Chats on Postage Stamps

by Frederick John Melville

GENERAL CATALOGUES (PRICED)

These are current, general, illustrated and priced lists of the world's postage-stamps, briefly indicated under the country of publication and under publisher's name.

Great Britain. Stanley Gibbons, Ltd.; Bright & Son; Whitfield King & Co.; D. Field (Colonials).

America. Scott Stamp and Coin Company; Stanley Gibbons, Inc.

France. Catalogue Officiel de la Société Française de Timbrologie; Yvert et Tellier; Lemaire; Bernichon; Montader; &c.

Germany. Gebrüder Senf; Paul Kohl, Ltd.

Spain. Galvez.

COLLECTIONS

The Catalogues of Stamp Exhibitions held in London, the Provinces, and abroad are useful for succinct accounts of numerous Collections of interest and importance. I do not, however, include them here, nor do I list the catalogues of auction sales, which have a similar reference value.

The Avery Collection of the Postage Stamps of the World. By W. H. Peckitt. London, 1909. ⁂ This collection was sold after the death of Sir William Avery, Bart., for £24,500.