Books about Tasmanian Postmarks, Stamps, Postal History and Postal Stationery
The Tasmanian Philatelic Society publishes books about Tasmanian postmarks, stamps, postal history and postal stationery. Please see the Buy Books page for prices and to purchase a book.
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Tasmanian Postal Stationery Catalogue
Malcolm Groom, Allen Shatten
Price: $90+ Postage and Packing
Price reduced to allow for new publications
This book aims to present all that is currently known about Tasmanian postal stationery. It covers the period up to (and sometimes beyond) the transfer of powers to the Commonwealth in 1912. Authors Malcolm Groom and Allen Shatten have many years of collecting, researching and exhibiting Tasmanian Postal Stationery behind them.
184 pages, hard bound, dust jacket, sewn sections.
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Tasmanian Postal History: Post Office and Datestamp Compendium - Out of Stock
John Hardinge
Out of Stock
Contains listings of all Post Offices, postmarks and rarity ratings from John Hardinge’s previous book, updated.
Price: $90, plus postage and packing.
230 pages in colour.
Spiral-bound format on high-quality paper.
- Datestamp Types – each postmark type described and illustrated (from 1861 to 2000)
- How to use the listings
- Post Office and Datestamp listings in alpha order ( all Tas Post Offices, Receiving Houses, Free Bags). Each datestamp is listed under its post office including the rarity rating, where applicable. Datestamps known to exist but not yet seen are indicated.
7 pages of up-dated information are incorporated.
