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Published July 2022: Australasian Crash Mail and Mail from Other Incidents Volume Four 1940 – 1949, £35 postpaid in UK, EUR45 to Europe, US$70 to the USA, AU$100 to Australia

A further demonstration of the challenges and hazards facing pilots and the airline industry; this volume takes us to 1949. Volume 5 will be published in 2023.

Published January 2021: Australasian Crash Mail and Mail from Other Incidents Volume Three 1936 – 1939, SOLD OUT

Published September 2019: Australasian Crash Mail and Mail from Other Incidents Volume Two 1931 – 1935, £50 postpaid in UK, EUR65 to Europe, US$80 to the USA, AU$120 to Australia ONLY 1 REMAINING (October 2022)

A comprehensive demonstration of the challenges and hazards facing pilots and the growing airline industry; this volume takes us to 1935. Further volumes will follow.

Published March 2015: Australasian Crash Mail and Other Incidents Volume One 1917 – 1930, £50 postpaid in UK, Rest of the World £60 (€80, US$90, AU$115) SOLD OUT

This book is a study of the birth of aerial mail in Australia and New Zealand, and a comprehensive examination of the challenges and hazards facing its pioneers, from a social and historical, as well as a philatelic, perspective. Read more…

Australasian Wreck Mail: Second Edition, £70 postpaid in UK, + £10 Europe, + £20 Worldwide

Shipwrecks of, or other incidents involving, mail-carrying vessels in Australian and New Zealand coastal waters or on vessels travelling to, from or within Australasia resulting in loss, damage to or delay in delivery of the mails. Read more…

Mail Robberies by Bushrangers in Australia 1833 – 1908, £30 postpaid in UK, Europe and Australia, + £10 Rest of World

A study of 430 armed attacks on the mail in Australia which culminated, in the 1860s, to near paralysis of communication between Sydney and the interior, together with an examination of the response from the authorities. Read more…