Modern Handbook Gupta

Kumar, Narendra. 2010 Hobby Junction. Indian Postage Stamp. Delhi: Eeshan Prakashan, 2010
21 pp, including the back cover; printed one side only. 141 x 210 mm (oblong). Staple Bound in Multi-coloured Card Covers. Price Rs. 175 on back cover.
Kumar, Narendra. 2009 Hobby Junction. Indian Postage Stamp. Delhi: Eeshan Prakashan, 2009
16 + (1) pp, including the back cover; printed one side only. 140 x 210 mm (oblong). Staple Bound in Multi-coloured Card Covers. Price Rs. 175 on back cover.
Kumar, Narendra. 2008 Hobby Junction. Indian Postage Stamp. Delhi: Eeshan Prakashan, 2008
16 + (1) pp, including the back cover; printed one side only. 140 x 210 mm (oblong). Staple Bound in Multi-coloured Card Covers. Price Rs. 150 on back cover. Copyright date mentioned as 2010 but likely an error.
Kumar, Narendra. 2007 Hobby Junction. Indian Postage Stamp. Delhi: Eeshan Prakashan, 2007
14 pp including the back cover; printed one side only. 140 x 210 mm (oblong). Staple Bound in Multi-coloured Card Covers. Price Rs. 140 on back cover.
Kumar, Narendra. 2006 Hobby Junction. Indian Postage Stamp. Delhi: Eeshan Prakashan, 2006
14 pp, including the back cover; printed one side only. 141 x 209 mm (oblong). Staple Bound in Multi-coloured Card Covers. Price Rs. 140 on back cover.
Department of Posts. India Postage Stamps 1947-2002. New Delhi: Department of Posts, 2002
50 pp. 214 x 276 mm (oblong). Staple Bound in Deep Rose-Red Card Covers. Price Rs. 40 on back cover.
Shah, Arun Y., A. Mahalingeswar, and Mani M. Krishnan. Pocket Guide for Prices of Stamps of India 1852 - 1947. Bangalore: Philatelic Trade & Publications (Pvt.) Ltd., 1997
36 pp. 133 x 101 mm. Staple Bound in Multi-coloured Card Covers.
Department of Posts. India Postage Stamps 1947-1997. New Delhi: Department of Posts, 1997
42 pp. 210 x 274 mm (oblong). Staple Bound in Royal Blue Card Covers.
Chakravarty, D. Know Your Stamps, 1988: Supplement for Stamps Issued during May ’87 - June ’91. Calcutta: The Author, 1991
26 pp (numbered 177-202). 215 x 140 mm. Staple Bound without any covers. Price Rs. 15 on first page. No date but likely 1991.
Chakravarty, D. Know Your Stamps: Postage Stamps of India from 1852 to April, 1987. Calcutta: The Author, 1988
(6) + 176 pp, (60) pp of plates bound in. 214 x 139 mm. Perfect Bound with Yellow Card Covers. Price Rs. 60.
Indian Posts and Telegraphs. India Postage Stamps Since 1947. Vol II 1982-1984. New Delhi: Indian Posts & Telegraphs Department, 1985
12 pp. 202 x 139 mm. Staple Bound with Indigo Card Covers. Price Rs. 1.50 on back cover. No date of publication but likely 1985.
Sesco India Philatelic Division. India Post Independent Catalogue 1983. Bangalore: Sesco India Philatelic Division, 1983
20 pp. Staple Bound with White Paper Covers. 249 x 187 mm. Price Rs. 5 for India, Nepal, Bhutan, and Bangladesh and $1 or equivalent (including postage) for other foreign countries.
Indian Posts and Telegraphs. India Postage Stamps Since 1947. New Delhi: Indian Posts & Telegraphs Department, 1982
(1) pp + (1) p + 53 + (1) pp. 197 x 140 mm. Staple Bound with Blue Card Covers. Price Rs. 4 on back cover. Edition of 25,000 copies.
Bridger & Kay. Commonwealth Five Reigns Postage Stamp Catalogue. 14th ed. London: Bridger & Kay, Limited, 1980
528 pp. 215 x 154 mm. Hard Bound in White Leatherette. No DJ issued. The last edition of this catalogue. Contains much information not in Stanley Gibbons’ catalogues.
(Chakravarty, D.). Know Your Stamps (Postage Stamps of India from 1852 to Date). Calcutta: Hobby Publications, 1975
vii + (1) p + 88 pp, XXXIV pp of plates bound in. 219 x 144 mm. Perfect Bound with Yellow Card Covers. Price Rs. 8.25 on title page.
Bombay Philatelic Company. Indian Postage Stamp Catalogue: Listing India Pre & Post Independence Stamps (1852 - 1971). Bombay: Bombay Philatelic Company, 1972
42 pp. 244 x 168 mm. Staple Bound with Grey Card Covers. Price Rs. 8.
Cooper, Jal [Manekji]. A Priced Catalogue of “Post-Independence” Indian Stamps (1947-1970). 5th ed. Bombay: The Author, 1971
(2) p + 59 pp + (3) p. 242 x 187 mm. Perfect Bound with Yellow-Green Card Covers. Price Rs. 10 on front cover.
Cooper, Jal [Manekji]. A Specialised Priced Catalogue of Indian Stamps (1852-1970). 13th ed. Bombay: The Author, 1971
125 pp + (1) p. 245 x 186 mm. Perfect Bound with Blue-Green Card Covers. Price Rs. 18 on front cover and title page.
Cooper, Jal [Manekji]. A Specialised Priced Catalogue of Indian Stamps (1852-1968). 12th ed. Bombay: The Author, 1969
112 pp. 244 x 185 mm. Perfect Bound with Turquoise-green Card Covers. Price Rs. 15 on front cover and title page.
