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5.4 PHILATELIC AND POSTAL BOOKPLATES by BRIAN J. BIRCH © Brian J. Birch Lieu dit au Guinot, Route de St. Barthélemy 47350 Montignac Toupinerie, France 21st February 2018 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE BOUND VOLUME Although this document is only intended to exist in electronic form, I find it very convenient to have a hard copy to hand. It is easier to refer to a book than wait the five or ten minutes it takes to start up and close down a computer, just to obtain a single reference or check a fact. Books also give you the big picture of the document as a whole rather than the small-screen glimpses we have all got used to. Accordingly, I printed and bound a copy of this document in January 2005, which I have called the First edition, for convenience. Henceforth, I will bind a copy each January, provided the document has increased in size by at least ten percent during the year. At the same time, I will send an update to the web files on www.fipliterature.org, where the electronic version of this document is hosted. Since printing and binding is quite an expensive undertaking, I donated the obsolete volumes to important philatelic libraries round the world. By the middle of 2012, in line with my other documents, I simplified the set-up and turned off the remove widows and orphans feature. This resulted in a reduction in length of 15 pages. Reducing the amount of white space is an ongoing process in an effort to minimise the page count whilst not compromising usability. Following the end of Tony Virvilis’ tenure as President of the FIP Literature Commission, I lost touch with the organisation, which appeared to me to have become moribund. Following a repeated request by Frank Walton, the Past President of the Royal Philatelic Society London for my works to be hosted on the Royal’s web site, I agreed in January 2018. This edition was last printed on the first day of January 2015 1st edition, January 2005 A single bound copy of 348 pages. It was donated to the Western Philatelic Library of Sunnyvale, California, when it was replaced in my library by the 2nd edition. 2nd edition, January 2006 A single bound copy of 381 pages. It was donated to the Collectors Club of New York, when it was replaced in my library by the 3rd edition. 3rd edition, January 2007 A single bound copy of 530 pages. It was donated to the Rocky Mountain Philatelic Library of Denver, Colorado, when it was replaced in my library by the 4th edition. 3rd special edition, February 2008 A single bound copy of 540 pages. Produced for Stephen Holder in recognition of his assistance and for allowing me to search his stock for bookplates. 4th edition, January 2010 A single bound copy of 584 pages. It was donated to the American Philatelic Research Library of Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, when it was replaced in my library by the 5th edition. 5th edition, December 2010 A single bound copy of 650 pages. It was donated to the National Philatelic Society of London, UK, when it was replaced in my library by the 6th edition. 6th edition, January 2012 A single bound copy of 744 pages. It was donated to the Royal Philatelic Society London, UK, when it was replaced in my library by the 7th edition. 7th edition, January 2013 A single bound copy of 828 pages. It was donated to the British Library of London, UK, when it was replaced in my library by the 8th edition. 8th edition, January 2014 A single copy of 967 pages. It was donated to The Royal Sydney Philatelic Club of Sydney, Australia, when it was replaced in my library by the 9th edition. 9th edition, January 2015 A single copy of 973 pages. It was donated to The Royal Philatelic Society of New Zealand of Wellington, New Zealand, when it was replaced in my library by the 10th edition. 2 The Author & his wife, Marion September 2004 3 4 CONTENTS Frontispiece 3 Foreword 9 Acknowledgements 9 Introduction 11 A History of Bookplates 13 A Short History of Books, of Printing, and the Evolution of the Bookplate 13 Bookplate Collecting 17 Ex-libris or Bookplate? 17 A Short History of Bookplate Collecting 17 Types of Bookplate 19 Universal Bookplates 19 Stock Bookplates 19 Bookplates Issued with Limited Edition Books 20 Bookplate Terminology 21 Background to my Collection 39 Bookplates at Auction 39 Sale of the George Townsend Turner Library 39 Sale of the Pedro Monge y Pineda Library 41 Sale of the Henry Garratt-Adams Library and Stock 42 Sale of the Leon Norman Williams working Library 43 Sale of the “Roland” Library 43 “Roland” I 44 “Roland” II 46 Other Sources of Bookplates 47 References 49 Bibliography of Books and Articles on Bookplates with a 53 Philatelic Connection Introduction 53 Non-Philatelic Publications 53 The Bibliography 54 Abbreviations 59 List of Symbols 60 List of Abbreviations 