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Railway Parcel Stamps (GB & Ireland)

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Ireland

•  Holman, J. The Decimal Parcel Stamps of the Irish Railway Companies. Illustrated b/w. Railway Philately, Vol 10 (No 4), Vol 11 (No 4, pp 107-108), Vol 13 (No 3, pp 59-62), Vol 13 (No 4, pp 80-81), Vol 14 (No 1, pp 32-33), Vol 15 (No 1, pp 18-20), Vol 15 (No 4, pp 75-77), Vol 16 (No 1, pp 29-30),
Vol 18 (No 1, p 11), Vol 18 (No 4, pp 101-103), Vol 19 (No 1, pp 20-21),  Vol 20 (No 2, pp 46-48), 1976-1984.
•  Irish Railway Stamps   A site with over 1,000 images of Irish railway stamps.
•  Johnson A & Lowe AJ. The Midland Great Western Railway of Ireland. Not illustrated. Railway Philately, Vol 15 (No 1, pp 22-23), Vol 15 (No 2, pp 27-32).

Great Britain

•  Bowman, R. Railway Perfins of Great Britain. Illustrated b/w. 73pp. The Security Endorsement & Perfin Society of GB, 1976
•  Childs, B.  A Detailed Catalogue & Guide to the Newspaper Stamps, Parcel Stamps & Postal Labels of The North Easter Railway 1855-1922.  (2011)  ISBN: 978 0 95534248 2 0. Illustrated, b/w.
Covers NER Newspaper & Parcel Stamps, NER Railway Post Labels, and NER Clones (other company stamps based on NER designs).
•  Childs, B.  The Railway Post of British Railways (1948-1987) Part 1. ISBN: 978 0 9553428 6 8.
Illustrated, b/w. Covers BR Provisional Stamps, BR Definitive Parcel Stamps and Railway Post Labels (Customer Fee due for carriage of goods), and B.R. Railway Post Labels (Customer Fee due other than for carriage of goods).
•  Ewen H L’E. Priced Catalogue of the Newspaper and Parcel Stamps issued by the Railway Companies of the United Kingdom 1855-1906. Illustrated b/w 44pp. Ewen’s Colonial Stamp Market Ltd, 1906. (Reprint 1983 by Tim Clutterbuck & Co.)
•  Jackson HT. The Britannia Parcel Stamps of the L&NWR. Illustrated b/w. Railway Philately,
Vol 13 (No 4, pp 75-79), Vol 14 (No 1, pp 8-9), Vol 14 (No 3, pp 70-71), Vol 15 (No 2, pp 43-45),
1979-1981.
•   Jackson HT. The Locomotive Prepaid Parcel Stamps of the Great Central Railway. Illustrated b/w. Railway Philately, Vol 14 (No 3, pp 68-69), Vol 14 (No 4, pp 78-81) 1980.
•  Jackson HT. The Newspaper Stamps of the Midland Railway. Illustrated b/w. Railway Philately, Vol 11 (No 4, pp 99-102), Vol 12 (No 1, pp 8-10), Vol 12 (No 2, pp 31-33), Vol 12 (No 3, pp 57-59),
Vol 12 (No 4, pp 80-83), Vol 13 (No 1, pp 8-11), Vol 13 (No 2, pp 30-34), Vol 13 (No 3, pp 63-67),
Vol 13 (No 4, p 79), Vol 14 (No 4, p 87) 1977-1980.
•  Jackson HT. The Newspaper Stamps of the North Eastern Railway. Illustrated b/w. Railway Philately, Vol 9 (No 4, pp 83-86), Vol 10 (No 1, pp 23-26), Vol 10 (No 2, pp 40-44),
Vol 10 (No 3, pp 76-78), Vol 11 (No 1, pp 12-15), Vol 11 (No 2, pp 35-36), Vol 11 (No 4, p 109) 1975-1977.
•  Johnson A, de Lacy Spencer R & Lowe AJ. Railway Parcel Posts of Great Britain: Caledonian Railway, 1847-1923. Illustrated b/w. Railway Philately, Vol 15 (No 3, pp 51-58) June 1981.
•  Johnson A, de Lacy Spencer R & Lowe AJ. Railway Parcel Posts of Great Britain: The Deeside and Great North of Scotland Railways. Illustrated b/w. Railway Philately,
Vol 15 (No.4, pp 85-93) September 1981.
•  Johnson A, de Lacy Spencer R & Lowe AJ. Railway Parcel Posts of Great Britain: The North British Railway and its Associated Companies. Illustrated b/w. Railway Philately,
Vol 16 (No 1, pp 14-23) December 1981.
•  Johnson A, de Lacy Spencer R & Lowe AJ. Railway Parcel Posts of Great Britain: Glasgow & South Western Railway 1850-1922. Illustrated b/w. Railway Philately, Vol 16 (No 2, pp 39-46),
Vol 16 (No 3, pp 67-68) 1982.
