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The Transvaal One Penny Arms Stamps 1870-1885

Lars Jørgensen RDPSA FRPSL, Grand Prix National winner at Cape Town 2022 WSC with his “South African Republic Transvaal 1869-1885”, has recently published the results of his latest research in more than 500 pages. This in-depth study covers…
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Varberg’s Postal History

We picked it up from the website of the Swedish Philatelic Federation. This is a newly published book that encapsulates knowledge regarding the development of postal service in what now constitutes the municipality of Varberg, Sweden. For the…
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The Pacific Steam Navigation Co.

In the second half of the 19th century, the Pacific Steam Navigation Company almost entirely controlled the postal operations between or from Chile, Peru, and Ecuador via Panama to the United States or Europe. In a period of expansion of communications…
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The Story of Australia’s Overseas Airmail

This four-book series by Ronald M. Lee details the history of Australian airmail beginning with balloon mail in the 19th Century and concluding with the re-establishment of services after WWII. It provides, for the first time, an overview of…
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Hellenic Steamship Companies and their Handstamps

385 steamship companies, 110 private shipping agents, and 1657 maritime handstamps comprise the framework of the 500-page brand-new book recently released by Nikos Antypas. The reader will also have the opportunity to get acquainted with Greek…
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The Postal Issues of Syria, Lebanon and the Alaouites 1919-1945

New book: The Postal Issues of Syria, Lebanon and the Alaouites 1919-1945 (also includes Latakia, Rouad Island, Kilis local, Aintab local and Alexandretta) by Alexander Kaczmarczyk, second edition with additional colour plates and images, 141…
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Notebook: The Currency Rates at the Exchange Post Offices 1800-1875

Ioannis (John) Daes is better known for the two fine works he has produced during the past few years: The Ionian postal rates (2014 in Greek) and The Greek postal rates 1828-1875 (2017 in Greek and 2022 in English). Dealing with the 19th-century…
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Swedish & Norwegian Queen Louise’s Correspondence 1850-1871

A new book by Tomas Bjäringer RDP Hon. FRPSL and Ken Ryen, Royal Confessions to a Lifelong Friend: Swedish & Norwegian Queen Louise's Correspondence 1850-1871 has been recently released and is available for purchase from Nordic Philately. The…
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Napoleons Waterloo – Herrschaft der 100 Tage

The following is an excerpt from a recent post by Axel Goldmann on IBRA 2023 news webpage, a presentation of Hans-Joachim Büll's new book, Napoleon’s Waterloo – Reign of 100 Days. [...] 400 pages in which Büll covers a wide range of topics,…
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Air mail to and from the Somaliland Protectorate

Copied from Vaccari News: A new book, Air mail to and from the Somaliland Protectorate by Imperial Airways and Ala Littoria - December 1935 to August 1936, was released by Germain Mentgen, who had updated and integrated his previous works in…
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Poste Maritime Française. La Société l’Europe. Le Havre – Saint-Pétersbourg 1840 – 1852

A new book by Robert Abensur RDP has been recently published by l’Académie de philatélie. Here is a short description taken from the Academy's website: The Russian Empire and its notoriously Francophile elites appreciate French luxury goods.…
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Tête-Bêche Rarities from the Oval Issue of Finland

A new book by Tomas Bjäringer RDP Hon. FRPSL and Mårten Sundberg FRPSL has been recently published by the Royal Philatelic Society London (RPSL). We read from the RPSL webpage: This work tells the stories of the rare têtebêches of the oval…
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Posta Italiana in Estremo Oriente

Italian mail in the Far East is a brand new book by Valter Astolfi, 432 pp., softbound, illustrated in colour, published by the AICPM (Associazione Italiana Collezionisti Posta Militare e Storia Postale) and distributed by Vaccari at € 60. The…
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The armies from Buonaparte to Napoleon 1793-1815

Vincent Schouberechts writes at the Trait de Union 2022-2, the biannual Newsletter of the AEP: This is as much a history book as an authoritative study of all the postmarks used in the different campaigns during the years of the French Consulate…
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The art in postage stamps and other philatelic writings

Francesco Giuliani and Il Postalista make a free offer to the philatelic community. A new book on the philatelic memoirs of Rodolfo Renier from Treviso, born in 1857, who not only led a brilliant academic career in Turin, at the local Ateneo…
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The Ottoman Post Offices and Services in Iraq

The Ottoman Post Offices and Services in Iraq with Military Post & Foreign Postal Agencies, by Kemal Giray FRPSL, has been recently published by Balkanphila Ltd. 2023, in A4 size, softcover, 209 pages, illustrated in colour, limited edition…
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Memories of an old stamp dealer

Francesco Giuliani revisited the memories of Romolo Mezza, which had been written almost a century ago, edited them, produced a long introduction, and put everything together in a brand new book. Romolo Mezzadri was born in Rome in 1861 and…
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Guide to the Postal Stationery of Iraq (2nd edition)

A new book published by the Royal Philatelic Society London. The purpose of this Guide to the Postal Stationery of Iraq, by Clayton Rubec and Akthem Al-Manaseer, is to stimulate interest in this aspect of Iraqi and Mesopotamian philately.…
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The Struggle for Dominance on the Indian Subcontinent 1494-1819

A new book for the first time sheds light on the history and postal history of the Indian subcontinent up to the establishment of British rule. The philately and postal history of the Indian subcontinent is rich and spans a long period of time.…
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Five new Edition d’Or volumes by the Global Philatelic Network

The Global Philatelic Network produced this year five additional volumes in the renowned Edition d'Or series. Vols. 61 & 63-65 were officially presented during MONACOPHIL 2022, in November, while Vol. 62 was presented during HELVETIA 2022,…
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New book on Postal Museum Collections: Just Large Enough

All About Stamps website reported that a new book by Douglas N. Muir, Senior Curator at the Postal Museum, will be available on 19th February. According to the same report, Eliska Bejrova, Social Media & PR Officer at The Postal Museum,…
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Edition d’Or No. 60 released by the Global Philatelic Network

The Global Philatelic Network (Corinphila, Heinrich Köhler etc.) continues the production of elegant volumes in the Edition d’Or series, which started in 2006. Each book presents a collection that has been awarded with a Grand Prix or at…

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