United Fruit Co.

By Mike Dovey and Ken Bottoms

A full fleet listing of all the ships that formed initially UNITED FRUIT Co. and then later ELDERS & FYFFES, FYFFES, CHIQUITA and finally GEEST LINE. There is a comprehensive list of illustrations for the ship cachets for United Fruit and also 630 ship photographs and 250 plus ship covers. There is a chapter showing all of the known ship cancels for the original United Fruit Co extracted from the covers and shown full size. For ordering details contact mikedovey@btinternet.com .

Price £32.50 plus p&p

Blue Funnel Line

by Mike Dovey & W.J. Harvey

The Society is proud to present the third in the series of books on GB shipping lines following on from Bank Line and Blue Star Line. This new publication is a full and complete history of the BLUE FUNNEL LINE with over 640 ship photographs and over 250 paquebot related covers posted from the ships themselves. If you are interested in seapost and paquebot covers then this is the book for you, printed as a soft back it has 208 pages and hardly a white space to be seen in the whole book such is the packed content of this book.

Members: £30.00; Non-members: £32.50. Plus £2.70 p+p

Full ordering details here.

The AM Postmarks of the Travelling Post Office

by Iain Wells & Keith Morris

The genesis of this book was a discussion between the authors a few years ago with the aim to bring together all the known information in one combined book with images of the various AM post marks and covers, along with tables of known dates. It also explains the official doctoring of covers and the existence of bogus AM marks that could confuse the unwary. Written and illustrated throughout with the help and assistance of many collectors, enthusiasts, societies and institutions, this book examines GB TPO postmarks with the index AM in the inner part of the hand stamp above the date. ISBN 978-0-9955071-2-8

Members: £35.50; Non-members: £35.50.

Robertson Revisited - Second Supplement 2016

by Colin Tabeart RDP, APR, FSPH

The 2016 second supplement is only available as a PDF download. The second supplement brings the 1997 edition up to date and includes colour and black & white images. It includes the data from the 2011 first supplement.

The Maritime Mail Cancellations of Great Britain

by Mike Dovey

This title brings the whole subject of Maritime Marks to the fore instead of being a Cinderella subject as it has been in the past. It includes data dealt with previously by Colin Tabeart and by Dovey & Morris and adds new examples, filling in the middle ground in the world of maritime philately.

The book is nearly 150 pages, in colour, and packed with the very latest information on the subject. A4, soft bound, ISBN number 978-0-9569662-8-5.

Members: £24.95; Non-members: £24.95

The Railway Station, Mail Agent & Stationary Sorting Office Postmarks of India 1862-1924

by Christopher JS Bartlett

This new book details the history and postal markings of the railway station post offices, mail agents and stationary sorting offices of India in the period from 1862 to 1924. As such it fills a gap in India's railway related postal which has existed since publication over 40 years ago of Martin’s book on Indian travelling post offices. It is based on many years study in the India Office Library in London, and includes illustrations, details and dates of use for all known marks and an index.

64 pages with 8 in colour, A4 size, softbound, ISBN 9780956966247

Members: £18.00; Non-members £20.00

Postal Markings of the Holyhead & Kingstown Packet

By AD Lovelock

The postmarks of the floating Post Office on board the various steamers of the City of Dublin Steam Packet Co, which sailed between Holyhead and the Irish harbour of Kingstown (now Dun Laoghaire), have long held a fascination for postal historians. Every type of postmark and supplementary mark used in the 65 years of the operation of the Post Office is shown along with many colour illustrations of the steamers, on which they were used.

Members: £19.00; Non-members £21.00

An Introduction to Ocean Letters

By Roger Hosking

This work covers a period of time less than 40 years during the early part of the 20th century in which Ocean Letters were conceived, introduced, promoted and forgotten. The history is recorded here with great care and attention to detail.

Members: £12.00; Non-members £13.50
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Paquebot Cancellations of the World - The 2020 Addenda

by Mike Dovey

In the beginning there were four issues of the paquebot book, the last published in 2010. Since then there have been a number of new additions made to the listings. Alas with all of the new information this could not be added to the previous book as the size was just too great. So we have a new publication, which at 130+ pages is packed with all the new information in the same format as the last book plus a section on Central America Transit marks, a section on USA Seaposts to supplement the last USA Seaposts book, and a full list of all the date extensions.

Members: £26.95; Non-members: £26.95 plus £3.80 p+p.

Full ordering details here.

The Travelling Post Office Cancellations of Great Britain & Ireland

by Keith Morris and Mike Dovey

This volume of work came out of visiting philatelic events around the country and seeing other collectors with their own notebooks listing items required for their collections, sitting at the dealers' tables and using them to check for missing items.

The aim of the book is not to write the history of each line and TPO route, as this has already been done, but to give an accurate as possible listing of all known cancellations and their various indexes together with as many illustrations as possible and with luck this is what we will have achieved. A4 soft bound, 250 pages including cover in colour, ISBN 978-0-9569662-6-1.

Members: £35.50; Non-members £39.50

Blue Star Line

by Mike Dovey and Ken Bottoms

This publication is based on the fantastic work of Society member Ken Bottoms who built a database for the Blue Star Line list of vessels that cannot be equalled. It was supplemented by the co-author who found over 620 superb photo-graphs of the vessels, many of which must be seen to be believed. Add to this the philatelic element of showing the majority of vessels with covers used by paquebot from around the world and we have a book that will stand the test of time for years to come, and for content will probably never be beaten. Anyone who has a passion for British shipping (or any shipping) will spend many an hour, or longer, perusing this mammoth 180 plus page book, printed in full colour where possible.

Members: £20.00; Non-members £25.00

The Bombay - Aden Sea Post Office: Timetables & Statistics for the Sailings

by Mike Dovey

This supplement to the Bombay - Aden Sea Post Office by Dovey and Bottrill, shows the sailings in a simplified form and the latest list of Sea Post Offices known. New to this collecting area are Statistics for the sailings of the ships showing the vessels that made the most voyages down to the one ship that made the least. These statistics indicate the rare sailings and those that are well known. The book may be used standalone or to complement the larger book. Large (A4) paperback (soft cover), 72 pages with PPC's in colour.

Members: £12.50; Non-members £12.50.

Both books purchased together -
Members: £41.00; Non-members £41.00.

The Bombay - Aden Sea Post Office

by Mike Dovey & Peter Bottrill

This is the very latest publication on the subject of the Bombay - Aden Sea Post Office 1868 - 1914; it is printed in full colour with a nearly complete record of available and known cancellations together with a copy of the actual mark on cover. The vast majority of covers come from the collection of one gentleman - Peter Bottrill - a truly amazing feat! This is the first book to show every illustration as it actually is. It is in a very simple easy to follow format to suit every collector from the avid beginner to the most accomplished. Large (A4) paperback (softcover), 176 pages.

Members: £35.50; Non-members £35.50