The History of the Postmarks of the British Isles from 1840 to 1876 - John Hendy (1909)

No. 9.—The POSTAGE STAMPS, etc.,
Fiji
of the
Islands.
By CHARLES J.
PHILLIPS.
With numerous Illustrations in the text and also 15 full plates of
Photogravure lUus'.rations.
This entirely new work is of the same size and form as the publications
of the Royal Philatelic Society.
It is divided into fourteen chapters and three appendices.
The two plates of the "Fiji Times" Express stamps are illustrated
and their history is given in full. The rare V.R. overprints are all plated
for the first time, the different settings are illustrated and the position on
the plates of all the errors in the overprint has been determined.
In the following issues the conversion of the blocks of the "C.R."
stamps into those of "V.R.", by means of the insertion of wooden
plugs, is fully explained for the first time, and there is much new information
about the later issues, with description and illustrations of essays
and proofs, also of Duty, Frank, and Cake Fair Stamps.
No. 1522. In Strong Paper Cover. 21/-. Post-free, 21/4; abroad, 21/7.
Weight, if lbs.
LIBRARY EDITION.
Handsomely bound in hall Red Morocco, Art Vellum Sides, extra gill back and
edges, with cloth pocket inside the cover to hold the fifteen pla'es.
No. 1523. Price, 30/-. Post-free, 30/5; abroad, 30/10. Weight, 2|lbs.
Colour Dictionary.
Giving over Two Hundred Names of Colours used in
Printing, etc.
Specially prepared for Stamp Collectors by B. W. WARHURST.
Of the greatest possible use to Stamp Collectors, particularly to those
who specialize in colour shades. Useful in many businesses to give a
more definite idea of the colours represented by certain names in
common use, which are very frequently misunderstood.
SUITABLE FOR USE IN SCHOOLS.
Illustrating Sixty different colours on White paper, all correctly
named, showing solid blocks of colour, as well as lines of shading, and
forming a most interesting and valuable treatise on the theory and
practice of Colour.
No. 1524. Strong Paper Cover. Price, 2/6; post-free, 2/8.
No. 1525. Cloth Bound. „ 4/6; „ 4/9.
Weights: 1524, 8 oz. ; 1525, 12 oz.