Collins Rjg (14 results)

52pp. 1st ed., some pen and pencil annotations in very worn pictorial card covers. Plating study.

Soft Cover. Condition: Good. First Edition. The most interesting postage stamp of New Zealand. A detailed study of plate 1 which shows Captain James Cook landed at Poverty Bay on 8 October 1769, during his first voyage in the Pacific. The examinations reveals the flaws in the first printing to enable to identify to rare first printing of the 2s for philately. CONDITION Card wraps, 52 pages with illus. Toned and a little handled to covers, clean internally. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. 103 pp + ads. b/w illust. Fold out map. Age toned/foxed page edges & e nd papers. Stapled spine foxed with rusty staples - center page loose with rust stain & spotty. The other pages, all attached, are lightly tanned, some with light rust stain by staples.

Half Leather. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. Limited Edition of 1000 Copies. Jacket has heavy wear with numerous taped tears. Moderate wear and slightly paler patches to cloth. Light foxing to edges of page-block. Foxing to feps and pastedowns - otherwise internally very clean. Binding tight. Errata slip included. Numbered 191 of 1,000 copies. Undated (1967?). 818pp 0 0 0 Size: 195mm x 250mm. Book. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Limited Edition. THE POSTAGE STAMPS OF NEW ZEALAND VOLUME V; THE STAMPS AND POSTAL HISTORY OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS UNDER NEW ZEALAND ADMIINISTRATION, SAMOA AND THE ROSS DEPENDENCY. LIMITED EDITION COPY NUMBER 255 OF 1000 COPIES. R.J.G. COLLINS (ROLL OF DISTINGUISHED PHILATELISTS), EDITED BY A.R. BURGE AND C.W. WATTS. THE ROYAL PHILATELIC SOCIETY OF NEW ZEALAND INCORPORATED WITH THE CO-OPERATION OF THE NEW ZEALAND POST OFFICE. A thick, hardback book, quarter-bound maroon coloured leather binding, with darker burgundy sides, gilt titles on both the spine and front board. No dust jacket. This wonderful book is in very condition and as its a used book, normal wear, marks and tear apply consistent with use and age. A few brown marks to top edge of papers, 818 pages, all intact and all pages in nice, clean, readable order, tight binding. (Errata slip tipped in). Photographic young image of "Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II" by Antony Buckley on page adjoining the title page. Please note for overseas buyers, postage/shipping will increase, from listed postage/shipping price depending on final destination. A truly fascinating book, full of interesting illustrations, letters, documents and information on stamps from a historic period and location. Perfect for those stamp collectors, enthusiasts and historians.…

Half-Leather. Condition: Very Good. Limited/Numbered. (frontis) xxiii 411p Quarter red leather spine, maroon cloth over boards, gilt titles Slight bumping fore-corners The stamps of NZ from the Pictorials of 1936 - 47 to the Royal Visit, with up-dates on the Full Face and Side-Face Queens, and the Perkins Bacon Full Faces, # 1028 of 2000.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good - Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. (frontis) xxiii 411p D-J (chips, in archival wrapper) Red leather spine, maroon cloth over boards, gilt titles VG - Near Fine The stamps of NZ from the Pictorials of 1936 - 47 to the Royal Visit, with up-dates on the Full Face and Side-Face Queens, and the Perkins Bacon Full Faces, # 254 of 2000.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good - Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: VG - Near Fine. (frontis) xvii 561p (1p) D-J (in archival wrapper) Half red leather binding, dark red buckram VG - Near Fine Limited and numbered (No.254 of 1150), this volume adds to the previous volumes with fresh material and illustrations, including the full-face queens, discusses the issues to 1960, and has sections on postal history and papers and watermarks. This is a heavy book which may require extra postal charges.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good - Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: VG - Near Fine. xxvi (1p) 694p D-J (slight chips, in archival wrapper) Red cloth over boards, red leather spine, gilt titles VG - Near Fine The third volume in this history of New Zealand stamps, (#254/1150) concentrating on the postal history of NZ, with special reference to postal cancellations and markings, with illustrations. This is a heavy book which may require extra postal charges.…

Half-Leather. Condition: Very Good. Limited/Numbered. (frontis) (errata slip tipped in) xxix 818p Leather spine, cloth boards, gilt titles Light rubbing top, bottom spine The stamps and postal history of the Pacific Islands under New Zealand administration, Samoa and the Ross Dependency.

Hb. Condition: VG. None. No date, circa 1938 as per Foreword Letter dated by the post-Master General F.Jones. Clean dark maroon pebbled cloth on boards, red leather spine and gilt titles. Spine: mild rubbings and scratches. Edges: moderate soilings. Eps: few only smudges and foxings. Penciled names to head ffep. Paper tape repair to hinges. No Plates in rear pocket. Frontis: art drawing of Queen Victoria In Her State Robes fromt the water-coloured sketch by E.H. Corbould, R.I. Clean contents. Binding is VG+. 678p Heavy book: 1.5 kgs.…

Half-Leather. Condition: Very Good - Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: VG - Near Fine. Limited/Numbered. (frontis) (errata slip tipped in) xxix 818p D-J (in protective wrapper) Leather spine, cloth boards, gilt titles Patches of mottling boards The stamps and postal history of the Pacific Islands under New Zealand administration, Samoa and the Ross Dependency (#254/1000). This is a heavy book that may require extra postal charges.…

Hardcover. Burgundy cloth boards with quarter leather spine. Frontispiece. Small slight mark to top edges, half-titlepage and endpaper browned, otherwise very good condition. B/W photos & illustrations. No. 510 of limited edition of 1150 copies. 694pp.

xxix + 818pp + colour plates + loose addenda slip. 1st ltd. ed., no. 448 of 1000 copies, dusty along top edge, small stains on end papers otherwise fine in D/W. Handbook covering the covering the stamps and postal history of the Pacific Islands under New Zealand administration, Samoa, and the Ross Dependency.…