The club regularly updates a list of philatelic publications our members own and are willing to share.
Contact President Dave Hillier to borrow a book or add to the list.
STUART KEELEY
- Stamp Collecting by James Mackay (1980) beginner’s guide. 80 pages
- Railways on Stamps Vol. #V11 – Africa by Goodbody & Hart (1985) a starting point. 94 pages
- Australian Stamps by the Australian Stamp Bureau – an introduction.28 pages
- Australian Postage Stamps – The Early Commonwealth Period and the Kangaroo and Map Series (1975 – 16 pages)
- Australian Commemorative and Air Mail Stamps 1927 to 1951 44 pages
- Japanese Postage Stamps (bilingual) (1977) 20 pages
- The Guidebook & Catalogue of Canadian Stamps by Glenn Hansen – 1974; good general descriptive information about Canadian stamps to that time. 312 pages
- Story Telling Stamps by M. Mulford (1934) a series of personal comments by the author about the stamps illustrated.
- Stamp Collectors Handbook by. S. Grossman (1964) lot of basic information. 192 pages
- Some Canadian Stamp Errors by K. Bileski. Covers 1958 through to 1981. 38 pages
- The Canadian Ocean Mail Clerk – National Postal Museum – covers 1860 -1867. 47 pages
- From Wampum to Postal Code: The Story of Canada Post. 20 pages
- Mail through 5,000 Years (from Canada Post) 18 pages
- Let’s Collect Stamps by E. J. Felix Introduction. 64 pages (1966)
- The National Postal Museum (Canada Post) 23 pages
- Focus on Stamps by M Briggs(1995) well illustrated introduction to all aspects. 76 pages
- The Harris Stamp Collector’s Guide& Companion (1974) Primarily term definitions, stamp identifier. Etc.160 pages
- The Stamp Bug by D. and M. Patrick (1993)
- Canadian Introduction to Collecting. Very readable. 93 pages
- Stamp Club Handbook by E. D. Boughner. Basics about Clubs. 169 pages
- Linn’s World Stamp Almanac (1977) Dated reference material/
- 100 Years of Canadian Stamps by R. S Mason (1951) A look at the stamps of Canada (illustrated) 99 pages
- A Postage Stamp History of Canada by V. Seary (1972) Little stories to tie the stamps to the reason for issuing or ? 168 pages
- The Observer’s Book of Postage Stamps by A. S. B. New. This is a pocket sized reference book. 240 pages
- Amazing but True: Stories Behind the Stamp by D. Storer Tying stamps to the stories of their reason to be – interesting light read. 208 pages
- Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue 1940 Imagine Scott’s in one volume – reference material only!
- Canada: Stamps and Stories (Canada Post 1972) A type of catalogue with stories about some of the stamps – bilingual. 116 pages in each language.
- The Stamp Atlas by Wellsted, Rossiter, Flower (1986) Where every stamp was issued from 1840 to printing. Very well illustrated and lots of good maps. 336 pages
- How to detect Damaged, Altered and Repaired Stamps by Paul W. Schmid 96 Pages
- The New-found Land, A Postal History by N. Dodd 37 pages
- The World of Stamps and Stamp Collecting (1972) by A. Blair 124 pages
- Facets of Canadian Philately by C. R. McGuire (Souvenir of Canada Post Exhibit at Capex 1987)
- Philatelic Terms Illustrated compiled by Russell Bennett, published by Stanley Gibbons Ltd.
