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PHILATELIC AND POSTALBOOKPLATESbyBRIAN J. BIRCH© Brian J. Birch
Lieu dit au Guinot, Route de St. Barthélemy
47350 Montignac Toupinerie, France
21st February 2018

BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE BOUND VOLUME
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 bound a
copy of this document in January 2005, which I have called the First edition, for convenience. Henceforth, I willbind a copy each January, provided the document has increased in size by at least ten percent during the year. At
the same time, I will send an update to the web files on www.fipliterature.org, where the electronic version of thisdocument is hosted. Since printing and binding is quite an expensive undertaking, I donated the obsolete
volumes to important philatelic libraries round the world.
By the middle of 2012, in line with my other documents, I simplified the set-up and turned off the remove
widows and orphans feature. This resulted in a reduction in length of 15 pages. Reducing the amount of whitespace is an ongoing process in an effort to minimise the page count whilst not compromising 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, January 2005
A single bound copy of 348 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 2006
A single bound copy of 381 pages. It was donated to the Collectors Club of
New York, when it was replaced in my library by the 3 rd edition.
3rd edition, January 2007
A single bound copy of 530 pages. It was donated to the Rocky Mountain
Philatelic Library of Denver, Colorado, when it was replaced in my library by the 4th edition.
3rd special edition, February 2008 A single bound copy of 540 pages. Produced for Stephen Holder inrecognition of his assistance and for allowing me to search his stock for bookplates.
4th edition, January 2010
A single bound copy of 584 pages. It was donated to the American PhilatelicResearch Library of Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, when it was replaced in my library by the 5 th edition.
5th edition, December 2010
A single bound copy of 650 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 744 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 828 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 copy of 967 pages. It was donated to The Royal Sydney PhilatelicClub of Sydney, Australia, when it was replaced in my library by the 9 th edition.
9th edition, January 2015
A single copy of 973 pages. It was donated to The Royal Philatelic Societyof New Zealand of Wellington, New Zealand, when it was replaced in my library by the 10th edition.

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The Author & his wife, Marion
September 2004

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CONTENTS
Frontispiece3

Foreword

99Acknowledgements

Introduction

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A History of Bookplates

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A Short History of Books, of Printing, and the Evolution of theBookplate

Bookplate Collecting
Ex-libris or Bookplate?
A Short History of Bookplate Collecting

Types of Bookplate
Universal Bookplates
Stock Bookplates
Bookplates Issued with Limited Edition Books

Bookplate Terminology
Background to my Collection
Bookplates at Auction
Sale of the George Townsend Turner Library
Sale of the Pedro Monge y Pineda Library
Sale of the Henry Garratt-Adams Library and Stock
Sale of the Leon Norman Williams working Library
Sale of the “Roland” Library“Roland” I“Roland” II
Other Sources of Bookplates

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References

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Bibliography of Books and Articles on Bookplates with a
Philatelic Connection

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Introduction
Non-Philatelic Publications
The Bibliography

Abbreviations
List of Symbols
List of Abbreviations
Abbreviations for American States & Possessions
Abbreviations for Australian States & Territories
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Philatelic Bookplates

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Introduction

Stock Bookplates

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Introduction

Philatelic Stock Bookplates
Introduction
Jay Smith & Associates
J. Kwiatowski
H. L. Lindquist
Elmer R. Long
Alvin Richard Meissner
Postal History Society

Biographies of Philatelic Bookplate Artists and Suppliers
Introduction
Baeyens, Martin R.
Britze, Johannes
French, Edwin Davis
Mussett’s Lincoln’s Inn Heraldic Office
Peake, Archibald John [Jack]
Peckmore, Harry L.
Slania, Czeslaw
Weigel, Otto

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Appendices
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The Story of my Bookplate

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Amateur Essays for my Bookplate

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The Sydney Robert Turner Collection

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Acquisition
The Collection
List of Bookplates in the Collection
Description of the Collection

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The Royal Philatelic Society London Collection
Introduction

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A Brief Introduction to Heraldry
The Coat of Arms
Colours or Tinctures
Terminology
Reference
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István Réthy’s Presentation Bookplates
Introduction

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John Gartner’s Non-Philatelic Bookplates

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Roland965

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The Inns of Court

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Hanns Heeren’s Non-Philatelic Bookplates

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FOREWORD
This is Section 5.4 of my masterwork:–

THE PHILATELIC BIBLIOPHILES COMPANION
It began as a simple listing of my ad hoc collection of philatelic bookplates, many of whichwere photocopied from articles about bookplates or from the books in which they had beenplaced by their proud owners. Frankly, I have always been loath to deface books just to
remove the bookplate, unless the book is of minor importance such as, for example, acatalogue or very common handbook.
Initially, I considered that a simple list of the names of the bookplate owners would suffice.
With such a list, I would know what I had and what I needed, either as originals or
photocopies. More-importantly, philatelic literature dealers - like my good friend Stephen
Holder of HH Sales - would know what I wanted. I anticipated that it was only through thegood offices of such dealers that my collection would grow significantly.
Inevitably, as with all of my projects, it continued to grow far beyond my expectations. I soon
realised that some collectors and organisations had several different bookplates and one or
two, a great many bookplates. Thus, unless I wanted to write substantial descriptions of every
bookplate in order to uniquely identify each one, the work would need to be illustrated. This
simple concept of picture and owner’s name soon grew to encompass biographies, translationsof the mottos, references, substantial descriptions, photographs of the owners – in otherwords, everything you would expect to find in a substantial monograph on bookplates ofphilatelists. Inevitably, once I had started down this road, I encountered Stock bookplates
which needed to be written up and this lead on naturally to bookplate artists and engravers.
Inevitably, I also encountered bookplates used by postal undertakings, particularly inGermany, postal officials and postal museums, all of which could appear on books in thephilatelic market as they culled their duplicates or reduced or even eliminated their libraries.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
When I first mentioned this project to Francis Kiddle, he was very supportive andimmediately offered to host this document on the FIP Literature Commission web site,
http://hps.gr/fipliterature/, like my other long-term projects. Indeed, he has fielded manyquestions providing advice, suggestions and contacts as well as the bookplates he cameacross, without which the progress would have been much slower. My other major source ofadvice and encouragement has been Stephen Holder whose classical education has been put
to good use interpreting many of the Latin mottos. Special thanks must go to the Royal
Philatelic Society London, Jan Vellekoop and Herb Trenchard who allowed me access totheir collections of bookplates. Finally, I must thank Nick Wraith of Cavendish Philatelic
Auctions who not only supplied me with all of the bookplates from his personal library but
also kept me appraised of those appearing in Cavendish’s literature auctions.
To the very many others who provided assistance and particularly bookplates, I can do no
more than tender my thanks. This document would have grown in length by several pages if I
named everyone who helped me.

Brian John Birch
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Standish, UK.
14th November 201110

INTRODUCTION
I well remember reading an article in the Philatelic Literature Review many years ago, which
illustrated the bookplates, or Ex Libris labels, of notable bibliophiles and gave brief details of
the owners(1). The author of the article, and indeed the owner of the collection being
described, was George T. Turner, one of the greatest bibliophiles of the 20th Century and theowner of a superb bookplate of his own. Many years later, I was to find that Turner had
written a preliminary version of this article earlier that same year(2).
I determined immediately that I should collect bookplates myself. What I did not realise wasjust how difficult this self-imposed task would be. As far as I have been able to determine,
there are no commercial sources of philatelic bookplates, only general bookplate sellers who
have the occasional philatelic item for sale. Over many years of looking, there has only been
the occasional Continental and British literature auction in which a few lots of bookplates
have turned up. Neither had I ever come across a serious collector of philatelic bookplates. In
fact, the first two people I ever met who admitted to owning a small collection of philatelic
bookplates readily sold them to me! This all changed when I corresponded with Herb
Trenchard of the United States about the whereabouts of Turner’s collection of bookplates
and he admitted to having a collection of his own. Recently, Jan Vellekoop of theNetherlands contacted me and allowed me to examine his quite large collection.
If I had given the matter a moment’s thought I would have realised that the great majority of
bookplates are still fulfilling their purpose, being pasted in books to demonstrate ownership.
The few collectors of these items would ensure that almost none exist unused. In common
with most bibliophiles, I am loath to damage books and so tend not to remove bookplates
from their resting places. Accordingly, I have resorted to the use of photocopying to acquire
copies, using a colour copier wherever possible in order to ensure that I receive the best
quality reproduction. The occasional article and, much rarer, book about philatelic bookplates
have also provided a number of examples. All of these sources are included in the Section
Bibliography of Articles on Bookplates, found later in this work.
Using Turner’s original article as my guide, I have also included some rubber stamp
impressions. There are a myriad of rubber hand stamps found applied to books – most ofwhich are simple indications of ownership, placed on any and all appropriate possessions andnot just library books. To be included in my work, a rubber stamp must have obviously beenused in place of an Ex Libris label – see for example Bellamy, Rich and Tiffany, or havebeen used by a serious bibliophile or major library which has also used bookplates – see theCollector’s Club for an example of this.
I felt that a words only bibliography of bookplates with detailed descriptions would be of little
interest to others and no interest whatsoever to me. Accordingly, I have scanned all of the
bookplates and each entry is, therefore, accompanied by a picture of the bookplate. Inevitably,
this has resulted in a substantial document with hundreds of illustrations covering many
hundreds of pages. Unfortunately, I have no details of the majority of owners, many being
Continental or Eastern European, and were largely unknown in the UK. This is, therefore, nomore than a first attempt – a work in progress. Accordingly, I have decided to publish it on
the FIP Literature Commission website where I trust that it will provoke others to provide mewith details of their collections, copies of additional bookplates and biographies of theowners.

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A HISTORY OF BOOKPLATESA SHORT HISTORY OF BOOKS, OF PRINTING, AND THE
EVOLUTION OF THE BOOKPLATE
Writing can be traced back to about 3100 BC when examples of its use by the Sumerian
civilization in Southern Mesopotamia (modern day Iraq) have been found. This early writing
was called cuneiform,
from Latin and Frenchroots meaning wedgeshaped.
Documents
were inscribed on wet
clay with a sharpened
stick.
Figure 1 shows a handholding such a tablet
to give an indication of
their typical size.
Figure 2 shows acloser view of theincised wedge-shaped
characters.

Figure 1. A typical clay
Tablet inscribed withcuneiform characters.

Figure 2. Close-up of a clay tablet, showing
the characteristic wedge-shaped characters.

In spite of their antiquity, archaeologists have found several large Royal libraries containing
many thousands of such tablets. The most important survival of this period was the Royallibrary of King Assurbanipal (ca. 668-627 BC), who was the ruler of ancient Assyria at theheight of the empire’s military and cultural accomplishments. He established a great library in
his palace in the ancient city of Nineveh. Although the city was eventually destroyed by
invaders, the lack of intrinsic value in the clay tablets lead them to remain buried for over
2,000 years until they were discovered in the 19th Century. Assurbanipal’s library was not
the first library of its kind but it was one of the largest and one of the few to survive relatively
intact as found, to the present day and comprises about 28,000 tablets. It is reported(3) that thefollowing text, serving the same purpose as a bookplate, was found in the library:
Whosoever shall carry off this tablet or shall inscribe hisname upon it, side by side with mine own, may Assur andBelit overthrow him in wrath and anger and may they
destroy his name and posterity in the land.
Note: Assur was the highest God in the Assyrian Pantheon.
Belit was the Queen of the Underworld.
Once writing had become established its usefulness in enabling messages to be passed tothose at a distance without distortion was quickly realised. Fortunately, the media upon whichthese messages were written; stone, clay tablets, papyrus, vellum, parchment and even paper,
has in many cases withstood the ravages of time, enabling the messages to be read hundreds
or even thousands of years after they were written.
Ever since the time of the Assyrians, collections of these documents have been gathered
together as prized possessions and the owners sought some indication of ownership.
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Archaeologists in Egypt have found small enamelled tablets dating from around 1450 BC,
affixed to Egyptian papyri and stating that they belonged to the Pharaoh Amenophis III, theremains of whose library was found in 1887 during excavations at Tel el-Amarna in Upper
Egypt. These are, to all intents and purposes, the earliest known “bookplates”.
Prior to the invention of printing, all books were produced by hand and were generally copied
by scribes in the great Cistercian and Benedictine monasteries of Europe. The earliest dated
printed book was produced in China in 868 AD, but it is believed that the practice of printing,in both China and Japan, dates back well before this period. In 770 AD, for example, theJapanese Empress Shotoku is said to have had a million printed copies of prayers distributed
to all of the temples in the land in order to drive out evil spirits who were held responsible foran outbreak of smallpox. The prayers were probably printed from carved stones using an ink
based on soot and the whole project took six years to complete. By the end of the 10th
Century, the Chinese were printing books and producing banknotes using carved blocks ofwood, stone or metal(4). Although it is known that the Chinese used individual letters made of
baked clay, this type of printing is not thought to have been widespread.
It was not until the early 15th Century that Europeans began printing documents including
simple books from carved wood-blocks, known as wood-cuts. Formerly called xylography, it
involves carving an image is into the surface of a block of wood along the grain by gouging
out the non-printing areas. Printing was then carried out using presses that had beendeveloped from the wine press used in the Rhine Valley. Block-printed publications werelargely restricted to illustrations with short captions which were amenable to this timeconsuming process. Inevitably, many of these hand-carved blocks could not be re-used andaccordingly, even printed documents were an expensive commodity.
It was in the City of Mainz in the Rhine Valley in 1440 that Johannes Gutenberg (ca. 13971468) began using the printing press in conjunction with a series of blocks each bearing asingle letter on its face – known as moveable-type. The press used by Gutenberg was a handpress, in which ink was rolled over the raised surfaces of hand-set letters held within awooden form and the form was then pressed against a sheet of paper. Moveable-type could berearranged and used over and over again, both speeding up and reducing the cost of printing
dramatically, thereby making books more-affordable to anyone literate enough to read them.
Naturally, the benefits of using moveable type were seen immediately and the use of suchprinting presses spread rapidly across Europe. With the arrival of the new printing method,
the availability of books increased dramatically. Nevertheless, gathering together sufficient
books to create a library was an expensive undertaking and was reserved to those who had
appropriate resources, such as Royalty and the Church.
Owing to their importance and value, many library owners had their coat-of -arms painted on
important manuscripts so as to prevent loss by borrowing or theft. Such ownership marks
became known as ex-libris from the Latin phrase meaning from the books of, and some canstill be seen today in the manuscript collections of important libraries.
The greater availability of books meant that libraries could now be formed by those of lesser,
though not insignificant means. They too wished to protect their property but hand-painting
was too costly a means to resort to. However, the new printing process could produce slips ofpaper bearing the owner’s name or coat-of-arms, which could be pasted into each volume(5).

14The earliest known examples of printed
ex-libris (called bookplates in English)
date from around 1480 and were madefor books donated to the library of theMonastery of Buxheim in Germany byHildebrand Brandenburg of Biberach
who was a monk in the monastery. A
man of substance, he donated various
books to its library. To mark his gifts,
he had his arms engraved on wood andprinted on large sheets, bound in andtrimmed with the volumes. He coloured
them by hand and next to each wrote an
inscription indicating what the bookwas. The Monastery of Buxheim’s
library was dispersed in 1883 andvarious copies of this ex-libris, one of
the three earliest known, found theirway into private and public collections.

Figure 3. Hildebrand Brandenburg’ ex-libris from a
History against the Pagans (c.415-417) by Paul Orosius,
disciple of St. Augustine.

Copper engraving increased in popularity towards the end of the 15th century since it allowed
for highly detailed designs, so it is hardly surprising that engraved bookplates appeared soonafter the turn of the century. Among the famous artists creating these early engraved
bookplates were Albrecht Durer (1471-1528), Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472-1553), andHans Holbein the Younger (1497-1543).
From Germany, the bookplate spread to Great Britain and France, with the first British
examples dating from about 1574. Initially, virtually all bookplates featured the arms of theowner. However, over the centuries, the rise of the middle class and the increasing
affordability of books caused a decline in armorial bookplate styles in favour of designs
which reflected the profession of the owner. Later, pictorial designs became popular,
including landscapes and views of libraries or stacks of books often with a verse, motto, or
quotation.
It was not until the 17th century that the bookplate became common in France. Before that, thetechnique of stamping the cover of the book with a personal device or arms (termed a
supralibris) was preferred. From the middle of the century, however, the bookplate became
more popular and became very numerous towards the end of the century and in fact, the useof the term Ex-Libris occurred first on French bookplates. Nevertheless, prominent collectors
who normally re-bound their books still favoured the supralibris well into the 19th century.
Indeed, the device was still in very recently, impressed into the cover of books as a means of
indicating their origin in open libraries such as on passenger ships.
In the early nineteenth century there was a return to the use of wood for bookplate production.
Known as wood engraving, the process used the end grain of harder woods using a toolresembling an engraver’s burin which allowed designs to be made with more detail and lesscost. Later, steel engraving also came into use because it allowed for cheaper production oflarge numbers of copies without the usual deterioration owing to wear, commonly found withwood and especially copper blocks. Nowadays, almost every printing technique is used to
produce bookplates, extending more-recently to the use of the computer aided design – see thebookplates of Stephen Holder and W. Wilson Hulme for examples.
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In the simplest terms,
bookplates are designs on
gummed pieces of paper andas such it was inevitable thatthey would be put to other
uses
than
originallyenvisaged. Figure 4 shows abookplate used as a seal
covering the flap of amodern letter from Skive inDenmark.
Judging from the name on
the return address, thebookplate belonged to thesender.
Figure 4. A modern Danish bookplate used as a seal on thereverse of an envelope.

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BOOKPLATE COLLECTING
EX-LIBRIS OR BOOKPLATE?
Only in the English language is the term bookplate used to describe those small pieces of
paper stuck into books to identify the owner, whilst the term ex libris is used on the
bookplates themselves. There is a school of thought in the UK that, when used as a noun todescribe the object, the spelling should be ex-libris, an view to which I subscribe, although I
leave the intellectual debate to others(6, 7, 8).
Almost every other language uses the Latin form for bookplate such as ex-libris (France),
exlibris (Germany & the Netherlands), ex librisy (Poland) &c.
Even these terms have been adapted for specialised collections. It is not unknown to find“bookplates” inscribed Ex Musicus or Ex Musicis (as below) used on libraries of musicalbooks and scores. Others vary the title to suit the subject area covered by their library, forexample, Ex Eroticis for a collection of erotic books and Ex Numismaticis for books oncollecting coins.

A SHORT HISTORY OF BOOKPLATE COLLECTING
Bookplates in the form of small, printed labels pasted in books to identify their owners, haveexisted for more than five hundred years. The first use of movable type in the 1400s caused a
rapid increase in personal libraries and their owners, anxious not to lose their prized
possessions, marked them with printed bookplates(9).
Apart from rare exceptions, such as a mid-18th century German collection whose owner has
not been identified and the collections of Adelaide Le Caron de Fleury (created ca.17801793) or Miss Jenkins of Bath, UK (active in the years about 1820) bookplate collecting did
not really start before the 1860s.(10) When it did, because of the historical, social and artistic
interest of these small prints, the fashion spread like wildfire. A major impetus was given by
the appearance of A Guide to the Study of Book-Plates, by Lord de Tabley in 1880, the firstsignificant book on the subject. This work established what is now accepted as the generalclassification of styles: Armorial; Jacobean; Chippendale; Wreath and ribbon; &c. Such was17the continuing significance of this seminal work that it went quickly through two editions andwas reprinted as recently as 1974(11).
Societies of collectors were founded in London and Berlin in 1891, and in many European
capitals in the subsequent decade. These societies enabled and promoted contacts amongst
collectors. Publications such as journals, year-books and circulars gave members who lived
far away from each other the possibility to correspond, exchange bookplates and shareknowledge about the subject. Initially, the main object was to collect old bookplates,
particularly the early rarities, but soon many collectors widened their interest to include
contemporary bookplates and even commissioned artists to produce them, not only for theirlibraries but also for exchange. In more-recent times, some collectors have commissioned
large numbers of bookplates (see John Gartner for example) which are more often
exchanged than pasted into books.
As with so many fashions, bookplate collecting waned in the period between the turn of the
century and the First War and many bookplate societies ceased functioning at this time.
Although there was a renewed interest during the 1920s, a further loss of interest occurred
during the period between 1930 and 1950, caused by the economic crisis and the Second
World War. However, since about 1950, societies began to be re-established and collecting
has since been slowly expanding throughout the world. The vicissitudes in the fortunes of
bookplate collecting mean that many large and important collections have passed into thehands of institutions, both private and public, some of which have been catalogued. Perhaps
one of the largest and most important of these is the collection belonging to Sir Ernest
Wollaston Franks (-1897), bequeathed to the British Museum on his death. The whole of thecollection comprised some 70,000 different bookplates with the British and Americancollection just over half of that number. The latter part of the collection was catalogued andthe result published in three volumes. (E. R. J. Gambier Howe: Catalogue of British andAmerican Book Plates Bequeathed to the Trustees of the British Museum by Sir Augustus
Woolaston Franks, K.C.B., F.R.S., P.S.A., Litt.D., 3 Volumes, British Museum, London, UK,
1903-1904.) This catalogue is generally referred to as “Franks”.

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TYPES OF BOOKPLATE
UNIVERSAL BOOKPLATESWith the increase in literacy, more and cheaper books were produced and persons of limitedmeans could still acquire a substantial library. Often, they lacked the resources to commission
their own bookplates and so the printers produced what are called Universal Bookplates –bookplates with no indication of ownership.
Nowadays, Universal Bookplates are produced in a huge
range of popular designs, printed rather cheaply and soldin packs, usually in stationary stores. They always have aspace where the purchaser can write or type their name.
Such bookplates are intended to appeal to those with asmall library rather than true bibliophiles.
The bookplate to the right is a typical example of thegenre with a scroll at its foot to carry the owner’s name.
This example was found in a philatelic book without anowner’s name in the scroll. Numerous examples ofuniversal bookplates can be found throughout this work,
inscribed with their owner’s name as intended.
Figure 5 A typical universal
Generally, Universal Bookplates are purchased in packs in bookplatewith a blank scroll for thewhich all of the bookplates are of the same design.
owner’s name.
Alternatively, the pack may contain a variety of different
designs often, but not always, with a common theme. See the entry for Inge Riese for several
examples of the latter.

STOCK BOOKPLATESStock Bookplates originated in Victorian times when engraved bookplates were in vogue.
Companies would produce master dies in steel, which lacked the owner’s name. When aclient selected the required design, it could be impressed into a copper printing plate, theclient’s name added and the requisite number of high quality bookplates could be produced
quickly and at a greatly reduced price compared with a custom-made bookplate.
In modern times, with the much more flexible printing methods that are available, the Stock
Bookplates are printed in quantity and simply overprinted with the client’s name as required
and in a font and style of their choice. Today, computer technology allows the required nameto be input into a selected template on the screen and the whole bookplate to be printed
immediately in complete sheets on a laser printer and guillotined to size.
Naturally, modern pre-printed Stock Bookplates could also be sold through shops as blanks,
without the option of having them personalised. In such cases, there is no difference between
them and Universal Bookplates.
The Stock Bookplate shown in Figures 6 and 7, is known as the Bookworm and is stillavailable today as a Universal Bookplate. Amongst the users of this design are several
philatelists: Phil Bansner, Leonard H. Hartmann, Edward C. Hyers and Rolf & Christa
Salinger.
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Figure 6 A blank Stock Bookplate, which was also
used as a Universal Bookplate.

Figure 7 A Stock Bookplate used by philatelicliterature dealer Leonard Hartmann.

It was perhaps inevitable that this design should appeal to Bansner and Hartmann since theyboth became major philatelic literature dealers, although Hartmann told me that he obtained
his during his college days.

BOOKPLATES ISSUED WITH LIMITED EDITION BOOKSA modern and increasing trend amongst
publishers of short-run books is to issue
signed bookplates with their titles, to enhancetheir collectability and therefore saleability.
This trend has also spread to the philatelicfield with the publication of The Travis
Papers in 2011. Each copy included anumbered bookplate, signed by Thomas J.
Alexander, one of the authors.
Example of a numbered and signed bookplate

Reference
1.

Stephen Pochin: Recent permutations – Bookplates deployed in limited edition books.
The Bookplate Society Newsletter, Winter 2011/12, Volume 33, Issue 2, pp.26-27.

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BOOKPLATE TERMINOLOGY
The terms below are given as a guide to the different types and styles of bookplates. I have
limited this section as far as possible, to those terms likely to be of relevance to those with aninterest in philatelic and postal bookplates. I have illustrated each term with an appropriate
bookplate, virtually all of philatelic origin. Since I have come lately to the subject and have noexpertise in bookplate collecting, I have relied on a series of articles produced by Paul
Latcham, editor of the [British] Bookplate Society Newsletter(12). His terms have been
augmented by others I have encountered on an ad hoc basis whilst reading widely on thesubject.

Allegorical
A bookplate which depicts the idea that the artist or
owner wishes to convey by pictorial symbols rather
than directly. Thus the owner is personified ordefined by his relationship to the symbolism.
Thus, the Brazilian owner of this bookplate, A.
Bergamini de Abreu, evidently wished to be
associated with the Law, mining and metal working
as well as music, literature and the philately of his
native land.

Anonymous
A bookplate which does not carry the name of theowner.
These are often armorial or crest plates where theowner would be readily recognised by those who
were likely to come into contact with their books.
In this case, apart from his crest, the owner has
added his address and, fortunately for us, has signed
the bookplate so we can be reasonably of his identity– L. T. Wiggins Davies.

Armorial21

A bookplate, the design of which consists primarilyof the owner’s coat of arms.
Generally, the arms are accompanied by the family
motto and the name of the owner or simply the nameof the owner. Occasionally, where the owner was anaristocrat and the head of the family, it was not
unusual for the name to be omitted.
This example simply has the owner’s coat of arms
and crest with his name.

Armorial, Lozenge
See also Lozenge.
A bookplate which consists primarily of the owner’s
arms in a heraldic lozenge.
In heraldry, a lozenge is diamond-shaped, usuallysomewhat narrower than it is tall. Lozenges are
traditionally used to bear the arms of unmarried women and widows.
In the bookplate shown, it is the Collectors Club’s seal rather than its coat of arms in thelozenge.

Armorial, Seal
A coat of arms within a ring, which usually bears theowner’s motto, the whole having the appearance of aseal.
In general, any type of design can be accommodated
within a seal.
The example shows a stylised coat of arms of the
Crawford family, surrounded by the owner’s nameand title.

Autographic
Handwritten marks of ownership in books.
In its simplest form, it comprises simply the owner’sname. In other cases, it can include quite complex
and decorative inscriptions.
The example shows a virtual bookplate handwritten
in pen and ink, complete with error, corrected
subsequently in pencil.
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BaroqueSee Jacobean.

Book Label
A label inserted into books to denote ownership andoften to record gifts to libraries.
Book labels pre-dated bookplates and were morecommon than the latter up to the 17th Century. They
were initially produced typographically and later byengraving. In both cases, embellishments could beincorporated into the basic layout.
Although they had more or less died out by the endof the 19th Century, they continued to provide a lowcost substitute for those who could not afford an
engraved or even a stock bookplate and were especially used by philatelic societies for theirlibraries.
In their cheapest form, they consist of a blank label with or without a printed border, widely
stocked by stationers, on which could be written or typed the required text. See Book Label –Manuscript, Book Label - Typescript and Book Label – Typewritten.
At a slightly higher cost, printers would provide labels with the required text already printed
on them. See Book Label – Typescript. Book labels have enjoyed a revival owing to the easewith which they can be produced using a PC and label printer. See Computer-Generated
bookplate.
In the early days of bookplates, these co-existed with properly designed and engraved
bookplates. However, elaborate book labels are known, blurring the distinction between them.
In the illustrated label, the only decorative feature is the use of an old English typeface. The
owner, Andreini, also had a beautifully engraved bookplate, which presumably came later.

Book Label - Manuscript
Book Labels that are produced by hand on blank,
gummed labels available from stationers. See also
Autographic.
They vary from the highly artistic to being dull andcommonplace. By their very nature, they areuncommon, being produced in very small quantities
and, most inks being water soluble to at least someextent, are not amenable to being soaked off theirbooks.
The example shown was produced using gummedlabels with a pre-printed border. The same user
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progressed to a typeset bookplate in a very similarstyle.

Book Label - Typeset
Book Labels that are produced by printers using theordinary type, borders and ornaments generally
found in a printer’s stock.
The first example shown is typical of the middle
Victorian period with fancy borders and lettering. It
also has a space for a book number to be written or
typed in.
The second example is early 20th century and of
extreme simplicity. It also has space for a booknumber, a common characteristic of book labels
It should be noted that every bookplate whichappears to have been typeset may not have been.
Thomas W. Hall’s bookplate, shown below as theexample under Presentation, although of very
similar style, was in fact engraved.

Book Label - Typewritten
Book Labels that are produced using a typewriter onblank, gummed labels available from stationers.
Many use gummed labels bearing pre-printed blackor coloured borders.
Typewritten book labels are very cheap to produce
in small quantities on an ad hoc basis and have been
widely used by philatelic societies, such as that for
the Huddersfield Philatelic Society shown here.
Today, similar labels are still available and are used
for the same purpose but are generally self-adhesive.
The advent of home computers has enabled individuals to produce virtual typeset, selfadhesive book labels at home, such as the second example shown, used by the Bridlington &District Philatelic Society.

Book Stamp
An inked impression produced using a suitably
designed hand stamp and ink pad, allowing many
items to be marked quickly and at a very low cost.
Generally, hand stamps are used where large
numbers of documents or individual magazines need24to be marked, rather than as replacements for
bookplates.
Nowadays, hand stamps are made from rubber but inearlier days they would have been cut into wood or
cork or, much less commonly, made from metal in

the same way as postmarks.
The example shown was used by the present writer to mark photocopies and wascomplemented by a printed bookplate for use on books

Bookpile
An arrangement of books for decorative or symbolic
purposes. Shelves of books also fall into thiscategory.
A uniquely British design, the brainchild of SamuelPepys (1633-1703) of Diary fame.
In the example, the books are piled up in order tosupport a parchment bearing the user’s name. Most
Bookpile designs contain more books.

Canting
See Punning.

Chippendale(or Rococco)

A style of furniture designed by Thomas
Chippendale in the mid 1700s, it was at the heightof its popularity from about 1740 to 1775.
The Rococo element of Chippendale’s designs wasadapted by graphic artists, giving rise to the style ofbookplate named after him. The bookplates often
carried a non-symmetrical shield and had scallops,
scrolls, flowers and other decorative embellishments
such as furniture-like limbs.
This example, from the middle of the 19th century isquite restrained. This style now tends to be called
Rococco to fall in line with international
designations of bookplates.
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Commemorative
See Presentation.

Computer-Generated
A bookplate which has been created using acomputer.
The most common form is made from scratch andconsists mostly of text, possibly with someappropriate clipart.
The first example falls clearly into that category. It
was created so that the library using it could
commemorate the presentation of one or morevolumes. That it was readily available on the
Library’s computer allowed it to be personalisedwith both the name of the donor and the date. Suchbookplates are printed out on commercially available
self-adhesive labels making them very convenient touse.
The second example is clearly made from a freelyavailable template where all that the user has to do is
to insert their name and print them out, presumably
in sheets, such as that of the Royal Philatelic Society
London, shown below. Once printed, the individual
bookplates are cut out and inserted loose (as with
Stephen Holder’s bookplate) or glued into theowner’s books.

Crest
In heraldry, the crest surmounts the helmet on a coatof arms. It can be found used on its own on
bookplates.
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These are generally found as a Crest in Garter,
shown to the right. For comparison, a stylised
version of Burnett’s full coat of arms can be found in
this listing under Jacobean.
Alternatively, they can be found as a Crest withmotto or some other inscription. In the example
below, the inscription denotes the user’s
employment.

Cut Close
A bookplate which has been cut close to the irregularoutline of its design rather than to a rectangular orother regular shape.
The example shown belonged to Adelaide Lucy
Fenton and comprises two separate parts. Each partis closely cut round then pasted in position. In fact,
the border of the lower piece containing the hername can be seen to have been trimmed too close on
the left side, cutting into the outer border.

CypherSee Monogram.

Cypher Monogram
See Monogram.

Dated
A bookplate carrying the date of its creation, either
within the design or as part of the designer’s
signature.
The Hiram E. Deats bookplate illustrated was
produced by E. D. French, a notable American
engraver and bookplate producer. It can be seen tobear the engraver’s name and the date 1894 at its
foot.
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Die Sinker
A somewhat pejorative term used to describe themass of competently engraved but unimaginative(generally armorial) bookplates produced from themid 1800s.
As the relative cost of books declined, more people
could afford libraries and the popularity of
bookplates increased. To supply the demand,
stationers worked with engraving firms who could
produce standardised engraved armorial bookplates.
Die sinker bookplates are generally found with asquarish shield with ears.
The example shown dates from the third quarter ofthe 19th Century.

Donation or Donor
See Presentation.

EroticA bookplate depicting naked or nearly naked women(mainly) and men, generally in carnal situations.
It is this latter aspect that differentiates the erotic
from the Nude, where the naked person is often
simply an adornment, such as shown in the example
below for John Gartner, a publisher.

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Festoon
Also known as Wreath and Ribbon.
In its original form, the garland emanated from thecrest on a shield and the ribbon was used fordecoration. This modern, modified version uses anactual garland as a border and has the ribbon
carrying the legend.

Garter
A bookplate whose principal design feature is acircular strap with a buckle and a strap hanging fromit (pendant). The garter usually carries the owner’s
motto.
The example shown is an American version where
the garter is replaced by a belt and the motto by theuser’s name. A true garter can be seen in Maitland
Burnett’s bookplate under Crest, above.

Gift
See Presentation and Prize.

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A style of armorial bookplate originating around the
beginning of the eighteenth century and was at thepeak of its popularity from about 1720-1750.
However, it was seen for many years after.
Jacobean bookplates are characterised by adistinctive floral frame to the arms rather than thenormal cloth mantling. Shields tended to berectangular in shape with a symmetrical oval or
curved base. The whole was generally set against apatterned background of scales or brickwork.
The example shown is a mid-nineteenth century adaptation of the style. This style now tends
to be called Baroque to fall in line with international designations of bookplates.

Label
See Book Label.

LandscapeSee also Map and Scenic.
A bookplate whose main design comprised alandscape or rural view.
This superb example showing a path by a river withtrees and wildlife, is from the library of Franceska
Rapkin, whose library was bequeathed to the Royal
Philatelic Society London.

Library Interiors
A bookplate style which became popular around thestart of the 20th century and featured a book-lined
study or library, often with a view through an open
window.
The example shown is dated 1925, when bookplates
were going through a low point after the First WorldWar.

Lozenge

30See also Armorial Lozenge.
A bookplate in the shape of a heraldic lozenge. Thatis, in the form of a diamond, usually somewhat
narrower than it is tall.
It was generally used to designate that the owner wasa spinster or widow.
The modern example shown was commissioned byJohn Gartner for his wife, Zelma.

Mantle (Mantling)
Originally the swath of cloth attached to the helmet
and falling around the coat of arms, it is uncommon
in modern bookplates.
The term Mantling was later applied to thedecorative acanthus leaves surrounding the helmet
and shield like a Mantle or cloak.
In the example, the artist has filled virtually thewhole space around the arms, helmet and even the
crest with acanthus leaves.

Manuscript
See above under Autographic.

Map
See also Landscape and Scenic.
An uncommon variant on the Landscape and Scenic
bookplates in which the main feature is a map and,as in the current case, possibly some scene relating
to the map.
In the example given, the map represents thecountries of greatest interest to the collector.

Masonic

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Bookplates that feature Masonic elements to denotethe owner’s adherence to the craft.
This is a popular theme in which people specialise.
The example shows Masonic symbols and tools in
the central triangle.

Memorial
A bookplate which commemorates a gift to a libraryin memory of a person or persons. Those persons inwhose memory the book(s) were presented generally
had some connection with the library.
In the bookplate opposite, Earl E. Boal Jr. was thehusband of the editor of the American PhilatelicResearch Library’s journal.

Monogram
The initials of the owner arranged in a stylish
fashion and forming the main or at least a major partof the design.
A monogram in which the initials are designed insuch a way that it makes them difficult to identify, iscalled a Cypher Monogram.
The example possibly qualifies as a Cypher
Monogram as it belongs to Henrik E. Bonne andcarries the heavily stylised initials H E B.

Nude

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A bookplate which incorporates one or more nude
figures of a man or a woman (mostly).
The figures are generally decorative and therefore
rather sexless, which distinguishes this style from
Erotic bookplates.
The sample shown has a female nude seated in alandscape together with representations of music andphilately, the latter being presumably some of theuser’s interests.
Interestingly, the voluptuous nude and landscape aretrademark features of the work of Johannes Britze,
the engraver.

Photographic
A bookplate which incorporates a photograph as partof its design, often a portrait of the owner.
The example shows a sculpted coat of arms,
presumably that of the bookplate owner, mounted ona building. The presence of the shadow clearly
indicates its photographic origin.

Pictorial
A bookplate in which the design is essentially apicture of something real or imagined, rather than asimple coat of arms or design.
The example represents the owner’s desk, thevarious items placed upon it indicating his wide
range of interests.

Portrait
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A bookplate in which the main design feature is aportrait of the owner.
In the early days of bookplates, this was an engraved
likeness. However, nowadays, it is likely to be a
photographic reproduction.
The example is a portrait of Alvin R. Meissner, anengraver at the American Bureau of Engraving &Printing, produced as a universal bookplate.

Premium
The old-fashioned word for prize or award. In fact, certain British Government saving bondsthat are entered into a prize draw each month are still called Premium Bonds. See Prize.

Presentation
When intended to be placed in books which are thenpresented to someone to recognise some action or
attribute, they are generally known as Prize
bookplates. (q.v.)
A bookplate used to recognise the presentation of
one or a quantity of books, usually all or a major partof a person’s library, to an established library. Suchbookplates are generally produced by the receiving
library. They are also known as Gift bookplates.
In 1930, when the wife of the Royal PhilatelicSociety London’s late President, Thomas W. Hall,
presented his whole library to the Society, a special
bookplate was commissioned to recognise the gift.
Interestingly, it was produced by engraving rather
than being typeset as it appears.
The lower example opposite is a ComputerGenerated bookplate produced by the Royal
Philatelic Society London to recognise the receipt ofan ad hoc donation to their library. The book number
is recorded at the bottom of the bookplate

Prize

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Also known as Premium Bookplates.
A bookplate noting that the book in which it is found
was presented as a prize or award. Early versions
almost always used the word premium rather thanprize.
The example was from a book presented in 1904 by
the Post Office Telegraphs to a Messenger, J. A.
Scholey, for proficiency and good conduct.
Although I received a book containing a Prize
Bookplate when I was at school in the 1950s, I haveno idea whether they are still common in thiscomputer age.

Punning
Also known as Canting Bookplates.
A bookplate in which the pictorial or heraldic
content makes reference to or plays upon the nameof the owner.
The example shown uses a boar as an obvious pun
on the name Bacon. The meaning of the snake andother symbols eludes me.

Rebus
A bookplate which contains a pictorial riddle, i.e.
representing things, usually the name of the owner,
through pictures rather than words.
In the example shown, the initials hint at the user’sname however, one is left with the various clues inorder to confirm his identity.

RococcoSee Chippendale.

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See also Landscape and Map.
A bookplate which has as its main design feature ascene, generally drawn from life.
The example shows some “bouquiniste” storageboxes which have been a feature of the banks of theSeine from at least the 1600s. The Cathedral of
Notre Dame can be seen in the background
dominating the scene. The owner of the bookplate
was, presumably, a Parisian bibliophile, for whom
the scene would have had a particular relevance.

Spade Shield
A bookplate in which the shield takes the shape ofan old-fashioned spade.
The example is from Roland King-Farlow a wellknown bibliographer and former Librarian of theRoyal Philatelic Society London.

StencilA sheet of cardboard, or other material in which adesign has been cut so that when the ink is passed
over the sheet the pattern will be reproduced on thesurface placed below. This is an inexpensive
technique allowing users to produce as many copies
as they require.
This technique is not known to have been used inphilately. The non-philatelic example on the rightshows a stencil of the Camelford Arms used as a
bookplate, together with an engraved copy of thesame arms.

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StockSee above under the Section: Types of Bookplates.

Supralibros
These are usually heraldic motifs stamped on thefront or back cover of a book, generally in gold, toidentify the owner. An alternative to bookplates forbibliophiles of great wealth. Supralibros were more
frequently used in southern Europe than in theGerman-speaking lands but declined rapidly once
leather ceased to be the common binding material.
The example to the right dates from about 1750 andcame from the library of Louis XV (1710-1774)
King of France from 1715 to 1774. (Benoît Junod:
Ex-libris or the mark of possession of books., foundon The World of Ex-Libris web site:
http://karaart.com/prints/ex-libris/index.html 2nd July
2005, 3pp.)

A supralibris on the rear cover of a bookfrom the library of King Louis XV.

The second example is a modern supralibris foundon a philatelic book that came from the Library of
the Cunard Steam Ship Company, with a life-size
copy below.

A modern supralibris on the front cover of37

It may be presumed that Cunard, renown for its
luxurious passenger liners, supplied large numbersof such books to its ships for the use of thepassengers and crew. The gold stamp would be
intended to denote ownership in a permanent andobvious manner and thereby minimise losses fromthe library.
Some modern owners have adapted this style byhaving their name stamped on the front cover duringbinding. The example opposite and enlarged below,
was used by Herbert R. Oldfield (1859-1940),
former secretary of the Royal Philatelic Society
London.

TrophyA bookplate displaying an array of arms around anarmorial shield.
Originally favoured by soldiers and militaryorganisations as a recognition of their victories inbattle, this type of bookplate has been extended toinclude non-military trophies such as musicalinstruments or agricultural implements.
The example shown was produced for Ian Gilchrist,a British stamp dealer, so the trophy element has
been replaced by stamps.

TypesetSee above under Book Label – Typeset.

Universal
See above under the Section: Types of Bookplates.

VanitasA bookplate incorporating morbid design features
such as skulls, death, broken objects, etc.
Vanitas is Latin for emptiness or vanity.

Wreath & Ribbon
See Festoon.
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a philatelic book from the library of the
Cunard Steam Ship Company.

BACKGROUND TO MY COLLECTION
My collection of bookplates consists of both original bookplates and photocopies. It beganwith copies of the bookplates in George Turner’s article(1) and was increased when I foundthe articles in the Journal of the Philatelic Literature Society(13, 14). Over the intervening
years, only a handful of additional articles illustrating philatelic bookplates have been found,the new bookplates in which have all been copied and added to my collection. The acquisitionof a Polish catalogue of bookplates(15) was both a blessing and a curse. A blessing because it
added illustrations of more than fifty bookplates to the collection and a curse because most ofthem were of Polish origin, a country whose philatelists are not well known in the UK.
Interestingly, it contained details of a number of postal museums around Europe, most ofwhom denied that they had ever used a bookplate when I wrote for a copy.
At first, additions to my bookplate collection of even photocopies was painfully slow. I wouldfind the odd ones - Thomas W. Hall, Robert B. Yardley, Frank Howard-White, Judge
Frederick A. Philbrick and even the exceptionally rare Adelaide for Adelaide Lucy Fenton
in the library of the Royal Philatelic Society London. In the National Philatelic Society
Library I found the Colonel Lionel W. Crouch and Brigadier Frank Montrésor bookplates.
These acquisitions introduced me to a new facet of bookplates – the presentation bookplate.
Both the Hall and Yardley libraries were given to the Royal Philatelic Society and the
Crouch library was presented to the National (then Junior) Philatelic Society upon the deathsof their owners. The bookplates in all three cases were produced by the Societies tocommemorate the generosity of the owners.
Although my interest in philatelic bookplates had been kindled by Turner’s article of 1954 in
the Philatelic Literature Review, and had been piqued by the sale of his library in 1981 (16), it
was not until the 1990s that a series of notable auctions began which have nourished andsustained my interest in bookplates to date.

BOOKPLATES AT AUCTION
Although not common, it was not unknown for a bibliophile’s bookplate to be used as anillustration in auction catalogues when selling his stamp collection or library. For example,
John R. Danson’s bookplate was used as an illustration by Robson Lowe when selling hiscollections in 1971 and 1977(17, 18). However, prior to the Turner Sale, the most notable useof a bookplate as an illustration was on the front cover of the Ralph A. Kimble Library salecatalogues(19). However, despite the hundreds of old literature auction catalogues and pricelists I have scanned, I never came across any philatelic bookplates for sale until the L.
Norman Williams sale(20). However, there has been the occasional library sold in which most
if not all of the books had a bookplate:

SALE OF THE GEORGE TOWNSEND TURNER LIBRARY
In 1985, the library of George Townsend Turner was sold by Roger Koerber(16) in what
was, up to that date, the largest and most important literature sale ever held, containing some3311 lots (Figure 8). I was fortunate enough to obtain a number of lots in that sale and was
delighted to find that most of them had a loose copy of Turner’s bookplate inserted into
them. I was to find out many years later when talking to Bill Hagan, one of the saledescribers, that it was he who put the bookplates in the books. Turner had used the
bookplates in his Christmas cards and as presentations to other collectors but had had never39bothered to put them in all of his books. Considering the magnitude of his library, this would
have been a huge task and would certainly have exceeded the available number of bookplates.
This sale was therefore, the source of my first original bookplate - free of its attendant bookand was also the first literature sale in which I had bid where the majority of books carried abookplate. Most-fittingly, Turner’s own bookplate was featured on the rear cover of theauction catalogue (Figure 9).

Figure 9 The rear cover of the Turner salecatalogue.

Figure 8 The front cover of the Turner salecatalogue.

As I turned the pages of the catalogue of Turner’s sale, which I had taken down from myshelves to write the reference to it for these notes, I noticed for the first time, that the inside
front and rear covers carried under printed illustrations in very pale reddish-brown ink: I am
somewhat colour blind in relation to red and green so please do not quibble about the actual
colour – you may well see it quite differently. It was not too surprising that I had nevernoticed this feature previously since the sale conditions of the auction had been printed on topof the illustrations in black ink. (Figure 10.) What did surprise me was that the illustrations
were of philatelic bookplates. On re-reading the catalogue’s Foreword, I found that thisbackground illustration was prepared using Turner’s own bookplate collection. It would
appear therefore, that Turner’s bookplates had been amongst the library material purchased
by Koerber. The bookplates were not sold with the Library since I would not have failed to
notice them listed in the catalogue at the time of the sale, when I read every lot in it prior toplacing my few bids. A quick scan of the catalogue failed to find them today also, confirming
this view. At this late date, it is tempting to speculate that Turner’s collection of bookplates
may well still be in existence. What I have determined, is that the bookplates were notacquired by Herb Trenchard, Turner’s philatelic executor, who had also failed to locate
them and so subsequently formed his own collection of philatelic bookplates from scratch.

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Figure 10. The inside front and rear covers of the Turner sale catalogue showing bookplates
from his collection.

Although some of the bookplates, particularly those on the inside front cover, are extremely
difficult to even see, the following can be made out: Joseph M. Andreini (Two different);
Boston Philatelic Society John F. Seybold Bequest; George C. Ashby; Hiram E. Deats(Two different); Stephen G. Rich; Edward D. Bacon; Charles J. Phillips; John W. Scott;Clarence W. Brazer; Collectors Club; Clément Rueff; William R. King; Alvin R.
Meissner; John K. Tiffany and Victor Suppantschitsch.

SALE OF THE PEDRO MONGE Y PINEDA LIBRARY
Six years later, in 1991, Christie’s Robson Lowe sold a philatelic library, known as The P.M.
Library(20), in which most of the books carried the bookplate of Pedro Monge, an importantearly Spanish stamp dealer Actually, I was not aware of the presence of the bookplates at thetime since my handful of, to my mind, excessively high bids gained me nothing, such were
the remarkably high realisations throughout the Sale. It was not only my opinion that my bids
were high since the auction house took the unprecedented step of phoning me to warn me that
it was a library from a South European country and that many of the items suffered from somefoxing, giving me the opportunity of reducing my bids.

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Figure 11 shows the front cover of the Sale
catalogue. It was only a short note on the title
page inside that indicated that the Salefeatured the “P.M. Library”. In fact, José
Maria Sempere purchased the library ofPedro Monge y Pineda and disposed of all
items that did not pertain to Spain in thissale.
Although I learned in 1995(21) that library
was previously owned by Pedro Monge, it
was not until I purchased some books fromthe Corneille Soeteman Library in 2002 that
I found one with a Pedro Monge bookplate,and had it confirmed by Soeteman that it
was originally purchased in the P.M. sale. It
was only then that I appreciated that this old
Spanish library had been provided with
bookplates.

Figure 11. The front cover of the P.M. salecatalogue.

SALE OF THE HENRY GARRATT-ADAMS LIBRARY AND STOCKHenry Garratt-Adams was a major philatelic literature dealer in the UK from the 1940s
until 1970, and purchased a major part of the Frank A. Bellamy library from Harris
Publications. Subsequently, he made his home, Kinnersley Castle, into a rest home for oldpeople, storing his books both within the house and in the numerous out-buildings on theestate.

Figure 12. The front cover of thefirst Garratt-Adams salecatalogue.

Figure 13. The front cover of thesecond Garratt-Adams salecatalogue.

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Figure 14. The front cover of thethird Garratt-Adams salecatalogue.

In 1996, the Garratt-Adams stock,
incorrectly shown as his library on the salecatalogues, which had lain untouched in his
old home for almost fifty years, was put on
the market by his nephew. This was sold inthree huge sales by Huys-Berlingin(22)(Figures 12 to 14) in Triese, Liechtenstein
and a further one by Schwanke & Sohn(23)(Figure 15) in Hamburg, Germany a few
years later. These sales will have had some
10,000 lots belonging to Garratt-Adams
and must surely constitute the largest
single-owner literature offering by auction
ever. The backbone of his stock was the
Figure 15. The front cover of the fourth Garrattperiodical collection that had once
Adams sale catalogue.
belonged to Bellamy and this is the sourceof the vast quantity of items bearing his library stamp currently available on the market.

SALE OF THE LEON NORMAN WILLIAMS WORKING LIBRARY
The first auction sale that I attended in person was the sale of the Leon Norman Williams(better known as Norman Williams) library by the then newly-founded London auction
house of Grosvenor(24) (Figure 16).
On the death of Norman Williams’ brother,
Maurice in 1976, their outstanding joint
library was sold to Joseph Hackmey by
Maurice’s wife, much to Norman’sannoyance. He immediately began to build
another library, purely to further his researchand support his writing.
My real interest in this sale was thesubstantial
bibliographic
material
itcontained, not all of which I managed toacquire, missing one lot owing to myinexperience in bidding at auction. However,Lot 757, a collection of bookplates, wasnaturally also of interest and fell to my bid.
On examination, it proved to be Sidney R.
Turner’s collection of bookplates which had
been beautifully laid out by its creator. A few
rather ad hoc and messy pages at the end leadme to believe that Norman Williams had
possibly added a few specimens. To this day,the collection has been kept intact exactly as

Figure 16. The front cover of the L. Norman
Williams sale catalogue.

I purchased it and is dealt with in a subsequent chapter.

SALE OF THE “ROLAND” LIBRARY43

There have been many hundreds, if not thousands, of auction sales which consisted only of asingle philatelist’s collection – so-called named sales. For philatelic literature, such named
sales can be counted in the tens. In the early decades of the 20th century, most of the named
literature sales were held in the UK, with an occasional sale on the continent. Apart from thishandful of early sales, the great majority of named literature auctions which encompassed acomplete library, were held in the USA from the 1940s on. Most of these sales wereencompassed by a single sale with the occasional large library requiring two sales. Only
Ralph Kimble’s library was large enough to require three sales(19).
In 1991, Huys-Berlingin started the European trend for literature auctions of such amagnitude that they could not be accommodated by a single sale with their Garratt-Adams
sales(22). Nine years later, in 1999, Ulrich Felzmann continued this with his Roland I (Figure17) and Roland II(25) sales. Interestingly, this was one of the first pseudonyms used to
disguise the owner of a library sold by auction, beaten by only two years by HuysBerlingin’s “Maharaja” sale of auction catalogues on behalf of an Indian collector(22). I
exclude here the 1924 sale by Glendining of the Victor Marsh Library(26) since the latter was
the trading name of Herbert Edgar Weston rather than a pseudonym(27).
This pseudonym concealed the identity ofCharles Michael Scheike, a dealer in postal
history and fine art in Bremen Germany.
According to Stephen Holder of HH Sales,
Scheike appeared In the early to mid 1990s,
as a major purchaser of quality philatelicliterature.
Just as suddenly as his library was created, it
was sold by Ulrich Felzmann in two sales in1999 under the pseudonym Roland. It would
appear that his pseudonym was derived fromthe landmark statue of Roland in the centreof his home city, Bremen. A short article on
Roland and his statue is given in Appendix 1.
Figure 17. The front cover of the first “Roland”
sale catalogue.

“Roland” I
In the first Roland auction of January 1999, Felzmann offered nine lots of bookplates in theirown special Section of the catalogue. Thoughtfully, the auctioneer provided abstracts of thedescriptions in English (Table 1). The pricing is in Deutschmarks which were worth
approximately two to the Euro. The outcome of the sale is shown in blue but prices realised
do not include the DM2 lotting fee, 17% commission and 7% VAT, all of which would haveadded a further 27% or so to the hammer prices.
PHILATELISTISCHE EXLIBRIS212“BIBLIOTHECA LINDESIANA”, Wappen-Exlibris für den Earl of Crawford andLindsay, Kupferstich, neunzehntes Jahrhundert, Exlibris zur Bibliothek des wohl

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300,-

berühmtesten Sammlers philat. Literatur, auf Grundlage dessen einmaliger
Bibliothek E. D. Bacon die legendäre Bibliographie früher philat. Literatur erstellt
hat, abgebildet in “Journal of the Philatelic Literature Society, vol. IV, 1911, plate 2”,äusserst selten!

213

214

215

216

217

218

Bookplate for the Earl of Crawford, copper-engraving of the 19th century, pictured in
the Journal of the Philatelic Literature Society, vol. IV, 1911, plate 2, extremely rare!
“Bücherei des Reichs-Postamts” (Berlin), sehr dekoratives Stahlstich-Exlibris(Reichsadler ähnlich den Brustschild-Marken mit reicher Ornamentik), Entwurf
Paul Voigt, Berlin 1898, sehr selten!
Bookplate of the library of the General Post Office, Berlin, very fine steel-engraving,
1898, scarce!
2 versch. Exlibris der “Association Philatélique Nancéienne”, beide um 1900,
darunter schönes farbiges Jugendstil-Exlibris (Lithographie, Entwurf Edmond deRobert), selten!
2 diff. bookplates of the “Nancy Philatelic Association (France)”, booth (sic) c. 1900,
one fine coloured art noveau plate, scarce!
2 verschiedene Exlibris-Radierungen (auf Bütten) für Walther Soehring undJohannes Krause, beide entworfen von Otto Weigel, Leipzig, 1925/27, einmal mit
Abb. “Sachsen-Dreier”, einmal mit Kolonial-Marke, selten!
2 fine diff. bookplates, both etchings by Otto Weigel, 1925/27, one with illustr. “Saxony
3 Pfennig”, scarce!
Exlibris der “Association Philatélique Nancéienne”, um 1900, schönes farbiges
Jugendstil-Exlibris (Lithographie, Entwurf Edmond de Robert), selten!

220

100,Unsold

100,Unsold

100,Unsold

50,-

Bookplates of the “Nancy Philatelic Association (France)”, c. 1900, fine coloured art
nouveau plate, scarce!
Exlibris für die philatelistische Bibliothek Emil a Jiriho Pavelky, Tschechoslowakei,
1930, Entwurf von Emil Pavelka, Im Vordergrund Briefmarkenalbum, signiert.

UnsoldBookplate for Emil a Jiriho Pavelky, Cechoslovakia, (sic) 1930, signed

UnsoldExlibris für Paul Marchandise, schöne Radierung auf Bütten, um 1950, Entwurf
Fernando Saez, Spanien, im Vordergrund Briefmarkenalbum mit Lupe.
Bookplate for Paul Marchandise, etching bei Fernando Saez, c. 1950

219

UnsoldExlibris für Vratislav H. Brunner, Tschechoslowakai, ca. 1925, entworfen von ihm
selbst (karrikaturistisches Selbstporträt), Brunner war Graphiker and hat u.a. die
Kettensprenger-Marken der CSR 1920 ff. entworfen.
Bookplate for V. H. Brunner, Cechoslovakia, (sic) c. 1925, designed by himself, Brunner
was an artist and has design many Czech stamps of the 20th
Interessante Sammlung von 40 versch. alten Exlibris von Philatelisten, darunter
Darstellungen von Briefmarken, Postkutschen, Postillion, Telegraphie etc. (u.a.
Sociedade Filatélica Brasileira), dabei Holzschnitte, Lithos etc., zum Teil von den
Entwerfern signiert, aus ca. 1900-1945, im Album, in dieser Reichhaltigkeit sehrselten and nur schwer zusammenzutragen!

50,-

50,Realised
50,50,
Unsold600,Realised
680,-

Interesting collection of 40 diff. philatelic bookplates, mainly 1900 to 1945, seldom!
Table 1. The bookplate lots from Felzmann’s first Roland sale.

Another novelty was that not only did Felzmann provide illustrations of six of the bookplates
from these lots but he also included illustrations of other interesting bookplates found in someof the books. The estimates varied from DM15 each (ca. £6 each) for the collection of forty
bookplates in lot 220, to DM300 (ca. £120) for a copy of the Earl of Crawford’s Bibliotheca
Lindesiana bookplate (lot 212). In fact, only two of the lots were sold during the auction,
shown in the Table as Realised followed by the price, the remainder being unsold. Lot 220,
the only lot of bookplates on which I bid, being convinced that the prices would be far too
high for my means, fell to me at a price significantly below my maximum bid of DM800. The
other lot sold was 218 and interestingly, the list of prices realised indicated that the auctioneer
held a duplicate lot.
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In due course, a copy of the prices realised arrived noting that unsold lots were available attheir estimated price (plus commission, etc. of course). In view of the unexpected, massive
increase in my collection of bookplates, I purchased lots 214, 215, 217 and the duplicate lot
218. Lot 216 was identical to lot 214 and the Brunner bookplate of lot 219 was present in lot
220. However, my offers of DM100 for the Crawford bookplate in lot 212 and DM50 for lot
213, bookplate of the Library of the General Post Office, Berlin; were not accepted. Neitherof these bookplates is particularly rare and my collection now contains copies from othersources at much lower prices than I offered at the time.

“Roland” II
The second sale featuring Scheike’s library followed seven months later in August 1999.
Although Felzmann once again had a Section entitled Philatelic Bookplates, he chose to list
the previously unsold Earl of Crawford’s bookplate in the Bibliography Section, after theentry for the Catalogue of the Earl’s library. In addition, and unaccountably, a book about
bookplates was to be found in the Poster Stamp Section. The unsold bookplate of the Libraryof the General Post Office, Berlin appeared as lot 10.167, once again at DM100. However, asecond copy was included the small collection of bookplates found in lot 10.166.
10.147

PHILATELISTISCHES EXLIBRIS: “BIBLIOTHECA LINDESIANA”, WappenExlibris für den Earl of Crawford and Lindsay, Kupferstich, neunzehntes
Jahrhundert, Exlibris zur Bibliothek des wohl berühmtesten Sammlers philat.
Literatur, auf Grundlage dessen einmaliger Bibliothek E. D. Bacon die legendäre
Bibliographie früher philat. Literatur erstellt hat, abgebildet in “Journal of the
Philatelic Literature Society, vol. IV, 1911, plate 2, äusserst selten!

