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Life and Times of King George VI

Coronation Souvenir Book 1937 - Gordon Beckles - Daily Express Publications - 1937 - excellent large pictures

George VI - Sarah Bradford - Weidenfeld & Nicolson - 1989

George VI, King and Emperor - Major J.T. Gorman - W&G Foyle - 1937

George and Elizabeth, a Royal Marriage - David Duff - Collins - 1983

Hidden Agenda - Martin Allen - MacMillan - 2000

Island of Barbed Wire - Connery Chappell - Robert Hale Ltd - 1984 - info on Isle of Man internment

His Majesty King George The Sixth - Roger Fulford - Pitkins - no date

His Majesty King George VI - John Pudney - Hutchinson - 1952

King Edward VIII - Philip Ziegler - Collins - 1990

King George VI - Denis Judd - Michael Joseph Ltd - 1982

King George VI : An Intimate and Authentic Life - T.Darbyshire - Hutchinson - 1937

King George VI : His Life and Reign - John W. Wheeler-Bennett - MacMillan - 1958. A very extensive book.

King George VI To His Peoples, 1936 - 1951 - Selected broadcasts and speeches - John Murray - 1952

Silver Wedding - Louis Wulff - Sampson Low - 1948

The Coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth - No author - Odhams - 1937? - excellent pictures

The Coronation of Their Majesties King George VI and Queen Elizabeth : Souvenir Programme - Odhams - 1937

The Crowning of the King and Queen - Stephen King-Hall - Evans - 1937

The King and Queen With Their People - no author - John Murray - 1941

The Life and Times of George VI - Keith Middlemas - BCA - 1974

The Life and Times of King George VI - no author - Odhams Press Ltd  - no date

The Reign of King George VI - News Chronicle - 1952

The Royal House of Windsor - E.D.Tillett - Royal Warrant Holders Assoc - no date

The Story of the Coronation - Ed. Sir John Hammerton - Amalgamated Press Ltd. - no date, probably 1937

Philatelic References

 

50 Years of British Air Mails - Compiled by N.C.Baldwin - 1992 - re-published by M.S.Todd

 

A Catalogue of Cylinder Flaws on King George VI Great Britain Commemoratives - Anon - Crabtree Press - 1954

Aerogramme Europas - JKohler - 1978

A History Of The Canadian Forces Postal Services - L.Dawson - 1992

Airmails 1870 -1970 - James Mackay - Batsford - 1971

All-up Air Mail - John C.W.Field - Francis J Field - 1978

 

Britain's Post Office - Howard Robinson - Oxford University Press - 1953

British Air Mails 1946-1951 - compiled by N.C.Baldwin - F.J.Field Ltd.

British Civilian Postage Rates of the 20th Century - Michael Furfie - 2000

British Postage Stamp Varieties Illustrated - RC Alcock and CW Meredith - Published by RC Alcock Ltd - 1949

British Postal Stationery - A.K.Huggins - Great Britain Philatelic Society - 1970

British Stamp Booklets : Parts 1 to 9 - Jean Alexander and Leonard F Newbery - Great Britain Philatelic Society - Published between 1987 to 1997 [Parts 3 to 6, 8 and 9 contain George VI information].

British Stamp Exhibitions - Glenn H. Morgan - 1995 - published by the author

 

Carrying British Mails - Jean Farrugia and Tony Gammons - National Postal Museum London - 1980

Channel Islands Stamps and Postal History - Stanley Gibbons - 1979

Check List of King George VI Controls and Cylinder Numbers 1937 - 1954 - No author - Published by A.L.Bert - 1954

Civil Aviation A 1943 Commentary - Harold Phillips - 1943 - A.Phillips

Collect British Postmarks - Dr J.T.Whitney - 1993 - British Postmark Society

Collecting Slogan Postmarks - Cyril Parsons, Colin Peachey, George Pearson - Published by the authors - 1986

Commemorative Postage Stamps of Great Britain - LN & M Williams - 1967 - Arco Publications

 

Flying The North Atlantic - Jim Barry - 1987 - Batsford

 

Great Britain Airway Letter Stamps and Services - N.C.Baldwin - F.J.Field - 1966

Great Britain and Ireland Catalogue of Internal Air Mails 1910-1941 - compiled by N.C.Baldwin - 1941 - F.J.Field

Great Britain King George VI Low Value Definitive Stamps - Peter Worsfold - G.B. Philatelic Publications Ltd (for the GB Philatelic Society) - 2001

 

Imperial Airways - compiled by N.C.Baldwin - F.J.Field - 1950

 

London International Stamp Exhibition Catalogue - BPS / BPA - 1950

 

Moving the Mail by Road - Julian Stray - 2006 - British Postal Museum & Archive

 

Night Mail - GPO - 1939

 

Overseas Air Mails - 1949 to 1952 - issued monthly by the GPO

 

Pan-American Airways - N.C.Baldwin - F.J.Field - 1992

Post Office Guide - January 1937 / July 1945 and Supplement / November 1946

Postal Stationery of Great Britain - T Brightmore - no date - no publisher information

Postage Stamps in the Making - F.J.Melville / Rewritten and completed by John Easton - Faber and Faber - 1949. Detailed guide to how stamps are made, especially for 1840 - 1900, with some references to 'modern' methods.

