127069 'BRITISH POSTAL STATIONERY, A PRICED HANDBOOK OF THE POSTAL STATIONERY OF GREAT BRITAIN' BY A K HUGGINS.

'BRITISH POSTAL STATIONERY, A PRICED HANDBOOK OF THE POSTAL STATIONERY OF GREAT BRITAIN' BY A K HUGGINS. A fine copy, with dust jacket of the 1971 reprint with amendments of this excellent hardback, 188 pages and published by The Great Britain Philatelic Society. Contents: Early Postal Stationery Essays: Envelopes and Letter Sheets - Post Office Issues: Envelopes and Paper Stamped to Order with Embossed Stamps: Envelopes - Official Issues: Post Cards - Post Office Issues: Post Cards - Stamped to Order Issues: Post Cards - Official Issues: Post Cards - Horses Issues, also chapters on Newspaper Wrappers, Registration Envelopes, Letter Cards, Air Mail Letter Sheets, Telegraph Cards and Forms and Certificates of Posting. Appendices cover Specimen Overprints, Advertising Rings, KGVI Tete-Beche and Letter Press Dies. Although subsequently updated by the 2007 publication still an excellent reference book. (Ref 127069).