300,Unsold

Bookplate for the Earl of Crawford, copper-engraving of the 19th century, pictured in
the Journal of the Philatelic Literature Society, vol. IV, 1911, plate 2, extremely rare!

PHILATELISTISCHE EXLIBRIS
10.166

10.167

Interessante Sammlung von 12 versch. alten philatelistischen Exlibris mit
Darstellungen von Brief-marken, Postillionen, von Institutionen etc., darunter das
Exlibris des Reichs-Postamts Berlin (Kupferstich 1898), der ‘Association
Philatelique Nancéinne’ (schöne farbige Jugendstil Lithographie, 1900), fürVratislav H. Brunner (tschechischer Briefmarken-Entwerfer), der OPD-Bibliothek
Koblenz u.a., dazu ein Buch von A. Śnieżko über philatelistische Exlibris, 60 S.,
Text poln., zahlr. Abb., 1957, selten!
Interesting collection of 12 philatelic bookplates, mainly 1898 to 1945, with a book on
philatelic bookplates by A. Śnieżko, 60 p., 1957, seldom!
EXLIBRIS: “Bucherei des Reichs-Postamts” (Berlin), sehr dekoratives StahlstichExlibris (Reichsadler ähnlich den Brustschild-Marken mit reicher Ornamentik),
Entwurf Paul Voigt, Berlin 1898, sehr selten!

200,Unsold

100,Unsold

Bookplate of the library of the General Post Office, Berlin, very fine steel-engraving,
1898, scarce!
10.198EXLIBRIS: Zur Westen: EXLIBRIS (Bucheignerzeichen), wichtiges Standardwerk
and Handbuch fur Exlibris-Sammler, Originalausgabe 1901, 103 S. Kunstdruck,
164 Abb. and 6 Kunstbeilagen (davon ein Original-Kupferstich), der schöne,
goldgeprägte Einband etwas fleckig, sonst gut.

100,Realised
90,-

Table 1. The bookplate lots from Felzmann’s second Roland sale.

Having faxed my bids through to Felzmann, I sat back and waited for the results. It was not
until I received a letter in October, offering me the unsold lots, that I realised that the fax
containing my bids had never been received. Fortunately, the bookplate collection, lot 10.166,
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was still available and I picked it up for DM160 plus commission, etc.
As a result of these two auctions, my collection of philatelic bookplates was increased
dramatically and my interest heightened accordingly.

OTHER SOURCES OF BOOKPLATESFor many years now I have made regular pilgrimages to the Royal Philatelic Society London
in order to carry out my researches using their magnificent Library. The visits normally covera two day period with an overnight stay. Inevitably, I have met many members and know the
Library Committee quite well. Amongst the latter was Brian Schofield whose interest in
early philatelists was only brought home to me when he published his Who was Who in
Philately in 2003(28). A couple of years earlier, in 2001, Brian and I had been chatting andsomehow the subject of philatelic bookplates had come up and I had mentioned my interestand small collection of them. He turned out to be a bookplate collector as well as a philatelist
and immediately offered me the small group of philatelic bookplates he had in his collection.
The deal was quickly done and my collection was soon enhanced by some rather nice British
examples. As a result of these discussions with Brian, who was on the Committee of theBookplate Society, I joined the Society to gain some insight into bookplates in general.
Apart from the ad hoc magazine articles that were covered earlier, only three books deserve a
mention in a work devoted to philatelic bookplates. The first by Carl Jung(29) showing
examples of his bookplate designs, is a wonderful volume but only contains a single,
obviously philatelic, bookplate. The interest here is that the publisher of the volume was thenoted philatelic publisher, Harry L. Lindquist, one of whose bookplates is the only philatelicexample illustrated in the book. An advertisement in Lindquist’s magazine Stamps datingfrom 1935 offered the book at the, even then, bargain price of $2 per copy.
The second book is by Aleksander Śnieżko(30) of the Museum of the Post andTelecommunications, Wroclaw, Poland and illustrates and gives details of a small number ofphilatelic bookplates, presumably held by the Museum.
The third book was also published by the Museum of the Post and Telecommunications and it
too is dedicated to philatelic bookplates(15). It would appear to be the published record of an
exhibition of philatelic and postal bookplates held at the Museum in 1977 and attracted
entrants from all over Europe. The book itself contains reproductions of some 75 bookplates,
primarily belonging to Polish philatelists. All of those illustrated have been scanned andreproduced herein. However, the Museum’s entire holding of such bookplates at the time of
the book’s publication evidently numbered some 250.
Finally, it would seem to be in order to mention here a series of articles on bookplates
appearing in the East German philatelic periodical Sammler Express over the period 1963 to
1968. Although the articles appeared in a philatelic magazine, they were not solely philatelicin nature. In the same way that many early philatelic periodicals carried articles on thecomplementary hobby of numismatics (coin collecting), it would appear that Sammler
Express also catered, to a very small extent, for non-philatelic bookplate collectors. Details ofthese will be found in the bibliography.

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REFERENCES
Although I have provided several references to internet sites on which I found useful
information, I have little confidence that the links will still work after a few years, such is theshifting sands nature of the web. However, they were only general and historical references tobookplates and printing so it is likely that a search on the authors’ names or article title willturn up the specific or similar material.
1.

2.

3.
4.
5.
6.
7.

8.
9.
10.
11.

12.

George T. Turner: Philatelic Bookplates., Philatelic Literature Review, 1954,
Volume 4, Issue 4, Cover & pp.43-59. (This is an extended version of his earlier
article in Linn’s Stamp News.)
George T. Turner: Philatelic Ex Libris., Linn’s Weekly Stamp News, 22nd
February, 1954, Volume 26, Issue 50, p.6. (An extended version, with many more
illustrations, was published in the Philatelic Literature Review later the same year.)[Paul Latcham (Editor)]: Chatty Bookplates., The Bookplate Society Newsletter,
September 1999, Volume 21, Issue 3, pp.66-67.
The Story of Printing., John Dickinson, UK, n.d., 16pp.
J. V. de Braganza & J. Stewart Leforte: The Art of the Ex Libris.,
http://jvarnoso.com/exlibris/introd_new.htm, 21st April, 2005, 16pp.
[Paul Latcham (Editor)]: Ex libris, Ex Libris, Ex-libris, or Exlibris?, The Bookplate
Society Newsletter, March 1996, Volume 18, Issue 1, p.1.
[Paul Latcham (Editor)], Bryan Welsh, Antoine Rousseau & Peter Allpress: Exlibris, Ex Libris, Ex-libris, or Exlibris?, The Bookplate Society Newsletter, June 1996,
Volume 18, Issue 2, p.22.
Brian North Lee: Ex libris, Ex Libris, Ex-libris, or Exlibris?, The Bookplate Society
Newsletter, September 1996, Volume 18, Issue 3, p.52.
Bookplate., http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bookplate, 23rd April 2009.
Benoît Junod: FISAE: its history and statutes., Federation of Ex-Libris Societies’
web site, www.fisae.org/index.html, 23rd April 2009.
John Byrne Leicester Warren (Lord de Tabley): A Guide to the Study of BookPlates., 2nd edition, Sherratt and Hughes, Manchester, UK, 1900.
Reprinted under the same title by: Gerald Th. Van Heusden, Amsterdam,
Netherlands, 1974.
Note:
A digital copy of the second edition of this book is available on the Google
Internet Archive.
Paul Latcham: A bookplate alphabet., The Bookplate Society Newsletter:
A
December 1995, Volume 17, Issue 4, pp.68-69.
B
March 1966, Volume 18, Issue 1, pp.8-11.
C
June, 1966, Volume 18, Issue 2, pp.25-27.
D
September 1966, Volume 18, Issue 3, pp.45-47.
E
December 1996, Volume 18, Issue 4, pp.67-70.
F
March 1997, Volume 19, Issue 1, pp.14-17.
G
June 1997, Volume 19, Issue 2, pp.39-41.
H
September 1997, Volume 19, Issue 3, pp.63-66.
I&J
December 1997, Volume 19, Issue 4, pp.88-90.
K&L
March 1998, Volume 20, Issue 1, pp.15-18.
M
June 1998, Volume 20, Issue 2, pp.32-34.
N&O
December 1988, Volume 20, Issue 4, pp.75-77.
P&Q
September 1999, Volume 21, Issue 3, pp.53-55.
R
December 1999, Volume 21, Issue 4, pp.83-84.
S
March 2000, Volume 22, Issue 1, pp.12-15.
T, U & V
June 2001, Volume 23, Issue 2, pp.42-45.
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W, X, Y & Z
13.
14.

15.

16.
17.

18.

19.

20.
21.
22.

23.

24.

25.

Do not appear to have been published or had no entries.

[B. T. K. Smith (Editor)]: Philatelic “Ex Libris”., The Journal of the Philatelic
Literature Society, January 1911, Volume 4, Issue 1, p.19 & plate.
[B. T. K. Smith (Editor)]: Illustrations of early periodicals and philatelic
bookplates., The Journal of the Philatelic Literature Society, April 1916, Volume 9,
Issue 2, pp.31-32 & plate IV.
Jadwiga Bartków-Domagała: Ex Libris o Tematyce Pocztowej: Katalog 1977.
[Bookplates on Postal Subjects: Catalogue 1977.], Muzeum Poczty i
Telekommunikacji, Wrocław, Poland, 1977, 42pp.
Note: A translation of the introductory text on page 4 is available as Philat. Trans.
513*.
Roger Koerber Auction
The George T. Turner Philatelic Library.
1st & 2nd May 1981
Robson Lowe Auctions
The “Colonel J. R. Danson” Collection of the Nigerias.
10th March 1971
The “Colonel J. R. Danson” Collection of West Africa.
4th May 1971
The “Colonel J. R. Danson” Collection of East Africa.
4th May 1971
The “Colonel J. R. Danson” Collection of British West Indies.
2nd June 1971
The “Colonel J. R. Danson” Collection of Southern Africa.
16th June 1971
The “Colonel J. R. Danson” Collection of British Europe.
30th June 1971
The “Colonel J. R. Danson” Collection of British Asia.
30th June 1971
Christie’s Robson Lowe Auctions
The “Colonel J. R. Danson” Collection of Egypt.
28th April 1977th
The “Colonel J. R. Danson” Collection of Sudan.
28 & 29th April 1977
Sylvester Colby Auctions
The Ralph A. Kimble Library - Part I.
19th December 1953
The Ralph A. Kimble Library - Part II.
13th November 1954
The Ralph A. Kimble Library - Part III.
24th June 1955
Christie’s Robson Lowe Auction
A Philatelic Library. (The P.M. Library.)
16th October 1991
Norman Gahl: P.M. Corrected., Philatelic Literature Review, 1995, Volume 44,
Issue 3, p.266.
Huys-Berlingin Auctions
The Garratt-Adams Philatelic Library.
23rd & 24th October 1994
Philatelic Literature Auction incl. a Further Portion of theGarratt-Adams philatelic Library.
27th May 1995
The “Maharaja”, Dromberg & the Garratt-Adams (last part)
Philatelic Libraries.
26th & 27th April 1997
Schwanke & Sohn Auction
Philatelistische Literatur.
10th March 2000
Note: A translation of the introductory text is available as Philat. Trans. 411*.
Grosvenor Auction
An Auction of Great Britain and all World Postage Stamps andPostal History.
9th February 2000.
Note: The Norman Williams collection of Cinderellas and Locals was sold as lots
383 to 575 and his Library as lots 576 to 816.
Ulrich Felzmann Auctions
Literatur-Auktion “Roland”-Bibliothek.
16th January 1999
Note: A translation of the introductory text is available as Philat. Trans. 512*.
Literatur-Auktion “Roland II”.
27th August 1999
Note: A translation of the introductory text is available as Philat. Trans. 264*.
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26.

27.

28.

29.
30.

31.

Glendining Auction[Includes the Library of Victor Marsh]
13th November 1924
The title of the sale is not known.
Victor Marsh [H. Edgar Weston]: Stamp dealers of England (except London)
Ireland and Scotland 1862-1865., The Philatelic Journal of Great Britain,
January/March 1956, Volume 65, pp.8-12 & April/June, pp.32-33.
Brian Schofield: Who was Who in British Philately., British Philatelic Trust, London,
UK, 2003, 56pp.
Note: In order that this document is freely available and can be updated andaugmented easily, it has also been published on the British Philatelic Trust web
site: www.ukphilately.org.uk/bpt/whowaswho/whowaswho.htm, 2003. In fact, it has
not been updated to date (January 2011).
Carl S. Junge: Ex Libris., H. L. Lindquist, New York, NY, USA, 1935, n.pp [15pp.]& 43 plates.
Aleksander Śnieżko: Ekslibrisy Filatelistyczne. [Philatelic Bookplates.], Muzeum
Poczty i Telekomunikacji, Wrocław, Poland, 1957, 63pp.
Note: A translation is available as Philat. Trans. 378*.
Philatelistische Literatur., Auction 338, Schwanke, Hamburg, Germany, 22nd
November 2012, p.
Note: The page facing lots 1864 to 1872 carries seven bookplates and two librarystamps to be found on the books in the sale. The lot numbers given were foundduring a quick scan of the catalogue and is obviously not exhaustive. I also
noted some not amongst those shown (given in red)
E. D. Bacon
F. A. Bellamy (Library stamp)
Hiram Edmund Deats
Marjorie and Alvin Kantor
1830
Erik Kihlblom
1888
Albert Kronenberg
Carl Lindenberg
1957
J. B. Moens (Library stamp)
Dr. R. E. Nelson
1900
Clement Rueff
F. B. Smith
1887
John G. Tolhurst
1898
Max Unverferth
1846
P. Watts-Rule
1919____________________*The Philat. Trans. series of translations is produced by the present author to further
his researches, particularly relating to bibliographic matters. The translations wereoriginally distributed freely to a number of major national and international philateliclibraries, such as the American Philatelic Research Library; British Library;
Collectors Club; National Philatelic Society; Royal Philatelic Society London; &c.
from whom they could be borrowed or copies obtained. However, this placed a heavy
burden on me, copying, distributing and recording it all. In 2003, I decided to offer thetranslations to the Fédération International de Philatélie, Literature Commission, fortheir web site. Following their acceptance in early 2004, the index to the translations
and all of the completed translations which are available in digital form have been
made available on their web site at http://hps.gr/fipliterature/.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BOOKS AND ARTICLESON BOOKPLATES WITH A PHILATELIC CONNECTIONINTRODUCTION
This bibliography contains all of the philatelic publications and articles that I have comeacross relating to or containing illustrations of philatelic bookplates. Also included are articles
about non-philatelic bookplates found in philatelic periodicals and non-philatelic books about
bookplates published by philatelic publishers. I have avoided including any material which
does not have a strong philatelic connection since bookplates have a huge literature.
Recently, I came across a significant run of the important German magazine, SammlerExpress and was surprised to find that it contained an irregular series of articles on
bookplates. Although published in a philatelic magazine, most of these articles seemed not tohave any philatelic content. In spite of this, I have included all of the articles in thisbibliography for the benefit of those researchers who may come across them in the future.
An obvious source of philatelic bookplates is the internet. In fact, I have only found a single
site that shows philatelic bookplates www.libraryhistorybuff.com/philatelic-libraries.htm. The site
is owned by Larry Nix, a former librarian who is an enthusiast on libraries and library science.
As a philatelist, it was only natural that he should have a section on philatelic libraries and, asof March 2010, that section of his web site includes illustrations of four bookplates, three of
which belong to society libraries: Aberdeen & North of Scotland Philatelic Society;
Association Philatélique Nancienne & the Collectors Club of New York, and the fourth to a
private library George T. Turner. All four were given to him by the current writer.
For simplicity, publications are listed in date order and each one is annotated with concise
details of their content or relevance.

NON-PHILATELIC PUBLICATIONS
I am not a great believer in incorporating non-philatelic publications in my philatelicbibliographies since their inevitably great quantity can overwhelm the philatelic material andmake the work virtually unusable to philatelists. This case would be no exception since thenumber of publications about bookplates is very large. Bookplates are not a philatelicphenomenon and, as you can see in the following bibliography, there are but few publications
dealing with those belonging to philatelists.
As I began to study my collection, it became all too apparent that my lack of generalknowledge about bookplates was a significant drawback in understanding the design styles,
printing techniques or heraldry involved, not to mention the resulting reduction in my own
enjoyment. In addition, my finding any information about bookplate designers was virtually
impossible. Accordingly, some non-philatelic books on bookplates had to be added to mylibrary. In order not to complicate the bibliography and keep this work within reasonablebounds, as mentioned above, I have chosen to list my holdings of non-philatelic publications
on bookplates in a separate bibliography.

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THE BIBLIOGRAPHY
1894
Book-plate collecting., The Post Office, March 1894, Volume 3, Issue 12, p.157.
{Reprinted from the London Daily News.}➢
A comparison between collecting stamps and bookplates, with the latter being
considered much more interesting, at least from an artistic point of view. The late
Victorian period, when this was published, was the heyday of bookplate collecting.

1905
La colección de ex-libris. [Collecting bookplates.], El Coleccionista, February 1905, Volume
1, Issue 6, p.1. {A translation is available as Philat. Trans. 589.}➢
A non-philatelic report about a recent sale of bookplates in Paris.

1911[B. T. K. Smith (Editor)]: Philatelic “Ex Libris”., The Journal of the Philatelic Literature
Society, January 1911, Volume 4, Issue 1, p.19 & plate.
➢Illustrations of six philatelic bookplates with a plea for more specimens. The
following bookplates were illustrated:- Earl of Crawford; Hiram Edmund Deats;
Charles J. Phillips; Clément Rueff; John Kerr Tiffany; The Philatelic Society,London.

1915[A. B. Creeke Jr. (Editor)]: “Ex libris”., The Stamp Collectors’ Fortnightly, 28th August
1915, Volume 21, p.?
{Reprinted as: “Ex libris”., The Collectors’ Journal of Chicago, 1916, Volume 6, Issue 6,
pp.210-211.}➢
A few random thoughts on bookplates for bibliophiles and what is available if thereader should want one for their library, with an offer to publish an article on thesubject if there was enough interest.
[A. B. Creeke Jr. (Editor)]: “Ex libris”., The Stamp Collectors’ Fortnightly, 25th September
1915, Volume 21, p.158.
➢
The editor reports on the two responses he received to his request for feedback in his
earlier article, one for and one against his suggestion.

1916[B. T. K. Smith (Editor)]: Illustrations of early periodicals and philatelic bookplates., The
Journal of the Philatelic Literature Society, April 1916, Volume 9, Issue 2, pp.31-32 & plateIV.
➢
The plate showed the following three bookplates with no explanation:- Aberdeen andNorth of Scotland Philatelic Society; Boston Philatelic Society - Seybold Bequest& Victor Suppantschitsch. A fourth bookplate belonging to and designed by Sydney
Robert Turner was also illustrated and was accompanied by a detailed description,
which is given in full under the bookplate’s entry in the present work.

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1935
Carl S. Junge: Ex Libris., H. L. Lindquist, New York, NY, USA, 1935, n.pp [15pp.] & 43
plates. Price $2.50. (An advertisement for this book can be found in Stamps, 24th August
1935, Volume 12, Issue 8, p. 262.) {A limited, autographed edition of 500 copies of whichmine is number 395.}➢
Reproductions of 43 bookplates designed by the author. Only one, that of the
publisher Harry L. Lindquist (plate III), is known to belong to a philatelist.

1947
Dr. R. Schätzler: Auch das exlibris erfreut des sammlers herz. [Bookplates also delight thecollector’s heart.], Sammler-Express, November 1947, Volume 1, Issue 17, p.262. {Atranslation is available as Philat. Trans. 495.}➢
Non-philatelic.

1949
Otto Lindekam: Das herauslösen von exlibris aus büchern. [The removal of bookplates frombooks.], Sammler Express, November 1949, Volume 3, Issue 22, p.342. {A translation isavailable as Philat. Trans. 580.}➢
Non-philatelic.

1951
H. A. Gerhard-Tag: Bookplate. [Exlibris.], Sammler-Express, 1951, Volume 5, Issue 16,
p.251. {A translation is available as Philat. Trans. 523.}➢
Non-philatelic.

1954
H. A. Gerhard Tag: Über das motivsammeln von exlibris. [On collecting bookplates
according to topic.], Sammler-Express, April 1954, Volume 8, Issue 8, p.121. {A translation
is available as Philat. Trans. 496.}➢
Non-philatelic but illustrating a philatelist’s bookplate.
H. A. Gerhard Tag: Kleines exlibris – Diener eines grossen zieles. [Small bookplates –Servants of a great cause.], Sammler-Express, December 1954, Volume 8, Issue 23, p.371.
{A translation is available as Philat. Trans. 497.}➢
Non-philatelic.
George T. Turner: Philatelic Ex Libris., Linn’s Weekly Stamp News, 22nd February, 1954,
Volume 26, Issue 50, p.6.
➢
A short version of the following article with only three illustrations.
George T. Turner: Philatelic Bookplates., Philatelic Literature Review, 1954, Volume 4,
Issue 4, Cover & pp.43-59.
➢
A substantial review of philatelic all bookplates owned by the author, one of thegreatest bibliophiles of the twentieth century.

1957
55

Aleksander Śnieżko: Ekslibrisy Filatelistyczne. [Philatelic Bookplates.], Muzeum Poczty i
Telekomunikacji, Wrocław, Poland, 1957, 63pp. {A translation is available as Philat. Trans.
378.}➢
Details of all of the philatelic bookplates known to the author.
H. A. Gerhard Tag: Aus der welt des Exlibris. [From the bookplates world.], Sammler
Express, 15th March 1957, Volume 11, Issue 6, p.95. {A translation is available as Philat.
Trans. 581.}➢
Non-philatelic.
Aleksander Śnieżko: Polnische philatelistische exlibris. [Polish philatelic bookplates.],
Sammler Express, 1957, Volume 11, Issue 3, p.43. {A translation is available as Philat. Trans.
522.}➢
Details of eight Polish philatelic bookplates, four of which are illustrated.

1958
G. Tag: Aus der welt des exlibris. [From the bookplate world.], Sammler Express, December
1958, Volume 12, Issue 23, p.424. {A translation is available as Philat. Trans. 582.}➢
Non-philatelic.
H. A. Gerhard Tag: Aus der welt des exlibris. [From the bookplate world.], Sammler
Express, December 1958, Volume 12, Issue 24, p.440. {A translation is available as Philat.
Trans. 583.}➢
Non-philatelic, but it includes a picture of a bookplate belonging to OtakarHraděcnŷ, a well-known philatelist.

1959
Gerhard Tag: Unser exlibris=express. [Our bookplate=express.], Sammler Express, 1st
January 1959, Volume 13, Issue 1, p.19. {A translation is available as Philat. Trans.}➢
Non-philatelic.
H. Schenkel: Fotografische exlibris. [Photographic bookplates.], Sammler Express, 1st
January 1959, Volume 13, Issue 1, p.19. {A translation is available as Philat. Trans.}➢
Non-philatelic.
Gerhard Tag: Unser exlibris=express. [Our bookplate=express.], Sammler Express, 1959,
Volume 13, Issue 3, p.58. {A translation is available as Philat. Trans.}➢
Non-philatelic.
Gerhard Tag: Unser exlibris=express. [Our bookplate=express.], Sammler Express, 1959,
Volume 13, Issue 8, p.164. {A translation is available as Philat. Trans. 527.}➢
Non-philatelic.
Gerhard Tag: Allerlei vögel auf exlibris. [All kinds of birds on bookplates.], Sammler
Express, 1959, Volume 13, Issue 11, p.224. {A translation is available as Philat. Trans. 626.}➢
Non-philatelic.
Zur erinnerung an Michel Fingesten. [To the memory of Michel Fingesten.], SammlerExpress, 1959, Volume 13, Issue 11, p.224 {A translation is available as Philat. Trans. 525.}➢
Non-philatelic.
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Gerhard Tag: Unser exlibris=express. [Our bookplate=express.], Sammler Express, 1959,
Volume 13, Issue 20, p.404. {A translation is available as Philat. Trans. 526.}➢
Non-philatelic.

1960
H. A. Gerhard Tag: Exlibris von frauen und für frauen. [Bookplates of women and for
women.], Sammler-Express, 1960, Volume 14, Issue 5, p.99. {A translation is available asPhilat. Trans. 509.}➢
Non-philatelic.
Dr. R. Sch[ätzler]: Der farbige kupferstich – ein reizvolles sammelgebiet. [Coloured copperplate engraving – a very appealing collecting topic.], Sammler-Express, 1960, Volume 14,
Issue 6, p.119. {A translation is available as Philat. Trans. 517.}➢
Non-philatelic and not about bookplates! This article includes a bookplate illustrated
within its text making it appear, incorrectly, that the bookplate is a part of the article.
The bookplate merely refers to an earlier mistake made in the magazine and is used
only to provide an example of a bookplate with a chess theme.

1977
Ex Libris o Tematyce Pocztowej Katalog 1977. [Bookplates on Postal Subjects: Catalogue
1977], Muzeum Poczty I Telekommunikacji, Wrocław, Poland, 1977, 42pp. {A translation of
the introductory text is available as Philat. Trans. 513.}➢
This is the Catalogue of an exhibition of 259 philatelic bookplates held by theMuseum of the Post and Telecommunications in Poland. It includes illustrations of 62
of the bookplates.

1988
Edgar Lewy: A tale of two bookplates., The Stamp Magazine, April 1988, Volume 54, Issue4, pp.74-75.
➢
The story of a book, purchased in a second hand book store and the two bookplates it
contained – those of Frederick A. Philbrick and Charles J. Phillips.

1991
Philatelic Literature Review, 1991, Volume 40, Issue 1, front and rear covers & p.64; Issue 2,front and rear covers & p.97; Issue 3, front and rear covers & p.117 & Issue 4, front and rearcovers & p.196.
➢
Throughout the year, the Philatelic Literature Review featured the bookplate of anotable philatelist on the cover and a picture of him on the back cover. Inside eachmagazine was a half-page story regarding the owner’s significance to philately. The
featured bookplates belonged to:- Charles J. Phillips; Judge Frederick A. Philbrick;
Hiram E. Deats & John K. Tiffany.

2006
Bonny Farmer: A treasure-trove of philatelic history., Philatelic Literature Review, 2006,
Volume 55, Issue 2, pp.147-155.
57

➢

Amongst the items used to illustrate the article were four bookplates: Hiram Edmund
Deats; Creighton Carlton Hart; Boston Philatelic Society John F. Seybold
Library and Stanley B. Ashbrook.

2013
Larry T. Nix: Bookplates and philatelic libraries., Philatelic Literature Review, 3rd Quarter
2013, Volume 62, Issue 3, pp.208-210.
➢
A couple of paragraphs about bookplates and a brief history of Hiram E. Deats’
library and his bookplate (illustrated).

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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
59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
60

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 been61

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
62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
64

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.
65

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. Important67

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 it72

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 publishing73

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 English74

speaking former colonies, generally seniorpoliticians and some nobles.

S
s.

SA
SA

Sen.

sic

Sgt. Maj.
Sir
SpA

Squad. Ldr.
Sr.

srl
Sub.-Lt.
suprashilling(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.
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Surg.
Surg.-Capt.
Surg.-Gen.

Surgeon.
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
V.-Adm.
V.-Rev.
VAT
Vcte.
Ve or Vve

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.

W
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
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Y
Z

77

ABBREVIATIONS FOR AMERICAN STATES& POSSESSIONS(As used by the 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

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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

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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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82

PHILATELIC BOOKPLATESINTRODUCTION
This Section is intended to be somewhat more than either a collection of biographies ofbibliophiles who have had their own bookplates or an illustrated list of bookplates. It is acompilation of everything which is known about philatelic bookplates with a concise
biography of their owners and the libraries in which the bookplates were placed.
The bookplates are listed in an alphabetical sequence under the owner’s family name or thefull name of an organisation or corporate body. Wherever possible, the bookplates areillustrated life-size although in some instances, where the illustration has been taken from apublication, the size is not known. The size of the bookplate is given in millimetres, measured
from the edge of the paper not the edge of the design, the order being vertical dimension byhorizontal dimension. I accept that the paper on which the designs are imprinted can vary insize by a millimetre or two but my early efforts to measure the size of the design werethwarted by the great variation in outlines. See my own design, where the trident extends
beyond the top border, as an example. For those owners and libraries whose bookplate is in
the form of a rubber stamp, the dimensions have been taken from the extremities of the image.
The letter under each bookplate indicates whether I have an original (o) or photocopy (p) of
the bookplate. Since I am very reluctant to damage any book by removing its bookplate, agreat many of the bookplates I hold are in the form of photocopies.
All of the information I have been able to discover about the bookplate is included in theentry. This varies from a brief description to exhaustive details including much on theheraldry involved. Appendix 5 gives a brief history of heraldry and brief details of its rules. I
have tried to provide a translation of mottos in foreign languages but in most cases, I can giveno guarantee as to their accuracy.
The text that follows, includes the briefest of biographies, dwelling mainly on the owner’sinterests as a bibliophile together with details about their library.
It is acknowledged that some bookplates illustrated may not be from philatelists even when
they have been found in philatelic publications. Hopefully, such instances of uncertainty will
become fewer as I research the respective biographies.

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AAAA
A., N.
The Book Stamp
The design, created by a rubber
stamp, shows the initials N. A.
relating to the owner, in a circle.
In this case, it is impressed inblue ink on the bookplate of an
earlier owner of the book.

Biography
This owner’s initial stamp was
found on many of the books inSize: 13mm diameter(p)

Schwanke’s sale of the Alicante Library(1) inMarch 2000. In fact, it can be seen on the title
pages of many of the books illustrated in theauction catalogue. It can therefore be
assumed that the owner of the book stamp
and Alicante are the same person. Sabine
Schwanke(2) confirmed this, adding that thelibrary belonged to a collector from Alicante,
which was what the A stood for. The N
represented part of the collector’s name.

The Library
According to the introductory notes, theAlicante Library consisted of about 2000
titles. It contained almost all the rarities
expected in an important collection ofphilatelic literature, having many of the
popular standard works, a collection of shortarticles and some specialized literature.
Special reference was also made to the
Cover of the auction catalogue that included theAlicante Library
Mediterranean and Latin American areas
which were heavily-represented. Schwanke’s
letter(2) said that the owner was still an active collector and had retained a specialised library.

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References
1.

2.

Philatelistische Literatur., Sale 263, 10th March 2000, Schwanke & Sohn
Briefmarkenauktionen, Hamburg, Germany, 3,417 lots. {A translation of theIntroduction is available as Philat. Trans. 411.}
Sabine Schwanke: Private correspondence., 22nd December 2004.

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Aberdeen and North of Scotland Philatelic Society
The Bookplate
According to the Society records, thebookplate was designed in March 1912
by the Society’s then librarian, PeterJohn Anderson(1), a noted philatelicbibliophile. The bookplate consists of theSociety’s name on a lozenge background,in a rectangle constructed from four
different printers ornaments, with a stampin each corner. Although three of thestamps are classics from the 1840s and1860s, the fourth is a relatively common
Bavarian issue from 1911.
Anderson explained(2) the design
elements of the bookplate in thefollowing terms: The four corners of the
bookplate were selected as representativeof successful portraiture: Queen Victoria
on the Black Penny of 1840; Washington
on the U.S.A. 10c. of 1847; Hermes on
the Greek issue of 1861; and the Prince
Regent Luitpold on the Bavarian issue of
1911; while the border includes four
varieties from the British Guiana
provisionals of 1862.

Size: 96mm x 73mm(o)

George T. Turner(3) reported that a copyof the bookplate was tipped into the
University of Aberdeen Library Bulletinof April 1912, Volume 1, Issue 3, in
which there was a list of exhibits fromthe Society’s show held earlier that year
[Actually, the items listed were exhibitedat the Society’s meeting of 11th October
1911]. In his view it appeared to be
simply an exhibition label. However, thefact that it was illustrated in an article on
bookplates in the Journal of the
Philatelic Literature Society in 1916(4)would dictate otherwise, since it is likely
to have been Anderson who supplied it
to the editor, F. J. Peplow, since he had
been a member of the Philatelic
Literature
Society throughout
its
existence and contributed articles to its
75th Anniversary Poster incorporating the bookplate
Size: 410mm x 280mm (p)Journal. The presence of the bookplate,beneath an Aberdeen Public Library
bookplate on items I have, discarded from the Society’s library, proves conclusively that this86was used as a bookplate by the Society.
In 1985, the Society celebrated its 75th Anniversary and as the major part of the celebrations,
held a stamp exhibition at the Aberdeen Art Gallery. Someone remembered their long-unused
bookplate and pressed it into service as the main illustration on their poster advertising theevent. A (much-reduced) copy of the poster is shown above. Interestingly, the 1885-1985
Centenary shown at the foot of the poster related to the Aberdeen City Art Gallery andMuseum and not the Society.

History of the Society
The Aberdeen and North of Scotland Philatelic Society was formed on 30th of March 1910
following a meeting held in the offices of W. Edmund Bell, a local solicitor, at which eight
persons were present. The first formal meeting of the Society was held in the YMCA on 5 thOctober 1910, when the membership stood at 28. Membership exceeded 200 by 1937 and 300
by 1953. A feature of the life of the Society between 1919 and 1956 was the regular public
exhibitions mounted in Aberdeen, with some 2,500 people paying for admission in 1948.
Since then, the Society has met regularly and celebrated its Centenary in 2010(5).
By the 1990s, other philatelic societies had been set up in the North of Scotland, such as the
Inverness Philatelic Society and the Moray Philatelic Society at Elgin. Accordingly, at theAnnual General Meeting of April 1997, it was decided to change the name of the Society to
the Aberdeen Philatelic Society.

The Library
In 1910, the Society appointed its first Librarian, P. J. Anderson, and thereafter, the librarygrew gradually by both donations and purchases. On 13th March 1912, the Librarian wrote to
the President saying I have designed a bookplate for the books in the Society’s library andhope to send you some prints ere long. In July of that year the library was placed in MarischalCollege, University of Aberdeen, where P. J. Anderson was Librarian, and he undertook to
draw up a catalogue and to frame the library rules. By 1919, the library had been relocated ina bookcase in the venue of the Society meetings.
Monographs and periodicals continued to accrue and further library catalogues werecompiled. In 1928, the Society leased its own premises in The Adelphi and the library was
moved there. However, in 1937 the lease on The Adelphi was cancelled and in the October ofthe same year, the library, comprising three hundred and five volumes and nineteen
pamphlets, was handed over to Aberdeen Public Library(6). The Society’s bookplate had beenplaced in many of the volumes, so the Public Library placed its own pink bookplate in each of
the volumes, generally on top of the Society’s bookplate. See the following section on the
Aberdeen Public Library.
In 1964, the Society decided to restart its own library and appointed a new librarian. The
collection was large enough by the 1980s to justify the compilation of a library list. In 1999,
the Society Librarian was alerted to entries in the Aberdeen Public Library catalogue
indicating that the donated collection was still held. The City Librarian readily agreed toreturn the collection to the Society, 62 years after its surrender. The Society librarian has since
been authorised to dispose of duplicates, as well as other items of limited interest, such as
bound runs of some periodicals, but an unusually rich library is now very much a part of the87Society’s heritage. Occasionally, therefore, one still comes across books carrying theAberdeen Public Library bookplate showing that the book was presented by the Aberdeen
Philatelic society. If one takes the time to soak this bookplate off, inevitably, an Aberdeen
Philatelic Society bookplate will be found beneath.

Peter John Anderson (1852-1926)
In 1861, Anderson began to accumulate used penny
stamps(7). Eight years later, his first philatelic article,
dealing with stamp albums, was published in The
Stamp Collector’s Magazine. His interest kindled,
Anderson was a subscriber to and correspondent ofmany of the early philatelic periodicals.
In the 1870s his wide range of correspondents varied
from the noted American bibliographer John K.
Tiffany, with whom he exchanged early philatelicpublications(8), to the infamous rogue Samuel Allan
Taylor. Anderson is best known today for his works
on the earliest days of stamp collecting and mostsubsequent authors on the subject are indebted to his
researches(9). For many years, Anderson was thePeter John Anderson,
ca. 1911(7)Librarian of the University of Aberdeen and it was during this period that he transferred mostof his philatelic literature to that institution’s library(10), where some of it remains to this day.
The fact that some of the books that he presented to the University are no longer to be foundthere, leads me to include a typical bookplate from the University in the faint hope that it will
help detect such wandering volumes.

A typical bookplate from the University of Aberdeen

88NotesMuch of the detailed information given above was derived from Jeffrey Stone’s researchwithin and beyond the Aberdeen Philatelic Society’s archives, both for his own purposes andon my behalf. Jeffrey wrote an important biography of Anderson(10) in 1985, in addition to ahistory of the Society, which was published in 2010 as part of its Centenary celebrations(5).

References
1.
2.

3.
4.

5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

Jeffrey C. Stone: Private correspondence., November 2004 to March 2005.
P. J. Anderson:, Scottish Philatelic Literature, 1863-1923., The Philatelist, November
1923, Volume 1, Issue 8, pp.5-14. {Reprinted as: P. J. Anderson: Scottish philatelicliterature, 1863-1923., Stamp Collecting, 12th January, 1924, Volume 21, Issue 15,
p.394; 19th January, Issue 16, p.412 & 2nd February, Issue 18, pp.460 & 462.}
George T. Turner: Philatelic Bookplates., Philatelic Literature Review, 1954, Volume
4, Issue 4, Cover & pp.43-59.
[B. T. K. Smith (Editor)]: Illustrations of early periodicals and philatelic bookplates.,
The Journal of the Philatelic Literature Society, April 1916, Volume 9, Issue 2, pp.3132 & Plate IV.
Jeffrey C. Stone: Aberdeen Philatelic Society 1910-2010. A History of Philately inNortheast Scotland., Aberdeen Philatelic Society, Aberdeen, Scotland, 2010, 165pp.
Copies of the correspondence regarding the transfer and a full manuscript list of thebooks (but not the pamphlets) are available from the Aberdeen Public Library.
[Percy C. Bishop]: Philatelists of to-day. XLVI. - Mr. P. J. Anderson, M.A., LL.B., The
Stamp Collectors’ Fortnightly, 9th December 1911, Volume 17, p.177.
Fred. J. Melville: The bibliographer of philately., The Stamp Lover, July 1926,
Volume 19, Issue 2, pp.29-31.
P. J. Anderson & B. T. K. Smith: Early English Philatelic Literature 1862-1865.
Philatelic Literature Society, London, UK, 1912.
J. C. Stone: P. J. Anderson – Philatelic archaeologist and bibliographer., In:- J. C.
Stone (Editor): The Northeast of Scotland: A Philatelic Miscellany., Aberdeen & Northof Scotland Philatelic society, Aberdeen, Scotland, 1985, pp.58-63.

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ABERDEEN PUBLIC LIBRARY
The Bookplates
Bookplate 1

Size: 130mm x 99mm(o)Bookplate 1 was that in use when the Aberdeen & North of Scotland Philatelic Society madethe original donation of its library, since most of the books I have seen carrying the Society’s
bookplate have it covered by this one.

The central feature of the bookplate are the arms and motto of the City of Aberdeen, which
are accompanied by spaces above for the name of the donor and below for details of thevolume’s location within the Library. The motto, Bon Accord means Good Agreement which90was the password used by Robert the Bruce during the Wars of Scottish Independence, when
he and his men laid siege to Aberdeen Castle before destroying it in 1308.

Bookplate 2

Size: 132mm x 107mm(p)

Bookplate 2 is the current (2010) version of the bookplate. It is included simply forcomparison, showing how closely the Library has adhered to its original design, and on theoff chance that it does turn up on philatelic books.

The Library
In the early 1880s, the Mechanics’ Institute had fallen on hard times and offered both theirlibrary and building to the Town Council to form the nucleus of a rate-supported public
library. This offer was accepted in 1884 and the Aberdeen Public Library came into being,
although it was not until the following year that its doors were formally opened to the
public(1).
The Mechanics’ building had never been intended as the final home of the Library and acommittee was soon established to find new quarters. A vacant plot, in a central position on
the corner of Union Terrace and Rosemont Viaduct was chosen on which to erect a purpose91

built library.

The Mechanics Institute(1)The successful architect in the open competition was Alexander Brown, who also designed
the bookcases, counters and other fittings for the library. It was built with granite in theregular symmetrical Renaissance style that was to become very popular for the numerous
Carnegie Libraries of the new century. Brown was also responsible for the extension to create
the Central Reading Room in 1905.

Original drawing of the Library byAlexander Brown(2)A postcard from the turn of the century showing the
Library with St. Michael’s? Church behind it(2)Funds for the new Library building were raised by a public appeal which started in 1889.
Andrew Carnegie was invited to perform the opening ceremony after he and Mrs. Carnegie
had each contributed £1,000 towards the construction costs.
In the morning of 5th July 1892, prior to the opening ceremony, Carnegie had been presented
with the freedom of the city by Lord Provost Stewart and given a ceremonial burgess ticket,
which was tied with a crimson ribbon to his top hat. At the luncheon following the opening
ceremony he offered to contribute a further £1000 to help clear the debt for the £10,000
library. They then rode through the city in open carriages accompanied by marching bands,
along a route decorated by floral tributes. They were cheered on by large crowds who hadturned out in the brilliant sunshine to witness the scenes.
92References
1.
2,
3.

Moira Henderson: When lady borrowers wanted – The best match., Deeside Field,
1988, pp.12-16.
Early Carnegie Libraries., Scotcities.com web site: www.scotcities.com, August 2013.
Courtesy of Mrs. Morag Penny, Librarian, Aberdeen Central Library, Reference &Local Studies Department, 28th April, 2005.

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ABREU, Agnelo Bergamini de-ca.1985

Size: 138mm x 101mm(o)

The Bookplate
This is a typical allegorical bookplate indicating that the owner evidently wished to be
associated with the Law, Mining and Metal Working as well as Music, Literature andPhilately, the latter presumably of his native land, Brazil.

Biography
Abreu was a Brazilian who lived in Rio de Janeiro and was well-known as a thematiccollector, his themes including Picasso and Aquatic Animals. He was one of the first Brazilian
exhibitors to enter international philatelic exhibitions, over the years 1953 to 1955.
By profession, he was a public administrator and also lectured on that subject at EBAPE, theBrazilian School of Public and Business Administration.
He was Director of Fluminense Football Clube and of Clube Filatelico do Brasil, both of Riode Janeiro. He died in about 1985
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His Library
Nothing is known about his library.

References
I have been unable to find any substantial references to Armando Bergamini de Abreu, only
snippets of information about him on a small number of Brazilian web sites, none worthy ofreferencing.

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ALEXANDER, Thomas J.
The Bookplate

Size: 140 mm x 108 mm (o)This is a typical computer-generated bookplate.
It was created from a scan of the United States
10 cent stamp of 1847 by replacing the portraitof Washington with the title of the book.
The initials at the foot of the frame – RWH&E
stand for Rawdon, Wright, Hatch & Edson
the name of the printing and engraving
company which produced the first American
stamps.
This is not a conventional bookplate and wasnever used by Thomas J. Alexander to
identify his books. Rather, it is a pseudobookplate produced to accompany a special,limited edition book (405 copies) and signed by one of the authors. Such “bookplates” areintended to enhance the book and increase its desirability.
96The Travers Papers
The book in question is The Travers Papers: Official Records United States Postal History
and Postage Stamps 1834-1851. published in two volumes by James E. Lee of Carey, IL,
USA, in 2011. It was compiled with commentaries by Thomas J. Alexander, George W.
Brett & W. Wilson Hulme II and edited by Barbara R. Mueller, from the records gatheredand preserved by Arthur M. Travers (1870-1951) when he was Chief Clerk to the Third
Assistant Postmaster General of the United States in the first decade of the 1900s(1).

Thomas J. Alexander

Example of a bookplate from one of the books,
showing the numbering

Travers trained as a lawyer, but his interest in stamp collecting led him to seek employment
in the Post Office, where he would later be appointed to the third assistant postmaster general
as chief clerk. He began to appreciate that the published data regarding the early stamps waslargely inaccurate. This led him to create a book on the production of the early U.S. postage
stamps, using the official records as his basis. The document was formally titled the UnitedStates Postage Stamps: A Compilation of the Official Historical Records, which is also known
as the Travers Papers.
In 1911, Travers was indicted on charges of having sold rare stamps from Post Office
Department stocks to a Philadelphia stamp dealer. Although never prosecuted, he admitted tothe sale, paid a fine and lost his job. The Travers Papers were eventually rediscovered andsold at auction in 1993 to Jack Rosenthal, a noted philatelic collector, stamp designer andformer chairman of the Citizen’s Stamp Advisory Committee. Eager to find a repository for
future scholars, Rosenthal and his sons Michael, Robert and Richard, donated them to the
National Postal Museum(2).

Thomas J. Alexander97

A lawyer by profession, he specialised in the United States 3c stamp of 1851, building up anaward-winning exhibition. In addition, he made a number of other collections, all of which hewrote up himself(3).
To support these collections, he built up one of the largest libraries in private hands in
America and assembled a substantial postal history archive. In 2013, his complete library andarchive was donated to the American Philatelic Research Library in 326 large boxes. The
donation was facilitated by the United States Postal Classics Society of which Alexander had
been President from 1981 to 1984. The Society also provided financial support to transport
the material and allow it to be invented and catalogued.

Note
Details of how the bookplate was created, as well as the copy of the unused bookplate and thescan of the numbered bookplate were supplied by James E. Lee.

References
1.
2.

3.

James E. Lee’s web site: www.jameslee.com, August 2013.
Randy Neil: One of the great perfectionists in philatelic exhibiting is at it again …
perhaps!, The American Stamp Dealer & Collector, January 2012, Whole Number 56,
p.44.
R. N. [Randy Neil]: Thomas J. Alexander., The American Stamp Dealer & Collector,
July/August 2013, Whole Number 72, p.76.

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ALEXIS, Ray
The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

References

Size: mm x mm (p)99

ALFRED, Duke of Edinburgh

1844-1900
His titles included Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Kent, Earl of Ulster (1866) and Duke of
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1893).
The Bookplate
An anonymous and unsigned Garter bookplateshowing the Royal arms within a garter which issurmounted by a coronet.
One quartering of the escutcheon shows the lion of
Saxony and the coat of arms of Saxony aresuperimposed. The latter were inherited from hisfather, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.

Size: 60mm x 45mm(p)
(Estimated from the illustration in Lee’sbook)
Coat of arms of the Meissen
district of Saxony

Coat of Arms of Saxony

The design places the date of this bookplate between 1863, when he became a Knight of theOrder of the Garter, and 1893 when he became the Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. The mottoon the garter is Honi soit qui mal y pense from the old French, meaning evil to him who evil
thinks(1).

Biography
Born Alfred Ernest Albert on the 6th August 1844 at Windsor Castle, he was the second son
and fourth child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. He wassecond in line for the throne after his elder brother Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, later
King Edward VII.
Following his wishes, he entered the Royal Navy, joining HMS Euryalus in 1858 at the age of
14, as a midshipman. In 1862, he was elected King of Greece but declined for politicalreasons and continued his naval career, becoming Captain of the frigate HMS Galatea in
1866. On the 24th May of that same year, he was created Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Kent
and Earl of Ulster.
In 1867, whilst still in command of HMS Galatea, he embarked on a round-the-world trip
making official visits to many British colonies on the way and becoming the first member ofthe Royal family to visit Australia. The Duke devoted himself to his naval career and rosethrough the ranks becoming Admiral in 1887 and Admiral of the Fleet in 1893.
On the 23rd January 1874, he married the Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna, daughter ofEmperor Alexander II of Russia, in St. Petersburg, Russia. Together, they had six children
although the younger son was stillborn and the eldest, Prince Alfred, predeceased his father
owing to a self-inflicted gunshot wound, at the age of 24. Their four daughters married into100the Royal families of Germany, Russia, Romania and Spain.

Prince Alfred as a young man(2)Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh(3)Assassination Attempt
On the 12th March 1868, on his
second trip to Sydney, he wasinvitedby SirWilliamManning the President of the
Sydney Sailors’ Home to a
public picnic on the waterfront.
The event was held in aid of theHome and about 1,500 people
were present.
After the luncheon, the Duke
was walking with Manningwhen he was shot from behindby Henry James O’Farrell. He
was attempting to fire again
when he was disarmed bybystanders.
Although the Duke was badly
injured and in pain, the shot was
not fatal and he was taken to
Government House where thebullet was later removed.

Size: 95mm x 80mm(p)
(Estimated from the illustration in Lee’s book)It was only owing to the exertions of the police that O’Farrell was not lynched on the spot by
the crowd. After a quick trial at which he was convicted, O’Farrell was hanged on the 21st
April 1868.
The bookplate shown above was evidently prepared to be placed in books given to the Sydney
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Sailors’ Home by the Duke (or more likely, purchased for the Home with his donation) andcarries the date of the attempt on his life.
On the death of his paternal uncle
Ernest II as the reigning Duke of
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha on the 23rd
August 1893, the Duchy fell to him,
his brother the Prince of Wales
having renounced his right tosuccession. He became the third
Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha,
reigning from 1893 until his death in1900.
In spite of his new role in Coburg, he
was allowed to remain an Admiral of
the British fleet.
DespiteinitialmisgivingsinGermany, he proved to be a popularruler, being cultured and concernedfor both agriculture and industry as
well as a keen sportsman.
The Duke died suddenly at his castle
at Rosenau, his summer residence
outside Coburg, on the 30th July
1900(2).
Size: Not known (p)The bookplate shown on the right wasevidently prepared in Germany for the Duke’s library, presumably when he removed there.

Philatelic Involvement
It was only in the late 1880s that the Duke’s interest in stamp collecting came to the attentionof the members of the Philatelic Society, London although it is evident from his display at the1890 exhibition that it began many years earlier. Accordingly, he was invited to open theSociety’s Jubilee Philatelic Exhibition in London in May 1890. It was in this speech that herevealed that his nephew, the Duke of York, later King George V, was also a collector(3, 4, 5).
In December 1890, he consented to become Honorary President of the Society and thereafter
showed a great interest in its work. He occasionally sent his stamps for display at meetings
and at the Society’s 25th Anniversary Exhibition his display was prepared on his behalf byJohn A. Tilleard.
He became Patron of the 1897 International exhibition, at which his stamps were again
exhibited, and attended together with the Duke of York, who he induced to join the Society.
It is understood that shortly before his death in 1900, he sold his collection to his brother the
Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII) who presented them to his son the Duke of York(later King George V).
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When King Carol II of Romania attended the International Exhibition in London in 1950, he
visited the rooms of the Royal Philatelic Society, London. There, he was most interested tosee the Signed portrait of his grandfather the Duke of Edinburgh, donated to the Society
when he was Honorary President.

His Philatelic Library
Nothing is known about any philatelic library he might have owned, although it might havegone to his nephew with his collection. At least one of his former books is known to be inphilatelic hands complete with its British bookplate.

References
1.
2.

3.
4.
5.

Brian North Lee: British Royal Bookplates and Ex-Libris of Related families., Scolar
Press, Aldershot, UK, 1992, pp.16-18.
Alfred,DukeofSaxe-Coburg
andGotha.,
Wikipedia:th
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred,_Duke_of_Saxe-Coburg_and_Gotha, 14
April 2012,
13pp.
The Royal Philatelic Society London 1869-1969., Royal Philatelic Society, London,
UK, 1969, pp.111 & facing portrait.
Baron Percy de Worms: The Royal Philatelic Society, London; 1869 - April 10th 1919., The Royal Philatelic Society, London, UK, 1919, p.94 & portrait facing page 7.
Charles J. Phillips: H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh. The first Royal collector.,
Stamps, 10th December 1932, Volume 1, Issue 13, p.441.

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ALFRETON PHILATELIC SOCIETY
The Bookplate
All of the books seen 1.
from the Society’s
library
carry
manuscript bookplates.
They vary from simple
inscriptions in ballpoint pen (1) or fibre
tip pen (3) to thosecomposedusing
children’s’printing
kits
usingrubbermoveable letters in a2.
forme (2).

Size: 38mm x 50mm(o)

1 & 2 were both foundon a book published in
1940. Number 1 on thefront cover and 2 on
the
front
free
endpaper.

Number 3 was foundon the front of a book 3.
published in 1969.

Size: mm x mm (o)Size: 50mm x 76mm

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(o)

The History of the Society

The Library

References

105

AMERICA, Gaston A.
The Bookplate
This is an Allegorical bookplate
which defines the owner by theimages it includes. The stamp,
magnifying glass and tweezers, aswell as the coins and books would
tend to indicate the owner’s
collecting interests. However, themeaning of the bust of Napoleon andold lamp are not clear. The globe
showing the Americas is an obvious
reference to the owner’s name.

Biography

Size: 89mm x 76mm(p)

The following personal reminiscences of the man came from Vincent Schouberechts:
I met Gaston America a few times in different auctions here
in Brussels. He was a little man always in a hurry. He never
had time to discuss a lot. He died a couple of years ago at theage of 97 or 98! I could just learn from him that nearly 30
years ago he sold the postal part of his library to an
American Foundation. I learned that in fact it was to acollector who sold his collection in the nineties in a
Christie’s auction.
When I was asking him what he had, he always told me that
he had the biggest collection of postal books, maps anddocuments ever made. In fact, he was not far from what hewas saying as I just have in my hands the catalogue of thevery little remaining parts of his collection sold in a Robson
Lowe Zurich auction in November 1982 with some postal
books and a nice selection of postal maps. The unsold lots
went back to Brussels and were sold with another part of theremaining collection in February 1991. I bought nice itemsin that auction and it was for me the real start of my postal
library.
Again, a little part of the unsold lots were, I don’t know how,
put together in one lot in a little book auction in Brussels andI was lucky enough to buy it for nearly nothing. When I
asked Gaston America how he still had some parts of hiscollection, he told me that when he sold his entire collection106

in the USA, he discovered that after sending the collection,some material was still in some places he forgot to look.
That’s why, he told me, some parts where still in Brussels
and he never told the American collector about that!
The man was collector of philatelic books as early as theforties. I found his name in some annotated auction
catalogues of famous libraries (Poncelet, Brück, Symens)
sold at that time.
He told me that he had in the centre of Brussels a shop where
he was selling philatelic literature during the war years. In
the nineties when I started to build my collection, I was
pretty sure that the guy was for many years 6 feet under the
ground. How was surprised I was to learn he was still ingood form. He was most of the year in the Canaries and wasfor some weeks back just to attend auctions.
His idea was to create a private postal museum and therefore
he bought one of the Thurn & Taxis castles in theneighbourhood of Brussels! He never obtained thepermissions of the Flemish province for his project and he
had to sell it to them. For more then 30 years it remained
empty with vandalism. It’s now just a couple of years thatthey decided to restore it but nothing valuable in thedecoration is still present.

His Library
The following personal reminiscences his library came from Vincent Schouberechts:
About his philatelic library, he sold from time to time somebooks. That’s how Georges Waroquiers, the author of the
Moens bibliography started to collect Moens’ catalogues inthe seventies. America sold him about 20 of those books one
time. I don’t think he sold really big parts of his library in
one sale. The Soeteman library had some of America’s
bookplates like most of the good philatelic libraries in
Belgium. It’s a pity that he never paid attention to nicebindings, most of the books with his bookplate arecommonly bound.
Before selling most of his collection in the States, he offered
the whole lot to a Belgian expert for 1 million Belgian francs(about £15,000). 30 years ago it was a lot of money but theestimated value nowadays is invaluable.

References

107

AMERICAN PHILATELIC RESEARCH LIBRARY
Introduction
The American Philatelic Research Library does not routinely use bookplates to identify its
books. It does however use them to record major donations such as that of the State Revenue
Society. Another ad hoc use is for specific donations honouring the memory of someone, suchas that for Barb Boal’s husband.

Bookplate 1
This
is
a
typicalPresentation Bookplate withspaces for the name of thedonor and the date.
The bookplate may wellhave been designed for the
Library as it depicts a halfbound book in leather with
the Library logo and ex
libris on the front cover, thebook having a stamp likeoutline as its background.
Lucius Jackson (19151978) in whose name thisvolume was donated, wasthe owner and publisher of
The Stamp Wholesaler for
many years and a memberof the American PhilatelicSociety from 1938 until his
death.
He was one of the twentyfive Founder Members of
the American PhilatelicResearch Library, each
donating $1,000 to provide

Size: 138mm x 92mm(p)some preliminary funding for its inauguration(1).
It is likely that part or all of Jackson’s library was bequeathed or donated to the American
Philatelic Research Library when he died.

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Bookplate 2

Size: 85mm x 101mm(p)

This is a typical Memorial Bookplate recording the gift of a book to the library as a memorial
to someone connected with the Library. It has spaces for both the names of the donor and theperson in whose memory it was presented.

This particular example records a book as being given in memoryof Earl E. Boal Jr., the late husband of Barbara A. Boal, theeditor of the American Philatelic Research Library’s journal, The
Philatelic Literature Review as well as the American PhilatelicSociety’s journal The American Philatelist.
Although he was not a philatelist, a member gave some nondesignated funds in his memory and the Library used the money
to purchase a book it required and inserted the bookplate inEarl’s memory.

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Earl E. Boal Jr.(2)(1929-2011)

Bookplate 3

Size: 51mm x 101mm(o)This too is a Presentation Bookplate, specially produced to record the donation of the State
Revenue Society’s library and archives to the American Philatelic Research Library andgiving the date of the donation as December 2008.
In this case, the bookplate was created on the Library computer and printed out in sheets often self-adhesive labels as required.

Size: 279mm x 215mm

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(p)

Bookplate 4

Size: 85mm x 101mm(o)

In anticipation of continuing support by the State Revenue Society, the current bookplate
template has been adapted to provide a record the subsequent ad hoc donations. It appears tohave been designed by and probably supplied to the Library by Demco Inc., a library supplies
company.

Bookplate 5

Size: 85mm x 101mm(p)

This is a template which allows the Library to record ad hoc donations simply by filling in thename of the donor and the date of the donation.
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History of the Library
The American Philatelic Society’s first library was given to the Carnegie Library ofPittsburgh in 1899 and that library functioned as the Society’s official library until 1929. It
was not until 1968 that a new library was incorporated as the American Philatelic Research
Library, an educational affiliate of the Society. Daniel W. Vooys obtained twenty-five
Founder Members, each donating $1,000 to provide some basic funding to help establish the
Library.
The Library began operations in earnest in 1970 and the Philatelic Literature Association
merged with it that same year, bringing the Philatelic Literature Review with it and asubstantial volume (three tons) of literature from Dan W. Vooys library, one of the largest
libraries in private hands. In 1971, the Boston University Library donated their huge, longstanding philatelic literature collection, occupying some 140 metres (450 feet) of shelf space,to the Library, through the efforts of Lois M. Evans.
The American Philatelic Society realised that both the Society and the American PhilatelicResearch Library required a purpose-built facility to house their operations, the building of
which began in 1971. When the new building was opened in 1972, the Library boasted over
460 metres (1500 feet) of material, of which about one third were from Boston University anda some 700 volumes from Dan Vooys’ library. The Library became fully operational in 1973.
The Library grows mainly by donations from members, hence the requirement for the donor
bookplates. Over the years, many specialised societies have been outgrown by their libraries
so that they can no longer house them and so have deposited them with the American
Philatelic Research Library, starting with the War Cover Club in 1973(3, 4, 5, 6).