- Stamps: A Collectors Guide by Bill Hornadge
- Australian Slanguage by Bill Hornadge
VIC POTTER
- Guide Lines to the Penny Black by P.C. Litchfield; 4th Ed. (1986)
- Stanley Gibbons, Great Britain, Specialized; Vol. 1 Queen Victoria 10th Ed. (1992)
- Collect British Postmarks by British Postmark Society, 3rd Ed. (1983)
- The First Decimal Issue of Canada 1859 – 68 by G. Whitworth (1966)
DAVID HILLIER
- Canadian Fancy Cancels of the Nineteenth Century by Day & Smythes (1973) 158 pages
- Fancy Cancels on Canadian stamps 1855-1950 by D. M. Lacelle (2000) 195 pages
- Holmes specialized Philatelic Catalogue of Canada & BNA 9th & 11th Eds. 430 pages
- Stamps of B. N. A. by Fred Jarrett (1975 reprint) 595 pages
- The Postage Stamps & Postal History of Canada by W. Boggs (1975 reprint) 870 pages
- Ontario Brocken Circles (Cancels) by W. Bruce Graham (1989) 246 pages
- The Admiral Issue of Canada by G. Marler (1982) 567 pages
- Jarrett Sales (1959) of B. N. A. by J. N. Sissons 420 pages
- The Small Queens of Canada by John Hillson (1989) 106 pages
- Constant Plate Varieties of the Canada Small Queens by H. Reiche & M. Sendbuehlen
- Canada’s Three Cent Small Queen 1870-1897 ‘Reflections of a Generation’ by Ronald Ribler (2000) 189 pages
- The Canadian Posted Letter Guide ‘The Classic Period, 1851-1902’ by Charles Firby & Victor Wilson (1996 Ed) 128 pages
- Some Canadian Stamp Errors by Kasimir Bileski 38 pages
- Canadian Secret Mark Stamps by Garret Satfield 2nd Ed. 20 pages
- Canada – B. N. A. Philately (an outline) by Ed Richardson (1981) 64 pages
- Canadian Philatelic Handbook by Thomas Mechem (1st Ed. 1975) 38 pages
- Admiral Colour Identification by Hans Reiche 19 pages
- Colour Guide System for L & S Queen – Widow Weeds & Registration Stamps of Canada by Richard Morris (2000) 20 pages
- Special Delivery Canada’s Postal Heritage edited by Francine Brousseau (2000) 150 pages
- Standard B. N. A. Revenue Catalogue (1952 Ed.) by Robert Lowe 72 pages
- The Canada Basic Catalogue (4th Ed.) by K. Bileski (1970) 153 pages
- The Canada Plate Block Catalogue (5th Ed. – 1964) by K. Bileski
- Capex ’96 Catalogue by Canada Post (1996) 160 pages
- The Postal Service Guide to U. S. Stamps (22nd Ed. To 1996) 456 pages
- The Trans-Mississippi Issue of 1898 by Randy Neil (1997) 168 pages
- Stamps of Australia (7th Ed. 2000) 160 pages
- Fundamentals of Philately by L. N. Williams (1990) 862 pages
- Standard Handbook of Stamp Collecting by Richard McP. Cabeen (1986) 630 pages
- Stamp Collectors Guidebook by Bill Gandley (1983) 43 pages
- Stamp Collectors Handbook by Samuel Grossman (1966) 192 pages
- Successful Stamp Dealing by Peter Mosiondz Jr., (1996) 116 pages
- Stamp Collector’s Guide & Companion by H. E. Harris (1976) 160 pages
- Stamps: The Beginning Collector by Gary Donaier (1992) 120 pages
- The Beginner’s Guide to Stamp Collecting by Neil Granger (1991) 96 pages
- The Serrane Guide: Stamp Forgeries of the World to 1926 (1998 reprint) by Fernand Serrane 390 pages
- Out-Foxing the Fakers by Jean-Francois Brun (1989) 120 Pages
- Spurious Stamps. A History of U. S. Postal Counterfeits by H. K. Petschel (1997) 265 pages
- How to Detect Damaged, Altered & Repaired Stamps by Paul W. Schmid (1996) 105 pages
- Stamp Perforation with Particular Emphasis of Candadian Stamps by R. A. Johnson (2009) 100 pages
- History of Rural mail in Canada by George Wilcox 74 pages
- Rare Stamps by L.N. & M Williams (1967) 120 pages
- The Australian Colonies Stamp Catalogue (2009) 38 pages
- The Stamp of Australia (History) by Kelly Burke (2009) 250 pages
- The William H. Gross B.N.A. Collection by Shreves Galleries (2009) 79 pages
- The 1959 St. Lawrence Seaway Joint Issue and its Invert by Charles J.G. Berge (2009) 207 pages
- The Dominion of Canada – the Large Queens, 1868-1896 by Fred G Fawn, (2008) 163 pages
- The Large Queen Stamps of Canada and Their Use by H.E. and H.W. Duckworth 2nd edition (2008) 468 pages
- The 15 cent Large Queen by Mr. Firth
- Canada’s Postage Stamps of the Small Queen Era 1870-1897 by Hilson and Nixon, (2008) 237 pages
- Guide to Stamp Collecting by Janet Klug (2007) 151 pages
- The Queens own, Stamp that Changed the World by T.J. Alexander (2005) 36 pages
- Mosaic c of Canada on Postage Stamps by Nicke and Helma Mika (1967) 143 pages