These are current, general, illustrated and priced lists of the world's postage-stamps, briefly indicated under the country of publication and under publisher's name. GREAT BRITAIN. Stanley Gibbons, Ltd.; Bright & Son; Whitfield King & Co.; D. Field (Colonials). AMERICA. Scott Stamp and Coin Company; Stanley Gibbons, Inc. FRANCE. Catalogue Officiel de la Société Française de Timbrologie; Yvert et Tellier; Lemaire; Bernichon; Montader; &c. GERMANY. Gebrüder Senf; Paul Kohl, Ltd. SPAIN. Galvez. COLLECTIONS The Catalogues of Stamp Exhibitions held in London, the Provinces, and abroad are useful for succinct accounts of numerous Collections of interest and importance. I do not, however, include them here, nor do I list the catalogues of auction sales, which have a similar reference value. The Avery Collection of the Postage Stamps of the World. By W. H. Peckitt. _London_, 1909. ⁂ This collection was sold after the death of Sir William Avery, Bart., for £24,500. Concise Description of the Collection of Essays of Martin Schroeder. By A. Reinheimer. _Leipzig_, 1903. ⁂ Seventy-two plates. (A celebrated Collection of historical value, brought together between the years 1893 and 1902.) Postage Stamps and their Collection. By Warren H. Colson. _Boston, Mass._, 1907. ⁂ Seventeen plates. (Chiefly devoted to a description of the Collection of Dr. William C. Bowers, of Bridgeport, Connecticut, but containing comparative notes on other American Collections.) Postage Stamps of the Hawaiian Islands in the Collection of Henry J. Crocker, of San Francisco. By Fred J. Melville. _London_, 1908. ⁂ Eight plates. A Priced List of the Rare Stamps in the "Winzer" Collection. Stanley Gibbons, Ltd. _London_, 1894. ⁂ A fine Collection formed by Ernst Winzer, of Dresden, and sold for £3,000. The Tapling Collection of Stamps and Postal Stationery at the British Museum: A Descriptive Guide and Index, with Portraits and Illustrations. By Fred J. Melville. _London_, 1905. SPECIAL HANDBOOKS [For grouped Countries, see under comprehensive title, _e.g._, Africa, Australasia.] ABYSSINIA. Abyssinia. By Fred J. Melville. _London_, 1909. AFGHANISTAN. The Postage Stamps of Afghanistan. By [Sir] D. P. Masson and B. G. Jones. _Madras and Birmingham_, 1908. ⁂ Twenty-four plates. AFRICA. The Postage Stamps, Envelopes, Wrappers, Post Cards and Telegraph Stamps of the British Colonies, Possessions and Protectorates in Africa. [The Philatelic Society, London.] I. British Bechuanaland to Cape of Good Hope. _London_, 1895. ⁂ Eight plates. II. Gambia to Natal. _London_, 1900. ⁂ Fourteen plates. III. New Republic to Zululand. _London_, 1906. ⁂ Thirty plates. AMERICA. The Postage Stamps, Envelopes, Wrappers, and Post Cards of the North American Colonies of Great Britain. [The Philatelic Society, London.] _London_, 1889. ⁂ Six plates.