References
1.
Library Founders Fund reaches initial goal., The American Philatelist, July 1970,
Volume 84, Issue 7, pp.592-593.
2.
Earl E. Boal Jr., Centre Daily Times web site: www.legacy.com/obituaries, 22nd March
2012.
3.
James M. Chemi: Library acquires Vooys holdings., The American Philatelist,
December 1970, Volume 84, Issue 12, p.1073.
4.
James M. Chemi: Library moved., The American Philatelist, June 1971, Volume 85,
Issue 6, pp.473-474.
5.
Nancie R. Wall: Back in the stacks., The American Philatelist, September 1972,
Volume 86, Issue 9, pp.810-811.
6.
Keith A. Wagner: Library now bigger and better., The American Philatelist,
December 1990, Volume 104, Issue 12, pp.1116-1119.

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AMANN, Otto
The Bookplate
A typical Pictorial Bookplate showing avase of flowers with a bird on each side,
looking rather like bookends.
The bookplate is a woodcut (or linocut)
and appears to have the designer’s initials
HR cut in reverse below the tail feathersof the bird on the right.

Biography
From Pennsylvania, PA, USA.

His Library
A long-term member of the American
Philatelic Society, he listed philatelicliterature as one of his collecting
interests.

Size: 90mm x 80mm(p)
(Taken from scan)

References

113

ANDERSON, George Browning
The Bookplate
The bookplate is obviously based on the Great Britain Queen
Victoria 1d lilac stamp of 1881 as shown below, with theowner’s name and city replacing the text in the oval. The
Crest and Motto of Clan Anderson replace the Queen’s
portrait. The image is perforated in the same way as theoriginal stamp.
There is nothing to indicate that this is a bookplate except thata copy was found in the proper place for such, in a philatelic
book.

Great Britiain
Penny lilac, 1881

Size: 40mm x 34mm

(p)

Clan Anderson
Crest and Motto

The Clan Anderson crest as shown above, is an oak tree proper (i.e. in its original colours)
and the motto, Stand Sure.

Biography
Nothing is known of the owner except that he comes from Selkirk in Scotland.

His Library

References
1.
Clan Anderson., Wikipedia web page: http://en.wikipedia.org, August 2013.

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ANDERSSON, Arvid
The Bookplate
It is inscribed GM-50 indicating that it
was designed by Gunnar Magnusson in
1950.
Printed on blue paper, the design
comprises a spider’s web a book and a
letter inscribed Filatelia as well as whatlooks like an artist’s palette and brushholder.

Biography
Of Gothenburg

His Library

References

Size: 113mm x 69mm

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(p)

ANDERSSON, Knut
The Bookplate
It is inscribed SA in the lower left handcorner, indicating that it was designed by
Sven Ahrent
The overall design has simulated
perforations and includes old coins andbooks showing Andersson’s interest inphilately and numismatics.

Biography
Of Lund, Sweden

His LibrarySize: 59mm x 46mm

References

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(p)

ANDREINI, Joseph Manuel1849-1932

Bookplate 1
A typical Book Label produced by letterpress using an Old
English typeface. It consists simply of Ex Libris followed by his
name in full. Each word takes up a line to fill the space.
One would presume that this was the precursor to Bookplate 2.
However, according to Turner(1), the latter was used in the first
volume of a set or periodical and the book label in the remaining
volumes.

Size: 50mm x 25mm(p)

Bookplate 2

Size: 89mm x 100mm(o)

An unusual combined Map and Scenic bookplate, said to be by J. W. Spenceley and datingfrom 1907. The map shows the Leeward Islands, a major area of Andreini’s philatelicinterests, together with the scene of a ship approaching the island of Nevis. The A09
postmark shown, which can be found on British Victorian stamps, comes from the island of
Nevis.
Two bookplates have been seen in situ, both carrying the details of the periodical in which
they were placed, in their upper left hand corner.

Biography

117

Joseph Manuel Andreini was born in Spain in 1849
and emigrated to the United States.
He was a very keen stamp collector and contributed
many articles to the philatelic press, notably Mekeel’s
Weekly Stamp News, from the 1890s into the first
decade of the twentieth century, often using thepseudonym Iberius.
He was one of the founders of the Collectors Club,
holding various offices including that of President from 1902 to 1904.
His stamp collections were sold by auction through J.
C. Morgenthau in 1905 and 1906.

Joseph Manuel Andreini

He died in New York City on the 25th June 1932.

His Library
Very little is known about his library except that he had most of his volumes bound in
Morocco leather by the noted book binder, Henry Blackwell.
It was sold through J. C. Morgenthau in 1909 in 79 lots.

References
1.

George T. Turner: Philatelic Bookplates., Philatelic Literature Review, 1954, Volume
4, Issue 4, Cover & pp.43-59.

118

ARMOND “OBIE” OBERLIN MEMORIAL PHILATELIC RESEARCHLIBRARY
The Bookplate
This is a typical Presentation Bookplateshowing an open book with the name of
the library above and space for thedonor’s name below.
The book which contained this bookplate,
was also rubber stamped in red: Fullerton
Public Library, Fullerton, California andthe “Obie” Oberlin Philatelic Collection.
An additional stamp indicated that thebook was for Reference use only.
This library originally belonged to thePhilatelic Society of Los Angeles, andwas housed in the Fullerton Public
Library when the Society was no longer
able to look after it. It was subsequently
named The Armond “Obie” Oberlin
Memorial Philatelic Research Library inhonour of one of its main donors.

Size: 77mm x 51mm(o)

Fullerton Public Library
Fullerton is a city located in northern
Orange County, California. In 2010, thecity had a total population of just over
135,000.
Fullerton was founded in 1887 by
George and Edward Amerige andnamed after George H. Fullerton, who
secured the land on behalf of theSize: N/A(o)
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway.
Historically, it was a centre of agriculture with groves of Valencia oranges and other citrus
fruit; petroleum extraction; transportation; and manufacturing.
The Main Library opened in June 1973. Significant changes to the structure were made in1999 when the Children’s Library and the main entrance were enlarged.

The Philatelic Society of Los Angeles Library
The Society was founded in Los Angeles, California in April 1927 as the Philatelic Club of
Los Angeles. It took its present name in 1971.

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A library was formed shortly after the founding of the Club. From the beginning there was anactive group of members interested in establishing a substantial reference library. One of theFounder Members, Dr. S. A. “Doc” Kaasen, was responsible for the initial efforts and wassoon joined by F. M. Gilbert. One of the volunteers, Lou. H. Scisco had formerly been with
the Library of Congress, and used his experience to create both a specially tailored callnumber system and a card catalogue of all items in the Library. The late Col. Elmer A. Kell
Jr., continued this work in the same dedicated fashion.
In 1935 the Club wanted to ensure the Library’s permanent existence under independent
management that would perpetuate a philatelic library for educational purposes and holdsaid property for the benefit of Philately. Rather than form a separate corporation, they
established a Trusteeship, and on the 15th May 1935, a Declaration of Trust was filed with theCounty Recorder of Los Angeles to establish the Philatelic Library as a legal entity.
The Philatelic Library rates as one of the largest of its kind in the country and contains over
6,000 books, pamphlets and periodicals on virtually every aspect of stamp collecting. Amongthe many periodicals, bound and unbound, are found works not only in English but in
German, French, Italian, the Scandinavian languages, Chinese and Japanese, amongst others.
After the 1975, the books were housed in various locations until eventually settling in the
Fullerton Public Library.

Armond [Obie] Oberlin
A stamp dealer of Anaheim, CA, USA, who donated his library to the Los Angeles PhilatelicSociety.

References
1.
2.

Fullerton Public Library web site: http://fullertonlibrary.org, September 2013.
The Philatelic Society of Los Angeles., No bibliographic details available, pp.13-19.

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ARNHOLIZ, Svend
The Bookplate

Appears to be R R [IP] 4.

Size: 71mm x 56mm

Biography

His Library

References

121

(o)

ASBY, George Calvin
The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

References
Size: 54mm x 90mm
(p)
(Size approximated from the Turner salecatalogue(1).)

122

ASHBROOK, Stanley B.
The Bookplate
Used to illustrate an article on theAmericanPhilatelicResearch
Library in the Philatelic Literature
Review, 2006, Volume 55, Issue 2,
p.151.

Biography

His Library

References

Size: 99mm x 76mm(p)
Courtesy of American Philatelic Research Library123

ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRIAN PHILATELISTSThe Bookplate
The left side of the label is ragged, as if it
was originally a much larger label, fromwhich this was torn.

Biography
Size: 24mm x 48mm(p)

Size: 25mm x 62mm(p)

His Library

References

124

ASSOCIATION PHILATÉLIQUE NANCÉIENNEThe Bookplate
Lithograph by Edmond desRobert of Nancy Produced in
1901, according to the date on the
bookplate.

History of the Association
Association
Philatélique
Nancéienne

Size: 140mm x 90mm

The Library

References

The Bookplate
Designed by Edmond des Robert,
Nancy.
I have a second copy with larger
borders (111mm x 90mm) and printed
on superior paper, which may be a
proof.
125(o)The thistle has been part of the Arms ofNancy, the capital of Lorraine, since thefifteenth or sixteenth century. Red andyellow represent Aragon and thesymbol at the top of the shield is the
cross of Lorraine.

Size: 101mm x 78mm

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(o)

AULICH, Dr. StanisławBookplate 1
By Stanisław Łuckiewicz, 1956.

Size: mm x mm (p)Bookplate 2

By Zbigniew Dolatowski, 1959.

Size: 90mm x 60mm

Bookplate 3

127

(p)

Size: 142mm x 112mm(o)This is an unusual bookplate as it carries an In Memoriam dedication to Valentin Le
Campion.
By W. Barylski

Biography

His Library

References

128

AULITZKY, Erich
The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

References

Size: 110mm x 80mm

129

(o)

AUSTRIAN PHILATELIC SOCIETY
The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

References

Size: 148mm x 105mm

130

(o)

AYRIVIE, Pedro-Antonio de Guezala y1889-1956

The Bookplate
The atypical, stylised Armorial bookplate isapparently a hand drawn version of thefamily coat of arms with a helmet crest.
The arms seem to consist of a dog beneath atree on the left half and a bird flying above ariver with two trees in the background and astar above. I have been unable to find any
coat of arms resembling this or any part of it
and it may be purely imaginary, based on his
interests and activities.
Since Guezala was an artist who was known
to produce bookplates, it would seemreasonable to assume that he was the artist.
The bookplate carries the date 1918 in thelower left corner and presumably the artist’s
initials in the lower right corner.

Size: 86mm x 63mm(p)

However, judging by the difference in qualityof the bookplate alongside, produced by him
in 1920 and with his signature beneath, it israther questionable whether his own rather
crude bookplate was indeed his work.

A bookplate produced by Guezala in 1920(1)Biography
Born in Bilbao, Spain on the 11th June 1889 into a family of merchants, Guezala began tradestudies in his home town, which he continued in France and Great Britain. Due to the strong
opposition of his father, he was a virtually self-taught artist. He was one of the founders of the
Association of Basque Artists, becoming President in 1917.

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He was perhaps the most cosmopolitan andavant-garde of the Bilbao artists of the 20th
century, evolving from Modernist to the thencurrent Cubist and Futurist of his era. In
addition to this purely artistic activity,
Guezala was also an illustrator, sculptor,
poster designer and engraver of bookplates(2).
His hobbies included numismatics, heraldry
and philately. A specialist in the stamps ofSpain, he was the author of the classic workon the first Spanish stamp of 1850: 6 cuartos
1850. Planchas, defectos y retoques,matasellos; Planches, defaut et retouches,
obliterations; Plates, flaws and retouches,
postmarks; Platten, Defekte und Retouchen,
Abstempelungen., Ediciones Grupo Filatélico,
Bilbao, Spain, 1936(3).

Pedro-Antonio Guezala y Ayrivie(4)Guezala was a general collector, but focused mainly on Spain and France. He won gold
medals at the national exhibitions at Barcelona (1930); Reus (1935); Madrid (1936) and San
Sebastian (1948). He was the Spanish delegate to the Académie de Philatélie of Paris from1952 to 1956 and his work lead to the foundation of the Academia Hispánica de Filatelia inBarcelona in 1978. He died on the 13th September 1956.

His Library
I have no information about his library.

References
1.
2.
3.
4.

Alfred Fowler (Editor): The Bookplate Annual for 1921., Alfred Fowler, Kansas
City, KS, USA, 1921, p.43.
Antonio de Guezala., Wikipedia web site: https://es.wikipedia.org, August 2013.
Guezala Ayrivie, Antonio de., Filaposta web site: www.filaposta.com, September 2013.
André Hurtré: L’Académie de Philatélie a 80 ans – Son histoire – Ses members-.,
Documents Philatéliques, July 2008, Whole number 197, pp.5-45 & July 2003, Whole
number 217, pp.37-40.

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BBBB
BACON, Sir Edward Denny

1860-1938zzzzz
The Bookplate
This is an atypical Armorial Bookplate as it
does not feature a shield and uses a snake
instead of the usual garter or buckle.
Turner(1) calls it a family crest but this is
more akin to a pun on his name together withvarious allegorical symbols.
The design shows a rising sun within two
interlaced triangles forming a six-pointed
star, all encircled by a snake. At the top is awild pig, alluding to the name Bacon. A
ribbon containing a Latin quotation Sapere
aude from a poem by Horace, the Roman
poet, which translates roughly as Dare to be
wise.
Although Bacon had begun to collect stamps
at the age of seven and became a member of
the Philatelic Society, London in 1880 by theSize: 92mm x 67mm
(p)
age of nineteen, it was not until 1893 that his
library was sufficiently developed for him tohave his own book-plate printed. Naturally,
he had this work carried out by the firm of
Perkins Bacon (no relation) who printed thepenny black, the first postage stamp in the world. Two hundred copies were printed initially,
with a repeat order in January 1895. Other orders were placed in subsequent years as required.
When Vallancy sold Bacon’s library, he noted in the sale catalogue that – Most of theimportant books contain the “Bacon” bookplate: but, as the original plate has been lost or
mislaid, a duplicate has been made, and sufficient copies have been printed to enable me tohave one inserted in each book (other than journals)(2).

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MottoSapere Aude

Dare to be Wise or, more precisely, Dare to Know.

Biography
Edward Denny Bacon was born on the 29th August 1860 and was always known within thefamily as Denny.
He lived in South Croydon, UK. His wife died in 1902, having borne him a son and two
daughters. He joined the Philatelic Society, London in May 1880 at the age of nineteen andtwo years later joined the Committee. In 1885, he became Treasurer and also Secretary laterthat same year and served on the Society’s Expert Committee from its commencement until
his death. From 1917 to 1923, he was President of the Royal Philatelic Society, London.
In 1892 he became curator of the Tapling Collection at the British Museum and was incharge of mounting it for the next seven or eight years. He was subsequently engaged by the
Earl of Crawford to take charge of his philatelic library.
In 1914, Bacon, together with the other two English members of the Royal Philatelic Society
London, who were recipients of the Lindenberg Medal, returned their medals to the Berlin
Philatelisten Klub in protest against the conduct of the War.
After Tilleard’s death, he became Curator of HM the King’s Philatelic Collection from 1913
to 1938. In 1932, he was made a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order by King
George V, which allowed him to use the title “Sir” before his name.
He was one of the original signatory’s of the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists in 1920.

His Library
Consisted of about 200 books in 1895 (see bookplate notes). Bacon kept a detailed index of134the magazine articles in his collection that contained interesting information. The index wascompiled on slips of paper 7inches long by 3 inches deep (175mm x 75mm) which were kept
in four specially-made wooden boxes 15 inches by 8 inches (375mm x 200mm). Following
Bacon’s death, his son wrote to the Royal Philatelic Society notifying them that his father had
said that some of his effects should be offered to the Society. Amongst these was his index
which is now held by the Society. Bacon’s library was purchased by Vallancey and wasoffered for sale in 1939. Some of the library was offered to the Royal Philatelic Society as
part of a trade for their duplicates (Council minutes). Much of the library remained unsold
when Vallancy’s premises were destroyed in an air-raid on the 10th of May 1940.

References
1.
2.

George T. Turner: Philatelic Bookplates., Philatelic Literature Review, 1954,
Volume 4, Issue 4, Cover & pp.43-59.
Ron Negus: Our National Philatelist: Sir Edward denny Bacon, KCVO (1860-1938).,
Royal Philatelic Society London, UK, December 1991, 24pp.

135

BAGSHAWE, Richard Wyatt
The Bookplate

Motto

History

His Library

References

Size: 104mm x 69mm

136

(p)

BAHRFELDT, Max von
The Bookplate

Motto

History

His Library

References

Size: mm x mm (o)137

BASSERMANN, Dr. F. von
The Bookplate

Motto

History

His Library

References

Size: mm x mm (o)138BATH PHILATELIC SOCIETY
Bookplate 1

Size: 100mm x 88mm

(p)

Size: 115mm x 77mm(p)

Bookplate 2

History of the Society
139

The Library

References

140

BEAMISH, H. Hamilton
The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

References

Size: mm x mm (p)141BEARDSLEY, Herbert Crane

Size: 15mm x 50mm

142

(p)

The Bookplate
This magazine cover is marked in purple ink by a simple rubber stamp containing the owner’sname and address. Since Beardsley was a publisher and dealer in philatelic literature in
America in the late 1800s, it would be natural to assume that the rubber stamp would be a
dealer’s mark. However, to the left of this stamp is the notation NO. 219E, which I take as
being the number of this item in Beardsley’s library.

Biography

His Library

References

143

BEAUMONT, K. M.
The Bookplate

Biography
Size: mm x mm (p)His Library

References

144

BECKER, K. J.
The Bookplate
The design includes an accordion and six
letters, presumably indicating his
interests in music and philately.

Biography
Of Tomtebogaten 17, Stockholm Va,
Sweden.

His Library

References

Size: 72mm x 60mm

145

(p)

BEDLÁN, T.
The Bookplate
Just to the right of the designis the inscription Keler 57
indicating that it was designed
by
J.
Keler
of
Czechoslovakia in 1957.
The design comprises a stamp
bearing the Ex Libris, a bookand owner’s name with theupper right hand corner seen
through a magnifying glass.

Biography

His LibrarySize: 92mm x 96mm

References

146

(p)

BEELS, C. H.
The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

References

Size: mm x mm (p)147

BELLAMY, Frank Arthur

1864-1936

The Book Stamp
A typical rubber book stamp always struck in black ink on
most of the items in his library.

Size: 19mm diameter(o)An example of the Book Stamp on the front cover of a
19th century periodical

Biography
Bellamy was born on the 17th October 1864. He worked in the Astronomy Department at the
University of Oxford for many years.
He began to collect stamps at a very early age. By 1897, he was a literature judge at the
London Philatelic Exhibition. He joined the Royal Philatelic Society, London in 1908 and his
help was acknowledged by Bacon in his preface to the Crawford Catalogue. His main
specialty was the College stamps of Oxford and Cambridge.
Bellamy died on the 15th February 1936.

His Library
He began to collect literature on a worldwide scale and was the only competitor to the Earl of
Crawford in terms of the size and completeness of his library. In the early 1920s, he offered
his massive library to the University of Oxford and was affronted when it was turned down,
writing a highly critical book about the whole affair.
Following his death, the library of more than 200,000 items was purchased by Albert H.
Harris in 1938, who eventually sold most of it to F. Hugh Vallancey in 1947 to replenish thestock lost to bombing during the War.

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References
1.

George T. Turner: Philatelic Bookplates., Philatelic Literature Review, 1954,
Volume 4, Issue 4, Cover & pp.43-59.

149

BENGTSSON, Staffan
The Bookplate
It carries no indication of the designer.
The design includes stamps from bothSweden and Denmark with a violin andbook on a background which appears to
be a plate with a floral design.

Biography

His Library

References

Size: 99mm x 66mm

150

(p)

BENNETT, Norman-2004

The Bookplate

Biography

His Library
The majority of his library was sold in 2005 by
Cavendish Philatelic Auctions, who also soldhis stamp collection. A small portion of thelibrary was donated to his local philatelicsociety, the Fleet & North Hants PhilatelicSociety, so that they could raise some funds forthemselves.

References
Size: 81mm x 64mm

151

(o)

BERGQUIST, Clarence
The Bookplate
The design comprises a stamp
album and a blank canvas and paintbrushes. in red on yellow paper orblack on shiny-surfaced white
paper. The details of the owner,
designer and printers are printed on
the back of each bookplate.
Designed by Carl-Eric Johanssonof Malmo in 1947. Printed byphototypy
by
AB
Malmö
Affärstryckeri, Malmo, Sweden.

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Size: 100mm x 75mm(p)

Size: 100mm x 75mm(p)

Biography
Of Köpenhamnsvägen 31c Malmo, Sweden.

His Library

References

153

BERKOWSKI, Mariana
The Bookplate

History

Her Library

References

Size: mm x mm (p)154

BERLINER PHILATELISTEN-CLUBThe Book Stamp
This is a typical rubber Book Stamp. That
it was made of rubber is shown by the
deformation seen in the word Berliner, due
to the stamp not being perfectly parallel tothe page when it was applied.
Size: 10mm x 50mm(p)
It may be that it was produced for thegeneral use of the Club and was only
applied to books as a general identification of ownership rather than being specifically used
for library books.

History of the ClubThe Library
For many years Judge Heinrich Fränkel was the Club librarian. He would therefore have
had his pick of the duplicates. Accordingly, his library is a source of the Club’s library stamp.
Following his death, Fränkel’s library was purchased by the Earl of Crawford and passed
largely intact to the Royal Philatelic Society London, where much of it is still to be found.

References

155

BEROLZHEIMER, Dr. Daniel Deronda

1877-

The Bookplate
The design on the bookplate is very
reminiscent of Masonic imagery, and/or
alchemy, and the Latin translates loosely as :In perpetual memory
The central triangle carries the Worshipful
Master’s insignia, found on his apron: A
square and compass with the letter G
signifying God. The upper shaded triangle
seems to carry an indistinguishable coat ofarms. The lower left, two mauls crossed andthe lower right alchemical symbolism.

Motto
Ad Perpetuam Rei Memoriam
Size: 84mm x 66mm

Biography

His Library

References

156

(p)

BERRY, Allan Philip

1937-2010

The Bookplate
A Pictorial bookplate, thedesign features the New
Zealand 2d. Government Life
Insurance Department stamp of1905. This is a redrawn versionof the 1891 issue with V. R.
omitted, owing to Queen
Victoria’s death in 1901. A
scan of the 2d. value of theChristchurch, New Zealand
Exhibition Facsimiles was used
for the illustration rather than
one of the original stamps.
A Life Insurance Department
stamp was chosen for his
visiting card (see below) as well
as for his bookplate sincecollecting these issues is his
speciality and he has the bestcollection of such material in
the world.

Size: 106mm x 85mm(o)

The bookplate was designed A second, larger bookplate of the same design was also used for thelarger books:
and printed by Printworks,
Size:
125mm
x 102mm (o)Pollen Street, Thames, New
Zealand, in late 1998. It was
produced in the larger size as standard with the smaller one for those of his books which were
too small for the larger bookplate.

Biography
He was a veterinary surgeon by profession, and worked in a small animal practice in
Guildford, UK.
His main philatelic interests were the stamps and postal history of New Zealand and tosupport these, he built up an important library of the philatelic publications of New Zealandand of publications about the philately of the country. A mainstay of the New ZealandPhilatelic Society of Great Britain, he edited their journal, The Kiwi, from 1975 to 1996 andprovided a great many articles and other material for it.
His great interest in literature lead to his being qualified as an international philatelic literaturejudge, which he continued after his move to New Zealand. In 1983, he received the rare
distinction of being elected a Fellow of the Royal Philatelic Society of New Zealand and in2008 he was awarded a Life Membership.
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Although his main collections were of New Zealand, particularly the Life Insurance issues, he
had some other sideline collections including Rhodesia.
On his retirement in 1997, he moved to New Zealand with his wife and mother-in-law andsettled in town of Thames. Unfortunately, his mother-in-law and then his wife (2002) died notlong after the move.
Following his arrival in New
Zealand, he joined a numberof local philatelic societies
and soon began to play asignificant role in thenational and local philatelicscene, becoming a Vice
President of the Royal
Philatelic Society of New
Zealand and member of theirExpert Committee.
His major achievement was the publication in 2004 of New Zealand and Dependencies – A
Philatelic Bibliography, which he co-authored with David Beech and Robin Startup.

His Library
Allan’s philatelic library was in two parts:
1)
A general philatelic library2)
A much larger New Zealand philatelic library.
I visited Allan and his wife Liz in 1999 for a month when I made a close examination of it
while we worked on the bibliography. It is probably the most complete of all of thecollections of New Zealand philatelic literature and has most, if not almost all, of the material
in our bibliography: New Zealand and Dependencies - A Philatelic Bibliography, on pages 1
to 159. Remarkable indeed! Allan was good at taking my advice and he hard bound it allusing good binders, in latter days the University of Auckland binders who as you might
expect did a good job.
Allan willed his philatelic library to an Auckland, New Zealand philatelic society, the North
Shore Philatelic Society. I do not know if it has been transferred or is still at his house inThames. Its future is uncertain as the ability of the Society to look after it in the long term isof course unknown. I did suggest that it should be taken by the National Library of New
Zealand and took some trouble with a good contact there encourage them to do so, but thatwas not to be for they, or the National Museum of New Zealand which holds their national
philatelic collection, would have been the best place in the long term. (Taken from an e-mailfrom David Beech, executor of Allan’s philatelic library, 6th February 2012.)

References
1.

Andrew Dove: Obituary: Allan Philip Berry., Gibbons Stamp Monthly, December
2010, Volume 41, Issue 7, p.18.

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BIADASZA, Zozisław
The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

References

Size: mm x mm (p)159

BILLIG, Fritz
The Bookplate

Biography

Size: 75mm x 86mm

His Library

References

160

(p)

BIRCH, Brian John

1949-

Bookplate 1
Created in 2001 by Interactive
Dimension, Preston, UK. It wasderived from the British miniature
sheet issued to commemorate the150th Anniversary of the penny blackand also subsidise Stamp World
1990. 1,000 copies were printed. This
bookplate was illustrated in a reportof the author’s researches into
philatelic bookplates(1). There was no
response to the report.

Size: 52mm x 91mm(o)

British miniature sheet commemorating the 150 th Anniversary of the first postage stampSize: 89mm x 122mm
(o)

161

Size:
104mm x 90mm
First proof (April 2012) with the value in place

Size:
104mm x 90mm
Second proof (April 2012) with the value removed

Bookplate 2

162

Size:

65mm x 75mm

The Book Stamp
A rubber hand stamp always struck in blackink.

Size: 18mm diameter(n/a)

Biography

His Library

References
1.

David L. Straight: Colophon., Philatelic Literature Review, 2005, Volume 54, Issue
1, p.10.

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BIRKENHEAD PHILATELIC SOCIETY
Bookplate 2
Presentation bookplate. Alex Sinclair was apolice officer and one of the founders of theMerseyside Police Philatelic Society.
Rubber stamp marked in purple ink.

Size: 110mm x 80mm

Size: 102mm x 43mm

(o)

(o)

Book Stamp

Size: 51mm x 26mm

History of the Society
164

(p)

The Library
Purchased by HH Sales.

References

165BJÄRINGER, Tomas
The Bookplate
It was designed by the Norwegian painter
Kjell Nupen in 2006, judging from the“postmark”, and printed in three colours on
300g/m2 Hahnemühle paper.
Hahnemühle a fine art papermaker fromLower Saxony which can trace its origins
back to 1584.

Biography

His LibrarySize: 75 mm x 85 mm

References

166

(o)

BLAIR, Arthur
The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

References

Size: 120mm x 85mm

167

(p)

BLANK, Wilhelm
The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

References

Size: 100mm x 80mm

168

(p)

BLOMSTER, Erik
The Bookplate
The letters O.E. are found below the bottom
centre of the design indicating that the
bookplate was designed by Olli Erikson of
Finland, in 1945.
The design comprises two cherubs leaning on
a top hat and standing on an open book. The
whole is enclosed in a coloured rectangle
with simulated serpentine roulette separation,
typically found on early Finnish stamps.

Size: 65mm x 54mm

Biography
Of Denmark.
His Library

References

169

(p)

BOHDANOWICZ, Julian
The Bookplate
The drawing depicts a Post coach pulled by
two horses. Two postilions in top hats are inattendance. One sits in the carriage andblows the horn, the other rides on a horse.
The drawing is enclosed by tall poplar trees.
At the top, the inscription Ex Libris is locatedin such a way that Libris is located on asecond line on a colourless ribbon. At thebottomistheinscription
Juljana
Bohdanowicza(1, 2).
The drawing was designed and drawn bygraphic artist Prfofessor K. M. Sopoćko in
1934 and produced by lithography in one
colour.

Size: 90mm x 65mm

(p)

The lithographic stone, after printing a very limited number of bookplates, was ground off.
There are only three existing copies - one in hands of the designer K. M. Sopoćko, one at theOssolińskich Library in Wrocław and one in the Museum of Post and Telecommunications.

Biography
Julian Bohdanowicz was an artist and Professor at the Graphic Industry School in Warsaw.
He and his son perished during the German occupation and his home was destroyed.

His Library

References
1.

2.

Aleksander Sniezko: Polnische philatelistische exlibris. [Polish philatelic
bookplates.], Sammler Express, 1st February 1957, Volume 11, Issue 3, p.43. {Atranslation is available as Philat. Trans. 522.}
Akeksander Śnieżko: Ekslibrisy Filatelistyczne. [Philatelic Bookplates.], Muzeum
Poczty i Telekomunikacji, Wrocław, Poland, 1957, pp.20-21. {A translation isavailable as Philat. Trans. 378.}

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BOLOGA, Dr. Emil I.
The Bookplate
Designed by H. Meschendörfer.
Although the bookplate was marked
as being produced before 1945, this isundoubtedly incorrect as the stamp
shown was not issued until 1957.
The design comprises a stamp-shaped
vignette with simulated perforations
on the left hand side. In the centre is amodern Romanian stamp, the lower
left hand corner of which is seen
through a magnifying glass and theword Filatelicus is incorporated into
the inscription round the threeimperforate sides.
Two
additional
motifsareincorporated into the design. In the
top left hand corner is a crownsurmounting the roots of a tree – thearms of the Romanian city of Brasov.

Size: 116mm x 92mm

(p)

The Coat of Arms of Braşov, Roumania
The motto means To God, defender of the homeland

The roots represent the land of Barsa, the ancient region in which the city is found, and thecrown, Corona or Kronstadt, its Latin and German names.
Te second motif in the lower right hand corner appears to be the letter M surmounted by threeturrets, the latter probably representing battlements or city walls. However, it meaning is notevident.
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Biography
Of Romania.

His Library

References

172

BONILLA-LARA, Álvaro

1903-1988

I have chosen to hyphenate Bonilla-Lara as that was the form by which he was always
referred.

The Bookplate
It is a typical Pictorial Bookplate showing an old man ina cloak and hat sitting in a large, old fashioned wooden
chair. He is studying a book with a magnifying glass, by
the light of a lantern. Some further weighty tomes standat his feet which are clad in old fashioned boots. The
aged appearance is enhanced by the use of cream paper.
The owner can be identified only from his initials ABL.
There is a panel at the bottom of the bookplate alongside
the owner’s initials, in which the book number should be
inserted. In this case 1702 has been typed in.

Size: 65mm x 45mm(o)

Biography
Alvaro Bonilla Lara was a Costa Rican politician, diplomat and philatelist extraordinaire.
Born in San José, Costa Rica on the 3rd November 1903, he dedicated his life to public service
as a minister and in the diplomatic service of his country. From a very young man, he had aclose relationship with Chile, moving there in 1922 to study law, working there and marryinga Chilean, Rebecca Bascuñán Toro in 1931
His life was spent alternating periods of residence between
Costa Rica and Chile. In 1944 he was recalled by theGovernment of Costa Rica to occupy the position of
Secretary of the Treasury and Foreign Relations. He
returned to Chile in 1948 and in 1969, he was appointed
Costa Rican Ambassador to Chile, in which position heserved his country with his usual competence anddistinction.

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He began collecting stamps at the age of about sevenand continued for the rest of his life. A prominentphilatelist in Chile, he revitalised the Sociedad Filatélica
de Chile from 1933, later becoming President on two
occasions and editor of Chile Filatélico for many years.
He published widely in a great many journals,
invaluable research on the philately of Costa Rica,
Chile, Bolivia and many other Spanish-speaking nations.
In 1965 he was awarded the Lichtenstein Medal by theCollectors Club of New York, the first time it had been
awarded to a Latin American. In 1967 he was invited tosign the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists.
In 1987, the Federación Inter-Americana de Filatelia (FIAF) instituted the Alvaro Lara
Bonilla Award for the best work on philatelic literature published by a philatelist or Society inthe countries affiliated to the Federation. The Federation’s specialised library is also named
after him.
Alvaro Bonilla Lara never lost touch with his homeland or philately in Costa Rica, in spiteof doing such brilliant research mainly on Chilean and Bolivian philately. He died in Santiago
de Chile in August 1988.

His Library
As with many serious researchers, he gathered an extensive library whose size can be
judged by the fact that the bookplate shown was originally found in book number 1702.
He left a portion of his philatelic library to the Costa Rica philatelic society, which incommemoration named its library “Biblioteca Alvaro Bonilla Lara”.

References
1.
2.
3.
4.

Manfred Amrhein: Volume 2, p.201.
FIAF Hall of Honor., Federación Inter-Americana de Filatelia web site:www.fiaf-filatelia.com, 4th February 2012.
Ricardo Alvarez P.: El. Lic. Alvaro Bonilla Lara., Panorama, November/December
1982, Volume 1, Issue 6, pp.6-7.
Don Alvaro Bonilla Lara and the award named after him., The Latin American Post,
October/December 1989, Volume 13, Issue 4, pp.1104-1106.

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BONNE, Henrik E.
The Bookplate
The design is signed by the artist – ARNÈ-49,
indicating that it was designed by Arnè
Christensen in 1949.
The design contains a Finnish stamp, an
Egyptian mummy, a match box, a tower andsome tools. The owner’s name is represented
by a stylised version of his initials making
this a typical Cypher Monogram bookplate.

Biography

His LibrarySize: 79mm x 59mm

References

175

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BOROWSKI, Lvdov Ern
The Bookplate

Motto

Biography

His Library

References

Size: mm x mm (p)176

BOSSART, Dr. L.
The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

References

Size: 129mm x 89mm

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BOSTON PHILATELIC SOCIETY
Bookplate 1
This is a typical Presentation
bookplate created to acknowledge thebequest by John F. Seybold of his
library to the Society on the 25th May
1910. Indeed, it shows that theSociety re-named its library in honourof the donor.
The central part of the design is an
Americanised crest and garter withthe society name and founding date inplace of the motto and a stamp andGreek inscriptions in place of thecrest.
This bookplate was used to illustrate
an article about the holdings of theAmericanPhilatelicResearch
Library(1).
Size: mm x mm (p)Illustration from the Turner article

Bookplate 2

Size: mm x mm (p)178

Bookplate 3

Size: 122mm x 96mm(p)

History of the Society
The Society was founded on the 19th February 1891.

The Library
During the early years the books received -by the Society were donated to the Boston Public
Library. A catalogue of its contents was published in 1903. Upon realizing these volumes had
passed from their control, the Society began to form another library in March 1904. A list was
published (1906) and by November 1908 they had accumulated 351 volumes.
Bookplates: In May 1909, the Secretary of the Boston Philatelic Society advised the membersthat John F. Seybold had expressed his intention of bequeathing his extensive philateliclibrary to the Society. However, he committed suicide before formalising his intention.
Nevertheless, his father and sole heir, Jacob Seybold, decided to honour his son’s bequest byoffering the library to the Society through the Executor of the estate, John B. Howe. The
Society accepted the offer together with the attached conditions that the Library be kept intact
and assigned a special place in the Society’s Club Room, be called the John F. Seybold
Library and be marked by a prominent inscription and suitable bookplate. In the event,suitable library cases were donated by Dudley L. Pickman and a bookplate by Francis C.
Foster(1a).

179The wishes of John F. Seybold of Syracuse, NY, to give his library intact to the Boston
Philatelic Society were carried out in 1910. The library was assigned a special place in theClub rooms and appropriately designated as the “John F. Seybold Library”.
After a period of relative inactivity during the 1930s and 1940s, the library in 1950 passed
into the custody of Boston University and was housed in the Library of the College ofBusiness Administration(2).

References
1a.
1.
2.

3.

The Journal of the Philatelic Literature Society, January 1910, Volume 3, Issue 1,
p.10; July, Issue 3, p.47 & October, Issue 4, p.57.
Bonny Farmer: A treasure-trove of philatelic history., Philatelic Literature Review,
2006, Volume 55, Issue 2, pp.147-155.
George T. Turner: Philatelic Bookplates., Philatelic Literature Review, 1954,
Volume 4, Issue 4, Cover & pp.43-59. (The Society’s Seybold Bequest bookplate wasalso illustrated and explained in his earlier version of the article: George T. Turner:
Philatelic Ex Libris., Linn’s Weekly Stamp News, 22nd February, 1954, Volume 26,
Issue 50, p.6.)[B. T. K. Smith (Editor)]: Illustrations of early periodicals and philatelic
bookplates., The Journal of the Philatelic Literature Society, April 1916, Volume 9,
Issue 2, pp.31-32 & plate IV. (Simply illustrated the Gift of bookplate with no
explanation)

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BAGSHAWE, Richard Wyatt
The Bookplate

Motto

History

His Library

References

Size: 104mm x 69mm

181

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BOSTON UNIVERSITYThe Bookplate

Motto

History

His LibrarySize: mm x mm (p)References

182

BOURNE, Oswald Stanley
The Bookplate
This is an atypical landscape,changing from a modern city in theforeground to an old fashioned
oriental one in the background, thetwo being joined by a winding road.
This change from reality to theimaginary is reflected in theinscription below.

Biography

His Library
Found in a book dated 1943.

References

Size: 115mm x 76mm

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BRATLANN, Benny
The Bookplate
The design carries the artist’s namefollowed by a number Hornaver 221. This
presumably indicates that it was opus 221
by H. C. Hornaver. It is said to have been
produced in 1984.

Biography

His Library

References

Size: 82mm x 70mm

184

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BRAZER, Dr. Clarence Wilson

1880-1956

The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

References

Size: ~155mm x 88mm (p)(Size approximated from the Turner sale catalogue(1))

185BRIDLINGTON AND DISTRICT PHILATELIC SOCIETY
Ad hoc Bookplates
Sometimes found applied on topof the manuscript inscription.

Boots Library
The business was developing inother ways too. Florence Boot
founded a subscription library, the
Boots
Booklovers'
Library,
inspired by her interest inliterature and the arts. Anotheridea, also fostered by Florence,
was to open elegant cafés in thelarger stores. These had an impact
on sales, by attracting the more
affluent middle classes to shop at
Boots and encouraging them tobuild up a loyalty to the company.
The Boots Pure Drug Company
Ltd. Book-lovers Library.

Size: Not applicable

The Bookplate

Size: 99mm x 38mm(o)

History of the Society

References
186

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187

BRIGHTON & HOVE PHILATELIC SOCIETY
Formerly the Brighton Branch of the Junior Philatelic Society

Bookplate 1

Size: mm x mm (p)Bookplate 2

Size: mm x mm (p)Bookplate 3

Size: mm x mm (o)188Bookplate 4

Size: 89mm x 114mm(p)

Size: 55mm x 89mm(p)

History of the Society
The Society was formed in 1891 but lapsed a few years later, being re-founded in 1906 as theBrighton Branch of the Junior Philatelic Society (now National Philatelic Society), with thehelp of Fred Melville. The Society grew quickly and in 1909 was able to arrange an
exhibition in Hove Town Hall. In 1924, the Society changed its name to the Brighton &Hove Philatelic Society, a name that continues in use today.
Over the years, its membership has included many distinguished philatelists such as Captain
B. Rogers-Tillstone, President of the Royal Philatelic Society London from 1964-67; Herbert
Grimsey, Secretary of both the British Philatelic Federation and the National PhilatelicSociety; Mary Card, Chairman of Stampex; Michael Elliott, Chairman of the Association of
British Philatelic Societies and Ronald Shelley, the well-known dealer in Spanish philately
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and Chairman of the Philatelic Traders’ Society.
In its heyday, the Society hosted the Philatelic Congress of Great Britain no less than fivetimes between 1932 and 1989. It played a full part in the formation and growth of the
Association of Sussex Philatelic Societies (ASPS) and hosted its conventions on several
occasions. However, other societies have grown up around Brighton over the years and theSociety’s membership and attendance have fallen although it remains active and has a band ofloyal supporters.

The Library
The Society could once boast an impressive library, housed in the public library in Brighton.
When the library was refurbished, the Society had to remove its books. No convenient space
could be found and so the Society decided to dispose of the library through the Association of
Sussex Philatelic Societies’ auction sales arm, ASPS LEWES. Batches of the Society’s
books were included in the sales from 1995 to 1997. Many books carried the Society’s
bookplate and are signed by Ernest Hugen. Early books have the book plate of the Brighton
Branch of the Junior Philatelic Society.

References
1.

Richard West: Centenary of the Brighton & Hove Philatelic Society., British
Philatelic Bulletin, March 2006, Volume 43, Issue 7, pp.218-219.

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BRIGHTON BRANCH OF THE JUNIOR PHILATELIC SOCIETY
See the Brighton and Hove Philatelic Society.

BRIGSTOCKE, George Robert
The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

References

Size: mm x mm (p)191

BRISTOL & CLIFTON PHILATELIC SOCIETY
The Bookplate
The bookplate was simply produced fromprinters’ rules, ornaments and type. It
was intended to record the presentation ofa book to the Society library as well as
identifying the library as the owner. This
copy of the bookplate comes from a
volume presented to the Library in March
1914, so the bookplate was obviously
introduced before that date.

History of the Society
The Bristol & Clifton Philatelic Society
was founded in 1897 with P. J. Lloyd as
President and Richard Dalton as
Secretary, following a meeting of eight
local philatelists at Dalton’s house. Little
is known about the formative years of theSize: 91mm x 77mm(p)
Society since the earliest surviving
Minute Book dates from 1914. During
the First World War, the Society had its
affairs handled by the Bath Philatelic Society and it was only in September 1919 that it was
reorganised and assumed responsibility for its own affairs once again.
1922 was a milestone in the Society’s development when it shared the responsibility oforganising the Philatelic Congress of Great Britain with the Bath Philatelic Society. Progress,
including the publication of a book in 1927 celebrating the Society’s Thirtieth Anniversary(1),was continued throughout the inter-War years, but not without its setbacks. In 1936, somemembers who wished to have a less-formal society, founded the Bristol North Stamp Club
(later the Bristol North Philatelic Society). Although the two societies often shared meetingrooms, facilities and members, relations between them were not always cordial.
By 1946, just in time for its Golden Jubilee(2), the Bristol and Clifton Philatelic Society’s
membership had peaked at about 130 members. The Society continued to prosper in the years
leading up to its important Diamond Jubilee celebrations of 1957. The general decline
membership in the 1960s and ‘70s lead in 1972 to a proposal to merge the two local societies.
However, this was initially rejected by the Bristol & Clifton Philatelic Society and so, it was
not until 1977 that the two societies merged to form the Bristol Philatelic Society(3).

The Library

References
1.

A. E. Hopkins: Talks about Postage Stamps: Philately in Bristol., A. E. Hopkins, Bath,
192

2.
3.

UK, 1927.
Bristol and Clifton Philatelic Society Jubilee Year 1947-48., Bristol and Clifton
Philatelic Society, Bristol, UK, 1947.
Ian L. G. Baillie: The First hundred Years 1897-1997: The Story of the Bristol andClifton Philatelic Society, Incorporated into the Bristol Philatelic Society. Bristol
Philatelic Society, Bristol, UK, 1997.

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Bristol Philatelic Society
The Bookplate

Biography

The Library

References

Size: mm x mm (p)194British Library Philatelic Collections
The Bookplate

History
Size: mm x mm (p)The Library

References

195

BRITISH SOCIETY OF RUSSIAN PHILATELYBook Stamp 1
This Book Stamp was obviously
purpose made to act in place of abookplate and is inscribed Ex Libris.
Although it was found used on older
pamphlets which did not have a coverand on which there was no suitable
place to stick a bookplate, it was also
found on the covers of pamphlets fromthe 1950s. It was therefore, probably
used prior to the introduction of
bookplates.

Size: 25mm x 60mm

(o)Book Stamp 2This modern rubber Book Stamp was foundon a book dating from 1998 and may wellhave been used in place of a bookplate when
there was a shortage or after bookplate use
ceased.
According to Prue Henderson, this stamp issimilar to one George Henderson had
produced for himself.

Size: 28mm x 55mm

(o)Book LabelThis is the simplest form of
Typewritten Book Label. It uses a
blank gummed label on which is
typed the ownership inscription.
The typewriter used was a “modern”
electronic one, having both normal
and bold typefaces. It was recognised
as being one used by the long-time
librarian, George Henderson by hiswife Prue.

Size: 53mm x 74mm

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Bookplate 1
An apparently typical Typeset Book
Label printed on gummed paper. The
inscription is obviously the same as,
and in a similar typeface to the bookstamp shown above.
When I soaked one of these from its
book, the ink in the inscription ran,indicating that this book label was
created by stamping blank gummed
sheets with the rubber stamp shown
above.
It has a large space below the printed
area in which the librarian typed thetitle of the work and the name of thedonor.
All of the book labels in this format
were inscribed in this manner and it
may well have been used only tocommemorate donations.

Size: 127mm x 75mm(o)Size: 91mm x 70mm(o)Bookplate 2
A typical Pictorial Bookplate showing
the Kremlin from the main square. This
image was also used on the front of theSociety’s 1991 library list.

It was produced by George Henderson, according to his wife Prue and is said to show the197

Kremlin. My search through the internet for images of the Kremlin brought none that I could
identify with this picture.
This bookplate is also known in several sizes using the same size image. The one 99mm x
77mm may well just be a reprint cut to a slightly larger size. However, there are copies of thisbookplate 159mm x 112mm which seems to be far too big to be simply a cutting difference.

Size: 159mm x 112mm(o)

Although it is very much larger in overall size, the image is exactly the same size as on theprevious bookplate. It may well be that the very large border available on this bookplateserved to provide an area that allowed the librarian to annotate it with the details of the donor.
However, I came across very few copies of this bookplate when looking through the Society’s
library books held by HH Sales, and none of them were annotated.

Bookplate 3
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In addition to the varieties of the second bookplate, where only the paper size varied, there isa variation of this bookplate with a larger image. One can only presume that the latter wereprepared for use in larger books. Certainly, they were the ones found in the A4-sized volumes
held by HH Sales.
This bookplate is identical in design to the previous one but the image is some 40% larger. As
with the previous bookplate, this one is available on different paper sizes.

Size: 125mm x 100mm

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Size: 159mm x 117mm(o)

Although it is very much larger in overall size, the image is exactly the same size as on theprevious bookplate.
It may well be that the very large border available on this bookplate served to provide an areathat allowed the librarian to annotate it with the details of the donor. However, I came acrossvery few copies of this bookplate when looking through the Society’s library books held by
HH Sales, and none of them were annotated.

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Bookplate 4
A typical Pictorial Bookplate showing an
old fashioned postman delivering a letter toa lady at her door.
Such images were very popular in years
gone by.

Self-evidently,
thisbookplatewas
specifically designed to record donations.
All of those seen were completed with thenames Philip Robinson or John
Reynolds.
Size: 111mm x 67mm

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Bookplate 5
As with the previous design, the larger bookplate in this design is also 40% larger than thesmaller one and must be presumed to be for larger books.

Size: 155mm x 94mm

(o)Once again, this bookplate was found with a different paper size.

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Size: 158mm x 128mm(o)This bookplate is an oddity as it is roughly the same height as the previous one but issubstantially wider by 34mm. It hardly seems likely to be a cutting difference since they areboth found in the books from the Philip Robinson donation.
It may be that this type was prepared for books in which there was no blank area where abookplate could be easily applied. The only copy of this bookplate I came across was tipped
into the margin of a booklet by its wide left hand border.

History of the Society
The Society was founded on the 31st October 1936, and originally named the Russian Study
Circle. The founder and first President was Dr A. H. Wortman, who continued to be amember of the Executive Committee until his death in January 1983
The Society’s aims were defined as the study of the postage stamps and postal history of
Russia (past and present), including the various independent republics set up between the203Revolution and the formation of the USSR, Poland, Finland and the Baltic States. It sought todraw together the collectors of this material resident in Great Britain who were thencomparatively few. by 2012, the membership had expanded to about 300 of whom about half
lived in the UK. Following the break-up of the Soviet Union, the field of study was expanded,
to include the new republics as well as Mongolia and Tuva.

The Library
The society built up a major library of Russian-related literature over more than 50 years. In
1996 the library occupied about 31m (100ft) of shelving. [George Henderson, Librarian, in
private conversation 1996. BJB] Having looked at the library when it had been moved to HH
Sales, I believe that it had been allowed to increase almost unchecked and covered every
country that had ever been associated with Russia and the Soviet Union and was therefore
exceptionally wide-ranging. It also had much duplication and seemed to have retained every
book that had ever been donated to the Society, sometimes in duplicate and triplicate as well
as photocopies.
The following philatelists are known to have donated their libraries to the Society:- C. W.
Roberts; John H. Reynolds, Philip E. Robinson & Dr. A. Wortman.
The library would appear to have outgrown the Society’s ability to store it. In late 2011, theSociety sold its library to HH Sales. Many of the rarer Russian periodicals were snatched upby the Rossica Society of Russian Philately in America.
Note: Prue Henderson, the wife of the Society’s late Librarian George Henderson,
provided much useful information.

References
1.

Society history., British Society of Russian Philately web site: www.bsrp.org, 8th March
2012, 1p.

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BRODY, Roger Stuart
The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

References

Size: 106mm x 69mm

205

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BROOKS, Henry M.
The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

References

Size: 49mm x 106mm

206

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BRUNNER, Vratislav H.

1886-1928

The Bookplate
Variable in size (± 5mm) so probably
prepared in sheets and cut out withscissors.

Biography
A graphical artist, he designed theCzechoslovakian Allegory of the
Republic stamp of 1920.
The second allegory is referred to as
the Chainbreaker, symbolizing thecountry in the form of a woman
breaking the chains of bondage. The
set, designed by V. H. Brunner,consists of eleven stamps of ten
denominations: 20h, 25h, 30h, 40h,
50h, 60h, l00h, 150h, 185h, and 250h.
They are comb perforated 14 as wellas imperf. The 50h exists in two
different colors. (Figure 5).

Size: 86mm x 88mm

His Library

References

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BUCKLEY, Gerard D.
The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

References

Size: 94mm x 68mm

208

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BUND DEUTSCHER UND OESTERREICHISCHER PHILATELISTENVEREINEThe Bookplate

History of the Society

Library

References

Size: mm x mm (p)Image taken from a photograph209

BURGERSDIJK, J. F.

Size: 136mm x 107mm

The Bookplate
Netherlands 1904.

Biography

His Library

References

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BURNETT, Maitland James

1844-1918

Bookplate1
The first bookplate probably dates fromthe late 1870s and was engraved on
copper. It shows the crest of the Chief of
the Scottish House of Burnett within agarter bearing his motto, below which isa separate scroll inscribed with the name
Maitland Burnett.
The crest shows an arm pruning a fruitbearing vine. (The formal description of
the crest is - A cubit arm, the hand naked,
vested vert, doubled argent, pruning avine tree with a pruning knife, proper.)The garter carries the motto Virescit
Vulnere Virtus, [Courage gains strengthfrom a wound].
In heraldic law, there is no such thing asa family crest. The crest belongs only tothe person to whom it was issued, i.e. theChief. However, when one wears theChief's crest encircled by a belt andbuckle inscribed with the Chief's motto, it
indicates allegiance to that Chief.

Size: 89mm x 62mm(p)

Bookplate 2
The second bookplate is of a similar date but
is a woodcut armorial with shield, helm,
crest, mantling and motto, with name below,
in a printer’s mark style with pounced
background. The cut outs on the shield would
appear to be a stylised version of the lance
support, shown here on both sides of theshield for artistic balance. This bookplate isvery much after the style of Harry Soane, aprolific London-based bookplate designer ofthe late 19th century.
The arms displayed are an artistic
representation of those of the Burnetts ofBarns, shown below.
Size: 82mm x 70mm

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In the 1200’s the ancestors of the Burnetts of Barns (often spelled Burnet) settled in an area
near Peebles in southern Scotland known as Burnetland. This family was originally known as
the Burnetts of Burnetland. John Burnett (1400-1469) married Marion, daughter of George
Claverhill and it was through this marriage that the family acquired the lands of Barns, fromwhich they afterwards took their designation. The Barns estates were sold in 1838, just before
Maitland was born.

Motto
Virescit Vulnere Virtus, [Courage gains strength from a wound]. The motto is the same as thatof the Clan Stewart and probably owes its origin to Mary, Queen of Scots, who is said to haveembroidered it on some material during her imprisonment by Elizabeth I of England.

Biography
Burnett was born in 1844 into what was even then an ancient Scottish family. He was sent toFrankfurt at the age of 15 to complete his education, and began to collect stamps whilst there.
On his return to Scotland he gave his collection to his younger sister, and went to London to
study law.
Some years later, on a return visit to his home in
Scotland, he found his old album. His sister had
made no additions to it, so Maitland decided to
begin collecting again. As he was active in legal
circles in London, it was not surprising that heshould come into contact with other prominentphilatelists of the day, such as Judge Frederick
Philbrick, and the barrister, Gordon Smith.
These gentlemen were all members of the (nowRoyal) Philatelic Society, London and in
February 1877 Maitland Burnett attended one of
the meetings as a visitor. In the following month
he joined as a full member.
Two years later the firm of Pemberton, Wilson &Company, one of the country’s leading stampdealers, began to produce a magazine called The
Philatelic Record. Mr. Wilson, the owner of thePortrait of Maitland Burnett
firm, showed a draft of this new journal toBurnett and sought his opinion. Burnett offered to
become the Editor of the magazine, and took over the job from the second issue. His tenure in212the editorial chair lasted for the next seven years. He made the periodical into a major
publication that is still regarded as having been responsible for raising the status of philately
in the late Victorian era.
In March 1879, Burnett arranged for space to be reserved in each issue to publish details of
meetings of the Philatelic Society, London. This gave the fledgling group much needed
publicity at a time when it was trying to establish itself as the premier philatelic society, andwas actively seeking new members.
In November of the same year, when the health of the Secretary, Mr. de Joannis was failing
fast, Burnett took over the positions of both Secretary and Treasurer of the Society. He held
these positions until 1885 and most of the meetings during those years took place in his
chambers in Grays Inn. During his term of office, membership in the Society doubled.
Always interested in European travel, Maitland Burnett emigrated to Belgium in 1885, andsubsequently lived in both Luxembourg and Italy. Before he left England, he disposed of hiscollections to Pemberton, Wilson & Company. Many of the rarest items were bought by his
friend, T. K. Tapling, and are now on display in the Tapling Collection at the British Library.
Although he stopped collecting after moving abroad, he was made an Honorary Member of
the Society in May 1888. He died in September 1918, aged 74, in his house in Rome. In
accordance with his wishes, his ashes were returned to Scotland and interred in his family
vault in the Manor Valley in Peeblesshire.
His Library
Although he was deeply interested in the literature of his hobby(4), little is known of Burnett’s
library which is thought to have been sold with his collections to Pemberton, Wilson &Company. I have never seen a copy of either of his bookplates in situ, both of the above
images coming from copies held by the Royal Philatelic Society London archives.

References1.
http://home.pacbell.net/roothub/burnetts.html
2.
British Philatelic Bulletin, July 1997, Volume 34, p.346.
3.
London Philatelist, October 1918, Volume 27, p.235.
4.
The Philatelic Record, January 1887, Volume 8, Issue 12, pp.201-204 & Frontispieceto the volume.
5.
Stamp Collectors Fortnightly, 2nd November 1918, p.242.
6.
The Royal Philatelic Society London 1869-1969., Royal Philatelic Society, London,
UK, 1969, p.142 & Portrait.

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CCCC

CALGARY PHILATELIC SOCIETY
The Bookplate
Size: mm x mm (p)History of the Society

The Library
The Calgary Philatelic Society has had a library since September 1992 when it was set up
by Penny Borrowman. It is a comparatively small library, housed in a metal cabinet at its
meeting site. Over the years the collection has grown, and now the cabinet is quite full. The
library is well used by the membership.
Having decided that the Society needed a library, the next step was to find somewhere tokeep it. The Society met in rented premises and fortunately, the landlord agreed to let us
house another cabinet the same size as the one already being used for the Society’s supplies.
In order to build up the library, the membership was asked to donate or loan philatelicreading material that they no longer wanted. The response was overwhelming. A small
database program was purchased and using the Dewey classification system, the library wascatalogued. Labels were made and attached to the spine and each item was stamped with the
newly-acquired Calgary Philatelic Society Library rubber stamp and placed a donation
bookplate inside each book, naming the donor. The journals were sorted, stamped, andarranged in Princeton file boxes. Some of the dealer members donated new or nearly new
books, and offered to order key items for us at a club discount.
Through purchases from dealers, auctions, shows, and on-going donations, the library
expanded to fill its space. The society holds a library sale every other May to sell off surplus
items (mainly duplicate journals and items donated especially for the sale) to raise money
for newly-published books.
With the Internet, and access to resources such as the American Philatelic Research Library,
there is not the need for a huge hard-copy library. So a single cabinet-full is sufficient.
Most of the material is allowed to be borrowed. The librarian uses a spiral-bound notebook
to record who has what. Each item is expected to be returned at the next meeting and a Post It note is attached to each borrowed item, with the due date stamped on it.
The library is intended to have a well-rounded philatelic collection, including some generalbooks such as the Williams Brothers’ Fundamentals Of Philately; some general214

background information on world leaders, geography, and history; as many recent
catalogues as the library can afford; information on thematics, postcards, exhibiting, postal
history; philatelic terms and stamp identifiers; and as many recent issues of popular journals
as can be accommodated(1).

References
1.

Penny Borrowman: History of the Calgary Philatelic Society Library., Calgary
Philatelist, February 2000, Whole number 40, pp.13-14.

215

CAMPION, Valentin Le
See under Dr. Stanisław Aulich.

CARKA, Józefa Miel
The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

References

Size: mm x mm (p)216

CARLSSON, Sven
The Bookplate
The design includes some letters whichappear to be AE-H, below the pipe which
presumably identify the artist.

