Buy this book on-line Rosenthal, Eric, and Eliezer Blum : Runner and Mailcoach. Postal History and Stamps of Southern Africa(Cape Town: Purnell, 1969)
8vo; original red rexine, lettered in gilt on spine and upper cover; no dustwrapper; pp. x + (ii) + 280, incl. index; generously illustrated in monochrome and full colour. Spine slightly sunned; earlier owners' names and striking bookplate to front endpaper; light tape scars and some foxing to endpapers; some spotting to edges. Good to very good condition. "For the first time we have a comprehensive account in a single volume of the postage stamps and of the postal history of the entire sub-continent and its adjacent islands. A mass of fascinating information on postal development is presented, from the Bantu runner to the camel, the travelling post office and the mail-plane, much of it revealed for the first time by that master of the lesser-known aspects of South and southern Africa, Eric Rosenthal. He also deals with unfamiliar matters such as the postal arrangements of the Voortrekkers and the conveyance of overseas mail before the days of steamers and aircraft. … Magnificently illustrated in colour and black and white, … Runner and Mailcoach will be enjoyed and appreciated by specialists and amateurs alike." Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Rosenthal, Eric, and Eliezer Blum : Runner and Mailcoach. Postal History and Stamps of Southern Africa. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including collectables, livres anciens, out of print books, livres d'occasion and atlases. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |