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Book Reviews

Western Australia, The Obliterators

Monday, July 7th, 2008: Australia & Dependencies, Book Reviews

Bill Lloyd-Smith. This monograph is the latest addition to the growing literature on Western Australia. It is a joint effort between Brian Pope and the late Max Reynolds. It covers the postal obliterations for this Colony in detail from 1854 when ...

The Australian Commonwealth Specialists’ Catalogue, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II 1952-1966

Wednesday, June 11th, 2008: Australia & Dependencies, Book Reviews

Richard Breckon. The Australian Commonwealth Specialists’ Catalogue, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II 1952-1966 Editor Geoffrey Kellow, soft cover, ISBN 0-9587630-3-8, xi + 252 pages (George VI); ISBN 0-9587630-7-0, xii + 343 pages (Elizabeth II); published 2006 by Brusden-White, Suite ...

Odenweller, The Stamps and Postal History of Nineteenth Century Samoa

Wednesday, May 14th, 2008: Book Reviews, Pacific Islands

Bill Lloyd-Smith. Robert Odenweller’s book The Stamps and Postal History of Nineteenth Century Samoa is the latest substantial contribution to the philately of an interesting part of the Pacific. It is an attractively printed and bound volume. The book is extensively ...

Bibliography of Tasmania

Friday, April 11th, 2008: Australia & Dependencies, Book Reviews, Tasmania

Bill Lloyd-Smith. It is a great pleasure to review this latest effort from David McNamee, an American enthusiast who takes an interest in all aspects of Tasmanian philately. The book is an impressive hardcopy edition printed in a limited edition of ...

New Zealand and Dependencies ‑ A Philatelic Bibliography

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008: Book Reviews, New Zealand

New Zealand and Dependencies ‑ A Philatelic Bibliography by David R Beech, Allan P Berry and Robin M Startup, ISBN 0476-00516-7, hard cover xvi+288 pages, available from Allan P. Berry, 238 Waikiekie Road, Thames, New Zealand. Email apberry@wave.co.nz Price NZ$80, ...

The Postal History of Hong Kong

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008: Asia, Book Reviews, China, Hong Kong, Postal History

Bill Lloyd-Smith. The Postal History of Hong Kong by Edward B. Proud is one of the latest on the Proud-Bailey series of books on the postal history of the British Colonies. It is a mammoth volume with well over 1,100 pages ...

The Pony Express, A Postal History

Sunday, March 16th, 2008: Book Reviews, Postal History, United States

Richard Breckon. The Pony Express, A Postal History by Richard C. Frajola, George J. Kramer and Steven C. Walske; ISBN 0-911989-03-X; hard cover; vi + 165 pages; published 2005 by The Philatelic Foundation, 70 West 40th Street, New York, NY 10018. The ...

The ‘Chalon’ Head Issues of New Zealand

Monday, March 3rd, 2008: Book Reviews, New Zealand

Bill Lloyd-Smith. Ken Lynch, the author of The ‘Chalon’ Head Issues of New Zealand, now in its fifth edition, is clearly an enthusiast. As he says at the end of Volume 2, he has collected the Chalon issues of New Zealand ...

The Postal History of World War II Mail Between New Zealand and Switzerland

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008: Book Reviews, New Zealand, Postal History, Switzerland

Richard Breckon. The Postal History of World War II Mail Between New Zealand and Switzerland by Robin M. Startup FRPSL FRPSNZ and Charles J. LaBlonde CPhH; ISBN 0-9085887-3-9; soft cover spiral binding; iv + 131 pages; published 2005 by the ...