Czechoslovakia

Standard "Barefoot" catalogue of the revenue stamps of Czechoslovakia, from 1919, including WWII Bohemia and Slovakia, through to postwar issues of the two separate Republics.

MONOGRAFIE CESKOSLOVENSKYCH ZNAMEK Vols 1-5 (B.230)
Vol 1 : Hradcany issue 347 pages, 1968; Vol 2 : 1919 ovpts, Dove, Harvester etc to 1923, 443 pages, 1971; Vol 3 : 1923-38 sytamps and postal stationery, 430 pages, 1979; Vol 4 : 1918-39 Airs, Dues, Newspaper, 473 pages, 1986; Vol 5 : Eastern Silesia 295 pages, 1998. Five volumes, all hardback, extremely specialised, the last word on Czech philately. In Czech, but well illustrated. Rarely offered together as these five volumes. Box lot, extra heavy, see below.

Very detailed handbook covering Airs, Newspaper stamps and Dues of the period 1918-1939 of Czechoslovakia.For each stamp there is background to the issue, proofs, plating and varieties, marginal markings, bisects, perfins and everything for the specialist.
Text is in Czech but the book is well illustrated (black & white)
473 pages, hardbound, published 1986

by W.A. Page. Historical background and postal history of the Czech Legion formed in Siberia, Russia, at the end of WWI. Describes railway routes used, the local stamps, and postal cancellers.

CZECH FIELD POST 1918-1921 (B.224)
by Brian C. Day. The final year of WWI and the birth of the Czech Republic were complicated times for Czech speakers. Armies of troops from distant parts of the Austro-Hungarian Army were present on what became Czech lands, and Czech speakers were either in other distant parts of the Empire, or fled and volunteered to Czech Legions fighting with the Allies in Italy and France. The book is presented as a philatelic display, based on a sliding view of history over the complex and critical three years 1918-21, supported with plenty of covers (many in colour) and packed with information and explanation of postmarks.135 pages, part in colour, Czech Society publication No 17, 2002

1923 AGRICULTURE & SCIENCE ISSUE (B.225)
by Mark Wilson, a reworking and update on the classification of types originally shown in the big Monografie handbook, with new classification of types and varieties, Czech Philatelic Society Monograph No 23, illus black/white, 29 pages, published 2010

BOHEMIA & MORAVIA - A COLLECTOR'S NOTEBOOK (B.327)
Handbook (2nd edition) covering a selection of aspects of the postal history of Bohemia & Moravia in WWII under German occupation. The chapters on "Postal Rates" and on "Post Office listing" spring to mind as being alone worth the cost of the book, but other sections include First days of German occupation, Field Post, SS Post, Dienstpost, Railway TPOs, Autoposta (motor coach mobile post office), Theresienstadt Ghetto post, KLV (children's evacuation camps, some more detail than the 1st edition), and Propaganda and V for Victory cachets.
Written by John Hammonds, edited by Rex Dixon, based on the Ron Hollis collection. CzechoslovaK Philatelic Society Monograph #19, 78 A4 pages, black/white, published 2019.
ISBN 978 0 99995892-6-4

RAILWAY MAIL IN SLOVAKIA & RUTHENIA
by Tony Goodbody. covers all periods from Austrian Empire to modern times (emphasis on prewar), including the many railway routes that were in Hungarian territory prior to 1918 and again 1938-45. Guide to routes, postmark types, and extensive list of stations and TPOs. Czech Philatelic Society Monograph No.28, published 2015, illus in full colour, 38 pages.

CZECHOSLOVAK ARMY IN FRANCE (B.95)
by Roy E. Reader. Detailed background and postal history of the Field Post operated by Czech Forces in France, those who were stranded in France during the war years (particularly those at Agde Camp), and the 1945 Liberation Forces and Repatriation Services.

MILITARY CARDS OF EXILED CZECH FORCES (B.223)
by V.J.Kralicek and W,A.Page, lists the military frank cards (usually pictorial) of the exiled Czech forces in France and Great Britain during WWII. Czech Philatelic Society publication, illus black/white, 30 pages, published 1999

1944-1945 LIBERATION OVERPRINTS (B.100)
by Karel Holoubek, translated into English by Robert J. Hill (from "Seznam Revolucnich Pretisku 1944-1945"), the biggest, best and newest guide to local liberation overprints, made as Bohemia & Moravia fell to Soviet and partisan troops at the end of WWII. Local overprints made on German (often Hitler Head) and Bohemia stamps, with much background explaining which saw postal use and which were philatelic creations, maps of the locations, and catalogue listing. Czech Philatelic Society publication No.25, 320 pages, illus throughout, published 2012. This is the book version, with illustrations in black/white only.

1944-1945 LIBERATION OVERPRINTS
by Karel Holoubek, translated into English by Robert J. Hill (from "Seznam Revolucnich Pretisku 1944-1945"), the biggest, best and newest guide to local liberation overprints, made as Bohemia & Moravia fell to Soviet and partisan troops at the end of WWII. Local overprints made on German (often Hitler Head) and Bohemia stamps, with much background explaining which saw postal use and which were philatelic creations, maps of the locations, and catalogue listing. Czech Philatelic Society publication No.25, 320 pages, illus throughout, published 2012. This is the CD version (which can then be printed out), same text as the book but with all illustrations in full colour (and cheaper to buy and to post!).

CZECH INDEPENDENT ARMOURED BRIGADE IN FRANCE & THEIR RETURN HOME 1944-1945
by Richard Beith. Czech forces joined the invasion of Normandy in 1944 and helped invest the German "pocket" at Dunkirk. Later, in 1945, a section of the Czech Exile Army joined US forces in the joint (uneasy) occupation of Czechoslovakia with the Soviets This Czech Society Monograph No.27 lists the "real" postal history from the Czech troops involved in the liberation of Europe 1944-45. Illus in full colour, 54 pages

by Robert J. Hill. Postal arrangements at the time of Liberation, and listing of the local ands revolutionary overprint issues.

GESICHTE DER TSCHECH. FLUGPOST 1945-1992 (B.121)
by W.Muller. Catalogue of first and special flights for the postwar period. with flight dates, quantities carried, special cachets, also in some cases the pictorial cards/covers illustrated. Arranged by flight route, rather than purely by date.

CZECH FORCES IN THE UK (B.226)
by Richard Beith. Background history, the "real" postal history of forces mail and undercover operations, detailed listing of the many commemorative special cancels and souvenir labels produced by patriotic soldiers, 160 pages, many in colour, Czech Society monograph, 2017

FREE CZECH FORCES IN FRANCE 1939-1940 (B.326)
by Richard Beith. When German forces occupied Czechoslovakia in 1939, many Czech soldiers and patriots manages to escape by various routes, and formed the basis of an Exile Army and Air Force in France in 1939. These soldiers and airmen helped combat the German invasion of France in 1940. The first third of the book deals with the historical background; the main part deals with postal arrangement and special postal markings for the Czech forces in France. Czech PS Monograph No 26. 66 pages, full colour, published 2013.