Lot: 144
The Encyclopaedia of British Empire Postage Stamps, Volume I – Great Britain and the Empire in Europe, Robson Lowe, 1952, 2nd (expanded) Edition, octavo, cloth bound with complete d/jkt, the jacket rather grubby and covered in sticky-black plastic; fine internally without markings, a mine of information, a work never really superseded as a single volume. 100s of illustrations. 456pp
Lot: 146
The Encyclopaedia of British Empire Postage Stamps, 1639-1952, Volume V – The Empire in North America, Robson Lowe, 1973, 1st Edn; octavo, cloth-bound with gilt lettering, VG, in a complete d/jkt showing wear to the upper edge; fine internally, without inscriptions. Many illustrations including colour plates. Includes the postal history of the American Colonies and the postal agencies in Central America. xvi,760pp + 14 colour plates.