Biography

His Library

References

Size: 90mm x 70mm

217

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CATHAN, Floyd L.
The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

References

Size: 65mm x 56mm

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ÇAVUŞOĞLU, Senih

1969-

Size: 90mm x 165mm(p)

The Bookplate
Designed by Martin R. Baeyens, a Belgian artist who was a guest professor at the Eastern
Mediterranean University in Famagusta, where Çavuşoğlu was Dean, on two occasions.
Senih had seven used copies of the same 15mil Cyprus stamp and asked Baeyens to design a
bookplate based on this stamp, as a challenge. The design was computer generated in 2005
and is designated by Baeyens as Opus 478. The bookplate itself was produced in a limited
edition of 80 copies, copies 1 to 7 each bearing one of the original used stamps. The
remaining bookplates used a scan of one of the stamps
The unusual low landscape shape is characteristic of Baeyens work and is his way of showing
a panorama. In his work, the form is very important since the main idea is to find the harmony
between nature and technology.

Biography
Senih Çavuşoğlu was born in Paphos, Cyprus on the 16th August 1969 and now lives inNicosia, North Cyprus. He graduated in 1990 from Gazi University, Faculty of
Education, Department of Art and Craft, with a BA,
completed his MA in 1992, and his PhD in 1996 at
Hacettepe University. Since 1998, he has been working as
an assistant professor in the Eastern Mediterranean
University, Faculty of Architecture, Department of Interior
Architecture, and has been Head of Department since
2002(1).
Dr. Çavuşoğlu has several national and international219

awards and mentions for his graphic design works,
professional designs and academic activities. He has written
several articles for magazines and local newspapers and has
also contributed to a book. He has created more than 100
designs

Senih Çavuşoğlu ca. 2004

for both the University and the community.
Following the death of his father, he inherited his stamp collection.

His LibraryÇavuşoğlu inherited a small philatelic library and stamp collection from his father and asked
Baeyens to produce a bookplate for him.

Note:

Much of the detailed information about the origin and design of the bookplate
was provided by Martin Baeyens.

References
1.

Senih Çavuşoğlu’s web site; http://inar.emu.edu.tr/scavusoglu/en/, September 2005.

220

CHAMBOISSIER, Léon

1892?-

Size: 66mm x 103mm(p)

The Bookplate

Motto

Biography
An Advocate at the Court of Appeal in Paris. His collecting interests were shown as
Postmarks; Documents about the history of the Post; Old religious images, etc.(1) He donatednumerous objects to the Musée de La Poste, including a copy of the book Liste Générale desPostes de France. (Marc Pierre de Voyer de Paulmy, Comte Dargenson: Chez le Sr.
Jaillot, Paris, France, 1753.), in which this bookplate was found.
Presented La Poste à Paris Pendant le Siège et sous la Commune (1870-1871)., at aconference organised by the society Le Vieux Papier on the 24th March & 26th May 1914 andwas published by Imprimerie Lefebvre-Ducrocq in the same year. Another version,
presumably updated, was published in the Society’s Bulletin in 1921. He was listed as amember in the Society’s yearbook of 1939, with an address in Rochecorbon near Tours,
France. However, he was not included in their 1946 yearbook.

His Library

References1.

Bulletin de la Société Archeologique, Historique et Artistique, 1905, p.IV.

221

CHAMPNESS, M. V. D.
The Bookplate

Biography

His Library
The philatelic portion ofChampness’
library
wasconsignedtoCavendishPhilatelic Auctions in late 2005
and comprised about 200 books.
That he did not use his
bookplate widely in his
philatelic books is demonstrated
by the fact that only one ofthose consigned to Cavendish
was found to carry a bookplate.
This sole book was a privately
printed philatelic book and not a
Folio Society publication.

Size: 80mm x 100mm

References

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CITY OF JOHANNESBURG
Central Reference Library

Bookplate 1

Size: mm x mm (o)223Bookplate 2

Size: 95mm x 75mm(p)

Size: 110mm x 47mm(o)Bookplate 3

History of the Library224

The City of Johannesburg Public Library has a fairly extensive philatelic section, housed in
the Central Reference Library and its services are available to any philatelist in the Union.
Anyone can get books or magazines to consult on the spot; members of the local philatelicsocieties can get them out to read at home, on production of their society membership cards:
philatelist in other towns can get them through their local libraries by the exchange system
operating throughout the country, but they have to pay postages.
The Philatelic Section started through the Philatelic Society of Johannesburg presenting theirlibrary – the society having no suitable quarters in which to house it. It was added to very
considerably by the purchase of Emil Tamsen’s library, rich in older books
and magazines. Now it gets all the books sent for review and magazines received in exchangeby the South African Philatelist – this gives all the Societies in the Federation a sort ofproprietary interest purchases quite a number of books not otherwise received by it.
The Library proposes to have a catalogue prepared of all the books, pamphlets and magazines
available in its possession for consultation, and hopes to have this ready in time to present
copies free to delegates to the 1960 Congress.
There are missing parts in a number of the periodicals and they would like to fill in the gaps if
possible. Any philatelist with unwanted back periodicals, also sale and other catalogues, aswell as books, would be doing a good service to his fellow collectors if he would let the
Library know what he could spare. But send a list first, to see if they are needed; they do notwish to be cluttered up with a lot of duplicate material just dumped on them.
No other public institution specialises in philatelic literature and the Library wishes to have ascomplete sets as possible for the use of serious research workers in the field of philately.
Every aspect of philately is covered and material in English, French, German and Dutch
would be welcomed.

References
1.

Dr. Harvey J. Pirie [Editor]: Johannesburg Philatelic Library., The South African
Philatelist, September 1959, Volume 35, Issue 9, p.163.

Johannesburg Public Library — Philately Collection
Organised philately in Johannesburg began in 1877. with records existing of aphilatelic society and a stamp shop in existence in the later 1890's. By the early 1900's
a philatelic library was in existence and by 1936 interest in the hobby had grown to theextent that an international philatelic exhibition marked the birthday celebration of
the City of Johannesburg.
In 1938 the Philatelic Society of Johannesburg, under the auspices of Dr. J.H Harvey
Pirie, placed its collection of philatelic literature in the Johannesburg Public Library. He
was also the editor of T_ T he South African Philatelist, and for some years this journal
was regularly donated, as well as gifts from individual Johannesburg philatelists.
He wrote that it was impossible for a private individual to keep the enormous number225

of philatelic journals" and suggested that the Society provide a library for its members.
One main problem was the housing thereof, and it was with ease of access for theSocieties' members in mind, that the collection
was nanaea over to Inc b t l y i s Butatic Library. tine journals were DOLII)a, ana any
philatelic literature in the Library was added to the collection. It was housed in theCentral Reference Library , and subsequent control, monitoring, and care of thecollection was under its auspices.
The Central Reference Library itself subscribed to philatelic journals from its own
funds and purchased both old and new standard works on stamps. The Librarycontinues to purchase comprehensive monographs, and subscribes t o basic periodical
material, albeit to a very limited degree.
In 1946 part of the philatelic library of the well - known philatelist Mr. Emil Tarnsen
of Nylstroom was purchased. It included several rare items and some 1,000 volumes.
Since 1938 the collection was intermittently cared for by Miss Anna Smith . (Reference
Librarian)„ and an advanced philatelist.
Most of the works are in English, but some publications are in Western European languages.
Some Far Eastern material is present. All fields of philately have been covered irrespective of
subject, country or language.
The breadth of subject matter and density of its coverage for certain time periods are
astounding, and to be treasured for its value not only to philatelists, but also other researchersinterested in world history and development.
From the late 1970's with increasing financial strictures and an enormous demand for material
on law, management, education, science and technology, and a dwindling interest in thehobby, the development of the philately collection has diminished.
Areas to be covered today are information on Speed-mail and other Express mail services not
Government controlled. SmartStamp software used by the GB Royal Mail to create your own
stamps. Information on Universal European and Worldwide stamps and their development.
It is hoped that with the renewed interest of the Philatelic Society of Johannesburg and theestablishment of this Centre that the collection will grow in depth and variety, and be madeaccessible to all interested library patrons.
We trust that the Society will encourage interest in Philately throughout Greater
Johannesburg, with displays and exhibits in other Libraries thereby reaching all of the citizensof the city.
Notes compiled by Ann Antrobus

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CLARY, Joseph M.

1905-1996

The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

References

Size: 101mm x 83mm

227

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COCKRILL, Philip
The Bookplate

Biography

His LibrarySize: 190mm x 40mm

References

228

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COLLECTORS CLUBThe Book Stamp
Rubber stamp in black

Size: 16mm x 44mm

(p)

The rubber stamp used to “cancel” aSuppantschitsch bookplate

Bookplate 1
A simple printed label was first used. Next aparallelogram shape was used with a
medallion design depicting a seated figure
pointing to an album, a globe and several
other buildings thrust on an ocean
background. This was followed by a similar
outline drawing of the same design.

229

Size: 55mm x 120mm(p)

Bookplate 2

Size: 75mm x 50mm

Bookplate 3

Size: 54mm x 76mm

230

(o)

(o)

Bookplate 4

Size: 102mm x 77mm(o)

History of the Club
1896-June 24th, Organizing committee started project; October 5th resident members met,
adopted constitution, by-laws and elected Board of Governors; October 28th Formal openingof the club house; December 14th, Incorporation secured.
Locations of Club
1896, October
316 Fourth Avenue
Library on second floor, one book case, writing table and chairs.
1906 March
24 W. 26th Street
Three rooms on the second floor.
1909 June
14 E. 23rd Street“ ... compared dismally with original club.”
1911 February
14 Park Place
2nd floor above Kalil’s restaurant.
1913 December
30 E. 42nd Streetnd
The “old 42 Street Building”.
1917 November
120 W. 49th Street
First floor, lounge, main exhibit and auction room, library and two small rooms.
1926 July
51 W. 48th Street
Reception room on 4th floor held the Rich library, main library on 3rd floor.
1931 January
30 E. 42nd Street
Room on 3rd floor.
1937 October
22 E. 86th Street
Library on 2nd floor, catalogues and society publications on 3rd floor.
Notes about the Club and its Library231

1898-1905
1905
1906-1911
1911-12
1917-1918
1922
1923
1926
1926
1928
1928

1940
1942

The Society Yearbooks list the books contained in and added to library. Gifts
of Deats, Rich and others, also volumes loaned by Chas. T. Harbeck.
Earl of Crawford made first honorary member at the 10th April meeting, (not1922 as given later).
Was a period of steady decline, library suffered as did all matters appertaining
to club life.
Club active and prosperous. $50 appropriated annually for the library.
By the diligent labours of J. W. Scott the first catalogue of the library was
published.
During previous years J. M. Bartels gave over 900 different journals.
Library of Victor Suppantschitsch purchased and given to the Club by
Theodore E. Steinway.
Joseph S. Rich gave his magnificent library of splendidly bound books and acollection of albums.
Purchase of the fine collection of South American philatelic literature: theSenor Busch library.
Establishment of the J. Brace Chittenden Memorial, Joseph S. Rich,
Theodore E. Steinway, and William R. Ricketts Foundation.
Philatelic library of the late Henry Cole Quinby, publisher of the Stamp
Collectors Journal (Lake Village, NH) was given to the Club. A portion of
the W. R. Ricketts library was received.
The Friends of the Library was organized by a committee: Messrs. Peltz,
Tows, McCoy, Lobdell and Mrs. Stewart.
A great mass of duplicate material was sold to Paul Bluss.

The Library
Librarians
1896-1900
1901-1905
1906-1911
1912
1913
1914
1916-1918
1918-1919
1920
1921-1928
1928-1929
1930-1934
1934-1939
1940
1941
1942
1943-1949
1950-

Hiram E. Deats
Joseph S. Rich
unknown
Joseph S. Rich
Perry G. Doane
L. W. Charlat
John W. Scott
Elliott Perry
A. Hatfield Jr.
J. B. Chittenden
J. S. Rich (acting)
Harry M. Konwiser
Chas. J. Phillips, Chairman
Robert L. Graham, Chairman
Walter R. McCoy
W. Lloyd Heath
Hanz G. Zervas
Julian F. Gros

References
1.

George T. Turner: Philatelic Bookplates., Philatelic Literature Review, 1954,
232

Volume 4, Issue 4, Cover & pp.43-59.

233

COLLIANDER, Nils

1911-1990

The Bookplate
Size: mm x mm (p)Biography

His Library

References

234

CONN, James
The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

References

Size: mm x mm (p)235

CORNELIUS, David-2005

The Bookplate

Biography
David Cornelius was an Ex RAF
Warrant Officer who retired about
twenty-five years ago and went to workfor Robson Lowe in Bournemouth (at thesame time as Ken Baker and Charles
Leonard). He was a postal historian andalso collected stamps. His main area ofinterest was Denmark. Cavendish
Philatelic Auctions sold his Danish
collection and the first part of his
Military Postal History in November
2005. His other passion was Devon andhe wrote the Postal History Society
handbooks on Devon and Cornwall
postal history. Sadly he was diagnosed
with cancer early in 2005 and died in
September the same year. He was about
67 years old.

Size: 103mm x 79mm

His Library
Sold by Cavendish in 2006.

References

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COURAUD, L. P.

Size: 80mm x 125mm(p)
Estimated from a scan found online

The Bookplate

Biography

His Library
Found in an 1886 philatelic Almanch given by George T. Turner to the Smithsonian.
References

237

CRAMER, S. D.
The Bookplate

Biography

His LibrarySize: 22mm x 36mm(p)

Size: 24mm x 38mm(p)

Found in bound volumes of auction
catalogues in the library of the Royal
Philatelic Society London.
References

238

CRANE, A. N
The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

References

Size: 130mm x 93mm

239

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CRAWFORD, Earl of

1847-1913

Bookplate 1(:b. Aug. 1:5, 1896,
Escanaba, Mich.)
EX LIBRIS-A collector with three very
fine
53
JAMES
LUDOVICLINDSAY (B. July 29,
1847, St. Germaine-enLave, France; d. .Jan. 31,
1913 London) 26th Earl of
Crawfor3, Premier Earl of
Scotland, 9th Earl ofBalcarres, Lord Lindsay of
Balcarres, Lord Balniel, allin the peerage of Scotlandand Lord Wigan of theUnited Kingdom peerage; aKnight of the Thistle andof Grace of St. John of Jerusalem.
The crest of the Crawford
peer-age is displa-ed on
this plate and was used inall books forming theLindsay library. Volumes
in the philatelic section
have tha added label at thebottom.

Size: 113mm x 96mm(o)Bookplate 2

Motto
Endure Fort []Size: 58mm x 45mm

240

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Bookplate 3

Size: 13mm x 44mm(o)

Biography
Crawford renewed his interest in philately in 1899 when at a book auc-tion he purchased a"fat" album of stamps, having previously only col-lected as a schoolboy at Eton. He
joined the. (Royal) Philatelic Society London in 1900, became vice-presi-dent in 1904 andpresident from 1910 to 1913.
Needing a library in order to pur-sue his very thorough philatelic stud-ies he purchased
the John Kerr Tif-fany (U. S.) library in 1901; later (1907) added items from the Hein-richFrankel (Berlin) library and gave all the duplicate works to the Royal Philatelic Society's
library.
He visited the United States in 1905 on his magnificent yacht, "Val-halla" and was elected
the first hon-orary member of the Collectors Club April 10th and on May 10th exhibitedfor the only time intact his remark-able collection of the stamps of the United States.
He generously permitted the Phil-atelic Literature Society to publish an edition of theCatalog of his great library compiled by E. D. Bacon. This constituted an additional
printing of the "Philatelic Section", Volume 7 of his great bibliophilic work the "Bib liotheca Lindesiana".
At his death his philatelic library was bequeathed to the British Mus-eum, as he had long
been a trustee of this institution.
The Earl of Crawford was a most accomplished member of the peerage, being a scientist,an explorer, a sportsman, a collector and a biblio-phile. The catalog of his library stands
as an enduring monument to him in the annals of philately for all time.

His Library
The Earl had a number of homes, including Haigh Hall near Wigan, where his main library,
the Bibliotheca Lindesiana, was held. His philatelic library was however, kept at his London
residence: 2 Cavendish square where Bacon could have easy access to it.
In 1901, Charles J. Phillips bought Tiffany’s library on behalf of the Earl for $10,000(£2,000). (Charles J. Phillips: The Collectors Club Library., Collectors Club Bulletin,
January 1938, Issue 1, pp.7-16.) The Earl bought the Heinrich Fraenkel Library in 1908 to
fill the gaps in the Tiffany library, mainly in European publications, and bring it up to datesince the latter had died in 1897. The remainder of Fraenkel’s library was donated to theRoyal Philatelic Society, London.
Following the purchase of the Tiffany library, Edward Denny Bacon was employed by the
Earl as curator for the library and prepared a master listing of the holdings which was
eventually published as Bibliotheca Lindesiana, Vol. VII, A Bibliography of the Writings
General, Special and Periodical forming the Literature of Philately.
Book Stamp 1241

Size: 38mm x 28mm(p)

Size: 22mm x 25mm

(p)

Book Stamp 2

The Earl died on 31st January 1913 and had added a codicil to this will bequeathing his
philatelic library to the British Museum. A transcript of the codicil to his will is given in fullin the Journal of the Philatelic Literature Society, April 1913, Volume 6, Issue 2, p.24.

References
1.
2.
3.

George T. Turner: Philatelic Bookplates., Philatelic Literature Review, 1954,
Volume 4, Issue 4, Cover & pp.43-59.
Herbert Clark: The Libraries of the philatelic bibliophiles., The Stamp Lover,December 1910, Volume 3, Issue 7, pp.127-131.
[B. T. K. Smith (Editor)]: Philatelic “Ex Libris”., The Journal of the Philatelic
Literature Society, January 1911, Volume 4, Issue 1, p.19 & Plate. (Simply illustrates
the Bibliotheca Lindesiana bookplate)242

CRIMLISK, John C.
The Bookplate
A typical Allegorical Bookplate, it
shows the Polish eagle rising above
Castle Square (Plac Zamkowy) in
Warsaw, Poland.
The picture shows two of the mostnotable landmarks in Warsaw: theRoyal Castle (Zamek Krolewski),first built in 1596, stands on the eastside of the square; whilst Zygmunt’scolumn (King Sigismund III) erected
in 1644 stands in the centre of thesquare in front of the Castle.
In 1918, the Castle became theresidence of the President of Poland.
It was destroyed by the Germans after
the Warsaw Uprising in 1944. It wasreconstructed after the War and is
now a public museum and art gallery.
Size: 102mm x 76mm

Sigismund’s column was deliberately
destroyed by the Germans during the Uprising and rebuilt after the War(2).

The Royal Castle and King Sigismund’s column today

Biography243(o)His Library

References
1.
2.

Royal Castle, Warsaw., Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org, 10th March 2012.
Sigismund’s column., Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org, 10th March 2012.

244

CROME, Ernest Alfred

1902-1987

Size: 290mm x 200mm (p)(Illustration taken from a periodical. Approximately 75% full size.)

245

The Bookplate
For many years since the 1940s, Ernie
Crome had regularly donated significant
material to the Powerhouse Museum in
Sidney, Australia. When selected rare books
from his library relating to aviation and aerophilately were received as part of a wider
bequest, Richard Peck, the Curator ofPhilately decided to produce a bookplate todistinguish his works and as a tribute to his
generosity over many years(1).

Size: 43mm x 34mm

(o)

The bookplate, featuring a portrait of Crome and his signature, was designed by Peck in theform of a stamp, which he had printed in sheets of 36 by the Novelty Printing Company ofWilliamstown, South Australia. The inscription in the top left hand selvage of the sheet and in
the upper right hand corner of each stamp is FameFace, a trademark belonging to the printer.
A quantity of the sheets were overprinted Specimen in red and individual copies of theseSpecimen “stamps” were available for sale to collectors at 50c each.

Biography
Born in 1902, he lived near Sydney aerodrome at the time when early aviators were
demonstrating the capability of aeroplanes by making record-breaking flights. He gave
envelopes to the pilots requesting that they sign and post them on arrival, thus documenting
these pioneer flights. He kept this interest up into the days of space exploration requesting
autographs from the early astronauts(2).
One of his other great interests was with stringed instruments, particularly the violin. His
important collection not only documented the growth of violin manufacture in Australia butheld material of international importance.
He was a great benefactor of the Powerhouse Museum, donating both musical instruments
and aero-philatelic items, including a number of books. His donations were named the EA andVI Crome Collection as a tribute to Ernie and his wife Vertie.

References
1.
2.

Ernie Crome featured on a stamp., Philas News, December 1998, Whole number 107,
p.21.
[Michael Lea]: Ernie Crome, Museum Philanthropist., in: G. Davison & K. Webber(editors): Yesterday’s Tomorrows: The Powerhouse Museum & its Precursors 18802005., Powerhouse Publishing, Sydney, NSW, Australia, 2005, pp.188-189.

246

CROUCH, Capt. Lionel William

1886-1916

Size: 129mm x 102mm

The Bookplate

247

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Size: 150mm x 91mm

248

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Size: 150mm x 90mm(o)

Biography
Vice President of the Junior Philatelic Society (Now National Philatelic Society), Captain
Crouch was killed in action in France on the 21st July 1916.

His Library
His library was bequeathed to the Society on his death and a complete catalogue was249

published three years later(1). Although it was his wish that his library was maintained intact
and separate from the Society’s library, the two libraries were eventually merged (2). The
illustration of the Crouch bookplate on the title page of the 1937 catalogue(2) is a clear
indication of the continuing importance of the bequest to the Society.
In order to perpetuate his memory, the Society had this commemorative bookplate produced
and inserted in every book from his library. (The Stamp Lover, November 1929, Volume 22,
Issue 6, front cover.)

References
1.

2.
3.

Catalogue of the Philatelic Library Bequeathed by Capt. L. W. Crouch., Junior
Philatelic society, London, UK, 1919. {Inscribed on the front cover Catalogue of“Crouch” Lending Library.}
Catalogue of the Lending Library (Incorporating the “Crouch” Bequest., Junior
Philatelic Society, London, UK, 1937.
George T. Turner: Philatelic Bookplates., Philatelic Literature Review, 1954,
Volume 4, Issue 4, Cover & pp.43-59.

250

CRUSTIN, Jules

1905-1987

Bookplate 1

Motto

Size: mm x mm (p)(Illustration taken from an auction catalogue.)

Bookplate 2

Size: mm x mm (p)(Illustration taken from an auction catalogue and adaptedfrom Crustin’s bookplate.)

Biography

References251

CSAPO, Laszlo
The Bookplate

Manuscript inscription in pencil
on the back of the bookplate.

Biography

His Library

References

Size: mm x mm (o)252

CULP, Robert C.
The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

References

Size: mm x mm (p)253

CUPIDO, Jan
The Bookplate
The picture of cupid is obviously a pun
on his name. The triangular shape
represents his collecting interest –triangular stamps.
The date 1966 and designer’s initials BW
appear beneath the image.

Size: mm x mm (p)Unknown, image taken from a publication

Biography
A Dutch collector who specialisedin triangular stamps.

Jan Cupido with his two sonsHis Library

References

254

DDDD

D., V.
The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

References

Size: 96mm x 39mm

255

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DANSON, Lt.-Col. John Raymond

1893-1976

The Bookplate

Motto

Size: mm x mm (p)(Illustration taken from an auction catalogue.)

256

Biography

His Library

References

257

DARR, Capt. E.
The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

References

Size: 96mm x 65mm

258

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DAVIES, L. T. Wiggins
The Bookplate

Motto
Take the right course

Biography

His Library

References

Size: 96mm x 39mm

259

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DAVIS, Dr. Alfred Henry1874-1937

The Bookplate
I do not have an image of this bookplate.
Its existence was mentioned by [William
W.?] Wylie to George T. Turner
following the latter’s article on philatelic
bookplates in Linn’s Weekly Stamp
News of 1954. The reply by Turner still
survives(1). Although the letter gives thename as Dr. H. A. Davis, this is almost
certainly a transposition of the initials.

Size: mm x mm ()Motto

Biography

His Library

References
1.

[George T. Turner]: [Letter to [William W.?] Wylie.], 23rd April 1955, 1p.

260

DE POST- OG TELEGRAFHISTORISKE SAMLINGER I AARHUS
The Bookplate
A postman on horseback blowing his horn,
above the date 1653. Printed in red on
yellow paper, the old Court and postal
colours. It has been drawn as the shadowof the weather vane from the Post Officebuilding in Den Gamle By, Aarhus. The
design was suggested by the postal
inspector E. H. Dupont-Nielsen. The
whole is surrounded by the simulated
perforations of a postage stamp.
The design is based on the oldest known
drawing of a mounted postman, by theartist Christian Herman Helverskov (16551733)(1).
Although the Danish Post was founded in
1624, very little happened until King
Frederik III appointed Poul vonSize: 89mm x 69mm(o)Klingenberg as Postmaster General in
1653. Klingenberg set about reorganising the Post and so it is generally considered that theDanish Post, and therefore the Post in Aarhus, really dates from 1653. Hence the date on theweather vane(2).

History
In the early 1900s, Peter Holm, a teacher and translator, saved an old merchant’s house fromdestruction, dismantling it and re-erecting it at the National Exhibition in Aarhus in 1909.
Over the next few years the first house was joined by several others and in 1914 they wereopened to the public as The Old Mayor's House. This was the beginning of Den Gamle By(The Old Town) in Aarhus. Forty years later, some fifty buildings had been saved and brought
together in the form of a typical Danish market town creating what was in fact, the first openair museum of urban houses in the world.
In 1946 a group of postal employees began raising money
to establish an old post office in Den Gamle By. An oldhouse from Aabenraa, originally built in 1650 and re-built
in 1738, was bought and re-erected in Den gamle By in
1953. In 1954 the institution was named De Post- og
Telegrafhistoriske Samlinger i Aarhus and received aRoyal confirmation on the 30th November 1956. The Post
Office was opened on the 5th of September 1953. At thattime it was equipped with a philatelic library that, by
1956, contained more than 2000 books.
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The Post Office.

The Post Office

Schematic view of Den Gamle By showing the location of the Post Office.

In 1996 De Post- og Telegrafhistoriske Samlinger i Aarhus amalgamated with Domus
Philateliae Jutlandica, a group of Philatelists who in 1976 had raised enough money to buy
and rebuild two houses in Den gamle By, for permanent philatelic exhibitions.
In 1996 the director of Den Gamle By thought that the these two houses should be used forbetter purposes as a place where the visitors could eat their own food (!) and Domus
Philateliae Jutlandica had to leave. In 2002, the "De Post- og Telegrafhistoriske Samlinger i
Aarhus" was closed down and taken over by the Postal Museum in Copenhagen. The mainpart of their library was donated to Danske Filatelisters Fællesfond, a private group ofphilatelists who support philately in Denmark. The Stamps formerly belonging to "Domus",apart from a few collections and other material, were sold and the rest of the literature wasgiven to philatelists in the Aarhus area who work to establish a permanent library forphilatelists.

The Library262

References
1.
2.

Otto Madsen: P&Ts historie til 1711 - Et nyttigt og gavnligt Postværk.,Generaldirektoratet for Post- og Telegrafvæsenet, København, Denmark, 1991, p.324.
Johannes Sestoft: Aarhus Postkontor gennem 300 år. in: Aarhus Stifts Aarbøger
1956., Aarhus, Denmark, 1956, pp.267-268.

263

DEATS, Hiram Edmund

1870-1963

Bookplate 1
Designed by Edmund H. Farrett(1), though
not exclusively as others are known to haveused the design.
According to Mallalieu(2), this bookplate
dated from 1895. The symbolism shows
Mercury the messenger of the gods, before
female figures representing the continents.
Fifty numbered proofs on Japan paper wereprinted and signed by the engraver in 1895.
Two different colors were used, Deats at one
time told Turner that they were to separate
volumes at the residence from those kept at
the office.
Illustrated in the Newark Stamp News of1913 without comment. Also used toillustrate an article on the American
Philatelic Research Library in the Philatelic
Literature Review, 2006, Volume 55, Issue 2,
p.151.

Size: 117mm x 81mm

The Bookplate

264

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The Bookplate

Motto

The Bookplate
Designed and engraved on copper in 1894 by
Edwin Davis French. A copy of a signed
proof of this bookplate was exhibited at the
Grolier Club in New York in 1909(3).

The Bookplate

Motto

265

Size: 117mm x 81mm(o)Size: 102mm x 76mm(o)

The Bookplate

Size: 102mm x 76mm

Size: 23mm diameter

Size: 23mm diameter

266

(p)

Size: 101mm x 84mm

(p)

Biography
A country gentleman, born in New Jersey in 1870, began collecting philatelic literature in
1886.
Deats started collecting stamps in 1879, and literature as soon as he knew there was such. He
joined the American Philatelic Association in its first year and is one of the few living, charter
members today; he joined the Royal in 1893.
He purchased the office records of the Butler & Carpenter firm, from Joseph R. Carpenter,
contract printers for the Civil War Revenue stamps. These records and proofs formed thebasis for the pu"li-ation of the "Bos-ton Revenue Book" (1899).
He became a charter member of the Collectors Club and its first librarian, 1896-1900.
He purchased the famous J. B. Moens (of Bruxelles) library in 1902 and thus his library has
been one of the finest since Tiffany's day. He purchased the P. M. Wolsiefer library to obtain
the only known copy of the Garden City Philatelist (Chi-cago, 1886) Volume I #9.
He actively collected everything in literature up until about the time of the First World War,
however he maintained his interest thereafter but not as vigorously. In 1933 he was elected to
the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists.
His great library was acquired by the Free Public Library of Philadelphia in 1950 and heattended the dedication ceremonies during the APS Convention of 1952.

His Library
Purchased the library of J.-B. Moens. It was reported in 1901 that Deats had purchased thelibrary of a well-known Frenchman (Moens was Belgian) for $1,250. (The Columbus
Philatelist, April 1901, Volume 1, Issue 4, p.19.)
On his death, some of his literature went to the Philadelphia Free Library.
267

A portion of his library was sold by Sol Salkind in 1972.

References
1.

2.
3.
3.

George T. Turner: Philatelic Bookplates., Philatelic Literature Review, 1954,
Volume 4, Issue 4, Cover & pp.43-59. (Deats’ bookplate was also illustrated andexplained in his earlier version of the article: George T. Turner: Philatelic Ex Libris.,
Linn’s Weekly Stamp News, 22nd February, 1954, Volume 26, Issue 50, p.6.)
Frank Mallalieu: More than just a stamp collector., American Philatelist, November
1998, Volume 112, Issue 11, pp.1042-1043.
A Catalogue of the Bookplates and other Engravings with some Original Designs by
Edwin Davis French., The Grolier Club, New York, NY, USA, 1909, p.12.
[B. T. K. Smith (Editor)]: Philatelic “Ex Libris”., The Journal of the Philatelic
Literature Society, January 1911, Volume 4, Issue 1, p.19 & Plate. (Simply illustrates
his allegorical bookplate)268

DeGENERES, Lanford
The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

References

Size: mm x mm (p)269

DEUTSCHE POST OSTEN

The Bookplate
Main background is a post coach. Below
it is the inscription: This book should
provide joy to all readers. Because ofthis, treat it as it would be your own.
Return it as soon as possible. Do not belate returning it, because only then you
will be able to receive another book. Do
not give it to children to play with it. Also
do not give it to unknown persons. The
Library is only for people belonging to
the German Post. Do not write any
comments on it - the reader wants toknow poets not you.

History

The LibrarySize: mm x mm (p)References
1.

Akeksander Śnieżko: Ekslibrisy Filatelistyczne. [Philatelic Bookplates.], Muzeum
Poczty i Telekomunikacji, Wrocław, Poland, 1957, pp.56-57. {A translation isavailable as Philat. Trans. 378.}

270

DEVOSS, James T.

1916-2008

The Bookplate
A Stock Bookplate showing stamps
in a stock book together with amagnifying glass. Since the stamps
are so well reproduced, it is evident
that the bookplate was originallyproduced from a photograph.
With its obvious and no doubt
deliberate appeal to philatelists, it ishardly surprising that it makes
several appearances in this volume.

Biography
He was a professional soldier forsome 20 years, rising to the rank ofColonel.
A boyhood collector, his early love
was the stamps of the Canal Zone,
prompted by his Army service
there. This lead to his forming theCanal Zone Study Group in 1952.

Size: 102mm x 77mm(p)

Following his retirement from the Army, he threw himself into organised philately, especially
the American Philatelic Society, of which he was an executive director from 1963 to 1981.
In 1981, he was invited to sign the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists.

His Library

References
1.
A. Ronald Butler: The History of the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists., British
Philatelic Federation, London, UK, 1990, 212pp.
2.
DeVoss is awarded PF’s Neinken Medal., The Philatelic Foundation Quarterly,
Autumn 1991, Volume 9, Issue 3, pp.31-32.

271

DIXON, Frederick E.

1913-1988

The Bookplate
A Portrait Bookplate but with theowner’s silhouette in place of thenormal picture.
This bookplate was reproduced as apost card by the Philatelic History
Society(1).

Size: mm x mm (p)Taken from the post card

Front and reverse of postcard
Size 151mm x 102mm

Biography
Born in Peterborough, UK in 1913, he graduated in Mathematics from Selwyn College,
University of Cambridge. Shortly before the Second World War, he joined the Meteorological
Office in Edinburgh, later moving to the Irish Meteorological Service where he spent the272remainder of his working life(2).
For most of his philatelic life, he was aspecialist in the philately and postal history of
Ireland, publishing extensively in the field,
often in co-operation with other specialists.
He exhibited with great success for someforty years and in 1981 was invited to sign
the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists(3).

His Library
Nothing is known of his library.

References
1.
2.
3.

Philatelic History Series Number PH 29., Postal History Society, UK.
Tom Current: History of stamp collecting., BGCC Chronicle, January 1992, Whole
number 50, pp.13-14.
H. G. M.: A last random note., Die Harfe, December 1988, Whole number 25, p.18.
(A German-language version can be found on page 17.)273

DODD, Sir John

1904-

The Bookplate
Motto: Careful amid Plenty

Biography
His Great Britain collection was sold by
Robson Lowe in 1962 in sales 21422144.

Size: mm x mm (o)His Library

References

274

DORE, Harry Ellsworth
The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

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Size: 62mm x 92mm

275

(p)

DOSKAR, Francisci
The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

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Size: 103mm x 63mm

276

(o)

DOYLE Jr., Pierce A.
The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

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Size: 100mm x 75mm

277

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DRAHOS, Stephani
The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

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Size: mm x mm (p)278

DRAIMSee Victor Miard.

DUDGEON, Patrick J.
The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

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Size: mm x mm (p)279

DUGGAN, John
The Bookplate

Biography

Signature whichbookplate.

accompanied

theHis Library

References

Size: 151mm x 120mm

280

(p)

DUNCANSON, Andrew
The Bookplate
A Crest Bookplate with the motto in a scroll
rather than in a garter as is the case with theCrest Badge of Robert Duncanson shown
below.

Crest badge of Major Robert Duncanson,
Argyle’s Foot, 1692

The motto, Mens et Manus means Mind and
Hand.
The name Andrew was written in the bookso it may have been a general family
bookplate.

Biography

His Library

References281

Size: mm x mm (p)DUNLOP, Dr. James M.

-2016

The Bookplate

Biography
Latterly, he lived in Kirkella, East Yorkshire,
UK. He joined the Royal Philatelic Society
London on the 15th September 1988 and diedon the 8th February 2016.
Found in some volumes donated to thelibrary of the Royal Philatelic Society
London.

The Library

References
Size: mm x mm (o)282

DUPUIS, André
The Bookplate
A typical scenic bookplate, it showssome of the “bouquiniste” stalls on thebanks of the river Seine, with theCathedral of Notre Dame dominating theskyline.
Found in a book which also contained an
Edouard Mahé bookplate, in the Libraryof the Musee Postal, Paris.

Biography

His Library

References

Size: 103mm x 78mm

283

(p)

DWORAK, A. V.

1879-1931

The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

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Size: 113mm x 81mm

284

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DZIULIKOWSKI, Dr. Wiktor
The Bookplate

Biography

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Size: mm x mm (p)

285

EEEE

EBE, Einar
The Bookplate

Biography

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Size: mm x mm (p)286

EDINBURGH, Duke of
See Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh.

EDWARD VIII, King1894-1972

His titles included Prince of Wales; King Edward VIII and finally the Duke of Windsor.
No bookplates are known under the latter title.

Rejected design with a large E on a partly shaded
background, the coronet being incorrect

Rejected design with a smaller E on an unshaded
background, still with the incorrect coronet

Bookplate 1
Two proofs exist of earlier designs(shown above) which were rejected,
primarily because they included thecoronet appropriate to the children of
the Sovereign.
Beneath the oval in one of the proofs
and the finished bookplate, is theinscription INV. W. P. B. 1904 which,according to Lee(1) indicated that the
bookplate was commissioned from J.
& E. Bumpus of London. The initials
are those of W. P. Barrett and theengraver would have been J. A. C.
Harrison.
The design is an elegant initial in a
decorative oval incorporating roses,
287

Size: 96mm x 78mm

thistles and shamrock with a coronet
mounted on it.

288

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Bookplate 2
In about 1920, the Prince of Wales
met Philip Armstrong Tilden
whilst visiting the home of a mutual
acquaintance. Tilden was anarchitect who turned his hand todesigning bookplates when nototherwise occupied. The two men
took to each other and thisfriendship subsequently resulted in
a commission from the Prince forhis second bookplate.
The initial design, incorporating theletter E and the Prince of Wales’
feathers against a background ofstormy clouds, was not accepted by
the Prince, although he liked it.

Rejected design

Following further discussions at St.
James’s Palace, Tilden thenenvisaged a great wooden ship infull sail seen through a window.
Lying on the table in front of thewindow is an open book. Inscribedon the facing pages of the book are
the letter E and the Prince of Wales’
feathers. Out of the pages of thebook emerge two ribbons in theform of bookmarks, carrying thedate MCMXXI (1921) and amonogramcomprisingthedesigner’s initials, PT, respectively.
Once approved, the design was
etched and the Prince received agreat batch of the bookplates.

Size: 112mm x 75mm(p)
(Estimated from the illustration in Lee’s book)289

Bookplate 3
This bookplate was produced asa woodcut in 1934, just before
the Prince acceded to theThrone. It was offered to the
Prince by the Australian Ex
Libris Society and accepted on
his behalf by King George V.
The bookplate is adapted fromthePrince’sbadge
andcomprises the Prince of Wales’
feathers within a coronet and themotto Ich Dien on a ribbon. Thisis on an unshaded shield-shaped
ground and is surrounded bydrapery. It has ex Libris on aribbon above and Edward Princeof Wales in the inscription block
below. The letters A and F(Adrian Feint) can be found ateither side of the bookplate, justabove the inscription block.

Size: 100mm x 75mm(p)
(Estimated from the illustration in Lee’s book)In 1950, Percy Neville Barnett published his book Australian Book-Plates and Book-Platesof Interest to Australia. A copy of this bookplate was tipped in at page 113 and its origin
given in his chapter on Royal bookplates.
The Motto
The badge of the Prince of Wales comprises
three silver (or white) feathers rising througha gold coronet of alternate crosses and fleurde-lys. The motto Ich Dien (I serve) is on adark blue ribbon beneath the coronet.
Its use in Royal heraldry goes back to thetime of Edward Prince of Wales (the Black
Prince) in the 14th century.
Experts in heraldry believe the feathers may
have been used by the family of Edward’s
mother, Philippa of Hainault, but the Ich
Dien motto formed part of the arms of theKing of Bohemia.

290Bookplate 4

Size: 135mm x 85mm(p)
(Estimated from the illustration in Lee’s book)

This bookplate was commissioned almost immediately after the Princes’ accession to thethrone and dates from 1936. It comprises Saint George slaying a dragon surrounded by aGarter, with the Garter motto Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense (evil to him who evil thinks).
Beneath the scene is a tablet bearing the inscription Royal Library Windsor Castle and above
the Garter, Edward’s Royal Cypher and Crown.
Engraved by Stephen Gooden, only 50 proofs of the bookplate were printed, the King’s
abdication at the end of 1936 rendering the bookplate obsolete. An initial state is known withthe background showing a dark, cloudy sky.
The George and the Dragon design from theabove bookplate was adapted by Paul
Kruger Gray for the George Medal. Second
only to the George Cross, it was instituted in1940 as an award for an act of bravery by acivilian.

291

Biography
The eldest son of George and Mary, Prince and Princess of Wales and later King George V
and queen Mary, he was born on the 23rd June 1894 and was christened Edward Albert
Christian George Andrew Patrick David.

The Prince in later life as the Duke of Windsor
ca. 1945
The Prince of Wales in the uniform of a cavalry
officer at about the time of the First World War

Within a short time of his father’s accession to the throne in 1910, he was created Prince ofWales. As a young man, he served in the British Armed Forces during the First World War
and was very popular with the public, undertaking several tours throughout the Empire on
behalf of his father.
He was known to be a philatelist in his own right, Charles Phillips recalling him calling at
the Stanley Gibbons shop with his tutor to purchase stamps. In 1906, at the age of 12, he
exhibited non-competitively at the International Philatelic Exhibition in London(3). At thedinner in 1919 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Royal Philatelic Society, London, it
was announced that the Prince had agreed to become Honorary President of the Society(4).
He succeeded to the throne on the 20th January 1936. However, his determination to marry thetwice-divorced Wallis Simpson caused a constitutional crisis and lead to his abdicating thethrone on the 10th December 1936. His younger brother, Albert, succeeded to the Throne
taking the regnal name George VI.
After his abdication, he was created Duke of Windsor and married Wallis Simpson in
France on the 3rd June 1937. During the War, he moved to the Bahamas after his appointment
as Governor. After the war, he spent the remainder of his life in retirement in France, dying
on the 28th May 1972(5).

292

His Library
The Royal family have many libraries, the main one being the Royal Library at Windsor
Castle. Certainly the bookplate produced when he became King Edward VIII was destinedfor that library, being so inscribed. Also, the Royal Library Collection at Windsor was thesource of most of the information about these bookplates in Lee’s book(1).

References
1.
Brian North Lee: British Royal Bookplates and Ex-Libris of Related families., Scolar
Press, Aldershot, UK, 1992, pp.73-78.
2.
The Prince of Wales’s Feathers., Prince of Wales web site: www.princeofwales.gov.uk,
12th February 2012.
3.
A Royal stamp collector., The Stamp Collectors’ Annual, 1912, Frontispiece & pp.3-4.
4.
Baron Percy de Worms: The Royal Philatelic Society, London; 1869 - April 10th 1919., The Royal Philatelic Society, London, UK, 1919, p.94 & portrait facing page 7.
5.
Edward VIII., Wikipedia web site: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_VIII, 12th
February 2012.

293

EIBL-KAYE, Geoffrey
The Bookplate
He took the press from the entrance ticket
to the Gutenberg Museum, locatedopposite the cathedral in the old part ofMainz, Germany. He experimented withvarious typefaces on his computer until
he found one that suited him.
Biography

His Library
He created three main libraries. Hisphilatelic library was destined for the
British Museum. Some early atlases
showing post roads were to be presented
to the Royal and his books on printersand printing were to be donated to the
University of Liverpool.
Size: ca. 95mm x 63mm (p)References

294

ELGER, L. C.
The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

References

Size: 37mm x 61mm

295

(o)

ELIZABETH II, Queen

296

Size: 170mm x 127mm(p)

Size: 170mm x 127mm

Size: 125mm x 95mm

The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

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297

(p)

(p)

ELLIOTT, Beatrice M.
The Bookplate

Biography

Her Library
It is evident that she was had a serious librarysince she had a complete run of the Journalof the Philatelic Literature Society, in which
her printed bookplates were found.

Size: 38mm x 77mm

(p)

Size: 61mm x 92mm

(o)References

298

ENGBERG, J.
The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

References

Size: mm x mm (p)299

ENNA, Kaj
The Bookplate
Designed and engraved on copper by
Johannes Britze of Copenhagen, Denmark,in 1943.

Size: mm x mm (p)Biography

His Library

References
1.

Kristen Rasmussen: The Life and Works of Friedrich and Johannes Britze.,
Exlibristen, Frederickshavn, Denmark, 1980, 95pp. {Number 112 of an edition of
175.}

300

ENOCH PRATT FREE LIBRARY
Bookplate 1

Size: 64mm x 92mm

(o)Size: 64mm x 92mm(o)Bookplate 2

Bookplate 3301

Size: 64mm x 92mm

(o)Size: 64mm x 92mm

(o)Size: 64mm x 92mm(o)Bookplate 4

Bookplate 5302

Bookplate 6

Size: 64mm x 92mm

History of the Library

The Philatelic Library

References

303

(o)

ENZERINK, F. J. Groot
The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

References

Size: 108mm x 63mm

304

(p)

ERDÉLYS, István
The Bookplate
The design, a woodcut,
includes the monogram
AK, to the bottom left ofthe envelope, of the
Hungarian artist Károly
Andruskó. The bookplate
was created in 1969 and is
Opus 808 X2, according
to an inscription on its
reverse, although thepostmark on the envelope
is 1970.
One of Hungary’s finest
graphic artists, Károly
Andruskó (1915-?) has
engraved over 400 exlibris designs during his
career. His studio was at
Senta in Serbia, near the
Hungarian border.

Size: 101mm x 140mm(p)

Size: 150mm x 100mm(p)

The second bookplate isdated 1978.
Biography

His Library

References

305

Size: mm x mm (p)Taken from the website: www.andrusko-senta.com/exlibris.htm

306

ERICSON, Raymond
The Bookplate

Biography

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Size: 111mm x 83mm

307

(o)

ESCALADA-GOICOECHEA, Eduardo

1952-

The Bookplate

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Size: 40mm diameter

308

(o)

FFFF

F?, A. L.
The Bookplate

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Size: 87mm x 108mm

309

(p)

FAVRE, Bolesław
The Bookplate

Biography

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Size: mm x mm (p)310

FENTON, Adelaide Lucy

1825-1897

The Bookplate
This is not a bookplate in the normallyaccepted fashion, rather it is two separate
printed items cut out by hand and stuck in thefront of her books by Miss Fenton to act as a
bookplate. She did this with a number of her
books and so it merits an entry here.
The British Library holds her personal copyof The Stamp Collector’s Magazine of 1863
to 1866, bound in a single volume.
[Shelfmark Crawford 1741 (6)] That has thesame cut to shape indication of ownershipbut die stamped in gold.

Motto

Biography

Her Library

References311

Size: mm x mm (p)FIRBY, Charles G.
The Bookplate

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Size: 100mm x 75mm

312

(o)

FIRTH, Christopher
The Bookplate

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Size: 122mm x 84mm

313

(p)

FIRTH, James Digby
The Bookplate

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Size: 122mm x 84mm

314

(p)

FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY
Herman Herst, Jr. Philatelic Library
The Bookplate
Herman Herst Jr. gave a philateliclibrary to his local university whichused a label he supplied on the books.
He cut their name off below thebottom dotted and dashed line andused it on his own books(1).
Biography

The LibrarySize: 82mm x 54mm(p)

References
1.
Private correspondence, Herman Herst Jr., Boca Raton, FL, USA, 8th February 1995.

315

FOLKARD, Robert George
The Bookplate

Biography
A major collector of GB and honorary
member of the Great Britain PhilatelicSociety, who lived in Berkhamstead. He
was forced to give up collecting when hewent blind.

His Library

References

Size: mm x mm (p)316

FORSBLAD, Olof
The Bookplate
The design includes the inscription G. Eldh
which is signed and is said to be the printerrather than the artist. Dir. Koussil. Printed by
G. Eldh, Gothenburg, Sweden 1932.

Biography

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Size: 83mm x 54mm

317

(p)

FRÄNKEL, Judge Heinrich

1853-1907

Size: 8mm x 45mm

(p)

The Book Stamps

Biography

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Size: 25mm diameter

318

(p)

FREE LIBRARY OF PHILADELPHIA
Bookplate
The name of the library is at the top of
the bookplate and the seal of the Free
Library of Philadelphia Foundation isin the centre. This seal is described intheir by-laws as follows:- On a circularfield a shield gulles, in fesse a radiantsun full-orbed or, from which issues ahand holding forth a book proper. For
crest, a demi-lion rampant guardian of
the second. For motto, on a ribbon of
the first, Liber Libere Omnibus inletters of the second; and for legend,
upon the encompassing scroll, The
Free Library of Philadelphia, A.D.
1891. The two horizontal lines below
the seal are probably for the name ofthe donor of the volume(1).
Size: 90mm x 76mm(o)

History of the Library
The Free Library of Philadelphia was incorporated on the 18th February 1891. The first Free
Library branch opened in 1892, with its main library opening in 1894 in two rooms in City
Hall. The Central (Main) Library opened at its present location at 1901 Vine St, Philadelphia
on the 6th June 1927. Along with the Central Library, it has 50 branches, three regional
libraries and a library for the blind and physically handicapped.
The Library is organized under two governing boards: a Foundation Board which manages theaffairs that pertain to the private, non-profit corporation, and a Board of Trustees whichadministers the business of the library as a public, tax supported institution.
Bookplates are typically placed in Free Library of Philadelphia books to indicate a gift. The
gift could either be the book that has the book plate or money that was used to purchase thebook containing the book plate. Although the practice and style of bookplates has changed
over the years, a bookplate containing the seal of the Free Library of Philadelphia Foundation
would be typical of bookplates placed in books that were added to our collection as the resultof gifts(1).

The Philatelic Section

Note: The detailed information about the library was provided in November 2004 to
February 2005 by Joseph E. McPeak, Chief, Central Public Services Division, The
Free Library of Philadelphia.
319

References1.

320Other Bookplates
The Free Library of Philadelphia used a great many bookplates for its various branches andspecialised collections. Although it is unlikely that any of these will be found on philatelic
books, those I own are shown here for the record.
Those with The Free Library at the top are all typically 90mm x 75mm. Those with spaces forClass and Book numbers at the top are all typically 75 x 65mm, all sizes being ± 2 or 3mm.

Reference Section

Gift to the Reference Section

George S. Pepper Fund

Gift to the George F. Pepper Fund321

George Brooke Roberts Fund

Robert G. White Fund

Department for the Blind

Home Teaching Society for the Blind

322

Broad & Federal Branch

McPherson Park Branch

Wagner Institute Branch

Germantown Branch

323

The Library and Reading Room Associationof Frankford

Frankford Branch

Paschalville BranchThomas Holme Branch324

Roxborough Branch

Chestnut Hill Branch

Nicetown Branch

325

FREELING, Francis

1764-1836

Bookplate 1
Freeling had three bookplates F11322(above) was followed by F11323 (below)
with different tinctures in his arms and thenby F11324 which includes the badge ofUlster after he was created baronet.
All three bookplates had the arms ofFreeling impaling Rivers; he married in
1805 as his third wife, Emily Henrietta
Rivers, daughter of the Reverend Sir P.
Rivers.

Size: 88mm x 63mm(p)

Size: 88mm x 63mm(o)Bookplate 2326

Biography
Sir Francis Freeling, Bart., FSA,
Secretary to the Post Office was a postal
reformer and book collector.
He was born in Bristol and began his
career in the Post Office of that City. (1, 2)
When John Palmer established his new
system of mail coaches in 1785, he chose
Freeling to assist him in carrying out his
improvements. This brought him to theattention of the General Post Office in
1787, where he became a surveyor. Overthe following decade, he rose throughFull length portrait of Sir Francis Freeling,
various positions to become sole secretary Secretary of the Post Office 1798-1836. He is seatedin 1798, serving in the capacity of at a desk piled with papers and bearing a quill pen
and ink pot. He holds a rolled piece of paper.
permanent head of the post office until his
Oil on canvas by George Jones, R.A.
death. His administration saw manyreforms including the growth of local penny posts and the move from road to rail andsail to steam for the transport of mails. He was created a baronet in 1828 for his public
services. In 1836 in the House of Lords, the Duke of Wellington stated that the Post
Office under Freeling’s management was far better administered than any Post Office inEurope, or any other part of the world.
He was elected a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries (FSA) in 1801 and was one of theoriginal members of the Roxburghe Club, founded in 1812.
Freeling was married three times. The first was Jane, daughter of Christian Karstadt, bywhom he had two sons, Henry and John Clayton and a daughter, Charlotte.
His second wife Mary, daughter of Francis Newbury, bore him a daughter.
By his third wife, Emilia-Henrietta, daughter of the Reverend Sir Peter Rivers, he had threesons and one daughter.
In 1812, Freeling was widowed for the third time. He died on the 10th July and was buried in
Harrow Road Cemetry.

His Library
He formed a curious and valuable library which according to Fletcher was auctioned by
Evans over ten days in November to December of 1836 for £3,730. (3)References
1.
Obituary – Sir Francis Freeling, Bart., The Gentleman’s Magazine, September 1836,
Volume 6, Issue 3, pp.322-324. (Available online as part of Project Gutenberg.)
2.
Peter Allpress: General Post Office., The Bookplate Journal, September 2005,
Volume 3, Issue 2, pp.138-139.
3.
William Younger Fletcher: English book Collectors., Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner
& Company, London, UK, 1902. (Available online at www.gutenberg.org.)
327

FRETTINGHAM, C. H.
The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

References

Size: 93mm x 75mm

328

(p)

FRIEDL, Sigismund [Sigmund]He is better-known in English-speaking countries as Sigmund Friedl.
See also the Internationalen Postwerthzeichen Museum, which was established and owned
by Friedl.
The Bookplate

Biography

His LibrarySize: mm x mm (p)References

329

330

FRIENDS OF THE WESTERN PHILATELIC LIBRARY
See under Western Philatelic Library.

FULLERTON PUBLIC LIBRARY
See the Armond “Obie” Oberlin Memorial Philatelic Research Library.

FUNKENWEH, Gregor
The Bookplate
A copy of the bookplate is used on pageii of the book he produced to sell his
collections and library(1), with theindication the bookplate is to be sold asitem 0523. Under that number we findthe following text:0523) Jakubowski, Wojciech: Exlibris
für Gregor Funkenweh “Römerglas,
Weintrauben, Reben”, Kupferstich C2,
signiert
12,It would appear from the introductory
text that the price is in DM.
This identifies the bookplate designer as
Wojciech Jakubowski and the design asa Roman Glass, Bunches of Grapes andVines and the technique used was copper
engraving. C2 was probably the artist’s
designation of the work and the
bookplate was signed.

Size: mm x mm (p)Biography

His Library
He seems to have been a private collector who sold his collections and library personally,using a professionally-produced but undated booklet(1). The library runs from item 0545 to2000 and was therefore quite extensive.

References
1.
Gregor Funkenweh: Sammlungs- und Bibliotheksauflösung. (Collections and Library331

Dispersion), Part 1, Gregor Funkenweh, Munich, Germany, n.d., 148pp.

332

FÜRSTLICH THURN UND TAXISSCHE HOFBIBLIOTHEKThe Bookplate

Biography

The Library

References

Size: mm x mm (p)

333

GGGG

GALAMBOS, Ferenc
Bookplate 1

Size: 37mm x 77mm(o)Bookplate 2(a)Size: 75mm x 55mm(b)

Size: ~75mm x 55mm(p)
(Assumed from the original opposite)

(o)

334

(a)
Stamped on the reverse István Drahos, Ungarn, Holz, 1959. The initials on the spineof the book read di. Hungarians always give their family name first.
Bookplate 3
On the reverese it has
Amleto del Grosso who ispresumably the designer.

Size: 119mm x 83mm

Bookplate 4
The reverse is stamped Desző
Takács, Hungary. X3, 1968.

335

(o)

Biography
Librarian, literary historian and bibliographer
His Library

References

336

GALAMBOS, Ferenc & Perjési Ilona Könyve
The Bookplate
A woodcut by Svend Aage
Mollerup of Denmark. 1957.

Biography

His Library

References

Size: 100mm x 78mm

337

(o)

GÁLVEZ-JIMENEZ, Miguel

1865-1951

The Bookplate

Biography
Father of Manuel Gálvez-Rodriguez.
Although
his
name
was
not
hyphenated, he used the hyphenatedversionhimself
in
his
early
advertisements.
Later,
hewasuniversally known in philatelic circles
under the name Gálvez. He begandealing in stamps under his own namein 1896, taking over Leopoldo López’s
establishment. He founded the wellknown periodical Madrid Filatelico.

Size: 62mm x 73mm

His Library

References

338

(p)

GÁLVEZ-RODRÍGUEZ, Manuel

1895-1960

The Bookplate

Biography
Although his name was not
hyphenated,
hewasuniversally known under thename Gálvez in philateliccircles. Son of MiguelGálvez-Jiménez the wellknown Spanish dealer.

His Library

References

Size: 74mm x 92mm

339

(p)

GÅRD, Ekholmsnäs
The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

References

Size: 80mm x 67mm

340

(o)

GARRETT, Gordon B.
The Bookplate
It was found embossed in gold on the front of
one of his books.
Size: mm x mm (o)Biography

The Library

References

341

GARTH, Douglas
The Bookplate

Biography

The LibrarySize: 90mm x 58mm

References

342

(p)

GARTNER, John
The Bookplates

1914-1998
Bookplate 1

Only his bookplates with a philatelictheme are illustrated here. The full listof his bookplates, together with many
illustrations, can be found in
Appendix 7.
Bookplate 1
signed by Jan Meus, it is Opus 98 X2from 1987.

Opus 121 Size: mm x mm(o)Bookplate 2

Opus Size: mm x mm

Bookplate 3

343

(p)

Opus Size: mm x mm(p)

Opus Size: mm x mm(p)

Bookplate 4

Biography
John Gartner was born in 1914 in Melbourne, Australia. After graduating from printing
school, his whole career was spent in the printing business, starting as an apprenticecompositor at the age of 14. He quickly developed a love printing and everything associatedwith it. In 1936 he launched his own private printing company, The Hawthorn Press (Figure1), based in Melbourne, which in 1945 began work as a commercial press, the only
Australian-owned printer for many years. The motto of the Press was Festina Lente - Hasten
Slowly - which became the over-riding characteristic of the Press. For John, the joy of
publishing for publishing’s sake often overrode commercial considerations, and the result wasthat The Hawthorn Press produced many limited editions with emphasis on Australian
history, poetry, numismatics, and philately(2).

344Figure 1. A Hawthorn Press visiting card.

Up to the time The Hawthorn Press closed as a commercial publisher in November 1980,
the philatelic output included the series of twenty-nine Hawthorn Press Monographs, all the
publications of the Royal Philatelic Society of Victoria up to that time, and sundry otherworks. John also acquired the Australian Commonwealth Specialists’ Catalogue in 1955, andproduced 25 editions up to 1980. In 1973 he married Zelma Rowley, who had been Secretaryat The Hawthorn Press for many years.
With the closure of The Hawthorn Press,
John and Zelma moved to Mount Macedon
in rural Victoria. Disaster struck on Ash
Wednesday 1983 when their home was lostin the horrific bushfires. The fire struck at
10.35pm when John was asleep but
fortunately Zelma was still awake. They
saved themselves only by sheltering in theirswimming pool in their bed clothes withblankets over their heads. The fire destroyed
the house and all their possessions,
including his stamp collection andwonderful library. Undaunted the couple
rebuilt on the same site, and John
commenced collecting again, building
another superlative library, bookplate andstamp collection. On the day they arrived totake up residence in August 1984, they
Figure 2. John Gartner
discovered that thieves had broken in andstolen most of the stamps. These were never recovered. However, another start was made, thistime on the stamps of Zanzibar and Zululand.
Despite failing health, they continued to attend philatelic exhibitions in southeast Asia
whenever they were able. John continued to serve on juries at these exhibitions up to 1992
and never stopped collecting right up to his death. He was, in fact, one of the greatest
collectors that Australia has ever seen having amassed important philatelic collections as wellas collections of bookplates, books, coins and banknotes. John Gartner died on the 2nd
February 1998 at the age of 83.

