Chats on Postage Stamps

by Frederick John Melville

[A SHORT BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PHILATELY]

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Catalogue of the Philatelic Library of the Earl of Crawford, K.T. By E. D. Bacon. London, 1911.

⁂ This work constitutes the most complete Bibliography of the literature of Philately, giving entries for all known printed books and pamphlets published up to 1908, and all periodicals up to 1907.

The following short Bibliography is a handy practical guide to the standard reference works on the special subject, and includes the handbooks and monographs issued up to 1911.

GENERAL HANDBOOKS

The A B C of Stamp Collecting: A Guide to the Instructive and Entertaining Study of the World's Postage Stamps. By Fred J. Melville. London, 1903. ⁂ Nineteen plates.

A Colour Dictionary. By B. W. Warhurst. 2nd ed. London, 1908.

Hints on Stamp Collecting. By T. H. Hinton. 3rd ed. London, 1908.

How to Collect Postage Stamps. By B. T. K. Smith. London, 1907. ⁂ Forty-eight plates.