any one else) that a system of Uniform Penny Postage should be adopted, without the
proposer showing that it was just and practicable, would have been as useless as a bare419

suggestion now-a-days to adopt a uniform rate of fare by Railway, coach or cart forpassengers or goods – but not even so much as the mere bald suggestion of any such scheme
by Mr. Roberts has as yet been produced.
At St. Martins le Grand – though the records of that Department are models of completeness –nothing whatever is known of Mr. Roberts or his claim, except what he himself alleges in his
own very recent letters, while as regards the Welsh Society (not named above) a leading“Druid” to whom I have applied has failed to discover nay record of such a communication.

See “The Post
Office 50 YearsAgo” pp.36-7“Taffy” is not generally addicted to giving up too readily his own property – his peculiar
weakness, if one’s early traditions are to be trusted, is entirely in the other direction.
Patriotism, or rather provincialism is undoubtedly one of his strong points, yet if we are tobelieve that Mr. Roberts ever made any such suggestion, we must necessarily accept theconclusion that even the Welsh Society threw over its compatriot, and for the last fifty years
or more has joined in the universal fest for the suppression of all evidence of rival claims to
Sir Rowland Hill!
Even if Mr. Roberts and Mr. James Chalmers were so self-sacrificing as todestroy every particle of documentary evidence in their own possession, whichmight have assisted their claims, how could they possibly have procured thedestruction of every copy of every newspaper or other publication not in theirpossession, in which their proposals if ever made, appeared? The fact that evenafter all Mr. P. Chalmers’ researches during the last seven years, he canproduced no document of earlier date than Sir Rowland Hill’s pamphlet
containing their alleged suggestions, is pretty good evidence that none exist,
and, as has been pointed out elsewhere, valuable ideas never published being
about as useless to the public as good advice never given, any claims founded
thereon are too absurd to deserve attention.

Mr. P. Chalmers’ further statement that a Parliamentary (or other) Commission enquired intoand reported upon Mr. Roberts’ plan is absolutely untrue. Where is their report, or where in
any Report is mention made of Mr. Samuel Roberts or any plan of his?
Mr. P. Chalmers gravely expects his readers to believe that because a subscription was got
up for Mr. Roberts in his old age, to which Mr. Bright and others subscribed, therefore it
must have been Mr. Roberts who first suggested Penny Postage!! He might just as well haveurged that therefore it must have been Mr. Roberts who discovered the North West Passage!
Meeting Mr. Bright one day I asked him whether he had intended by his subscription to thefund for Mr. Roberts, to imply that that gentleman was the originator of the Penny Postage
system. His answer was “Certainly not – I was asked to subscribe on the ground that Mr.
Roberts was an old Reformer now in difficulties – I did not know that he had any thing to dowith Postal Reform”. I then told him that a paper placing that interpretation on his so doing
had been published by a Mr. Patrick Chalmers – “Chalmers” said Mr. Bright, “Why that is the
person who is always sending me papers about Postage Stamps – I never read them – I put
them into my waste paper basket”.

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See The Post Office of
50 Years Ago P.30-??

But another statement of Mr. P. Chalmers’ in connection with this point
affords perhaps one of the most glaring instance of his intentional distortions offacts. In one of his leaflets, published about March 1884, - of which doubtless
you have a copy – he quoted a passage from the Treasury Minute of March
1864, on Sir Rowland Hill’s retirement, in which a passing allusion is made

Another favourite misrepresentation which he stills repeats: that
Sir Rowland Hill’s plan was a “concealed copy” of therecommendations of the 5th Report of the Commte. of Post Office
Inquiry has been already sufficiently exposed, as not only untrue
but impossible.

See also paper No. 3
of my first letter

The Philatelic Record– p.200-1:“what honour may be due to those who before the development of the plans of
Sir Rowland Hill urged the adoption of the Uniform Penny Postage system”
you will see by the enclosed copy of a leading article in the Postal Telegraphic
and Telephonic Gazette – which was communicated to Mr. P. Chalmers –that this passage which he put forward without any qualification as a
“Declaration by the Treasury” in his favour, was, as he well knew a mere
clerical error, at once challenged by Sir R. Hill and admitted by The Treasury!
Yet he not only suppressed this fact at that time (March 1884) but he still goeson repeating this assertion in his later pamphlets, notwithstanding the exposureof its dishonesty.

____________________
I now come to a point to which you very properly attach much importance, and upon which it
is only right you should have the fullest explanation. The point is why I do not publish in fullthe letters which passed between Sir Rowland Hill and James Chalmers. I think I shall beable to give you ample reasons for the course I have adopted.
I may mention that before reading my paper of Novr. 1881 to the London Philatelic Society, I
showed the original documents to Mr. Philbrick Q.C. the President of that Society, in orderthat he might see that in the ample quotations I had given therefrom I had in no way
misrepresented the meaning of the letters, or kept back anything of importance to the question
at issue.
If, in this matter of the Chalmers’ claim, I were dealing with an opponent who observed eventhe barest rules of honesty, I should long ago have given the letters full publicity; but theextra-ordinary manner in which, during the last seven years, Mr. Pat Chalmers has
conducted his case, shows that he is too dishonest to be trusted with any information, as he iscertain to distort or misrepresent it.
Of his deliberate mis-statements of fact I have given you abundant evidence – he is equally
dishonest in his dealings with letters and official or other documents. I have just shown you a
specimen of his intentional and persistent distortion of the Treasury Minute of March 1864.
Of his conduct as regards the 5th Report (1836) misrepresenting its meaning and eveninserting the “(1d)” in his pretended quotation from its recommendations, to twist their
meaning to help his false charge against Sir Rowland Hill, you have already been informed.
His mutilation of my letters in his first pamphlet – omitting essential portions without evenshowing that he was keeping anything back – his flat denial in “The Citizen” of 26 March
1881 of having done so, his conviction of this fraud in “The Citizen” of 19 April 1881, andhis other early falsehoods in this case, are shown in the paper I read before the London
Philatelic Society, of which you possess a copy, and as you are aware, he repeated thisbarefaced denial and had its dishonesty again exposed, in the letters which appeared in the
Dundee Advertiser in April 1883 – Numberless other cases of his intentionalmisrepresentation or garbling of documents also exist, some of which are exposed in paper
No. 3 inclosed in my first letter to yourself.
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But the point to which I would now especially direct your attention is the deliberate andcircumstantial mis-statement (referred to in the second paragraph on page 200 of the Philatelic
Record of Novr. 1881) made by him to account for his father never pressing a claim during hislife time. Viz: that Mr. James Chalmers ... up to 1846 “had not the smallest idea of Rowland
Hill’s personal claim to the merit of this stamp”. I show that this statement, made without theslightest qualification, was, as James Chalmers’ own letters provide, absolutely untrue. This
statement you will bear in mind was made by Mr. Patrick Chalmers before he knew that his
father’s letters were in existence, and thus furnished a check upon his mendacity. How did
Mr. Patrick Chalmers meet this exposure? Did he express, as any honest man would havedone, regret that he had made so positive a statement without a shadow of evidence to support
it? Not at all – he sought to cover his discomfiture by additional dishonesty. He adopted acommon trick of his when brought face to face with a charge he cannot disprove. He pretends
he is accused of something else, and then furnishes a plausible answer to a charge which has
never been made. His reply was (I give the substance from recollection) “Mr. Hill complainsthat I did not refer to the letters between his father and mine – how could I do so when theletters had not been published?” I need not point out to you that I had made no such ridiculous“complaint” I charged him with falsehood – to which he makes no defence.
After such conduct can you entertain a doubt that his eagerness to know exactly what his
father’s letters do or do not contain, is not in order that he may learn the truth – about which
he cares nothing – but that he may know how far he may safety indulge in reckless misstatement whenever he may fancy this will suit his purpose?
So long as I hold these letters over him, some limit is placed on his career ofmisrepresentation. He has to exercise at all events some little caution lest similar exposures
under his own father’s hand should await him. He is far to dishonest to be trusted with
documents. Arthur Orton might just as well have expected to be furnished with copies of all
Sir Roger Tichbourne’s letters in order that he might the better know how to frame his case.
As regards the extracts I have given from Mr. James Chalmers’ letters you will see by areference to the Philatelic Record of Nov: 1881 that they are not merely a few words here andthere, as Mr. Patrick Chalmers would like you to believe – and such as he himself
constantly gives – but continuous and entire paragraphs without break, such as could not
possibly be affected by other portions of the context.
Should any body, however, suppose that in the other letters or portions of letters not
published, Mr. James Chalmers may have flatly contradicted himself, or made otherstatements which would in some way neutralize his admissions, I would point out First That
Mr. James Chalmers was neither such a goose, nor as dishonest as to say first one thing andthen the opposite, and Secondly that to provide even for this possible supposition, I do notkeep the letters hidden away in my own possession. Every original document whether written
or printed, and duplicate copies of all papers which I possessed on the Chalmers’ case I haveplaced in the hands of Mr. F.A. Philbrick Q.C. – President of the London Philatelic Society– a gentleman with special knowledge on the matter at issue, and of the highest honour andskill in weighing evidence, so that he may see that I have kept back nothing which could in
any way help the case set up on James Chalmers’ behalf.
Ultimately these letters will be placed by me, probably in the British Museum, side by sidewith Mr. Patrick Chalmers’ statements and the documents (official and other) which expose
his misrepresentations, so that to all time those persons who take any interest in the question
will be able to form a correct judgement both upon the claim and the Claimant.
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As you are aware I have long ago refused, on account of his dishonesty, to enter into any
controversy with him. To keep up month after month, and year after year, a running exposureof his unlimited lie ability would be a sheer waste of time, and about as dignified as a street
sow with a sweep – but by my playing a waiting game, his misrepresentations must in the end
like “Chickens and Curses come home to roost”. Every dishonest and garbled statement anddistortion of facts in which he indulges, simply strengthens my hands – he only makes thecase blacker than ever against himself. What does it matter if for the time he is still alive, or atlarge, some persons are taken in by his assertions? Not many are likely to be so afterwards.
Sir Rowland Hill’s reputation will be unaffected by the dirt which Chalmers tries to heap
upon it, which will inevitably recoil upon his own head and Mr. Patrick Chalmers will
succeed in establishing for himself the lasting character of a man who, in a morbid craze fornotoriety, or the yet more contemptible hope of obtaining money from Government on aworthless claim, does not hesitate to slander the dead, and to set aside every consideration oftruth and honour.
Yours very faithfully
Pearson Hill

PS.

My next letter will give the facts upon which I rely to establish Sir Rowland Hill’sclaim even to this minor detail of his great reform and will deal with the so-called“evidence” upon which the Chalmers claim alone is based, after which I think it will
be unnecessary to trouble you with any lengthy correspondence.

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Document 157
6 Pembridge Square. W
London7 Dec. 1887
J. K. Tiffany, Esq.
Dear Sir,I send you yet another letter (far longer than I could wish) which will I think sufficiently clear
away the rubbish which has been abundantly accumulated by Chalmers, so that in my next
letter you may have the square statement you desire.
I admit I hardly like inflicting upon you such a mass of correspondence as that which you
have – I hope patiently – endured; but the fact that I know more about Sir Rowland Hill’sreforms than almost any body now living, may possibly make my letters acceptable additions
to your collection of documents on Postal questions.
Heaps upon heaps of Chalmers’ mis-statements I necessarily pass unnoticed, but I think it
useful to tell you that some two years ago, a friend of mine (a Lieut. Colonel in the army) who
had seen Chalmers’ letter in the Whitehall Review of 29 Oct. 1885 (in which I counted I
think it was eleven untrue statements) asked me why I did not answer it. I told him that I had
absolutely refused to have any further controversy with the fellow, but would place in his
hands papers upon the case that he might understand it. He returned them to me with thefollowing note. “I have been so busy on Lord R. Church’s Committee, that I could not answer
your note before. Thanks for the papers. The man is a low class liar with probably adangerous craze, you can do no more”. This is but a sample of the opinion entertained of
Chalmers by those who know the facts, and will show you that his assertions have scarcely
met with that general acceptance which he wishes you to believe.
I enclose you a few other documents, one of which being extremely rare, I will ask you to
return to me when done with. It is the copy of the Post Circular of 5th April 1838 in which
James Chalmers suggestions are printed in full, with a very important editorial note by Sir
Henry Cole – You will notice that in Mr. Chalmers’ pamphlet issued at the beginning of
1886, he reproduces nearly all this paper, but leaves convenient breaks, which he fills up withhis own comments. I suppose his reason for so doing is, that as he asserts this paper of 8th
Feb: 1838 fully confirms the evidence that James Chalmers invented adhesive stamps in
1834, his readers may suppose this confirmatory evidence is to be found in the parts notquoted.
Pray read the document carefully through and find if you can the slightest trace of any suchconfirmation. Note that James Chalmers always speaks of the Uniform Penny Postages, as“Mr. Rowland Hill’s plan” not a word about Samuel Roberts or any one else, and not even ahint that he, James Chalmers, had even made any suggestion of adhesive postage stamps
before. The whole paper fits in entirely with the statements and dates given by James
Chalmers in his letters of 1st October 1838 and 18 May 1840 (see Philatelic Record Nov:
1881. pp10,8-9) as to when he “first” made his plan public – viz “November 1837” – “nearly
two years before the Treasury Minute” of 23 August 1839.
Yours very faithfully,
Pearson Hill
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Kindly let me know whether you received this letter – as also that of 31 October last – though
do not trouble yourself to reply at any length.

