Specialists in the Postal History of Great Britain

000 HISTORIC LETTERS & Autographs Important Personalities, News, Contents, Signed Items, All Periods

001 PRE-STAMP & STAMPLESS: General Early Postmarks, Bishop Marks, Dockwras, Namestamps, Receivers, Fleurons

002 QV ISSUES: Destination mail All QV Issues on Overseas Mail, for Internal Usage see Categories 011-016 {incl'}

003 FOUR KINGS: Edward VII issues All issues, Departmental Overprints, Posted in Advance For Christmas

004 FOUR KINGS: George V issues 'Downey' Heads, Mackennals, Seahorses, WW1, Wembleys, UPU, Photogravure

005 FOUR KINGS: Edward VIII issues 1936 Definitives incl' Overprints, Abdication Covers

006 FOUR KINGS: George VI issues All issues incl 1937 Coronation, Silver Wedding, Festival of Britain, WW2

007 QEII ISSUES: General 'Castle' High Values, Wildings, Machins, Commemoratives, Regionals

008 ALL REIGNS: First Day Covers FDC, FDI, New Postal Rates, Last Day Covers, Pre-Issue Covers, Signed Items

009 ALL REIGNS: High Values All isues 2s/6d & above incl' Revenues, Seahorses, Festivals, Castles etc

010 POSTAL REFORM & Historic Postal Items 1839 Uniform 4d Post, 1840 Uniform 1d Post, Plus Later Significant Items

011 MULREADY, Caricatures & Derivatives Classic Early Illustrated & Pictorial Postal Items incl' Deraedemaeker Reprints

012 LINE-ENGRAVED: 1840 1d blacks & 2d blues Penny Black, May Dates, Fore-runners, 1839 Treasury Competition

013 LINE-ENGRAVED: 1841-79 1d reds Imperfs (see category 021 for Maltese Cross period items), 'Stars' & Plates

014 LINE-ENGRAVED: 1841-79 2d blues Imperfs, 'Stars' & Plates {For 1840 2d Blues see category 012}

015 LINE-ENGRAVED: 1870 issues Halfpenny 'Bantams', Three Halfpence 'Shields'

016 QUEEN VICTORIA: Non Line-engraved issues Embossed, Surface-Printed, 1887-1901 'Jubilees'

017 GB POSTAGE-DUE ADHESIVES 1914-94, See also Category 024 for Postage Due Postmarks

096 GB POST OFFICES ABROAD and Used Abroad

097 GB OVERPRINTED ISSUES incl' Officials Levant, Morocco Agencies, Bechuanaland, Oil Rivers, Gulf States etc

098 GB VARIETIES, ERRORS, Proofs & Specimens Die Proof, Colour Trial, Essay, Inverted Watermark, Controls, Misperfs

099 GB STAMPS off cover, Rarities & Philately Unused, Mint, Used, Stamps on piece, Early Stamp Dealers, Collecting

018 MACHINE CANCELS & Mechanisation Pearson Hill Trials, Rideout, Azemar, Hoster, Slogans, Meter Mail

019 CANCELS: CDS, Hooded & Squared Circles All Circular Types including 'Skeleton', 'Traveller' & Fancy Geometrics

020 CANCELS: Numerals, Spoons & Scots Locals Unusual & Experimental Cancellations Generally, Sideways Duplex, Duplex

021 CANCELLATIONS: Maltese Cross See also Mulready & Line-Engraved Categories 011, 012 & 013

022 REGISTERED, Express & Special mails Insured, COD, Parliamentary Notice, Jury Summons, Notice of Objection

023 PARCELS, Printed Matter & Book Post Newspaper Wrappers, NPB Postmarks, Sample Post

024 UNDERPAID, INSTRUCTIONAL & Explanatory marks Inspectors Marks, Charge, Tax, Mis-sort, Missent, RLO, RLB

025 TIMED & LATE MAIL, incl' Xmas deliveries Timed Postmarks, Late Fee, Sunday Delivery, Leap Year, Valentines, Christmas

026 'FREE' FRANKED & OFFICIAL MAIL Privelege Mail, Par Pro, OHMS, Departmental Overprints, Certifying Stamps

