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Soft cover. Condition: Good. No date. Unpaginated. Stapled wraps. Quite edgeworn, good to good+ 0.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 337pp. This book was packed spine up in a box of books that had other boxes of books stacked on it and has become warped. Other than that, there's a little edgewear, and it would be very good in a slightly worn dust jacket.

quarto stapled wrappers (VG) ; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 16p (1p) Stapled paper covers Near Fine Includes a list of all the post offices opened - or closed - in the Manawatu/Palmerston North district until 1982.

Spiral Bound. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 72p Spiral bound, card covers Small owner's stamp TP Near Fine An index to the first twenty years of the magazine of the Postal History Society of New Zealand, in two parts, an A-Z of articles, then an A-Z of articles dealing with NZ Post Offices, and their stamps.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Covers & Spine: both front and back glossy picture-boards are undamaged with minimal wear along the edges and corners, spine is intact with only slight bumping at ends. Binding: firm throughout, both hinges strong. Pages & Markings: unstained, no markings, clean throughout. No dust jacket as issued. PLEASE NOTE: Due to this item weighing more than 1 kg with packaging, postage cost for international orders (i.e. not Australian) may be more than what is shown here. Please email me if you would like a quote. All items are protectively packaged, and a postal tracking number will be sent to all customers whose current email address is registered with AbeBooks.

Spiral Bound. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 51p Spiral bound, card covers Small owner's stamp TP Near Fine With illustrations, the permit to pay postage in cash system in New Zealand, with catalogue.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 80p Reprint edition Cloth strip spine Owner's small stamp TP Some pen marks on some pages With illustrations, a study of the pre-paid stationery put out by the Post Office in New Zealand until the 1960s, including registered letters and post cards.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. This is the updated new edition from 1993. An alphabetical list of every post office and telephone/graph opened in New Zealand, with community activity, location, and period open. Includes a record on name changes, alternative names and errors.

Spiral Bound. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 94 leaves Spiral bound, card covers Small owner's stamp TP Near Fine Publications from Government sources relating to New zealand postal history, from books and periodicals to leaflets and maps.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. 169 pages plus index, pub C1957, H/C clean text.

Spiral Bound. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 105p (1p) Spiral bound, soft card covers Near Fine With illustrations, including the updates for 1999, 2001 and 2004.

Spiral Bound. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 103p Spiral bound, card covers Small owner's stamp TP Near Fine A study of a bulk New Zealand Post Office service, with illustrations, until 1991.

Spiral Bound. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 79p Spiral bound, card covers Small owner's stamp TP Near Fine A study of New Zealand governmental franking, with illustrations.

26 large pp + plates. 1st ed., fine in blue card covers plus supplement.

30pp. 1st ed., circa 1960, fine in card covers.

1st, fine in original card covers.

123pp. 1st ed., fine in ring binding.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 377pp. Near fine in sl worn dust jacket with a 1/2" closed tear at upper spine.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. A4 format, printed card wraps. Small ink inscription top left of front cover o/w fine. Illustrated. 30pp including cover.

30pp. 1st ltd. ed. Clean in worn and slightly torn card covers.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Ex-library, Invercargill Public Library. Library stamps and markings. 2" missing at head of spine. 2" chip at tail of spine. A rough working copy. ; No date [c. 1957]. Philatelic publication. [4], ii, 169, [11] pages. Blue papered boards. Page dimensions: 256 x 201mm. "The story of New Zealand's armed forces postal services during the war years 1939-1949. The MS of this book was awarded a Silver Medal at the International Stamp Exhibition at Auckland in 1955."; 4to.

18 large pp. 1st ltd. ed. of 100 copies, fine in orig. yellow paper covers. Story of rural mail postal service in N.Z. and of the Mobile P.O. Savings Bank offices.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. iv (5p catalogue) 169p Cloth spine Paper over boards Small owner's stamp FEP Signed by the author, with illustrations, the story of New Zealand's armed forces postal services during 1939-49. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. 1st. A description of this publication printerd on the title page reads:"An alphabetical list of every Post Office, Telephone office or Telegraph Office ever open under the control of the New Zealand Post Office, with dates of opening, closure or name change, along with location and also references to influence in placenames." Stated below is a note that information in the book is corrected to 31 January 1977. In his introduction the author gives an informative history of post and telegraph services in NZ as well as directions for using the book, with an abbrevitiions list. a section on place names and a map showing NZ postal districts, four b/w photographs of PO related scenes appear on pages 178-179. This is a scarce book, this copy from a limited edition of 1000 copies. First published in 1977 by the Postal History Society of NZ as its 13th handbook, 241 pages, text material is from typewritten manuscript presented on double sided pages. This an ex-library copy. Blue hard covers with gilt front titles are VG with few old trape marks to both boards, two on front pastedown. repeated on rear pastedown and end-paper, FFEP a has been removed. Library markings are mainly on the title page which has two "withdrawn" stamps, tipped in issue sheet and crossed barcode lower corner, The title page verso has a library code stamp lower centre, otherwise library markings are confined to occasional small stamps in the top corner margin, otherwise the text block is VG+. The pictorial dust jacket with six photographs of NZ post offices is VG+, being protected by clear plastic sheet, with two small library stickers at jacket spine base. This book is 1.2kgs unpacked and would probably require additional postage for international delivery.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Limited Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 4to. pp xiv, 241. Original publisher's light blue boards lettered gilt at cover. Limited to 1000 copies. Corrected to 31 January 1977. Previous owner's bookplate to pastedown and small stamp to fore-edge. Slight rubbing at edges, front board slightly bowed otherwise very good in slightly worn and faded, very good dust jacket with closed tear at head of spine.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. No signatures. Creasing to lower corner of front wrapper and to most pages. ; 53 pages. Papered wrappers. Illustrated. Page dimensions: 297mm x 205mm.; 8vo.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Previous owner's name and rubber stamp.; [2], 49, [1 (blank)] pages. Page dimensions: 286 x 208mm. Illustrated. Philately. Cover title: "Chatham Isles Mails". "A factual account of the discovery, European settlement, history and development, postal and communication services of the Chatham Islands". Series: Postal History Society of New Zealand, Historical Series No. 2.

288 large pp. 1st ed., very fine in original cloth.

Folio, xiv, 241, (1) pp. Cloth, d.w. with some tears and minor loss.