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Document 158
6 Pembridge Square
London. W.
10th Jany. 1888
J. K. Tiffany, Esq.
Dear Sir,I have to thank you for your letter of 29th Novr. which I have delayed acknowledging so long,in hope of being able to send you the promised “Statement of Case” along with theParliamentary Papers you wanted, I have however, to ask your further indulgence in regard totime, as my candidature in South Hackney has greatly interfered with all other matters.
Meanwhile I send you by Book Post, by the same mail containing this letter, in two parcels,the 9th Report of the Commissioners of Post Office Inquiry (1837) and the 1st, 2nd and 3rdReports of the Parliamentary Committee on Postage (1838). I have also included a copy of the
Act of Parliament of 17 Aug. 1839, establishing Penny Postage (2nd & 3rd Vic: Cap lii) inorder that you may see by the marginal note to Sec V, the truth of my statement to you (which
you will also find supported by numberless instances in the Parliamentary papers now sent)that “Stamped Covers” was constantly employed as a convenient generic term for all kinds of
postage stamps, as distinguished from payment of postage in money – not, as Mr. P.
Chalmers asserts as distinguished from adhesive stamps – between which and stamped
covers proper, there was no necessity of drawing any sort of distinction.
I am not quite sure by the wording of your letter whether you already possess the “Life of Sir
Rowland Hill and History of Penny Postage” published in 1880 by Messrs. Delarne & Co., orwhether you intended to include it in your “wants”. If the latter, pray let me know, and I willat once send it to you. For it is obviously greatly to my interest, when defending my father’s
reputation from Chalmers’ cowardly slanders, that there should be in America, in the mostcompetent hands, copies of the real documents giving the true facts, so as to neutralise thenonsense and misrepresentations circulated by the latter. The more these genuine documents
are read and studied and compared with his garbled extracts therefrom, the more clearly will
his ignorance and dishonesty be made manifest.
I lately came across some specimens of the “big and little letters” – one of Mr. Henry Coles’
clever devices – which are referred to in the “Life of Sir Rowland Hill”, Vol 1: p.294, and I
send a specimen of each with the printed Parliamentary Papers for your library.
I presume you have long ago safely received my letters of 5th & 7th December withenclosures.
Now let me just clear away one or two points upon which you have misunderstood my letterof 31st October last.
First, banish from your mind all idea that I have anywhere intended to complain that yoursocieties have acted unfairly towards myself, in not inviting me to reply to Chalmers’
statements made since the date of my paper of Nov: 1881 – I am much too thick skinned tocomplain of unfairness. My main object in writing to you was to expose his cowardly attacks
against my father’s memory; I was also sure, and I am still sure, that your Societies will
gladly welcome information which will enable them to detect the imposture which has been
played upon them. Their own self respect, and the respect in which they must naturally wish
their opinions to be held by all persons conversant with the facts, are far more important426

considerations than any feeling I might be supposed to have in the matter, to induce them tomake a more thorough examination into the case.
______________________In my October letter, when I spoke of the London Philatelic Society as the “most competent”
authority on the question at issue, I had no thought of drawing a comparison between the
London and American Societies. My meaning, as I think you will see on reperusal, was tocontrast the London Philatelic Society, before which I had brought the matter, with theDundee Town Council, The London Commissioners of Sewers, newspaper Editors and otherbodies selected by Mr. Chalmers.
From what I know of the members of the London Philatelic Society, I am certain that no preconceived ideas as to Sir Rowland Hill’s claims would influence them for a moment, if
sufficient cause were shown for disallowing them. Certainly any such trifling disqualificationon their part, if it existed at all, would be more than amply counterbalance by the fact thatoriginal documents – such as those I am now sending you – were more readily accessible tothem than to the gentlemen in America, and that they also have the advantage of meetingpeople how, like many of the members of the Mansion House Committee, were personallyacquainted with Sir Rowland Hill and knew him to be a man with the highest sense of
honour. See for instance in the “Life of Sir R Hill” Vol 1. p.263, how Mr. Charles P. VilliersMP, speaks of him, and note the observation of the Editor of the Athenaeum, quoted in the
Philatelic Record for Nov. 1881. p.197, that “no one who knew the late Sir Rowland Hill can
suppose that he would claim credit for ideas which were not his own”. Sir Rowland Hill has
indeed been described by one who knew him intimately, as “the most horribly conscientiousman” he ever met.
The London Philatelic Society knew also from personal experience the absolute
untruthfulness of Mr. P. Chalmers – a most important factor in the case. Of this knowledge
abundant proof is given in Mr. Burnet’s letter to the Dundee Advertiser of which I sent you a
copy in my letter of 31st October last.
______________________As regards my proposed amendment to the “Preamble” I at one admit that what you tell meshows that it is not altogether accurate, though as the decision was avowedly based upon theletters from the old people at Dundee of later date than my paper of Nov. 1881 – the only
document of mine which the Societies appear to have seen – it must, I think, be admitted,(inasmuch as I was not asked for any counter statement) that this decision was undoubtedly
founded on ex-parté evidence.
Is it not probable that your Societies attach far too much weight to the letters which they
suppose to come in reality as well as in appearance from the old people of Dundee? The
obvious impossibility of anybody being able, by mere recollection, fifty years after date, to fix
the exact year when James Chalmers printed and gummed a particular kind of label (he, as a
printer by trade doubtless printed hundreds of similar labels for jam pots and pickles) is not
the only difficulty in the way of accepting their testimony. What value would you put upon
the evidence of a witness in Court if the plaintiff were allowed to sit by him, and, out of
hearing of the Judge, to prompt his replies? Yet these old people are admittedly incorrespondence with Mr. Patrick Chalmers – a man who has been convicted of every
possible fraud in this matter, who I have not the remotest doubt prompted Effingham
Wilson’s dishonest letters to me. Can there be any doubt that their answers have been427

influenced by him? or that the voice is the voice of Patrick, though the hands are the hands of“Sawney”?
________________________* See Philatelic Record
Nov:1881 p.197

Now for another point – What James Chalmers says in the printed paper
forwarded by him in May 1840, as to his having first published his plan inNovember 1837, may, possibly, as you suggest, be interpreted as only
meaning that he did then first make it public in a certain manner, i.e. by
publishing an article to which specimens of his stamps were affixed – yourinference being that he may have made it public long before in some otherfashion: but if so, what could possibly have been his object in going out of his
way to make a statement so useless not to say damaging to his case by giving
the wrong date when he was, as his letter shows, trying to explain why he hadthought he was “first in the field”? At all events no such interpretation canpossibly be put upon the statement in his letter of 1st October 1839* where hesays “If slips (adhesive stamps) are to be used I flatter myself I have a claim
to priority in the suggestion – it being now nearly two years since I first madeit public, and submitted it in a communication to Mr. Wallace MP”.

What possible value can be attached to any supposed recollections of the old people ofDundee against these statements as to when James Chalmers first made his plan public,
given under his own hand when the facts were fresh in his memory? Statements which,moreover, are as perfectly consistent with the probabilities of the case, and with every
document relating thereto which has yet been discovered, as Mr. Patrick Chalmers’
statements are inconsistent.

See pp.19-20

You yourself notice James Chalmers’ total silence as to any claim for suggestions in 1834. Is
not that silence, at such a time, strong presumptive evidence that no such suggestions wereever made by him until Sir R. Hill’s proposed reforms had rendered the use of postage stamps
possible.
In “The Post Office of 50 Years Ago” the absurdity of supposing that any one
proposed adhesive postage stamps in 1834, when letters were almost
invariably sent unpaid, is pointed out, and in the Reports and evidence I send
you it is constantly shown that prepayment of postage, (and consequently theuse of Postage Stamps), would be impossible in conjunction with the rates of
postage varying with distance then in force.

On this point, indeed, I would call your attention to the fact that in the evidence of one of theold people from Dundee – Mr. Whitelaw – quoted in the Philatelic Journal of America – thevery facts he mentions, so far from supporting the 1834 claim, directly disproves it. He saysthat “When it had been settled that the Penny Postage system was to be adopted, James
Chalmers set to work to draw out a plan of adhesive stamps”. Now in 1834, the Penny
Postage system had not even been heard of. Its adoption was not “settled” until 1839.
Probably Mr. Whitelaw meant to say “when Penny Postage had been proposed” (i.e. in 1837)or may have had lingering in his memory the recommendation of the Commissioners of P.O.
Inquiry (see 9th Report Page 9-8) to adopt the system experimentally in the London District;but the date of their report is no earlier than 7th July 1837 – which again fits in with all James
Chalmers’ own statements. But does not this break-down of Mr. Whitelaw’s evidence by thesimplest test, show the impossibility of trusting to mere memory for facts so long gone by?
Shall I be treading on the sacred corns of the American Philatelic Societies if, in all humility, I
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venture to suggest that our better knowledge on this side of the water of the general facts ofthe case, enables us to score one against them, in being the better able to sift such evidence?

like answer to
Question 129

See how every authentic statement by James Chalmers and others, the evidence given, andevery fact great and small as shown by the Parliamentary papers I send you, fits naturally andperfectly into the contention that he did not propose adhesive stamps till Sir Rowland Hill’s
proposed reform created the opening for them (i.e. in 1837 – the date he himself gives) and on
the other hand, how every statement has to be strained from its natural meaning and heaps of
impossibilities ignored, in order to maintain the claim that he invested them in 1834 – years
before they could possibly have been used.
In the 9th Report you will not only notice that Sir Rowland Hill at page 33
proposes the adhesive stamp, but (what I have mentioned above) that theCommissioners in their Report – page 8 – dated 7th July 1837, advise theiradoption. This is a pretty complete refutation of Mr. P. Chalmers’ ridiculous
assertions that Sir R Hill withdrew his suggestion – that his plan of postal
reform was adopted without knowing how it was to be carried out – and thatbut for James Chalmers coming to the rescue in 1839 with adhesive stamps
Penny Postage would have been a failure! Surely as a writer of nonsense Mr.
P. Chalmers talents are of the highest order! Note also the complete
refutation of his assertions that to James Chalmers’ printed paper of 8th
Feb.1838, now in the South Kensington Museum, Sir Rowland Hill was
indebted for the idea of adhesive postage stamps. Not only, of course, did Sir
R. Hill’s evidence of 13 Feb.1837 forestall that paper by nearly twelve
months, but his evidence given before the Parliamentary Committee of 1838
in which the use of adhesive stamps was again strongly urged by him, wasgiven on 7th Feb.1838 – just one day earlier.

I am so busy just now with other matters that I must conclude this letter with bestcompliments and wishes for the new year – with again begging you not to trouble yourself toreply until you have read the “Statement of case”, unless there be any points upon which
fuller information is desired by you.
Believe meYours very faithfully,
Pearson Hill
PS

Is there any chance of you crossing the water! If so I should be very pleased to see you
and place documents in your hands that I cannot well trust to the post.

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Document 159
6 Pembridge Square. W.
London12. Jany 1888
Dear Sir,I send you herewith a few (?) other notes on the adhesive stamp case – mainly in reply to yourletter of 29th Novr.
I also send you all the Parliamentary Papers you asked for – I am very glad to be able thus toease my conscience for inflicting upon you so lengthy a correspondence.
My Hackney candidature has taken up my time so much that I have had to defer finishing theStatement of Case – but you shall have it before long.
Of course you are at perfect liberty to show all my letters to anybody you please, and I needhardly say that should you desire to obtain independent opinions or confirmatory evidence of
any of my statements from Mr. Philbrick QC, the President of the London Philatelic Societyor from any one else – I cannot possibly object to your so doing.
Yours very faithfully
Pearson Hill

PS

Let me know whether my letters reach you safety – I do not ask this without reason*. I
send you by this post a Hackney Newspaper which may interest you.

*my letters of 5th and 7th Dec. contained a very rare printed enclosure – viz: the Post
Circular of 5th April 1838 – not yet acknowledged. Here & there, in the letters I havesent you I quote the arguments in “The Post Office of 50 Years Ago” I don’t quote thework as an authority because I myself wrote that book – I think it is only right to let
you know this fact privately. I am not sure whether I have already done so or not.

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Document 160
London14. Jany 1888
J. K. Tiffany, Esq.
Dear Sir,Your letter returning “The Post Circular” of 5th April 1838 has just reached me this morning.
I will enquire into the points you raise respecting prepayments under Dockwra’s plan and let
you know. I think, however, you will find all information in the 9th Report I am sending you. I
will also ascertain the facts about the adhesive (medicine) stamps & give you chapter & verse.
I have had to divide the Parliamentary papers I am sending you into four packets as theyexceeded the limit of weight when sent in two packets – so please see you get them all. I was
obliged to cut the 2nd Report on Postage into two volumes in order to bring it within the limit
of weight but as you will doubtless wish to have the books bound again more substantiallythis is not of much consequence.
May not the argument that there must be something in the correspondence prejudicial to mycase, or I would certainly have published it, be answered with equal justice “that there can be
nothing in it prejudicial to my case or I certainly should not have ventured to place it in thehands of the President of the London Philatelic Society”?
If some knave came forward to claim your father’s landed property would not you not
maintain that he was bound to prove his case – that you were not to be expected to let him
rummage your private correspondence and title deeds &c. to enable him the better to shape afraudulent claim? You having shown them to impartial & competent judges? Besides the only
real point of any importance – at all events amongst scientific society – is who first publishedhis suggestion. I point to 13th Feb. 1837 – which is 12 months earlier any anything Pat
Chalmers can show after 8 years search.
Yours very faithfully,
Pearson Hill

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Document 161
6, Pembridge Square. W.
London18 Feby. 1888
J. K. Tiffany Esq.
Dear Sir,Your letter of 30th Jan announcing the safe arrival of the documents I sent has reached me. I
am glad you are pleased with them and that my father’s case will be in such good hands.
Though, of course, it would be undesirable to publish any statement of the case while yourinvestigations are incomplete, I think it would be unwise and hardly fair to spring the wholecase, without notice, on the Boston Meeting. Chalmers and his friends would justly complainthat they had had no opportunity of preparing any reply. Though perhaps such opportunity
may be previously afforded when I publish as I propose soon doing, the “square” statement I
am preparing.
The maps were missing from the 9th Report when I received it. The Report is rather difficult
to obtain, as many years ago almost all copies were bought up by stamp collectors for the sakeof the three Dickinson “Essays” it contains, so I deemed myself fortunate in securing one
even without the maps.

see his letter in The
Whitehall Review of
29 Oct 1885

I will try to obtain the misrepresented 5th Report, and the other documents
you desire. Meanwhile I am sending you the “Life of Sir Rowland Hill andHistory of Penny Postage” (2 Vols) which I am sure you will findinteresting. Note especially the letter from Mr. Charles P. Villiers M.P.
(Vol 1.p263) on Sir R. Hill’s great disinterest as regards any credit for theplan, and also the cordial manner in which throughout the History, Sir R.
Hill everywhere gives others credit for their useful suggestions, as arefutation of Chalmers’ twaddle about Sir R. Hill having a perfect mania
for claiming everything for himself. In some of his publications Chalmers
asserts that Sir R. Hill never did claim the adhesive stamp, while at thesame time he has for 8 years constantly accused him of, and abused him forso doing! Surely the fellow must be insane!

