Collections and Archives listed by Name and Subject
IMPORTANT NOTE
This list is intended as a guide of the principal holdings, and is not a comprehensive list of all the
different categories of material, or of the countries that are held.
Please remember when searching for a country or subject (including Great Britain), that items of
interest could also be included in the collections listed under British Commonwealth and World
headings, and that there may also be Philatelic Literature (To Catalogue) associated with the subject
within the Library.
A
Airmails The Fitz Gerald Collection (World Airmails)
The Monks Collection (South Africa Airmails)
The Scott Collection (Great Britain Airmails)
The Seymour Collection (World – Comet Mail)
Australia The Ginger Collection (Australian States – Victoria)
The Tapling Collection (World including important Australian States)
B
The Bailey Collection (Spanish Civil War)
Banknotes (see Paper Money)
TheBoardof Inland RevenueStamping Department Archive (Chiefly Great Britain and India - Proofs)
The Bojanowicz Collection (Poland)
Bonds East European Collections (Russian pre-revolutionary bonds)
Booklets The Crown Agents Philatelic
and Security Printing Archive (British Commonwealth)
The Foreign and Commonwealth
Office Collection (British Commonwealth)
British Commonwealth
The Board of Inland Revenue
Stamping Department Archive (Chiefly Great Britain and India - Proofs)
The Burnett Collection (India – Hyderabad)
The Chand Collection (Mauritius)
The Crown Agents Collection (British Commonwealth) The Crown Agents Philatelic
and Security Printing Archive (British Commonwealth) The Foreign and Commonwealth
Office Collection (British Commonwealth) The General Collection (World)
The Harrison Collection (Die Proofs)
The Harrison and Sons Collection (Egypt and Palestine)
The Kay Collection
(British Commonwealth Revenue stamps)
The Mosely Collection (Africa)The Supplementary Collection (World) The Tapling Collection (World)
The Burnett Collection (India – Hyderabad)
C
The Campbell-Johnston Collection (World - Poster stamps)
The Chand Collection (Mauritius)
China The Murray Collection (China)
The Chinchen Collection (Great Britain - Lundy Island)
Cinderella (see also Revenues and Telegraphs)
The Campbell-Johnston Collection (World - Poster stamps) The Heys Collection (World – Amateur Radio mail)
The Crawford Library (World philatelic Literature to 1913)
The Crown Agents Collection (British Commonwealth)
The Crown Agents Philatelic and Security Archive (British Commonwealth)
The H M Customs and Excise Collection (Great Britain – Revenue Stamps)
D
The Davies Collection (Libya – Revenues)
E
Egypt The Harrison and Sons Collection (Egypt and Palestine)
The Ewen Collection (Great Britain – Railway Letter stamps)
F
The Feldheim Collection (Bavaria, Thurn and Taxis)
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office Collection (British Commonwealth)
The Foreign Office Collection (Germany)
Forgeries The Turner Collection (World Forgeries)
The General Collection (World - including ProPhil Forum forgeries)
G
The General Collection (World)
Germany The Feldheim Collection (Bavaria, Thurn and Taxis) The Foreign Office Collection (Germany 1945-48) The Model Collection (Germany 1945-46)
The Tapling Collection (World, including important German States)
The Ginger Collection (Australian States – Victoria)
Great Britain The Board of Inland Revenue
Stamping Department Archive (Proofs)
The Chinchen Collection (Lundy Island)
The Ewen Collection (Railway Letter stamps) The Fletcher Collection (Stamps and Postal History) The H M Customs and Excise
Collection (Revenue Stamps)
The H M Stationery Office
Collection (Revenue Stamps, National Savings
Stamps)
The Harrison Collection (Die Proofs) The Landmark Trust Lundy Island
Philatelic Archive (Lundy Island)
The Langmead Collection (Telegraph stamps) The McInroy Collection (World – Meter stamps)
The Scott Collection (Airmails)
The Sherborn Collection (Postal Stationery – 1841-84 1d pink envelopes)
The Tapling Collection (World) The Treasury Excise
Correspondence Collection (Postal History)
The Turner Collection (Newspaper Tax stamps) The Turner Collection (Railway Letter stamps) The Walker Collection (Channel Islands 1941-44)
The H M Stationery Office Collection (Great Britain – Revenue Stamps)
The H M Customs and Excise Collection (Great Britain – Revenue Stamps)
The Harrison and Sons Collection (Egypt and Palestine)
The Harrison Collection (chiefly British Commonwealth and
Great Britain – Die proofs)
The Heys Collection (World – Amateur Radio mail)
Hungary The Ryan Collection (Hungary Revenues)
I
India The Board of Inland Revenue
Stamping Department Archive (Proofs)
The Burnett Collection (Hyderabad) The Tapling Collection (World)
The Board of Inland Revenue
Stamping Department Archive (chiefly Great Britain and India - Proofs)
The Imperial War Museum’s Stamp Collection (World)
J
K
The Kaluski Collection (Poland)
The Kay Collection (British Commonwealth – Revenue stamps)
L
The Landmark Trust Lundy
Island Philatelic Archive (Great Britain)
The Langmead Collection (Great Britain and Ireland – Telegraph stamps)
Libya The Davies Collection (Libya – Revenues)
M
