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Military Campaigns histories
The following books are available at the [[British Library]]
*''History of the Indian Army Postal Service'' by Edward B. Proud. ''Volume 1, 1854-1913. Volume 2, 1914-1931. Volume 3 1931-14 August 1947''
:A description of Volume 1 states "exceptional compilation of places, postmarks and illustrations for this highly complicated subject"<ref>[http://www.davidfeldman.com/shop/philatelic-literature/india/history-of-the-indian-army-postal-service-volume-1-by-proud.html ''History of the Indian Army Postal Service Volume1Volume 1, 1854-1913'' by Edward B. Proud]</ref>
*''Postal History of Indian Military Campaigns: Sikkim-Tibet, 1903-1908'' by Gerald Sattin and D. S. Virk
*''Postal History of Indian Military Campaigns: C.E.F. : the China Expeditionary Force, 1900-1923'' by Gerald Sattin and D. S. Virk
*''The Postal History of the Army of the Black Sea : 1918 - 1923'' by John Slingsby. British Library reference UIN: BLL01013055463. Includes the British and Indian occupation forces in the Balkans, Turkey, South Russia and Transcaucasia. Also covered are the Army's brief connections with Transcaspia and the North Persia Force<ref>[http://www.rossitertrust.com/bookblacksea.shtml ''The Postal History of the Army of the Black Sea : 1918 - 1923''] by John Slingsby. rossitertrust.com</ref>
*''Indian Army Post Offices in the Second World War'' by D.S. Virk.
*''The postal history of the British Army in World War I - before and after, 1903 to 1929 : an illustrated reference book of British Army postmarks and their location at home and abroad during the campaigns of the war and also on manoeuvres, operations and post war occupations, with relevant historical and postal information'' by Alistair Kennedy and George Crabb. Published 1977. British Library reference UIN: BLL01008814550. Limited edition of 600 numbered copies.
*''A priced checklist of British army & field post offices, 1914-1919'' edited by Charles R. Entwistle, published 1997. British Library reference UIN: BLL01008158685
==Stephen H Smith 1891-1951==
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