 

Queen Mother's Century Celebrated In Stamps - Peter Jennings FRPSL and Tim Graham - Sahara Publications - 2000 - includes an appendix which selectively lists the stamps depicting the Queen Mother 1932 to 2000.

 

Royal Mail Stamps : a survey of British stamp designs - Stuart Rose - 1980 - Phaidon Press. Looks at stamp designs from 1840 to 1980.

 

Scottish Airmails 1919-1979 - Richard Beith - 1981 - published by the author

Special Event Postmarks of the United Kingdom, Volume 1  - George R. Pearson - 1991 - British Postmark Society. The BPS kindly allow copying of this excellent work in the interest of sharing information.

Specimen Stamps and Stationery of Great Britain - Marcus Samuel and Alan Huggins - 1980 - G.B.Philayelic Publications Ltd.

Stanley Gibbons Great Britain Specialised Stamp Catalogue : Volume 2 - Stanley Gibbons

 

The Coronation Stamp - 1937 - L.Birch - Midland Stamp Co. - no date

The Die Proofs of Waterlow & Sons : Part 1 Great Britain and the Empire to 1960 - Colin Fraser and Robson Lowe - 1985 - Christie's Robson Lowe - small reference to die proof numbers for King George VI UK high values. 

The Evolution of British Stamped Postcards and Letter Cards - H.Dagnall - 1985 - published by the author.

The History of the RAF Postal Service Overseas 1942/57 - John A Smith - 1957 - published by the author.

The Horseshoe Route - no author - 1997 - Chavril Press

The Imperial Airways Fleet - John Stroud - 2005 - Tempus

The Letter Box - Jean Young Farrugia - Centaur Press - 1969.

The Mobile Post Office - GPO - 1937

The Post Office and the Empire Exhibition - Graham Moss - Scottish Postal History Society - 1988

The Post Office Went To War - Ian Hay - HMSO - 1946

The Stamp Dealers' Handbook - Philatelic Traders Society - 1944

The Stamp of Royalty - A G Rigo de Righi - National Postal Museum - 1973

 

Undercover Addresses of World War II - no author - Chavril Press - 1992

U.P.U. 75th Anniversary Issues - Marian Carne Zinsmeister - Van Dahl Publications - 1951

 

Wartime Airmails, Great Britain Transatlantic and Beyond - Chavril Press - no date

Periodicals

 

Air Mail Magazine - by A.Phillips, Newport - Vol 1 (started March 1939); Vol 2

 

Gibbons Stamp Monthly - Volumes 11 and 12 - October, 1937 to September, 1939

                                    - Volume 14 - September, 1940 to August, 1941

                                    - Volume 15 - no5, January, 1942 to Volume 18 no12, August 1945

                                    - Volume 19 - no4, December, 1945 to Volume 34 no6, February, 1961

                                    - Volumes 39 to 43, no 9 - September, 1965 to May 1970

                                            (Change of name to 'Stamp Monthly').

 

Philatelic Bulletin - Volume 7, number 5 (January, 1970) to Volume 41, number 12 (August 2004)

 

Stamp Collecting - 1947, 1948, 1949

                                 

Stamp Collectors Annual - 1947, 1949 to 1952 - Ed.Tom Morgan - Harris Publications

 

Stamp Monthly - Volume 1 to 2, no. 5 - June 1970 to October 1971

 

The Aero Field - Vol 1/6 (Jul 37) to 1/10 (Dec 37), Vol 2 (1938), 3/1 (J-F 1939), 3/3 (Ap 39), 3/6 (Jul 39); 4/7 (Oct 40); 5/8 (Oct 41); 6/1 (J-F 42) to 6/3 (Ap 42); 7/2 (Mar 43), 7/4 (May 43); 7/7 (Au-Se 43); 8/4 (May 44); 8/6 (Jul 44); 8/8 (Oc 44) to 9/5 (Jun 45); 9/7 to 10/1 (Aug to Fe 46), 10/9 (No 46), 11/6 (Aug 47), 12/2 (Mar 48); 12/6 (Jul 48), 13/1 (J-F 49), 13/4 (May 49), 13/9 (No 49) to 14/1 (J-F 50), 14/3 to 14/8 (Ap 50 to Oct 50), 14/10 to 15/2 (De 50 to Mar 51), 21/1 to 22/10 (Ja 57 to De 58), 23/2 (Mar 59), 23/10 (De 59), 24/1 to 27/10 (Ja 60 to De 63), 36/1 (Mar 72), 36/2 (Jun 72), 37/1 (Mar 73), 37/2 (Jun 73), 39/1 (Mar 75), 40/1 (Mar 76), 43/2 (Jun 79), 43/4 (De 79), 44/3 (Se 80).

 

The British Philatelist - May 43, [not issued May 44 to Jun 46] July - Dec 46, Feb 47, Jan - Dec 49.

 

 

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