Publications are produced from time to time in the form of specialised studies or handbooks.
The following titles are currently available. Prices, to which postage must be added, have recently been drastically reduced to clear stock. The special prices quoted below are for members only; non-members as well as members should contact the Society publications stockist ,
PO Box 448, Teddington TW11 1AZ to check full details.
F&CPS Brochures
No 3 The Postal Markings of the Bureaux de Passe
by Arthur Robinson (1977) £2.00 (members' price)
No 4 The Legion of French Volunteers
by Roy E Reader (1981) £2.00 (members' price)
No 6 Le Type Paix
by Derek J Richardson (1983) £2.50 (members' price)
No 7 Tables of French Postal Rates 1849 to 2011
by Derek J Richardson (4th ed. 2011) £10.00 (members' price)
No 8 Subject Index to Four French Philatelic Magazines 1946-2000
compiled by Derek J Richardson £6.00
Other F&CPS Publications
The Development of Rates of Postage (France)
by A D Smith (reprint 1981) £3.00 (members' price)
A Handbook of French Philatelic Studies
Journal Special Edition (No 128) (1974) £3.50 (members' price)
Les Feuilles Marcophiles No. 238, in French (1984) £1.00 (members' price)
Journal No, 253, 60th Anniversary Edition (2009) £5.00 (members' price)
If you wish to obtain any of these titles or back numbers of the Society Journal please write to or email the Society publications stockist (details at top of page).
An invoice including postage at cost will be sent with any purchases.
Fakes and Forgeries of 20th Century French Postage Stamps
by Geoff Gethin
has now been printed and is available for purchase.
The price is £40 plus postage and packing
and it can be ordered from our publications stockist (details at the top of the page).
There are 152 pages with full colour illustrations, many of them 400% enlargements of the stamps
For a preview of a few sample pages in PDF format click on Forgeries Book.
Postal and Airmail Rates in France & Colonies 1920-1945
by Bob Picirilli
is the latest of our publications and is now available for purchase.
The price is £25 plus postage and packing
and it can be ordered from our publications stockist (details at the top of the page).
There are 234 pages with fully detailed tables of rates and many black & white illustrations.
This A4 format, 234 page, card backed volume covers the letter rates and airmail surtax for French colonies
from the start of commercial aviation to the end of WWII, and provides for the first time a comprehensive source
of information to explain the postage rates applied to pre-1946 French colonial airmail covers.
Without doubt this is an important publication. It contains a huge amount of original research from French Government,
UPU and other sources, which has been combined with the information gathered from a database of almost 7,500 covers.
The size and cost of the book have been kept to a most reasonable level by including extra material on a CD,
which is a free courtesy of the France and Colonies Philatelic Society.
The additional information includes the 7,500 cover database, in Excel format, Bob Picirilli’s comments on the postage rates,
the covers on the database plus full colour versions of the black and white illustrations used throughout this magisterial work
Listed above as Brochure No. 8, Subject Index to Four French Philatelic Magazines 1946-2000, compiled by Derek Richardson, is available in the UK at £6 plus postage. Contact the Society publications stockist ,
PO Box 448, Teddington TW11 1AZ for full details.
Payment is possible via PayPal to treasurer@fcps.org.uk, for which 4% needs to be added to the total price to cover charges: please ask for further details.
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