The McInroy Collection (World – Meter stamps)
The Model Collection (Germany)
The Monks Collection (South Africa – Airmails)
The Mosely Collection (British Commonwealth - Africa)
The Muraleetharan Papers (Research Notes)
The Murray Collection (Chiefly China)
Mauritius The Chand Collection (Mauritius)
The Mosely Collection (British Commonwealth – Africa, including Mauritius)
The Tapling Collection (World – including Mauritius)
N
O
P
Palestine The Harrison and Sons Collection (Egypt and Palestine)
Paper Money (see also Postal Orders)
Asia, Pacific & Africa Collections (Banknotes of India and Burma are included in The India Office Records) The Board of Inland Revenue
Stamping Department Archive (Great Britain Treasury Notes) The Crown Agents Philatelic
and Security Printing Archive (British Commonwealth Banknote Proofs)
The Foreign and Commonwealth
Office Collection (British Commonwealth)
Poland The Bojanowicz Collection (Poland 1938-46)
The Kaluski Collection (Poland 1815-2002)
Postal Orders The Crown Agents Philatelic
and Security Archive (British Commonwealth) The Foreign and Commonwealth
Office Collection (British Commonwealth)
Poster Stamps The Campbell-Johnston Collection (World)
Postal Stationery The Crown Agents Philatelic
and Security Archive (British Commonwealth) The Foreign and Commonwealth
Office Collection (British Commonwealth) The Board of Inland Revenue
Stamping Department Archive (Great Britain - Proofs)
The Sherborn Collection (Great Britain – 1841-84 1d pink envelopes)
The Tapling Collection (World) The Universal Postal Union Collection (World)
Printing (3D objects) The Board of Inland Revenue (Great Britain - Embossed Recording Stamping Department Archive Press for the Collection of Duty)
The Board of Inland Revenue
Stamping Department Archive (Labuan 1879 issue plates) The Board of Inland Revenue
Stamping Department Archive (Orange Free State dies and plates) The Crown Agents Philatelic (British Commonwealth - Dandy
and Security Archive Roller)
The Foreign and Commonwealth
Office Collection (North Borneo 1894 Waterlow plates) The General Collection (The Perkins D Cylinder printing press) The General Collection (India - various Queen Victoria dies) The General Collection (United States of America – Confederate
States 1862 De La Rue 5c die) The Harrison Collection (Various dies including Great Britain
King George V)
Q
R
Railway Letter Stamps
The Ewen Collection (Great Britain & Ireland) The Turner Collection (Great Britain & Ireland)
Requisition Books, Plate Issue Books and Paper Issue Records
The Crown Agents Philatelic
and Security Archive (British Commonwealth - 1921-68)
Revenue Stamps The H M Stationery Office Collection (Great Britain) The Board of Inland Revenue
Stamping Department Archive (chiefly Great Britain and India) The Crown Agents Philatelic
and Security Archive (British Commonwealth)
The Davies Collection (Libya)
The Foreign and Commonwealth
Office Collection (British Commonwealth) The H M Customs and
Excise Collection (Great Britain)
The Kay Collection (British Commonwealth)
The Ryan Collection (Hungary)
The Turner Collection (Great Britain - Newspaper Tax Stamps)
The Row Collection (Thailand 1883-1918)
The Ryan Collection (Hungary – Revenues)
Scripohily (Bonds) East European Collections (Russian pre-revolutionary Bonds)
The Scott Collection (Great Britain – Airmails)
The Seymour Collection (World - Airmails)
The Shelley Collection (Spanish Civil War)
The Sherborn Collection (Great Britain – Postal Stationery)
The Smith Collection (United Nations)
Somerset House(see The Board of Inland Revenue Stamping Department Archive)
The Stamp Office(see The Board of Inland Revenue Stamping Department Archive)
The H M Stationery Office Collection (Great Britain – Revenue Stamps)
The Supplementary Collection (World)
Siam The Row Collection (Siam 1883-1918)
South Africa The Monks Collection (Airmails)
Spain The Bailey Collection (Spanish Civil War) The Shelley Collection (Spanish Civil War) The Tapling Collection (World)
T
The Tapling Collection (World)
Telegraph Stamps The Crown Agents Philatelic
and Security Archive (British Commonwealth) The Foreign and Commonwealth
Office Collection (British Commonwealth) The Langmead Collection (Great Britain & Ireland)
The Tapling Collection (World)
Thailand The Row Collection (Thailand 1883-1918)
The Treasury Excise Correspondence Collection (Great Britain – Postal History)
The Turner Collection (Great Britain – Newspaper tax stamps)
The Turner Collection (Great Britain – Railway Letter stamps)
The Turner Collection (World - Forgeries)
U
United Nations The Smith Collection (United Nations)
The Universal Postal Union Collection (World)
V
W
The Williams Papers (Research Notes)
The Wilson-Todd Collection (World – World War I)
World The Campbell-Johnston Collection (Poster Stamps) The Fitz Gerald Collection (Airmails) The General Collection (World)
The Harrison Collection (chiefly British Commonwealth and Great Britain – Die Proofs)
The McInroy Collection (Meter Stamps)
The Seymour Collection (Airmails – Comet Mail) The Supplementary Collection (World)
The Tapling Collection (World) The Turner Collection (Forgeries) The Universal Postal Union Collection (World)
