These books are available only to members of the Society of Australasian Specialists/Oceania. If you wish to become a member, contact the Membership Chair SAS/O Henry Bateman for more information.
Collections of Articles, Extracts and Pamphlets
Tonga: History and Geography Tear Sheets and Pamphlets (114 Items) Vol. I and Vol. II
Tonga: Philatelic References Tear Sheets and Pamphlets (88 Items) Vol. I and Vol. II
Niuafo'ou: Tin Can Mail Tear Sheets and Pamphlets (88 Items) Vol. I and Vol. II
Niuafo'ou (Tin Can Mail Island) History Tear Sheets and Pamphlets (37 Items)
Tindall, Ramsay & Quensell and Miscellaneous Tear Sheets and Pamphlets (45 Items)
Unbound Works and Other Media
Niuafo'ou - Tin Can Island Study of illustrated covers
Greg Jorgensen. Mail Delivery at Niuafo'ou 1927 to 1947. 96 pgs. Detailed graphic account of methods of delivery, rates and routes of Tin Can Mail. Best of Show Award for T/TCMSC MAILPEX II, June 1988. Copy of exhibit. Unbound book.
Charles Stuart Ramsay & Charles R. Plumb. Tin Can Island. A Story of Tonga and the Swimming Mail Man of the South Seas 320 pgs. (photocopies) Ramsay's book. Published by Hurst & Blackett. Date unknown. Also Danish Version. Unbound book.
Tin Can Mail History. 80 slides, script, and audio tape.
De La Rue Engraved Definitives of Tonga. 55 slides, script, and audio tape.
Tin Can Mail Re-enactment. VHS Tape.
A Fragile Piece of History. VHS Tape. Mail delivery by S.S. Canberra.
Tonga Royal. VHS Tape.
Tonga Tin Can Mail Drop
Brian Cook, Tonga Photos
Hempl, William, Tin Can Island - Photographs. Computer Slide Show and Manual.
Books
Klug, J., Tonga Definitives of 1897-1953. Copy of Gold Medal exhibit PIPEX 1988.
Klug, J., Catalog of Tin Can Mail Cachets, 1st Edition, 19xx.
Klug, J., Catalog of Tin Can Mail Cachets, 2nd Edition, TTCMSC, 1985.
Klug, Tin Can Mail Cachets of Tonga,
Ledyard, Patricia, The Tongan Past, Government Printing Office, Tonga, 1982. Tongan legends, history, and events.
Rogers, Garth, The Fire Has Jumped, Institute of Pacific Studies, University of South Pacific, Suva, Fiji, 1986. Eyewitness accounts of the 1946 eruption and evacuation of Niuafo'ou, Tonga.
Pacific 97 Handbook, American Philatelic Society, 1997.
Benson, L., The 1d 'Ovava Tree of Tonga, TTCMSC, 1992.
Benson, L., More Quensell Letters, TTCMSC, 1998.
Benson, L., The Letters of Walter George Quensell, Tin Can Mailman of the South Seas, TTCMSC, 1990. A very interesting collection of Quensell's letters.
Benson, L., The 1897 One Penny of Tonga. Copy of Gold Medal exhibit FLOREX 1993.
Benson, L., The 1897 One Penny of Tonga. Copy of Gold Medal exhibit CINPEX/INDYPEX 1996.
Clark, L., Tin Can Mail, TTCMSC, 1983. Complete coverage of the topic.
Crane, E., The Geography of Tonga, Crane Publications, 1974.
The 58th American Philatelic Congress Book, 1992.
South Pacific, National Geographic Society magazine
Stindt, F., Matson's Century of Ships [excerpts]. Covers the cruise ships that stopped at Tin Can Island.
Tonga (Lonely Planet Travel Guide)
Tongan Handicrafts, Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 1980.
Tonga Development Bank Annual Report 1977
Vissel, Jozee & Olaf Ruhen, The Tongans, Pacific Publications. Sydney 1978. A color pictorial and narrative of life in Tonga.
Walters, E., Tonga through 1896. Copy of Gold Medal exhibit. PIPEX, May 1988 updated in 1990.
Wood, A., History & Geography of Tonga, Wilson & Horton Ltd. N.Z., 1945. Comprehensive description.
Journals
The Informer - Journal of the Society of Australasian Specialists/Oceania
Pacifica - Journal of the Pacific Islands Study Circle
The Tin Canner - Journal of the Tonga/Tin Can Mail Study Circle
All of the above works are available to the general public for supervised study at the Western Philatelic Library premises in Sunnyvale, California.
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