62 Abbreviations for American States & Possessions 78 Abbreviations for Australian States & Territories 80 5 Abbreviations for Canadian Provinces & Territories 81 Philatelic Bookplates 83 Introduction 83 Stock Bookplates 841 Introduction 841 Philatelic Stock Bookplates 843 Introduction 843 Jay Smith & Associates 844 J. Kwiatowski 848 H. L. Lindquist 849 Elmer R. Long 850 Alvin Richard Meissner 851 Postal History Society 853 Biographies of Philatelic Bookplate Artists and Suppliers 855 Introduction 855 Baeyens, Martin R. 856 Britze, Johannes 857 French, Edwin Davis 859 Mussett’s Lincoln’s Inn Heraldic Office 860 Peake, Archibald John [Jack] 862 Peckmore, Harry L. 863 Slania, Czeslaw 864 Weigel, Otto 866 Appendices 1. The Story of my Bookplate 867 2. Amateur Essays for my Bookplate 871 3. The Sydney Robert Turner Collection 875 Acquisition 875 The Collection 875 List of Bookplates in the Collection 876 Description of the Collection 876 4. The Royal Philatelic Society London Collection 891 Introduction 891 5. A Brief Introduction to Heraldry 895 The Coat of Arms 895 Colours or Tinctures 896 Terminology 896 Reference 896 6 6. István Réthy’s Presentation Bookplates 897 Introduction 897 7. John Gartner’s Non-Philatelic Bookplates 911 Introduction 911 8. Roland 965 9. The Inns of Court 967 10. Hanns Heeren’s Non-Philatelic Bookplates 969 7 8 FOREWORD This is Section 5.4 of my masterwork:– THE PHILATELIC BIBLIOPHILES COMPANION It began as a simple listing of my ad hoc collection of philatelic bookplates, many of which were photocopied from articles about bookplates or from the books in which they had been placed by their proud owners. Frankly, I have always been loath to deface books just to remove the bookplate, unless the book is of minor importance such as, for example, a catalogue or very common handbook. Initially, I considered that a simple list of the names of the bookplate owners would suffice. With such a list, I would know what I had and what I needed, either as originals or photocopies. More-importantly, philatelic literature dealers - like my good friend Stephen Holder of HH Sales - would know what I wanted. I anticipated that it was only through the good offices of such dealers that my collection would grow significantly. Inevitably, as with all of my projects, it continued to grow far beyond my expectations. I soon realised that some collectors and organisations had several different bookplates and one or two, a great many bookplates. Thus, unless I wanted to write substantial descriptions of every bookplate in order to uniquely identify each one, the work would need to be illustrated. This simple concept of picture and owner’s name soon grew to encompass biographies, translations of the mottos, references, substantial descriptions, photographs of the owners – in other words, everything you would expect to find in a substantial monograph on bookplates of philatelists. Inevitably, once I had started down this road, I encountered Stock bookplates which needed to be written up and this lead on naturally to bookplate artists and engravers. Inevitably, I also encountered bookplates used by postal undertakings, particularly in Germany, postal officials and postal museums, all of which could appear on books in the philatelic market as they culled their duplicates or reduced or even eliminated their libraries. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS When I first mentioned this project to Francis Kiddle, he was very supportive and immediately offered to host this document on the FIP Literature Commission web site, http://hps.gr/fipliterature/, like my other long-term projects. Indeed, he has fielded many questions providing advice, suggestions and contacts as well as the bookplates he came across, without which the progress would have been much slower. My other major source of advice and encouragement has been Stephen Holder whose classical education has been put to good use interpreting many of the Latin mottos. Special thanks must go to the Royal Philatelic Society London, Jan Vellekoop and Herb Trenchard who allowed me access to their collections of bookplates. Finally, I must thank Nick Wraith of Cavendish Philatelic Auctions who not only supplied me with all of the bookplates from his personal library but also kept me appraised of those appearing in Cavendish’s literature auctions. To the very many others who provided assistance and particularly bookplates, I can do no more than tender my thanks. This document would have grown in length by several pages if I named everyone who helped me. Brian John Birch 9 Standish, UK. 14th November 2011 10 INTRODUCTION I well remember reading an article in the Philatelic Literature Review many years ago, which illustrated the bookplates, or Ex Libris labels, of notable bibliophiles and gave brief details of the owners(1).