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The Postage Stamp
in War.
By the same Author.
A new work on the postage stampsof the new British Protectorate of
EGYPT
in the Melville Stamp Book series(No. 20) is now on the press andwill be published in January, 1915,by Stanley Gibbons, Ltd., 391Strand, W.C. Price 6d. Post free,7½d.[Pg 3]
... The ...
Postage Stamp
in War
by
FRED J. MELVILLE,
Editor of "The Postage Stamp."
MDCCCCXV - PUBLISHED - BY - FRED.
J. - MELVILLE, - 14 - SUDBOURNE - RD.,
BRIXTON, - LONDON, - ENGLAND.
COPYRIGHT. All rights of translation and reproduction reserved.
ACKNOWLEDGED WITH THANKS.
To many collectors and dealers we areindebted for the loan of stamps, envelopes,etc., for illustration in this work, includingMessrs. E. Bentley Wood, H. H. Harland,W. J. Holmes, Nathan Heywood, J. Ireland,R. Wedmore, Stanley Gibbons, Ltd., HugoGriebert & Co., Alfred Smith & Son, W.T. Wilson, Whitfield King & Co.,Charles Nissen & Co., Lewis May & Co.,W. S. Lincoln & Son, Bright & Son, R.Roberts, Bridger & Kay, A. C. Roessler,C. Davies, and others.
Captain Lionel Crouch has kindly assistedin revising the proofs.
CONTENTS.
| Chapter I. | |
The Postage Stamp with the Flag.—British Posts in the Crimea—The Abolition of the Capitulations—The British Fleet in the Baltic— Abyssinian Expedition—The First Army Postal Corps—Egypt— Dongola Expedition—South Africa—The British Army Post in France, 1914—How to Address Soldier's Letters—The Postmarks from France— The Navy's Postmarks. | Page 7. |
| Chapter II. | |
Indian Army Postal Service—China Expeditionary Force—British Railway Administration in China—Somaliland—The Forbidden City of Lhassa—Indian Expeditionary Force in France. | Page 28.... BU KİTABI OKUMAK İÇİN ÜYE OLUN VEYA GİRİŞ YAPIN!Sitemize Üyelik ÜCRETSİZDİR! |