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Our Publications

Our books describe in-depth authoritative research on particular stamp issues, aspects of postal history, or other philately-related matters. The gallery below lists the books currently available for sale, together with some sample pages from each book and details on how to order them.
 
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Click here to view a list of all the RPSL Books published.

 

The following presentations are to be held on 2nd October between 8pm and 9pm (BST) during the Virtual Stampex event.
Having logged into Virtual Stampex, enter the Spink Auditorium, click on the list of Talks and click Join to watch the presentation.

Ceylon: The Pence issues
Chris Harman

A Jubilee Reminiscence
John Davies

The Postal History of the UPU:
The Postal Card (Worldwide) 1869-1974
Jamie Gough

 

Ted Proud Books

Edward (Ted) Proud, the founder of Proud-Bailey philatelic dealers, wrote a large number of standard books on the postal history of Commonwealth countries, together with other key texts. When he died, he left the stock of his books to the Royal Philatelic Society London.

 

Click here to view the Edward Proud books for sale.

Publications

RPSL Publications

A Jubilee Reminiscence
by John Davies FRPSL

International Postal Reforms. (In 2 Volumes)
by James L. Grimwood-Taylor RDP FRPSL

Ceylon: The Pence issues
by Kurt Kimmel RDP FRPSL & Patrick Pearson VRD RDP Hon FRPSL

The Postal History of the Universal Postal Union:
The Postal Card (Worldwide) 1869-1974

by James Peter Gough RDP FRPSL

Tibet Stamps & Postal History

by Steve Chazen and Danny Wong FRPSL

A History of The Royal Philatelic Society London 1869 to 2019

Edited by Charles Oppenheim FRPSL

The Court Bureau: A London Company and its Stamps 1889-1891
by Vincent West FRPSL

The Fathers of Philately
Inscribed on the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists
by Brian J Birch FRPSL

Royal Philatelic Society London Members' Collections 2019

Edited by Mark W Bailey FRPSL and Frank L Walton RDP FRPSL.

British King George V Definitive, Profile Head and Seahorse Stamps Overprinted for NAURU

by Robert C. Stein FRPSL

The Returned Letter Offices of Great Britain to 1912 and Beyond
by J. Kenneth Snelson and Robert B. Galland FRPSL

The Paper Trail: World War II in Holland and its Colonies
as seen through Mail and Documents

by Kees Adema RDP FRPSL and Jeffrey Groeneveld.

Perkins Bacon Great Britain Line-Engraved Postage Stamp Printing 1840 to 1846

by Alan Druce FRPSL

British Letter Mail to Overseas Destinations 1840 to UPU

by Jane Moubray RDP Hon FRPSL FRPSC & Michael Moubray DL Hon FRPSL

Forgeries of the Great Britain 2s Brown of 1880

by Bob Galland FRPSL & Karl-Albert Louis FRPSL

Southern African Mails, Routes, Rates and Regulations 1806–1916

by Brian Trotter RDP FRPSL

The 1836 Anglo-French Postal Convention

by Geoffrey Lewis FRPSL

Bahamas – Stamps and Postal Stationery to 1970

by Peter Fernbank FRPSL