•  Johnson A, de Lacy Spencer R & Lowe AJ. Railway Parcel Posts of Great Britain. Illustrated b/w. Railway Philately, Vol 16 (No 4, pp 87-92) September 1982. Deals with Dumbarton and Balloch, Dundee and Arbroath, LMS, Inverness and Perth, Inverness and Aberdeen Junction, Glasgow and Paisley, Montrose and Bervie and Scottish North Eastern Railways.
•  Johnson A, de Lacy Spencer R & Lowe AJ. Railway Parcel Posts of Great Britain: The Highland Railway. Illustrated b/w. Railway Philately, Vol 17 (No 1, pp 3-10), Vol 17 (No 2, pp 30-35) 1982.
•  Johnson A, de Lacy Spencer R & Lowe AJ. Railway Parcel Posts of Great Britain: Central and North Wales Part I.Illustrated b/w. Railway Philately, Vol 17 (No 4, pp 77-82). Deals with Cambrian Railways.
•  Johnson A, de Lacy Spencer R & Lowe AJ. Railway Parcel Posts of Great Britain: Central and North Wales Part II. Illustrated b/w. Railway Philately, Vol 18 (No 1, pp 21-25). Deals with Bishop’s Castle Railway, Corris Railway, Denbigh, Ruthin & Corwen Railway, Vale of Clwyd Railway, Vale of Rheidol Railway and Wrexham, Mold & Connah’s Quay Railway.
•  Johnson A, de Lacy Spencer R & Lowe AJ. Railway Parcel Posts of Great Britain: Great Western Railway. Illustrated b/w. Railway Philately, Vol 18 (No 4, pp 103-112), Vol 19 (No 1, pp 57-65.)
•  De Lacy-Spencer R. The Railway Letter Stamps of Great Britain & Ireland. Illustrated b/w. 112pp. Moorside Publishing, 2000. ISBN 1-903633-01-X.
•  Johnson, A. & Lowe, A.J. The Midland Great Western Railway of Ireland. Not illustrated. Railway Philately, Vol 15 (No.1, pp 22-23), Vol 15 (No.2, pp 27-32).
•  Lowe AJ. Railway Parcel Posts of Great Britain. Not illustrated. Railway Philately,
Vol 15 (No 1, pp 3-6, December 1980). An introduction with bibliography including some references not mentioned here.
•  Lowe AJ. Parcel Stamps of Bristol Channel Environs.
Part I: Bristol & Exeter; Cornwall, South Devon
Part II: Severn & Wye & Severn Bridge; Bideford, Westward Ho & Appledore; Pembroke & Tenby
Part III: Brecon & Merthyr; Somerset & Dorset; Taff Vale
Part IV (with de Lacy Spencer R): Barry; Burry Port & Gwendraeth Valley; Llanelly Railway & Dock Co; Lynton & Barnstaple; Monmouth Railway & Canal Co; Neath & Brecon; Port Talbot Railway & Docks; Rhondda & Swansea Bay; Rhymney. Private Post, 1979; 1980-81; 1982; 1984.
•  Lowe AJ and de Lacy Spencer R. Parcel Stamps of England.
Part I: Swindon, Marlborough & Andover; Midland & South Western Junction; Lambourn Valley
Part II: Wirral; Mersey; Liverpool Overhead
Part III Whitehaven Junction; Ravenglass & Eskdale; Cockermouth, Keswick & Penrith; Maryport & Carlisle; Furness; Cleator & Workington. Private Post, 1984, 1985, 1986-9.
•  Morley W. Walter Morley’s Catalogue and Price List, July 1897. Parcel stamps (pp 91-110); Letter stamps (pp88-91).
•  N.E.R. Newspaper & Parcel Stamps – web site with colour illustrations (all enlargeable) of stamps in Childs’ NER Catalogue & Guide listed above
•  Railway Newspaper and Parcel Stamps (1899)   Short article written by H. Clark, originally published in The Railway Magazine in 1899 (now reprinted).
•  Railway Parcel & Letter Stamps of Great Britain   Short illustrated article on GB & Ireland railway stamps.
•  Robson Lowe. Encyclopædia of British Empire Postage Stamps 1661-1951. Volume I, Part 2 – Great Britain and the Empire in Europe. List of Companies, which issued stamps (p 209-210) and Railway Letter Stamp Catalogue (p 308-326). Published by Robson Lowe.
•  Waters PE. Catalogue of the Parcel Stamps of the Colonel Stephens Railways. January, 1979 (also 1984, inscribed First Edition).
•  Waters PE. The Coil Type Parcel Stamps of the Col. Stephens Railways. Railway Philately,
Vol 13 (No 2, pp 43-46), Vol 14 (No 1, pp 3-7), Vol 14 (No 2, pp 38-39) 1979-1980.

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