EDITION D'OR

A comprehensive documentation of the revenue stamps for authorities’ services which were in use in Finland before the first postage stamps. The specific character of each issue is shown. In addition to the issued colours, types, various forms of roulette, blocks and printing varieties, the research of the collector-author into the plating and sheet arrangement. The types of usage are supplemented with many, mostly unique documents.

162 pages, of which 123 are full-colour plates showing pages from the collection, hardbound with dust jacket, bilingual in English and German

The treatment of incoming mail to Spain from 1775 is represented in detail. The postage rates and postmarks that are necessary for understanding the subject are explained, and this gives a comprehensive insight into the development of Spanish postal history within the international colonial and state structure. With dozens of rare covers.

163 pages, of which 140 are full-colour plates showing pages from the collection, hardbound with dust jacket, bilingual in English and German

Stamps and covers with the “new” unified currency with documentation of the Munich printings and the Bernese printings of the imperforate “Sitting Helvetia” issue of 1854, also the 1862 perforated issue. Proofs, blocks, cancellations and many forms of usage are shown.

220 pages, of which 198 are full-colour plates showing pages from the collection, hardbound with dust jacket, bilingual in English and German

A presentation of the development of the post office in Romania from 1815. From the pre-philatelic period through the legendary “Bull’s Heads” of Moldavia to the stamps of the united principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia, and the issue of Carol I with the change of currency. Each section is treated with regard to the stamps, postal routes, postage rates with special types of postal items and rare foreign letters. One section is devoted to foreign post offices in Romania.

176 pages, of which 154 are full-colour plates showing pages from the collection, hardbound with dust jacket, bilingual in English and German

A comprehensive description of the postal services of Heligoland from the pre-philatelic period to the termination of the island’s own postal administration. Documentation of the types of stamps, postmarks and frankings. The collector-author’s own research is incorporated in the work.

116 pages, of which 96 are full-colour plates showing pages from the collection, hardbound with dust jacket, bilingual in English and German

A systematic postal history documentation of the development of transatlantic postal links between Saxony and the American states. Documentation of all the routes (Bremen, Hamburg, Prussian closed mail, French and British post offices). Representation of the tariffs, charges and accounting marks. With numerous notes and background information about the history, contemporary illustrations, maps and treaties.

324 pages, of which 299 are full-colour plates showing pages from the collection, hardbound with dust jacket, bilingual in English and German

The stamps of the cantons of Zurich, Geneva and Basle up to the first stamp issues of the federal post office in 1850-54, with unused and used blocks, rare covers, multiple, colourful and mixed frankings with, among others, “Rayon with Sitting Helvetia” combinations, the “Rayon” issues on covers sent abroad, ship mail, bisects, as well as a unique documentation of virtually all rare postmarks of the period.

187 pages, of which 166 are full-colour plates showing pages from the collection, hardbound with dust jacket, bilingual in English and German

The first 18 stamps of Peru in a detailed presentation, beginning with the FRANCA adhesive labels of 1849; the subsequent issues unused and used with proofs, rare blocks and many covers; the error of colour with many examples as well as six covers, various plate reconstructions, bisects and postmark specialities, 1D. Green with inverted frame on cover and various mixed frankings, among others with the British post offices abroad.

137 pages, of which 117 are full-colour plates showing pages from the collection, hardbound with dust jacket, bilingual in English and German

Detailed presentation of letter mail sent abroad from the Thurn and Taxis area, with many rare destinations, routes and postage rates, spectacular frankings such as to New Zealand, Australia, the Philippines, Mauritius, Canada and Peru.

128 pages, of which 117 are full-colour plates showing pages from the collection, hardbound with dust jacket, bilingual in English and German

The stamp issues unused, used and on cover with many very rare blocks, up to original sheets, and a variety of scarcer frankings including various mixed and colourful frankings. Detailed treatment of the foreign post offices of Hanover, Oldenburg, Prussia and Thurn and Taxis with many covers.

156 pages, of which 139 are full-colour plates showing pages from the collection, hardbound with dust jacket, bilingual in English and German