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GBPS Books in print

From time to time, the GBPS publishes important reference works on aspects of GB philately. These can be obtained directly from us or via usual retail channels for philatelic literature. Those currently available are listed below (click links for more details). GBPS members are entitled to a discount of 10%. See the orders page for payment details.

Note: for the avoidance of confusion, the 2024 Penny Lilac by Galland, Louis and Young covers the issue in detail, and is a completely different work from the two earlier Lee books which listed and illustrated plate varieties.

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Queen Victoria

Title and Author(s) Pages Date Price
'Rainbow Trials'
David Rowse
180 2000 £75 £67.50
Joshua Bacon 1790-1863
David Rowse
74 2000 £25 £22.50
The Line-Engraved Halfpenny
W. de L. M. Messenger
52 2005 £15 £13.50
GB Surface Printed Postage Stamps 1855–1883
Bob Galland and Karl Louis
236 2009 £60 £54
Penny Lilac – A History of the 1d Lilac Unified Stamp
Bob Galland, Karl Louis and Peter Young
260 2024 £50 £45
The Penny Lilac, Part 2
R. A. G. Lee
97 1989 £15 £13.50

Four Kings

Title and Author(s) Pages Date Price
King George V Printing Plates: Stamping Department: Movement of Printing Plates for King George V Stamps 1911–1934
Douglas N. Muir
210 2015 £60 £54
King George V Stamps Issued in Rolls
Leslie Wilkinson
47 1998 £10 £9
King Edward VIII
A. J. Kirk
31 1974 £5 £4.50

Queen Elizabeth II

Title and Author(s) Pages Date Price
The Dollis Hill Find: Great Britain: Mechanisation of the Mail and Phosphor Trials on Wilding Portrait Stamps
Edward Klempka
42 2013 £20 £18

Postmarks and Postal History

Title and Author(s) Pages Date Price
Uniform Penny Post: Handstruck Paid Postage Stamps of England and Wales 1840-1853
Steve Walker
32 2013 £15 £13.50
English and Welsh Spoon Cancels 1853-70
Richard Arundel, revised by Russell Taylor
174 2015 £35 £31.50
Brunswick Star Cancels
Richard Arundel, revised by Russell Taylor & Howard Hughes
45 2012 £15 £13.50
Ocean Penny Postage
David Duncan Turner
416 2014 £70 £63

Booklets

Title and Author(s) Pages Date Price
British Stamp Booklets, Part 2: Series 1, Series 2 Trials and Series 2
Jean Alexander & Leonard Newbery
16 1988 £4 £3.60
British Stamp Booklets, Part 3: Series 3, Series 4 and Series 5
Jean Alexander & Leonard Newbery
28 1989 £4 £3.60
British Stamp Booklets, Part 4: Series 6
Jean Alexander & Leonard Newbery
28 1990 £4 £3.60
British Stamp Booklets, Part 5: Series 7
Jean Alexander & Leonard Newbery
20 1991 £4 £3.60
British Stamp Booklets, Part 6: Series 8 and Series 9
Jean Alexander & Leonard Newbery
24 1992 £4 £3.60
British Stamp Booklets, Part 7: Series 10 and Series 11
Jean Alexander & Leonard Newbery
16 1993 £4 £3.60
British Stamp Booklets, Part 8: Appendix A and Appendix B
Jean Alexander & Leonard Newbery
24 1994 £4 £3.60
British Stamp Booklets, Part 9: Appendix C, Addenda & Corrigenda and Index
Jean Alexander & Leonard Newbery
18 1997 £4 £3.60
Books of Stamps with Invalidated Panes 1904-1943
Ian Harvey
60 2022 £15 £13.50

Postal Stationery

Title and Author(s) Pages Date Price
The Mulready Postal Stationery
Alan Huggins and Alan Holyoake
216 2015 £40 £36

Other Categories

Title and Author(s) Pages Date Price
Specimen Stamps and Stationery of Great Britain
Marcus Samuel and Alan Huggins
254 1980 £40 £36
Cumulative Index to the British Philatelist
J. W. M. Stone
24 1983 £3 £2.70

The GB Journal

Title and Author(s) Pages Date Price
Back numbers (subject to availability) (each) £4 £3.60
Cumulative Index to Vols 1–10 32 1977 £3 £2.70
Cumulative Index to Vols 11–20 32 1984 £3 £2.70
Cumulative Index to Vols 21–36 34 1998 £4 £3.60
Combined offer of first two indexes 64 1977‑84 £5 £4.50
Combined offer of all three indexes 98 1977‑98 £8 £7.20