With reference both to the supposed recommendations of the 5th Report, and to Chalmers’
assertion that Samuel Roberts, long before 1837 proposed uniform penny postage – (aproposal which if ever seriously made must have come to the knowledge of Mr. Robert
Wallace M.P. the then recognized Parliamentary Champion and leader of postal reform) –read Mr. Wallace’s statement (Vol I. p.446) as to Sir Rowland Hill having been “the real
inventor and only discoverer” of the plan*. What are Chalmers assertions worth against theknowledge of the facts proposed by such a man as Mr. Wallace?
*

It is important to bear in mind that it was to Mr. R. Wallacethat James Chalmers is said to have communicated his suggestion.

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* Ditto – See
Vol II, p.494

4 Life of Sir R Hill
See Vol I, p.267

The eagerness with which Mr. Wallace – throwing
aside all his own plans – welcomed Sir Rowland Hill’sscheme of Uniform Penny Postage4 is ample proof that
had any similar scheme been proposed by Mr. SamuelRoberts or any one else, it would equally have received
his cordial and unselfish support; but you will see fromthe quotation from his speech in July 1836*, that up tothat date no idea whatever of uniformity of charge hadcome to his knowledge.

As regards the reports of Parliamentary Debates I fear I shall not be able to send you printed
copies. They are only published in a permanent form in “Hansard’s Parliamentary Debates”. I
should think that at Washington you must have a complete set in some of your National
Museums or Libraries. At the General Post Office London, there is a set which I can readily
consult, and I will obtain written copies of any speech you desire, but though I am certain
nothing will be found therein that in any way supports Chalmers’ claim – except when
distorted from its obvious meaning. I am bound to say I do not myself attach much
importance to what is reported to have been said in Parliament respecting Sir R. Hill’s
proposals, when we have the far more trustworthy testimony of his own pamphlets and his
evidence before Parliamentary Committees.
I have made enquiries at the Inland Revenue Department about the medicine Stamps. I findthey were imposed by the 42 Geo III. Cap 56. Sec 11, and 44 Geo III. Cap 98 Schedule B.
They were first issued in 1802 and have been in use ever since; and though the user and not
the Government supplied the gum or paste, I am bound to say – whatever effect it may haveon the question now at issue – that they are, in my opinion, exactly what is now meant by anadhesive stamp, i.e. a stamp not impressed upon the article liable to duty (as the newspaper
stamp) or upon some larger thing like an envelope or cover, but printed on a small piece of
paper just large enough to hold it, and which can be posted or gummed upon the article forwhich it was intended.

* See “The Post Office of
50 Year Ago” p.18

You will remember that in my paper printed in the Philatelic Record of
Nov: 1881, and in one of my letters to Mr. P. Chalmers published in his
first pamphlet, and in my letters to yourself, I have always expressed theopinion that the proposal for adhesive as well as other kinds of postage
stamps -in a plan of postal reform which (by establishing uniformity ofrate) for the first time made the general use of stamps for postal purposes
possible- was a matter of only minor detail. I don’t suppose that either Sir
Rowland Hill or James Chalmers had the medicine stamps in theirrecollection when suggesting adhesive postage stamps, but the suggestionof the latter stamps (though undoubtedly first made by Sir R. Hill) reallyamounted to little more, in considering the history of adhesive stamps, thana proposal that when stamps were again to be applied to a purpose(postage) for which they had previously, in a limited fashion, been used orsuggested*, a particular and convenient form of stamp then (1837) incommon use should also be available for that purpose.

I enclose copy of the Memo by Sir Rowland Hill on prepayment of postage by means ofstamps. It is a very rare document, so please return it to me when done with, but keep it tillafter the Boston meeting, if you like; for which purpose also I will, if you desire it, return you
the Post Circular containing James Chalmers’ paper of 8th Feby 1838. I am in two minds433

whether I won’t run over, and (if strangers are admitted) attend the Meeting, to “fight thegood fight” in earnest and smite the Chalmerites hip and thigh, but I fear I could hardly spare
the time.
As regards the above Memo I don’t think it is of much use in dealing with the Chalmers’
claim, inasmuch as it is of later date than James Chalmers’ paper of 5th Feb. 1838. It is ofuse, however, in meeting the absurd statement that Sir R. Hill’s plans were adopted without
any one knowing how they were to be carried out, that the Treasury had to advertise for plans,
and that James Chalmers came to the rescue! The Memo (13 June 1839) is of earlier datethan the Treasury minute of 23 Aug 1839.
The Treasury minute led to other plans being suggested, none of which, however, were sopracticable as Sir R. Hill’s own proposals but at the same time it procured most valuable
information as to how the stamps could be best manufactured so as to prevent forgery.
Messrs. Perkins & Bacon’s invention for reproducing exact facsimiles being adopted by theGovernment.
What utter nonsense it is to talk of the Government not knowing how the plan was to be
carried out! No government would ever feel or admit such incompetency, and true or untrue
the statement is altogether irrelevant. Sir R. Hill knew how to carry out his own plan and forthat very reason was appointed to an office in the Treasury to superintend its introduction.

Please also bear in mind when reading “the Life”, and if
necessary publicly announce that I offer a reward of
One thousand Dollars to any one who can find that part“in the Life just published” where as Mr. Patrick
Chalmers asserts* with regard to adhesive stamps that
“Sir Rowland Hill goes on to admit that even thisexceptional use of the gummed paper was withdrawn in
the next paragraph”. This is perhaps as big a lie as any
even P. Chalmers could tell, though he certainly runs itvery hard by his assertion in his latest pamphlet justissued – p.4 that “Mr. Hill had already written to Mr.
Chalmers on 3rd March 1838 to the effect of “not being
in favour of an adhesive stamp”. Let your friend Mr.
Mekeel – if he still believes in Chalmers – write andtell him that this statement has been characterised as adeliberate falsehood, and ask to be favoured with theexact words. Chalmers, if you can get him to give adefinite answer, will have to acknowledge that this is “alie drawn at a venture” or else will have to fabricate (ashe has before done), a bogus letter* to support his
statement. In the letter of 3rd March 1838 there isnothing whatever that can possibly to construed intosuch a statement – a fact which you can readily ascertain434

See his first pamphlet
pp.45-46, or Philatelic
Record (London) Nov:
1881 p.200* Compare the fictitious letter at pp.34-35 of thepamphlet “Decision of the Encyclopædia
Britannica” of 1886 with what my father did really
say in his letter of 18 May 40 as shown in
Philatelic Record of Nov: 81 p.119

With reference to this point I have enclosed inside Vol 2 of the “Life” now sent, a cuttingfrom “The Times” of 7th June 1879 giving an account of the Deputation which presented Sir
R. Hill with the Freedom of the City of London. Read the statement in Chalmers’ firstpamphlet when he misrepresents Sir R. Hill as “frankly informing” the deputation that theplan was adopted without the Government knowing how it was to be carried out. Then read
what really was said.

if you care to ask Mr. Philbrick. The Fabian policy,
explained in my letter of December last, has again borne
good fruit far after use.
Now for another “jog” in which some people, who are caught by mere similarity in name,seem also to lose themselves, and to which reference is made in one of your recent letters: viz
the idea that Sir R. Hill’s plan of Postal Reform was after all not original, because someletters were previously carried for a penny. Such persons seem to imagine that Sir R. Hillclaimed to have discovered some hitherto unrecognised virtue in a penny, and to have for the
first time proposed it as a postal rate for letters. There is no more virtue in a penny (exceptthat it pays) than in the halfpenny now charged on post card or newspapers, and so far from its
having been in 1837 an unknown postal charge, almost every post town in the United
Kingdom, except London, had its local letter rate of one penny. Indeed, up to that date, such
local posts were known in the Department by the technical name of “penny posts”. In Sir R.
Hill’s pamphlet (see reprint p.33) he stated that there were at that time about 200 such posts in
England alone.
If Sir Rowland Hill had had nothing better to urge than that all letters should be charged one
penny, without rhyme or reason, he would have received and deserved about as muchattention as any wiseacre who might now propose uniform Railway and other fares. Any
simpleton could have made such a suggestion, and would have been properly rewarded with a
cap and bells – Sir R. Hill’s great and valuable discovery was that the actual cost of mere
conveyance per letter, was quite irrespective of distance, and was so infinitesimal (only the 9thpart of a farthing even from London to Edinburgh) – that there was no reason for making a
distinction in the charge upon a local letter and one going to another post town in the United
Kingdom however, distant.
“Penny Posts” had existed in the Post Office almost from the earliest times. Sir Rowland
Hill’s discovery was all posts might be penny posts” – that uniformity of charge was not
merely a convenient, but a fairer charge than any other, and that by the simplifications heproposed not only might a great boon be secured for the public, but the department might, in apecuniary point of view, ultimately be greatly the gainer.
If, in order to preserve a claim to originality, Sir R. Hill ought to have selected some rate of
postage until then unknown he would have been much puzzled. The “single” inland postal
rates then varied through every step from 1d to 1/8½d - he might perhaps have overcome thedifficulty by following the opinion of a cynical friend of mine, who so detests letter writingthat he declares “Sir Rowland Hill would have been a much greater public benefactor if he
had made the postage a guinea instead of a penny”.
When I send you the 5th Report I will enclose a memo explaining its real bearing upon thequestions at issue, but the above remarks as to the absurdity of any one expecting attention
who merely proposed uniform penny postage without showing its practicability, applies pretty
well to any supposed deductions from the recommendation of that Report, and apply whollyto the nonsensical claim on behalf of Samuel Roberts.
I see you express a fear – lest you should weary me by questions. Pray have no such fear. It isa pleasure to me to give the information, as I am glad to know what is wanted and to place on
record facts with which I am perhaps more familiar than any one else. Especially do nothesitate to press for information on any point which to you seems doubtful. I do not know asingle weak point in Sir Rowland Hill’s case or a single strong one in James Chalmers’, so
never fear to press cross examination up to the hilt. Even as regards James Chalmers’ letters,435which for reasons I have given I for the present withhold, I can have no possible objection to
your writing to Mr. Philbrick and asking him whether they contain anything which inanyway supports the claim set up by Mr. Patrick Chalmers, or that in the slightest degree
vitiates the extracts published by me in the Philatelic Record of November 1881.
Yours very sincerely,
Pearson HillPS.

I have in my own possession two very interesting parchment “adhesive stamps”. They
are the remnant of a row of six that came into my father’s possession about 30 years
ago. They are some of the stamps prepared about 1763 under the celebrated “Stamp
Acts” for taxing the American Colonies. They bear the cypher G.R., the Royal arms,
and “America II shillings VI pence”. They were of course intended to be affixed to
documents which could not have been sent over to be stamped. As far as we areconcerned, we may I think regard them as the most unprofitable set of stamps ever
made!