His Bookplates
Gartner was known to have had a large collection of personal bookplates(1). He was an
enthusiastic book plate collector, commissioner of bookplates, philatelist and numismatist.
During his lifetime, he commissioned over 150 bookplates from artists around the world andfounded the Australian Bookplate Club.
Unfortunately, he lost his whole bookplate collection, together with many other collections,345

during the Ash Wednesday bushfires of the 16th February 1983, when his house was one of
the many which were destroyed. Undaunted, he went on to rebuild his collections andcommissioned many new bookplates. Apparently, many artists offered to design a bookplatefor him when they learnt that his collection had gone up in smoke.

His Library
As a lover of printing, it was perhaps natural that he should create a fine library for himself.
His book collection, concentrating an Australiana, limited editions and bookplates, wasunrivalled.

References
1.
Colin R. Lattimore: Erotic Bookplates., Silent Books, Cambridge, UK, 1990, pp.5355.
2.
Edwin Jewell: John Gartner 1914-1998., The Bookplate Society Newsletter, June
1998, Volume 20, Issue 2, p.47.

346

GEBRÜDER SENF
The Book Stamp

The Library

References

Size: mm x mm (p)347

GEISER, Bernhard
The Bookplate

Biography

The Library

References

Size: mm x mm (o)348GENERAL POST OFFICE
Eastern Central District Telegraph Messengers Library
The Bookplate

History
I recently acquired a delightful bookplate
for the Telegraph Messengers Library,
Eastern Central District of the General Post
Office illustrating a telegraph messenger
going about his business. (1) The passing of
the Telegraph Act on 31 July 1868 enabled
the postmaster-general to acquire, workand maintain electric telegraphs. The
General Post Office took over the existing
telegraph system, and postal telegraphy
started in earnest in 1872, messages risingfrom 6,000,000 in 1872 to 20,000,000 in
1875. 1 The Telegraph Office in TelegraphStreet, off Moorgate near the Bank ofEngland, moved to new premises in St
Martin 's-le-Grand in 1873. The popularityof the telegraph system clearly required alarge staff of messengers, which no doubt
prompted the provision of a library forthem at the Eastern Central District
office.(2)Size: 96mm x 75mm(p)

The Library

References
1.
Peter Allpress: General Post Office., The Bookplate Journal, September 2005,
Volume 3, Issue 2, pp.138-139.
(1. Haydn's Dictionary of dates (1878).)
2. See Brian North Lee's Premium or pr * ex-libris (2001), no. 105, p.110 for the premium
plate for telegraph messengers at Leicester. This gives a most interesting account of thework of telegraph messengers and the clear need for libraries at their offices.

349

GENERALDIREKTION PTTThe Bookplate
Found impressed upon philatelic magazinesde-accessioned from the Postal museum andsold to Burkhard Schneider.

History of the Postal museum

Size: mm x mm (o)The Library

References

350

GEORGE VI, King1895-1952

Although his full name was Albert Frederick Arthur George and he was known as Prince
Albert, he took the regnal name George after his father. His titles included Duke of York
from 1923.

Size: 96mm x 78mm
(p)
Size taken from the similar design for Prince Edward

The First BookplateThis
bookplatewascommissioned in 1904 from J. &E. Bumpus at the same time as
the very similar one for his elder
brother Edward (q.v. for a
description). They are signed INV
W. P. B(arrett) 1904 and wereengraved by J. A. C. Harrison.
The rejected design carries thecoronet appropriate for thesovereign’s children – fourcrosses paté (splayed towards theend) and four fleurs de lys. The
finished bookplate carries thecoronet appropriate for thechildren of the sovereign’s sons –two crosses paté, four fleurs delys and two strawberry leaves.
Rejected design with the wrong coronet
Size: 99mm x 80mm
(o)

351

The Second Bookplate
In 1927, the Duke and Dutchess of York
made a tour of Australia and New
Zealand. The main duty of the Duke
during this visit was to open the firstmeeting of Parliament in the provisional
Parliament House in Canberra, on the 9thMay.
This bookplate was prepared by theAustralian Ex Libris Society as a gift, tocommemorate the visit. A floral
bookplate was presented to the Dutchessat the same time.
The bookplate itself is signed Adrian
Feint ’27. It is a pictorial design showing
Parliament House in Canberra and was
produced by etching.
It is unlikely that any copies were everused by the Duke.

Size: not known (p)The Third Bookplate
When he came to the throne, the King had
the cypher bookplate used by his father forhis personal books, adapted for his own use
by changing the V within the G to VI.
The original design was by George W.
Eve and was cut on wood by H. S. Ulrich,shortly after George V came to the throne.
See King George V for further details of
the original bookplate.

Size: Not known (p)352The Fourth Bookplate

Size: 165mm x 108mm(p)

When King Edward VIII came to the throne, Stephen Gooden was commissioned toengrave a new series of bookplates for the Royal Library at Windsor. Only the St. George andthe Dragon bookplate had been completed before the King abdicated in December 1936. (SeeKing Edward VIII for details of the original bookplate.) Upon the accession of King George
VI, that bookplate had the Royal Cypher re-engraved.
The Cypher was removed upon the accession of Queen Elizabeth, q.v.

353

The Fifth Bookplate

Size: 120mm x 105?mm (p)This was the second and smallest in the series of bookplates ordered for the Royal Library atWindsor Castle during the reign of King Edward VIII. It was engraved in 1937 by Stephen
Gooden and features a Lion’s head with the inscription around it in a shaded oval.
The original sketch for this bookplate, featuring King Edward VIII’s cypher, is held by theRoyal Library.
This bookplate exists in two formats, the first as shown above and the second on paper
100mm tall with a line ruled across it 25mm from its foot, presumably for a manuscript
notation.

354

The Sixth Bookplate

Size: Not known (p)This was the third and largest in the series of bookplates ordered for the Royal Library atWindsor Castle during the reign of King Edward VIII. It was engraved in 1937 by Stephen
Gooden and features the Royal arms and crest supported by the lion and unicorn, above themotto and within a decorative frame. It is exceptionally well engraved to give the appearance
of being carved in wood.
The original sketch for this bookplate, featuring King Edward VIII’s cypher, is held by theRoyal Library.
Proofs of this bookplate exist in various states of completion. These came onto the market
when the contents of Gooden’s studio was purchased by Elkin Matthews Ltd.
355

Commemorative Bookplates
These bookplates were used by the King or both the King and the Queen to indicate theorigin of books they provided from time to time.
Prisoners of War Bookplate
From 1941, the King and Queen sent
books as presents to British Soldiers who
were held as prisoners of war inGermany. At the suggestion of Owen
Morshead, Royal Librarian at Windsor,
who was tasked with organising the gifts,
such books carried a book label toindicate their origin.
Labels are known bearing the dates 1941,
1942, 1943 and 1944.

Size: Not known (p)The Dutchy of Lancaster Bookplate
This engraved label bears the inscription
W. & A. Mussett fecit Lincoln’s Inn
Fields London beneath the bottom line. It
bears the arms of Gray’s Inn above acommemorative inscription.
The library at Gray’s Inn, known as theHolker Library, was destroyed in May
1941 during the blitz. After the War, thefirst gift towards the rebuilding of thelibrary was the presentation by the Kingof a set of 133 volumes of Statutes from
Magna Carta to 1944.
Each volume
bookplates.

carried

one

of

the

Size: mm x mm (p)356

Biography
His Royal Highness Prince Albert
Frederick Arthur George was born at York
Cottage on the Sandringham Estate in
Norfolk, on the 14th December 1895. He was
the second son of Prince George, Duke ofYork (later King George V) and Mary, theeldest child and only daughter of the Dukeand Duchess of Teck.
Since his birthday was the anniversary of thedeath of his great-grandfather, Prince Albert,
the Prince Consort, he was named Albert inhis memory. Formally, he was known as His
Highness Prince Albert of York, however,within the family, he was known informally
as Bertie.
In spite of the fact that he often suffered fromill health and had a stammer that lasted formany years, he served in the Royal Navy, andwas present at the Battle of Jutland. He was created Duke of York in 1920 and three years
later married Lady Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon. The marriage resulted in
two daughters, Princesses Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) and Margaret.
In 1936, upon the abdication of his elder brother, Edward VIII, he unexpectedly became
King. Although unprepared for the role, he was a totally dedicated monarch who endearedhimself to his people. especially during the War. The great strains of this period took a toll on
his health and he died on the 6th February 1952.

His Philatelic Library
There is no evidence that Prince George
took up stamp collecting, unlike his brother
Edward. However, under King George V’s
Will, his stamp collection passed to the Dukeof York. It is known that he took an interestin the collection and philately subsequently
and was Patron of the Royal PhilatelicSociety, London from his accession until his
death.

References
1.
2.
3.

Brian North Lee: British Royal Bookplates and Ex-Libris of Related Families.
Scolar Press, Aldershot, UK, 1992, pp.119-126.
George VI., Wikipedia web site: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_VI, August 2013.
The Royal Philatelic Society London 1869-1969., Royal Philatelic Society London,
UK, 1969, pp.115-116 & plate.
357

GIBBONS, Stanley
See Stanley Gibbons Ltd.

GIBLIN, John F.
The Bookplate
When Giblin’s library was soldthrough HH Sales, I had theopportunity to look through a numberof books containing his bookplates.
Thanks to his habit of adding theacquisition date to the majority of his
bookplates, see the example below, thestyles of bookplate are dated. I checked
about thirty bookplates dated from
1959-2000 and found three styles of
bookplate.

Size: mm x mm (o)The first was dated 1959 and only asingle copy was noted since most of theearlier books had been sold before I had
access to them. The second one wasfound dated from 1970 to 2000, withthe third appearing with the dates 1980,
1991 and 1994.

Size: 37mm x 77mm

(o)Size: 37mm x 77mm(o)

Biography

His Library
Following his death, his extensive
library devoted to Austria and
Liechtenstein was sold through HH
Sales.

References

358

GILCHRIST, Gertrude
The Bookplate
A monogram bookplate, theinitials GG in the centre,
surrounded by a wreath,obviously representing theowners name: Gertrude
Gilchrist.
The address indicates that the
bookplate dates from the late
1950s and was probably
executed at the same time asthat of her son Ian Gilchrist,
which bears the same
address(Note).

Biography
Gertrude Gilchrist owned an
antique shop in Leeds at thetime the bookplate wasproduced. She then moved theshop to Harrogate andafterwards moved to the Isleof Wight where she set up her
own Museum for Victoriana.

Size: 108mm x 94mm(o)

Following her death, her collection of Victoriana was sold by Sotheby & Company in
London in 1968(1).
As a philatelist, her main interest was the stamps of Israel, the bookplate being found in an
old specialised Mosden catalogue country.

Her Library
She had a major library, mostly relating to antiques. This was sold together with her
Victoriana by Sothebys. Her philatelic library was retained by her son Ian, the unwantedmaterial being sold in his stamp shop.

References
1.
The Gilchrist Collection of Victoriana the Property of Mrs. Gertrude Gilchrist of
Cowes, Isle of Wight., Sotheby & Company, London, UK, 12th December 1968.
Note
Much of the above information was provided by Ian Gilchrist in a telephone conversation on
the 14th September 2011. He could not recall the bookplates but knew that they were provided
by his mother. He speculated that it was also possible that she produced similar bookplates atthe same time for her other son and daughter, both of whom collected stamps.
359

GILCHRIST, Ian-2013

The Bookplate
A typical trophy bookplate, it
represented
theownersparticular interest at the time,in Commonwealth stamps.
As with his mother, Gertrude
Gilchrist’s bookplate, theaddress reveals that the
bookplate dates from the late
1950s. The owner recalledthat the bookplates were a giftfrom his mother(Note).

Biography
His early philatelic interests
were British Colonies and theCommonwealth. Soon after hereceived the bookplate, hisinterests changed and hebegan to specialise in thephilately of Switzerland. He
subsequently disposed of his

Size: 102mm x 92mm

(0)Commonwealth material.
He opened a stamp shop in Leeds IG Stamps which also specialised in the stamps and postal
history of Switzerland which he has been buying and selling since the mid 1960s. The
following short history was on his web site www.igstamps.com, but had been removed by
September 2011. The stamps and postal history of Switzerland is our speciality. We havedealt in Swiss stamps and Swiss postal history for 40 years. The owner, Ian Gilchrist, is amember of philatelic societies in Switzerland, and USA. (HPS, APS member 180599, andothers.)His Library
He has a substantial philatelic library, the focus of which has changed over the years from
Commonwealth to Switzerland. When his mother died, he acquired most of her philatelic
books, selling those he did not want through his shop.

References

Note
Much of the above information was provided by Ian Gilchrist in a telephone conversation on
the 14th September 2011. He could not recall the bookplates but knew that they were provided
by his mother. He speculated that it was also possible that she produced similar bookplates atthe same time for her other son and daughter, both of whom collected stamps.
360

GILL, Eric

1882-1940

The Bookplate
Size: mm x mm (p)Biography

His Library

References361

GLASGOW PHILATELIC SOCIETY
The Bookplate

Biography

The Library

References

Size: 143mm x 101mm

Size: mm x mm (o)

362

(o)

GODDARD, J. P.
The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

References

Size: mm x mm (o)363

GODDARD, J. P.
The Bookplate

Biography

His LibrarySize: mm x mm (p)References364

GOEHRING, Walther
The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

References

Size: 170mm x 125mm

365

(o)

GRANDY, Winifred M.
The Bookplate

Biography

Size: 81mm x 50mm(p)

Photograph of Winifred Grandy taken from a postcard he published.

Commemorative cover celebrating the 50th anniversary of Grandy’s first printed cachet.

His Library366

References

367

GREEN [Col.] Edward Howland Robinson

1868-1936

The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

References

Size: 200mm x 150mm

368

(p)

GREEN, William Lawrence
The Bookplate
Another slightly smaller book label is knownwith the name Wm Lawrence Green.

Biography
Formed his library between the 1870’s and1910. It was catalogued by E. P. Dutton in
New York in 1917 and donated to theWestern Reserve Historical Society. Books
from this holding may be found with abookplate from W. Lawrence Green, theWestern Reserve Historical Society, orwith no bookplate. The Society sold its
philatelic holdings through the Stamp - Ade
Company in 1988.

Size: mm x mm (p)Size: mm x mm (p)Image taken from Turner(1)His Library
No information has been found concerning the user of these bookplates. Obviously he had aphilatelic library, but he was not a member of any of our American philatelic societies.

369

References
1.

George T. Turner: Philatelic Bookplates., Philatelic Literature Review, 1954,
Volume 4, Issue 4, Cover & pp.43-59.

370

GREENE, Vincent Graves
See the Vincent Graves Greene Philatelic Research Foundation.

GRIEBERT, Hugo
See Hugo Griebert & Company.

GROENEVELD, D.
The Bookplate
Inscribed K287. Said to be 1939.
Biography

His Library

References

Size: 81mm x 55mm

371

(p)

Size: mm x mm (p)372

GRUNDY, C. Reginald
The Bookplate

Motto

History

His Library

References

Size: mm x mm (p)

373

HHHH

HALE PHILATELIC SOCIETY
The Bookplate

History

The Library

References

Size: mm x mm (o)374HALL, J. Basil
The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

References

Size: 90mm x 77mm

375

(o)

HALL, Thomas William

1861-1937

Size: 71mm x 115mm(o)

The Bookplate
When the library of Thomas W. Hall was donated to the Royal Philatelic Society London,
the Society decided to commemorate the event by having a bookplate inserted into each bookreceived.
In spite of having the appearance of being typeset, the bookplate was actually engraved by W.
& A. Mussett, who traded from Lincoln’s Inn Heraldic Office, London, UK. A copy of thedraft as well as the finished bookplate were found in the Company archives and an illustrationof the latter was included in the handbook on the firm(1). The price quoted was £7 per
thousand, or fifteen shillings and sixpence (78p) per hundred for between three hundred andfive hundred. It is described as an engraved label with linear rect. border and ornament. Not
signed.

Biography
Thomas William Hall (ca.1862-1937) joined the (Royal) Philatelic Society, London in 1895
and worked for it unceasingly, not least with his professional legal expertise. He was theSociety’s President from 1923 to 1929. He was also a Freemason, through which he probably
knew the firm of W. & A. Mussett. His philatelic interests are detailed in his obituary in
The London Philatelist for June 1937, which he edited from 1917 until his death.

His LibraryHall’s library comprised about 1,000 volumes of which about three quarters were journals.
The report of the donation to the Royal gave few general details of the library but listed someof the most important or rarer items(2).
His son, Lance Hall wrote intimating that his mother wished to present the philatelic libraryof his late father to the Society and that it be designated in some way to his memory. A
complete file of this correspondence is still held by the Society(3). The President, suggested376

that a bookplate could be placed in all the works donated stating that they were Ex Libris T.
W. Hall. (7th October, 1937, p.118(4).)
Mrs. Ada E. Hall indicated that she was in favour of a bookplate being placed in the books
selected for the library. (4th November, 1937, p.123(4).)
A design for the book plate had been received from Messrs. Mussett and had been approvedby the President, Honorary Librarians and Mrs. Hall. It was being engraved at a cost of£4.12.6 (£4.63). (2nd December, 1937, pp.129-130(4).)
Hall kept his Library at both his office and his home and the family had to use a lorry totransport it to the Society rooms. Early in the new year, the library had been received by theSociety and was being sorted and classified. (13th January, 1938, p.136(4).)
Once the books had been incorporated into the library, the Librarian requested guidance as tothe disposal of the duplicates from the Hall library. Since Mrs. Hall had specifically placed norestrictions on the disposal of duplicates, it was decided that they be disposed of at thediscretion of the Librarian. (20th October, 1938, p.179(4).)
A quantity of library duplicates (from the Hall library?) were disposed of to Vallancey for £70
and 33% off any purchases from the Bacon Library. (11th January, 1940, pp.257-258(4).)
Sometime about 1947, Roland King-Farlow, the them Librarian of the Royal PhilatelicSociety, London disposed of the box of spare copies of the Hall bookplate(4).

References
1.
Brian North Lee: Bookplates from Mussett’s Heraldic Office., Bookplate Society &Apsley House Press, Birmingham, UK, 1994, pp.58 & Plate 7.
2.
The “Hall” Library., The London Philatelist, March 1938, Volume 42, pp.57-58.
3.
The file of letters regarding the acquisition of the Hall Library is held in the archivesof the Royal Philatelic Society London and consists of the following documents:
1st September 1937 Letter from Lance Hall to the Society
8th September 1937 Letter from the Society to Mrs. Hall
8th September 1937 Letter from the Society to Lance Hall
22nd October 1937
Letter from Lance Hall to Capt. Gilbert-Lodgend
2 November 1937 Letter from the Society to Lance Hall
2nd November 1937 Letter from the Society to W. & A. Mussett
16th November 1937 Letter from Mussett to Capt. Gilbert-Lodge
22nd November 1937 Letter from Lance Hall to Capt. Gilbert-Lodge
4th January 1938
Letter from Mussett to Capt. Gilbert-Lodge enclosing a proofth
6 January 1938
Memo from ? to Capt. Gilbert-Lodge
15th February 1938 Letter from the Society to Mrs. Hall
18th February 1938 Letter from Mrs. Hall to Capt. Gilbert-Lodge
4.
All references are to the Council Minutes of the Royal Philatelic Society London.
5.
See the extracts from King-Farlow’s letter of 26th July 1948, quoted above in the
Section on Sidney R. Turner’s collection of Philatelic Bookplates.

377

HÄMEENLINNAN POSTIMERKKIKERHOThe BookplatePrepared for the Hämeenlinnan
Philatelic Society by Kari Laakso of
Finland, on the occasion of its 1,000th
meeting, 23rd August 1983. It was his
Opus P7.

History of the Society

The Library

References

Size: 92mm x 72mm

378

(p)

HAMILTON, Ian Thorneycroft

1908-1990

The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

References

Size: 99mm x 69mm

379

(o)

HAMILTON-SMITH, George A. R. W.

1870-1926

The Bookplate
Motto
Virtus et Industria

Biography
Library sold by Glendining in 1927.

His Library

References

Size: 111mm x 77mm

380

(o)

HAMMOND, H. E.
The Bookplate

Biography

The Library

References

Size: 111mm x 84mm

381

(o)

HANNEGAN, Robert Emmet

1903-1949

The Bookplate
This Portrait bookplate is unusual in that itfeatures not the owner but Franklin Delano
Roosevelt, the President under which
Hannegan first held a Federal position. The
portrait is in an oval frame with his dates andname below. The words Ex Libris and Robert
E. Hannegan are overprinted on the purple
background. The presence of the date of
Roosevelt’s death – 1945 – indicates that the
bookplate was produced between that dateand Hannegan’s own death in 1949.

Size: mm x mm (p)Size unknown, image taken from the article(1)The bookplate was used to illustrate a shortarticle about Franklin Roosevelt written by Steven Rod(1), although it was not mentioned in
the text.

Biography
Robert Emmet Hannegan (30th June 1903 - 6th October 1949) was a St. Louis, Missouri
politician and power broker in the local Democratic Party. Together with Bennett Clark,
Hannegan helped save the political career of Harry S. Truman in 1940 following the tax
fraud conviction of Truman’s ally, Kansas City boss Tom Pendergast. Hannegan supported
Truman for re-election to the United States Senate when he was challenged in the
Democratic primary by Governor Lloyd C. Stark and Maurice M. Milligan. Truman won
the seat with increased support in St. Louis, particularly from Catholic neighbourhoods where
Hannegan wielded considerable influence.
When Roosevelt offered Truman the positionof Democratic National Committee chairman,
Trumandeclinedandrecommended
Hannegan,
who
Roosevelt
eventually
appointed.
As
Democratic
Chairman,
Hannegan was responsible for brokering thedeal that made Truman Roosevelt’s runningmate in 1944.
Although plagued with ill health for much of
his tenure as party Chairman, Hanneganemphasized voter turnout in Roosevelt’s 1944
re-election campaign and prevented an upset byThomas Dewey, who won a surprising 46
percent of the popular vote that year.
He promoted a liberal policy agenda and was astrong advocate of labour unions. Hannegan stepped down as Chairman after the Democrats
suffered losses in the 1946 midterm Congressional elections, but his ideological focus at thehelm of the party contributed to Truman’s unexpected win in the Presidential election of1948 and influenced his Fair Deal proposals.
Hannegan served as Commissioner of Internal Revenue under Roosevelt from October 1943
382

to January 1944. He then served as United States Postmaster General under Harry S.
Truman from 1945 to 1947. Following his political career, Hannegan and his partner Fred
Saigh purchased the St. Louis Cardinals, a major league baseball team. However, he became
ill with heart disease and sold his share in the team to Saigh a few months before his death(2).

His Library
Nothing is known about his library but after his death, Hannegan’s wife Irma, donated his
papers, mostly covering the period 1943-1949 to the Harry S. Truman Library & Museum(3).
The collection primarily documents Hannegan’s career in the above mentioned offices and isprobably the remnant of a larger group of papers, most of which have not survived. Slightly
over half the collection is composed of commemorative materials such as scrapbooks andalbums holding letters from famous people, including Presidents Roosevelt and Truman,
photographs, mimeographed copies of speeches, and newspaper clippings.

References
1.
Steven J. Rod: FDR & his stamps., The American Stamp Dealer & Collector, June
2009, Whole number 31, pp.14-15.
2.
Robert E. Hannegan., Wikipedia web site: http://en.wikipedia.org, 4th February 2012.
3.
Robert E. Hannegan Papers., Harry S. Truman Library & Museum web site:
www.trumanlibrary.org, 4th February 2012.

383

HANSI,The Bookplate
The bookplate was designed by Karl Johan
Bicker of Stockholm.

Biography
Of Sweden.

His Library

References

Size: 70mm x 60mm

384

(p)

HANSSON, Gerhard
The Bookplate
The design includes amonogram which appears to
be AVE. The artist wasVerner Ekelund of Malmo,
Sweden and the printerMalungs
Accedenstrykerei,
Malung and the date is 1947.

Biography
Of Vallerås, Dalarna, Sweden

His Library

References

Size: 115mm x 90mm

385

(p)

Size: 115mm x 90mm

386

(p)

HARRIS, L. H.
The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

References
Size: 49mm x 44mm

387

(o)

HARCERZA, Dom
The Bookplate
Size: 87mm x 108mm

Biography

His Library

References

388

(p)

HARRISON, Herbert Walter Plews

1907-2005

Size: 210mm x 145mm(o)This is presumably a plate proof on handmade paper, the image being sunk in the centre(110mm x 98mm) just slightly larger than the finished bookplate.

389

The Bookplate

Bookplate 1

The engraver’s imprint below
the design is: JACH EB (or fB)/54. These indicate that the
bookplate was engraved by
Herbert’s
fatherJohn
Augustus Charles Harrison(1872-1954).
One
would
assume that the 54 wasindicative of the date, however,that would mean that it had
been produced in the last yearof his life and so it is more
likely to have been the opus
number of the work.
The first bookplate is printed on
cream wove paper and appears
to be the same brown as theproof.
The second bookplate seems to
be a modern printing in blackon white laid paper.
Biography

Size: 100mm x 90mm

(o)Size: 90mm x 97mm(o)Bookplate 2

HerbertWalter
Plews
Harrison, the son of the noted
engraver of stamps, bank notes
and book plates, was born at
Dulwich on the 10th March
1907. He was educated at
Alleyns School and was taken
on by Lloyds bank at the age of16.
He joined the Honourable
Artillery Company as aterritorial soldier. On theoutbreak of the Second World
War, he was called up and sent
to a regiment which was inurgent need of officers. He andthree comrades were posted to
the Royal Scots Fusiliers at Ayr.

Harrison crossed the Channel with the 4th/5th Battalion in October 1944 and was involved inheavy fighting in Belgium and Holland. It was a standing joke among the men that they had
been trained in mountain warfare and for glider-borne invasion but spent much of their timeon terrain that was below sea-level. He transferred to the 6th Battalion in November and was390later second-in-command. In February 1945 he took command of the battalion when his CO
went on leave, and persuaded the men to forgo a day’s rations in order to help feed starving
Dutch children in Nijmegen.
Shortly after the battle for Kleve, Harrison was gravely wounded in the arm during his
battalion’s advance on Goch. A huge hole had been blown out of the vehicle next to him and,as he lay on the ground with shells bursting all around him, he promised himself that if hesurvived he would never worry about anything else again.
Harrison rarely talked about his wartime experiences, but he liked to recall waking up in
hospital after being operated on to find a pretty nurse leaning over him and asking: “Will it beChampagne or brandy, sir?”
After a long convalescence, he returned to Lloyds Bank and was branch manager at
Farnborough, Hampshire, and then Hastings, before he retired in 1966. In 1970 Harrison
moved to Lymington, Hampshire. He was a keen gardener and enjoyed golf, sailing andcollecting military memorabilia. He was a member of the Honourable Artillery Company for
78 years and was presented to the Queen when she visited Armoury House in 1996.
Herbert Harrison died on May 15 2005. He had married Margaret Womack in 1935. She
predeceased him, and he was survived by their son and three daughters(1).

References
1.
Obituaries: Herbert Harrison., The Telegraph, 24th June 2005.

391

HART, Creighton Carlton

1906-1993

The Bookplate
Used to illustrate an article on the American
Philatelic Research Library in the Philatelic
Literature Review, 2006, Volume 55, Issue 2,
p.151.

Biography

His Library

References

Size: mm x mm (p)392

HARTMANN, Leonard H.
The Bookplate
This is a standard design to which theowner’s name is added. It was also used by
Charles Firby.

Biography
Hartmann had his bookplate produced when
he was in high school but only used themrarely.

His Library

References

Size: 100mm x 76mm

393

(o)

HASTINGS AND EAST SUSSEX PHILATELIC SOCIETY
The Bookplate
A typical, budget society bookplate, probably
drawn up by the Librarian and set up by theSociety’s usual printer, King Bros. & Potts ofNorman Road, St. Leonards-on-Sea, usingwhatever typeface they thought best. The
Society’s accounts for the year 1952 show apayment to the printers of £3.10.0 (£3.50) on
the 7th October, which appears to be for the
bookplates.
Apart from the Society’s name, the information
contained on the bookplate includes the book’s
acquisition number, method of acquisition anda space for the donor’s name. Most unusually,Size: 63mm x 63mm(o)this bookplate also includes the name of thelibrarian, E. J. Good, who had them produced.
Although this is somewhat surprising, since society librarians are volunteers and generally
change fairly regularly, there is some suggestion that the driving force behind the productionof the bookplate was a significant donation of books to the Society by A. S. Mackenzie Low
and the Society’s need to have a visible sign of appreciation. The fact that bookplates were
not applied retrospectively and were only inserted in a small proportion of the library, adds
weight to this suggestion. Also, all eight of the bookplates I have had sight of were frombooks presented by Mackenzie Low.
Since the bookplates carried Good’s name, they were of no use to the subsequent Librarian,David Padgham, and were abandoned. No unused stock now remains.

History of the Society
On the 10th of November 1923, a notice was inserted in the Hastings Observer by A. W.
Coburn, announcing that a stamp club had been formed for Hastings and District. A month
later, the inaugural meeting of the Hastings & East Sussex Philatelic Society was held at theoffice of R. Ward Golding, a local stamp dealer. Accordingly, the Society claims the title ofoldest surviving philatelic society in Sussex, whilst acknowledging that the Brighton andHove philatelic Society started earlier but only as a branch of the London-based Junior
Philatelic Society. (Now National Philatelic Society.)
One of the earliest and certainly the most distinguished member of the Society was Andrew
Stuart Mackenzie Low (1878-1961), a signatory of the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists andcousin of Robson Lowe, the noted London dealer. It is interesting to record that all of thecopies of the Society’s bookplate seen by me, representing its acquisitions 19, 24-26, 34, &36-38, and those reported by David Padgham, were annotated as having been presented to
the Library by Mackenzie Low.
Shortly after the wartime hiatus, the Society resumed its meetings and in 1947 it was one of
the founders of the Association of Sussex Philatelic Societies, an organisation intended tobring together all of the philatelic societies and their members in the County. In 1973, theSociety celebrated its Golden Jubilee with an Exhibition, which was held in conjunction with
the Association’s Convention and Annual General Meeting. The Society continues to thrivewith some 90 members in 2004.
394

The Library
The Society Library was begun in the 1930s with donations from members including “Ahandsome gift of philatelic works to the library by Mr. A. S. Mackenzie-Low” announced at
the 13th November meeting of 1935(1). The first recorded Librarian was A. G. A. Galloway
who filled the position from 1935 until 1952. From 1952 until 1966, the Librarian was Eric
Good, a stamp dealer who kept the library in his shop. David Padgham became Librarian in
1966 and kept the books at his house until 1991 when the current Librarian Michael Wilson
took over(2).
In 2003, it was decided that much of the Society’s library had limited interest to present-day
members and was therefore redundant. The more-popular works were retained and members
had the opportunity of tendering for items they required. David Padgham handled thedisposal of the remaining books which were offered piecemeal over the following twelve
months by Stephen Holder of HH Sales in his Sales 148 to 152. A complete Library List,
dating from the time of the disposal of the Library, is held on computer by David Padghamwith the items of no use to the Society shown in italics(3). A list of the books retained issimilarly held(4) and is, in effect, the current Library List.

Eric John Good (1903/04-1968)
In 1952, Eric Good became the Society’s second
librarian, a position he held until 1966. Throughout thisperiod, he was a stalwart of the Society, holding several
offices including Treasurer and Secretary, finallybecoming President in 1967, only ten months prior to hissudden death on 6th March 1968.
Eric Good was a stamp dealer from the late 1930s until
his death. His shop in Hastings became a second home
for the Hastings Philatelic Society throughout the 1940s
and 50s. Apart from the offices he filled, he donated theThematic Cup for the annual competition and organised
several exhibitions locally. In 1966, he became Presidentof the Association of Sussex Philatelic Societies. His
wife, Mrs. K. E. [Judy] Good was also a philatelist andjoined the Society in 1945 and at the time of theSociety’s Golden Jubilee in 1973 was their longest
serving member.

Eric Good wearing the President’s
badge of the Association of Sussex
Philatelic Societies. (1966)

References
1.
Society doings: Hastings., Philatelic Magazine, 29th November 1935, Volume 36, Issue
11, p.368.
2.
[David Padgham]: Hastings & East Sussex Philatelic Society 1923-1973 Golden
Jubilee., Hastings & East Sussex Philatelic Society, Hastings, UK, 1973, 8pp.
3.
[David Padgham]: Library List., Hastings & East Sussex Philatelic Society, Hastings,
UK, n.d. [2003], 4pp.
4.
[David Padgham]: Library Books to be Retained., Hastings & East Sussex PhilatelicSociety, Hastings, UK, n.d. [2003], 1pp.
Note:

Much of the detailed information given above is beyond the scope of the395Society History and was derived from David Padgham’s search of his own records and theSociety’s archives on my behalf, in December 2004. I am also indebted to him for the loan of
the photograph of Eric Good. David has been a member of the Society since 1947 and the
Honorary Secretary since 1965.

396

HEED, Ture
The Bookplate

Size: 63mm x 60mm(p)

Biography
Ture Heed , Elementary school teacher Karlsrogatan 2, Gothenburg
H. has collected since his school years and his greatest interest in philately is its history . He
took early part of Frederick Arsenius ' book on portrait stamps and have since enjoyed thisbook as a model for his collection . H. himself has issued some philatelic articles and is
known as a lecturer . He gathers the whole world, but is interested in most of the portrait
stamps. The collection is organized by a private system and amounts to about 7000 stamped
and unstamped portrait stamps.
Ture Heed born in Sarna on 4 November 1913. He is a member of the Swedish PhilatelicSociety in Gothenburg and was librarian in the GFF , Gothenburg Philatelic Society between
1939-1950 .
Married 1943 with Elisif Karlsson born 1919 daughter to yeoman Anders K. & Johanna
Andersdotter. - Children: Björn born 1944, Staffan born 1946, Ylva born 1953, Maria born
1954,
Isabella born 1956 and Sigrid born 1959.
Heed , Signature, lecturer , Gothenburg, born in Sarna, Kopparberg one , 11/04/1913 by
gränsridare Evald H. & Rytter Kristina H.
Elementary school diploma Gothenburg in 1935, M.Sc. Gbg 1959 Lic 1964 ; schoolteacher
Gothenburg 1935-1957 , adj Gothenburg and supervisory teacher Lindholmen school since
1957.
Hobbies : philately .

His Library

References

397

HEEREN, Hanns
See Appendix 10 for Hanns Heeren’s non-philatelic bookplates.

Proof of the bookplate signed by the artist and numbered 7 of 30
Size: 215mm x 155mm (p)398

Size: 155mm x 105mm(p)

Bookplate 1
Designed and etched by Karl Blossfeld of Markkleeberg, Germany in 1949 as evidenced byhis B and date in the top left hand corner. It pictures Heering admiring a 3 pfennig first issueof Saxony offered to him by little devils. It points to the fact that the ownership of this stamp
is only a pipe dream and will never come true(1).

399Bookplate 2

Size: mm x mm (o)Size: mm x mm (o)400Size: 100mm x 90mm

(o)Size: mm x mm (p)401

Size: mm x mm (p)Size: mm x mm (p)402

By Richard Preŭsse, Leipzig, ca.
1950

Size: mm x mm (o)Expressionist-influenced design
by Hans Otto
Poppelreuther ca. 1930

Size: mm x mm (o)By Harry Corvers, 1955.
403

Size: mm x mm (p)Biography
Hanns Heeren, was a well known German grand-collector who had built a notable stamp
collection (mainly German States) as well as one of the most important and largest bookplatecollections of his time (as collector he was most actively circa 1925 to 1950). He was a big
landowner and merchant of agricultural products near the city of Osnabruck.

His Library

References
1.

H. A. Gerhard: Über das motivsammeln von exlibris. [On collecting bookplates by
topic.], Sammler-Express, April 1954, Volume 8, Issue 8, p.121. {A translation isavailable as Philat. Trans. 496.}

404

HEIDE, J. C. Auf der-1931

The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

References

Size:

405

mm x mm (p)Size: mm x mm (p)406

HEKKER, M.
The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

References

Size: mm x mm (p)407

HENDERSON, George Poland

1920-2003

The Bookplate
Rubber stamp found on a book publishedin 1986
Biography
Born on the 24th April 1920. Husband of
Shirley Prudence Ann Henderson.

Size: 3mm x 34mm

(p)

Size: 90mm x 63mm(o)Size: 83mm x 56mm(o)

He was simultaneously the Librarian ofboth the Portuguese Philatelic Society
and the British society of Russian
Philately.

408

His Library
His library was sold by HH Sales in July 2004.

References

409

HENRIOUD, Marc
The Bookplate

Motto

Biography

His Library

References

Size: mm x mm (p)410

HERST Jr., Herman [Pat]1909-1999

The Bookplate

Size: 81mm x 70mm

Biography
Herst donated his entire stock of philatelicliterature to Florida Atlantic University
except his working library and a few
duplicates. The facility will occupy a room in
the S. E. Wimberly Library. His gift wasaugmented by several others, especiallyDavid Phillips, the publisher-auctioneer ofNorth Miami, Florida, who donated 20
volumes. (Philatelic Literature Offered byHerman Herst, Jr. A one page flyer offering
the duplicates, undated but received in 1995.
Gibbons Stamp Monthly, July 1994, Volume
25, Issue 2, p.5.)

His Library
Library sold by David G. Phillips in 1987.
Selected titles from his library sold byCharles G. Firby in 1996.

411

Size: mm x mm (o)(o)

References

Size: mm x mm (o)412

HESSLER, Gene
The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

References

Size: mm x mm (p)413

HIGGINS Jr., John Steele

1885-1973

The Bookplate
A philatelic Stock bookplate on which has
been printed Higgins’ name.

Size: mm x mm (p)(Illustration taken from an auction catalogue.)

Biography
He joined the Royal Philatelic Society
London in 1907 and was made an Honorary
Life Fellow in 1957.
Following his death on the 24th May 1973, hiscollections were inherited by his grandson.

John Steele Higgins in June 1914(1)His Library414

References
1.
The Philatelist, April 1957, Volume 23, Issue 7, Front cover & p.174.

415

HILL, C. W.
The Bookplate

Biography
Size: mm x mm (p)His Library

References

416

HILL, Sir Rowland
The BookplateFranks 14786
Taken from David Allam: Social andEconomic Importance of Postal Reform in
1840.

Motto

Biography

His Library

References

Size: mm x mm (p)417

HILTNER, Heinrich
The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

References

Size: mm x mm (p)418

HJORTSBERG, Sven Ivan Victor
The Bookplate
By the well-known artist Jules Schyl (18931977) in 1927. Lithograph.

Biography
Of Engelholm, Sweden.

His Library

References

Size: 90mm x 60mm

419

(p)

HOLDER, Stephen
The BookplateHe created his own bookplate using his
computer and printer when he came to sell
his library in 2003. The bookplates were
simply placed in books, rather than being
stuck in.

Biography

His Library

References

Size: 92mm x 65mm

420

(o)

HOLL, Otto
The Bookplate
Designed by Herman Huffert of
Steinheim, Germany as Opus 564 in
1980.

Biography
Of Germany.

His Library

References

Size: 105mm x 85mm

421

(p)

HOOPER, John R.
The Bookplate

Biography
Size: mm x mm (p)His Library

References

422

HORNADGE, Bill
The Bookplate

Motto

Biography

His Library
In 2009, Bill donated his library to
PHILAS Library. In recognition, theSociety inserted a bookplate in eachbook.

References

Size: 100mm x 80mm

423

(o)

HORNHAVER,
The Bookplate
Produced by Hornaver in 1984 as Opus L30.

Biography

His Library

References

Size: 83mm x 68mm

424

(p)

HOTSON, Sir John Ernest Buttery

1877-1944

The Bookplate
A typical Jacobean armorial with acrest and motto above ant the owner’sname beneath. The motto can beinterpreted as In Faith Strength. The
coat of arms is described(1) as Or on apale gules, endorsed azure, a cinquefoil
pierced ermine between two martlets ofthe first. Mantling gules, double or. The
crest is a standing dove, the right claw
resting upon a bezant (small gold
circle)(2).

Biography
Born in Glasgow on the 17th March
1877, he graduated from Magdalen
College, Oxford and joined the Indian
Civil Service. He spent his entire careerin the service of the Bombay
Presidency, eventually becoming acting
Governor of Bombay in 1931 and,whilst in that role, narrowly escaping
an assassination attempt(3) when one on
the bullets was stopped by a metal
button and pocket book(4).

Size: 112mm x 75mm(p)

Hotson was a trained naturalist and during his service in the Indian Army Reserves he servedin Baluchistan and Persia, sending many examples of new plants and mammals back to theBombay Natural History Society, some of which were named after him. Unfortunately, thestamps he collected in Persia during his more than two years stay in the country, were stolen
whilst his baggage was en-route to the coast for his return home(5).
He was seven years old when his father presented some stamps to him and he never lost theinterest. Although the time he could devote to collecting was constrained by the senior
positions he attained, he was interested in all stamps he came across and collected everything.
However Hotson was also a specialist in the stamps of India. He was a member of the Royal
Philatelic Society London, joining in 1921, and was President of the Philatelic Society ofIndia and edited The Philatelic Journal of India from 1923 to 1928.
On his retirement, he returned to England and took an active interest in the work of the Royal
Philatelic Society, London. Sir Ernest Hotson K.C.S.I., O.B.E. died on the 13th May 1944 at
the age of 67.

His Library
Nothing is known of his library. A copy of the first edition of Advanced Philately by A. J.
Séfi, containing a copy of his bookplate was presented to the Royal Philatelic Society London
on the 8th September 1960 by Lady Hotson(6). The bookplate is inscribed Bombay, December
1926, by hand, presumably that of the owner. The fact that he went to the trouble of obtaining425

such an advanced book from England at the time it was published, and the fact that he had apersonal bookplate, would tend to indicate that his library was of some significance.

References
1.
Arthur Charles Fox-Davies: Armorial Families: A Directory of Gentlemen of CoatArmour., 2 Volumes, David & Charles, UK, 1970. (New issue of the 7th edition, Hurst& Blackett, London, UK, 1929.)
2.
My Family Silver web site, www.myfamilysilver.com, 3rd September 2011, 1p.
3.
Air mail notes., Gibbons’ Stamp Monthly, September 1931, Volume 4, Issue 12,
pp.235-236.
4.
Death of Sir Ernest Hotson., Gibbons Stamp Monthly, July 1944, Volume 17, Issue
11, p.77.
5.
Beresford Webb: Philatelists all: Sir Ernest Hotson., Stamp Collecting, 22nd July
1933, Volume 40, p.434.
6.
The London Philatelist, December 1960, Volume 69, p.238.

426

HOWARD-WHITE, FrankThe Bookplate

Motto

Biography
His library was donated to the Royal
Philatelic Society London.

His Library

References

Size: 75 mm x 95 mm

427

(p)

HRADEČNÝ, Ing. Otakar
Bookplate 1
Woodcut made by graphic artist
Tadeusz Tuszewski in Warsaw in
1955. It depicts stylised telephone poles
with insulators and telephone lines. A
typicalthemeofpostaltelecommunication. On the sides are
the names of the owner. Left - Otakar
and right - Hradečny. At the bottom is
Ex Libris. Printed in black. Size 5 x 6.5
cm.
Size: mm x mm (p)Bookplate 2

Size: mm x mm (p)428Bookplate 3
DesignedbyVojtechKulastaCzechoslovakia in 1949 on zinc.

ofSize: 78mm x 60mm

Bookplate 4

Size: mm x mm (p)Bookplate 5

Size: mm x mm (p)

429

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Bookplate 6

Size: mm x mm (p)Bookplate 7

Size: mm x mm (p)Bookplate 8
Taken from Sammler Express of December
1958, Volume 12, Issue 24, p.440. {Atranslation is available as Philat. Trans. 583.}

Size: mm x mm (p)430Bookplate 9

Size: 136mm x 101mm(o)Biography

His Library

References
1.

Akeksander Śnieżko: Ekslibrisy Filatelistyczne. [Philatelic Bookplates.], Muzeum
Poczty i Telekomunikacji, Wrocław, Poland, 1957, pp.30-31. {A translation isavailable as Philat. Trans. 378.}

431

HUDDERSFIELD PHILATELIC SOCIETY
The Bookplate

History of the Society

The Library

References

Size: mm x mm (o)Size: 30mm x 88mm

Size: mm x mm (o)

432

(o)

HUEBER, Joseph de
The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

References
Size: 82mm x 54mm

433

(o)

HUGHES-HUGHES, Augustus
The Bookplate

Motto
Semper Vigilans[Ever Vigilant]

Biography

His Library

References

Size: mm x mm (p)434

HUGO GRIEBERT & COMPANY
The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

References

Size: 86mm x 100mm

435

(p)

HULME, W. Wilson
The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

References
Size: mm x mm (p)Size: mm x mm (o)436

HUNT, Donald R.
The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

References

Size: mm x mm (p)437

HYERS, Edward C.
The Bookplate
This is a well-known Stock
Bookplate known as the Bookworm,
which was used by several otherphilatelists.
Hyers’ name appears to have been
printed in the same coloured ink as
the bookplate so the whole may havebeen printed in a single operation
rather than the name simply being
overprinted on pre-printed blanks as
is usual with Stock Bookplates.

Biography
An American stamp collector since1956 and with a background in
business management, Ed. Hyers
foundedAmericanPhilatelic
Brokers Inc. in 1974. It was an
auction house which dealt exclusively
with postal history and quickly

Size: 102mm x 76mm(p)

became established as the largest and most respected specialty auction house in the UnitedStates.

His Library
His library, which he lotted and described
himself, was sold by Robert A. Siegel in his
Sale No602 of 7th October 1982.

Edward C. Hyers in his library, ca. 1979

References
438

1.

What can Ed Hyers do for you? (Advertisement), Linn’s Stamp News, 3rd September
1979, p.80.

439

IIII

IMAGE, Dr. William Edmund

1807-1903

The Bookplate

Motto

Biography

He was a pioneer collector, starting in
1959 with Cape of Good Hopetriangulars. He sold his collection toThomas K. Tapling in 1882 for£3,000.

Size: 77mm x 68mm

His Library

References

440

(p)

INTERNATIONALEN POSTWERTHZEICHEN MUSEUM
The Bookplate

History of the Museum

The LibrarySize: 26m x 36mm

References

441

(p)

JJJJ

JANISZYNA, Mieczyst
The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

References

Size: mm x mm (o)442

JARNICK, Jerry

The Bookplate
I do not have an image of this bookplate. A
copy was sent by Jerry Jarnick to George
T. Turner in response to the latter’s article
on philatelic bookplates of 1954 in Linn’s
Weekly Stamp News. The correspondence
relating to this donation still survives(1).

Size: mm x mm ()Biography
Of Almond, WI, USA. He was a member of several societies: the American PhilatelicSociety, Confederate Stamp Alliance, American Air Mail Society and the National Highway
Post Office Society.

His Library
According to his letter, his library was rather small in 1954 but was growing.

References1.

Jerry Jarnick: [Letter to George T. Turner.], 6th July 1954, 1p. {Turner’s letter of
response, dated 16th July 1954, is attached.}

443

JECH, Jindřich
The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

References

Size: 88mm x 68mm

444

(p)

JENSEN, Paul H.
The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

References

Size: 62mm x 46mm

445

(p)

JESSUP, Edgar Briggs
The Bookplate
Motto

Size: mm x mm (p)Biography
The Library
References

446

JOHN F. SEYBOLD LIBRARY
See the Boston Philatelic Society.

JOHNSON, Hamilton M.
The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

References

Size: mm x mm (p)447

JONES, Richard Geraint-2004

The Bookplate

Biography
Fellow of the Society of Postal
historians.

His Library

References

Size: mm x mm (p)448

JOURDY, Dr. P.

Size: 160mm x 122mm

The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

References

449

(p)

JUER, Ewy
The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

References

Size: mm x mm (p)450

JUNIOR PHILATELIC SOCIETY
The Bookplate

History

The Library

References

Size: 155mm x 87mm

Size: 151mm x 92mm

(o)

451

(o)

Size: mm x mm (p)Size: 25mm x 34mm

452

(p)

JURGENS, Adrian Albert

1886-1953

The Bookplate

Biography

His LibrarySize: 65mm x 98mm

References

453

(o)

KKKK

KANDER, S. C.
The Bookplate
Impressed by a rubber stamp in blue ink in abook dating from 1961.

Biography

His Library

References454

Size: mm x mm (p)KANTOR, Marjorie & Alvin
The Bookplate
Illustrated in Schwanke 338 after lot 1863.
Biography

His Library

References
Size: mm x mm (p)455

KAPAUYHA, A.
The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

References

Size: mm x mm (p)456

KARIS, Victor
The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

References

Size: mm x mm (p)457

KARLEBO FRIMÆRKE KLUB
The Bookplate
Designed by H. C. Hornaver in 1984 as
Opus 225.

History of the Society
Founded in Karlebo, Denmark.

The Library

References

Size: 75mm x 52mm

458

(p)

KEHR, Ernest Anthony

1911-1986

The Bookplate
One finds this collector's varied interests
depicted in the design executed by Erna
Karolyi. The lens for photography,
typewriter for editorial, Matterhorn for both
Swiss stamps as well as mountain climbing
and the Egyptian stamp for his collection ofthat country.

Size: mm x mm (p)Biography
A lifelong journalist and occasional radio presenter, he began to collect stamps in 1917.
Thereafter, he conducted stamp columns in a number of newspapers over many years.
Although he wrote on a great many subjects over the years, his special interest were thestamps of Egypt.

Ernest A. Kehr in 1949

Earnest A. Kehr in about 1940

Kehr began collecting in 1917 and has specialized in the stamps of Egypt. He has been stamp
editor for the New York World Teleexam, 1935-39; and for the New York Herald-Tribune
since 1939. He acted as American Agent for "Le Club Phila- telique d' Egypte" Egyptian459

Stamp Club and edited its Bulletin 1941-44. He is a member of the Collectors Club and a
Fellow of the Royal Phil-atelic Society London. He has worked as National Chairman of
Stamps for the Wounded for many years. He was vice-chairman of public relations for
CIPEX, 1947.
He is the author of: Commemora-tive Stamps of Egypt (1940), Guide to Stamp Appraising(1941), 20th Century Stamps of Egypt (1942), and Romance of Stamp Collecting (1947).

His Library
Very little is known about his library books but he is known to have bought quantities of
periodicals from which he removed articles of interest, discarding the remainder.

References
1.
George T. Turner: Philatelic Bookplates., Philatelic Literature Review, 1954,
Volume 4, Issue 4, Cover & pp.43-59.

460

KELLER, Zdzisław
The Bookplate
Woodcut. The main theme depicts telephonelines on poles. There is a post bugle, swallow
and letter. In right upper corner we see only
the word Libris, for the Ex- the artist placed
an express train. Below the bottom of thedrawing is the inscription Zdzisława Kellera.
The woodcut was made by the graphic artist
Tadeusz Kluźniak in 1944 in a Prisoner of
War camp in Murnau.

Biography
Zdzisław Keller was an employee of theSize: mm x mm (p)Communications Department. In 1942-45 he
was in charge of the camp post office in
Officers Prisoners of War camp VIIA in Murnau in Upper Bavaria. He wrote the chronicle ofthe camp post office and after returning to Poland, he presented the chronicle with prints of
postage stamps to the Polish Postal Museum.

His Library

References
1.
Akeksander Śnieżko: Ekslibrisy Filatelistyczne. [Philatelic Bookplates.], Muzeum
Poczty i Telekomunikacji, Wrocław, Poland, 1957, pp.24-25. {A translation isavailable as Philat. Trans. 378.}

461

KELLY, Ray
The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

References

Size: mm x mm (p)462

KIESSKALT, Ernst
The Bookplate
Dated in book dedication by
Kiesskalt 11th April 1923.
The book was a collection ofpoems in German about the
Post.
Biography
He described himself as K.
Postsekretär.
His Library

References

Size: 121mm x 81mm

463

(o)

KIHLBLOM, Erik
The Bookplate
Schwanke auction 338 after lot1863
Biography

His Library

References
Size: mm x mm (p)464

KIMBLE, Col. Ralph Archibald

1893-1974

The Bookplate
This unadorned plate displays a groupof volumes between book-ends, andhas a Cape triangle stamp at thebottom. It is printed in two colors.

Size: 103mm x 78mm
(From scan)

465

(p)

Original artwork for the bookplate on thick card (75% of full size)
Size: 235mm x 200mm(o)This would appear to be the original artwork, mounted on thick card and with a cover oftissue paper. It differs from the produced bookplate in not having the shaded area behind thebooks.
Biography466

Born on the 12th Sept 1893 in Kansas City. Kimble started collecting in 1901 and specialized
in the stamps of South and Central America, along with 20th Century imperfs. He actively
participated in Chicago phila-telic circles and conducted the stamp broadcasts over WMAQ
during 1930-36; and in addition edited the "Postage Stamp" column for the Chicago Daily
News between 1932 and 1936.
He was staff writer for "Fundamen-tals of Philately" Dept. of Stamps (1932-35).
He was editor of the American Philatelist from 1936 to 1951 (except for the months inmilitary service). He had a keen interest in books, both as a bibliophile and author. In addition to his many articles he has writ-ten " Qommemorativ& Postage Stamps" (1933) ; "Hawto Collect Stamps" (1932, revised editions 1933 and 1936) ; "Collecting for Profit" (1936);
and (co-authored) "Rand-McNally Stamp Atlas."Kimble obtained some of his li-brary's fine rarities from the How-land Speakman library(1935). He purchased the Iver Johnson literature collection. He offered his library to the APS(1948); later advertising it for sale. Last year the first part was sold at auction thru Sylvester
Colby and the second portion will come un-der the hammer this Fall, with an-other part tofollow.

His Library
All three sales were catalogued and compiled by George T. Turner. At this time, it was
known that Turner was purchasing complete libraries and selling the duplicates throughSylvester Colby(2). Therefore, the contents of these three sales probably don’t represent thewhole of Kimble’s library.

References
1.
George T. Turner: Philatelic Bookplates., Philatelic Literature Review, 1954,
Volume 4, Issue 4, Cover & pp.43-59. (Kimble’s bookplate was also illustrated andexplained in his earlier version of the article: George T. Turner: Philatelic Ex Libris.,
467

2.

Linn’s Weekly Stamp News, 22nd February, 1954, Volume 26, Issue 50, p.6.)
Sylvester Colby: The Ralph A. Kimble Library - Part I., Sylvester Colby, New York,
19th December 1953, 879 lots.
Sylvester Colby: The Ralph A. Kimble Library - Part II., Sylvester Colby, New York,
13th November 1954, 1999 lots.
Sylvester Colby: The Ralph A. Kimble Library - Part III., Sylvester Colby, New York,
24th June 1955, 930 lots.

468

KIMMEL, A. Murl

1899-

The Bookplate
The image on the bookplate is taken from adesign on an American Civil War patriotic
cover that had been engraved by a relative of
his, F. K. Kimmel, 59 Nassau St, New York.
He used the bookplate in only a few of his
books and not routinely.
Biography
He lived in Robertson, Kansas and had majorcollections of USA, Confederate States andsome others.

Size: mm x mm (p)The Library
Murl Kimmel had a major philatelic library and was George Turner’s major competitor for
many years. Leonard Hartmann purchased the library in about 1975 and at that time issued
a special catalogue titled Library of a Western Gentleman. There was, I think, also a two page
advertisement about it in the Philatelic Literature Review.
Following the purchase, Hartmann returned to Louisville with a station wagon filled withbooks. A truck followed bringing the remainder. A year later the family phoned that theyfound another ton of stuff in an out building that he also purchased.
When the library was purchased, it had three complete sets of the Ferrari sales, he kept buying
books until he had the finest available.
Before Hartmann got there, there was a back yard book sale and some things appeared to havebeen in it that should not have been. For example, Robert Siegel was mad at Hartmann foryears regarding the Kimmel material, as he wanted the Lallier albums. However, Hartmann
insisted that didn’t get them and never saw them.

References
The copy of the bookplate and information about the dispersal of Kimmel’s library camefrom Leonard Hartmann, the purchaser.

469

KING, William R.

1864-1949

The Bookplate
Being a frugal bibliophile, pre-paredbookplates supplied gratis from the GlobeWernicke Co. were tipped into some of his
books. He either signed or stamp-ed his nameon each plate.

Size: 121mm x 67mm(p)
(Illustration from Turner Sale Catalogue.)

Biography(b. Aug. 23, 1854, Bal=er City, Ore. d. Dec. 15, 1949, Grand Island, Nebr.)King began collecting stamps in 1876, many of which ke obtained from the local Government
Land Office. His collection of literature was start-ed in 1882. He joined the American
Philatelic (Assoc.) Society, as Char-ter member #49 in 1886. He helped J. K. Tiffany incompiling the "Stamp Collector's Library Companion (1889). He joined the Philatelic
Literature Society (London) in 1916, and con-tributed data on American periodicals issued
since the Crawford Catalog to its Journal. He toured the post offices in the State and secured
all the var-ieties of the Nebraska overprints, which Scott lists. His hunch and ef-forts paid
well as his stock of this issue supplied many dealers through-out the country.
W. R. King's library was purchased by G. T. Turner and was sold at auc-tion Dec. 20th 1950,
thru Sylvester Colby, a total of 744 lots.

His Library470

References
1.

George T. Turner: Philatelic Bookplates., Philatelic Literature Review, 1954,
Volume 4, Issue 4, Cover & pp.43-59.

471

KING-FARLOW, Roland

1907-1974

The Bookplate

Motto

Biography

His Library

References

Size: 151mm x 96mm

472

(p)

KIRK, Alfred J.
The Bookplate

Biography

Size: mm x mm (p)His Library

References

473

KITTERSCHAULEN, Gottfried v,
The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

References

Size: mm x mm (p)474

KJAER, Svend Aage
The Bookplate
Signed in pencil by the designer, G.
Brlancö and printed by lithography.

Biography

The Library

References

Size: 88mm x 103mm

475

(p)

KLÄNING, Bernhard
The Bookplate
Designed by Ida Svensson in 1905.

Size: 67mm x 99mm

Biography
He was a Postexpeditor in Malmo, Sweden.

His Library

References

476

(p)

KLEEBERG, Paul Richard
The Bookplate
This is a Manuscript Book Label on which
the owner has written his name and town ofresidence. It is unusual in that the interior of
the label is printed in black, necessitating theuse of white, or as in this case silver ink.
The bookplate, which was found on the front
cover of a pamphlet was supplemented by arubber stamp on the first page, carrying
essentially the same text.

Size: 33mm x 73mm

(p)

Size: 12mm x 35mm(p)

Biography
From 1910 to 1914, he lived in the old Manor House at Rittergut, Oehna bei Bautzen in
Saxony, Germany.

His Library

References

477

KNAPEGO, Seweryna
The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

References

Size: mm x mm (p)478KØHLER, Johnny
The Bookplate
The artist was Antal Fery, Budapest,
1961.

Size: 90mm x 70mm

Biography
Of Rudkøbing, Denmark.

