Stella & Rose's Books

Contents

• CONTENTS OF SECTION A.
• GENERAL
• Introduction... Incoming Ship Letters
• Introduction... Outgoing Ship Letters
• Introduction... Post Office Packet Services
• The London Ship Letter Office 1799-1847
• India Ship Letter Office
• India Mail via Folkestone
• Ocean Penny Postage
• Seamen's and Soldier's Privilege Postal Rates
• Talismanic Inscriptions on Maritime Mail
• The Coffee house in relation to Maritime Postal History
• Coastal Pilots
• Disinfection of Maritime Mail
• Glossary of Maritime Postal History Terms
• The Office of Postmaster General from 1660
• Post Office Packet Flag and Royal Mail Pendant
• Forwarding Agents
• CONTENTS OF SECTION B.
• SHIPS AND SHIPPING. ROUTES AND SERVICES
• Falmouth Post Office Packets
• Channel Island Packets
• Holyhead Packet Service to Ireland
• Liverpool - Dublin Packet Service
• Milford Haven to Waterford Packet Service
• Port Patrick to Donaghadee Packet Service
• Uist to Dunvegan Packet Service
• Dover - Calais and Dover - Ostend Post Office Packets
• Harwich Post Office Packet Service
• East India Company's Packet ships
• Ships of the East India Company's Maritime Service
• Ships in the West Indian Trade
• The General Steam Navigation Company
• Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company
• The Cunard Steamship Company
• The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company
• SS Savannah
• SS Royal William
• SS British Queen
• SS President
• SS Sirius
• SS Great Western
• SS Great Britain
• United Kingdom Coastal Mails
• Pictorial Theme of the Mail Ship on Adhesive stamps
• CONTENTS OF SECTION C.
• RATES AND CHARGES
• Analysis of postal rates on maritime letters - A Formula
• Charges on Incoming Ship Letters
• Charges on Outgoing Ship Letters
• Charges on Outgoing Packet Letters
• Charges on Incoming Packet Letters
• Prepayment of charges on Ship and Packet Letters
• Inland Postal Rates with GB 1660-1840 (tabulated)
• Ship Letter Rates
• British Post Office Packet Letter Rates Domestic
• British Post Office Packet Letter Rates Overseas
• Prices current and commercial lists at reduced 1d rate
• Ship letter Gratuities
• CONTENTS OF SECTION D
• THE KINDS OF MARITIME HANDSTRUCK STAMPS
• The Genesis and Evolution of the Maritime Handstamps of the Br Isles
• "India" (Ship and Packet) Letters
• Soldiers and Seamen's letters from India
• Post Paid Withdrawn Ship Letter
• Exempt Ship letter
• Floating Receiving House
• Maritime "Moveable Box" (or Boite Mobile)
• Detained for postage
• Crutched Cross cancelling handstamp
• "In All" handstamp
• The ART handstamps of 1843-1855
• US Naval cancellations used at British Ports
• Numeral cancellations used on Mailboats (P&O: Cunard: Allan Lines)
• CONTENTS OF SECTION E.
• THE CATALOGUE
• Map of the "Ship Letter" ports of England and Wales
• Map of Roads from the "Out ports" to London in 1835
• Map of Roads from the "Out ports" to Dublin in 1832
• Map of the "Ship Letter" ports of Ireland
• Map of rods from Scottish "Out Ports" to Edinburgh
• The "Ship Letter" Ports of GB and Ireland
• Identification check List of SHIP and SHIP LETTER handstamps
• Identification check List of PAQUEBOT handstamps
• Notes of guidance to the use of the catalogue