Lot# 1564 - Auction 291-297
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Lot# : 1564 Great Britain
1 / 5Great Britain, Wright, H.E. & Creeke A.B., 1899: History of the adhesive stamps of the British Isles, hardbound in ¼ leather, gold stamped spine, 263 pages, binding scuffed, the majority of the plates was cut into pieces and the figures were glued at the right position into the text, further The Philatelic Society London 1895/1906 Commonwealth - British Africa The POSTAGE STAMPS, Envelopes, Wrappers, Post Cards, and Telegraph Stamps of THE BRITISH COLONIES, POSSESSIONS AND PROTECTORATES IN AFRICA, PART I comprising British Bechuanaland, British East Africa, British South Africa (including British Central Africa, and the Cape of Good Hope. 247 pages with Illustrations of the stamps described, a fine example hardbound in half leather with the usual cover scuffs, also PART III of 1906 comprising New Republic, Northern Nigeria, Oil Rivers and Niger Coast Protectorate, Orange River Colony with Orange Free State, St. Helena, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Southern Nigeria, Stellaland, Swazieland, Transvaal with South African Republic, Uganda, Zanzibar and Zululand. Pages 248-708 not yet split in an unbound example, plates separately, spine of the volume damaged as well as British India including Ceylon, 101 pages and 57 pages in two Appendices, recently bound with the old title page on front of the cover. A historic monograph with contributions of Tapling and Bacon among others, a rare limited edition.Starting bid : 200.00 CHFHammer price : 220.00 CHF -
