Books about Malaya - philatelic, postal history & social history
The books here and links to publishers are going to be of keen interest to MSG members. We welcome additional books proposed by specialists in Malaya, or publishers new to us
Areca Books, specialist publishers of books about Penang, Perak, Straits Settlements, Malaysia
The Areca Book Catalogue
Penang Postcards by Khoo Salma Nasution & Malcolm Wade
Malcolm Wade Penang
Perak Postcards by Abdur-Razzaq Lubis Khoo Salma Nasution & Malcolm Wade
Malcolm Wade Perak
Missionary Mail in Singapore 1831-1961 by Alan Au Yong
Missionary Mail by Alan Au
Yong
Pahang - the Chersonese Collection
Pahang - the Chersonese Collection
A Postal History Of The Prisoners Of War & Civilian Internees
In East Asia During The Second World War,Volume 1, Singapore & Malaysia
by David Tett
Pows & Civilian Internees in Singapore
& Malaysia by David Tett
A Postal History of the Prisoners of War and Civilian Internees
in East Asia During the Second World War Volume 6 Hellships to Slavery
Japan, Korea, Manchuria And Borneo 1942-1945 By David Tett
Hellships to Slavery by David Tett
There are seven Appendices dealing with detailed aspects
of the postal history such as cards and covers addressed to POWs in
Malaya and Singapore and Australian Red Cross Society Directions for
Mail.
This is the first of several volumes to deal with the subject of the
main title.
There is a good index and bibliography.
Awards:
Atlantic City, 2002, Gold Medal
Chester, 2002, Gold Medal
Melbourne, 2002, Special Award
"... this is a goldmine of a book....the stuff of history....a
priceless and universal appendix to so many singular stories " Martin
Bell
"This superbly produced and informative book provides
for the first time, a history of communications between prisoners of
the Japanese and their families during the sad days of 1942 to 1945.
It is undoubtedly a very fine book... . " Stamp Lover 2002
"The new book has more than 400 pages..with hundreds of
illustrations of covers and correspondence, newspapers and other collateral
material." Linn's Stamp News March 2002
Volume 2 Dutch East Indies 1942-1946 Paradise Lost,
won a Gold medal at Singapore World Championship 2004, and a Gold at
Basildon in 2004
Volume 3 Burma, Thailand & Indochina, The Railway, The River and The
Bridge, 2005, won a Gold Medal at the New Zealand National Literature
Exhibition in 2007, and Gold at the Canadian Seventh National Philatelic
Literature Exhibition 2005
Volume 4 Hong Kong, & China, Captives in Cathay, 2007, won Large Gold
at ABPS Harrogate 2008
Volume 5 The Philippines & Taiwan, No Uncle Sam, 2009, won a Gold Medal
at Chicagopex 2010
Volume 6 Japan, Korea & Manchuria, Hellships to Slavery, 2010
Volumes 2 - 6 are published by the author,
see www.fepowmail.com for prices and how to purchase or
to
order by email, or for further enquries click here
387 pages
B/W illustrations
Cover binding: Hard bound with colour dustjacket
ISBN 978 0 9530004 5 6
Publication date : 2002
Price £35.00 + postage & packing
Places & Subjects: Australia India Japan Singapore Malaya
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