Library
We have an extensive Library from which members are welcome to borrow. Loans are initially for a period of two weeks, but permission to extend the period of a loan may be given by phone if no-one else has requested the item concerned.
Our Librarian is Bob Higgins, whose phone number is 01634 304940. Give him a call if you would like to borrow a book, and he'll bring it along to our next meeting or arrange a suitable time for it to be collected.
Currently the Library list is as follows:
Catalogues - General
SG Commonwealth Parts 1 and 2, 2002 edition
SG World Simplified Parts 1, 2, 3 and 4, 2004 edition
SG Commonwealth and British Empire 2006
Catalogues - GB
Collect British Stamps 2000
Collect Channel Islands and Isle of Man 1997
Collect British First Day Covers 1999
Michel Great Britain 1988
Collect British Postmarks 5th Edition
Specialised
Vol.1 Queen Victoria 1992
Vol.2 King Edward VII- King George VI 1993
Vol.3 Queen Elizabeth, Pre-Decimal issues 1990
Vol.4 Queen Elizabeth, Decimal Specials 1988
Vol.5 Queen Elizabeth Decimal Definitives 1991
Catalogues - Rest of the World
Yvert France 2005
Stanley Gibbons
Part 2 Austria and Hungary 5th Edn.
Part 3 Balkans 4th Edn.
Part 4 Benelux 4th Edn.
Part 5 Czechoslovakia & Poland 5th Edn.
Part 6 France 4th Edn.
Part 7 Germany 4th Edn.
Part 8 Italy & Switzerland 6th Edn.
Part 9 Portugal & Spain 3rd Edn.
Part 10 Russia 5th Edn. Part 17 China 5th Edn.
Part 11 Scandinavia 4th Edn. Part 18 Japan & Korea 3rd Edn.
Part 12 Africa A-E 2nd Edn. Part 19 Middle East 4th Edn.
Part 14 Africa N-Z 1981 Edn Part 21 South-East Asia 3rd Edn.
Part 16 Central Asia 3rd Edn. Part 22 USA 4th Edn.
Further Reading
Historical Notes on the Medway Towns Philatelic Society Vic Daniels
Great Britain Railway Letter Stamps David Potter
Introducing Postal History Vivian Sussex
Postal History of the Manx Electric Railway A.J.Povey & J.T.Whitney
A Collector's Guide to Cheque Collecting David Shaw
A Pictorial Guide to Cheque Collecting David Shaw
The Postal History of Sremska Mitrovica Geoff Barling
The Postal Rates of Croatia & Srem Geoff Barling
The Postal Rates of Yugoslav Terrritories Geoff Barling
Equipment
Ultraviolet Lamp