BOOKS AND PUBLICATIONS ABOUT POLISH STAMPS AND POLISH POSTAL HISTORY Austro-Hungarian
Army Post Offices 1914-1918
by Keith Tranmer, self published, 1973, 115pp book review Austro-Hungarian Military Post, 1914-1918  by Keith Tranmer, European Philatelic Library, 1958, 16pp Concentration and Ghetto Camp Mail Systems Under the Nazi Regime by Henry Kahn, Judaica Historical Philatelic Society, 1966, 34pp Details the development of internal Ghetto Camp mail and the distribution of Concentration Camp mail during WWII Dachau Prisoner Correspondence by Zdislaw Koziarkiewicz, R A Lepley Publisher, 1999, 40pp, ISBN 0970053630 This is a 40 page booklet written by a former Dachau Prisoner. It was written and originally published in Poland in 1977. Zdislaw Koziarkiewicz wrote 111 letters or cards whilst incarcerated in Dachau and he recaps each one including the forms used and the cancellations applied The Echoes that Remain: A Postal History of the Holocaust  by Henry Schwab, Cardinal Spellman Philatelic Museum, 1992, 185pp Collection of postcards and letters assembled by the author over a period of some 50 years. Documents and illustrates many facets of this period of history - anti-semitic propaganda, deportation, resettlement, concentration camps etc Forgery and Reprint Guide: Poland Airmails by Andrew Hall, J Barfoot Ltd, 1983, 16pp, ISBN 0906845319 Guide to the identification of forgeries of the 1921 Tabromik & 1925 Airmail German Occupied Poland by Alf Harper, self published, 1972, 114pp Stamps, Postal History, Postmarks, Postal Stationery, Ghetto Post, Exiled Polish Government Issues, Nazi meter mail which printed the actual stamp while cancelling the cover. Groszy Overprints. Complete official story of "Groszy" overprints on Polish stamps 1946/50 - Revaluation, October 29, 1950.  by Wladislaw Kolakowski, W Kolakowski Co, 1952, 54pp Story of the "Groszy" overprints on stamps of 1946/50 following the currency revaluation on 29 October 1950 Handbook on Philatelic Forgeries by Spying Eye, Maplewood Press, Chicago, 1948, 48pp Photos and detailed descriptions for Batum, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cape of Good Hope, Czechoslovakia, Danish West Indies, Fiji, France, French Colonies, German Colonies, Greece - Samos, Italy, Poland, Turkey, Turks Islands, Venezuela and White Russia. by
M A Rayall de Ragan, Polonus Philatelic Society, 77pp zzz
Gives details of all the various issues and printings during the plebiscite period. Background to the plebiscite and the administration of the area. Forerunners, overprints, insurrection issues, German propaganda messages on forged Polish stamps, forgeries etc History
of the Polish Army Postal Service: Middle East and Italy, 1940-1948 The
Kingdom of Poland: Poland No.1 and Associated Postal History
 by M A Bojanowicz, published by The Royal Philatelic Society, 1979, 188pp Krakow Postal History before 1918 by Janusz Adamcyzk, translated by Stanley Kronenberg Krakow Postal History from the end of the 15th century. Illustratations of the markings and cancellations used including the small rural postal agencies. Registration labels, Flugpost, Wax Seals, Austrian Wisla River Fleet and the Polish Legion mail. The Mediterranean Mails edited by F R Stubens, published by the Philatelic Society of Canada, 1993, 89pp This booklet includes an 11 page article - "Postal Service Between Poland and the Mediterranean" and a 5 page article "Foreign Post Offices in the Ottoman Empire" by Dr. Miet Kamienski The Occupation of Russia by the Polish I Corps by James Mazepa (ed), a Polonus Handbook, 1977, 37pp Stamps, overprints, cancels, markings, covers, fieldpost stationery, revenues, forgeries. Poland
Locals Poland
1918 Locals
 by J. Barefoot, J Barefoot Ltd,1999, 92pp, ISBN 0906845556 The locals from about 1915 to about 1919, the stamps, stationery and postmarks with valuations and a forgery guide Poland No 1 by V Rachmanoff, 1952 Poland Occupied in WW2 and Holocaust 1939-45, Philatelic History by Edward T Superson, 482pp, 1987 Poland Revenues  J Barefoot, J Barefoot Ltd, 1998, 132pp, ISBN 090684553X Polish Definitive Issues, 1920-1925: A summary of the recorded papers, perforations and major varieties  by Ron Negus, Kwiatkowski & Crimlisk, 1959, 22pp Polish Exile Mail in Great Britain, 1939-49  by George K Kay & Ron Negus, J Barefoot Ltd, 1999, 250pp, ISBN 0906845521 Covers the system operated by the Polish Government in Exile in London and it's maritime agencies, Polish and British field post offices and the undercover sending of mail via Portugal and other countries. Polish Inter-Camp Post in Germany by M. Perzynski, J C Crimlisk, 25pp, 1958 Polish Special Postmark Catalogue by John Cambridge Crimlisk & Jerzy