BOOKS
List (most recently published first)
- Uniform Penny Post
- Brunswick Star Cancels
- GB Surface Printed Postage Stamps 1855–83
- Collect British Postal Stationery
- Discovering Seahorses
- The Line-Engraved Halfpenny
- The Post Office and the Colleges
- The Telegraph Stamps and Stationery of Great Britain
- Rainbow Trials
- Joshua Bacon 1790-1863
- Great Britain KGVI Low Value Definitive Stamps
- The Plating of the Penny 1840-1864
- The Penny Lilac, Part 2
- King Edward VIII
- King George V Stamps Issued in Rolls
- Specimen Stamps and Stationery of Great Britain
- British Stamp Booklets
- GB Journal - Cumulative Indexes
- Cumulative Index to the British Philatelist
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Introduction
From time to time, the GBPS publishes important reference works on aspects of GB philately. These can be obtained directly from us or via the usual retail channels for philatelic literature. The current list is given below (click on a link for more details of each work). GBPS members are entitled to a discount of 10% for one copy of any of these publications. See the orders page for details of methods of payment and postage and packing costs.
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| Title and Author(s) | Price (standard) |
Price (member) |
Queen Victoria |
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| 'Rainbow Trials', David Rowse | £75 | £67.50 |
| Joshua Bacon 1790-1863, David Rowse | £25 | £22.50 |
| The Plating of the Penny 1840-1864, Brown and Fisher | ||
| The Line-Engraved Halfpenny, W. de L. M. Messenger | £15 | £13.50 |
| GB Surface Printed Postage Stamps 1855–1883, Galland and Louis | £60 | £54 |
| The Penny Lilac, Part 2, R. A. G. Lee | ||
Four Kings |
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| King George V Stamps Issued in Rolls, Leslie Wilkinson | £10 | £9 |
| Discovering Seahorses, Bryan Kearsley | £60 | £54 |
| King Edward VIII, A. J. Kirk | £5 | £4.50 |
| Great Britain KGVI Low Value Definitive Stamps, Peter Worsfold | £10 | £9 |
Postmarks and Postal History |
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| Uniform Penny Post: Handstruck Paid Postage Stamps of England and Wales 1840-1853, Steve Walker | £15 | £13.50 |
| Brunswick Star Cancels, Richard Arundel, revised by Russell Taylor & Howard Hughes | £15 | £13.50 |
Booklets |
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| British Stamp Booklets, Alexander & Newbery, Parts 1-9 (each) Complete set (9 parts) |
£4 £30 |
£3.60 £27 |
Postal Stationery |
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| Collect British Postal Stationery, Huggins and Baker | ||
Special Categories |
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| Specimen Stamps and Stationery of Great Britain, Samuel and Huggins | £40 | £36 |
| The Telegraph Stamps and Stationery of Great Britain, Langmead and Huggins | £50 | £45 |
| The Post Office and the Colleges, Vincent West | £20 | £18 |
| Cumulative Index to the British Philatelist, Stone | £3 | £2.70 |
The GB Journal |
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| Back numbers (subject to availability) (each) | £4 | £3.60 |
| Cumulative Index to Vols 1–10 | £3 | £2.70 |
| Cumulative Index to Vols 11–20 | £3 | £2.70 |
| Cumulative Index to Vols 21–36 | £4 | £3.60 |
| Combined offer of first two indexes | £5 | £4.50 |
| Combined offer of all three indexes | £8 | £7.20 |