His Library

References

479

(p)

KÖNIG, K. E.
The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

References

Size: mm x mm (p)480KŎNYVE, Bėkės Bandi
The Bookplate
By Hungarian artist Endre Vadasz, 1935

Biography

His Library

References
Size: mm x mm (o)481

KONYVE, Pinterits Sandor
The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

References

Size: mm x mm (p)482

KORSCH, Walther
The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

References

Size: 75mm x 48mm

483

(o)

KOSCHYK, E.
The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

References
Size: mm x mm (p)484

KOUWENHOVEN, J.
The Bookplate
The artist was Martin Horowitz(Harwitz?) of the Netherlands in 1942.

485

Size: 76mm x 73mm

(o)Size: 76mm x 73mm(p)

Size: 76mm x 73mm

Biography
Of the Netherlands
His Library

References

486

(p)

KRAUSE, Johannes
The Bookplate
1.
Etching on wove paper, monogrammed in
the plate lower centre, also marked (signed)
and dated in pencil on the reverse: Otto
Weigel.

2. Designed by Walter Helfbein of Dresdenin 1923. The design is 108mm x 45mm andthe overall size is 195mm x 45mm.

Biography

His Library

References

Size: mm x mm (p)2.

Size: mm x mm (p)

487

488

KREIJFELT, C. J. v.
The Bookplate
Size: mm x mm (p)Motto

Biography

The Library

References

489

KRIJFF, A. Ph.
The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

References

Size: mm x mm (p)490

KRONENBERG, Albert A

1892-1971

The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

References

Size: 123mm x 95mm

491

(p)

KRZYŻANOWSKI, Jerzy

1885-1956

The Bookplate
Zincography according to his own design anddrawing. It depicts a modified version of his
own coat of arms. At the bottom, as a
enclosure to the shield – an open compass
and below an open stamps album. Above thecoat of arms is Ex-Libris, and at the bottom
on a colourless ribbon Jerzy Krzyzanowski.
Size 10.5 x 7.5 cm. Printed on blue paper.
Biography
Jerzy Krzyżanowski (1885-1956), memberof Zw. Filatelistów [Philatelic Society], oneof pioneer publishers in the field of Polishphilately. Among the published pricecatalogues and postage stamp catalogues,
worthy of mention is his Informator
Filatelistyczny [Philatelic Directory] (Lodz,
1922). In the year 1924-25 he published andedited the periodical Echo Filatelistyczne[Philatelic Echo] in Lodz, for which hereceived a silver medal at the International
Philatelic Exhibition in Vienna (1925), and adiploma in Moscow.

Size: mm x mm (p)His Library
He was the owner of a magnificent collection (over 5,000 volumes) of philatelic literature indifferent languages. Part of this collection was purchased from the family by the Museum of
Post and Telecommunications in Wroclaw.

References
1.
Akeksander Śnieżko: Ekslibrisy Filatelistyczne. [Philatelic Bookplates.], Muzeum
Poczty i Telekomunikacji, Wrocław, Poland, 1957, pp.18-19. {A translation isavailable as Philat. Trans. 378.}

492

KUDŁY, Czesław
The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

References
Size: mm x mm (p)

493

LLLL

LAGERGREN, Helmer
The Bookplate
The artist was apparently T. J. Kullberg in1905.
Dark blue.
Appears to be a proof in black.

Biography
Postexpeditor, Kristinehamm, Sweden
The LibrarySize: 57mm x 57mm

(o)Size: 87mm x 87mm(o)References

494

LANG, Derek-1921

The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

References

Size: 70mm x 105mm

Size: 35mm

495

(dia)

(o)

LANGE, Erwin
The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

References

Size: mm x mm (o)496LARA, Álvaro Bonilla
See Alvaro Bonilla-Lara.

LASSEN, Poul
The Bookplate
Designed by Asger Ågård in 1943, whose
last name and 43 can be seen just below andto the right of the boat.

Biography

The Library

References
Size: 60mm x 46mm

497

(p)

LASZLÓ, Dr. Illyés S.

Size: 107mm x 152mm(p)

The Bookplate
Although I have listed this bookplate under Dr. Laszló, it was actually intended for his wife
as well since és neje means and wife.

Motto
Buék would appear to mean New Year.
Biography

The Library

References498

LEE, R. A. G.
The Bookplate

Size: mm x mm (p)Biography

His Library

References

499

LEEDS PHILATELIC SOCIETY
The Bookplate

Biography

The LibrarySize: mm x mm (o)References

500

LEIJONHUFVÜD, Baron Erik Gustaf Evert

1862-1943

The Bookplate

Motto

History

His Library

References

Size: mm x mm

501

(o)

LENIG, Dr. F. M.
The Bookplate

Motto

History

His Library

References

Size: mm x mm

502

(o)

LENZE, Carlos

Size: 185mm x 140mm

503

(p)

Size: 162mm x 126mm(p)

The Bookplate
G. Winkler
Biography
A Spanish-German dealer in Madrid between about 1920 and 1960.

His Library

References504LEŚETICKY, Jaroslar
The Bookplate
Lithograph. It depicts a table with postage
stamp and philatelic paraphernalia. Also, an
ink bottle with a goose feather and boundvolumes of philatelic periodicals. In the rightcorner is an eye looking through amagnifying glass with the inscription Ex
Libris on its handle. On the bottom areunfurled ribbons with the inscription
Filatelistici 1916 - J. Leśeticky. Printed inblack ink on heavy cream paper. Size 10.5 x
8cm. Bookplate designed by J. Urban andexecuted by J. Szymane in 1916.

Biography

His LibrarySize: mm x mm (p)References
1.

Akeksander Śnieżko: Ekslibrisy Filatelistyczne. [Philatelic Bookplates.], Muzeum
Poczty i Telekomunikacji, Wrocław, Poland, 1957, pp.50-51. {A translation isavailable as Philat. Trans. 378.}

505

LIEBERNICKEL, Richard
The Bookplate

Biography

Size: mm x mm (o)His Library

References

506

LINCOLN, Ruth A.
The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

References

Size: 100mm x 74mm

507

(o)

LINDENBERG, Carl
The Bookplate

Motto

History

His Library

References

Size: mm x mm (p)508

LINDQUIST, Harry L.

1884-1978

The Bookplate

Biography(:b. Aug. 1:5, 1896, Escanaba, Mich.)
A collector with three very finePhilatelic Literature Review
tokens, which he uses rather indiscriminately in some of his books. Eachwas executed by an outstanding artistJunge; Low-ell; and Peckmore. In the two
illustrated one finds symbols ex-pressing
his varied interests. Note the etching .press,
travel scenes, "lamp of knowledge" andquill associated with editing, al-bums andpublications, also the-dcek in flight. The
sheet in the corner bears a favorite motto,"A.s we journey through life, let us live by
the way".
Lindquist started collecting with a 10^
packet at the time of the Chica-go World's
Fair (1893). His publish-ing career began
as an amateur jour-nalist in 1904. He was
se:~retary of the Chicago Philatelic Society
in 1908; President of the Metropolitan
Philatelic Society in 1916. He joined theCollectors Club (N. Y.) in 1920, and edited
the C. C. P. from 1922-39, was repeatedly
re-elected Governor from 1922 to 1942,
serving as Presi-dent 1927-30 and Trustee
1941-47. He was always active at
International Philatelic Exhibitions: 1P26
Member Directing Committee, again in1936 and Chairman Executive Comm. CIPEX 1947. Also President of the Association for Stamp Exhibitions in 1947.
He founded the National Federa-tion of
Stamp Clubs in 1934, and in the same year
was a judge at the National Stamp Show.

Size: mm x mm (p)Publications Chicago Collectors Monthly 1907-08; Collector's Journal 1.909-17 vols. 1
thru 7 (continued by others until 1921) ; The Curios Bulletin 1910; Stamps !begun in 1932is still cur-rent, now in vol. 86; Blue Book of Philately 1935 with 2nd edition 1938;
509

Handbooks for the N. F. S. C. 1936-40; Avocations 1937-39; Stamp Spec-ialist 1939-48,
of 20 volumes.

His Library

References
1.
Carl S. Junge: Ex Libris., H. L. Lindquist, New York, NY, USA, 1935, n.pp [15pp.]& 43 plates.
2.
George T. Turner: Philatelic Bookplates., Philatelic Literature Review, 1954,
Volume 4, Issue 4, Cover & pp.43-59.

510

LINDSAY, Ludovic
See Earl of Crawford.

LISA, Jerzego
The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

References

Size: mm x mm (p)511

LOOR, Dick
The Bookplate

Size: mm x mm (p)Biography

His Library

References

512

LUTZ, LouisThe Bookplates

Bookplate 1

Biography
He was living in Strasburg.

His Library
The strength in his library was in its late 19th
century and early 20th century German literature.
He is well-known for binding together
completely non-related books, presumably as an
economy measure.

Size: 60mm x 56mm(p)

His library was sold to a dealer in Paris(Robineau?) who sold it on to Corneille Bookplate 2
Soeteman. Since there was little demand forearly German handbooks in Belgium, Soeteman
kept the duplicates and eventually sold themwhen he sold his library.

Size: mm x mm (p)References

Note:

The information about the disposal of Lutz’s library was provided by Vincent
Schouberechts.

513

MMMM

MAAG, B.
The Bookplate
The artist was Jörgen Jörgensen in 1970.

Biography

His Library

References

Size: 92mm x 102mm

514

(p)

MACAULAY, David
The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

References

Size: 82mm x 54mm

515

(o)

MACHEK, Kamil
The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

References

Size: mm x mm (p)516

MADDISON, John
The Bookplate
The bookplate comprises the owner’s crest
within a ring or seal, bearing his place of
employment – the General Post Office rather than the usual motto.

Size: 45mm diameter(p)(Taken from an illustration)

The crest shows an embowed (bent) arm in armour emerging from a crown flory (like aflower) holding a battleaxe in the gauntlet. The modern coloured representation shown aboveleft has a somewhat over-articulated arm(1).
The crest would normally sit above a coat of arms, shown below and accompanied by the
motto Vae Timido (Woe to the timid). The full coat of arms would be similar to the modern
reproduction below right, which is for a different branch of the family(2).

Biography
John Maddison worked in the foreign department of the General Post Office and was awell known book collector (3). It appears that he joined the Post Office in 1766,
remaining there until 1782. There is some evidence that he may well have been related
to Anthony Todd, Secretary to the Post Office (4).

His Library
He is mentioned briefly by Dibdin in his Bibliomania(5)as owner of the Bibliotheca
Maddisoniana. His valuable library, described as “a judicious and elegant collection of
5239 articles”, was sold at auction by King and Lochée in March 1809 over 22days (6).The 5244 lots appear to have realised £4,190-6-0d.

References
1.
Found on The Red Thread Genealogy for the Lost Tribes of Israel web site:
517

2.
3.
4.
5.

6.

http://the-red-thread.net/genealogy/madison.html.
From the Tradebit web site: www.tradebit.com.

Peter Allpress: General Post Office., The Bookplate Journal, September 2005,
Volume 3, Issue 2, pp.138-139.
Notes., The Record of the Philatelic Students’ Fellowship, 1910/11, p.56 & plate.
Thomas Frognall Dibdin: Bibliomania or Book-Madness A Bibliographical
Romance., Revised edition, Chatto and Windus, London, UK, 1876, p.459.
{A copy of the book is available on the Project Guttenberg web site:www.gutenberg.org/files/28540/.}
Bibliotheca Maddisoniana. A catalogue of the extensive and valuable Library of thelate John Maddison, Esq. ... deceased, which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Kingand Lochée, London, UK, 6th March 1809.
{A hand-priced copy of the catalogue is available on the Hathi Trust Digital Library
web site: http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008628191.}

518

MADDOCKS, R. J.
The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

References

Size: 127mm x 80mm

519

(o)

MAES, C.
The Bookplate

History

The Library

References

Size: 75mm x 90mm

520

(o)

MAHÉ, Edouard M.
The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

References

Size: mm x mm (p)521

MAIDSTONE & MID-KENT PHILATELIC SOCIETY
The Bookplate

Biography

His LibrarySize: mm x mm (p)Size: mm x mm (p)References

522

MALM, Harry Alexander
Bookplate 1
Signed by Harry Malm, who also designed
it.

Size: 74mm x 53mm(p)

Size: 95mm x 69mm(o)Bookplate 2
By J. Nahe of Munich, 1966.

Biography
Of Finland.

523

His Library

References

524

MALZ, Robert
The Bookplate

Size: mm x mm (p)Biography
Philatelic bookplate by German artist
Hans Uhl 1928 – a color lithograph on
wove paper, signed and dated in the plate
lower left, sheet 4.1/2 x 3.1/2 inches.
Prof. Hans Uhl was a German painterand graphic artist in Berlin, a "moderate"
expressionist. Most works/prints by him
are known from the nineteentwenties,
when also a large portfolio with
bookplates and other small graphics was
published. He was close friend of famousgraphic artist Michel Fingesten and the
Berlin copper printer and lithograph S.
Malz who worked for both of them. (bothof them made also many small graphics
for his printing studio and private use). Robert Malz, the philatelist and owner of the above
bookplate, was a (probably Berlin) family member of S. Malz. There are distinctive
influences from Fingesten and Uhl on each other.

His Library

References

525

MANCHESTER CENTRAL PHILATELIC SOCIETY
The Bookplate

Biography

The Library

References

Size: 106mm x 91mm

526

(o)

MANCHESTER PHILATELIC SOCIETY
The Bookplate

History of the Society
Founded as the Junior Philatelic Society,
Manchester Branch, it later changed its nameto the Manchester Central Philatelic Society,possibly because its meetings were held at
the City’s Central Library. It later mergedwith the Manchester Philatelic Society andeventually closed in the 1980s.

The Library

References

Size: mm x mm (p)Size: mm x mm (p)Size: mm x mm (p)527

MAPES Jr., Edgar E.
The Bookplate

Size: mm x mm (p)Biography

His Library

References

528

MARAVER, Dr. R.
The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

References

Size: 100mm x 65mm

529

(p)

MARCHANDISE, Paul E.
The Bookplate
Designed by Julio Fernandez Saez
of Valencia, Spain in 1958 andwould appear to be Opus C2, acopper engraving.

Size: mm x mm (o)Bookplate 2

Size: mm x mm (p)530

Bookplate 3

Size: 93mm x 72mm

Biography
His address was 67 Avenue Joseph Chaudron, Brussels 16, Belgium.

His Library

References

531

(o)

MARECHAL, Denis
The Bookplate
Signed by the designer, Jacques Rasdolsky
of Liege, Belgium in 1975 as Opus P7.
Printed on thin card with a simulated leather
embossed grain.

Biography

His Library

References

Size: 128mm x 108mm

532

(p)

MARTIN, Theo

1895/96-1981

The Bookplate

History

His Library

References

Size: mm x mm (p)533

MARTINEZ, Antonio

Size: 94mm x 110mm(p)

The Bookplate
Designed by the Brazilian artist Estiarte in 1947 as Opus 127.

534

The Bookplate
Julio
1947.

Pascual,

Biography

His Library

References

Size: 132mm x 98mm

535

(p)

MASTERS, R. C.
The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

References

Size: mm x mm (o)536

MATTHEWS, Charles M.
The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

References

Size: mm x mm (o)537

McAULIFFE, Capt. H. P.
The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

References

Size: 86mm x 58mm

538

(p)

McGOWAN, W. A.
The Bookplate

Biography
Of York.

His Library

References

Size: 115mm x 55mm

539

(p)

MÉŘIČKA, Otakar
The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

References

Size: mm x mm (p)540

MEWES, Emil W.

1913-2000

The Bookplate

Biography

His LibrarySize: 105mm x 73mm

References

541

(o)

MEYER, Hans
The Bookplate

Biography

His LibrarySize: mm x mm (p)References

542

MEYER, Roger
The Bookplate
Designed by Daniel Meyer of Nancy, France
in 1975 as Opus X2.

Biography

His Library

References

Size: mm x mm (p)543

MIARD, Victor
The Bookplate

Biography
He was described as aknowledgeable historian of
the Department of Isére,France and also a talented
designer of Cinderella stamps.
His Library

References
Size: mm x mm (p)544

MIKSTEIN, Prof. Stanisław

1888-1956

The Bookplate
Woodcut made in two colours. The drawing
depicts a perforated postage stamp printed indark blue with a grey background. In theupper frame is the inscription Ex Libris andin the lower S. Mikstein. An owl is sitting on
a big book in the centre with a background of
the rising sun. Side frames show ornamentswith stylized plants supporting the Polisheagle stamp issued in 1932-1933. The
bookplate was designed and made byProfessor S. Jakubowski of Cracow in1935(1, 2).
There exists modified version of thisbookplate. The drawing is same but with theaddition of a postmark impression with theinscription Krakow and in the middle thedate 13.XI.35. This is the date of the nameday of the owner of the library.

Size: 85mm x 70mm(p)

Biography
Professor Stanislaw Mikstein (1888-1956),
most prominent Polish scholar-philatelist,
creator of the basic Polish philately, known not
only in Poland but also abroad. The mostimportant of his philatelic works is the study of
the Cracow issue, which was published also in
German by the publishers of Die Postmarke in
Vienna. His next most-important work is about
the stamps overprinted Poczta Polska. In 1936
he published study Pieczęce Pocztowe na
Ziemiach Polski w XVIII Wieku. [Polish
Postmarks of the 18th Century.] Together with
W. Rachmanow he published a study of
Stemple Pocztowe Księstwa Warszawskiego i
Królestwa Polskiego 1808-1870. [Postal
Postmarks of the Duchy of Warsaw and thePolish Kingdom 1808-1870.] Most of the otherimportant works by S. Mikstein were about
postage stamps:- 1st Polish Corps of Gen.
Dowbor Muśnicki; The Local Post in
Przedborza and Żarek; Gniezno issues of 1919;
Block of six of the 1st Polish stamp of 1860.
545

His Library
He was the owner of a large philatelic library in various languages.

References
1.

2.

3.

Aleksander Sniezko: Polnische philatelistische exlibris. [Polish philatelic
bookplates.], Sammler Express, 1st February 1957, Volume 11, Issue 3, p.43. {Atranslation is available as Philat. Trans. 522.}
Akeksander Śnieżko: Ekslibrisy Filatelistyczne. [Philatelic Bookplates.], Muzeum
Poczty i Telekomunikacji, Wrocław, Poland, 1957, pp.22-23. {A translation isavailable as Philat. Trans. 378.}
Polski Czasopisma Filatelistyczne. [Polish Philatelic Periodicals.], Katalogi Zbiorów;
Series E; Biblioteka; Volume 1, Muzeum Poczty i Telekomunikacji Wrocław, Poland,
1984, pp.7-19.

546

MILES, J. R.
The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

References

Size: 155mm x 109mm

547

(p)

MIŁOSZA SKŁADKOWSKIEGO PAŃSTWOWY INSTYTUTTELEKOMUNIKACYJNY
The Bookplate
By Józef Tom, 1936

Biography

The Library

References

Size: 80mm x 57mm

548

(p)

MIOT, Henri
The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

References

Size: mm x mm (p)549

MOENS. Jean-Baptiste Philippe Constant1833-1908

The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

References

Size: mm x mm (p)

Size:

550

Not known

MONGE, Pedro
See Pedro Monge y Pineda.

MONTRÉSOR, Brig. Frank M.

1885-1964

Size: 175mm x 115mm(p)

The Bookplate
The dimensions of the paper on which the
bookplate is printed are 4 1/2 inches wide by
6 7/8 high. The base of the printed area is 2
7/8 inches above the bottom edge ofthe paper and the print is centred on the paper
from side to side.
Size: mm x mm (p)Biography

551

His Library

References

552

MORACZEWSKI, C. H.
The Bookplate

Motto

Biography

The Library

References

Size: mm x mm (p)553

MORGAN, Edward & Dorothy
The Bookplate

Biography

Their Library

References

Size: mm x mm (o)554

MORGAN, Glenn H.
The Bookplate

History

The Library+

References++

Size: mm x mm (o)555

MORLEY, Walter

1863-1936

The Bookplate
This is a typical Gift bookplate,recording the donation of a book by
Walter Morley to Stamford Public
Library.
It was found inside a copy of Morley’s
Catalogue of the Revenue Stamps ofSouth America. (1904) The book wasborrowed from the library only once, in
1940, and then discarded.

Biography of Walter Morley
Walter Morley(1) was a well-known
London dealer, trading under his own
name from the early 1890s. He
specialised in the stamps of GreatBritain and in worldwide revenue
stamps, publishing many books on thesubject to popularise them. Following
his death, his stock of publications was
acquired by Harris Publications(2).

Size: 100mm x 80mm(p)

Given the date of the donation, whilst his business was at its height, it is likely that this wasjust an ad-hoc donation to help popularise the revenue stamps he sold rather than something
more significant, such as the donation of his complete library.

Stamford Public Library
Stamford is a town in the county of
Lincolnshire, England. It is locatedapproximately 100 miles to the north of
London. The resident population at thetime of the 2001 census was 21,800. It
is best known for its medieval centre ofold timber framed buildings and 17th to18th century stone buildings.
The main public library in Stamford issituated on High Street, in the centre of
the town. Although there was a public
library in the town for many years, thepresent library building was paid for by
the philanthropist Andrew Carnegie
and was opened in 1906.

The Carnegie Library, Stamford

References
1.
Brian Schofield: Who was Who in British Philately., British Philatelic Trust, London,
556

2.
3.

UK, 2003, 56pp.
Priced Catalogue of Philatelic Literature., Harris Publications, London, UK, May
1939, 16pp.
Stamford Library., Lincolnshire County Council web site: www.lincolnshire.gov.uk

557

MOROVICS, Tomás
The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

References

Size: 67mm x 65mm

558

(o)

MOUNSEY, Alfred
The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

References

Size: 127mm x 88mm

559

(p)

MUELLER, Henry
The Bookplate

History

His Library

References

Size: mm x mm (p)560

MUSÉE POSTAL = POSTMUSEUM

Size: 105mm x 135mm(p)

The Bookplate
The Belgian museum uses an original bookplate printed on a large paper slip 13.5 x 10.5 cm
in size. In a separate frame there is an messenger on foot from the 15th century. The
inscription Musée Postal, the city and address are printed in gothic letters. To the side, aspecial dated postmark is shown with the picture of a stagecoach.
The same drawing and arrangement is used on the museum stationary.
The Belgian Postal Museum was organized after the minister of Post and Communication
visited the Polish postal Museum in Warsaw in 1936.

History

The Library

References
1.

Akeksander Śnieżko: Ekslibrisy Filatelistyczne. [Philatelic Bookplates.], Muzeum
Poczty i Telekomunikacji, Wrocław, Poland, 1957, pp.42-43. {A translation isavailable as Philat. Trans. 378.}

561

MUSÉE POSTALThe Bookplate
The Paris Museum owns a bookplate
designed in the shape of a circle with tworings with a diameter of 4 cm. In the centre
kneels a medieval messenger delivering amessage to an independent prince. In the rim
is the inscription Musée Postal 4 Rue St
Romain - Paris. Printed in black.
They also seen to have had a smaller version
53mm square.
The same illustration is used on the museum
stationary.

History
Size: 75mm x 75mm(p)

The Library

References
1.

Akeksander Śnieżko: Ekslibrisy Filatelistyczne. [Philatelic Bookplates.], Muzeum
Poczty i Telekomunikacji, Wrocław, Poland, 1957, pp.44-45. {A translation isavailable as Philat. Trans. 378.}

562

MUSEUM VOOR COMMUNICATIEFormerly the Nederlandsche Postmuseum.
The Bookplate
To mark their books the Dutch Museum isusing an original bookplate in the shape of atriangle. There is an inscription Het
Nederlandsche Postmuseum. Below theinscription, a bird with spread wings isholding an envelope with five wax seals(1).
Size: mm x mm (p)Size 3 x 7 cm. Printed in black on creamgummed paper. The same bookplate is usedon the museum stationary.

History
The museum is located in Zeestraat in the Mesdagkwartier of the Hague, Nethgerlands(2).
The Museum voor Communicatie, started in 1929 as Het Nederlandsche Postmuseum andfrom 1989-1998 PTT Museum, has a book plate. It is designed by N. P. de Koo in 1938. It
measures 71x31 mm

The Library

References
1.

Akeksander Śnieżko: Ekslibrisy Filatelistyczne. [Philatelic Bookplates.], Muzeum
563

2.

Poczty i Telekomunikacji, Wrocław, Poland, 1957, pp.46-47. {A translation isavailable as Philat. Trans. 378.}
C. Macey: The Netherlands Postal Museum., Cross Post, 1996, Volume 6, Issue 3,
pp.148-149.

564

MUZEUM POCZTY I TELEKOMUNIKACJI
Wroclaw, Poland.

Book Stamp
This was found in a book that was provided
as a photocopy by the Museum. Since thebook was published in 1957 by the Museum,
it seems likely that the book was stamped
upon accession to their library. It is likely
therefore, that the stamp was in use prior to
the introduction of the Museum’s first
bookplate in 1956.

Size: 22mm x 45mm

(p)

Size: 90mm x 84mm(o)Bookplate 1
The drawing depicts an old wax seal. In therim with a black background is theinscription
MuzeumPocztyiTelekomunikacji. In the centre we see a
postilion on a horse blowing a post horn. In
the background is a post coach, at the bottom
the inscription Wrocław and at the top, thewords Ex Libris(1, 2).
A woodcut, designed by the well-known
graphic
artistProfessor
Konstanty
Sopoćko, 1956. Printed in black ink on white
paper.

565

Bookplate 2
By Halina Pawlikowska, 1971.

Size: 110mm x 90mm

(p)

Size mm x mm (o)566Size mm x mm (o)Size mm x mm (o)567

Size mm x mm (o)568History of the Museum

The Library

References
1.

2.

Aleksander Sniezko: Polnische philatelistische exlibris. [Polish philatelic
bookplates.], Sammler Express, 1st February 1957, Volume 11, Issue 3, p.43. {Atranslation is available as Philat. Trans. 522.}
Akeksander Śnieżko: Ekslibrisy Filatelistyczne. [Philatelic Bookplates.], Muzeum
Poczty i Telekomunikacji, Wrocław, Poland, 1957, pp.36-37. {A translation isavailable as Philat. Trans. 378.}

569

MYM
The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

References

Size: mm x mm (p)570

MYRICK, Abraham C.
The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

References

Size: mm x mm (p)

571

NNNN

NAGEL, J.-L.
The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

References

Size: mm x mm (p)572

NANINCK, P. L. J.
The Bookplate
Designed by Fons Kafoe in 1942.

Biography

The Library

References

Size: 130mm x 87mm

573

(p)

NÄTHER, H.
The Bookplate
Signed by the designer Hugo Silbersky ofCzechoslovakia as a wood cut.

Biography

His Library

References
Size: mm x mm (p)574

NATIONAL PHILATELIC SOCIETY
Book Stamp 1

Size: mm diameter(n/a)

Size: mm diameter(n/a)

Book Stamp 2

History of the Society

The Library
The first time that there is a reference to book or periodical holdings, or mention of a librarianin the list of society officers, is 1903. So, for more than 100 years the library has been serving
JPS and, latterly, National Philatelic Society members.
NPSL holdings comprise roughly 1,800 linear feet of shelving and cover all stamp collecting
disciplines. The library caters for members at every level of experience within the hobby andfor those with all types of philatelic interest, however obscure. There are an increasing
number of multimedia titles, together with books, monographs, newspapers, catalogues andexhibition publications. Our periodical collections go back to the 1860s when the hobby - stillin its infancy - was becoming organised and first written about.

References

575

NEDERLANDSCHE POSTMUSEUM
Renamed Museum voor Communicatie.

NEGUS, Ronald

1933-

The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

References
Size: mm x mm (o)576

NÉMETH, Istvánék

Size: 105mm x 152mm

The Bookplate

Motto

Biography

The Library

References

577

(p)

NETHERLANDSCHE POSTMUSEUM
See Museum voor Communicatie.

NIELSEN, Knud
Bookplate 1

Designed by H. C. Hornaver,Opus 218, 1984.

Size: 70mm x 70mm(p)

Size: 70mm x 76mm(p)

Bookplate 2

Designed by H. C. Hornaver,Opus 219, 1984.

Biography

His Library578

References

579

NOGUERA, C.

The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

References

Size: mm x mm (p)580

Nolan, Andrew W.
The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

References

Size: mm x mm (p)581

NORTHWEST PHILATELIC LIBRARY
The Bookplate
It had always been planned that abookplate would be used torecognise those who donatedliterature to the Library. Greg
Alexander took charge of the
project and produced the required
bookplate in 2008(1).
The frame came from a collectionof scanned illustrations from the‘20s and ‘30s, put out by Dover
Publishing. The name of theoriginal designer was not reported.
The design was chosen because it
was similar the original bookplateproduced on linen by the Oregon
Stamp
Society.
(Additional
information by e-mail from Greg
Alexander, Northwest Philatelic
Library.)
Size: 101mm x 84mm(o)

All donations from the formation of the Library in 2003 were fitted with bookplates by theend of 2008. Donations of journals are recognised by a suitable notation in the computerised
record system.

Biography

His Library

References
1.

NPL Bookplate., Book Reports, February 2009, Volume 5, Issue 9, p.F.

582

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE PHILATELIC SOCIETY
The Bookplate

Size: 88mm x 108mm

Copies of the bookplate were still available in 2014.

History of the Society

The Library

References

583

(o)

NYING, Artur
Bookplate 1

Size: 95mm x 70mm(p)

Size: 95mm x 70mm(p)

Bookplate 2584

Biography
Of Jönköping, Sweden.

His Library

References

585

OOOO

O. P. D.
See Oberpostdirektion.

OBERLIN, Armond [Obie]
See the Armond “Obie” Oberlin Memorial Philatelic Research Library

OBERPOSTDIREKTION KOBLENZ
Bookplate 1
Basic mimeographed bookplate from the lateforties (French administration and French
military government was in Koblenz) or
early fifties.

Size: mm x mm (o)586Bookplate 2

Size: mm x mm (o)History
German regional postal administration in the city of Koblenz circa 1950.

The Library

References

587

OBERPOSTDIREKTION KÖLNThe Bookplate

History

The Library

References

Size: mm x mm (o)588

OBERPOSTDIREKTION MÜNCHEN
The Bookplate

History

The Library

References
Size: 49mm x 38mm

589

(o)

OBERPOSTDIREKTION MÜNSTERBook Stamp 1

Size: mm x mm (o)Book Stamp 2

Size: 30mm x 53mm(o)

Size: 15mm x 65mm

(o)Size: 30mm x 53mm

(o)Book Stamp 3Book Stamp 4History590

The Library

References

591

“OBIE” OBERLIN PHILATELIC COLLECTION
See the Armond “Obie” Oberlin Memorial Philatelic Research Library.

OLDFIELD, H. R.
Supralibris 1

Size: mm x mm (p)An example of a book front

Supralibris 2592

Size: mm x mm (p)An example of a book front

Biography

His Library

References593

OLIVEIRA, Fernando Honorio
The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

References

Size: 103mm x 53mm

594

(p)

OLIVER-JONES, Winifred
The Bookplate
Motto
Biography
Her Library

References

Size: mm x mm (p)

595

OPD
See Oberpostdirektion.

OREGON STAMP SOCIETY
The Bookplate

History of the Society

The Library

References

Size: 102mm x 82mm

596

(o)

ORRLAND, Jan
The Bookplate

Size: 98mm x 76mm

597

(p)

Biography

The Library

References

598

PPPP

PACE, Ernest
See Irene & Ernest Pace.

PACE, Irene Owen
Bookplate 1

Size: 159mm x 107mm

599

(o)

Bookplate 2

Size: 142mm x 110mm

Biography

The Library

References

600

(o)

PACE, Irene & Ernest
The Bookplate

Biographies

Their Library

References

Size: mm x mm (p)601

PALMERLEE, Albert E.
The Bookplate

The Library

References

Size: mm x mm (p)602PAŃSTWOWY DOM HARCERZA PRACOWNIA FILATELISTYKI
The Bookplate
This is a Pictorial Bookplate designed byWincenty Piątek. The main theme of thedrawing is an elk in the woods. The design iscopied from the 60gr. postage stamp from a
set dedicated to rare animals in Poland,issued in 1954.

Size: 50mm x 60mm(p)

At the bottom of the drawing, the coat of arms of the city of Hrubieszow is shown in place ofthe value of the stamp and the inscription Państwowy Dom Harcerza Pracownia Filatelistyki[Philately Workshop in the State Scout Centre] replaced the name of the country. At the top
above the moose the words Ex-Libris appear. Printed in two colours - brown and green justlike the original stamp.

Biography
The Philately Workshop is first institution studying how to utilize philately in teaching.

The Library

References
1.

Akeksander Śnieżko: Ekslibrisy Filatelistyczne. [Philatelic Bookplates.], Muzeum
Poczty i Telekomunikacji, Wrocław, Poland, 1957, pp.32-33. {A translation isavailable as Philat. Trans. 378.}

603

PAPP, László
The Bookplate

Size: mm x mm (o)Biography

The Library

References

604

PARKER, Dr. Keith Shelley

1891-1965

The Bookplate
Although this is a typical
Monogram Bookplate, it could justas easily be called a Cypher
Bookplate since it carries only theowner’s initials.
The bookplate has nine rectangles,
the centre one bearing the owner’s
initials, K S P. The images in theremaining eight squares represent
the owner and his interests.
From the first three squares, we candeduce that he was a doctor, liked
fishing and reading. The two
middle squares represent his
interest in philately and his dog,presumably a spaniel.

Size: 90mm x 90mm(p)

The first of the three squares along
the bottom row contains the crest of
the Parker family. It comprises aleopard’s head erased [i.e. torn off
or with a jagged edge] gorged of acoronet [i.e. with a coronet as acollar] and with the motto Sempere
Aude [Dare to be Wise].
This is similar to crest shown in the
Macclesfield Parker family stained
glass window(1) except that themotto is shown as Dare to be Just.
In the centre square, the hat would indicate that the owner was a member of the Australianarmed forces as it carries their Rising Sun Badge (1904-1949 pattern), also known as theGeneral Service Badge(2).
The final square appears to show three symbolic flowers, possibly indicative of an interest in
gardening.

Biography
Keith Shelley Parker was born on the 5th June 1891 at Orange, NSW, Australia to Henry
Josiah Parker and Lena Mary Parker (nee Oakes)(3). He graduated from the Sydney
Medical School in 1915, a Bac helor of Medicine and Master of Surgery(4).
605In February 1916, he enlisted as a Medical Officer in the Australian Army Medical Corps(Now Royal Australian Army Medical Corps), being posted to the 45th Battalion of theAustralian Imperial Force(5).
The photograph opposite shows agroup portrait of the 45th Battalion,
taken just before the attack on
Messines Ridge in June 1917. It wasfor his bravery during this attack that
Parker was awarded the Military
Cross.
His citation read as follows: On theafternoon of 7.6.17 during the attack
on final objective East of Messines,
he went forward under a heavy
artillery and machine gun barrage
Captain Keith Shelley Parker is sitting in the front row,third from the left(6)and established his regimental aid
post in a shell hole which at that time
was the most advanced R.A.P. in the line. He worked here under the most adverse conditions
from the 7.6.17 to the 11.6.17 without rest and attended the wounded of a number of otherunits in addition to our own. During the whole time the area was shelled almost incessantly(6).
He was demobilised in January 1919.
On the 26th April 1923, he married Marjorie Annie Rowe Crespin at Melbourne andtogether they had two sons. Keith Shelley Parker died on the 1st October 1965.

His Library
I have no information about his philatelic activities or his library.

References
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

David

B.

Appleton:

Heraldry: Musings on an esoteric topic., Blog:
http://blog.appletonstudios.com, 8th March 2012.
Rising Sun Badge., Australian Stamp Bulletin, March/April 2012, Whole number 315,
pp.20-21.
OZIGEN – Australian Genealogy web site: www.ozigen.com, 12th March 2011.
Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia, web site:
http://sydney.edu.au/medicine/people.
The AIF Project web site: www.aif.adfa.edu.au, 12th March 2011.
Australian War Memorial web site: http://cas.awm.gov.au, 10th March 2012.

606

PARVITS, Joh.
The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

References

Size: mm x mm (p)607

PATON, Ian
The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

References

Size: 89mm x 63mm

608

(o)

PATTERSON, J. Lawton
The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

References

Size: mm x mm (p)609

PAVELKY, Emil A. Jiřího

The Bookplate
Designed in 1930 by Emil Pavelka.
Printed on very cheap coarse paper.

Biography
A Czechoslovakian philatelist.

His Library

References

Size: 115mm x 96mm(o)

Also found as 145mm x 99mm

610

PAY, Ernst
The Bookplate

Biography

The Library

References

Size: 60mm x 51mm

611

(p)

PEACOCK, Thomas Ralph
The Bookplate
These have been found dated from 19841987.

Biography

His Library

References
Size: 59mm x 89mm

612

(o)

PEAKE, Archibald John [Jack]

1922/23-

Bookplate 1
Ajax – a pun on his name A. Jack.
It was designed about 1950.

Size: 115mm x 80mm

613

(o)

Bookplate 2
Created in the early 1990s after hehad been granted arms from theCollege of Heralds, London.

Size: 125mm x 86mm(o)

Biography
He was one of the most significant producers of hand illustrated FDCs in Australia. He began
producing his illustrated covers in 1948, in quantities of four or fewer in the early years. Even
his later issues are now very valuable in Australia, selling for many hundreds of dollars(1).
He designed a set of stamps for a Pacific Island (Samoa I think) and still exhibits stamps andfirst day covers in Adelaide (South Australia) and interstate.

His Library

References
1.

Glen Stevens: Jack Peake covers., Philatelic Exporter, December 2009, Volume 65,
Issue 8, pp.18-19.

614

PEARSON, Patrick Chilton
The Bookplate
He followed in his father’s footsteps inhaving a bookplate designed for his own use.
The motto at the top Tanquam Explorator
sumos (Just like an explorer are we) was
following the practice of Ben Johnson(1572-1637), the English Renaissancedramatist and poet, who wrote it on thebooks he owned. Patrick found this written
in one of the books he purchased from a stallin Cambridge market when he was anundergraduate there.
Size: mm x mm (o)su[m] Ben Jonsonij (I am Ben Jonson’s)
When his father died, he was left with a stock of his bookplates which he carefully added tothose books in his library which had previously belonged to his father, before inserting his
own bookplate.

Biography

The Library

References

615

PEDERSEN, Jørgen Vils
Bookplate 1

Size: 70mm x 85mm

Bookplate 2

616

(p)

Size: 141mm x 104mm(o)

A. Ristes ?, Opus 115.

Bookplate 3

Size: 113mm x 63mm(o)Size: 95mm x 67mm(o)Bookplate 4
By H. M. Bungter?

617

Bookplate 5

Size: 145mm x 106mm

Bookplate 6

618

(o)

Size: 145mm x 110mm

619

(o)

Bookplate 7

Size: 130mm x 94mm

Bookplate 8

620

(o)

Size: 140mm x 101mm

Bookplate 9

621

(o)

Size: 141mm x 105mm(o)Bookplate 10

Size: 82mm x 99mm

622

(o)

Bookplate 11

Size: 120mm x 95mm

Bookplate 12

623

(o)

Size: 120mm x 113mm

624

(o)

Bookplate 13

Size: 125mm x 98mm

Bookplate 14

625

(o)

Size: 150mm x 102mm

By Käroly Andrusco, Yugoslavia.

Biography
Of Denmark.

The Library

References

626

(o)

PERT, John C.
The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

References

Size: mm x mm (p)627

PETRIKOVITZ, Dr. Ladislaus
The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

References
Size: mm x mm (p)628PĔTRŎS, Albín
The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

References

Size: mm x mm (o)629

PETTERSEN, J. Abel
The Bookplate
By cartoonist Ragnvald Jørgensen of
Bergen in 1947.

Biography
Of Bergen, Norway.

The Library

References

Size: 76mm x 53mm

630

(p)

PETZNIK, R.
The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

References

Size: mm x mm (o)631

PHILATELIC RESEARCH SOCIETY
The Bookplate

History
Oakland, CA, USA

The Library

References

Size: mm x mm (o)632PHILATELIC SOCIETY OF LONDON
See the Royal Philatelic Society London.

PHILATELIC SOCIETY OF LOS ANGELES
See the Armond “Obie” Oberlin Memorial Philatelic Research Library.

PHILATELIC SOCIETY OF NATAL
The Bookplate

Biography

The Library

References

Size: mm x mm (p)633

PHILATELIC SOCIETY, LONDON
See the Royal Philatelic Society London.

PHILBRICK, Judge Frederick Adolphus

1836-1910

Bookplate 1
A typical Die Sinker Armorial
Bookplate with a squarish, eared
shield.
This was presumably Philbrick’s
family Arms. It is actually given invarious sources as that of St.
Philibert (Oxfordshire England)Arms: Bendy of six Argent and Azure
Crest: Out of a mural coronet aleopard’s head ducally gorged.
The word Temple would be a
sufficient address for a Queen’s
Counsel (QC) or Judge in London in
the late 18th century(1). Interestingly,
apart from this illustration, I have
only come across Philbrick’s
bookplate in situ with the address
Middle Temple. The periodical
bearing his bookplate with theTemple address dated from 1878,
whilst one I have seen carrying thebookplate with his Middle Temple
address was published in 1906,
although I have also come across one

Size: 93mm x 63mm(p)(1)

in a book of 1867. From this trifling survey, it can be deduced, but not with any certainty, thatthe bookplate with the address Temple was the earlier of the two(1).

634MottoVestigia Nulla Retrorsum [There’s No Going
Back]
The motto was taken from the fable of theFox and the Lion as told by the poet Horace:
Quia me vestigia terrent, / Omnia teadversum spectantia / Nulla retrorsum, says
the Fox to the Lion who invited him into his
den. I am afraid of those footprints; every
track leads to your home but never a one
leads back. The words stand for the principles
of integrity and truth.

Size: 93mm x 63mm

635

(p)

Biography
Born in 1835, the eldest son of Frederick B. Philbrick of Colchester. Educated at London
University, he became a solicitor of the Middle Temple in 1860. In 1870, he was Recorder ofColchester and in 1874 he became a Queen’s Counsel (QC). He became a County Court
Judge in Hampshire in 1890. As well as stamps, he also collected old porcelain and 17th
century books. His last years were spent in retirement in Bournemouth where he died aged 76
on the morning of Christmas Day 1910.
Judge Philbrick was an early philatelist, being one of the founder-members of the PhilatelicSociety, London (Subsequently the Royal Philatelic Society London.) in 1869. He was theSociety’s first Vice President, becoming its second President in 1878, a post he continued tofill until 1892.
He created many notable collections and owned most of the notable rarities of the day,including the 1d and 2d Post Office Mauritius. His collections, other than Great Britain, weresold to Ferrary in 1880 for £8,000.
In the 1860s he contributed to the philatelic press, notably the Stamp Collector’s Magazine
under the pseudonyms An Amateur and Damus Petimusque Vicissim, the latter being themotto on the British Guiana ship stamps of 1860 meaning We give and we seek in turn.

His Library
His library was sold by Sotheby’s in 1905 and some prices realised were noted by B. T. K.
Smith(2).

References
1.
2.

Edgar Lewy: A tale of two bookplates., The Stamp Magazine, April 1988, Volume
54, Issue 4, pp.74-75.
B. T. K. Smith: Alfred Smith & Son’s Monthly Circular, June 1905, Issue 366, p.42.

636

PHILLIPS, Charles James

1863-1940

The BookplateA
pictorial
representationofphilately, designed by George Feast
Rapkin(1). Phillips’ bookplate ismuch more elaborate than that ofPhilbrick. Lacking a coat of arms of
his own, or preferring pictorial
designs, he had an engraver design a
special and very appropriate plate forthe purpose. Mercury, seated, holds alarge album on his lap, and carries thewined staff (or caduceus) in his righthand. His left arm rests on a globe
against which is propped a large plate
bearing a double-headed heraldic
eagle", below is an open album
labeled 'Foreign Stamps', someparchment scrolls and a seal; one of
the sheets escaping from a scroll
bears the date 1904, probably the yearof the engraved plate. Behind
Mercury we see the ocean with aprimitive sailing boat; to the left is anolive tree, its branches spreadingalong the top of the design andwound with aSize: 124mm x 92mm(o)ribbon again bearing a text ‘Foreign postage’. Finally, overlaid on the olive branch above
Mercury’s head, are three classic stamps of the utmost rarity: the Millbury 'Washington Head'US Postmaster's local 5c, the British Guiana four cents black of 1856, and the One Penny Post
Office of Mauritius.
Dated 1904, this plate shows Mercury, messenger of the gods, seated beside a globe,
albums and a scroll in the foreground. Three of the rarest--stamps are shown near the top.
The plate is not signed, but its execution is of a high standard, as was to be expected from aman of C. J. Phillips' standing

Biography(b. May 15, 1863, Birmingham, Eng.; d. June 2, 1940, New York, N. Y.)
Phillips started stamp collecting with a Stanley Gibbons packet in 1873. He began his
part-time -dealing in the early 1880'x. Founded the Bir-mingham Philatelic Society in
1886. In 1889 he started the "Stamp Ad-vertiser 8a Auction Reporter," which merged into
Stanley Gibbons Month-ly Journal upon its inauguration in July 1890.Charles James
Phillips, bought the firm of Stanley Gibbons from its founder for £25,000 in 1890, when E.
S. Gibbons decided to retire from business.
637

He was born in 1863, of a well-known Birmingham family, and was trained as an accountant
and auditor. As a part-time occupation he dealt in stamps, and knew personally such people as
Ferrary, Tapling, Philbrick and Sir Edward Bacon, later Curator of the Royal Collection. He
founded the Birmingham Philatelic Society in 1886 and soon gave up accountancy in favourof stamp dealing.
Besides philately he had extensive antiquarian interests, being a member of the Kent
Antiquarian Society and of the Society of Antiquaries, and compiling a notable history of the
Sackville family of Knole from their own records. Vita Sackville-West is perhaps the bestknown member of the recent Sackvilles, although the family continues to the present day.
As soon as Phillips purchased Stanley Gibbons, he started to issue a house journal, the present
Gibbons Stamp Monthly. In it, and in other magazines such as the Collector's Club Philatelistand Stamps, he published numerous articles based on personal research, and dealing withcountries as diverse as Brazil, British East Africa, Chile, Colombia, Italy, Mexico,
Montenegro, Uganda and Western Australia.
For Stamps in particular he wrote a series on Famous Philatelic Personalities between 1932
and 1934. He was also one of the first signatories of the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists(1921) and founded the 'Philatelic Protection Association' (of which he became the Secretary)in 1891. No doubt his presence was one of the reasons why Stanley Gibbons Ltd published
the Reverend R. B. Earee's third edition of Album weeds.
Phillips was a far better businessman as well as being more knowledgeable in things
philatelic, than was Edward Stanley Gibbons. Within six years he had multiplied the firm's
turnover eightfold, and had moved its premises from Gower Street to the Strand where hebought the freehold of number 391. He also founded branches in New York and Buenos
Aires. The business flourished through the acquisition of the best collections, of auction
houses (Glendinings), and of other dealers’ holdings. In 1914 Stanley Gibbons Ltd was
granted the Royal Warrant of appointment as Philatelists (to King George V) which they haveretained to this day.
Phillips retired in 1922, selling his shareholding to George Hamilton Smith, and moved to
New York where he continued to deal. His move to New York was apparently not without
good reasons - his commercial transactions had not been of a kind which one would expectfrom a Royal Warrant holder.
Although he also became a leading philatelic figure in New York, matters did not improve
during his sojourn there. He died in 1940.
Sources: Besides those named and certain general reference works, I am indebted in particular
to Volume 1 of Carlrichard Bruhl's Geschiehte der Philatelie (Georg Holms Verlag,
Hildesheim, 1985).

His Library
He purchased the Dr. Jacques Amable Legrand (Paris) library in 1912 and, after taking allof the works he required, sold the balance in three sales through the firm of Glendining
1913-15. Later, (June 1920) he sold a portion of his library through Glendining.
638

References
1.
2.
3.
4.

Brian Schofield: Who was Who in British Philately., British Philatelic Trust, London,
UK, 2003, p.40.
Edgar Lewy: A tale of two bookplates., The Stamp Magazine, April 1988, Volume
54, Issue 4, pp.74-75.
George T. Turner: Philatelic Bookplates., Philatelic Literature Review, 1954,
Volume 4, Issue 4, Cover & pp.43-59.
[B. T. K. Smith (Editor)]: Philatelic “Ex Libris”., The Journal of the Philatelic
Literature Society, January 1911, Volume 4, Issue 1, p.19 & Plate. (Simply illustrates
his bookplate)639

PIĄTAK, Wincenty
The Bookplate
Drawing on a composition (borrowed main
motif). It shows stagecoach from the middleof the 19th century. Under the drawing, awaving sign Bookplate Wincentego Piątaka.
Produced in two sizes - one 4 x 5 cm, theother 6 x 8 cm. The first was printed inbrown, the second in green.

Size: mm x mm (p)Biography
Wincenty Piątek, philatelist, author of many articles published in professional papers, edited
and published a philatelic newspaper for young people. Manager of the Philately Workshop in
the State Scout Centre in Hrubieszow.

The Library

References
1.

Akeksander Śnieżko: Ekslibrisy Filatelistyczne. [Philatelic Bookplates.], Muzeum
Poczty i Telekomunikacji, Wrocław, Poland, 1957, pp.34-35. {A translation isavailable as Philat. Trans. 378.}

640

PINEDA, Pedro Monge y

1890-1965

Size: 176mm x 127mm

Bookplate 1

641

(p)

Bookplate 2Size mm x mm (p)Biography
His library passed to Jose Maria
Sempere who disposed of all items
that did not pertain to Spain throughChristie’s Robson Lowe in October
1991 as the “P.M. Library”. (Norman
Gahl: P.M. corrected. Philatelic
Literature Review, 1995, Volume 44,
Issue 3, p.266.) Much of the librarywaspurchasedbyJosephHackmey(1).

His Library642

References
1.

Academus, October 2000, Volume 1, Issue 1, p.87.

643

POLAŃSKI, Włodzimiersz

1878-1944

The Bookplate
The theme is taken from past
Polish architecture and folk art. In
the baroque frame we see an old
Post Office building and astagecoach with four horses.
Below is a scattering of mail, aPost horn and the monogram WP.
At the bottom is space for a booknumber. At the top of the drawing
is the inscription Ex-Libris, and at
the bottom W. Polański.
Produced in 1926 by zincography
in two colours on light-cream
paper by the well-known graphic
artist Józef Tom of Warsaw. The
original drawing is in theMuseumof
PostandTelecommunication in Wroclaw(1,2).

Size: 110mm x 85mm(p)

Biography
Włodzimiersz Polański (1878-1944) was an
outstanding Polish philatelist and researcher ofPolish postmarks and classic Polish stamps.
Author of the large monograph Znaki i Marki
Pocztowe w 18 i 19 Wieku. [Postmarks andPostage Stamps in the 18th and 19th Centuries.](Geneva-Warsaw 1922), for which he wasawarded gold medals at international stamp
exhibitions. He published the illustrated
monographs Jak Przewożono Pocztę Polską w
Dawnych Czasach. [How the Polish mail wasdelivered in old days.] and Trąbka I Sygnały
Pocztowe. [Bugle and postal signals.]

644

His Library
He presented his collection of books in various foreign languages on the subject of philately
and history of the post, to the Postal Museum. Included in his collection was a complete set of
postal circulars of the Polish Kingdom, the original sign from the post office in Slonim fromthe 18th century, also rare print from 1860 - regulations of the Polish Post in Gdansk (Danzig).
As the curator of the Postal Museum he was instrumental in the expansion of the Museum.

References
1.

2.

3.

Aleksander Sniezko: Polnische philatelistische exlibris. [Polish philatelic
bookplates.], Sammler Express, 1st February 1957, Volume 11, Issue 3, p.43. {Atranslation is available as Philat. Trans. 522.}
Akeksander Śnieżko: Ekslibrisy Filatelistyczne. [Philatelic Bookplates.], Muzeum
Poczty i Telekomunikacji, Wrocław, Poland, 1957, pp.16-17. {A translation isavailable as Philat. Trans. 378.}
Polski Czasopisma Filatelistyczne. [Polish Philatelic Periodicals.], Katalogi Zbiorów;
Series E; Biblioteka; Volume 1, Muzeum Poczty i Telekomunikacji Wrocław, Poland,
1984, pp.7-19.

645

POLIWODY, W.
The Bookplate

Biography

The Library

References

Size: mm x mm (p)646

POLSKI ZWIAZEK FILATELISTÓW
The Bookplate

Biography

The Library

References

Size: mm x mm (o)647

PONCELET, René
The Bookplate

Biography

Size: 40mm x 65mm(p)

His Library

Poncelet’s library was sold by Willy Balasse in 19451, the Foreword being written by Andréde Cock, one of the most important Belgian Philatelists of the day and included Poncelet’s648

bookplate as an illustration.

References
1.
André de Cock: La Bibliothèque René Poncelet. [René Poncelet’s Library.], 61st
Public Auction, Willy Balasse, Brussels, Belgium, 7th, 9th & 14th July 1945. (Atranslation of the Foreword is available as Philat. Trans. 560.)

649

POST OFFICE TELEGRAPHS

Size: 140mm x 100mm(p)

The Bookplate

Biography
The premium illustrated, from the Amoret Tanner Collection, relates as can be seen to
the office in Leicester; and it shows one of several quite different designs, probably by
the same hand, which were used nationwide, though most examples which turn up relate
to London. There, the Central Telegraph Office was situated in the General Post OfficeWest, a Victorian Gothic pile in St. Martin's-le-Grand in the City. As the nineteenth
century progressed, people of quality became enthusiastic senders of telegraphs, and theDuchess of Teck, for instance, who was Queen Mary’s mother, recorded one day in1880 when she telegraphed from lunch till teatime. The sense of discipline andregimentation which the premium-designer displayed bespeaks the pride and innocenceof those good old days. No doubt the Leicester lads were innocent, for the writer grewup there too, but some of the London telegraph boys brought about one of the greatest
scandals of Victorian times: the Cleveland Street Affair, which started in 1888. Sending
telegraphs was so popular that their bearers were hither and thither all the time,
650

The Library

References
1.

Brian Lee North: Premium or Prize Ex-Libris., Bookplate Society, London, UK,2001, p.110.

651

POST OG TELEGRAF
The Danish Postal Museum.

The Bookplate
The library is using for their books abeautiful bookplate made with awoodcut. It shows a postilion on ahorse from the 17th century. Above
the postilion, on a ribbon is an
inscription in gothic letters Post-og
Telegraf, and at the bottom
Bibliotheket. Size 5.5 x 7.5 cm.
Printed in black on thick wove paperwith irregular edges, not clean cut(1).
Designed and engraved by Johannes
Britze of Copenhagen, Denmark, in
1928 as Opus 38(2).

Biography
The Post & Tele Museum is
Denmark’s national museum of post
Size: 95mm x 75mm(p)
andtelecommunications.
The
Museum is a foundation set up in
1996 by TDC A/S and Post Danmark
A/S and was previously called Dansk
Post og Telegrafmuseum (The Danish
Post and Telegraph Museum). The
Post & Tele Museum is thedepository of Denmark’s
national collections in the field of post and telecommunications and houses the largest stamp
collection in Denmark.
The LibraryComprises the country’s most important special subject library.

References
1.

2.

Akeksander Śnieżko: Ekslibrisy Filatelistyczne. [Philatelic Bookplates.], Muzeum
Poczty i Telekomunikacji, Wrocław, Poland, 1957, pp.40-41. {A translation isavailable as Philat. Trans. 378.}
Kristen Rasmussen: The Life and Works of Friedrich and Johannes Britze.,
Exlibristen, Frederickshavn, Denmark, 1980, 95pp. {Number 112 of an edition of
175.}
652

POŠTA, Václav
The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

References

Size: mm x mm (o)653

POSTAL HISTORY SOCIETY
The Bookplate
This is a Stock Bookplate producedby the Society for its membership,pressed into use for its own librarybu the addition of the Society’s
name at its foot. Accordingly,
copies with no inscription at thefoot can also be found.

History of the Society

The Library

References

Size: 134mm x 84mm

654

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POSTAL MUSEUMS
The following list of postal museums by country, is intended to direct users to their native
titles, under which their bookplates will be found.
Belgium

Musée Postal = Postmuseum

Denmark

Post-og Telegraf

FranceMusée Postal

Netherlands

Museum voor Communicatie(Formerly the Nederlandsche Postmuseum)

NorwayPostmuseet

PolandMuzeum Poczty i Telekomunikacji

SwedenPostmuseum

Switzerland

Schweitzerische Post Museum

655

POSTMUSEETThe Norwegian Postal Museum.

The Bookplate
History
Oslo, Norway.

The Library

References
Size: 72mm x 60mm

656

(p)

POSTMUSEUM
The Swedish Postal museum.

The Bookplate
To mark their books, the Swedish Postal
Museum uses a bookplate, specially designed
by Olle Hjortzberg (1872-1959) in about
1930. He was a famous Swedish artist who
had also designed some Swedish stamps. The
drawing depicts a postilion with a post hornon a horse from the 17th century. Above thedrawing a royal crown from the Waza
dynasty is shown. The drawing is enclosed
by an oval frame with the inscription
Postmuseum Stockholm around the insideedge. the drawing is printed on whitegummed paper 6.5 x 7 cm. The size of thedrawing is 3.5 x 4 cm. It is printed in black.
Size: 70mm x 65mm(o)

The same drawing but in a smaller size (2.5 x 3 cm) is used on Postmuseum stationery.

History
The Swedish Postal Museum in Stockholm was opened in 1906. It occupies the building thatwas the only post office in the capital from 1719 to 1869 and dates from the 1630s. Its
collections illustrate the history of the Swedish postal service and the development ofphilately. The collections include many artefacts from the post, especially the means by which
the post was carried such as cars, boats and trains. It also includes stamps, photographs,
postcards, letters and documents. Naturally, stamps form the largest portion withapproximately 2.5 million items held(2).

657The Library
The museum contains a major philatelic library containing over 48,000 volumes andsubscribes to some 150 magazines from all over the world.

References
1.

2.

Akeksander Śnieżko: Ekslibrisy Filatelistyczne. [Philatelic Bookplates.], Muzeum
Poczty i Telekomunikacji, Wrocław, Poland, 1957, pp.38-39. {A translation isavailable as Philat. Trans. 378.}
Katrin Svahn: Stockholm’s Postal Museum., Cross Post, Spring 1991, Volume 3,
Issue 4, pp.136-144.

658

POWELL, Bert
The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

References

Size: mm x mm (p)659

POWERHOUSE MUSEUM
See under Ernest Alfred Crome.

PRESCOTT, Lionel R. F.
The Bookplate
A Supralibris impressed on the front
cover in gold. Although it matches thegold title, it was evidently impressed on
the book after the title as it is indented
into the cover whereas the title appears tohave been printed onto its surface.

Size: 63mm x 4mm

The Library

References

660

(p)

PREŬSS, Lutz
The Bookplate
By Richard Preŭsse of Leipzig. ca.
1950.

