The British Post Office From Its Beginnings to the End of 1925
The British post office from its beginnings to the end of 1925
The author of this masterpiece, British lawyer Chapman Frederick Dendy Marshall (1872 – 1945) was a railway historian. He was also a philatelist. At age 56, he was awarded the coveted Crawford Medal by the Royal Philatelic Society of London for this exact publication. The Crawford Medal is awarded by the Society for the most valuable contribution to philately published in book form. The medal is named after the 26th Earl of Crawford, a philatelic bibliophile. Mr. Marshall was a member of the Royal Aeronautical Society and the Institution of Locomotive Engineers.
This book has an early 20th century binding with a gold medallion on the cover. The medallion shows signs of wear from friction when being pulled off the shelf. The textblock is separating from the cover and there is a pamphlet loose in the back of the book. Conservators will remove the textblock and clean and reline the spine, recasing it in the original cover. The pamphlet will be repaired and placed in a Mylar L-sleeve. The book and the pamphlet will be housed together in an acid free enclosure.
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Adoption Type: Preserve for the Future
