Dawson & Smythies
The Postage Stamps of Jammu & Kashmir Simplified by L.E. Dawson
& E.A. Smythies, 51 pp. Printed for the Philatelic Society of India by The Civil and Military Gazette Press. The
Mall, Lahore 1937. Linked at top.
Deschl, Edward
Comprehensive India States Postal Stationery Listing (1994).
323 pp + 11 pp addendum. This hardcover book includes several pages devoted to J&K.
Haverbeck, H.D.S.
Yucatan Affair, Works of Raoul Ch. de Thuin, Philatelic Counterfeiter 523 pp
American Philatelic Society (1974). Ref pp 136-42 and 395-98.
The orig. ed. has the illustrations taken directly from the de Thuin metal clichés. Reprint ed. 1980.
Hellrigl, W.
Jammu and Kashmir 54 pp. The Royal
Philatelic Society London (2006). Off-site link†
Kohl, P.
Die Marken von Kaschmir 42 pp. Chemnitz (1912).
Lasbax, E. & Sanciaume, J.
Les timbres de Jummo-Cachemire, Yvert & Cie., Amiens (1933).
Lowe, Robson.
The Empire in Asia Vol III, Part III India. The Encyclopaedia of British Empire
Postage Stamps. Reprinted with revisions in Billig’s Philatelic Handbook Volume 39,
HJMR USA (1950). J&K section pp 264-5. Appendix I contains
the 65-page revision of W. Renouf’s 1919 Handbook article “Early Indian Cancellations, 1855-84.”
Masson, D.P.
The Stamps of Jammu and Kashmir appeared in two volumes. Volume I was published by the Philatelic Society of India, Calcutta, Vol. IV (1900). 47 pp plus
six b/w plates protected by glassine interleaving. Four full-page samples of native paper
are included. Printed for the Society by B.L. Chakravarti, at the New School Book Press.
Volume II was published by the Philatelic Society of India, Calcutta, Vol. V (1901). 41 pp plus
eleven b/w plates protected by glassine interleaving. Civil and Military Gazette Press, printers to the
Punjab Government, Lahore. Original price of both volumes was 4 rupees or 5 shillings. Linked at top.
Moëns, J.-B.
Atlas de planches de timbres: Jummoo-Kachmir, pp 140-46. 7th ed., Brussels (1892).
Mortimer, C.H.
See Séfi, A.
Prassoli, A.
Kashmir—La Storia Postale del Kashmir. Milano (1962). Edizioni
Burgundine, 85 pp.
Rudolphi, H. v., ed.
Kaschmir, Handbuch der Briefmarkenkunde, Part 11 pp 381-384 and Part
12 pp 386-437. Verein Handbuch der Briefmarkenkunde, Berlin (1942-43).
Séfi & Mortimer
The Stamps of Jammu-Kashmir by Alexander Séfi & C.H. Mortimer.
This publication is the essential reference for the serious Jammu-Kashmir collector. It was something of a memorial
to the authors, Mortimer having died in 1932 and Séfi in 1934. Publisher:
Séfi, Pemberton & Co., Ltd., 12 South Molton Street, W.1. London. 322 pp, 59 black & white
plates. Linked at top.
Smythies, E.A.
See Dawson, L.E.
Staal, F.
The Stamps of Jammu & Kashmir. Notable sections include the history
& resolution of the denominations puzzle in the circulars, the story behind the wonderful
Staal-Sharma adventure, calendar conversion tables, and an audacious ranking of rarities.
The Collectors Club, NY (1983), ISBN 0-912574-37-X. 286 pp, b/w illust., bibliog., 16 plates in color.
Uyehara, C. & Dietrich, H.
Afghan Philately 1871-1989. George Alevizos.
Santa Monica, CA (1995). 571 pp, b/w illust., LC 94-78609. The sections pertaining to the
19th century may be of some interest to the Kashmir collector.
Platts, John T.
Dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi, and English. Reprint of the 1911
edition of Crosby Lockwood & Son, Lond. This work has proved far more useful
to us in J&K&P(anjâb) stamp doings than Persian lexicons have done.
Said to be dated, it is dated perfectly for the tasks at hand. Entries are by Urdû script, with nagari following, then Roman
transcription and gloss in English. Sang-e-Meel Publications, Chowk Urdu Bazar, Lahore (1983) 1259 pp. This reference is available in the
online Digital Dictionaries†
of South Asia Series, searchable also from English.
Grammar of the Hindûstânî or Urdû Language. Sampson, Low, Marston & Co, London (1873). 399 pp. A useful companion to the preceding by the same author. Several reprints of various later editions are somewhat available from the used book trade, the most prevalent apparently being a 1967 ed., Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers, Delhi.
Elwell-Sutton, L.P.
Elementary Persian Grammar. Cambridge U Press (1963).
This book contains a
helpful guide to the šekaste-style of Persian script that appears on most J&K covers.
ISBN 0-521-09206-X for the 1992 paper edition.
Hiro, D.
Rough Guide History of India. A small pocket-sized chronology from
prehistoric times to 2002, including thumbnail commentaries, references, and a short
glossary. ISBN 1-85828-842-8.
Khan, O.
From Kashmir to Kabul. Photography 1860-1900.
There are some astonishing pictures in this handsome production of some of the work of the
Irish photographers John Burke and William Baker. 124 plates with informative text,
index & bibliography, 208 pp, Prestel (2002). ISBN 3-7913-2786-0.
Murray, John
Handbook for Travellers in India, Pakistan, Burma & Ceylon.
Albemarle St., Lond. This guide came in many editions over the decades. The original volume
dealing with the Punjab and Northwest India (Vol IV) appeared in 1883. For the tasks at hand, the earlier the
version (the earlier the maps!) obviously the better, though we have yet to see such early editions
ourselves. We have stolen maps from the 17th edition, 1955.
Thomson, Thomas.
Western Himalaya & Tibet. Reeve and
Co., London (1852). 501 pp, with index and a very nice fold-out map. This record of a journey to
the region in 1847 by a doctor and naturalist may provide diverting reading for those with an interest in
the physical region, the times, and the character of a scientifically-minded Victorian. Much of the
commentary pertains to technical detail—zoöl, bot, geol, geog, ...
Wakefield, W.
The Happy Valley: Sketches of Kashmir and the Kashmiris (1879).
Original publisher: Sampson Low, Marston, Seale, & Rivington, Lond. Reproduced
by Asian Educational Services, New Delhi, 294 pp (1995).
Appendices with fold-out map treat in detail four postal routes to Srinagar from the Punjab.
Younghusband, F.
Kashmir Described by Sir Francis Younghusband (1909).
Forthrightly written by
an intrepid player of the day (“imperialist, Indian nationalist, journalist, spy, philosopher, geographer,
travel writer, and explorer”) this book provides interesting background to the times. 70 color plates of Molyneux watercolors. A&C Black, London. A recent paper edition entitled Kashmir As It Was was published by Rupa & Co,
New Delhi (2000). 8 color plates, 263 pp ISBN 81-7167-397-X.