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Document 162
6 Pembridge Square. W.
24 Feb. 1881
J. K. Tiffany Esq.
On the 20th Instant I sent you by Registered letter and book post the memo as to prepayment
by stamps by Sir R. Hill (13 June 1838) and the two volumes of the “Life” – Vol: 2
containing cuttings from “The Times”. These will I trust reach you safety.
I now send the Acts 42 Geo III. Cap: 56 and 44 Geo III. Cap. 98 which will show you thatstamped labels to be stuck on packets, boxes, bottles &c. containing Patent medicines existed
in this country ever since 1802, i.e. more than 30 years before the date which Mr. P.
Chalmers’ (falsely) gives as that when his father first invented adhesive labels.
I also send you the 5th Report (with memo), the Report on Postage 1843 and the Report of theCommittee on Perforation of Stamps (Archer’s patent) 1852 being the whole of the papers
you asked for except the Parliamentary Debates which I fear I shall not be able to obtain.
Test Chalmers’ statements by these the genuine documents – you will not find him rightupon a single material point – the whole enormous erection of falsehood which he has built
upon will come down like a house of cards under any skilful scrutiny.
I am getting on – slowly I must admit – with the general statement of facts so long promised –and which is very necessary. The whole business is to me so sickening – I am constantly
putting it aside when any sufficient excuse offers itself. To apply an old saying “The more
you stir the Chalmers’ mess, the more it stinks”.
As a rule I never trouble myself to read anything Chalmers’ says, but I have just glanced
through his latest pamphlet – a more astounding collection of misrepresentations and wilful
distortion of facts I never met. The man must be a monomaniac, no sane person, however
dishonest, would tell so many useless falsehoods!
He may rave as much as he likes – the statues to Sir Rowland Hill’s memory and thehonoured grave in Westminster Abbey will outlive all recollection of Chalmers and his
contemptible and cowardly attacks.
Yours very sincerely
Pearson Hill

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Document 163
6, Pembridge Square. W.
28 April 1888
J. K. Tiffany Esq.
My dear Sir,I have been so very busy of late that I have not had time to reply to your last letter – and musteven now ask for a few days further grace.
After an arduous struggle with the spirit of procrastination I have at length completed the“square” statement of the facts, which I have had printed, & of which I now send you 10
copies per Book post. I also enclose for your library copies of Cassells Illustrated Family
Paper of 8th and 15th Jan 1859 containing an amusing account of Sir Rowland Hill’s
difficulties with the Post Office. It was written by his brother Matthew Davenport Hill, thewell known philanthropist the Recorder of Birmingham.
With regard to the pamphlet on the “Origin of Postage Stamps” (alias the “square” statement
so long promised) I should tell you that I have sent copies to all Pat Chalmers’ prominent
friends who are now engaged in endeavouring to set up a marble bust of James Chalmers at
Dundee on commemoration of what the said James Chalmers didn’t do, so that ample
opportunity will be afforded to Pat to make such reply – more or less untrue of course – as hemay think fit. Though I trust you will not find in the pamphlet a single word that is
discourteous (unless “base and cowardly” must be so regarded) I have taken care to frame mycharges in such plain terms that the book is undoubtedly libellous, (intentionally so made) inorder that you & other people may judge from his not daring to bring the case into court, ofthe pitiable amount of truth in anything he says.
Referring to your last letter I may first say that there is not the slightest ground for theassertion by P. C. that Sir Rowland Hill contemplated the use of embossed stamps like deedstamps. This idea has bee doubtless put forward to give the impression that something veryclumsy was contemplated. This is a common trick of Chalmers – the “suggestion false”. You
will find that after the publication of the Philatelic Record of Novr. 1881 in which I claim for
Sir Rowland Hill priority of publication of the suggestion of adhesive stamps – Pat
misrepresents me in one of his pamphlets or leaflets as objecting to his father’s claim on the
ground that he had not officially published his plan. He inserting the word “officially” (which
I had never used) in order no doubt to create the belief that my objection was a mere “redtape” objection such as no one but a government official would dream of advancing.
The Newspaper stamps were never embossed they were hand stamped in red ink – such as
you will find on any British newspapers filed in your public libraries up to about the year
1856, though about the year 1853 to 1854 machines were used instead of hand stampers.
What is more ridiculous than the assertion that James Chalmers’ idea of adhesive stamps
overcame the difficulties about forgery? Other things equal it is easier to forge a stamp on anormal piece of paper than when on a government made envelope as in the latter case bothstamp and envelope must be successfully imitated. Could anything be less difficult to forge
than the crude stamps which James Chalmers submitted – of which you have a facsimile in
the American Philatelic Journal of April 1887. It so happens that the only attempts at forgery
we have ever had, have been to imitate the adhesive stamps. The withdrawal from circulationof the Mulready envelope was not from any danger of forgery but almost entirely because the438design occupied too much of the space that was required for the address & the quality of thepaper was too poor – besides the design itself having been turned into ridicule & thus
condemned by the public. It was moreover immediately followed by the envelopes bearing
Wyon’s embossed head – which is still used so no withdrawal of envelopes in favour ofadhesive stamps ever took place. It is perhaps useful also to notice that for R. Hill had as I
think you will find from his evidence, no fear of the stamp or envelopes being forged – it was
the Inland Revenue Department that pressed for the use of Dickinson’s threaded paper. I
write this from recollection – but you will easily see if I am right on this point.
The assertion that after the stamped envelopes were issued , counterfeits were made in France& sent over to this country – originating I think in the evidence of Col. Maberley (a very
hostile witness) and carefully re-produced by Chalmers – had no foundation whatever in fact.
What collector can show any of these spurious envelopes?
The statement that Sir Rowland Hill’s plan was adopted without anyone knowing how it was
to be carried out, is another specimen of the manner in which Chalmers’ puts forward any
statement he thinks will suit his purpose wholly regardless of its truth. The statement isabsolutely untrue.
With regard to your suggestion that some attempt should be made to cross examine thewitnesses who testify that James Chalmers invented stamps in 1834. I think after reading thememo I have drawn up in “The Origin of Postage Stamps” you will almost agree with me that
it would not be worth while even to cross the street to hear what they have to say – I show thatthe statement must be untrue – as untrue as the statement of any one that he invented Return
Railway tickets “as an easy way of prepaying passengers” (see similar claim as regards
stamps advanced now for Chalmers), before Railways were invented. As worthless, in faceof James Chalmers’ own admissions, as the evidence of any one would be who now asked us
gravely to listen to the “important evidence” some old woman could give us to the existencein 1834 of Ghosts & Witches. It is impossible that Chalmers could have invented suchstamps before there was any chance of their ever being useful (see paragraph 52 of pamphlet
sent herewith).
Again as regards the statement that Sir R. Hill merely combined several improvements in hisplan of Postal Reform. First of all, every invention consists of a new combination of known
things – Boilers, pistons, cylinders, cranks, fly wheels, valves & engine beams were all in use
long before Watt invented the steam engine. The locomotive is a combination say, of a squirt,
a boiler & a water cart – but does any one dream of therefore disputing Watts’ &Stephenson’s claims to have invented these machines? In Sir R. Hill’s case indeed he did
make one most important discovery which no one before found out, and few even afterward
could believe – viz that the cost of mere conveyance might properly be omitted in calculating
postage, and that a uniform rate was possible! but of this more in my next, as I have alreadylet my pen run away with me to a greater extent than I anticipated when I began.
Let me know if you want any more copies of the pamphlets I now send.
Yours very faithfully,
Pearson Hill
PS:
In my last letter I forgot, and in this letter I had till now forgotten – to say that on
again reading the recommendations of the 5th Report I have come to the conclusion that in oneof my notes on a printed paper I sent you some time ago – pointing out Patrick Chalmers’439

mispresentations – I made a charge against him which I now think may be unjust. Fortunately
you are the only person to whom I have made it.
I pointed out that in his quotation of the Recommendations of the Commissioners of P.O.
Inquiry in that Report (while they merely propose that Prices Current exceeding ½ ounce inweight or containing advertisements should be charged the same as Newspapers – then 4d percopy) – Chalmers had, in order to distort the meaning to suit his purpose, inserted the figures(1d) in the quotation marks.
It is quite true that he has made this wholly unwarrantable insertion – but looking to the fact
that, shortly after, the stamp duty was reduced to one penny – and that the Commissioners
plainly refer in their Report to some contemplated (though unnamed) reduction – Chalmers
may perhaps truthfully assert that he inserted the figure rather for the purpose of explanation
than for the sake of deceiving.
Please therefore kindly run your pen through the note in question.
By the way I see that in your last letter you suppose I have referred you to Mr. Pemberton as
the custodian of the Chalmers correspondence. I didn’t know any Mr. Pemberton – it was
Mr. Philbrick Q.C. and President of the London Philatelic Society to whom I referred.
I suppose there is but little chance of you coming over the water – if you do I will certainly
show you the letters.
Yours very faithfully
Pearson Hill

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Document 164
Enclosure B [referred to in letter of 9th June 1888][Although the cutting is perfectly legible, if a bit small, it is reproduced below to put thecomments by Pearson Hill into context.]“The Dundee Courier and Argus”, Friday, May 4, 1888
THE ADHESIVE POSTAGE STAMP
Sir, - I have in two different weeks in the Dundee Courier read thatthe date of the invention of the adhesive stamp has been a mistake. That
Rowland Hill’s evidence (in which adhesive among other kinds of postage
stamps were purposed) was given on the 13th of February, 1837, is a lie. He
goes on with a number of dates, which I believe to be a batch of made uplies altogether. There is no use of saying much more about it. I question verymuch if the same man ever spoke to Mr. Chalmers in his life. I believe hehas been prompted to say what he has said by Pearson Hill or some of his
friends. There is little mistake of it. He has been ashamed to put his namedown. He says he is “A Lover of Truth,” and I believe he is a maker of lies.
He will be getting a share of the £200 that was to be given for the best
stamp. Some people can do a great deal for money. The carter says, “Themoney makes the mare to go.” It was Rowland Hill who made the slips, andthey did not suit. Mr. Chalmers’ was a small stamp, about an inch square.
It was I, William Whitelaw, who gummed the stamps in the month ofAugust, 1834, and Mr. David Maxwell was a boy in Mr. Chalmers’ officeat the same time, and soon after left to go and learn the mechanic businesswith Messrs. Umberston & Kerr, and was bound with an indenture. That
indenture is dated the 1st November, 1834*. I have never seen Patrick formore than 50 years, and my address is No. 2 Black Street, Townhead,
Glasgow.
William Whitelaw
Glasgow, May 2, 1888.

*!!

I don’t even know who“A Lover of Truth” is
- PH

!!

Perhaps not – but hehas been in correspondence with him

This date is of no value. 1st, I don’t think Mr. David Maxwell comes forward to
support that statement, 2nd, the fact that he went to Messrs. Umberston & Kerr in
Nov: 1834 is not at all inconsistent with the fact that in 1837 he may have helped to
gum and cut up James Chalmers’ stamps, unless we are to believe that he never on asingle occasion looked in upon his red? old comrades & gave them a help in theirwork, 3rd, it is directly contradicted by James Chalmers’ own statements, and he must
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Document 165
6 Pembridge Square, London W
9th June 1888
J. K. Tiffany Esq.
My dear Sir,I trust you safely received my letter of 28th April last and the copies of my pamphlet on theOrigin of Postage Stamps which I then sent you.
The “few days grace” for which asked, before replying more fully to the questions raised inyour letter of 13 March have extended themselves into weeks, but I have been busy fighting abattle in the Dundee papers against Patrick and all his hosts, with the result that thus far the
Finance Committee of the Town Council report against subscribing to the James Chalmers
bust; though as the project is being pushed by the Dundee Burns Club (which is, I am told, asmall society of working men, quite under Pat Chalmers’ thumb) the bust will no doubt
ultimately be placed in the New Art Gallery.
You will remember that in “Pickwick” the Hon. Mr. Slumskey MP was presented with asilver coal scuttle, as a public testimonial – the greater part of the purchase money being, it
was alleged, indirectly subscribed by himself – a precedent which no doubt Pat Chalmers
may find useful on this occasion – though I am bound to add that James Chalmers was avery useful and honourable man, and that had the bust been intended to commemorate what
he really did, instead of what he never did, not a word could be said against the proposal.
I send you copies of my letters in the Dundee Advertiser, and of Pat Chalmers’
extraordinary replies – he has apparently become quite incapable of telling the truth, andaltogether declines my challenge to clear his character by an action for libel.
One rather useful result of this controversy – before I took part in it – has been to produce a
letter from Mr. Whitelaw, who you will remember is one of the principal “living witnesses”
for the 1834 claim. His letter, which I send herewith [Enc. B], shows beyond question that heis not a mere witness, but an advocate who, like Pat himself, does not care what statement hemakes if he thinks it will support his case. See his assertion that the statement “that Rowland
Hill’s evidence (in which adhesive among other kind of postage stamps were proposed) was
given on 13 Feb 1837 is a lie”!! and that it was Rowland Hill who proposed the “slips” whichwere a failure!! What value can anybody place upon evidence coming from such a source?
The idea of placing any reliance on the evidence of these old people of Dundee, who after
fifty years pretend they can recollect not merely facts (which might not be difficult) but thedates, and correct order in which the several facts occurred seems to me so absurd that I am
sure you will not be offended if I say, in perfect friendliness, and knowing Postal history as Ido, that I can scarcely comprehend your suggesting that steps should be taken to crossexamine them. Let me put a parallel case. Suppose I were to start a cock-and-bull story that
the President of the United States, years ago, paid a great compliment to Sir Rowland Hill by
appointing on his recommendation Mr. William Nye, and “Ah Sir” (vide “The Heathen
Chinese”) the first postmasters in California and that certain old “darkies” were there canrecollect or are “convinced” that this took place in 1837. You would doubtless point out thatthe date given could not possibly have been correct, inasmuch as California did not at thattime form part of the United States, and therefore that the President could not possibly havemade such an appointment in 1837; and moreover that these gentlemen’s own letters show442See especially on thispoint my letter to theDundee Advertiser of
5 June (Enc A)

