Bibliography


Books and Catalogues

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  11. Langston, C. M. & H. C. Corless. Stamps of Great Britain Issued in Rolls. (1960).
  12. Dibden, W. G. Stitt. Early Stamp Machines, ch. 14. (PHS, 1964).
  13. Langston, C. M. The Complete List of Flaws on QEGB (1st Design) Stamps from Booklets and Coils. (1969).
  14. Kirk, A. J. King Edward VIII, pp. 24–25. (GBPS, 1974).
  15. Myall, D. G. A. The Deegam Priced Catalogue of Elizabethan Coil Leaders. (1994).
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Journal Articles

  1. Anon. “Stamps for Automatic Machines”, British Philatelist 4(5)34 (1911).
  2. Anon. “Rolls of Stamps” (Occasional Notes), London Philatelist 21, pp. 229–230 (1912).
  3. Anon. “For Rolls Only”, British Philatelist 6(7)50 (1913).
  4. Anon. “Printing Postage Stamps by the Mile”, The Postage Stamp (Apr 1915).
  5. Anon. “Stamps in Rolls”, British Philatelist 14(10)83 (1921).
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  7. Anon. “A British Coil-Stamp Essay”, British Philatelist 18(1)5 (1925).
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  9. Marshall, C. F. Dendy. “Stamp Rolls for Automatic Machines”, British Philatelist vols 25,26,33 (1933).
  10. Melville, F. J. “Stamp Rolls”, British Philatelist 26(1)7–8 (1933).
  11. Anon. “Rolls of Stamps – Trial Rolls”, British Philatelist 27(10)77–79 (1934).
  12. Anon. “Rolls for Stamp Affixing and Selling Machines”, British Philatelist 27(11)87 (1935).
  13. Cooke, H. P. “KGV Photogravures Issued in Books and Rolls”, GSM 10(6)104–108 (Mar 1937).
  14. Cooke, H. P. “The Harrison Issues in Rolls 1934–6”, British Philatelist 30(1)5–8 (1937).
  15. Combridge, J. H. “The Development of Stamp-Selling Machines”, POEEJ 30(1)18–25 (1937).
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  17. Anon. “New Stamp-Delivering Machine”, GSM 27(7)75 (Mar 1954).
  18. Stanton, J. B. M. “KGV The Photogravure Sizes”, GBJ 2(1)10 (1959).
  19. Couché-Baker, H. “Coil Stamps of Great Britain”, The Strand Stamp Journal (Oct 1959).
  20. Thompson, S. “Development of Postal Self-Service Machines”, POEEJ 52(4)272–275 (1960).
  21. Anon. “Rolls of Stamps”, The Philatelic Bulletin 2(1)2 (Sept/Oct 1964).
  22. Barnes, A. J. “The Machin Issues”, GBJ 8(5)72 & 8(6)91 (1970).
  23. Das, D. B. “A New Stamp-Selling Machine”, POEEJ 64(1)40–43 (1971).
  24. Richmond, R. W. “The Letterpress Printed Postage Stamps of KGV”, GBJ vols 11 & 12 (1973).
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  28. Jackson, Mike. “The Introduction of Stamps in Rolls”, The Philatelic Review vol 1 (1977).
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  30. Wiseman, W. A. “The Advent of Stamps Printed in Continuous Rolls”, GBJ 17(2)35–40 (1979).
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  32. Muir, Douglas. “King Edward VIII Rolls and Quantities”, The Stamp Magazine (July 1987).
  33. Brooks, Michael. “The KEVII Penny No Watermark”, GBJ 27(5)81–83 (1989).
  34. Hill, Dave. “Grover Perforating Machinery”, Stamp Lover vol 85 pp. 46–48 (Apr 1993).
  35. Dagnall, Harry. “An Introduction to Revenue Stamps”, GBJ 32(1)1–14 (1994).
  36. Rundo, John. “½v Cuts on Coil Stamps”, GBJ 32(4)68 (1994).
  37. Fletcher, William P. “Harrison Rolls for use in Ireland 1922–1925”, The Revealer 45(3)46–52 (1995).
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  39. Wilkinson, Leslie. “The ‘Missing’ Somerset House Rolls”, GBJ 37(3)51–53 (1999).
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  41. Wilkinson, L. “The Somerset House Continuous Printing Plates for 1d Rolls”, GBJ 41(4)80 (2003).
  42. Sletteb , Hallvard. “1957 World Scout Jubilee Jamboree Imprimaturs”, SGSC Bulletin (Jan 2005).
  43. Alexander, Jean. “Mrs Georgina Elizabeth Kermode”, GBJ 43(3)52–55 (2005).
  44. Morgan, G. H. & Graham Eyre. “British Stamp Vending Machines”, Cross Post 11(4)14–33 (2007).
  45. Gowland, John. “Perforation of the Early Photogravure Low Value Stamps”, GBJ 47(1)4–8 (2008).
  46. Mood, Mike. “Observations on Dummy Coil Stamps”, Bookmark Journal 38(4)149–154 (2009).
  47. Jackson, Mike. “GB Stamps Issued in Rolls”, Stamp & Coin Mart (2009).
  48. Alexander, Jean. “The Wembley Sideways Roll”, GBJ 48(1)18–23 (2010).
  49. Morgan, G. H. & Graham Eyre. “British Stamp Vending Machines”, Cross Post 14(4)32–43 (2013).
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GBJ: The GB Journal
GSM: Gibbons Stamp Monthly
BTE: British Telecommunications Engineering
POEEJ: The Post Office Electrical Engineers’ Journal

Postal Museum Records

The Postal Museum has many files related to rolls. Most can be found by searching the online catalogue for “Stamp Rolls”. These are some of the more interesting ones.

  1. POST 33/4972: Postage stamps: printing by photogravure process introduced, new issues.
  2. POST 52/150: Waterlow & Sons Limited Contract for Unified Stamps.
  3. POST 52/425: Philatelic enquiries re: stamp rolls and complaints about rolls.
  4. POST 52/527: Rolls from Waterlows during currency of Harrisons contract – Query by Auditor General.
  5. POST 52/735: Record of storage and destruction of plates and cylinders (1942–1975).
  6. POST 52/739: Record of storage and destruction of cylinders and plates (1966–1980).
  7. POST 52/950: Stamp Rolls – Cancellation and disposal of the centre strip of a printed reel.
  8. POST 52/967: Rolls – Edward VIII and George VI.
  9. POST 52/978: Transfer of joined rolls to continuous rolls.

Postal Museum Auction Catalogues

NPM & BPMA sales of stamps from registration sheets.

  1. National Postal Museum Archives. Christie s Robson Lowe sale no. 8019 (26 Apr 1984).
  2. National Postal Museum Archives. Christie s Robson Lowe sale no. 8058 (19 Feb 1985).
  3. Postage Stamps of Great Britain. Phillips sale no. 25677 (5 Sept 1985).
  4. The British Postal Museum & Archive. Sotheby’s sale no. L13322 (11 July 2013).

Websites

  1. http://les-wilkinson.co.uk
  2. http://postalmuseum.org
  3. http://www.stampprinters.info/dummystamps.htm
  4. http://www.usstamps.org/committees/dummy-stamps-study-group
  5. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coil_stamp
  6. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stamp_vending_machines_in_the_United_Kingdom
  7. http://www.officemuseum.com/mail_machines.htm
  8. http://www.nzedge.com/legends/robert-j-dickie

Websites in this Series

  1. www.gbpostagedues.com
  2. www.gbstampbooklets.com
  3. www.gbstamprolls.com
  4. www.gbtelegraphs.com