Bibliography


Books and Catalogues

  1. Phillips, Stanley. The Stamps of Great Britain 1911-1921, ch. XV. (SG, 1921).
  2. Wilson, Sir John. The Royal Philatelic Collection, pp. 45-46. (Dropmore, 1952).
  3. Samuel, Marcus & Alan Huggins. Specimen Stamps and Stationery of Great Britain. (GBPS, 1980).
  4. Mackay, James A. Surcharged Mail of the British Isles. (Self, 1984).
  5. Furfie, Michael. British Postage Due Mail, 1914-1971. (Self, 1993).
  6. Mackay, James A. Under the Gum, ch. 50. (James Bendon, 1997).
  7. Muir, Douglas N. George V and the G.P.O., ch. 9. (BPMA, 2010).
  8. Muir, Douglas N. King George V Printing Plates. (GBPS, 2015).
  9. The Woodstock Catalogue of British Elizabethan Stamps. (Woodstock).
  10. Great Britain Specialised Stamp Catalogue, Volumes 2, 3, and 4. (Stanley Gibbons).
  11. QEII Specialised Definitive Catalogue, Section Q. (Machin Collectors Club).
  12. Stoneham Great Britain Stamp Catalogue. (Machin Collectors Club).

Journal Articles

  1. Anon. “British Postage Dues”, British Philatelist 6(2)12 (Apr 1913).
  2. Anon. “Postage Dues”, British Philatelist 7(2)16 (Apr 1914).
  3. Thornton, N. “New Issues: Postage Dues”, GSM 22(256)115 (Apr 1914).
  4. Anon. “Use of ½d Postage Due”, GSM 22(257)147 (May 1914).
  5. Anon. “The ½d Postage Due Stamp”, GSM 22(258)179 (June 1914).
  6. Wicks, W. J. “Postage Due”, GSM 1(3)54 (Dec 1923).
  7. Anon. “Stamp News: 2/6 To Pay”, GSM 2(3)63 (Dec 1924).
  8. Anon. “To Pay”, British Philatelist 18(3)28 (May 1925).
  9. Anon. “Printed on the Gummed Side”, British Philatelist 22(11)83 (Jan 1930).
  10. Anon. “A GB Puzzle: 3d serif”, GSM 16(1)6 (Sept 1942).
  11. Anon. “Postage Due Bisect”, British Philatelist 38(9)69 (Nov 1947).
  12. Rang, C. P. “1924 Experimental Watermark”, GSM 32(9)102 (May 1959).
  13. Gibson, H. G. “Postage Due 1½d Flaw”, GSM 33(10)126 (June 1960).
  14. Arkell, J. O. A. “GB Postage Due”, GBJ 5(10)147 (Jan 1967).
  15. Richmond, R. W. “Letterpress Printed Postage Stamps of KGV”, GBJ 11(3)46 (1973) et seq.
  16. Worsfold, P. C. “Bury St.Edmunds 1d Postage Due”, GBJ 15(3)58, 16(4)85 (1977-78).
  17. Sanders, Reg. “Postage Due Stamps of KEVIII”, GBJ 19(2)24 (Mar 1981).
  18. Parker, E. Keith. “Postage Due”, Philatelic Bulletin 19(11)152 (July 1982) et seq.
  19. Last, Barbara. “New Collector: Postage Dues”, GSM 16(5)71 (Oct 1985).
  20. Buchan, James. “Offshore Dues”, GSM 18(11)42 (Apr 1988).
  21. Editor. “Inverted Postage Due”, GSM 19(6)76 (Nov 1988).
  22. Editor. “Postage Due Puzzle”, GSM 21(12)84 (May 1991).
  23. Holman, John. “Postage Due Stamps”, GSM 23(6)67 (Nov 1992).
  24. Anon. “New To Pay Labels”, Philatelic Bulletin 31(4)90 (Dec 1993).
  25. Deering, John M. “New ‘To Pay’ Labels”, GSM 24(9)41 (Feb 1994).
  26. Editor. “Another Inverted Postage Due”, GSM 24(11)74 (Apr 1994).
  27. Jeffries, Hugh. “Postage Due Shades”, GSM 26(5)50 (Oct 1995).
  28. Buchan, James. “Explaining the Charges”, GSM 29(8)46 (Jan 1999) et seq.
  29. Alexander, Jean. “1929 Postage Due Controls”, GBJ 39(3)45 (2001).
  30. Mark, Graham. “Last Week of Postage Due Adhesives”, GBJ 39(3)58 (2001).
  31. Wilkinson, Leslie. “Plating Postage Due Controls”, GBJ 39(4)77 (2001).
  32. Mark, Graham. “Genesis of Postage Due Labels”, GSM 33(2)24 (July 2002) et seq.
  33. Mark, Graham. “Genesis of Postage Due Labels”, GBCC Chronicle 23(93)9 (Oct 2002).
  34. Worsfold, Peter. “Postage Due — The 1951 Provisionals”, GBJ 41(3)48 (2003).
  35. Stanford, Tony. “1951 Southern Rhodesia Postage Dues”, GSM 41(1)60 (June 2010).
  36. Brittain, Paul. “Jeffery Matthews: 50 Years of Design”, GSM 43(10)38 (Mar 2013).
  37. Peach, Michael. “Postage Due — Return to Sender”, GSM 45(5)50 (Oct 2014).

GBJ: The GB Journal
GSM: Gibbons Stamp Monthly

Postal Museum Records

The Postal Museum has many files related to Postage Dues. Most can be found by searching the Museum’s online catalogue for “Postage Due Labels”. These are some of the more interesting ones.

  1. POST 30/2287: Conference on Standardisation of forms, records, etc. (June 1912).
  2. POST 30/3188: Surcharges: postage due labels introduced (c.1914).
  3. POST 30/3325: Postage due labels: supply arrangements (1913-14).
  4. POST 52/1015: Postage Due labels: Introduction of 8d stamp, Gravure printing (1968).
  5. POST 52/1332: Postage Due Labels: Introduction of 2/6d To Pay Labels (1923).
  6. POST 52/1333: Postage Due Labels: Change of colours (1951).
  7. POST 52/1334: Postage Due Labels: Introduction of the 1½d value (1922).
  8. POST 121/638: 1d blue postage stamps overprinted “Postage Due” at Bury St Edmunds (1951).

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).

Royal Mint Records

Royal Mint Annual Reports from 1870 to 1976 are online at The Royal Mint Museum.

  1. Annual Reports from 1910 onwards (HMSO).
  2. A Volume titled “1911 Stamp Plates Book 1”, pp. 41-45.

Websites in this Series

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