Steve Hiscocks
Encyclopedia
Dr. Steve E.R. Hiscocks was an expert on telephone and telegraph stamp
s who in 1982 wrote the first catalogue on the subject since Walter Morley
's work of 1900.
He also wrote the first ever catalogue of telephone cards (1988) and the first catalogue of telegraph seals (2007).
Telegraph stamp
Telegraph stamps are stamps intended solely for the prepayment of telegraph fees. The customer completed a telegraph form before handing it with payment to the clerk who applied a telegraph stamp and cancelled it to show that payment had been made...
s who in 1982 wrote the first catalogue on the subject since Walter Morley
Walter Morley
Walter Morley was a pioneering English philatelist, stamp dealer and philatelic author.The first address known for Morley is 186 West Green Road, Tottenham, London N. In 1898 his address is given as 15 Brownhill Gardens, Hither Green, Catford, London S.E...
's work of 1900.
He also wrote the first ever catalogue of telephone cards (1988) and the first catalogue of telegraph seals (2007).
Publications
- Telegraph & Telephone Stamps of the World: A priced and annotated catalogue, Woking, 1982. ISBN 0950830100
- The Collector's Book of Telephone Cards, Woking, 1988. ISBN 0950830119
- The Collector's Book of Telephone Cards, 2nd revised edition, Stanley Gibbons, London, 1990. ISBN 0852592647
- Collect British and Irish Telephone Cards, Stanley Gibbons, London, 1991. ISBN 0852593074
- Telephone Cards of the World: Great Britain and Ireland Pt. 1, 1993. ISBN 1898344000
- Telephone Cards of the World: North America, Caribbean and Atlantic Pt. 2, World Telephone Card Publications, 1994. ISBN 1898344019
- H & G Standard Catalogue of USA Telephone Cards: Including Canada: 1995-1996, 2nd edition, Telecard Publications Inc., 1995. (With C.M. Garibaldi) ISBN 0964860503
- Telephone Cards: A Collector's Handbook, Woking, 1996. ISBN 0950830127
- Telegraph Seals: A World Catalogue, Woking, 2007. ISBN 0950830135