027 EXHIBITIONS & Special Events Including 1890 Penny Postage Jubilee, Wembley & Philatelic Congress Items

029 ADDITIONAL HALFPENNY: All Counties Wheel Tax, Manuscript & Handstamp types ex England, Scotland, Ireland & Wales

028 ROYALTY, Parliamentary & Diplomatic Royal Household, House of Commons, Lords, Consular, Secret, Diplomatic Bag

030 MARITIME: General incl' Paquebots Packet boats, Shipping Companies

031 MARITIME: Trans-Atlantic mail Named Vessels, Pioneer Steamers, Steamship Companies, Cunard etc

032 MARITIME: Indian & Far East mails Named Vessels, Sea Post Offices, Tea Clippers, Includes Early Australian Mails

033 MARITIME: Early European mail Early Cross-Channel Items, London Foreign Office Postmarks

034 MARITIME: GB Steamers, Ship & Packet Letters India Letters, Mobile Box, Coastal Steamers, H&K Packet, G&A Packet, Cahets

035 RAILWAY: General Station, RSO & TPO Postmarks, Railway Companies, Letter & Parcel Stamps

036 GB AIR MAIL & AVIATION: General 1911 Aerial Post, Pioneer Aviation Items, First Flights, Internal & External

037 AIR MAIL: Airship, Rocket, Catapult, Helicopter & Pigeon Posts RAF, RFC, RNAS, Air letter, Airgraph, Aerogrammes

038 GB MILITARY, Censorship & War related items Historic Military, Anglo-Boer War, WW1, WW2, Camps, Hospitals, POW etc

039 GB NAVAL, MARINE & AIR FORCES Royal Navy, Royal Marines,RAF, RFC, RNAS, Air letter, Airgraph, Aerogrammes

040 POSTAL STATIONERY: General 1d Pinks, STO, Envelopes, Postcards, Lettersheets, Reply Cards, Military Items

041 TELEGRAPHS, Postal Orders & GPO Forms Money Orders, POSB, Printed GPO Items, Labels, Telephone & Postal Receipts

042 ILLUSTRATED & ADVERTISING: General Hand-illustrated, Advertising Rings, Advertising Stationery, Early Postcards

043 PRIVATE POSTS, College Stamps, Locals & Perfins Underprints, Security Overprints, Cinderellas, Propaganda, Strike Post

044 REVENUES & Postal Fiscals GPO Savings Stamps, GPO Training School Items, Early Lottery Tickets

045 INTERRUPTED: Crash, Wreck & Disaster mail Disinfected Mail, Quarantine, Damaged, Salvaged, Captured, Service Suspended

046 FORWARDED & Returned Mail incl' Combination frankings Forwarding Agents, FACs, Turned, Re-directed, Returned, Dead Letters

047 SPORT, SCOUTING & EDUCATION incl' Universities Universities, Colleges, Schools, Football, Cricket, Rugby, Commonwealth Games, Highland Games

048 COFFEE HOUSES, Inns, Canals & Coaching Hotels, Early Transport, Mailcoach, Industry, Industrial Revolution

049 HISTORIC THEMATIC SUBJECTS: General All Other Subjects, Religion, Charity, Insurance, Banking, Police etc

050 Bedfordshire

051 Berkshire

052 Buckinghamshire

053 Cambridgeshire

054 Cheshire & The Wirral

055 Cornwall

056 Cumberland

057 Derbyshire

058 Devon

059 Dorset

060 County Durham

061 Essex

062 Gloucestershire & Bristol

063 Hampshire {IOW see '094 ENGLISH ISLANDS'}

064 Herefordshire

065 Hertfordshire

066 Huntingdonshire

067 Kent

068 Lancashire Liverpool, Manchester, Furness District

069 Leicestershire

070 Lincolnshire & Rutland

071 Middlesex

072 Norfolk

073 Northamptonshire

074 Northumberland

075 Nottinghamshire

076 Oxfordshire

077 Shropshire

078 Somerset

079 Staffordshire

080 Suffolk

081 Surrey

082 Sussex

083 Warwickshire & Birmingham

084 Westmoreland

085 Wiltshire

086 Worcestershire

087 Yorkshire City of York, North Riding, East Riding, West Riding