Description
White, JS, The Postal History of New South Wales 1788-1901, 1988, still the most comprehensive and detailed work on postal history, published with the collaboration of leading specialists on early Australian postal history. It contains the domestic rates for the colony of New South Wales, the rates for the other Australian colonies and the international rates (clear presentation in table form), the options for transporting mail via Overlandmail, via Panama, via Vancouver, etc., as well as the timetables for the various shipping lines from around 1860, a detailed stamp section, including information on shipletter stamps, a list of post offices and much more. Imitation leather with dust jacket, 481 pages, with illustrations, here is a freshly printed copy! #102147