that they never entered that State till 1850 – just as I point out that inasmuch as prepayment of
postage practically did not exist, and could not have been adopted in 1834, postage stamps
could not then have been invented as there was no opening for them, and moreover that
James Chalmers himself gives 1837 as the date at which he first made his plan public. Whatwould you say to my suggesting that the evidence of the old “darkies” was so very importantthat it should be thoroughly sifted”! Would not your reply be that even if there were no
written evidence to the contrary, the obvious impossibility of the statement they sought toprove destroyed even the small amount of evidence which, under the most favourable
circumstances could possibly be attached to mere recollections of events so long gone by?
I remember many years ago reading an account, I think of the Battle ofInkerman where the writer pointed out that though many of theimportant events that took place in that battle were distinctly
remembered and graphically described by the soldiers who had taken
part therein, hardly any two people agreed as to the order in which theevents occurred. He instanced the difficulty any one would have, say,after a Ball or Fête, in giving the correct order in which the many little
incidents he recollected took place. To take an instance nearer home I
myself would not venture to say, without referred to the documents,
whether any particular point in this controversy was dealt with in myfirst, or second, or third letter to you – or whether the great reduction of
postage for the Postal Union was effected before or after I left the Post
Office in 1872, and when we remember that in the Chalmers’ case therecollection has to go back 50 years or more, it seems to me obviously
impossible to attach any value to such statements in attempting todecide whether James Chalmers’ plan preceded or merely followedthat of Sir Rowland Hill. Even if we were certain that the witnesses had
not already been “primed” as to what they were to say, the feat they try
to accomplish is a physical and mental impossibility. They can no more
prove such facts by their unaided memory, than any one of them could
raise a hundred ton weight by his unaided strength. How can you crossexamine those that you cannot compel even to take an oath?
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Having now much relieved my mind, I proceed to deal with those points in your letter of 13 th
March and its enclosure, which have not already been sufficiently answered in my pamphleton the Origin of Postage Stamps.
The paper on the Collection of Postage by means of stamps is not only earlier in date than the
Treasury Circular, but what is just now of some importance, is earlier than the debate in theHouse of Commons of 5th July 1839 of which P. Chalmers now tries to make so much;asserting (falsely of course) that it was then authoritatively stated by Government that up tothat date Sir Rowland Hill’s plan did not include the use of adhesive postage stamps.
You say it is “desirable to know how much Wallace knew of Chalmers” prior to December
1837. So far as I know neither Wallace, Hume, Warburton, Charles Knight, Mr. D. Hill,
Rowland Hill, or any of the early postal reformers even heard of him. Patrick Chalmers
does not produce a single letter or other document in support of his base, and consequently
worthless statement. Until Sir Rowland Hill’s plan of Uniform Postage was announced,
James Chalmers’ Exertions seem to have been confined exclusively to local matters – suchas obtaining an acceleration of the mails to and from Dundee.
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Enc:C* - looking at my (8) note on p.2 of Enc: A I don’t think
any memo can be acquired – see also Note B on Enc D – The
Ch: of Exchequer’s two objections were compulsory
prepayments and placing he manufacturer of stamps in thehands of one firm. The first he overcame by allowing letters togo unpaid. The second was overcome partly by allowing
anyone to send paper to be stamped but chiefly by theadhesive stamp proposed by Sir R. Hill in Feb. 37 – see “TheOrigin of Postage Stamps” par: 10-27. Read also the debate in
Hansard itself Vol. 48. 3rd series p.1361.
As regards the American stamps they were prepared under the authority of the celebrated
Stamp Act – the date of which I see the Encyclopædia Britannica give as 1765. Of course they
were never used though they show that adhesive stamps are at least 120 years old.
With respect to Wallace’s proposal that letters should be charged according to weight, youseem to misunderstand it. He never abandoned the idea, and it is entirely in accordance withand not opposed to his proposals to adopt a less oppressive scale of postage on letters going
long distances. It is important you should understand this point, so I will try to make it clear.
Wallace never contemplated that a half ounce letter should be charged the same postage
whatever distance it was carried. Postage with him was not to be (as now) regulated solely byweight, but by weight and distance combined, instead of, as then in some cases, by number ofenclosures and distance.
The local “Penny Post” letters and the London District (2d & 3d) Post Letters were all charged
by weight, but as a weight of I think 4 ounces was allowed I don’t suppose many letters wereever charged double.
As regards “General Post” letters, however, i.e. letters going from one post town in the U.K.
to another, the case was wholly different, a most complicated and absurd system of charge
being in operation, as is explained in “The Post Office of 50 Years Ago” p:4. If a letter wasunder one ounce in weight, its weight in no way determined its postage; it was charged single,
double or treble rates according to the number of its enclosures, though, as the “Big and
Little” Letters I sent you show the “single” letter might far out-weigh the double or treble
letter. If however a letter exceeded an ounce in weight it was treated in a totally different
manner. The number of rates of postage to which it was liable, was then calculated entirely
according to its weight, one rate being charged for every quarter of an ounce. But these rates
were not uniform rates, they depended on the distance the letter was carried (See Table in Post
Office of 50 Years Ago p.4). Thus a five fold letter, i.e. a letter weighing 5 quarter ounces –going to Croydon from London (10 miles) was charged 4d x 5 = 20d: one going to Liverpool
11d x 5 = 55d; and one going to John O’Groats 20d x 5 = 100 plus ½d = 100½d or 8/4½.
Wallace desired that letters below an ounce in weight, should be charged on the same system
as those above that weight, i.e. that a quarter ounce letter should be charged as a “single”
letter, without reference to the number of its enclosures; but he had no idea whatever of
uniformity in the rates of postage to be as charged.
You will find his suggestion made, or repeated, in the 9th Report. Certainly not in the 5th inwhich I think the question of letter postage never comes up.
The other points in your memo are answered by notes thereon. This I return herewith.
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I send you a second edition of the Origin of Postage Stamps. One of the Welsh Postmasters
has sent me a translation from Mr. Samuel Robert’s works on Penny Postage in which,writing in 1846, he more than once refers Rowland Hill as the author of the system*. This I
note at p.18. I also on p.22 call attention to P. Chalmers’ fabrication of fictitious letters, andadd at the end a memo which I expose his matchless mendacity. A few other verbal alterations
have been made which I have marked in pencil. I also send a copy of the Philatelic Record of
May 88 containing a letter of mine and an important one from Mr. Westoby.
* A copy of these shallcome later on

In the same packet I enclose the 4th & 5th Vic: Cap: 96. I had some difficulty in getting it, as it
is now out of print. As you prefer to get these documents direct – and though very pleased toread them I quite see that there are good reasons why you should not even appear to be under
any obligation to me. I have called on the publishers of these Parly papers – Messrs. Eyre &Spottiswoode of east Harding Street London EC to ascertain what arrangements they makefor supplying distant applicants.
They tell me the usual plan is for persons to send with their list of “wants” the money for thepurchase, and the documents are then sent by post. On my pointing out that you (whose nameI gave) could not possibly tell the publishing price, they replied that sometimes a deposit of £1
or even 10/- was sent to be “worked off” in documents, the balance being returned whendesired: but finding, according to another sale, that if on any occasion the money wereinsufficient, a month might be lost to you by their writing for the difference before sending
the papers. I have given them my own guarantee that you will repay them, so that you should
not be subject to such delay. The cost of these smaller publications is very moderate – the 4th& 5th Vic: Cap. 96 now sent being only one shilling, so I should think a £1 deposit would be
ample.
I shall like to know the effect on your mind of the “Origin of Postage Stamps”. Mr. Philbrickhighly approves of it – so you will see does Westoby.
Pray excuse hast – as the hour of post is close at hand.
Yours very faithfully,
Pearson Hill
10 June 1888
PS:
After all my letter was too late for Saturday’s mail, so I kept it back to add a few words.
I enclose for you to see (and keep if you desire) one of the adhesive medicine labels. This isof course quite a random specimen, but the general character of the stamp is identical withthose I remember as far back as 1850, and I have little doubt is similar to those used in 1834.
Enc E

Patrick Chalmers has recently issued two other documents of which doubtless you havereceived copies. One is a translation of a paper in the German Philatelic Journal the“Postwertzeichen” (no doubt communicated by himself) in which amongst other misstatements there is repeated that extremely dishonest falsification for which he was called toaccount in the Philatelic Record (London) of Feby 1883 – of which I sent you a re-print long
ago – viz: in order to make it appear that Sir R. Hill in his pamphlet did not suggest adhesive445

stamps, he quoted from that pamphlet the paragraphs in which the stamped covers and sheetsof paper only are mentioned. He deliberately keeps back the fact that in the very next
paragraph Sir R. Hill proposes the adhesive stamps. This paragraph he characteristicallysuppresses!!
* Mr. Gladstone’s letter shows that
this was ??? a passage
misunderstanding rather than a clericalerror

In the other paper – a printed letter addressed to Mr. Henderson of the
Quaker City Philatelic Society (to whom I intend to send documents) heamongst countless other mis-statements again quotes as proof that Sir R.
Hill did not originate the Penny Postage, the clerical error* (long ago, as
he knows, challenged and corrected) in the Treasury Minute of 11 March
1864, on Sir R. Hill’s retirement, wherein reference is made to those who
before the development of Sir R. Hill’s plans (were supposed to have)urged the adoption of Penny Postage. This deliberate misrepresentation
was, you will find, exposed in the leading article in The Postal
Telegraphic and Telephonic Gazette of 14th March 1884 of whichsometime ago I sent you a M.S. copy. I now send for you information a
copy of Mr. Gladstone’s letter in which you will see the meaning which
he the writer of that Minute intended the passage to bear.

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I daresay you will tell me again that it is but little use to convict P. Chalmers of these frauds– that great license is allowed to an advocate &c. &c. – but I am perhaps too strongly
prejudiced in favour of the feeling – unusual in this the Old Country – that a man who is
guilty of systematic fraud and misrepresentation is one whose statements are utterly
worthless. If in a single instance you find that I have attempted to deceive you or have been
guilty of even the slightest equivocation – throw me over at once, and accept Patrick
Chalmers as the foully slandered and injured innocent he now impudently tries to appear.
Pearson Hill
PPS

I enclose cutting from Dundee Advertiser of 8th June which may interest you.
____________________

Copy of official reply from the Assistant Secretary of the General Post Office, London to the
Town Clerk of Dundee, who had written asking whether Sir Rowland Hill, or James Chalmers
first proposed the use of adhesive postage stamps:___________________________________________
General Post Office
July 4, 1888
W. Hay Esq.
Sir,
In reply to your letter of 23 Ultimo I beg leave to inform you that according to the records ofthis Department the use of adhesive postage stamps was first suggested by Sir Rowland Hillin his evidence of the 13 February 1837 given before the Commissioners of Post Officeenquiry, and printed at page 33 of their 9th Report dated July 7, 1837.

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A suggestion respecting the use of such stamps was also made by Mr. James Chalmers, but
so far as the official records show, not earlier than the 8th February 1838. This suggestion iscontained in “The Post Circular” Newspaper of 5th April of that year.
I am, &c.
(Signed) H. Joyce

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Document 166
6 Pembridge Square. W
London24th July 1888
J. K. Tiffany Esq.
My dear Sir,I send you by this post (Registered Book Post) some printed copies of the recent
correspondence on the Chalmers’ craze which has lately appeared in the Dundee Advertiser& elsewhere.
I am pondering over the possible causes of your long silence – my letters to you of 28th April& 9th June last having been, up to the present moment, unacknowledged – possibly you are
too busy to write in these electioneering times, or possibly you may have taken up myinvitation that you should come over and inspect James Chalmers’ original letters but I
should be glad of a line to know you have received them all right, and also the packet of 10
copies of my pamphlet on The Origin of Postage Stamps sent last April.
I have been having some little correspondence with Mr. George Henderson, of 1422 MasterStreet, Philadelphia, and have requested him, if you & he meet at Boston to show you what I
have written. I have also had some correspondence with Mr. E. Aldrich of Benson, Minn. on
the Chalmers case – and have sent him many modern documents.
The Dundee Town Council has voted the £5 for the bust of James Chalmers the proposer ofthe motion having modified its form specially to avoid expressing any opinion on the disputed
question of priority – the votes for and against were equal – the Provost (who had alreadyvoted for) giving a second casting vote in favour of the resolution. Pat will doubtless assert it
was a unanimous vote in favour of his father having been “first in the field”. He has recently
published a statement that the inscription he has recently put on a new headstone over his
father’s grave – stating that James Chalmers saved the Penny Postage Scheme from collapse
by his penny stamps – had been put up with the official sanction & approval of the Dundee
Town Council. You will see by the enclosed newspaper cutting that the Town Council
repudiates all responsibility for the inscription having merely authorised a new headstone.
When will people learn that a liar is not to be believed?
Yours very faithfully,
Pearson Hill

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Document 167
6, Pembridge Square. W.
London28 July 1888
J. K. Tiffany Esq.
My dear Sir,
I am not sure whether the enclosed copy of a Certificate given in Sept 1839 by James
Chalmers’ contemporaries in Dundee will be of service to you at the Boston Meeting, but I
send it, as it seems to me useful as further disproving, if it be necessary to do so, the supposed
recollection of the old people in Dundee, which form the sole evidence in support ofChalmers’ 1834 claim.
The certificate was sent in by James Chalmers to the Treasury in his letter of 30 Sep. 1839,
in support of his claim that he was “first in the field” and, as you will see is like every othergenuine document perfectly consistent with the statement he makes in his letters of 1st
October, 1839 and 18th May 1840 – viz that he first made his plan public “nearly two years
before” the Treasury Minute of August 1839. for, as I show in my “Origin of Postage Stamps”
and in my letters to yourself, and as an examination of the Parliamentary Reports andevidence I have sent you will amply establish no “proposal to establish a Uniform Rate ofPostage was announced” prior to the issue of Sir R. Hill’s pamphlet.
Can any reasonable person suppose that when James Chalmers was doing his best to
establish his priority, that this certificate would have been silent as to the 1834 claim, if thatclaim had had the slightest foundation?
I also enclose copy of a letter which has been sent from the Assistant Secretary of the General
Post Office London in reply to enquiries by the Town Clerk of Dundee, which the believers in
Chalmers’ assertions will find rather difficult to reconcile with his statement that that
Department has “repudiated the opinions” of his opponents.
I send this under cover to the Postmaster of Boston as I am not sure whether if sent direct to
St. Louis it would reach you before you started for the meeting.
Yours very faithfully,
Pearson HillPS:

Be sure to ask Mr. Geo. Henderson of Philadelphia (Quaker City Phil: Society) toshow you my letters to him of 19th and 21st Instant. I trust you received my letters of
28th April, 9th June & 21st July. With the 1st I sent 10 copies of my pamphlet on The
Origin of Postage Stamps & other document. In the 2nd I answered fully yourquestions, especially that about Wallace’s suggestion of charging letters by weight &in the 3rd I enquired after the other two letters, to which I had recd no reply.

