BOOKS FOR SALE

The Society's book sales program is intended to give its members the tools they need to collect and study the philatelic material of Czechoslovakia. Every attempt is made to make these books and catalogs available in a timely manner and at reasonable rates.

Following you will find the books and catalogs which are currently available to Society members through this program. In addition, we illustrate the book and supply reviews which have been published in the Society's journal, The Czechoslovak Specialist.

Image (click image for larger view)	Book	Author	Price	Description	Review
	Mail of the Czechoslovak Legions in France (E/Cz)	Jaroslav Verner	$12	political/historic context to the postal history of the Czechoslovak French Legion; development of the military units, and their postal arrangements; illustrations of cancels used on this mail; point valuation system of the cancels; and B/W and color illustrations	Review
	Československo 1918-1939 (2005) (Cz)	František Beneš	$20	Expanded and updated specialized Czech catalog of the First Republic of the Pofis series. In color with excellent detail illustrations	None
	Československo, Česká Republika, Protektorát Čechý a Morava, Slovenská Republika, Slovenský Stát (Cz)	František Beneš	$23	Color catalog useful for the general colector. Listing of types and price are listed at the end of the catalog.	None
	Czechoslovakia 1945-1992 (Cz)	Pofis	$17	Specialized catalog of Czechoslovakia since 1945 and includes varities, errors, coupons et cetera
	The Story of Josef Hercik's Postage Stamps (E)	Jan Chovanec	$6	This is a short book written in good English, and extensively illustrated. It will certainly prove of interest and useful to all collectors of modern Czecho	Review
	Manual for Hradcany Collectors, Vol. 1 (Cz)	František Hamr and Jiří Škaloud	$10	The book extensively illustrates the main retouches (repairs), joined types and the currently much in vogue, column types. These illustrations show the specific stamps by plate position and describe their differences in detail.	Review
	Manual for Hradčany Collectors, Vol.2 (Cz)	František Hamr and Jiří Škaloud	$10	Continuation of Vol. 1 - overprinted stamps with SO 1920, air mail, Red Cross, and post5age due
	Manual for Hradčany Collectors, Vol.3 (Cz)	František Hamr and Jiří Škaloud	$18	Continuation of previous volumnes - 8th plate of 15h Hradčany and less common post cards
	Forged Hradčany (SL)	Dr. Svätopluk Šablatúra	$10.50	Study of forgeries designed to defraud collectors and/or the post office.
	Czechoslovak Air Post 1918-1939 (Cz)	MU Dr. Petr Horka	$15	This 224 page, soft bound handbook published in 1997 matches in size and appearance the numerous catalogues published by Trojan. As in the case of other Trojan catalogues, it is in Czech.	Review
	Czechoslovak Postage Stamps & their Counterfits 1918-1939 (Cz, E, G)	Ing. Jan Karasek	$22.50	If you are a collector of 1st Republic Czechoslovak stamps, then this book must be on your shelf.	Review
	Specializovany katalog znamek a celin: Ceska Republika 1993-1999 (Cz)	Merkur Revue	$10	A full color, highly specialized cat alog of the stamps and postal paper of the Czech Republic. The catalog is in Czech, however all symbols and abbreviations are t ranslated into English, German, and French at the beginning of the catalog.	Review (web only)
	Military Cards of the Exiled Czechoslovak Forces in France and Great Britain (1939-1945) (E)	V. J. Kralicek and W. A. Page	$14.50	useful for military postal historians and postal stationary collectors	Review (web only)
	VZÁCNOSTI A ZAJÍMAVOSTÍ CESKOSLOVENSKÝCH ZNÁMEK (RARE AND REMARKABLE CZECHOSLOVAK STAMPS) (Cz, E, G)	Ján Karásek	$20	Ján Karásek, the leading expert on Czechoslovak stamps, has prepared a most handsome book will be the perfect Christmas or birthday gift for any collector of Czechoslovakia. This coffee table sized book (8½ by 12 inches) is in full color and covers all the major rarities of Czechoslovak philately. While it could be argued that not all rare philatelic items are included, it can be safely said that it does depict all the important items.	Review (web only)
	History of Postal Agencies (Postovny) in the Tesin Region (Cz)	Oldhch Tovacovsky, Jan Sikora, and Vladimír Schodelbauer	$7	Volume 71 of philatelic handbooks published by the Society for Territorial Philately of the Union of Czech Philatelists offers a look at one of the more fascinating details of collecting Silesia. The 80 page heavy paper bound book issued in just 350 copies (in Czech) and covers the time period between 1900 and 1958, which includes the "SO plebiscite" period. The historic portion builds upon what has been published in Monografle 5 and explains the role of postal agencies in contrast with post offices.	Review
	Monogrfie 11 - Mail of the Terezin Getto (Cz)	František Beneš and Patricia Tošnerová	$27	History of the mails to and from the Terezin Getto. Heavily illustrated. Detrailed study of stamps and forgeries.
	Monografie 16 Czecdhoslovak Postal cancels 1918-1920, Vol 1 (Cz)	Ing. Emil Votoček	$22.50	Detail study of cancels used during 1918-1920 period.
	Monografie 16 Czecdhoslovak Postal cancels 1918-1920, Vol II (Cz)	Ing. Emil Votoček	$22.50	Continuation of detailed study of 1918-1920 cancels.
	Czechoslovak Specialist (bound) (E)	SCP	$19	Semi-annual bound volumes of the Czechoslovak Specialist. Many years are available.	None
	The Czechoslovak Special st: Cumulative Index: 1939-1992 (E)	Complied by Anne Vondra	$15	A cross index of articles in The Czechoslovak Specialist. A necessary reference.
	Czechoslovak Specialist, Complete 20th Century Index (E)		$9/6+p $2/3	Index of Specialist during its first 61 years. First prices are for printed version US post-paid foreign plus postage. 2ns for CD postpaid.
	Agriculture and Science 1923 (Cz)	Frantisek Zampach, Jan Karásek, Pavel Pitterman	$10	Well illustrated, detailed study (in Czech) of the Agriculture and Science 1923 issue.	Review (web only)
	Post War Cancels, 1945 - 1946 (E)	Vácalv Bláha	$7	Handbook of cancels used in Czechoslovakia in the immediate post World War II period.	Review (web only)
	Czech Post Card	Designed by J. Verner	$1.50	Post card commemorating the 60^th anniversary of the Society for Czechoslovak Philately
	Czechoslovak Stationary 1918-1992, Vol. II (Cz)	Frantisek Benes	$12	Volume II of the catalog of Czechoslovak Stationary.	Review (web only)
	Recess Printing of Stamp and Sheetlets from Flat Plates, Vol. I, 1945 - 1953 to the Monetary Reform (Cz)	Jaroslav tverteka et al	$12	First volume of a detailed study of Intaglio produced stamps of Czechoslovakia	Review (web only)
	Pofis 2002 Czeskoslovensko 1918-1939 (Cz)	Frantisek Benes	$15	Specialized Catalog Stamps of the First Republic (1918-1939)	Review (web only)
	Pofis 2005 "APost" catalog of the Czech Republic 1994-2005 (Cz)	Various	$13	Catalog of APost label used in the Czech Republic. Labels arelisted by type and locations .	Review
	Handbook for Collectors of Post Cards (Cz)	Ing. František Beneš	$11	A small handbook (64 pages) in color which combines information on the history, printing practices and prices for cards between 1869-1945.
	The Philately of Czechoslovakia: for beginners (E)	Phillips Freer	$3.50	An excellent general introduction to Czechoslovak philately	Full text available on this site
	Philatelic Diary 2004 (Cz)	Vladimir Schödelbauer	$5	This 224 page boolet is full of information about Czechoslovak, Czec, and Slovak philately.

