Whats New - New Acquisitions - 1/1/2010
The following books and monographs are amongst those which have been added to the Philas Library, through donation or by purchase. A large proportion of this listing is from the generous donation by Bill Homadge of his philatelic library, strong in literature on local and cinderella philately.
- 1976 Greenland: Expeditions and Flights after 1938 including North Pole Expeditions and Trans-arctic Flights (E. Wowern, 1975).
- 1976 Greenland: Thule Specialized Stamp Catalogue (E. Wowern, 1975).
- A Catalogue of the Adhesive Revenue Stamps of the UK; Isle of Man and Channel Islands (R.G.Booth, 1977).
- A Catalogue of Pre-1950 G.B. Commemorative Labels (C. Chatfield, 1991).
- A Priced Catalogue of Post-Independence Indian Stamps, 1947-1966 (J. Cooper, 1967).
- A Specialised Priced Catalogue of Indian Stamps, 1852-1970 (13th ed., J. Cooper, 1970).
- A Specialised Priced Catalogue of Indian Rocket Mails, Stamps and Vignettes (2nd ed., J.Cooper, 1960).
- Air Transport Label Catalogue Volumes 1 to 5 (1975-1976).
- American Stampless Cover Catalogue (E.N. Sampson, 1968).
- "Azad Hind" and "Chalo Delhi" Stamps (H.M. Friedman, 1972).
- Australian Commemorative Hand Postmarks (H. Sorge, 1985).
- Australia Post Pictorial Postmarks & Souvenir Covers (J. Sapsford, 1987).
- Bougainville Art - The Planning of a New Set of Stamps (A.H. Voyce).
- British Stamp Exhibitions - P7:iced Catalogue of Sheets, Cards & Labels (G.H. Morgan, 1995).
- British Elizabethan Stamps (D. Potter, 1977).
- British North America Fantasies: Philatelic Phantoms of Canada (W. T .M.. Fowler).
- Catalogue of British "Black" Propaganda to Germany 1941-1945 (R.G. Auckland, 1977).
- Canadian Fancy Cancellations of the Nineteenth Century (K.M. Day and E.A. Smythies, 1962).
- Canadian Duplex Cancellations of the Victorian Era 1860-1902 (E.A. Smythies, 1959).
- Canadian Stamps with Perforated Initials (British North America Philatelic Society, 1955).
- Canada: Strike, Courier and Local Post Issues (K.K. Nitsui, 1983).
- Characteristics of Genuine Japanese Stamps: Cherry Blossom Issues of 1872-1876 (V .E. Tyler, 1967).
- Commemorative Postage Stamps of Great Britain (L.N. & M. Williams, 1967).
- Cook Islands Early Postal History (F.B. Howard-White, 1975).
- Date Stamps for Overseas Mail of Japan (S. Nishino. 1974).
- Early Japanese Postmarks and Post Offices (G.A. Fisher, 1985).
- Errors in Postage Stamp Design (D.E.G. Irvine and M. Seshold, 1979).
- European Philately 3: Basle Police Revenues (J. Barefoot, 1978).
- European Philately 3: Hungary Revenues (J. Barefoot, 1979).
- European Philately 4: Guernsey and Jersey Revenues (J. Barefoot, 1979).
- Forgeries and Imitations of the Dragon Stamps of Japan (W. Metzelaar and V.A. Tyler, 1971).
- From Pillar to Post (L. Zilliacus, 1956).
- Graf Zeppelin and Hindenburg: A .Handbook of Airship Memorabilia (J.F. Danner, 1975).
- Hotel Posts of Hungary and Roumania (L.N. & M. Williams, 1962).
- Images of the Great war - Vol. 1: A Fully illustrated CatalogUe of Delandre's French Military Vignettes 1914-17; Vol. 2: An illustrated Catalogue of Delandre's Non-French Military Vignettes 1914-17; Vol. 3: An illustrated Catalogue of Red Cross Vignettes 1914-1197 (W. Schmidt and C. KiddIe, 1984-1985).
- Iraq Postal History 1920s to 1940s (D.B. Armitage, 2009).
- Korean War: New Zealand Military Postal Services 1950-1957 (R.M. Startup, 1957).