PS:

In my letters to Mr. George Henderson I point out, anent the 5th Report, that
Chalmers’ statement that the Commt: recommended “low and uniform rates of
postage, prepaid by stamp, at the rate of 1d per half ounce” is absolutely untrue. Where
the half ounce comes in, the stamp duty was to be only ½d , where the penny stamp
duty was paid, the weight was unlimited, and in either case the ½d and 1d stamp duty
covered not one transmission only, but even a dozen if desired. I suggest whether the449

otherwise inexplicable fact of Sir R. Hill making no reference in his pamphlet &evidence to this Report and the Commissioners and his enemies at the Post Officenever discovering his alleged plagiarism is not easily explained by their all knowing
perfectly well that the plans were totally different, and that the low rates charged on
newspapers and other printed matter were no precedents for letter postage? – a simple
explanation far more worthy of belief than the complicated explanation put forward by
P. Chalmers. (See reprint from The Philatelic Record of Nov: 1882. p.2)

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50 Belrose Park
26 Feb 1882
Dear Mr. Philbrick,I am getting very uneasy at the probable effect of the “judgement” of the Philatelic Society in
the Chalmers’ case, if that judgement he anything like what you sketched out.
Chalmers might I think justly claim it as giving him the victory.
He might say that the real point at issue was whether Sir R. Hill originated the plan of low &uniform rates of Postage prepaid by stamp, which is the essential characteristic of his plan of
Penny Postage.
He would say that I assert Sir Rowland was the originator & He (Chalmers) asserts that hetook the plan from others – notably from the 5th Report – as regards uniformity & amount ofrate and from James Chalmers as regards stamps. The Philatelic Society (he will say)investigated the fact and show that Sir R. Hill was not the originator – though they give a
different origin to the ideas – Chalmers will say he does not care a fig whether it was the 5th
Report or any other source, he has stated it was not Sir. R. Hill, and the Philatelic Society
decide that he is right.
I think I could show you pretty conclusively that the idea that uniformity of charge waspractically adopted as regards newspapers, prior to 1837 is inaccurate, unless you are also
prepared to admit that uniformity of charge also existed as regards “Franks” which weredelivered free whatever distance they were carried.
That the Newspaper stamp was never regarded as a payment for postage, any more than theMember’s signature on the cover of a “Frank” was so regarded, will I think be clear to you
when I point out 1st That all newspapers whether they went by Post or not, had to be stamped.
2nd That the newspaper was entitled to free transmission because it was a newspaper not
because it bore a stamp – indeed as it might be sent through the post twenty times without any
additional charge, it is hard to see how the stamp could be regarded as a postage stamp.
and 3rd That Newspapers were actually liable to postage in many cases which postage wasalways paid in money (or after 1840 in postage stamps) over and above the value of the
Impressed Newspaper stamp.
For instance up to 1854 no stamped newspapers could be posted in one part of London fordelivery in London – or I think circulated in the local deliveries of any Post town unless the
additional postage of 1d were paid.
I quite remember when London Newsagents, to get over this difficulty, used to send thenewspaper they wanted delivered through the post in London down the river by steamer to beposted at Gravesend, as that place was then just beyond the limits of the London District post.
I should be very glad if you could spare me one hour any day you like to talk over the matter,
which would I think be according to precedent, as the plaintiff usually has right of reply.

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Newspapers have always had exceptional privileges – they have them now. If all that isrequired is to suggest that letters should be treated as newspapers, let any one try to get theGovernment to agree that a letter, however heavy, shall be delivered in the United Kingdom
for one halfpenny.
Instead of the last paragraph of the proposed judgement I left with you, I think it might bebetter & more dignified to say simply“That the Philatelic society therefore express their regret that whenthese facts had been made known to the public & to Mr. Patrick
Chalmers he did not at once withdraw his charges, instead of republishingthem with the assertion that no exception had been taken to hisstatements.”
Yours faithfully
Pearson Hill

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Document 169
1 Mayfield Road
South Wimbledon, S.W.
July 8th 1886
F. A. Philbrick, Esq. Q.C.
Sir,
I take leave to hand you as one who takes interest in the history of the postage stamp, copy ofa pamphlet lately published by me on this subject.
Such delusions exist on the subject of the penny postage reform. Originality framed as part of
the great service of Sir Rowland Hill.
Yours very respectfully,
Pat Chalmers

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Document 170
1, Mayfield Road,
South Wimbledon, S.W.
November 12th, 1886
F. A. Philbrick, Esq. Q.C.
Sir,
As you take much interest in the question of penny postage reform, and the origin of same &of the Adhesive Postage Stamp, I beg to hand you copy of a further pamphlet I have justpublished on these matters.
Yours respectfully
Pat Chalmers

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Document 171
1, Mayfield Road,
South Wimbledon, S.W.
November 18th, 1886
F. A. Philbrick, Esq. Q.C.
Sir,
I am much obliged by your note of 16th, and though finding you do not agree in myconclusions I will not say I am sorry; because it is not desirable, even if to be expected, thatthe relatives or immediate friends & supporters of the late Sir Rowland Hill should become
disabused of long cherished convictions.
My purpose, however, in now addressing you is to hand you a pamphlet on the Committee
part of the question which you have not yet seen, and no doubt your wish is to see allparticulars.
If the Committee have any explanation to put forward why do they withhold such? It is toolate now to pretend that I am beneath their notice – without some movement on their part
there is only one conclusion at which all impartial readers at home & abroad of my latepamphlet can arrive, and these readers will now be counted in thousands – whole history, too,
will support me.
You will have perceived that amongst my most effective adherents are actually the three City
papers themselves – my letters to Sir John Monkton, moreover, having been published intheir columns. In the face of all of which this Committee can “only run away & hidethemselves” – at the same time by one or more of their numbers or adherents putting it forthin the press that I “claim the penny postage scheme for my father”, and further returning mein the handwriting of one of their late Secretaries that evasive letter given at page 19, signed“John Staples”.
What does all this amount to – their silence, their misrepresentation and this evasion – if not
to the clear admission that by any fair means or open argument my case is unanswerable?
I am sure, therefore, that should you, or any future writer in your Magazine, again take up the
pen on the subject, it will be to call upon this Committee to publish their explanation under
their own signature & authority if any such explanation they have – or failing this, toannounce your withdrawal from the company of such allies, and press a cause supported in
the manner I have exposed.
Yours very respectfully,
Pat Chalmers

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Copy
1, Mayfield Road,
South Wimbledon, S.W.
May 19th 1889
E. D. Bacon Esq.
Secretary, The Philatelic Society of London
Sir,
Statements with reference to me, as evidenced by the enclosed circular letter, having appeared
for sometime past in the “Philatelic Record” understood to be the official organ of yourSociety, permit me respectfully to ask if the articles therein published having said reference tome and to my publications are to be considered as emanating officially from your Society.
As a precedent for my now troubling you with this enquiry, permit me to refer you to page 59of the pamphlet herewith where a corresponding enquiry was submitted by me to theSecretary of H.M. Post Office and to which I was favoured with the prompt and distinct reply
there given.
I am etc.
(signed) Pat Chalmers

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Document 173(Copy)
P. Chalmers Esq.
Lamb Building Temple
20 May 1887
Sir,
I have a copy letter to the Secretary of the Philatelic Society from you under date 19 th inst.
enquiring as to the “Official organ” of the Society.
No doubt you will hear from him in reply but as you sent to me also I have to state what
indeed you might read in the Philatelic Record that the Society does not possess any “organ”
official or otherwise; & has no control or voice in what that journal publishes.
I have received from time to time the pamphlets you have sent me: advancing claims to haveyour late Father regarded as the originator of the adhesive postage stamp.
These pamphlets have been from time to time considered by the Philatelic Society London. I
speak for myself & for all the Members who have read them, when I say that in our
unanimous opinion they do not support your allegations: & that the Society on fullconsideration adheres to its former careful & deliberate decision, communicated to you at thetime it was come to.
You remember the Society had your written statement and all the evidence you chose to lay
before it & also the original papers & letters of your Father to Sir Rowland Hill. It had also
the official papers & reports of the Parliamentary Committee & of the Department: & theinvestigation was long, painstaking & conducted judicially & fairly.
The unanimous award was that your father’s claims were not substantiated: that yourallegations are not correct & we utterly deprecated your attack on the memory & character of
Sir R. Hill as all unfounded & ungenerous.
You print on 12 May that the “Post Office” repudiate the statements in the Record. I have thebest authority for saying if you mean to insinuate the P. Office or any of the officials there
believe in the claims of your father, you are utterly wrong & in error.
They repudiate them as strongly as I do: because they are aware of the whole facts, as was andis the London Society: I do not judge on the mere extracts which are dextrously pieced
together to make an apparent case look attractive. You say (on 10 May) it is usual forreasonable men to “accept an award when made against them”. I am sorry to see you thus
convict yourself by your own words if you wish to rank as a reasonable man. How you
reconcile your statements with facts you must know is to me inexplicable no reiteration
proves a disputed fact & no one can judge till they see the whole evidence. It is perfectly
useless to my mind to talk as you do of the opinions of those who are in your favour but who
have never had the documents before them on which alone a judgement can be properly cometo: and you have as I know entirely put a wrong construction on the acts & letters of the City
Authorities in representing either the Town Clerk or the late City Solicitor as favouring yourviews: in attributing the changes in a proposed inscription on Sir R. Hill’s Statue to any act
on your part or any idea that your allegations were well grounded.
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I am sorry to have to write you this but your continued letters to me: & persistent misstatements both of facts & of motives in others compel me very plainly, very decidedly to tell
you my own opinion & that of every competent authority I have had the opportunity toconsult with on the matter.
I have little doubt you have entirely persuaded your own mind of the justice of the claims put
forward for your late Father: he himself was the first when he knew all the fact to disclaim as
he did under his own hand these pretensions you now so pertinaciously put forward. In
conclusion I reserve to myself the right to make this letter known in case you should still
continue to misrepresent the matter as you have in the past
I request you will in course of fairness not keep this letter back.
I remain, Sir,Your obedient servant
Fred A. PhilbrickPresident Philatelic Society London

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Document 174
Copy
THE PHILATELIC SOCIETY,LONDON.
41 Seething Lane
London, E.C.
May 23rd 87
P. Chalmers Esq.
Sir,
I have to acknowledge receipt of your letter of the 19th inst; which was read at our last
meeting.
I was instruction to write & inform you –1.

The Philatelic Society of London has no “organ” official or otherwise. If you refer tothe “Philatelic Record” you will see that Journal distinctly states that fact. For
instance as recently as on page 202 of the number for January last.

2.

The Society sees no reason to alter in any way, its already expressed decision, as toyour claims on behalf of your late father. The decision was unanimous & waspronounced after full investigation & on the whole evidence submitted.
Yours truly
E. D. Bacon
Secretary459

Document 175
Wimbledon,May 24th 1887
F.A. Philbrick, Esq. Q.C.
Sir,
With reference to your letter of 20th Inst, in which you state that my late father “himself was
the first when he knows all the facts to disclaim as he did under his own hand, those
pretensions you now so pertinaciously put forward”, may I beg to be favoured with a copy of
the then Mr. Rowland Hill’s letter to my father of date 18 Jany 1840 in which his view ofthese facts is laid down – also of the “copy prefixed of date 13 March, 1838” alluded to in myfather’s reply of May following, the only portion of this correspondence which has been madepublic.
I am, SirYours obedient Servant
Pat Chalmers

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Document 176
P. Chalmers Esq.,
Lamb Building Temple
25 May 1887
Sir,
In reply to your letter of 24th begging to be favoured with a copy of the letter written by thelate Sir Rowland Hill to your Father & of a “copy prefixed of date 13 March 1838”. I am notable to comply with your request as I otherwise should for the simple reason that I have not a
copy of the documents you ask for.
They and many others were produced and left with the Philatelic Society London on theoccasion of their having the matter submitted to them. Your own written statements in reply,
after a full copy of what Mr. Pearson Hill alleged had been sent you for your comments &observations were also before it & if from them (which of course you have kept, but which
you seem in your many prints to entirely ignore) you cannot get what you require, you had
better apply to Mr. Pearson Hill to whom the documents he furnished were returned, after
the investigation had terminated.
Your letter to me calls for a remark – you insert an innuendo of an utterly misleading kind.
You describe Sir Rowland Hill’s letter as one “in which his view of the facts is laid down”.
Evidently with the desire to imply that in his answer your father was mislead by statements
you would aver to be erroneous in Sir R. Hill’s communication.
The facts told your father by Sir R. Hill were all absolutely true and were shown to be correct
by the documents produced at the investigation. Neither your Father nor Sir R. Hill invented
the adhesive stamp for postage purposes. Several people suggested some such idea; of whomyour Father was one: but in a crude & quite unworkable form: & it was not till after theauthorities had on Governt reducing the rate to 1d decided on adopting the principle, that thepractical carrying it into effect was accomplished thro Messrs. Perkins & Bacon.
Nor did your Father originate the principle of compulsory prepayment. Adhesive stamps
denote duty had been in use for 40 years, tho not in the Post Office. Mr. C. H. Whiting(among other people) designed plenty of examples for postal service both before & at the time
your father had the rough type form he sent up as a specimen printed in Dundee. You accuse
Sir R. Hill with appropriating as his own the prior proposals of other men: & of plagiarism –both charges are utterly unfounded & so demonstrated.
I can only wonder that you do not recognise the real facts.
Yours oby
Fred: A. Philbrick461