Biography

His Library

References

Size: 98mm x 80mm

661

(o)

PREUSSISCHE STAATSBIBLIOTHEKThe Book Stamp

History of the LibrarySize: mm x mm (p)The Library

Old Library ("Kommode") in Bebel square,
Berlin (Germany) - Faculty of Law of the
Humboldt University of Berlin662

Library of Kings[edit]
In the early period, the fortunes of the State Library rose and fell on royal whims. In
1658 Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg decreed that his private books be organized,
cataloged and made available to the public. His library opened in 1661 at Cologne as the"Library of the Elector" (German: Churfürstliche Bibliothek zu Cölln an der Spree). In
1699, Frederick I more than doubled the collection, extended opening hours and introduced
the first Prussian legal deposit law. In 1701 it was renamed the "Royal Library"(German: Königliche Bibliothek) upon Frederick I's accession as first King ofPrussia. Frederick William I then cancelled the acquisition budget in 1722 and gave away thevaluable scientific collection to the Prussian Academy of Sciences in 1735. Frederick theGreat also cared little for the library at first, preferring instead his own literature in the Frenchlanguage. However in 1770 he granted the library substantial assets and it made several
important acquisitions. To avoid the problems caused by its dependence on the crown,
Frederick the Great also granted the library considerable autonomy.[4]Rise to Preeminence[edit]
With new resources and authority, construction began on a Royal Library building on
the Bebelplatz in the center of Berlin. Built between 1775 and 1785 by Georg Christian
Unger to plans by Joseph Emanuel Fischer von Erlach, it's nicknamed the Kommode (Chest of
drawers) after its Neo Baroque design. The collection then underwent nearly continuous
improvement and expansion. By 1905 it had become the largest and most influential
repository of materials in the German language, and at 1.2 million books one of the largest
libraries in the world.[5] The Bebelplatz building housed the library until 1914, when theheadquarters moved into new, even larger premises on the Unter den Linden: the climax ofthe library's development before the First World War. Today the old Royal building houses
the Faculty of Law of Humboldt University.
At the founding of the Weimar Republic the library was renamed the "Prussian State Library"(German: Preußische Staatsbibliothek). After 1919, economic effects of war and inflation on
the library were mitigated through the active support of the Emergency Association ofGerman Sciences (after 1930, the German Research Foundation).
War and Destruction[edit]
The Nazi period severely damaged the institution through political intimidation, employee
dismissals, restrictions on foreign acquisitions and the effects of World War II. On May 10,
1933 a book burningceremony was held at the Bebelplatz by members of the Deutsche
Studentenschaft,the National
Socialist
GermanStudents'
League, Sturmabteilung "brownshirts" and Hitler Youth groups at the instigation of the
Propaganda Minister, Joseph Goebbels. The Nazis burned over 20,000 books - mostly fromthe neighboring University, not the State library itself - including works by ThomasMann, Erich Maria Remarque,Heinrich Heine, Karl Marx and many others. Today a glass
plate set into the Bebelplatz, giving a view of empty bookcases, commemorates the event.
After an Allied bomb hit the Unter den Linden building in 1941, the various holdings (nowsome 3 million volumes and over 7,400 incunabula) were evacuated to 30 monasteries, castles
and abandoned mines around Germany. By the end of the war, the main building was severely
damaged, the valuable collections distributed across allied zones of occupation, the librarystaff had been killed or scattered, and 700,000 volumes either destroyed or lost.[6] With theformal dissolution of the State of Prussia in 1947, support for the library ended and thePrussian State Library ceased to exist.
Rebuilding and Reunification[edit]
After 1945, parts of the collection that had been hidden in what became the Soviet occupation
zone were returned to the war-damaged Unter den Linden building in East Berlin. It first
opened in 1946 as thePublic Scientific Library (German: Öffentliche Wissenschaftliche
Bibliothek). When further restoration work was completed in 1955, the library was renamed663

the German State Library (German: Deutsche Staatsbibliothek). The great domed reading
room, however, remained a ruin in the center of the building.
A larger proportion of the collection wound up in the American occupation zone, including acache of 1.5 million volumes hidden in a potash mine near Hattorf, and was moved to
the University of Marburg in 1946. This collection first opened to the public as the Hessian
Library (German: Hessische Bibliothek) and in 1949, as the last lost stores arrived, it was
renamed the West German Library (German:Westdeutsche Bibliothek). Those parts of thecollection that had been in the French occupation zone, mainly at Beuron Archabbey, weregathered to the University of Tübingen. In 1962 the Federal Republic passed a law giving
administrative responsibility for all these collections to Prussian Cultural Heritage
Foundation and endowed it with State funding. During the 1960s, the various stocks, services
and personnel began to be relocated to West Berlin. To house it all, a grand new building
complex on the Kulturforum was constructed near the Berlin Wall, just 1.5 km away from thelibrary in East Berlin.[7]After German Reunification, the two institutions were formally reunited in 1992. The
new West Berlin building and the original East Berlin building became "one library with two
homes" and the old State Library was reborn as the Berlin State Library.[8]Legacies of the Past[edit]
Many important items from the original collection are now located in Poland and territories ofthe former Soviet Union - declared as war reparations, sometimes controversially - such as
the Berlinka Art Collection. The original score of Beethoven's 8th Symphony is a starker
example of division: while the first, second and fourth movements are in Berlin, the third is
kept in Krakow.[9] Conversely, it is estimated that about 10,000 volumes and 9,000 otheritems in the Berlin State Library are there as a result of Nazi plunder. Repatriation and selfcriticism about these materials suffered from neglect, so in 2005 the Prussian Cultural
Heritage Foundation established the Center for Provenance Research to speed up the process.
Sometimes, however, the past cannot be mended. In 2008 a Library user foundan encyclopedia entitled Religion in History and the Present Day with a bookplate indicating
it once belonged to a Jewish theologian. Library staff managed to find his widow in Israel, but
she wrote back: "I appreciate your offer to return this book to me, but I have no use for itnow." [10]References

664

PVZYREWICZ, Antoniego
The Bookplate

Biography

The Library

References

Size: mm x mm (p)

665

QQQQ

666

RRRR

R. A. E. (FARNBOROUGH) PHILATELIC SOCIETY
See RAE (Farnborough) Philatelic Society.

RACHMANOW, Włodzimierz

1886-1968

Better known outside his native Poland as Vladimir von Rachmanov.

The Bookplate
It shows in the centre a 10gr. stamp of
the Warsaw City Post of 1916 with adrawing of the Polish eagle (the stamp
was not issued for circulation). Below
the stamp is the inscription Księgozbiór
filatelistyczny
Włodzimierza
Rachmanowa (Philatelic Library of
Wlodzimierz Rachmanow), with aspace for the book number beneath.
The composition is surrounded by ivy
leaves imitating perforation.
Printed by zincography on heavy graypaper in 1924 by the Ludowa Print
Shop in Krakow, according to thedesign of Zygmunt Klemensiewicz(1).

Size: 105mm x 80mm

There exists a proof of this bookplate,located in the Ossolińeum Library in
Wrocław(2).

667

(p)

Size: mm x mm (p)Biography
He was born in Warsaw on the 27th April 1886. Wł. Rachmanow, long time president of thePolish Philatelic Society in Warsaw, editor of Nowy Filatelista, author of many articles,
published in the Polish and international press.
In 1955 he compiled and published an article in English about the first Polish stamp of 1860in the Bulletin of the Polonus Philatelic Society of Chicago, who published the article as abooklet for their members. His collection of Poland's No. l stamp is known to be best andalmost complete. At the International Stamp Exhibition in New York in 1956 he was awarded
a gold medal for this exhibition.

His Library
He owned a large philatelic library which perished in the Warsaw Uprising during the Second
World War. Before the war he donated 634 volumes from his library to the Postal Museum in
Warsaw.

References
1.

2.

Aleksander Sniezko: Polnische philatelistische exlibris. [Polish philatelic
bookplates.], Sammler Express, 1st February 1957, Volume 11, Issue 3, p.43. {Atranslation is available as Philat. Trans. 522.}
Akeksander Śnieżko: Ekslibrisy Filatelistyczne. [Philatelic Bookplates.], Muzeum
Poczty i Telekomunikacji, Wrocław, Poland, 1957, pp.14-15. {A translation isavailable as Philat. Trans. 378.}

668

RADZIECKIEGO, Zwiazko
The Bookplate
Branch of Collectors Society of the NorthWest Region.
Produced in 1926. Size 8x7.5cm. Lithograph.
Main theme - postage stamp (triangle) of theCape of the Good Hope from 1853. Aroundthe stamp an unfolded ribbons with the nameof the bookplate owner.

History of the Branch

The LibrarySize: mm x mm (p)References
1.

Akeksander Śnieżko: Ekslibrisy Filatelistyczne. [Philatelic Bookplates.], Muzeum
Poczty i Telekomunikacji, Wrocław, Poland, 1957, pp.54-55. {A translation isavailable as Philat. Trans. 378.}

669

RAE (FARNBOROUGH) PHILATELIC SOCIETY
The Bookplate
Self-adhesive label.

Size: mm x mm (p)History of the Society
The Society was founded by Francis Kiddle as a social club of the Royal Aircraft
Establishment (RAE) at Farnborough. However, it eventually had so many non-RAE
members, which was not allowed by under the Establishment’s policy, that it was forced toclose.

The Library
The Society had a substantial library. Upon the closure of the Society, the majority of the
Library was purchased by Francis Kiddle.

References

670

RAGNE, E.
The Bookplate

Motto
Det vackraste är, när strängarne
stämmas. The most beautiful is,when strong arms sued?

Biography
Size: 68mm x 104mm

His Library

References

671

(p)

RAPKIN, Franceska

1936-2001

The Bookplate

Biography

Her Library

References

Size: mm x mm (o)672RATAJCZAK, Paul Nicolaus
Bookplate 1
From all the things worked into this design,
this collector had a great many interests;
coins, ar-mor, guns, objects of art, etc.,
besides stamps as indicated by the album inthe foreground.
No information has been found con-cerning
this man. The plate is from an old timecollection of bookplates which originated inEurope. It bears the date 1896, and the artists
init-ials "W. S."

Size: mm x mm (p)Bookplate 2
By P. Voight.

Size: 89mm x 89mm

Biography

His Library
673

(o)

References
1.

George T. Turner: Philatelic Bookplates., Philatelic Literature Review, 1954,
Volume 4, Issue 4, Cover & pp.43-59.

674

RATO, Fausto Moreira
Bookplate 1

Motto
Mens Agitat Molem

Size: mm x mm (p)Bookplate 2
It carries the same motto as
Bookplate 1.

Size: 106mm x 90mm

Biography

His Library
675

(o)

References

676

REHNSTRÖM, Åke
The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

References

Size: 84mm x 56mm

677

(o)

REICHSPOSTMINISTERIUMSThe Bookplate
Shows the eagle of the Weimar Republic. ca.
1925

Biography

The Library

References

Size: mm x mm (o)678REICHSPOSTZENTRALAMTESThe Bookplate
Woodcut 1935.

Size: mm x mm (p)History
It was the central post office fortechnical studies and automation

The Library

References
1.
Reichpostzentralamt/Forschungsanstalt der DRP., [State Post Central Office/Research Organization of the DRP.], From an unknown source, pp.35-36. {Atranslation is available as Philat. Trans 570.}

679

REICHS-POSTAMTS
Bookplate 1
Steel engraving by Prof. Paul
Voigt in 1898. He was a Directorof the Reichdruckerei (Imperial
printing office) in Berlin.

Size: mm x mm (p)Bookplate 2
Thought to be by Paul Voigt, ca. 1900.

Size: 44mm x 70mm

History
Became the Reichspostministerium

The Library

References

680

(p)

RÉTHY, István
Bookplate 1

Size: mm x mm (o)Bookplate 2681

Size: 141mm x 105mm(o)

A wood cut by Bordás.

Bookplate 3

Size: mm x mm (p)Bookplate 4682

Könyve is a Hungarian name.
This is a woodcut by Fery. The
letters FAF appear as a monogram in
the lower right corner.

Size: 105mm x 74mm

Bookplate 5

Size: 81mm x 101mm

Wood cut by Fery.

Biography

683

(o)

(o)

His Library

References

684

RÉTHY, Stephani
The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

References

Size: mm x mm (o)It is also known with wide borders: 123mm x 93mm

685

REVUE ILLUSTRÉE DE LA CARTE POSTALE
The Bookplate

Motto

Biography

The Library

References

Size: 86mm x 66mm

686

(p)

RICH, Joseph Salomon

1860-1932

The Bookplate
The owner is credited with designing thissimple printed plate himself. It was used in
all the books in his library whether philatelicor non-philatelic. Later used by his two sons.

Size: mm x mm (n/a)

Biography(b. June 12, 1860 San Francisco; d. March 19, 1932, New York)Rich, during his high school days (1876) at Charlier Institute began his collecting. He was an
early mem-ber of the National Philatelical So-ciety and its secretary. He was a charter
member of the Collectors Club, 1896; its second librarian (1901-05) and again in 1912 and
1928-29; president 1908-09, treasurer 1929-30 and member of the Board of Gover-nors from
1924 onwards.
He started his employment (1895) with Scott ,Stamp & Coin Co., after 1900 became amember of the firm and upon Henry Colin's leaving, was secretary-treasurer until retiring in
1913, when he disposed of his stock en bloc. He had charge of the stock at first and later the
publications part of the business, particularly with the lay-out of the various al-bums.
He was interested in photography and prepared lantern slides illustrat-ing stamps which heused in various talks.
He crowned his many valuable gifts to the Collectors Club in 1926 by giving his valuablephilatelic li-brary numbering over 1,400 bound volumes, with many albums, price lists, etc.
He was the author of "Compara-tive List of the Numbers of U. S. (Envelopes (1893); "SomeNotes onthe Telegraph Companies" (1900) (reprinted edition 1947 by son Steph-en G.) and after his
death "Poland & Its Postage Stamps" (1934) is a humorous paper for private circula-tion.
Joseph S. Rich will ever be re-membered as one of the great bene-factors of the Collectors
Club.

His Library

References
1.

George T. Turner: Philatelic Bookplates., Philatelic Literature Review, 1954,
Volume 4, Issue 4, Cover & pp.43-59.

687

RICHARDS, T. F.

Size: 137mm x 112mm(p)

The Bookplate
A philatelic Stock bookplate on to which has been written Richards’ name.

Biography
He was evidently a Justice of the Peace, judging from the J.P. found after his name.

The Library

References

688

RICHARDSON, Edward A.

1909-

Bookplate 1

Size: mm x mm (p)Bookplate 2

Size: 98mm x 78mm

Biography689(o)Born March 28, 1909 in Ithaca, N.Y.; married; Agricultural Econo-my,, '31 Cornell;
Retired; Interested in Canada in all its facits, Bosnia, French West Africa, Postal
History, Military Mail; Writes for Texas Philatelist, BNA Topics and occasionally for
Canadian Philatelist and APS Jour-nal. Member APS; BNAPS, Fellow RPSC, E-PS,
PHS, RAMS, WCC, TPA (Pres.), APC, ARA, CPS of GB, Croatia PS, Anglo -Boer War
PS. Founder and Past President of the Central N.Y. Federation of Stamp Clubs. Began
writing with - "Hollow Tree" Column in STAMPS in 1940. Has contributed to Stamp
Specialist, Gossip, Congress Books, Postal History Journal, Essay-Proof Journal, the oldPopular Stamps, Covers, Airpost Journal, Texas Phil-atelist, Maple Leaves, American
Revenuer (1).

His Library
In 1953, he reported that he was a collector of Canadian philately and already had a library ofover 500 bound volumes(2).

References
1.
2.

Ed Richardson., The Philatelic Journalist, June 1976, Volume 6, Issue 3, p.15.
Ed. Richardson: Canadian philatelic literature … a working library., BNA Topics,
May 1953, Volume 10, Issue 5, pp.133-135 & June?, Issue 6, pp.180-181.

690

RICHARDSON, W. E.
The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

References
Size: mm x mm (o)691

RICKETTS, William Reynolds

1869-1956

The Book Stamp
A rubber handstamp was used on all theitems, including duplicates, in this great
library.

Biography(b. July, 1969, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.)
Mr. Ricketts started collecting stamps in
1,880 and literature in 1886. He :began his
serious efforts in cre-ating a library in 1892;
having gath-ered data and literature notes fora specialized U. S. Catalog this became thesource for the "Philatelic Liter-ature Index"(better known as the "American PhilatelicSociety Index", 1911-1926, of 670 pages);and the "Philatelic ;Literature Bibliography
Index", 1912-1915, of 3,60 mimeo-graphedpages. Unfortunately both remain unfinished.
He was a medalist at the 1913 In-ternational
Exhibition, N. Y.; a judge at the 1926
International and the 1934 National Stamp
Show. He was among the first to be electedto the "Roll of Distinguished Philatelists,"
1901. He served as librarian for manysocieties and contributed to the Journal of
the Philatelic Literature Society.

His Library692

Size: 36mm diameter(n/a)

Size: 37mm diameter(p)

By purchase he obtained the libraries of J. N. T. Levick, L. W. Durbin, E. B. Hanes andEustace Power, and was a constant buyer of literature, both here and abroad.
His library was deeded to the Col-lectors Club of N. Y. (c. 1924) and some material was
given in 1934, but remissness by the officers and other factors and influences caused him tosell his library at auction (sales oy Paul Bluss) during 1945-1946.

References
1.

George T. Turner: Philatelic Bookplates., Philatelic Literature Review, 1954,
Volume 4, Issue 4, Cover & pp.43-59.

693

RIESE, Inge
The BookplatesSize: mm x mm (p)Biography
694

Her Library

References

695

RITCHIE, Prof. Patrick D.
The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

References

Size: 130mm x 63mm

696

(o)

RITTERSHAULEN, Gottfried von
The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

References

Size: mm x mm (p)697

ROGERS, F. H.
The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

References

Size: mm x mm (p)698

RÖHM, Norbert
The Book Stamp

The Library

References
Size: mm x mm (p)699

ROSEN, Count Eric von
The Bookplate
Held by the Swedish Postal Museum, in the
Librarian’s office.

Biography

The Library

References

700

Size: mm x mm (p)ROYAL PHILATELIC SOCIETY LONDON
Bookplate 1
The design is the familiar Mulreadyenvelope.

Size: 86mm x 119mm(o)This design had already been adapted by theSociety as an advertising stamp for its
International exhibition of 1897, to celebrate
Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee.

Size: mm x mm (o)701Size: mm x mm (o)Bookplates were re-introduced byDavid Springbett the Librarian in
1995, primarily to record donations
and encourage others to donate items
to the library(1).

Size: 106mm x 76mm

702

(o)

Bookplate703

Size: 142mm x 98mm

(o?)

The four bookplates have been printed or photocopied on to an A4 sheet of paper704

Size: 96mm x 63mm(o)

Embossed Seal

Size: mm diameter(p)Size: 44mm diameter(o)

Embossed Seal

Bookplate705

Size: 70mm x 106mm(o)This self-adhesive bookplate was produced in 2012 by the then Librarian Jonathan
Cartwright, following a substantial donation for restoring books by Mrs. Cress. It was not ingeneral use. The design was based on the bookplate used by the Society for the donation of
the Thomas William Hall library. As a homage bookplate, it uses the same old-style title of
the Society, which included the comma between Society and London.

History of the Society
Founded: April 10, 1869, as "The Philatelic Society, London." The prefi-: "Royal" wasconferred by King Edward VII in 1906, when
Formerly, The Philatelic Society, London, then The Royal Philatelic Society, London. The
comma was removed from the Society’s name in the 1990s.
Locations1892 Effingham House
1904 Southampton Row
1920 Mitre Court Building
1921 11 Chandos ,Street
1924 41 Devonshire PlaceThe Library
The Society's library might claim to have been inaugurated, January 1877 when Dr.
Therbussen presented a copy of his book "Literaura Phil-atelica en Espana." The real birthoccurred 1886-86 when W. E. Im-age gave his whole series of hand-books and monographs.
In 1888 Judge Phil-brick donated a large parcel of literature and C. N. Briggs acted aspermanent librarian. Lord Crawford in 1903 presented many of his dup-licates from the
Tiffany library and was benefactor again, in 1908, when -he gave the large Frankel library
after extracting only a few items. This placed the library in the front rank. Further substantial
gifts by M. P. Castle, T. W. Hall and R. B. Yardley have greatly benefited the library. Since
1910 borrowing has been permitted members. No catalog has ever been issued.
Librarians1889 C. N. Briggs
706

1893 T. Maycock
1903-29 L. W. Fulcher; C. W. G. Crawford; Percy de Worms; K. T. Cotherill; H. C. V.
Adams; Roland King-Farlow
See also the Thomas William Hall and Robert Blake Yardley bookplates which were
produced by the Society when their libraries were received as donations.

References
1.
2.
3.

George T. Turner: Philatelic Bookplates., Philatelic Literature Review, 1954,
Volume 4, Issue 4, Cover & pp.43-59.
The Society’s Library., The London Philatelist, July/August 1995, Volume 104,
pp.176-177.
[B. T. K. Smith (Editor)]: Philatelic “Ex Libris”., The Journal of the Philatelic
Literature Society, January 1911, Volume 4, Issue 1, p.19 & Plate. (Simply illustrates
the Royal Philatelic Society of London bookplate)707

RUEFF, Clément
The Bookplate

Biography
After an extensive search thru French
periodicals and almanacs no new data
about this bibliophile has come tolight.

His Library
All that is known is that his library
was sold at auction in Paris, March
13, 1907, by En Paul at Fils at
Guillemin, a total of 187 lots.

Size: 64mm x 46mm

(o)References
1.
2.

George T. Turner: Philatelic Bookplates., Philatelic Literature Review, 1954,
Volume 4, Issue 4, Cover & pp.43-59.
[B. T. K. Smith (Editor)]: Philatelic “Ex Libris”., The Journal of the Philatelic
Literature Society, January 1911, Volume 4, Issue 1, p.19 & Plate. (Simply illustrates
his bookplate)708

RULE, P. Watts
The Bookplate

Biographies

His Library

References

Size: mm x mm (p)709

RYSZKIEWICZA, Michała
The Bookplate

Biography

The Library

References

Size: mm x mm (p)

710

SSSS

SALA, Juan Torres

Size: 140mm x 105mm(p)

The Bookplate
The inscription beneath the image is E. de Navarra ft. [ft= facit]

Biography
A Spanish collector from Valencia until about 1975.

His Library711

References

712

SALINGER, Rolf & Christa
The Bookplate

Biography
I do have a US/German bookplate as a now
late friend of mine gave me some of his sparebooks when he visited HAFNIA 01 in
Copenhagen. He helped me/HAFNIA 01
quite many times correcting my "Danglish"
when he proof read the text weneeded in English! I attach a scan of his
bookplate from one of his philatelic
books. He was a US citizen living inGermany and his wife is still living there - I
think. Rolf P. Salinger: A US citizen, born in
Dresden, Germany. I had to leave Germany
with my parents during the 30's because the
Nazis thought that our noses were a bit too
long! Married to Christa, the daughter of aProtestant minister (Pfarrer). We met inFrankfurt when I served in the US Air Force
Size: 97mm x 76mm(o)during the Berlin Airlift. Retired from theHartford Insurance Company, USA. Afterretirement lived Kassel in Germany. Collecting interest: Classic Switzerland. ?23.08.2002
This is from the web: Heinrich Kohler Auktionhaus GmbH & Co. KG Claudia M. Parthen
announces the sale of the outstanding, numerous international Gold Medal winning, Rolf P.
Salinger, FRPSL, Specialized Collection of 1843-1852 Switzerland F.I.P.-publication: Fakes
Forgeries Experts - n.2 July 1999 A Little "Legalese" Ein wenig Juristenjargon Rolf P.
Salinger.

Their Library

References713

SATTIN, Gerald
The Bookplate

Biography

His Library
The library comprised twoparts, a philatelic library and a
military library, the lattercomprisingsome600
volumes. Both parts were
donated
to
the
Royal
Philatelic Society London inorder to clear them out of thehouse. There was a provisothat the Royal PhilatelicSociety London find a suitable
home for the military library.

Size: 81mm x 97mm(o)

Unfortunately, none of the military museums approached wanted to take it and the Royal kept
it until 2011 when it was sold to a dealer in militaria for just over £5,000.

References714

SCARBOROUGH PHILATELIC SOCIETY
The Book Stamp

The LibrarySize: mm x mm (p)References715

SCHMID, E.
The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

References

Size: 83mm x 71mm

716

(o)

SCHMIDT, KarlThe Bookplate

Biography

His Library

References

Size: mm x mm (p)717

SCHRADER, Wilhelm
The Bookplate

Biography

The Library

References

Size: 81mm x 69mm

718

(o)

SCHRÖDER, Alfred
The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

References
Size: mm x mm (o)719SCHWEITZERISCHE POST MUSEUM
The Bookplate
The bookplate of the museum in Bern depicts
a medieval city messenger. It is drawn in theform of an oval 6 x 6.5 cm in size. In thecentre is a messenger in medieval attire. On
his head he wears a hat with a large feather,in his left hand he holds a spear, in his righthand a scrolled letter. On his side hangs a
mail bag and on his chest, the insignia of amessenger with a city coat of arms. On theedge of the oval is the inscription Schweiz.
Post Museum(1).

History of the Museum

Size: mm x mm (p)The Library

References
1.

Akeksander Śnieżko: Ekslibrisy Filatelistyczne. [Philatelic Bookplates.], Muzeum
Poczty i Telekomunikacji, Wrocław, Poland, 1957, pp.48-49. {A translation isavailable as Philat. Trans. 378.}

720

SCOFIELD, Stephanie-2001

The Bookplate
Engraved on wood in 1982 by Miss
Leslie Benenson.

Biography
Born Stephanie Kelvin. Died
February 2001. Married Brian
Schofield.

His LibrarySize: mm x mm (p)References1.
Bookplate Journal, Volume 19, Issue 1, p.56.

721

SCOTT, John Walter

1845-1919

The Bookplate
The simple printed "name" plate is found inbooks from his library many of which were
given to the Collectors Club.

Biography
2nd November 1845, London to 4th January
1919, New York City.
Scott began trading in stamps at the age of15, before immigrating to New York in 1863.
He endeavored to deal in stamps, ,but
without much success, due to the Civil War.
A jaunt West in search of gold also failed.
He started in June 1867 Monthly Priced Lists
which were the begin-ning of the now
famous Scott cata-logs, that since the 16thedition, Fall 1868 have been the American
stand-ard.

Size: 89mm x 58mm(o)

He originated stamp auctions in the United States May 28 1870 and was also the first to holda stamp auction in London March 18, 1872.
He founded and edited the Ameri-can Journal of Philately (1868-86), and later (1888) the"Second Series" after selling-Scott Stamp & Coin Co. to the Calman interests. He re-en-tered
the stamp business in 1889, as J. W. Scott Co., Ltd.; thereupon en-sued the famous legal suitso well--known to students of lane. The Metro-politan Philatelist was started in 1890. andcontinued until his retirement in 1916 when J. E. Handshaw bought out his business. His
famous "Weekly News Letters" were published 1895-97 for a limited clientele.
He was a founder and charter member of the Collectors Club, serv-ing many terms as
treasurer and as president in 1910, while librarian in 1916-18 he compiled the first cata-log of
the Club's library. He was president of the American Philatelic Society 1917-19.
J. W. Scott will always be known as "The Father of American phila-tely."

His Library

References
1.

George T. Turner: Philatelic Bookplates., Philatelic Literature Review, 1954,
Volume 4, Issue 4, Cover & pp.43-59.

722

SEEBOHM, Edwin
The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

References

Size: mm x mm (p)723

SENF BROTHERS
See Gebrüder Senf.

SEYBOLD, John F.

1858-1909

See also the Boston Philatelic Society John F. Seybold Library.

The Bookplate
A small blue label is found in the volumes(not illustrated). To mark the bequest
Francis C. Foster, a member of the Boston
Society, gave the suitable book-plate, andalso the form for additional gifts. The "U. S.
Penny Post" carriers stamp, for: many years
was credited to Boston, un-til somequestion arose in 1935, and now it isaccredited to the city of St. Louis. The
Greek words are those from which theword philately is derived.

Size: mm x mm (p)Size: 110mm x 82mm

724

(p)

Biography(b. July 22, 1868, Syracuse, N. Y.; d. Aug. 13, 1909, Syracuse, N. Y.)
Seybold began collecting in 1870 and became one of America's fore-most collectors. The
one distinctive feature of his magnificent collection was the remarkably large number ofrarities on original cover.

His Library
He was devoted to his philatelic library, saying nothing would induce me to part with mylibrary; it was an accumulation of nearly 500 volumes and claimed to be the 3 rd largest in
the country (1905). His library was given to the Boston Philatelic Society.

References
1.

George T. Turner: Philatelic Bookplates., Philatelic Literature Review, 1954,
Volume 4, Issue 4, Cover & pp.43-59.

725

SHEFFIELD PHILATELIC SOCIETY
Bookplate 1

Size: 54mm x 54mm

Bookplate 2

Size: 126mm x 94mm

The Library
726

(o)

(o)

Sold by Cavendish in September 2013.

References

727

SIDEMUUSEUM
The Bookplate

History

The Library

References

Size: 105mm x 72mm

728

(p)

SIEBERT, Friedrich
The Bookplate

History

The Library

References

Size: 110mm x 91mm

729

(o)

SIERRA, JoseThe Bookplate

Biography

His Library

References

Size: mm x mm (o)730

SILBERSKY, Hugo
The Bookplate

Biography
Of Czechoslovakia.

His Library

References

Size: 105mm x 75mm

731

(p)

SILKIN, Joseph

1903-

The Bookplate
Joseph Silkin has adopted a Durer
woodcut

Motto
Tel Grain Tel Pain.

Biography

His LibrarySize: 105mm x 69mm

References

732

(o)

SIMMONDS, C.W.
BookplateSize: mm x mm (p)BookplateSize: 50mm x 63mm

Biography

The Library

References

733

(p)

SIPMANN, Emil
Bookplate 1

Motto

Size: mm x mm (p)Bookplate 2

Size: mm x mm (p)734

Biography

His Library

References

735

SISSONS, Frederick T.
The Bookplate
Dated 1918. It appears to have been cut
irregularly form sheets using scissors.

Biography

Size: 23mm x 78mm

His Library

References

736

(o)

SKŁADKOWSKIEGO, Miłosza
The Bookplate
Size: mm x mm (p)The Library

References

737

SMITH, Konrad

1899-

The Bookplate
Drawn by Johan Elfving.
Printed by Trollhättans Tryckerei byphotogravure.

Biography
A treasurer (accountant?) Of Trollhättan,
Sweden.

His Library

References
Size: 72mm x 47mm

738

(p)

SMITH Jr., Col. Leonard Howard

1905-1995

The Bookplate
This is a typical Stock Bookplate, possibly
intended for philatelists with its outline of aperforated postage stamp on which an open
book in black has been superimposed. In thiscase, the owner’s name has been overprinted,
also in black, below the book.
The owner has printed the number of thebook 297, in the lower left hand corner using
an ink pad and printing kit.

Biography
Smith was born on the 25th May 1905 in
Providence, Rhode Island, USA. He became
Size: 75mm x 62mm(o)a regular officer in the United States Army
serving in both the Second World War and in Korea. Since he spoke fluent German, he wassent to Bavaria to look for Nazi treasure after the War and located some works of art. In thecourse of his work, he encountered some German VIPs, some of whom surrendered to him.
One of these was Werner von Braun, the rocket scientist.
Although he was a well-known philatelist and specialist in the philately of Australia, his
genealogical writings far outweigh his philatelic works(1).
A stamp collector since the 1920s, by the 1960s
he had limited his collecting to the philately ofAustralia. He was a long-term member of theSociety of Australasian Specialists but was not
well-liked by many of the members as he wasvery opinionated and did not hesitate to make his
feelings known in the strongest possible manner.
In mid-1966, Smith resigned from the Society. In
order to find like-minded collectors in America,
he published his own journal, AustralianCommonwealth Chit Chat, which quickly lead tothe formation of the Australian CommonwealthCollectors Circle(2), which became the American
Society of Australasian Philatelists in 1970.
In 1975, the Society was renamed Oceania andthe journal became Postmarked Oceania. Two
Leonard H. Smith Jr.
years later when Smith’s influence had waned,
during his military service
the two American specialist Australian societies merged(3), still very much against Smith’s
wishes.
He was a Fellow of the Royal Philatelic Society London and long-time member of the Society739

of Philatelic Americans. He died on the 29th December 1995 and was buried in Arlington
Cemetery.
Note: I could find little published biographical information about Leonard Smith and I owemuch of the information and the first reference and early picture to David McNameeand Brian Peace.

His Library
His library must have been fairly substantial since the bookplate carries the rubber stamped
number 297 on it, presumably the number of the book to which it was attached.
On the 17th December 2012, I received the following e-mail from Bill Hagan:
I note your inquiry about Leonard in the January
Informer. It must be 30+ years ago I bought his library.
It was all Australian philatelic journals including some
old ones. The library was appraised by George Turner
at $3,500 (I think). I made several payments. After each,a number of boxes arrived.
Going through the boxes I started to find an enormous
number of checks and correspondence regarding hishealth!! There was years and years. At first I thought it
had some connection to the library or Australianphilately, but soon realized it was packed accidentally!!
I returned them in two big boxes. I received a letter
asking how I had obtained all their personal papers andchecks. I explained they had sent them to me. And thatwas the end of it.

Leonard H. Smith Jr.
about 1975

I was initially mislead as he was very active trying to get catalog status for some of hismaterial. At first I thought this some how related to the library, but after a short while it was
obvious it did not.
I have the inventory and a record of the payments somewhere.

References
1.
2.
3.

The Writings of Col. Leonard H. Smith Jr., Unknown source, 5pp.
Col. Leonard H. Smith Jr.: Chit Chat’s 100th issue., S.P.A. Journal, May 1975,
Volume 37,
History., SAS/Oceania web site: www.sasoceania.org, 31st March 2012, 5pp.

740

ŚNIEŻKO, Aleksander
Bookplate 1
The drawing depicts a stylized
stagecoach pulled by a pair ofhorses. On the stagecoach isshown a postilion with post horn.
On the curve of the road a crossand a willow, and in the
background a town is shown. At
thebottombetweentheinscription of the first and last
name of the owner of the
bookplate. The crown of King
Stanislas is shown with the letter
W (symbolising an old Warsaw
Size: 70mm x 85mm(p)
postmark) enclosed in a posthorn(1, 2). All of the above is
enclosed within a double frame. The outer frame imitates stamp perforations.
The drawing was made in ink in 1948 by Zygmunt Waśniewski, assistant in the State Higher
School of Fine Art in Wrocław. Zincograph in one colour on cream paper.

Bookplate 2741

Size: 180mm x 220mm(p)

It depicts a postilion in a top hat with a whip and post horn. The composition is enclosed
within a frame made of squares. Large size 18 x 22 cm. Printed on white paper in limited
quantities(2).
Made using the typographic technique.

742

Bookplate 3

Motto

Size: mm x mm (o)Biography
Aleksander Śnieżko, director of the Postal Museum in Wrocław, publicist of post history andPolish philately, specially bibliography. He is the author of the monograph polska Literatura
Filatelistyczna 1894-1951. [Polish Philatelic Literature 1894-1951.], which was awarded asilver medal at the 6th National Philatelic Exhibition in Poznan. Lately he issued the heavily
illustrated: Szkice z Dziejów Poczty Śląskiej. [Sketches of the History of the Silesian Post.]

His Library

References
1.

2.

Aleksander Sniezko: Polnische philatelistische exlibris. [Polish philatelic
bookplates.], Sammler Express, 1st February 1957, Volume 11, Issue 3, p.43. {Atranslation is available as Philat. Trans. 522.}
Akeksander Śnieżko: Ekslibrisy Filatelistyczne. [Philatelic Bookplates.], Muzeum
Poczty i Telekomunikacji, Wrocław, Poland, 1957, pp.26-27. {A translation isavailable as Philat. Trans. 378.}

743

SNYDER, Willard P.
“Bookplate” 1

Size: mm x mm (p)Bookplate 2

Size: mm x mm (p)744

Biography

The Library

References

745

SOCIEDADE FILATÉLICA BRASILEIRAThe Bookplate

Size: 77mm x 59mm

Size: 77mm x 59mm

History of the Society

The Library

References
746

(p)

(o)

747

SOCIEDAD FILATELICA TORRELAVEGA
The Bookplate

Motto

History of the Society

The Library

References

Size: mm x mm (p)748SOÓ, Prof. R. de
The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

References

Size: mm x mm (o)749

SOTHERN, Jackson L.
The Bookplate
Produced by the Western Philatelic
Library in recognition of his
donation of over 500 books and aperforating machine.

Biography
When he retired as Chief Financial
Officer from the firm for which heworked, he was presented with aperfin perforating machine as aretirement present. He was thetreasurer of the Western Philatelic
Library when he died.

His LibrarySize: 102mm x 82mm

References

750

(o)

SOUREN, W.
The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

References

Size: 70mm x 70mm

751

(p)

SOUTHEND-ON-SEA & DISTRICT PHILATELIC SOCIETY
The Bookplate

Biography

The Library

References

Size: 140mm x 108mm

752

(o)

SOUTHEY, Ronald
The Bookplate

Biography

The Library

References

Size: 93mm x 60mm

753

(p)

ŠPIRYT, Jan
Bookplate 1
Woodcut produced in 1972 bygraphic artist Wojciech Cinybulk
of Prague, Czechoslovakia. Main
motif - postage stamp. On thestamp is the falcon symbol ofCzechoslovakia. On the upper
portion of the stamp is theinscription Ex-Libris and on lower
portion Jan Špiryt. Over thestamp is a magnifying glass. Size
7x8cm.

Size: 75mm x 88mm(p)

Bookplate 2

Size: mm x mm (p)Motto

Biography
Of Czechoslovakia.

His Library754

References
1.

Akeksander Śnieżko: Ekslibrisy Filatelistyczne. [Philatelic Bookplates.], Muzeum
Poczty i Telekomunikacji, Wrocław, Poland, 1957, pp.51-52. {A translation isavailable as Philat. Trans. 378.}

755

STAATSAMT FÜR INDUSTRIE, GEW., HANDEL U VERKEHR
zzzzz one space below name
The Bookplate

HistoryState office for Industry, Trade Union
Education and Science, Trade and Transport
The LibrarySize: mm x mm (p)References

756

STAFF, Frank William

1908-1994

The Bookplate

Size: 90mm x 76mm

Another Bookplate?

Size: 113mm x 76mm

757

(o)

(o)

Biography
His collections of postal history and ephemera, including his library were sold byMessengers/Cavendish on 21st July 1995. There is a note before the listings that Many of thebooks in this sale bear Frank Staff’s distinctive and attractive book plate. The catalogue
featured a picture of his bookplate on page ii.

His Library

References

758

STAMFORD PUBLIC LIBRARY
See under Walter Morley.

STANLEY GIBBONS PUBLICATIONS Ltd.
The Bookplate

History

The LibrarySize: 13mm x 52mm

References

759

(p)

STĘPCZYŃSKIE, Bernarda
The Bookplate

History

The Library

References

Size: mm x mm (p)760

STIER, Calvert
The Bookplate
A universal bookplate on which Stier he has
written his name at the top, tying thebookplate to the book, rather than in thescroll provided. Instead, the scroll is
occupied by a number which is presumably
the book’s number in his library. The book is
also signed separately on the free endpaper,to which he has appended the dateline,
Tucson 1935.

Biography

The Library

References

Size: mm x mm (p)761

STOLZMAN, Jan
The Bookplate

History

The Library

References

Size: mm x mm (p)762

STRASSER, Philipp
The Bookplate

Motto

Biography

His Library

References

Size: mm x mm (o)763

SUPPANTSCHITSCH, Judge Victor

1838-1919

The Bookplate
The design is believed to be one of theAustrian revenue stamps, showing the headof Mercury as the central design. They
come in two colors, but the reason for thishas not been solved.

Biography(b. Oct. 31, 1838, Laibach, Austria; d. Mar.
2, 1919, - Austria)
Suppantschitsah became interested instamps in 1863, and his interest in literature
had its inception with sub-scriptions to theearliest German journals. He was chairmanof the jury at Vienna International Philatelic Exhibition 1890.
He contributed many articles to journals inall parts of the world;

Size: 65mm x 47mm
(Variable)(o)Size: 65mm x 47mm
(Variable)(p)

His Libraryand had a wide correspondence withcollectors in his search for literature
published up to the end of 1900. His library
was one of the greatest in Europe at thattime.
His library was purchased by Theodore E.
Steinway in 1923 and given to theCollectors Club of New York. Briefly, it
contained all that was not unique in the
Crawford library and some items not foundin the latter.

References
1.
2.

George T. Turner: Philatelic Bookplates., Philatelic Literature Review, 1954,
Volume 4, Issue 4, Cover & pp.43-59.
[B. T. K. Smith (Editor)]: Illustrations of early periodicals and philatelic
bookplates., The Journal of the Philatelic Literature Society, April 1916, Volume 9,
Issue 2, pp.31-32 & plate IV. (Simply illustrated the bookplate with no explanation)

764

SVENSON, Gilbert
The Bookplate
Abstract motive by Hans
Kajlays, 1959. They are notsimply on different-coloured
paper, the yellow version has
HK at the bottom of the left
hand black bar.

Biography

His Library

References765

Size: 45mm x 71mm

(p)

Size: 45mm x 71mm(p)

SVENSSON, Gösla
The Bookplate

Size: 97mm x 81mm

Size: 123mm x 230mm

766

(p)

(p)

Biography

His Library

References

767

SWEDISH POSTAL MUSEUM
See Postmuseum.

SYMENS, Jozef

1919-1987

The Bookplate

Biography
Joseph Symens was living near
Antwerp. I was wrong in telling youthat I had his literature auction
catalogue. What I have are different
literature catalogues belonging in
the past to him with a lot of prices
realised with the winning biddername starting in the fourties until
the sixties. A mine of important
information for me to trace
important books owners.

Size

mm x mm (p)His LibrarySize: mm x mm (p)References

768

SZUREK, Jacek
The Bookplate

History

The Library

References
Size: 65mm x 43mm
(p)
(Size taken from photocopy.)

769

SZUSZKIEWICZ, Dr. Roman
The BookplateWith typical hobby motifs with a collectionof postage stamps and an aquarium with gold
fish. In front, an open stamp album and twoenvelopes reinforce the philatelic element. At
the top, above the aquarium, there is theinscription Ex Libris, and at the bottom Dr.
Romana Szuszkiewicza.
The woodcut was made by the graphic artist
Józef Szuszkiewicz, Director of the State
Lyceum of Technology in Tarnow.

Biography
Dr. Roman Szuszkiewicz is a dentist, aphilatelist, he works with young peopleinterested in philately in Tarnow.
Size: mm x mm (p)His Library

References
1.

2.

Aleksander Sniezko: Polnische philatelistische exlibris. [Polish philatelic
bookplates.], Sammler Express, 1st February 1957, Volume 11, Issue 3, p.43. {Atranslation is available as Philat. Trans. 522.}
Akeksander Śnieżko: Ekslibrisy Filatelistyczne. [Philatelic Bookplates.], Muzeum
Poczty i Telekomunikacji, Wrocław, Poland, 1957, pp.28-29. {A translation isavailable as Philat. Trans. 378.}

770

TTTT

TARJÁN, Tibor
The Bookplate

Biography

The Library

References

Size: 84mm x 61mm

771

(p)

TAYLOR, Roy
The Bookplate
Size: mm x mm (p)The Library

References

772

TESLAR, Wandy
The Bookplate

Biography

The Library

References

Size: 75mm x 50mm
(p)
(Size from photocopy)

773

TESTER, Henry E.

-1968

The Bookplate

Biography

The Library

References

Size: 84mm x 71mm

774

(o)

THOLL, Aage

1896-1976

The Bookplate
This Pictorial bookplate is hand drawn,
fairly roughly but identifiably, andrepresents
Denmark’s
Caravelldefinitive stamp of 1927. It has Ex
Libris at the top and A Tholl replacing
the country name at the bottom.
It appears to have been printed on
deckle-edged paper, possibly hand
made.

Biography
Aage Tholl was born on the 16th
October 1896. By profession he was acivil engineer, which allowed him totravel widely and pursue his postal
Size: 85mm x 65mm(p)
history researches. After a great many
years of research and study, he was
generally acknowledged to be Denmark’s. greatest postal historian, writing a great many
serious articles over many years.
He was the only one, who systematically worked through allof the archives and noted down everything of interest. He
used much of this knowledge to write interesting and heavy
articles. His research of Danish cancellers was so thoroughthat had the material in his articles been collected in one bookit would have sufficed for a PhD.
However, in the late 1960s with his advancing years, he wasno longer able to travel so widely and therefore obtained anarrangement with the Rigsarkivet (the Danish National
Archives) and the library in Kalundborg, the town on Sealand
where he lived, that allowed him to study the documents
without travelling.
In 1962 at the 75 year jubilee, Tholl was honoured by being presented with the Copenhagen
Philatelic Club’s medal for his excellent philatelic writings.
But Tholl was not just a postal historian, he was also the Club’s historian. In issue 7 of 1969,
Nordisk Filatelistisk Tidsskrift printed the history of the Club. In this, Tholl listed in his
usual thorough manner all of the Club’s various activities over the previous 80 years.
He died on the 24th February 1976, aged 79.

His Library775

Tholl collected a large postal history library, which he used to further his studies. Several
years ago he ensured that it would not be broken up at his death, but would be kept for thegood of future postal history generations.
References
1.
Hans Ehlern Jessen, Henning Kaaber & Henrik Eis: Aage Tholl †., Nordisk
Filatelistisk Tidsskrift, 1976, Issue 2, p.177.

776

THOMPSON, Cyrus
The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

References

Size: 101mm x 83mm

777

(o)

THOMPSON, R.
The Bookplate

Biography

His LibrarySize: 29mm x 55mm

References

778

(o)

THURN UND TAXIS
See Fürstlich Thurn und Taxissche Hofbibliothek.

TIFFANY, John Kerr

1842-1897

The Bookplate 1
The bookplate shown opposite, foundin a copy of Les Timbres-Poste.
Catalogue Méthodique et Descriptif
de Tous les Timbres-Poste Connus.
Première
PartieTimbres-Poste
Proprement Dits. (Ve Berger-Levrault
et Fils, Paris, France, 1867.), is
numbered 9 by hand. Coupled withthe early date of acquisition of thebook, it being signed: John K.
Tiffany, London, October. 16th ’67,
this would tend indicate that this was
the first bookplate he obtained. It is atypical typeset book label ornamented
with standard printers’ borders andtypefaces.

Size: 44mm x 72mm

(p)

Size: 20mm diameter(p)

Tiffany’s signature from 1867.

The book also carries a book label of
W. Lincoln Jr., Dealer in stamps,
462 New Oxford St., London, andpresently resides in the library of theRoyal Philatelic Society London.
On the title page of the book can befound an impression of Tiffany’s
embossed stamp. It has a three-line
inscription: John K. Tiffany. Attorneyat Law. St. Louis, MO. This may wellhave been applied as a sign ofownership before the bookplate was
acquired.

779

Tiffany’s embossed stamp. (The scanned
image has been manipulated to make thedesign clear.)

The second example of Tiffany’sbook ownership is a strike in purple
ink from a rubber stamp which is
inscribed T. K. Tiffany, Philatelical
Library in three lines. This is foundon periodicals where the use of abookplate would be inappropriate.
The example shown opposite is on an
Austrian periodical which dates from1889 and was found in the library of
the Royal Philatelic Society London.

Size: 83mm x 70mm(o)

Size: 35mm x 31mm(p)
Taken from photocopy(Found on a paper dated 30th April 1883)

As Tiffany became more prosperous and his library themost comprehensive in the United States, he had asecond bookplate produced. His greatest philatelicinterest was in the stamps of the United States and, since
his residence was in St. Louis, it was only natural that
the City’s local stamps, known as the St. Louis Bears,
would be of particular interest.
This rare token has as the cen-tral design a fac-simile,engraved on wood by J. M. Kershaw in 1874, a copyof the original en-graved by him on copper in 1845,
for the Provisional stamp issued by the St. Louis
Postmaster. Some of his volumes contain a rubber
handstamp replica of the above. He also had a small
cir-cular handstamp.
The stamps were designed and printed by J. M.
780

Austrian Journal of 1889 with the
Tiffany rubber stamp in purple.

Kershaw, who was then head of the leading firm ofengravers in St. Louis. The stamps bore the Missouri
Coat of Arms in a double-lined rectangular framework.
The coat of arms depicts two bears, hence the stamps’
nickname, which face each other across the State sealand stand on a banner bearing the State motto. Above
the Seal was the value of the stamp – 5c, 10c, or 20c. At
the foot of the stamps were the words Post Office.
Since Kershaw was still alive, it was only natural that Tiffany should have him engrave his
bookplate with a design based on a St Louis Bear stamp, without the figures of value, inside aborder bearing the inscription Philatelical Library Collected by John K. Tiffany.
It would appear that he replaced his circular rubber stamp at the same time with a rubber
stamp copied from his new bookplate. This stamp has been found on cuttings in the scrap
books on the Chalmers-Hill controversy.

Biography
Tiffany began collecting stamps in 1858, as a schoolboy in Paris, by 1860 he had 360
specimens, and by 1876 nearly 1,000 varieties. His interest in literature started in the earlydays of publications treating of philately. In 187.1, he compiled for the Boston Public
Library a reference list of publications relating to postage stamps. He privately publishedin 1874 "Philatelical Library," the first catalog of philately's publications, for .this he wasawarded the silver medal from the French Society of Stamp Collectors in 1878.
A unique unpublished "Philatelic Index" (1881) exists which he used in preparing "LesTimbres des Etats-unis d' Amerique" published by J. B. Moens (Bruxelles) in 3 volumes
1883.
He was elected (1886) the first president of the newly formed Amer-ican Philatelic
Associations (now So-ciety), which he directed until 1896. Much of the Society's success isdue to his guiding genius thru the decade of its birth.

His Library
Tiffany was America's earliest bibliophile and it was thru his efforts that all of the early
publication of the pioneering days of philately were saved and recorded. In 1901, Charles J.
Phillips purchased the library to the Earl of Crawford.

References
1.
2.

George T. Turner: Philatelic Bookplates., Philatelic Literature Review, 1954,
Volume 4, Issue 4, Cover & pp.43-59.
[B. T. K. Smith (Editor)]: Philatelic “Ex Libris”., The Journal of the Philatelic
Literature Society, January 1911, Volume 4, Issue 1, p.19 & Plate. (Simply illustrates
the bookplate)781

TILLMAN, Melvin
The Bookplate

Biography
Melvin Tillman FRPSL bought a lot of exDe La Rue archive stuff of GB revenues andother junk from James Bendon back in thelate 1960s or whenever it was that the
introduction of capital gains tax prompted a
lot of money to move into collectables. He
did nothing with them until ca 1990 when I
mounted them for him and put some of theminto Stampex and wrote an article in The
Revenue Journal for him (Vol V, 1994 p.83)
and got rid of them for him (via Grosvenor)
some time subsequently.
Since 2001 he has collected pre-1880 Latin
American Mail sent to Europe, arranged as
two collections, one by the South Atlanticroute (Buenos Aires - Montevideo - Rio deJaneiro - Europe) and the other by the Central
Atlantic route (a spider’s web of collection
routes around the Caribbean including
Panama which brought in mail from the West
Coast of South America and thence via a
variety of departure points to Europe). These
collections have been shown in Stampex andvarious Internationals and the South Atlanticroute stuff is off to Leningrad next week.
I am not sure of the exact relationship, but I
understand that his family has a beneficial
interest in the Strollmoor Ltd. group of
property companies which he once told me
has a history going back to Cromwell’s time.
(Information from Clive Akerman, 4th June
2007.)

His Library

References782

Size: mm x mm (p)TOLHURST, John G.
The Bookplate
See Schwanke auction 338 after lot 1863.

Biography

His Library

References
Size: mm x mm (p)783

TOMASZEWSKIEGO, Kazimierza
The Bookplate

Biography

The Library

References

Size: mm x mm (p)784

TOWNSEND, H. H.
The Bookplate

Biography

His LibrarySize: mm x mm (p)References785

TRAVERS PAPERS
See Thomas J. Alexander.

TROLLOPE, Anthony

1815-1882

The Bookplate
A typical armorial using a square-sided
shield with ears. This style was most popular
between 1810 and 1830 but continued to be
produced throughout the Victorian era. A
simulated signature is found at the bottom of
the plate.
The crest depicts a running stag above agrass mound with an oak leaf in its mouthwhilst the shield carries three running stags
and dates from about 1860.
Trollope’s bookplate is given in “Franks” atnumbers 29844 and 29845, the latter being
described as A different plate printed on blue
paper, without the difference being defined.

Size: mm x mm (p)(1)

Biography

Anthony Trollope entered Post Office service in 1834 as a junior clerk rising through theranks to the position of Post Office Surveyor. His position lead to his travelling extensively
round the country but his main claim to fame is that his suggestion was responsible for the
introduction of the pillar box, the first one being erected in St. Hillier, Jersey in 1852.
He began writing his novels whilst he was working at the Post Office and in 1867, he resigned
his position to concentrate on his writing.

786

The Library

References
1.
Egerton Castle: English Bookplates: Ancient and Modern., New and enlarged
edition, George Bell & Sons, London, UK, 1893, pp.155-156.

787

TROLLOPE SOCIETY
The Bookplate

Biography

The Library

References

Size: mm x mm (p)788

TUCHAN, V.
The Bookplate

Size: mm x mm (o)Biography

His Library

References

Size: mm x mm (o)789

TULNOLA, Valdur
The Bookplate

Biography

The Library

References

Size: 70mm x 60mm(p)
(Taken from a photocopy)

790

TUNBRIDGE WELLS CENTRAL PIONEERS PHILATELIC CLUBThe Bookplate

History
Size: 7mm x 66mm

The Library

References

791

(n/a)

TUNBRIDGE WELLS PHILATELIC SOCIETY
The Bookplate

History

The Library

References

Size: 120mm x 74mm

792

(o)

TURNER, George Townsend

1906-1979

The Bookplate
The inspiration for the bookplates
came from the engraved Chrismas
cards sent out for many years by B.
H. Homan Jr. of the Homan,
Krassa stamp firm of New York. In
1954, Turner wrote to Homan andasked who had engraved the cards.
Homan replied that Peckmore haddone the cards for the past fifteen
years as well as other philateliccommissions.
In June of the same year Turnerwrote to Peckmore in Summit, NJ,
asking for an appointment to discuss
the projected bookplate. It was not
until December 1958 that Turner
approved the bookplate, sending acheque in payment and ordering
3,000 copies. The total cost of the
bookplates was $505(1).
The bookplate is signed by
Peckmore above the second frombottom wavy line in the simulated
postmark at the bottom of the
bookplate.

Size: 117mm x 89mm

(o)

The following stamps are depicted on the bookplate:¼c Battleship proprietary revenue, rose red (12mm x 10mm)
10c Certificate revenue, bright blue (10mm x 12mm)
1c J. J. Allen’s Sons Matches private revenue, bright blue (10mm x 12mm)
5c New York Consolidated Card Company private revenue, rose red (9mm x 12mm)
3c Hunt’s Remedy – William E. Clarke private revenue, rose red (10mm x 12mm)
40c Inland exchange revenue, brown (10mm x 25mm)$1 One barrel beer stamp, black (27mm diameter)
6c Air mail postage stamp, brown (12mm x 10mm)
In addition, Turner’s name was incorporated into the slogan postmark on the six cent stamp,
together with his library.
Carl E. Kane visited Turner who gave him a copy of his bookplate and explained thesignificance of the design:
Most of the stamps illustrated were revenues, a particular interest of his. The 10c and 40c
revenues showing Washington had been plated by Turner. The playing card revenue alluded
to his interest in Bridge. In the centre, the beer stamp owed its presence to his drinking habits
and the match stamp to his smoking. A slogan postmark showed his interest in cancellations
and the 6c air mail stamp his love of flying. Carl’s notes did not include the significance of793

the Hunt’s Remedy stamp with its man beating the skeleton over the head.

Size

Bill Hagan kept the remaining Turner bookplates, There at least 25. he also has the originalart to make the bookplates.
Biography
The Smithsonian Institute was given
first choice of items from Turner’s
library following his death.
Items from the Turner bequest canbe found stamped with Gift of
GEORGE T TURNER as shown
opposite.

Size: 13mm x 60mm

794

(p)

His Library

References
1.
Barbara R. Mueller: The George T. Turner bookplate., The Essay Proof Journal,
Spring 1981, Whole number 150, pp.60-62 & Summer, Whole number 151, p.123.

795

TURNER, Sydney Robert

1881-1972

The Bookplate
Here is a bookplate designed by theowner to cover the history of postal
advance thru the years.
The following detailed explanationof the design of the bookplate wasgiven by Turner(1) himself andlargely reproduced by George T.
Turner(2).
The bookplate is composed of aborder somewhat on the traditionallines of the early Italian woodcuts.
The upper portion of the design ofthe border shows two shields, one
bearing the first postmark and thedate 1660, the other the firstpostage stamp. Between the shields
is the winged rod with the twining
snakes of Mercury, the messengerof the gods, which cuts across thelegend Sua Cuique Voluptas. The
background is of laurel leaves, inwhich the pilgrim’s staff and bookare set, as it is only by study andlabour that the philatelic pilgrim
gains the highest pleasures ofphilately.

Size: 115mm x 83mm (o)Cover produced for the Junior Philatelic Society to celebrate universal Penny Postage, 1908.

796

Proof of the design of the Junior Philatelic Society cover. (A4 size)

The two upper corners have laurel wreaths containing, on the right-hand side the balloon andthe date, 1870, at which period it was first used for the conveyance of the mails; the left-handshows the aeroplane and the date 1912, being that of its first application to mail carrying. The
lower portion of the border contains three laurel wreaths each tied together by ribbon, in
which have been inserted engraving tools. In the right-hand wreath is a country scene showing
the ancient and modern methods of mail carrying. An old-time coach is crossing a bridge
under which is passing a present-day motor van, while an express mail-train is seen on theextreme right. The left-hand wreath shows the modern mail-steamer with the old packet-boatin the distance, while the centre wreath is left clear for the insertion of a reference number. In
797

the triangular spaces between the wreaths and the line of the border at the top, are two shields,
one with the first cancellation, the Maltese Cross, and the date 1840; the other, the firstmachine-struck postage stamp of New Zealand, and the date of its introduction, 1912. The
lower triangles show an old cancelling hand-stamp, sealing wax and tape, an early letter
sealed with wax and postmarked with a triangular London postmark, and lastly the Mulreadyenvelope. The right and left-hand portions of the border contain four shields encircled withwreaths. These shields bear the names of men to whom we are greatly indebted for thedevelopment of the post. The first is Dockwra, with three postmarks taken from his pamphlet,
and the date 1680; the second is Johnson, an official of the London Local Post, with the
combined postmark which he introduced in 1794. The other two bear the names of Rowland
Hill, who made penny postage a reality, and Henniker Heaton, who did so much for its
extension and development. In the border between the two shields is the name of Palmer, on aribbon label with a background of post horn, blunderbuss, whip, mail-coach poster and letters.
On the right hand side, also on a ribbon label, is that of Burritt, who first suggested penny
postage with America. The background is of the crossed flags of Great Britain and the UnitedStates, an anchor, seaweed, and dolphins. Eight other names are shown , each on ribbon
labels: Booty, the early artist philatelist, who himself illustrated his catalogue of stamps;
Moens, the early philatelist, writer and stamp dealer; Viner, the early philatelic student; andthe late Earl of Crawford, the greatest of philatelists. The background to these names is ofoak leaves. The other four are Heath, who engraved the die of the first postage stamp;
Mulready, the artist who was responsible for the design of the famous envelopes; Archer,the inventor of the perforating machine; and Messrs. Perkins, Bacon and Petch, who printed
the first postage stamps. The background is of laurel leaves, into which have been set thehand-wheel of an engraver’s printing press, three shields with the early watermarks, a letter
bearing stamps, the early die, and a sheet of postage stamps with a pencil and graver across it.
Based on the design and the date of the description, we can conclude that the bookplate wasproduced between 1912 and 1916. Copies of the bookplate from his library bear a number inthe blank bottom laurel wreath, presumably his book number.

