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Auction: 20042 - The Lady Joan Joicey Collection of Great Britain - conducted behind closed doors
Lot: 279

The Philatelic Library of Lady Joan Joicey
1899-1950 small philatelic library comprising 1899 "A History of the Adhesive Stamps of the British Isles by H.E. Wright and A.B. Creake" bound in half green leather and cloth, 1920 "The Line Engraved Stamps of Great Britain by Bacon" in two volumes, bound in half brown leather, 1922 "The Plating of the Penny Black by Nissen" and Photographic plates I-XI both hardbound in black, 1934 "The Stamps of Great Britain by J.B. Seymour Part I and II" (two copies of each) hardbound in grey along with the 1950 printing of part I hardbound in blue cloth , 1949 "Guide Lines To The Penny Black by P.C. Litchfield", black hardbound and 1952 "The Encyclopædia of British Empire Postage Stamps: Vol. I Great Britain and The Empire in Europe by Robson Lowe" hardbound in maroon; a lovely group of both useful and rare literature, some with fine bindings

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£1,100

Starting price
£240