Following are Publications of the Czechoslovak Philatelic Society of Great Britain (E)

Monogaph 8 - Occupation of Czech Frontier Territories by Beck's Poland (E)	Jiři Neuman	$14.50
Monograph 9 - Field Post of Czechoslovak and Allied Forces in Russia 1918-1920	W. A. Page	$14.50	Translation of a brochure by A. Novotný in 1923. Also printed in The Czechoslovak Specialist 6-11/1939
Monograph 10 - 25th Anniversary of Czechoslovak Independence (The 1943 London Exhibition)	Kralicek and Page	$17.50
Monograph 11 - The Sokols in Philately - Commerative Cancels and Post Cards	Brian Day	$19.50
Monograph 12 - Military Cards of the Exhiled Czechoslovak Forces in France and Britain	Kralicek and Page	$14.50	useful for military postal historians and postal stationary collectors
Monograph 13 - The Hračany Issue	Robert Bradford	$14.50	One of a series of Monographs by Phil. Soc. of Great Britian. Contact Savoy Horvat for volumnes available
Monograph 14 - The Liuberation of Olomouc , May 1945	Robert J. Hill	$18.00
Monograph 15 - Postal History of the Free Czechoslovak Forces in Great Britain: 1940 - 1945	Richard Beith	$22.00
Monograph 16 - The Czecho-Slovak Legion in Poland and Russia and Czechoslovaks in the Middle East, 1940 - 1943	Vratislav Palkovska and Otto Hornung	$22.00
Monograph 17 - Czechoslovak Field Post 1918 - 21	Brian Day	$27.00
Monograph 18 - Postal Arrangements Following the Liberation of Prague in May 19454	Robert J. Hill			Review (web only)