In 1919, Fred J. Melville introduced his newseries of Papers, published by the PhilatelicInstitute in London, UK. Interestingly thedesign of the title page of the Papers is very
reminiscent of Turner’s bookplate, using asimilar layout and many of the same motifs.
It would appear very likely that Turnerdesigned the cover for Melville.

798

MottoThe Bookplate

Motto

Biography
The owner, who is an accomplishedarchitect.
Turner has been a philatelist for over 30
years, specializing in St. Thomas & La
Guaira, Railway Letter Stamps, Embossed
Fiscal Stamps of Great Britain, 11694-1900,
Forged stamps, Turkey, London Post, Early
Penny Post, 1686-1794 and other it-ems,
housed in about '1'60 volumes.
He has been a member of many societies:
Royal, Postal History and Historical, the oldPhilatelic Litera-ture Society, and the Fiscal& Local Society.

Size: 108mm x 101mm(o)

His Library

References
1.

[B. T. K. Smith (Editor)]: Illustrations of early periodicals and philatelic
799

2.

bookplates., Journal of the Philatelic Literature Society, April 1916, Volume 9, Issue2, pp.31-32 & Plate IV.
George T. Turner: Philatelic Bookplates., Philatelic Literature Review, 1954,
Volume 4, Issue 4, Cover & pp.43-59.

800

TYMANOVA, ?
The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

References

Size: 96mm x 67mm

801

(o)

UUUU

UNITED POSTAL STATIONERY SOCIETY
The Bookplate
This bookplate was created by the Western
Philatelic Library to record donations fromthe United Postal Stationery Society. It isbased on the UPSS logo.

Size: (n/a)

Biography

The Library

References

Size: 102mm x 83mm

802

(o)

VVVV

VEGA, Torre La
The Bookplate
Size: mm x mm (o)Biography

His Library

References803

VERDOORN, W. C.
The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

References

Size: mm x mm (o)Size: mm x mm (p)804

VIGERSLEV, Ove
The Bookplate
1955. Ebba Holm, grafiker,
Copenhagen, Denmark

BiographyÖverpostinspektör,
Denmark.

Aarhus,His Library

References
Size: 70mm x 68mm

805

(p)

VILLAMIL, J. Vergés
The Bookplate

Motto

Biography

His Library

References806

Size: 55mm x 55mm

(o)

Size: 55mm x 55mm

(p)

807

Size: 55mm x 55mm

(p)

Size: 55mm x 55mm(p)

VILMS, A.
The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

References
Size: mm x mm (o)808

VINCENT GRAVES GREENE PHILATELIC RESEARCH FOUNDATIONThe BookplatesThis is a modern Crest bookplate withthe crest surrounded by text rather than
the traditional garter.

Crest of the Greene family

It was produced following the death ofHarry Sutherland in 2006. He was anotable supporter of the Foundation andtheir Library was named after him incommemoration.

Size: 102mm x 70mm(o)

Size: 102mm x 51mm

(o)

Their second bookplate is a typicalComputer-Generated bookplate createdwithin the Library to enable it to record
an ad hoc donation and the date it was
donated.
The beaver would appear to have noconnection to the library and may well
just be clipart, although it is also usedon the Foundation’s web site.

History of the Foundation

The Vincent Graves Greene
Philatelic Research Foundation
was established in Toronto, Canada
in 1975. The initial funding of theFoundation consisted of a series ofgifts made by Vincent Graves
Greene. It is expected that thesefunds will be augmented by gifts from individuals or organizations who areinterested in furthering the purposes of the Foundation.
809

The primary purpose of the Foundation is to encourage and promote research in thefields of philately and postal history. To carry out this purpose the Foundation isempowered to raise and distribute funds, to enter into arrangements with various
authorities and to employ staff as necessary to attain its objectives.
Vincent
Graves Greene
wasconsidered to be the Dean of Canadian
Philatelists. He was a signatory of theRoll of Distinguished Philatelists; arecipient of the Lichtenstein Award; amember of the American PhilatelicSociety Hall of Fame and a Fellow ofboth the Royal Philatelic Society
London and the Royal PhilatelicSociety of Canada. He was Chairmanof Canada’s international exhibition,
CAPEX on three occasions and served
on many international juries, making
significant contributions to many areasof philately.
The Foundation is incorporated andregistered as a charitable organization
for Canadian tax purposes.

Vincent Graves Greene ca. 1988

The Harry Sutherland Library
One of the first acts of the Foundation was
the establishment of a comprehensive
library for research and study purposes.
in 2006, following his death, the library wasnamed after Harry Sutherland, a long-time
supporter of the Foundation.

References
1.
Vincent

GravesGreenePhilatelicResearch

http://www.greenefoundation.ca, 23rd February 2012.

810

Foundation

web

site:

VINER, George A.
The Bookplate

Motto

Biography

The Library

References

Size: mm x mm (p)811

VINER, George H.
The Bookplate

Motto

Biography

The Library

References

Size: mm x mm (p)812

VOSS, James T. de
See James T. DeVoss.

VOTOČEK, E.
The Bookplate
By Richard Lander.
Biography

His Library

References

Size: 65mm x 74mm

813

(p)

WWWW

WAGNER, Johannes

1852-1940

The Bookplate

Motto

Biography

His Library

References

Size: mm x mm (p)814

WAGNER, Rick & Paulette
The Bookplate

Biography

The Library

References

Size: mm x mm (p)815

WALSINGHAM, Lord
The Bookplate

Motto

Biography

The LibrarySize: mm x mm (p)References

816

WASHINGTON PHILATELIC SOCIETY
The Bookplate
This printed plate is used in the volumes
acquired by the Society in various ways, andshows the seal of the ,Society, which contains the Washington Local Stamp.

History of the Society

The Library
The Society's interest in literature started
with the inception of the club. The present
librarian, Philip Simms Warren has donemuch to develop this collection, labored tokeep the material in order and service themembers. A catalog of the contents appearedin their Bulletin in 1946-47 and has sinceappeared in separate form.

Size: 62mm x 109mm(p)

References
1.

George T. Turner: Philatelic Bookplates., Philatelic Literature Review, 1954,
Volume 4, Issue 4, Cover & pp.43-59.

817

WATSON, William Kenneth

1922-

The Bookplate

Biography
The late Ken Watson of Cumbria(formerly of Yorkshire) was well known
to specialists in Jamaican Postal History
all over the world. He was particularly
fascinated by the very early maritime
covers of the island, and his collection
includes an unusually large number ofcovers sent prior to 1780. He was amember of the West Indies Specialist
Societies and a member of the Society of
Postal Historians (the latter since 1993).
He also collected St. Kitts/Nevis (seethose country headings later in thiscatalogue), as well as Coffee House andForwarding Agent mail (the latter will be
included in Cavendish's Sept. 2006
auction). Ken sold the lesser part of his
Jamaica collection in Cavendish's Nov.
2003 auction and he consigned the rest of
his collections to me just a few days
before he died. He was no longer able toenjoy his treasures and was content to seethem return to others who would enjoy
them afresh.

Size: 61mm x 85mm(p)

I well remember Ken persuading me to part with a Jamaica item about which I wrote in1986; he rightly pointed out that it was in the "wrong collection" and he was both
charming and persuasive! He was a good friend and a gifted researcher. The lots that
follow are grouped in the sections that Ken created, and while his earl y maritime
material is exceptional (the 1706 Dummer Packet cover being his favourite), the pairof rare 1746/49 "JAMAICA" marks, plus his studies of Jamaican railway Mail and theearly Postal Stationery cards are also very significant. But the collection i ncludes agood cross-section of most aspects of Jamaican Postal History, and Ken's pages often
include useful transcripts of letters' contents as well as his detailed P.H. research
notes.

The Library

References
1.
James Grimwood-Taylor: The Ken Watson collection of Jamaica postal
history, 1687-1963., Cavendish Philatelic Auctions, 2006.

818

WEINSTROH, John
The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

References

Size: mm x mm (o)819

WESTERN PHILATELIC LIBRARY
The Bookplate

Biography

The Library

References

Size: mm x mm (p)820

WESTERN RESERVE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
The Bookplate

History
The Western Reserve Historical Society was
founded in 1867 to preserve and present thehistory of all of the people of northeast Ohio
. is a not-for-profit educational institutionthat preserves and uses its collections,
historic sites, and museums to inspire people
to explore the history and culture of North
Eastern Ohio, USA and place that regional
experience within the larger context of state,national, and global history.

The Library
The Society received the library of W.
Lawrence Green, which it eventually sold in1988.

References:Size: mm x mm (o)821

WESTPEX
The Bookplate
It carries an image of the medal awarded tothe show’s exhibitors. When Westpex makesa donation of funds to the Western Philatelic
Library, specific information can be added
beneath the medal in recognition.

Biography

His Library

References

Size: 101mm x 93mm

822

(o)

WHEATCROFT, Ada Muriel
The Bookplate

Biography

Her Library

References
Size: mm x mm (p)823

WHITE, Henry Luke

1860-1927

The Bookplate
White commissioned the bookplate from abookseller who commissioned the wellknown artist Lionel Lindsay (Sir Lionel
Arthur Lindsay, 1874-1961). In the etching,created in 1914, Lindsay managed to
combine White’s three abiding interests in
his design: A lyre bird looking quizzically ata book opened at a Sydney view stamp.

Size: mm x mm (p)Motto

Biography
His main interests were the collecting of birds eggs and skins; Books on the discovery andexploration of Australia; Stamps of the Australian Colonies and States.
Henry Luke White (1860-1927 was a wealthy grazier, and keen amateur ornithologist andoologist of Scone, New South Wales, Australia. He was a member of the Royal Australasian
Ornithologists Union (RAOU) to which he was a generous benefactor. His collections of 8500
bird skins and over 4200 egg clutches were donated to the National Museum of Victoria,
Melbourne where they are known as the H.L. White Collection. He is also commemorated in
the RAOU's large ornithological book and serial collection: the H.L. White Library.
Born Anambah, near Maitland, New South Wales, 9 May 1860. Died Scone, New South
Wales, 30 May 1927. Educated The Goulburn School, Garroorigang. Qualified as a surveyor
1884. Manager, 'Belltrees', Scone 1885-89, managing partner 1889-1927, breeding sheep,
horses, cattle and new strains of wheat, releasing trout fingerlings in the creeks, establishing aplantation of 1,000 eucalypts and growing prize-winning chrysanthemums. Collected books,
stamps, later donating the collection to the Mitchell Library, Sydney, and birds' eggs andskins, employing a number of collectors in the field. One of these, S.W. Jackson, also soldWhite his egg collection and acted for a number of years as curator of White's collection.
Donated the collection of skins and eggs to the National Museum, Melbourne, where they are
known as the 'H.L. White Collection'. Foundation president, Woolooma (Upper Hunter) ShireCouncil 1906-27; member, Pastures Protection Board for more than 35 years; member, Upper
Hunter Stock Board for 40 years. Honorary member, Royal Australasian Ornithologist' Union
1913. Corresponding Fellow, American Ornithologists' Union. A number of genera, species
and sub-species of bird have been named after him, in particular Amytornis whitei,
Falcunculus whitei, and Lacustroica whitei.
The Library:
References:824

WHITESIDE, John L.
The Bookplate
A typical Stock bookplate on which he wrote
his name.
This bookplate signed by Whiteside has been
seen ain at least two books so it is possiblethat this is the only design of Stock bookplate
he used.

Biography

His Library

References

Size: mm x mm (p)825

WHYMPER, Henry Joseph
The Bookplate

Biography

Size: mm x mm (p)This image is distorted as it was taken from theinternet

His Library

References826

WIEGAND, Charles D.
The Bookplate

Biography

The Library

References

Size: mm x mm (p)827

WIEKIERY, J.
The Bookplate

Biography

The Library

References

Size: 50mm x 45mm(p)
(Taken from photocopy)

828

WIGGINS-DAVIES, W. T.
The Bookplate
The wafer was found used in addition
to the bookplate and may represent an
earlier means of identifying the owner’sbooks or could just be used to carry thebook number.

Biography

The Library

References

Size: 105mm x mm(p)
(Taken from photocopy)

Size: ~12mm diameter

829

(p)

WILLIAMS, C. H.
The Bookplate

Motto

Biography

The Library

References

Size: 105mm x 80mm

830

(p)

WILLIAMS, Leon Norman &Maurice
The Bookplate
Based loosely on the British three
halfpence stamp of 1858.

The design is the frame-work of theGreat Britain 1½d. stamp of 1870;
the corner check letters be-ing
Messrs. Williams' initials. The
motto around the shield means "Toread much is to know much."
Triangles beneath name panel aresymbols of philately. It was theirjoint work and 3rd Sept. 1937 was"date of issue."
Motto
Size: 96mm x 76mm

Legere Multa est Multa Scrire[To read many things is to know
many things](o)Biographies
Maurice (1905-1976) and Leon
Norman Williams (1914-1999)
were born in London in 1905 and1914 respectively. Maurice wasconfined to a wheelchair after about of polio during his schooldays
and collected stamps consistently
from the age of about five. Norman
collected
spasmodically until the age of about twenty when his interest was revived. Thereafter, theybuilt up numerous stamp collections together, wrote articles together and formed a majorphilatelic library together, all over a period of some forty years.
Both began collecting in their school days. In 1934 they formed a partnership in philatelicwriting. They :have assisted in the work on the "Catalog of 'Bacon' Philatelic Libra-ry," issued
by F. H. Vallancey in 1939. They became editors of the Stamp Lover and the British Philatelist in 1940. They compiled the "Melville" bibliography in 1941.
They are able writers and have produced many articles in the journals throughout the world.
Also from their pens are more than a dozen handbooks to popularize the hobby.
831

Their Library
They formed one of the largest private libraries in Britain, which in 1954 contained 2500
bound volumes and occupied over 60 metres of shelving. Although it was created essentiallyfor reference purposes, it nonetheless contained some very rare items, particularly from theearly years of philatelic literature(1).
The library was housed at Maurice’s house in Golders Green, London until his death. It isbelieved that it was subsequently sold intact to Joseph Hackmey of Israel. Many items fromthe Williams’ library were sold by Huys-Berlingin in 2003 when Hackmey, who had bythen moved to London, disposed of his duplicates and unwanted portions of his library(2).

Leon Norman (left) and Maurice Williams in their library. Picture taken ca. 1954(1).

Norman survived his brother by twenty-three years and continued to write both articles andbooks during that period. Accordingly, he built up a working library which was sold in 2000,
following his death the previous year(3). Many of the books contained the Williams Brothers’
bookplate.
832

References
1.
2.
3.
4.

George T. Turner: Philatelic Bookplates., Philatelic Literature Review, 1954,
Volume 4, Issue 4, Cover & pp.43-59.
About L. N. and M. Williams., The American Philatelist, April 1954, Volume 67, Issue7, pp.502-504. (Includes a reproduction of their bookplate.)
Huys-Berlingin: Philatelic Literature Auction Featuring the Joseph Hackmey
Philatelic Library., 18th/19th October 2003.
Grosvenor Philatelic Auctions: Auction of Great Britain and all World Postage
Stamps and Postal History., 9th February 2000. (The library of Leon Norman Williams
was sold as lots 576-796.)

833

WOODALL Jr., Raymond L.
The Bookplate

Biography

The Library

References

Size: 105mm x 68mm
(p)
Estimated from the scan

834

WOOLDRIDGE, Arthur H.
The Bookplate

Biography

The LibrarySize: mm x mm (p)References

835

WRAITH, Nicholas John PaulThe Bookplate
Computer generated design.

Biography
Managing Director of Cavendish Philatelic
Auctions in 2005, he retired in 2011.

His LibraryThis comprised about 400 books and was forsale in 2011 for about £600(1).

Size: 62mm x 68mm

References
1.
Personal discussion with Nick Wraith.

836

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XXXX

837

YYYY

YARDLEY, Robert Blake

1858-1943

The Bookplate

Size:
61mm x 91mm (o)Yardley’s have been a famous brand for Soaps and Perfumes since the middle of thenineteenth century. Although Robert Blake Yardley was born into this family in 1858, he did
not enter the business. Instead he became a lawyer who specialised in land and conveyancing,
and wrote a standard reference book on this subject.
His legal work kept him extremely busy and he put his schoolboy stamp collection to one
side. He was in his late 30s before he took up the hobby again, and started to build up a wholeworld collection. He purchased an old Imperial album to house this, and retained it for the restof his life. Yardley was never interested in the value of his holdings and often mounted rarevarieties in the margins of the pre-printed spaces.

Robert Blake Yardley at the ageof?

At age 77 on a book he had just purchased from a Plumridges
auctionThis haphazard method of collecting, however, gave him an opportunity to study a wide rangeof specimens. It led to his general philatelic knowledge being of a very high standard. In
October 1901, at the age of 42, he had joined the (Royal) Philatelic Society, London to mix
with the other leading collectors of the day. His breadth of knowledge was soon recognised838

there and he was elected to the Council four years later. In 1906, Yardley became a memberof the Society’s Expert Committee: a role he performed with great distinction for the next 36
years.
In that same year, the Society published its handbook on ‘British Africa’. Yardley, as amember of the Publications Committee, had been entrusted with the preparation of theTransvaal section of this work that occupied almost half the finished book. It was regarded asa masterpiece in describing the difficult issues and surcharges of this Colony. At the London
International exhibition of 1906, he submitted an entry of Transvaal based upon the material
he had used for the book and this won a gold medal.
In 1907, Yardley wrote about the dies of the first two issues of Portugal that appeared as ahandbook printed by the Philatelic Record magazine. This was illustrated with photographs ofthe stamps that he had taken himself, thus revealing one of his other two hobbies was
photography – the third was Alpine climbing.
Nine years later, another definitive work appeared from Yardley’s pen dealing with the
Samoa Express stamps. This 64-page monograph is still regarded as the last word on theseissues. Another publishing success came in 1922 when his series of articles on Virgin Islands
that appeared the London Philatelist earned him the prestigious Tapling Medal for that year.
Much later, in 1934, the Society started work on Part II of a handbook of the Australian stateof ‘Queensland’. The untimely death of Captain Crawford, who had planned to undertake its
preparation, led to Yardley taking over the editorial work. Progress was very slow, however,and in 1939 the Second World War led to the project being abandoned.
As a judge of great renown, Robert Yardley’s name appeared regularly on the jury lists ofexhibitions at home and abroad. His opinion was always valued, and he was elected to theRoll of Distinguished Philatelists when it was inaugurated in 1921.
The Society honoured him in 1923 with his appointment as Vice-President. He then served as
President from 1931 to 1934. Despite being asked to do so, Yardley refused to serve for asecond term.
At the beginning of 1943, in his 84th year, Yardley suffered a slight stroke and this led topneumonia. He died peacefully at his home in Witham, Essex on 15th January.

His Library
On the 11th February, the Council minutes record that ‘Mrs. Yardley had written saying that
her husband had directed in his will that all his philatelic works, books and catalogues should
be gifted to the Society. (11th February, 1943, p.152(1).) The exact wording of the bequest isrecorded on a blank receipt in the archives of the Royal Philatelic Society London:… all my works and books and catalogues
relating to postage stamps and philately
generally but no stamps or albums containing
stamps or proofs or essays of stamps.
As a token of their gratitude and in permanent recognition of this gift, the Society arranged fora bookplate to be produced and one stuck into each work donated. Over the years, a numberof these books have been de-accessioned by the Society and sold off, which accounts for thesmall number of books found bearing his bookplate in the literature trade.
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References
1.
British Philatelic Bulletin, January 2002, Volume 39, Issue 5, pp.155-156.
2.
London Philatelist, February 1943, Volume 52, p.21.
3.
London Philatelist (Supplement April 1994): The Expert Committee.
4.
Philatelic Journal of Great Britain, January 1943, p.6.
5.
The Royal Philatelic Society London 1869-1969., Royal Philatelic Society, London,
UK, 1969, pp.129-130 & portrait.

Notes
All references in brackets within the text are to the Council Minutes of the Royal PhilatelicSociety London. Biography by Ron Negus.

840

YARRY Dr. Irwin M.

-1989

The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

References

Size: 102mm x 76mm

841

(p)

ZZZZ

ZDROJEWSKIEGO, Antoniego
The Bookplate

Biography

His Library

References

Size: 100mm x 73mm

842

(p)

ZÓŁKIEWSKIE, Stanislaw J.
The Bookplate

Biography
A Polish author of various philatelic works
including a specialised catalogue of Polishpostal stationery, published in 3 volumes
from 1958-1961.

His Library

References

Size: mm x mm (p)843

ZWOLLE, W. G.
The Bookplate
Netherlands.

Biography

His Library

References

Size: 60mm x 98mm

844

(p)

STOCK BOOKPLATESINTRODUCTION
There are a great many stock bookplates available today and a myriad of them available overthe past century or so. A page from an online bookplate catalogue is shown below.

A Friendly Spirit’s Bookplate Catalogue
A Friendly Spirit, Yellow Springs, OH, USA, n.pp. [10pp.]

It is inevitable that many philatelists utilised these in order to identify their own books. Since
they were sold in packs of a dozen or so, it follows that these were mainly used by those withsmaller libraries and were written on or stamped with a rubber stamp or names made up fromthe moveable rubber letters from children’s printing sets. However, many of these stock
bookplates could also be purchased in bulk with the name of the bibliophile printed in theblank space.
Three typical stock bookplates are shown below. They can be purchased either with all of thesame design in a pack or with a mixture of related designs. Stock bookplate 1 is known usedby Inge Riese in a variety of designs on which she wrote her name. Stock bookplate 2 is
known used by Gerard Buckley with his name printed on.
Some stock bookplates are very popular with bibliophiles by virtue of their symbolic design,
such as stock bookplate 3. This is known to have been used by three philatelists, all with theirname printed on: Charles G. Firby, Leonard H. Hartmann and Rolf & Christa Salinger.
Interestingly, Firby and Hartmann both went on to become philatelic literature dealers.

845

Stock Bookplate 1

Stock Bookplate 2

Stock Bookplate 3

In addition to these generally-available stock bookplates, it is evident that there were several
sources of bookplates specifically manufactured for philatelists. I have attempted to list below
all of those I could identify.

846

PHILATELIC STOCK BOOKPLATESINTRODUCTION
There have been a number of sources of stock bookplates specifically produced for philatelists
and having a philatelic theme. Interestingly, when come across, they are nearly always
unused. Perhaps collectors who have noticed them when they were current, purchased someas souvenirs rather than for their libraries – that is what philatelists do after all!
Not unexpectedly, most of these bookplates were published by stamp dealers for the benefitof, or at the request of their customers. The most interesting is that of Alvin R. Meissner who
was a stamp designer and engraver at the American Bureau of Engraving & Printing. It is hardto say what his motive for producing a bookplate was.
Only the Jay Smith & Associates bookplates were available in 2010.
I have only noticed a single publisher offering both stock and custom designed bookplates –the well known philatelic publisher Harry L. Lindquist who also published non-philatelic
books on bookplates.

847

JAY SMITH & ASSOCIATESThe Bookplate
This is a blank sample of a commerciallymade philatelic bookplate.

Biography

Jay Smith ca. 2013

References
Size: 122mm x 103mm

Size: mm x mm (o)

848

(o)

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Size: mm x mm (o)851

J. KWIATOWSKI
It was reported in 1958(1) that J. Kwiatowski of Edinburgh, UK was intending to publish
standard philatelic handbooks at the very low price of 3/6 (£0.175) each. The report was
accompanied by a list of the first five books that he planned to publish and noted that anyone
purchasing four or more books in advance would receive twenty-five philatelic bookplates
inscribed with their name.
It has not yet been possible to identify these bookplates although the following is the only
British philatelic stock bookplate of unknown origin yet found.

The name is handwritten in on this copy

References1.
European philatelic library., The Stamp Lover, April/May 1958, Volume 50, Issue
11/12, p.179.

852

H. L. LINDQUIST
Lindquist was the publisher of the Journal.

Advertisement from The Collectors’ Journal
May 1915, Volume 5, Issue 10, p.354

Advertisement from The Collectors’ Journal
June 1915, Volume 5, Issue 11, p.390

853

ELMER R. LONG
In 1938, Elmer Long offered to supply bookplates to any collector writing for them. This wasevidentially an advertising ploy and the bookplates were intended for stamp albums rather
than for library books, although that was also a potential use for them.
An American stamp dealer, he operated the “Department Store of Philately” in Harrisburg,
PA, and serviced first day covers for decades.

A picture of Long dating fromabout 1950(2).

References
1.
You need a bookplate., Advertisement in The American Philatelist, April 1938,
Volume 51, Issue 7, p.727.
2.
About the covers., Philatelic Literature Review, 3rd Quarter 2000, Volume 49, Issue 3,
p.127.

854

ALVIN RICHARD MEISSNER

1875-1949

The Bookplate
The designer at his desk, designing a
postage stamp.

Biography
Born in Dresden, Germany on the 3rd
April 1875, he died on the 23rd June
1949(2).
Meissner came to the United States In
1879. He received private instruction in
Detroit, MI including classes at the Gies
and Paulus Art School. In 1889 he waswith the Detroit Lithographic Company
and from 1899 to 1905 with the Calvert
Lithographic Company. Meissner thenjoined the U.S. Geodetic Survey as an
artist and engraver. In August 1925 hejoined the Bureau of Engraving &Size: 87mm x 65mm(o)Printing as assistant and potential
successor to Clair A. Huston, retiring on
the 30th April 1946, having reached the position of chief designer of postage stamps.
He designed about 75 postage stamps at the Bureau and is credited with collaborating on thedesign of the 1928 series of bank notes(3). Typical examples of his work are given in Figures 1& 2. He also did design work for Perrian-Keydel in Detroit, the Bureau of National Literature& Art in Washington, D.C. and New York; Brucher & Kessler Company and the Winstom
Publishing Company, both in Philadelphia; and Swift & Company in Chicago(1).
He was a member of many stamp clubs and designed the seal of the Bureau Issues
Association(4).

Figure 1

Figure 21935 Michigan Centenary stamp1936 Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp

References
1.
Gene Hessler: The Engraver’s Line. The Art of Paper Money and Postage Stamps.,
BNR Press, Port Clinton, OH, USA, 1993.
2.
Alvin R. Meissner dies., Stamps, 9th July 1949, Volume 68, Issue 2, p.47.
855

3.
4.

Gary Griffith: Clair Aubrey Huston, Bureau of Engraving & Printing designer.,
Essay-Proof Journal, 1st Quarter 1991, Whole number 189, pp.3-15.
Sol Glass: Alvin R. Meissner., Bureau Specialist, August 1949, Volume 20, Issue 8,
p.186.

856

POSTAL HISTORY SOCIETY

Size:

857

mm x mm (o)858BIOGRAPHIES OF PHILATELIC BOOKPLATE ARTISTS
AND SUPPLIERSINTRODUCTION
For the most part, the artists who created these bookplates are not known to me. Any details
that have come to light are recorded here. Quite a few bookplates have some indication of theartist involved. Unfortunately, these are for the most part unidentifiable. Those I have foundon philatelic bookplates follow, with the bookplate owner’s name given below

Arnholiz

Association Philatélique
Nancéienne

Aulitzky

Goehring

Heide

Hradecny

Hradecny

Patterson

SipmannI have made no attempt to make this section comprehensive.

859

BAEYENS, Martin R.

1943-

Martin Baeyens is an award winning Belgian artist with an impressive credit of more than 400
bookplates and occasional graphics dating back to 1965.
Born in Melle, Belgium on 4th April 1943, he studied graphic design in Belgium and has forover 37 years been a Professor at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Ghent. Baeyens wasintroduced to the art of the bookplate by the famous Belgian wood engraver, Gerhard
Gaudaen. It is no surprise therefore, that his first bookplate was executed in 1966 by wood
engraving. For the next decade his preference was to work with wood. In 1976 he created his
first bookplate which incorporated serigraphy(silk screen printing). Today, he works withthis technique almost exclusively. Of course,
there is always the occasional etching, wood
engraving, mixed technique or more recently,
computer assisted design(1).
The development of his work through the years
started with the abstract and evolved to figures,
silhouettes in a lyrical abstract landscape. His
Martin R. Baeyens ca. 2004
jazzy trademark style developed through theuse of serigraphy. He seeks the challenge of
producing a work of art on a small surface utilizing innovation, contemporary design, and useof colour and visual content.
Nature is at the centre of his art work. He seeks for a balance between technology and natureand uses therefore electronic circuit print plates. In his free graphics he also specialises in silk
screen. He prints all of his works himself, a technique in which he is a perfectionist.
Martin Baeyens is a true master in the field of multicolour screen printing and has won no lessthan 50 awards around the world. His accomplishment is a truly innovative, contemporarystyle in bookplates. Baeyens' interest is in making an exquisite piece of graphic art. He
colours the various transparent layers which will form the final piece of work himself. Being
present during the entire process is felt by him as being essential to the final result.
The unusual low landscape shape is characteristic of Baeyens work and is his way of showing
a panorama. In his work, the form is very important since the main idea is to find the harmony
between nature and technology.

References
1.
Martin R. Baeyens web site; http://www.martinbaeyens.tk/, September 2005.
2.
James Keenan: Martin Baeyens: Innovative Expression., http://www.bookplate.org/,
September 2005.

860

BRITZE, Johannes

1895-1961

Johannes Britze was born in Berlin,
Germany on the 9th February 1895 toFriedrich Britze and his wife Christiane(nee Olsen). His father was an engraver ofnote and after his schooling, Johannes joined
him as an apprentice.
Both father and son were called up during theFirst World War, during which, Johannes
was severely wounded. In 1920, the family
moved to Copenhagen, Denmark, where he
was to spend the rest of his working life as apainter and engraver.
he quickly gained a reputation for first classwork and together with his father was one of
the most important engravers in Scandinavia,
carrying out many important commissions
over the subsequent decades.
One of his great loves was painting outdoor
scenes and he would spend his leisure time painting in the fields around his holiday home.
A signature feature of his works was thevoluptuous female nude which he often
combined with a landscape background.

Johannes Britze is known to have produced
at least one bookplate for a philatelist, Kaj
Enna in 1943. There is a clear style
relationship between the Enna bookplate andthe example given above.

861

REFERENCE
1.

Kristen Rasmussen: The Life and Work of Johannes Britze., Exlibristen,
Frederikshaven, Denmark, 1990, 95pp.

862

FRENCH, Edwin Davis

1851-1906

French was one of the premiere bookplate engravers during the American golden age ofbookplates at the turn of the 19th century.
Born in North Attleboro, Massachusetts,
Edwin French had been a silver engraver withthe local silversmiths, Frank M. Whiting &Company/Whiting Manufacturing. In 1893 hebecame an independent engraver andproduced bookplates engraved on copper.
Dated 1894, the bookplate for Hiram Edmund
Deats must have been one of his earliest
commissions. In the same year, he created the
bookplate for New York’s Grollier Club, thepremier bibliophile’s club in USA. French
was also associated with the Society of
Iconophiles.

In 1909, The Grollier Club held an exhibition showing virtually all of French’s bookplates
and a few of his other engravings. A complete list of his 300 or so bookplates is therefore
available in the Exhibition Catalogue(2).

Reference
1.
Ira H. Brainerd: Edwin Davis French, A Memorial: His Life and Art., De Vinne Press,
New York, NY, USA, 1908.
1.
A Catalogue of the Bookplates and other Engravings with some Original Designs by
Edwin Davis French., The Grolier Club, New York, NY, USA, 1909.

863

MUSSETT’S LINCOLN’S INN HERALDIC OFFICE
History:
Lincoln’s Inn Heraldic Office
was situated at 9 Great Turnstile, between
High Holborn and Lincoln’s Inn Fields it
was conveniently placed to serve the Inns
of Court and the legal profession. Although
there is no record of when it was built, thebuilding certainly pre-dates 1727, the date of
the earliest known lease.
By 1844, Henry Salt was working there as
an engraver and amongst whose wares werearmorial bookplates which he researched,engraved and printed for a guinea (£1.5p).
By 1869 the Pugh Brothers were the
proprietors, continuing the same sort ofbusiness.
William Mussett (1838-1923) and his son,
Albert Alfred, took over the business in1888 and for a brief period the firm wascalled Mussett and Pedlar.

Lincoln's Inn Heraldic Officefrom where Mussett and his predecessors
produced bookplates for almost a century and ahalfWilliam married Elizabeth Waters and they
had three sons, Albert Alfred (1864-1940)
the eldest, Arthur and Charles, with only the
first joining his father in the business.
Alfred Albert was married twice, firstly toGertrude Small, who bore him two sons andtwo daughters, and secondly to Beatrice
Leeder. Both of his sons joined the business,
William being responsible for the law
stationery side and Albert Alfred, junior
An example of their early trade card
(1887-1983) taking charge of the heraldic
This was an adaptation of one used by the Pughwork. The latter married Florence Lumley Brothers. It is a late-Victorian extravaganza with anand had three sons, but only the second one, antique character, yet engraved with a fine eye fordetail.
Geoffrey (1920-85), joined the family firm.
The Heraldic Office stood alone after the Second World War, the tall buildings adjoining it
being lost in the blitz. The building survived until 1951 when it was demolished as part of
the area’s redevelopment and the business moved to Red Lion Street, and from there to 48
Park View Gardens, Hendon, until Albert Alfred, junior, retired at the age of ninety-two.
Their bookplate making, though prolific, was but a small part of the firm’s work, the range of
which they advertised in a Victorian brochure: Family Arms; Pedigrees; Heraldic Painting;
Shields for Libraries & Halls; Arms on Carriages etc.; Sheriffs Trumpet Banners; Painting
on Cigar Cases etc.; Hatchments; Illuminated Addresses; Patterns for Wool Work;
Illuminated Title Pages for Albums, Bibles etc.; Monumental Brasses; Stained Glass
Windows; Seal Engraving; Dies, Arms, Monograms, Addresses, etc.; Medal & Button Dies864

etc.; Military & Club Badges; Companies’ & Official Seals; Embossing Presses; Book
Plates; Share Debenture & Diploma Plates; Visiting & Wedding Cards; Stationery;
Illuminating and Colour Stamping, and Programmes, etc.
The Company closed following the death of Geoffrey Mussett in 1985. Fortunately, theirarchives included some 500 envelopes containing samples of a great many of the Firm’s
bookplates(1). Apart from the brief details given in Lee’s book, the archives contain nofurther information regarding the Hall bookplate.

References
1.
Brian North Lee: Bookplates from Mussett’s Heraldic Office., Bookplate Society &Apsley House Press, Birmingham, UK, 1994, 80pp. & 22 plates.

865

PEAKE, Archibald John [Jack]

1922/23-

An Australian artist who produced designs for postage stamps andbookplates as well as illustrating books(1). The designs for the
Samoa Christmas 1979 stamps and miniature sheet were takenfrom Eustis’ book.

References
1.
Nelson Eustis: Samoa Sketchbook., Hobby Investments, Adelaide, Australia, 1979.
(Drawings by A. J. Peake)866

PECKMORE, Harry L.

1890/91-1975

After working for some of the leading bank note companies in New York, in 1931 he founded
the firm of Harry L. Peckmore & Son in Hillside, NJ, USA, which was employed in
Banknote Engraving, Steel Plate Transferring and Printing. Peckmore designed and engraved
stamps for many countries apart from the United States, including Liberia, Haiti and theDominican Republic(6).

References
1.
Dr. Curtis D. Radford: More from Peckmore., The Essay Proof Journal, Spring
1982, Whole number 154, pp.90-94.
2.
George W. Brett: A comparison of the original Penny Black with Peckmore’s
enlarged version., The Essay Proof Journal, Spring 1982, Whole number 154, pp.9496.
3.
George W. Brett: Homan Krassa Christmas card for 1949-50., The Essay Proof
Journal, Spring 1982, Whole number 154, pp.96-98.
4.
Phillip Rochlin: The Homan-Peckmore Christmas cards., The Essay Proof Journal,
Summer 1982, Whole number 155, pp.117-126.
5.
Herman Herst Jr.: H. L. Peckmore, H. L. Lindquist & Associated Etchers – The
connection., The Essay Proof Journal, Summer 1982, Whole number 155, pp.126-127.
6.
Larry S. Weiss: A Peckmore etching of the Washington head vignette., The Essay
Proof Journal, First quarter 1990, Whole number 185, pp.3-13.

867

SLANIA, Czeslaw
Among the works Czeslaw Slania has made for private individuals are the Ex Libris. Below
are shown those I have been able to trace down.
Czeslaw Slania being born in 1921 made his 75th birthday in1996 a double jubilee, as the Postal Museum in Wroclaw in
Poland also celebrated its 75th birthday that year.
At the occasion Slania engraved this Ex Libris for the museum.
The die belongs to the museum, which has printed 200 copies as apresent to the invites at the birthday reception. These are allnumbered in the left corner.
The colour of the "museum print" is dark violet. Slania himself
printed a few copies in other colours before he passed the die onto the museum.
The Ex Libris belonging to Castle Mainau in Germany and Count
Lennart Bernadotte is of a particular beauty and elegance. The
illustration is of the arms of the Teotonic Order, the original
owners of the castle, which are found on the West gable of thecastle. 25,000 copies were printed in offset for use in the count's
library.
The die belongs to the count, and only very few copies are known
to be printed by Slania before he passed the die on the Count.
Slania has also made private labels - perforated like stamps - ofCount Lennart and Countess Sonia, which are equally on display
on this site (scroll to the bottom of the page).

This Ex Libris engraved by Czeslaw Slania belongs to the
Swedish Noble Family Beck-Friis. It is most probably engravedin the beginning of the 1960s. Nothing more is known about thiswork.

The above ex libris belongs to the Swedish von Wachenfelt
family, and shows the Pater Familias Miles von Wachenfelt. He
was a multi-talented person, and has undoubtedly designed the ex
libris himself, reflecting both his family roots and many interests.
In the upper selvedge is his coat of arms, together with his private
slogan, and a small plant, most probably reflecting his
engagement in the Agrarian Academy. Behind the person in thechair is a silver candlestick and a silver cup, referring to hiscollection of ancient silver. The painting in the background shows868his agrarian interests - he was agrarian attaché at the Swedish
embassies in London, Dublin, and The Hague. Apart from the"agrarian connection" these items reflect also his artistic interest,
such as quoted in his slogan. The small plant in the flower pot in
the lower left corner refers to his gardening interest, which thelate king Gustav VI Adolf helped him develop. Many of theplants in his garden at Stejla originated from Sofiero, the King's
summer residence on the west coast of Sweden, just north ofHelsingborg. On the flower pot is engraved the name SLANIA, see
the enlargement. The two crosses surrounding his name at thebottom refer to his engagement and grades in the Order of St.
Hieronimus, and as mason of the 10th degree. The die belongs tothe von Wachenfelt family, and no private prints exist. (Source:
Joachim von Wachenfelt).

References
1.
Ann Mette Heindorff: Czeslaw Slania 22nd October 1921 - 17th March 2005; Theultimate online resource for the engraved stamps and banknotes of the world famous
engraver., http://slaniastamps.heindorffhus.dk, 20th October 2006.

869

WEIGEL, Otto
Painter and engraver, born in Leipzig March 11, 1890, residing at Theissen (District ofWeissenfels).
First trained as chromo-lithographic engraver, then at the Academies at Leipzig (under A.
Kolb) and Munich (P. von Palm). Travelled for educational purposes to Holland, Belgium andSweden. Instructor at the Meisterschule des Dtsch. Handwerks (School for advanced
craftsmen) in Leipzig. Worked at the Collection of the Museum for Engravings of theAdvanced Arts at Leipzig. Book illustrations (initials and vignettes) for Heinrich vonKleist's Kathy of Heilbronn (Publisher Huebel & Denck, Leipzig 1922). Exlibris.
Literature: O. W. Painters and Engravers, special reprint from the Mitteldeutsche
Monatschefte publication (Glockenverlag A. Kloeppel, Eisleben - Leipzig, no year, withpictures and 15 drawings.- Mitteil. der Exlbris-Verlag, Berlin, Volume 16, (1922), page 31
and subsequent.- Der Cicerone, Volume 14 (1922), page 765.- Ex Libris, Volume 34 (1924)
pages 30-34. Illustr. Ztg. (Leipzig, J. J. Weber), Volume 178, (1932 – I) page 647 (Withcoloured illustrations).
Based on information furnished by the artist.
Translated from a German original of unknown source.

870

APPENDICES
Appendix 1
THE STORY OF MY BOOKPLATES

871

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874

Appendix 2

AMATEUR ESSAYS FOR MY BOOKPLATE

875

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Appendix 3

THE SYDNEY ROBERT TURNER COLLECTIONACQUISITION
Norman Williams, the surviving member of the great Leon Norman & Maurice Williams
brothers, philatelic writers of renown for over forty years, died in 1999. Although their
massive joint library had been sold following the death of Maurice in 1976, Norman had
retained many regularly-used reference items in his personal library. It was this working
library that was sold by Grosvenor in their sale of the 9th February 2000.
My interest is philatelic bibliography and accordingly, my main attention was focussed on theindexes and bibliographies. However, one non-bibliographic lot had caught my eye:757

Bookplates, an interesting selection of around 20 items in a home-made book. £30-£40

Although I had seen a number of bookplates in library books and had even acquired the odd
handful in my thirty years of philatelic literature collecting, I had only once seen any for saleand had acquired the majority of them. Twenty more was a positive cornucopia of bookplates
and had to be acquired. The lot fell to me at £160, plus £28.20 buyers’ premium.

THE COLLECTION
It was evident, on examination, that this was not a selection, as the description of the Lot had
said, but a collection. On the inside of the front cover was the bookplate of Sydney R.
Turner - who I presumed to be the owner or assembler of the collection. To my surprise anddelight, the booklet contained three original letters to Turner from Rowland King-Farlow,
two dating from 1948 and one from 1949, all during King-Farlow’s tenure as Librarian of theRoyal Philatelic Society, London. Together, these letters confirmed that the collection had
belonged to Turner and documented at least a part of the story of the collection.
King-Farlow wrote to Turner on the 17th July 1948 saying I said some time back I would try
to find you some examples of the bookplates used in the Yardley & Hall Libraries. The latterstill eludes me, but herewith the former. As a post script, he added an Example of my own
book-plate, for luck.
Turner evidently responded quickly as the second letter from King-Farlow, dated the 26th
July 1948, begins Many thanks for your letter of the 25th and for the new pamphlet, which I’mvery glad to have for the library. Following some notes regarding a book Turner had
evidently offered to the Royal’s Library, King-Farlow’s forthcoming cumulative index to the
Journal of the Philatelic Literature Society and other sundries, bookplates reared their headagain in the final paragraph: I will try to find you copies of other philatelic bookplates, but it
isn’t easy. However, there are several which ought to turn up in the Library, including Castle,
Hall, Image, Tiffany and Philbrick, and I may be lucky and come across examples in books
for disposal which are loose enough to be detached. We had a boxful of spare Hall bookplates
which I regret to say I jettisoned about a year ago, as “junk”! Most annoying.
Almost eighteen months passed before King-Farlow wrote again on the 5th December 1949: I
believe you have a collection of Philatelic Book-Plates. The enclosed copies of the Collectors
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Club Book-Plate and the Suppantschitsch were sent to me by a friend recently and I thought
you might like to have them.
Although this is the end of the correspondence, at least we now know the source of four ofTurner’s bookplates and, perhaps more-interestingly, the fate of the spare copies of the Hall
bookplates.

LIST OF BOOKPLATES IN THE COLLECTION
The collection contained 19 bookplates and a book-sellers label.
Collectors Club
Hiram Edmund Deats
Harry Ellsworth Dore
A. L. F.,
G. Hamilton-Smith
Leonard H. Hartmann
Hugo Griebert & Co.
Roland King-Farlow
Albert Kronenberg
Philatelic Society, London
Frank Staff
Victor Suppantschitsch
George Townsend Turner
Sydney Robert Turner
Robert Blake Yardley

Two copies of the same design in different colours andtwo other designs.

A bookplate with a complete sheet and single copy ofwhat appears to be his book-sellers label.

Subsequently the Royal Philatelic Society London.

Two designs.

DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION
The book is undoubtedly home-made and is constructed of fairly thick but flexible card,
approximately 285mm tall by 217mm wide, held together using brown paper tape so that thepages turn easily and lay flat. In order to stiffen the front and rear covers, two thicknesses ofboard were used, accounting for the border round all four sides. It would appear to have been
made out of whatever suitable materials were to hand since the leaves holding the collection
are of varying colours. However, the constructor was not random in his use of these materials
for the front and rear covers are both red, albeit of different shades, whilst insides of thecovers are made from the same brown card and the endpapers, i.e. those pages facing thecovers, are white.
Naturally, the inside front cover carries the owner’s bookplate and I, philistine-like, haveadded my own. Remarkably, Norman Williams not only failed to add the Williams brothers
bookplate to the inside front cover but never added a copy to the collection either. The front
endpaper, which I have called the First Page for convenience and because none of the pages
are numbered, carries no bookplates. Each of the subsequent pages carries two or threebookplates, arranged stylishly as one would expect from a philatelist. Generally, the reverse
sides of the pages are bare, all but the fifth page, the reverse of which carries Frank Staff’s
bookplate. Surprisingly, the rear endpaper, which I have designated the Eighth Page carries
George Turner’s Christmas card containing his bookplate and the reverse contains Leonard
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H. Hartmann’s bookplate and a complete sheet and single copy of his book label. In a recent
communication (e-mail of 6th November 2005), Hartmann confirmed that between 1968 and
1975, or thereabouts, he used to place his book label in the lower left corner of the back coverof the books he sold. He continued this practise on one to two thousand books and only
stopped when he could no longer obtain the labels gummed with a proper archival adhesive.
The labels were black on white and had the same design as his old engraved letterhead.
Hartmann did not remember giving a bookplate or labels to either Turner or the Williams
brothers but he knew all three and could well have done so in response to a request.
In the absence of evidence to the contrary and particularly in the absence of the Williams
brothers bookplate, is must be assumed that the collection was untouched by Norman
Williams and that Turner had simply added these late acquisitions to the rear endpaper.

881

Front Cover882

Inside Front Cover883

Second Page

884

Third Page

885

Fourth Page

886

Fifth Page

887

Reverse of the Fifth Page

888

Sixth Page

889

Seventh Page

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Eighth page891

Inside Pages of the Christmas Card on the Eighth Page

892

Reverse of the Eighth Page

893

Inside Rear Cover894

Appendix 4

THE ROYAL PHILATELIC SOCIETY LONDONCOLLECTIONINTRODUCTION

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Appendix 5

A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO HERALDRY
Even in ancient times, it was the practice for the greatest warriors and chiefs to adorn theirarmour – particularly their helmets and shields – with the images of fierce beasts, either realor mythical, as a representation of their fighting prowess. Although this was obviously
intended to cause fear amongst their enemies, it also provided a recognisable rallying point for
their own forces.
Indeed, this situation was continued into the Middle Ages with knights adopting anddiscarding such emblems as the whim took them. It is impossible to say exactly when or evenwhy such symbols became the heraldic arms of today but in all likelihood it was during the
Crusades. With such large numbers of knights gathered together, the problems ofdifferentiating between a number of knights using the same symbol became acute. By the timeof the third Crusade (1189-1192), the use of heraldic devices had been adopted throughout
Europe. In the decades that followed, the tournament – the medieval equivalent of modern
horseracing – was the impetus to more decorative and colourful shields, coats and horsetrappings, to increase the spectacle and enhance the enjoyment of the crowds. From theearliest days, the control of heraldry and the right to grant arms was the sole prerogative of thesovereign.
In Medieval England, the heralds were to be found in the households of most noble families.
They had many duties; to proclaim the decision of his master to friend and foe alike and tonegotiate on his master’s behalf. The Royal herald was also tasked with looking after heraldicarms. Apart from some purely ceremonial appearances, this part alone of his duties survives.
In 1483, Richard III incorporated the heralds into a body now known as the College ofArms. The College supervises the bearing of Arms in England, assigns appropriate insignia topersons of sufficient social importance, guarantees the authenticity of family records andprovides genealogical information.

THE COAT OF ARMS
Historically, the Coat of Arms has consisted of four parts;The Shield, originally an exact replica of the shield which the warrior carried into battle.
(Note that the sides, dexter (right) and sinister (left) are determined not from the point of viewof the onlooker but that of the bearer.)
The Helmet, with its crest and mantling. This can be either full-faced or in profile. The
mantling was originally some rich material hanging down from the helmet. Nowadays, it isoften conventionalised into an appearance of leaves.
The Motto, a word or short phrase carried on a scroll, usually below the shield but sometimes
over the crest.
Supporters, generally animals which hold the shield in their paws. In England, supporters are
restricted to royalty and the higher nobility. However, the grant of supporters is an exclusive
prerogative of the Crown and Monarchs have granted them to commoners from time to time.
After animals, men in armour and naked savages are the most common supporters.
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COLOURS OR TINCTURES
The medieval knights must have made a remarkable spectacle with their brightly painted
shields, shining armour and splendid cloaks of fur or expensive cloth. In June 1520 a meeting
between the French King, Francis I and Henry VIII of England took place in some fields
just outside Calais, France. So magnificent were their trappings as they tried to outdo eachother, that the area is still known as the Field of the Cloth of Gold.
All of these colours (called tinctures in heraldry) and textures are reproduced in Coats ofarms. Where thearms are reproduced in black and white, it has been necessary to adopt a
conventional method of representing the various tinctures by hatched lines and dots.

TERMINOLOGY
In order to describe a coat of arms both correctly and exactly, a conventional terminology has
been developed. To Blazan (Derived from the German blasen, the blowing of a horn at a
tournament prior to the heralds announcing the armorial bearing of the combatants) is toprovide the proper description of a coat of arms. Over the centuries, heraldry has evolved its
own distinctive terminology marked by brevity and precision which retains traces of its
French origin.

REFERENCE
The very brief introduction to heraldry given above was mainly derived from:1.

An Elementary Manual of Heraldry with some Account of its History and a Simple
Explanation of its Principal Symbols also Something about Hall-Marks and BookPlates., Gorham Manufacturing Company, New York, NY, USA, 1905.

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Appendix 6ISTVÁN RÉTHY’S PRESENTATION BOOKPLATESINTRODUCTION
This is the compilation of bookplates that István Réthy presented in the form of a booklet at
a Conference. Many of the bookplates belong to Julia Réthy (his wife?). It is copy 25 of 50
numbered copies.

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903

904

905

906

907

908

909

910

911

912

913

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Appendix 7

JOHN GARTNER’S
NON-PHILATELIC BOOKPLATESINTRODUCTION
This is a compilation of all of John and Zelma Gartners’ bookplates. The order is based on achronological list provided to me by Ed. Jewell in 2005. It is likely that the majority, if not allof these were produced purely as part of his appreciation and collection of bookplates andwere not used in his books. Only a handful related to philately in any way. These are also
listed in the body of this bibliography.

1.

2.

3.

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4.

Bower Bird, by Eric Thake, 1944 (mm x mm)

916

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

11.

12.

13.

14.

917

15.

16.

17.

18.

19.

20.

21.

22.

23.

24.

25.

26.

918

27.

28.

29.

919

30.

31.

32.

33.

34.

35.

36.

920

37.

38a.

921

38b.

39.

922

40.

41.

42.

43.

44.

923

45.

46.

924

47.

48.

925

49.

50.

51.

926

52.

53.

54.

55.

56.

57.

927

58.

59.

60.

928

61.

62.

63.

929

64.

65.

66.

67.

930

68.

69.

70.

71.

72.

931

73.

74.
Size: 33mm x 70mm

75.

932

(o)

76.

77.

78.

79.

80.

933

81.

934

82.

935

83.

936

84.

85.

86.

87.

88.

89.

937

90.

938

90.

91.

92.

939

93.

940

94.

95.

941

96.

97.

942

98.

99.

100.

943

101.

102.

103.

104.

944

105.

106.

945

107.

108.

946

109.

110.

111.

112.

947

113.

114.

948

115.

116.

117.

118.

949

119.

120a.

950

120b.

121.

951

122.

123.

952

124.

125.

953

126.

127.

954

128.

955

129.

130.

956

131.

132.

133.

957

134.

135.

136.

958

137.

959

138.

960

139.

961

140.

141.

962

142.

143.

963

144.

964

145.

965

146.

147.

966

148.

a.

967

b.

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Appendix 8

ROLAND
Historically, Roland was the nephew of Charlemagne. As the Marquis of Brittany, hebecame a Frankish seneschal (or commander) in Charlemagne’s service, who was killed in
the Battle of Roncevaux Pass by the Basques on the 15th August 778.
Roland’s tale was retold in the epic eleventh century poem La Chanson de Roland (The Songof Roland). In this poem, historical fact was embroidered into the epic tale of the noble
Christian killed by Islamic forces. This was the time of the First Crusade and for political
purposes, the Basques were transformed into Saracens.

In Germany, the meaning of Roland changed
over the centuries and became a symbol of
freedom. At that time this meant the stand of
free citizens against the power of the church
and for civil rights. Many Roland statues
were erected in cities throughout Europe, themost famous still in existence being that in
Bremen, Germany.
The present sandstone statue dates from1404, replacing an earlier wooden one burnt
down by the Archbishop’s troops in 1366,
during the fight for Bremen’s emerging
independence. Bremen’s statue faces directly
toward the Cathedral in a bold statement of
the city’s supremacy over the Catholic
Church.
Of the twenty seven such statues that can still be found throughout Germany, Bremen’s
Roland statue is the best known and most imposing. With its pedestal, the statue is more than
30 feet tall, a massive figure with its raised sword and shield.

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Appendix 9

THE INNS OF COURT
The Inns of Court are a group of four institutions in London, of considerable antiquity, thathave historically been responsible for legal education. Their respective governing bodies, thebenches, exercise the exclusive right of admitting persons to practice by a formal call to thebar. The Inns consist of the Inner Temple and Middle Temple (both housed within the area
known as The Temple), Lincoln’s Inn, and Gray’s Inn. All of the Inns are located in thegeneral vicinity of the Royal Courts of Justice, at the boundary between the City of London
and Westminster.
The Inns of Court are voluntary societies, unchartered and unincorporated. Hence, their early
history is obscure. Since their inception in the Middle Ages, however, they have been devoted
to the technical study of English law, rather than Roman law, which was taught in theuniversities. Previously, law was learned in the course of service, the first rudiments possibly
in private clerkship to some official. By the mid-13th century, when the common law had
become extensive and intricate, there arose a class of men, literate but lay, who created anddominated the legal profession and set up the Inns of Court as an answer to the problem oflegal education. Manuals and books were produced in French rather than Latin. The students
listened to arguments in court and discussed law among themselves.
In addition to those who practiced in the courts, there was also a large demand for stewards
and legal advisers to landowners to conduct general business and keep manorial courts. Thesemen needed the rudiments but not the refinements of common law. Such, too, was the casewith the large class of attorneys and a growing class of bookkeepers and correspondence
clerks. They gained most of their knowledge through an Inn of Chancery, an institution for
training in the framing of writs and other legal documents used in the courts of chancery.
In the 14th century many of the household clerks (clergy with at least minor orders) of thechancellor’s office formed Inns and appear to have taken students for training. By the end of
the century, these Inns were in danger of being submerged by a flood of attorneys-to-be andstudents who used an Inn of Chancery as a preparation for entering an Inn of Court.
Eventually, each Inn of Court secured control of one or more Inns of Chancery and supervised
its affairs, appointed readers to teach in it, and later, often bought its premises, becoming its
landlord.
By the 15th century the Inns of Court were governed by their benchers, who had previously
given at least two courses of lectures (readings) and who presided over mock arguments(moots) in which students argued difficult points of law before them.
Because the law was highly technical, proficiency could be acquired only by following thedemanding studies of the Inns. In practice, the Inns thus had a monopoly over legal education.
In the 15th and 16th centuries, however, many students joined the Inns for the purpose ofgetting a general education, rather than legal training. By the end of the 16th century the Inns
of Court had begun to exclude attorneys and solicitors and refused to call them to the bar,with the result that attorneys especially fell back on the Inns of Chancery and finally came toform a profession distinct from that of the barristers.
By the beginning of the 17th century, all the Inns had acquired the actual ownership of theirsites and begun building splendid halls, a process that continued throughout the century.
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Various causes brought on the decline of this system of education. For one thing, the great
activity of the printing press led students to rely more on printed material, and as a result theyneglected attendance at readings and moots. The system broke down completely during theEnglish Civil Wars; readings ceased in 1677, and only the fees survived. Having paid them,the student was deemed to have fulfilled his duties. With no readers to recommend students
for call to the bar, the four Inns in the 18th century finally agreed to call students who had
been in residence a stated number of terms. Later, it was settled that eating three dinners was
equivalent to attending for the whole term. Meanwhile, the Inns of Chancery were no longer
adequate for so large a group as the attorneys and solicitors, and these latter therefore createdtheir own society.
In the 19th century the common law commissioners investigated the Inns of Court, which as aresult took steps to resume their educational functions. Readerships were re-established, andlawyers were engaged in teaching with a view to examinations conducted by the Bar Councilof Legal Education, representing all four Inns.
In 1974 the Inns created an administrative body, the Senate of the Inns of Court and the Bar,
which oversees such matters as finance, legal reform, and educational standards.

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Appendix 10

HANNS HEEREN’S
NON-PHILATELIC BOOKPLATESINTRODUCTION
Although Hanns Heeren was a well-known philatelist and had several bookplates with aphilatelic theme, his interests were rather wider and he also collected books on music andbookplates. As a bookplate collector, he commissioned many artists to produce bookplates forhim. So many in fact, that I felt obliged to consign his non-philatelic bookplates to an
appendix so that they did not overwhelm the book.
Since I know of no catalogue of Heeren’s bookplates, they are in a purely random order as I
acquired either originals or copies of them.

A tree bearing the objects of his studies, clearly including philately and music as well as books and anumber of other interests
Size: 105mm x 80mm (estimated)
(p)

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A bookplate by Richard Preuss of Leipzig, apparently destined for his music librarySize: 125mm x 105mm (o)Heeren’s interest in flying is indicated by the aeroplane shown as one of the fruits on his tree
bookplate. The symbolism on these two bookplates would indicate the negative aspect ofaeroplanes when used for war.

Size: mm x mm (o)974Size: mm x mm (o)Size: 133mm x 105mm

975

(o)

Size: mm x mm (p)Size: mm x mm (p)By Bruno da Osimo, 1956.

Size: 55mm x 95mm

By Ernst Heigenmoser, ca. 1945

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(p)

Size: mm x mm (p)Size: mm x mm (p)By Waltraud Weissenbach.
By Karl Blossfeldt, 1920

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