- Les Vignettes Francaises d'Aerostation et d'Aviation des Origines a 1940 (G. Naudet).
- Local Carrier Stamps of Thomas Bryce & Co. Brisbane Australia (D. Elsmore, 1996).
- Luminiscent U:S. Stamps (J.S. Stark and A.G. Boerger, 1965).
- Mail for the World (L. Zilliacus, 1953). Stamp Curiosities (J. Sutton, 1957).
- Mail from the Raoul Amundsen Explorations with Airplanes and Airships 1922-1938 (P. Ravnsborg-Gjertsen, 1970).
- Malta - The Story of Malta and Her Stamps (J.A. Mackay, 1966).
- More Famous Stamps (L.N. & M. Williams, 1942).
- My Stamp on Life (M. Stern, 2003).
- New Brunswick and Nova Scotia (N. Argenti, 1962).
- Ocean Mails (p. Cockrill).
- Philatelic Gazeteer of Manchukuo and Kwatung Leased Territory (G.A. Fisher, 1981).
- Philately in a Nutshell (J.H. Smyth, 1911).
- Postal History and Stamps of Sark (W. Newport and S. Newman, 1990).
- Royal Tour Trains - Their Postal History and Postmarks (N. Hill, 1977).
- Revenue Unit Columns from the American Philatelist (B.S. King, J .L. Bacharach and G. T.Turner, 1981).
- Ryukyu Specialised Catalogue. Part 1. Provisional Postal Stationery (M. Schoberlin, 1968).
- Slovensky Stat 1939 (H. Kaufmann, 1969).
- Stamps and Posts of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (H.G.D. Gisburn and G.S. Thompson, 1947).
- South Africa's Sub-antarctic and Antarctic Weather Stations 1947-1990 (M. Jurisich, 1996).
- Stampless Mail Entering Spain (G. Lewis, 2009).
- Suid Afrika Antarktis Expeditionen (B. Lucas, 1979).
- Stamps of Lundy Island (S. Newman, 1984).
- The Aerogrammes of Australia and its Dependencies 1944-1980 (R.C. Stein, 1984).
- The Airmails of New Guinea 1922-1942 (D. Hare, 1978).
- The Australian Commonwealth King George V 1 ~d Die I Stamp: Part 2: Electros 15 to 29 (R. Guy et aI, 2009).
- The British Post Office from its Beginnings to the End of 1925 (C.F. Dendy Marshall, 1926).
- The Identifier for Carriers, Locals, Fakes, Forgeries and Bogus Posts of the United States Vols. 1 and 2 (L. Lyons, 1998).
- The Interpostals of Egypt 1864-1892 (E.A. Kehr, 1962).
- The Mail-coach Men of the Late Eighteenth Century (E. Vale, 1960). The Penny Post 1660-1918 {F. Staff, 1964).
- The P.O.A. Cancellations of Natal (B.A. Kantey, 1982).
- The Postage Stamps of New Zealand 1855-1873 - The Chalon Head Issues (R.P. Odenweller, 2009).
- The Postal History of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, 1754-1867 (C.M. Jephcott, V.G. Greene and J.H.M. Young, 1964).
- The Postal History of the Spanish Civil War 1936-1939 (R.G. Shelley, 1976). The Postal Markings of Spain (T. Van Dam, 1965).
- The Pitcairn Radio Station and its Postal History (T. Hook, 1972). The Stamps of the British Solomon Islands (R.P .C. Johnson, 1928).
- The Railway Travelling Post Offices of Great Britain & Ireland 1838-1975 (N. Hill, 1977).
- The Shelley Catalogue of Decimal Surcharges of the Stamps of Basutoland; Bechuanaland and Swaziland (P.N. Bullivant, 1962).
- The Stamps of Germany. Third Reich (A. Harper and W. Scheck, 1966).
- The Vending and AffIXing Machine Coils of New Zealand (S.J. Kundin, 2009).
- The World's Greatest Stamp Collectors (S.M. Biennan, 1990). Nassau Street (H. Herst, Jr., 1960).
- United States Postal Slogan Cancels (M. Luff, 1950).
- World War II Philately of Southern and Eastern Africa (J.H.H. Pirie, 1953).