Document 177
6 Pembridge Square, W.
5th June 1887
Dear Mr. Philbrick,
The April & May numbers of the “Philatelic Journal of America” have been sent to me by an
unknown friend (?) from which I see that our old friend Pat Chalmers is hard at workcommunicating with the several American Philatelic Societies, some of whom appear tobelieve in him, which the editor of the Journal Mr. C. H. Mekeel avowedly stands up for
him.
There is also in the May number a letter from Pat repeating his two pet falsehoods – i.e. that
the London Philatelic Society decided, without hearing what he had to say, and that the
Secretary of our Post Office has repudiated the statements of his (Pat’s) antagonists.
Though disinclined to break my rule of absolutely refusing to notice Chalmers, I am not sureit might not be well to give a supplementary paper to the London Ph: Society dealing with thecase as it has developed itself since my paper of November 1881.
What say you to it & when is the next meeting?
I didn’t quite care to send printed papers to the Editor of the Phil: Journal of America who
may be a friend of Pats & misrepresent facts after the fashion of the Editor of the Whitehall
Review but could you tell me the name of the President (or any active and trustworthy
member) of the Principal American Philatelic Society to whom I might safety send such
documents?
Also do you know the address of Major Evans who, I gather from Pat’s letter is taking up
the case (by correspondence) in America? I could perhaps place good ammunition usefully inhis hands.
I called at yr. Chambers on Saturday afternoon on the chance of finding you – but you wereaway & your clerk did not expect you till Tuesday or Wednesday. I should be very glad tocome round and talk over the matter, if this would save you trouble any time you like to fix
except Tuesday after 4 pm or Friday 10th when I expect to be in the Committee room of the Hof C. or the Sunday (Post Office) questions all day.
Yours very faithfully,
Pearson Hill
PrivatePS:
I am just coming out with a little work – “The Post Office of 50 Years Ago” containing
reprint of Sir Rowland Hill’s pamphlet of Feby 1837. I think you will like it but I
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7th July 1887
Dear Mr. Philbrick,I called to bring you a presentation copy of “The Post Office of 50 Years Ago” of which I
have to ask your kind acceptance.
I also bring a couple of the Red penny labels in Dickenson’s threaded paper – I will makefurther search for your other wants.
I am preparing the reply to “Pat” for the next meeting of the Phil: Soc: in October next when I
hope to make him happy as a toad under a barrow.
See pp:18-20 & p:36 of the accompanying book, written for his special benefit.
Yours very faithfully,
Pearson Hill

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6, Pembridge Square, W.
18 Novr. 1887
Dear Mr. Philbrick,
As Mr. Westoby says you are again looking into the Chalmers’ case, it may be useful for
you to see the letters which have passed between myself and Mr. Tiffany, with whom I am
still in correspondence.
I rather doubt the policy of trying to run Chalmers into the trap of admitting that the
specimen (Chalmers’) stamp “Under one ounce Two pence” was made in 1834, as he would
so easily get out of it again by saying that the wording of the adhesive stamp in 1838 was, ofcourse, modified to suit the new arrangements. The best line of defence seems to me to be thattaken in the letter in the “Postal Telegraphic & Gazette” of 5th Oct. 1883.
I send you herewith the Philatelic Journal of America of September last as requested by Mr.
Westoby, who had been good enough to lend it to me.
As Mr. Westoby points out in his letter to me, one of Chalmers’ own witnesses shows that it
was after the decision to adopt Penny Postage, that James Chalmers began to work at theadhesive stamp. He probably meant, after the announcement of the plan i.e. in 1837, which ofcourse puts James Chalmers after Sir R. Hill in point of date, and this statement isconfirmed by a certificate from the leading men of Dundee dated 30 September 1839 sent in
by James Chalmers himself to the Treasury of which I enclose you a copy.
I have no doubt that Patrick Chalmers knows of this certificate (which was printed at thetime) and this knowledge would account for his eagerness to prove that Samuel Roberts had
proposed Penny Postage before Sir Rowland Hill (of which no evidence has ever been
produced) so as to prevent the ground from being cut from under his feet by this document.
If you like to fix any time for talking over the matter, let me know, and I will come to yourchambers any afternoon except Tuesdays.
Yours faithfully,
Pearson Hill

PS:

I will took up the old essays one of these fine days.

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6 Pembridge Square, W.
4 April 1888
Dear Mr. Philbrick,I shall have great pleasure in placing all document essays etc. in your hands to help in
perfecting your work on the Postage stamps of the U.K. Could you fix a time for me to bringthem to you?
Many thanks for your help in revising my memo on the Chalmers’ craze. I have adopted
almost all your suggestions & this morning received the “proof” for correction. You shall be
sure to have an early copy.
In great haste
Yours very faithfully
Pearson Hill

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6 Pembridge Square. W.
18th March 1889
Dear Mr. Philbrick,
Many thanks for your kind letter which I ought before now to have acknowledged.
I send, by my own Rowland Torrens Hill – who is now reading with Mr. Moreton for the
Bar – the proof sheet of black penny labels. Perhaps you will kindly let him have the 24
proofs & “essays” respecting which I wrote to you. I have told him to call for them about 4.15
pm the same afternoon that you receive this letter.
I make him my messenger, as I should like to introduce him to you. I think you will find hehas a head upon his shoulders.
You are too old a friend for me to have much hesitation in telling you that I did not quite
contemplate making you a present of the essays &c. sent in December 1882 and in April last.
I sent them in accordance with what I gathered from you letter was a wish on your part tomake an offer for them.
Now that I do not get from the G.P.O. the sets of new foreign & colonial stamps as they comeout, with anything like the same regularity as when I was still in the service, I keep up mycollection in a lame sort of fashion, by “swopping” (generally through Stanley Gibbon orother dealers) any rare stamps or essays I may possess, for other stamps I am wanting, or forthe money wherewith to purchase them – and it was in consequence of your asking to havethe refusal that I sent them to you direct rather than to any one else.
I have been too lazy, for the last six years to write to ask you what you desired to do – putting
off so doing from day to day, until my note of 22nd Ulto – but as regards these essays sent in1882 (except the 24 proofs) if you will kindly accept them, I shall gladly give them to you“with both hands” – leaving you to make such offer as you may think fair for those sent lastApril (except the Chalmers’ essays) and for the proof sheet of penny stamps now forwarded– or to return them if you do not care to retain them.
Yours very faithfully,
Pearson Hill

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6 Pembridge Square W.
30 Sep: 89
Dear Mr. Philbrick,Do you think it would be possible – say by the end of October – to arrive at a decision as towhat you would wish to do as regards the various proofs, essay, etc. etc. which I forwarded
you so long ago?
I find several other stamp collectors are anxious to have a try for them, but I long ago
promised you the first chance.
I don’t know whether it would at all assist you in your determination if I told you what I
myself suppose them to be worth – though possibly I may shock you by the figure named.
Looking to the fact that they are all absolutely genuine essays & to their rarity, and number –(the proof sheet of 1d stamps alone containing 240 stamps) – I think as “Cabby” would saythat £250 “would not be far out of the way”.
Of course I do not include the Chalmers’ essays, as these we must keep intact for some little
time longer.
Yours very faithfully,
Pearson Hill

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6 Pembridge Square W.
10 March 1890
Dear Mr. Philbrick,I want to have a talk with you about the coming exhibition of the Philatelic Society. Is there
any time on Tuesday before 3.00 p.m. or on Wednesday (any hour) when I could find you
disengaged.
Have your seen Pat’s latest lie? (if it be his latest) that the London Philatelic Society of which
Mr. Pearson Hill is a member now admit that Sir Rowland Hill was not the inventor of theadhesive postage stamp!
Yours very sincerely,
Pearson Hill

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6 Pembridge Square, W.
23 March 90
Dear Mr. Philbrick,I called once or twice at your chambers in hopes of having some little talk with you about the
coming Exhibition of the London Philatelic Society.
I had at first intended to have arranged and exhibited my complete set of English Postage
Stamps from the commencement of the Jubilee issue – but I found (between ourselves) that
the Commissioners of Inland Revenue would much prefer that none of these sets – which they
in a weak moment allowed to get out – should be exhibited.
I don’t think my old collection is worth exhibiting for though it contains some good things it
is now many years in arrear, and makes no show beside the really good collections of thepresent time.
Possibly I might pick out a few plums – such as the original sketch of the Postage Stamp – theproof impression from the 1st head unframed – the “rainbow series” of the penny labels, &c.,&c.
I might send a framed portrait of Sir Rowland Hill, and amongst the Philatelic literature,should much like to exhibit my “Origin of Postage Stamps” for Pat’s especial behalf, andindeed am willing to present say 100 copies to be sold at the exhibition should such a course
be desired. Also I want to subscribe – stand as a guarantor, &c., &c.
Could you name an hour when I could call & see you on these and other questions?
Yours faithfully,
Pearson Hill
PS:
Have you yet made up yr. mind about the essays, &c.? for if you do not care to takethem I could certainly propose to make a splendid “exhibit” of them.

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6 Pembridge Square. W.
15 April 1890
Dear Mr. Philbrick,
Many thanks for your valuable cooperation (re Pat Chalmers), your suggestion that the realfinding of the London Philatelic Society should be expressed & exhibited over Pat’s
contribution is magnificent – and if that be done I at once waive all objection.
I have had the paragraph in “The Star” sent me. I don’t know whether you would object to doso, but I should greatly value a contradiction from you as President of the London PhilatelicSociety – as it would be accepted by the public I am sure as a thousand fold more conclusive
than anything I might say – see that of course I am an interested party. I have written out aletter such as it seems to me you could easily write.
Indeed if you approve of it, it needs only your signature to be complete.
Should Pat reply, as he probably will, I will gladly step in, after your covering shot, and takeup the cudgels.
Should I find the stamps not ready when I call this afternoon I will again call tomorrow at
3.30. for them.
I propose to stay in town till Thursday afternoon but will remain longer if there be any needfor my so doing.
Yours very faithfully
Pearson Hill
My Brighton address is
132 Marine Parade
Kemp Town

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14, Springfield Road,
Wimbledon.
July 23: 1891
F.A. Philbrick, Esq. Q.C.
Sir,
A few days ago I sent you copy of a fresh pamphlet just published by me as vindication of mylate father’s title as the man to whom we owe the adhesive postage stamp, of which I beg thefavour of your perusal at convenience.
I specially invite your attention to pages 17 to 30.
Yours respectfully,
Pat Chalmers

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6, Pembridge Square. W.
1st Dec 91
Dear Mr. Philbrick,The death of Pat the Ever Mendacious (which as it is recorded in the Register of Deaths at
Wimbledon I presume we may take as a fact not a fiction) removes the objection I had to
publishing in full the papers in my hands respecting the suggestions made by James
Chalmers – but there are one or two points connected with the manner of so doing which I
should be glad to talk over with you, if you could fix a time for me to call upon you.
The idea that is running through my mind is that but little good would come from my simply
including them in another pamphlet, which Chalmers’ supporters would probably regard as amere ex-parte statement, and that the better course would be for me to address the London
Philatelic Society to say that I am now prepared to submit to them all documents, then for that
Society to appoint a small committee of investigation in which any believer in Chalmers
should be included. That prior to any investigation P.C’s representative as well as myself
should be invited to send in all documents bearing on the case and that the committee shouldreport to the Society. This last stipulation being to prevent the publication of any fictitious
letters prepared by Pat or by any of his successors in the business, after they have seen the
genuine documents and know what rocks to avoid.
I think some authoritative statement, such as their report would be is necessary to disabuse thepublic mind – (the Editor of the Brit: Encyclopædia amongst them) of the false impression
which P. Chalmers has created by his 10 years stealth lying – of which evidence is shown by
the foolish apology made for him in last month’s “Stamp News” (Theodore Buhl) wherein it
is stated that he was goaded into using strong language by those who preferred to meet him
with abuse instead of argument! It was he who took to abuse because he could not reply to thearguments and facts stated by me!
Yours very sincerely,
Pearson Hill

Think of the fellow lying almost to the last by absolutely denying having mutilated theletters which have passed between us!