Kwiatkowski, pub by authors, 1960 Details & prices of special postmarks part 1 - 1919-1929 part 2 - 1929-1936 part 3 - 1936-1938 part 4 - Dec 1938 to Nov 1947 Polish Post Seven Years War  by Harold Montague Smith, 1946, 82pp, published by the Bristol Stamp Co. for the Pulaski Philatelic Club, Detroit A complete record of all stamps, seals, field-posts and labels issued by the Polish postal authorities at home and abroad during the six years' war, from 1939 to 1945. Polish Postal & Commemorative Service in GB 1941 - 2003 by A J M Tutak, 460pp, published by the Polish Philatelic Society in Great Britain Illustrated handbook of philatelic material issued by Polish philatelists and Polish organisation. The Polish Prisoner of War Camp Posts  by "Autolycus" (G Howard Longden OBE), Caldra House Ltd, 1994, 123pp, ISBN 1872286716 Handbook for the specialist of Polish postal history. Details all issues from the four camps: Oflag IIC Woldenberg; Oflag IID Grossborn; Oflag IIE Neubrandenberg; Oflag VIIA Murnau. Full details of all stamps; postal stationery; postcards; cancellations + more. Polish Prisoner of War Posts by Stanley J Bykowski (editor), (a compilation of work by M Kulawski, H M Smith & H Zebrowski),1970, 72pp, Polish Philatelic Society Shows & describes stamp issues, postal markings of Oflag VIIA (Murnau), Oflag IID (Gross Born), Oflag IIC (Woldenberg) and Oflag IIE (Neubrandenburg). Postal History of the Kingdom of Poland by Vincent Domanski and Stephen Rich, 90pp An authoritative and well research study of the period 1815 to 1870. Originally published in the Stamp Specialist in the 1960's. Also covers the Royal and private mail distribution up to the creation of the Duchy of Warsaw in 1815. Gives details of the rarity of both Poland and Russian stamps cancelled with Polish numerical cancels. Post Office List of Polish Territories administered by Prussia and Germany prior to 1944 by T M Gordon, 1974, 39pp The Postal History of the Polish Field Post Offices in the Holy Land, 1940-1947  by Jerzy Kucharski, The Society of Israel Philatelists, 1981, 74pp Postal Place Names in Poland.  or Postal Place Names in Poland: A Philatelic Gazetteer  by George K Kay, 1992, 390pp, ISBN 0951999400 published by G K Kay Polish Postal Rates 1918 -1939 by Marek Zbierski, 2003, 570pp This book provides an extensive and almost complete history of Polish Postal rates between 1918 and 1939. Postal Stationery of the Polish Legion 1914-1917 by Jerzy Kucharski, pub by the Polonus Philatelic Society, 17pp, 1986 Detailed listing of some 150 different items of Postal Stationery issued by the Polish Legion during the First World War. Przemysl 1914-1915 by Keith Tranmer, 1990, 32pp published by Keith Tranmer Background story and details of the flights to and from Przemysl during the siege of 1914-15. The Russian post in the Empire, Turkey, China, and the post in the Kingdom of Poland  by David M Skipton, 1981, 196pp + 17 plates, published by the Russian Philatelic Society "Rossica" Details of the postal history, stamps, stamped envelopes, cancellations & the railway post for the Kingdom of Poland during the period 1807 to 1917 in Section 4 (pages 156 to 195). (This is an English translation of the original work by S Prigara originally published in 1941). Second Polish Provisional Issue (1918) by J Tislowitz, pub by J Kwiatkowski & J C Crimlisk, 1959, 16pp The Sieges of Przemysl by Keith Tranmer Keith spent 40 years researching this subject. He assembled a very impressive array of covers, photos of pilots and planes, maps and other ephemera. He developed a deep understanding of the key players, senior officers, pilots, observers, quartermasters, drivers etc on the Austrian side during the 2 sieges - it was only the second siege when mail was flown out. The Scout Field Post in the Warsaw Uprising of 1944 by Thaddeus Gryzewski, 48pp, published by the Polonus Philatelic Society, (reprint of articles from the Polonus Bulletin Jan1960 to Apr 1961) (undated c1962). The Typographic Overprints
of the 1919 Krakow Issues of Poland
by Michael E Melnichak, 1990,
44pp published by Michael E MelnichakGuide to the plating and authenticating the 1919 Krakow Issue. (Postal History of the Lodz Ghetto) by Manfred Schulze and Stefan Petriuk in German with an English and Polish abbreviated version. SOURCES TO BUY BOOKS Links have been added above for books listed by Amazon - they are not always available and you can request to be notified when a book becomes available. Books on Polish philately are also availble from the following website Polish Philatelic Literature for the English speaking collector by Chris Kulpinski  Buy & Sell Stamps
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