Cooper, Jal [Manekji]. A Specialised Priced Catalogue of Indian Stamps (1852-1966). 11th ed. Bombay: The Author, 1967
(2) p + 102 pp + (3) p. 244 x 185 mm. Perfect Bound with Turquoise-green Card Covers. Price Rs. 12 on front cover and title page.
Cooper, Jal [Manekji]. A Specialised Priced Catalogue of Indian Stamps. 9th ed. Bombay: The Author, 1963
84 pp. 247 x 186 mm. Perfect Bound with light Greenish-grey Card Covers. Price Rs. 10 on front cover and title page.
Cooper, Jal [Manekji]. A Specialised Priced Catalogue of Indian Stamps. 8th ed. Bombay: The Author, 1961
72 pp. 247 x 188 mm. Perfect Bound with light Greenish-grey Card Covers. Price Rs. 10 on front cover and title page.
Cooper, Jal [Manekji]. A Specialised Priced Catalogue of Indian Rocket Mails, Stamps and Vignettes. 2nd ed. Bombay: The Author, 1960
92 pp. 247 x 184 mm. Stapled with Light Green Card Covers. Price Rs. 15 on title page.
Cooper, Jal [Manekji]. A Specialised Priced Catalogue of Indian Stamps. 7th ed. Bombay: The Author, 1959
81 pp + (1) p. 245 x 188 mm. Perfect Bound with light Greenish-grey Card Covers. Price Rs. 10 on title page.
Cooper, Jal [Manekji]. A Specialised Priced Catalogue of Indian Stamps. 6th ed. Bombay: The Author, 1957
71 pp + (3) p. 247 x 187 mm. Perfect Bound with Green Card Covers. Price Rs. 10 on title page.
Cooper, Jal [Manekji]. A Priced Catalogue for India, Convention States, Burma & Pakistan Stamps. 5th ed. Bombay: India’s Stamp Journal, 1954
61 pp + (1) p. 216 x 141 mm. Stapled with Light Grey Card Covers. Price Rs. 3 on title page.
Cooper, Jal [Manekji]. A Priced Catalogue for India & Convention States’ Stamps. 1st ed. Bombay: India’s Stamp Journal, 1944
47 pp + (1) p. 220 x 140 mm. Stapled with Light Grey Card Covers. Price Rs. 1/8 on title page.
Cooper, Jal [Manekji]. A Specialised Priced Catalogue of Indian Rocket Mails. 1st ed. Bombay: The Author, 1940
22 pp. 215 x 140 mm. Stapled with Greyish Green Card Covers. Price Rs. 1 on title page.
Evans, Major E[dward]. B[enjamin]. The Philatelic Handbook. London: Stanley, Gibbons, and Co., 1885
xi + 396 + (4) pp, the latter being advertisements. 186 x 126 mm. Hard Bound in Deep Blue Cloth with Marbled endpapers and edges and gilt lettering on covers and spine. No DJ issued. Crawford 111. Intended to be a substitute for a third edition of Pemberton’s The Stamp Collector’s Handbook published in 1878.
Pemberton, Edward L. The Stamp Collector’s Handbook. 2nd ed. Southampton & London: The Author & Stanley, Gibbons, & Co., 1878
x + (2) + 340 pp. 188 x 128 mm. Hard Bound in Brown Cloth with gilt lettering on covers and spine. No DJ issued. Crawford 307.
Gray, John Edward, and Overy Taylor. Dr. Gray’s Illustrated Catalogue of Postage Stamps. 6th ed. London & Bath: E. Marlborough and Co. & Alfred Smith and Co., 1875
xv + (1) + 523 + (1) pp. 180 x 130 mm. Hard Bound (publisher’s binding) in Red Cloth with gilt lettering on front cover and spine. Crawford 147. Originally published in 8 parts from Mar to Oct 1874.
Gray, Dr. John Edward, and Overy Taylor. The Illustrated Catalogue of Postage Stamps for the Use of Collectors. 5th ed. Bath: Alfred Smith and Co., 1870
xv + (1) + 210 pp. 170 x 113 mm. Privately Hard Bound in Black Leatherette with gilt lettering on covers. Missing the original card covers and pages i-iv. Crawford 147.
Moens, J[ean].-B[aptise]. [Philippe Constant]. Manuel Du Collectionneur De Timbres-Poste. 2nd ed. Brussels: Misonne Et Bonnet and The Author, 1862
90 pp. 178 x 112 mm. Privately Hard Bound in Quarter Dark Green Cloth and Boards; originally issued in paper covers. Covers missing.
Gray, John Edward. A Hand Catalogue of Postage Stamps for the Use of Collectors. 1st ed. London: Robert Hardwicke, 1862
xvi + 54 pp. 168 x 107 mm. Bound in Boards. Front Cover Missing. Crawford 147. Printed Dec 1862. Not illustrated. Contains the earliest philatelic bibliography; a list of 20 handbooks, catalogues, albums, and articles published till date (Ref. The Journal of the Philatelic Literature Society Vol V No. 2).
Gupta, Dr. S[urendra]. P[rakash]. Dr. S. P. Gupta’s Specialised Handbook of Modern Indian Stamps: Compendium of Main Hand Book (1947 - 1982) and I, II, III, IV and V Supplements, (1983-85, 1986-1988, 1989-94, 1995-99 and 2000-2003). Meerut, UP, India: P.L. Gupta & Co., n.d.
(4) + xvi + 770 + xi + (1) p + viii + (4) pp. 222 x 143 mm. Hard Bound with Multi-coloured Boards. No DJ issued. Price Rs. 1500. Originally issued in parts, this copy has been bound by the publisher/author.