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The Chalmers Correspondence
6, Pembridge Square. London. W.
12 December 1891
Dear Mr. Philbrick,1.
You will remember that more than 10 years ago – soon after the commencement of aseries of virulent and persistent attacks by Mr. Patrick Chalmers upon the memory of myfather the late Sir Rowland Hill – I laid before the London Philatelic Society, at one of its
meetings, the correspondence – then recently discovered by me – which had passed between
Sir Rowland Hill and Mr. James Chalmers in 1838-40, on the subject of the adoption ofadhesive stamps (as distinguished from other kinds of stamps), for postal purposes; and that in
my paper read before that meeting and subsequently published in the Philatelic Record ofNovember 1881, I gave copious extracts from those letters, proving that the claim advanced,
some forty years after date, on behalf of Mr. James Chalmers to have been the first to
suggest the use of such stamps was altogether unfounded – a conclusion which the London
Philatelic Society, after a very thorough and patient investigation of the facts of the case, atanother meeting in October 1882, unanimously confirmed*.
* see Philatelic Record – November 1882
2.
The attacks upon Sir Rowland Hill’s memory by Mr. Patrick Chalmers – who uponthis questions seems to have been a monomaniac – were in no way stopped by the exposure of
their utter untruthfulness, and as you will remember, though I thought it well some years ago
to place in your custody the original letters, &c. referred to above – so that you , as Presidentof the London Philatelic Society, might see that I was keeping back nothing that would
benefit Mr. James Chalmers’ credit – I have always steadily refused to pay any attention to
Mr. Patrick Chalmers’ constant complaints that I would not trust him with copies of the
documents in extenso though I have always promised that ultimately they should becommunicated unreservedly to the public.
3.
My reasons for that refusal, and indeed for my refusal to have any further
correspondence or communication with Mr. Patrick Chalmers, have all along been wellknown to you, and also to every one who has read my pamphlet on “The Origin of Postage
Stamps” and other occasional publications, viz: that Mr. Patrick Chalmers, to whom in thefirst instance I had willingly given all information in my power, thought fit when he found thefacts were against him, to turn round, and while falsely accusing Sir Rowland Hill’s friendsof “legerdemain”, “artful insinuation”, “gross misrepresentation”, &c., to proceed himself tocommit the very faults he professed to condemn and to publish in his first pamphlet a false
and garbled version of the letters that had passed between us, capping the whole by coolly
denying and continuing to deny this fraud even when a comparison of the letters with his
pamphlet had conclusively proved the case against him.
4.
From these and the even graver “irregularities”, to use the mildest term, which he has
perpetrated throughout the last eleven years – to which from time to time public attention has
been called* - it became evident to me that his object in seeking to know everything hisfather’s letters contained was not a desire to ascertain the truth, but to find out how far hemight proceed in his course of misrepresenting facts and fabricating fictitious documents
without being again exposed, as he was in November 1881, by evidence under his father’s473

own hand. His ignorance of the rocks that lay in his course being the only check upon his
recklessness.
* See for instance
The Philatelic Record for Nov: 1881, Nov: 1882, Feb: 1883 & May 1888
The Dundee Advertiser 16th & 30th April 1883, 25 May 1888, 2nd June 1888
“The Origin of Postage Stamps” March 1888) published by Morrison, Stuart & Mallet
The Supplement to -do- March 1889) 68 Leadenhall Street, London
The Stamp Advertiser & Auction Record – 14 April, 14 May, 14 June 1890
My letter to The Treasury 14 Jan: 1891 – published in Stanley Gibbon’s Monthly
Journal 28 Feb 91
Mr. Philbrick’s letter in The Standard 7th May 1890
Major Evan’s article on the Chalmers’ claim in Stamp Advertiser of 14 April 90
5.
The death of Mr. Patrick Chalmers, however, now removes the possibility of his
making any improper use of the correspondence, and in the accompanying Memo, which I
propose to publish, will be found unabridged copies of the several documents in question.
These will I think prove, to any one interested in the matter, that so far from James Chalmers
having been treated with scant courtesy and questionable justice, he received from Sir
Rowland Hill the fullest and kindest consideration – a fact which he himself in his letter of
18th May 1840 fully recognizes.
6.
The time for publication having arrived a very important question arises, viz: as to thebest method of so doing. It is desirable that every explanation should be given that may benecessary to remove all reasonable doubts on the part of those who appear to have been
misled by Mr. Patrick Chalmers’ persistent assertions; at the same time it is much to be
wished that a wearisome dispute, which has already dragged itself over a period of more thaneleven year, should be brought to a close. These objects will I think be best accomplished by
my submitting the correspondence, and all papers connected therewith, before publication, to
the London Philatelic Society, so that, if there be any points upon which they desire fuller
information, their queries and my rejoinders shall be published with the correspondence, andso form a portion of the permanent record.
7.
Possibly the London Philatelic Society might deem it useful to appoint a Committee toinvestigate the matter, and upon that Committee it would be very desirable that somemembers – if there be any – who still believe in the Chalmers’ claim should be appointed, sothat no question should arise as to the fairness of its decision.
8.
I need scarcely say it is with much reluctance that I find myself again obliged – though
I hope for the last time – to refer to the extraordinary proceedings of Mr. Patrick Chalmers.
After having sufficiently exposed their character I took but little notice, during his life-time of
his attacks, and in his grave he may well be left to lie in peace. The motto “De mortuis nil nisibonum” though utterly disregarded by him throughout the last 11 years, is one that all would
wish to see observed; but the promise I made long ago, and have constantly repeated tofriends at home and abroad, that the correspondence between Sir Rowland Hill and James
Chalmers should one day be published, must, of course, be fulfilled; and unless reference bemade to what has gone before, my reasons for hitherto withholding these documents would
probably be by some persons misunderstood, while the bearing of the correspondence upon
the question at issue would also be but imperfectly comprehended.
9.
At all events I make no new charges against Mr. Patrick Chalmers. Those to which I
am again obliged to refer I made years ago, when he had ample opportunity to bring their474

truth to the severest test. I need not remind you that for the slanderous attacks made by him
upon the memory of the late Sir Rowland Hill, I was unable, as he well knew, to bring him toaccount, as unfortunately our law of libel affords no protection to the memory of the dead, but
no such difficulty stood in Mr. P. Chalmers’ way as regards the very grave charges I
repeatedly brought against him. Over and over again, as you will remember, I dared him tobring an action for libel if these charges were in the least degree untrue, but the ordeal of
having to make his assertions upon oath, and of being subjected to cross examination, was one
which he never ventured to face; even though, had he only been speaking the truth, be musthave obtained the heaviest pecuniary damages and have secured the finest possible
opportunity of proving his father’s claims.
10.
As regards the old Postal Reformer, James Chalmers of Dundee, I have always
cordially concurred in the high estimation in which he was justly held by his fellowtownsmen and by all who knew him; and it is therefore some satisfaction to be able to believethat his son’s extraordinary conduct may have proceeded from mental rather than moral
derangement. That Mr. Patrick Chalmers upon the question of the origin of postage stamps
was a monomaniac, can I think hardly be doubted by any one who knows the real facts of thecase. How else can any one account for his many useless misrepresentations , so certain tomeet with exposure? Such for instance as the alleged “Subscription” of the Rowland Hill
Memorial Committee, - the assertions that The Treasury had decided in favour of the
Chalmers’ claim, - that the Postal authorities had written to him “repudiating the opinions” ofhis opponents, & that the London Philatelic Society had admitted that Sir Rowland Hill was
not the originator of the adhesive postage stamp, - that I had been ordered by The Treasury toreturn the documents removed by Sir Rowland Hill and had refused to do so, and many othersimilar statements, all of which you know to be absolutely untrue? Above all, how else
account for the extraordinary fact that a man who for upwards of 10 years had spent his timein heaping endless slanders upon a dead man, should claim to be a hater of hard words, andcry out that he himself was treated with “wild abuse” and “vituperation”, when, in terms far
milder than the occasion would have warranted, attention was called to his malpractices.
11.
With every apology for troubling you with so long a letter, which, but for the interest I
know you take in this question, I should have hesitated to inflect upon you.
Believe meYours very faithfully,
Pearson Hill

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6, Pembridge Square. W.
17 Dec. 91
Dear Mr. Philbrick,I send you in advance my letter, though the memo containing the James Chalmers’ letter,etc. is not yet quite ready – my request being that if you think well you could mention thereceipt of a letter from me, at the meeting tomorrow evening of the London Philatelic Society& start the question of a committee of enquiry.
I don’t mind telling you that I am hoping that the Committee will also express its opinion on
the constant gross misstatements made by Pat about myself – such as my meeting his claims
with “wild abuse” and “vulgar vituperation” as one reason of my so seldom attending
meetings of the Society is that while such charges remained unrefuted I had a little hesitationin coming amongst gentlemen some of whom might believe these statements to be true for
had I really been guilty of such proceedings I should justly have been regarded as a man withwhom few gentlemen would care to have any communication.
Could you fix a time either on Saturday morning or next week when we could talk over thecase.
Yours very sincerely,
Pearson Hill

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6 Pembridge Square. W.
18th Mar: 92
My dear Mr. Philbrick,I owe you any number of apologies for so long delaying my answer to your letter of 8th
Ultimo but I have been laid up with a very sharp attack of influenza complicated by peritonitis
which kept me a prisoner for more than seven weeks. It has taken nearly all the energy out ofme.
I hope on Thursday next (24 Mar) to find myself on board The Thames (P&O), for a voyage
to the Mediterranean & expect to be away for about 6 weeks – so that Pat & all his pastmisdeeds may slumber till my return at all events. What future steps if may be useful to takecan then be considered.
I return Mr. Bacon’s letter – I am very sorry to gather from it that you have recently lost yourfather and beg to assure you – though you would not require the assurance – of our earnest
sympathy.
Yours very faithfully,
Pearson Hill

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Bracklynn, Comrie, N.B.
20 July 1894
Fr. A. Philbrick, Esq.
88 Onslow Gardens
Dear Sir,Your note of 17th inst has been forwarded here, where I am rusticating with my family.
The sketch of James Chalmers to which you refer forms one of a series which I have forsome time been, and still am writing & my intention being, when the series is completed, topublish the whole in book form. As I am actively engaged in ??? ??? the writing of thesesketches is only done in my leisure hours, in the winter evenings, you may guess that theirprogress is somewhat slow.
In 1887 I published a book under the title of “Arbroath Past & Present” in which I madereference to James Chalmers as a native of the Town. This work having come into the handsof Mr. Patrick Chalmers he opened up a correspondence with me which was only closed byhis death. In course of my researches I was able to assist him very materially in his
endeavours to establish the claims he had put forth on behalf of his father. When I wrote mysketch of James Chalmers, he begged of me to allow him to make use of it – the pamphlet
which you mention, was accordingly printed by him at his own expenses for private
circulation. In allowing him to do so I of course stipulated that he should make it thoroughly
understood that the paper was written by me for quite a different purpose and that all ourrights were reserved. This he did!
I mention all this so that you may see that under the circumstances it is still needful that mymaterial should not be used in any way or for any purpose which would be detrimental to myinterest when I come to publish my book.
I think I have a spare copy of the pamphlet at home and I should be pleased to send it to you
on my return to Arbroath in the early days of August; but in the interval you might drop me anote to my address here, ascertaining the purpose for which you want the pamphlet.
Yours faithfully
S. M. de Lacy ?

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British Linen Bank House
Arbroath
2nd Aug. 1894
Frederick A. Philbrick Esq. Q.C.
Dear Sir,I have now the pleasure of sending you copy of the Chalmers’ pamphlet.
To my mind all the evidence – and I have studies the question carefully – points conclusively
to the fact that James Chalmers was the inventor of the postage stamp. Not only was he thefirst to conceive the scheme, but he was also the first to demonstrate its practicability.
Yours faithfully,
S. M. de Lacy ?

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THE UNPUBLISHED TIFFANY MANUSCRIPTS
James Negus
This unpublished typescript, given to me by Jim Negus on his retirement, was the starting
point for the article of the same name, published in the Philatelic Literature Review in 2013.

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Appendix 3
THOMAS F. ALLEN AWARD

Founded in 2013, the Award was intended to promote research and philatelic writing. It isawarded for the best article published in a single year of the Philatelic Literature Review.
The Award is named for Thomas F. Allen. Allen was the editor and co-author of the book19th Century Cleveland Ohio Postal Markings and received an international gold medal for
his Cleveland postal markings exhibit. Past President of the U.S. Philatelic Classics Society
and an editor of their publication, Allen served as President, Secretary and Treasurer for the
Garfield Perry Stamp Club and was actively involved in their annual March Party Show.
Award Criteria:
1.
Each year the Thomas F. Allen Award recognizes the writer(s) of the best article thatappeared in the Philatelic Literature Review during the previous calendar year.
2.
The nominated article is chosen by the subcommittee from the articles that appeared in
the Philatelic Literature Review the previous calendar year.
3.
The winner is announced in the 3rd quarter issue of the Philatelic Literature Review
and the August issue of The American Philatelist. The award is presented at theSociety’s annual summer awards banquet.
4.
The award includes a check for $500.
Recommendations:
1.
The Thomas F. Allen Award Subcommittee has the sole responsibility ofrecommending a nomination to the Board of Directors of the American PhilatelicSociety. The Board retains the privilege of approving or rejecting any
recommendation
or naming an awardee themselves.
2.
The goal is to make one recommendation, including a brief explanation of merit, to theAmerican Philatelic Society Board by March 1st each year.
Eligibility:
1.
The article must have appeared in the Philatelic Literature Review in the year prior to
the year the award is to be given. The author need not be living at the time of thenomination.
2.
The article chosen shares new research or knowledge or takes previous works andcreates or reworks the information with new and interesting ideas, relevant to today’s
philatelic researchers.
3.
The focus of the article is on philatelic literature, research, or libraries.
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The staff of the Philatelic Literature Review, members of the American PhilatelicSociety and American Philatelic Research Library boards, and members of thesubcommittee are ineligible for consideration of the award.

(The above is adapted from the entry on the American Philatelic Society web site:
http://stamps.org, August 2013.)
Award Winners
Taken from the American Philatelic Society web site.
Year

Allen Awardee
Brian Birch for2015

Who Really Founded theAmerican Philatelic Society,
Theodore F. Cuno or Schuyler
B. Bradt?

2014

read the article
Christopher D. Cook for
Using Omeka to Publish a
Stamp Collection Online

2013

read the article
James Negus & Brian J. Birch for
Unpublished Tiffany
Manuscripts

2012

read the article
Brian J. Birch for
Schuyler B. Bradt and the First
Philatelic Index
read the article

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