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.....continued Special Collections The Muraleetharan Papers were formed by George Muraleetharan and relate to research into various British Commonwealth postage stamps including the 1935 Silver Jubilee issue, the 1937 Coronation issue, the 1947 Victory or Peace issue, 1953 Coronation issue, the Royal portraits for the issues of George V, George VI and Elizabeth II, correspondence relating to security printers, the Royal Mint Archives, De La Rue Archives, and Australian issues in the Australian Archives. Eleven volumes. The Postal Authority Pre-Issue Publicity Collection comprises leaflets, press releases, etc for world new issues 1960s to 2000. The Photograph Collection is of photographs of material of the world not in the British Library collections. The Royal Philatelic Society London meeting notes. Grey literature being notes and papers presented at meetings of the Society from 1950. The Williams Papers formed by L N and M Williams and Norman Williams and relate to research for books and articles 1940 to 1999. The classes of material held include: - Air Mails: The Fitz Gerald Collection, The Monks Collection, The Scott Collection, The Seymour Collection Essays, artwork, colour trials, proofs, etc for Crown Agents countries: The Crown Agents Philatelic and Security Printing Archive Meter stamps of the world: The McInroy Collection Photographs: The Photograph Collection Postal stationery of the world. The Tapling Collection, The Crown Agents Philatelic and Security Printing Archive, The Foreign and Commonwealth Office Collection, The Sherborn Collection. Poster stamps: circa 1850 to mid 1920s: The Campbell-Johnston Collection Revenue stamps: The Crown Agents Philatelic and Security Printing Archive, The Foreign and Commonwealth Office Collection, The Kay Collection, The Turner Collection, The Board of Inland Revenue Stamping Department Archive, The HMSO Collection, The Davies Collection, The HM Customs and Excise Collection, The Ryan Collection. Philatelic literature The British Library holds one of the world’s most extensive collections of philatelic literature estimated to be some 30,000 to 35,000 volumes. These are mainly in Western languages and include monographs, serials, auction catalogues, philatelic exhibition literature, stamp catalogues, bibliographies, indexes, etc. and have been acquired by legal deposit (with some Colonial legal deposit), donation, bequest and purchase. The philatelic literature is organised into three groups: 1) In the Philatelic Collections, departmental reference library used for reference and enquiry work. This group reflects the makeup of the Philatelic Collections and the demands of research and information needs. 2) The Crawford Library of some 4,500 volumes dating from 1861 to 1913 and regarded as the most complete holding for this period. It is catalogued in Catalogue of the Crawford Library of Philatelic Literature at the British Library, Fishkill, The Printer’s Stone Limited in association with the British Library, 1991. The Crawford Library was formed by the 26th Earl of Crawford between 1898 and 1913 when it was bequeathed to the Nation. It includes the Tiffany and Frankel philatelic Libraries from the United States and Germany and has extensive holdings of rare monographs, serials and early auction catalogues. Included in the unique or rare items are a set of Chinese Imperial Post Circulars from numbers 1 to 32, 1897 to 1900 which set out the ways that the post should operate. 3) The General Library, acquired in the ways described above and available in the Reading Rooms, catalogued in and available via the Integrated Catalogue available at www.bl.uk < Back Next > | ||
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