The King George VI Large Key Type Revenue and Postage High Value Stamps 1937-1953, by E Yendall.

Published by The Royal Philatelic Society London, 2008.  H/B, 358pp.

A comprehensive guide to the KGVI high value stamps of Bermuda, Leeward Islands, Nyasaland Protectorate, Ceylon, Straits Settlements, BMA Malaya, Singapore, Malacca, Penang, Kenya, Uganda, and Tanganyika.  The various printings and plate flaws, postal rates, and fiscal issues are discussed in depth.  Background information is provided, on the printing process, watermarks, ink types, and perforations, and a valuation guide completes the study.  Fully illustrated in colour and black & white.

Philatelic Exporter review, courtesy of David Rennie (November 2008):

Exhaustive; comprehensive; magnificent!  Long awaited, and heralded by those in the know, this volume does not disappoint.  The title cannot do justice to the content of the book.  Virtually anything and everything a collector may wish to know about these popular issues will be found here.

It divides into six parts plus the essential Appendix, which itself occupies some 100pp, and contains the Head Plate Flaw Charts.  The earlier parts deal with the introduction of The Large Nyasa-Type High Value, Revenue Stamps, Postage and Revenue Stamps, the 60-Set Head Plate Plugs and the 60-set Plate Flaws.

Within each part the countries, which issued stamps in that category, are dealt with individually and under each country the various subsections follow similar patterns.  For the Revenues these are the Printings, the Fiscal Usages and the Postal Usage. Additional details are provided for the Ceylon Stamps Duties Ordnance or the Uganda Poll Tax for example.

Under the Postage and Revenue sections, the Printings, the Postal Rates, the Post Offices, the Postmarks and the Forged Postmarks follow a similar pattern with additional information as required.

Part 4 provides detailed illustrations of the varying nature of the impressions of number "2" Plate Number, and how this can help in identifying the individual printings.

Part 5 deals with the Head and Frame Plate flaws, and also includes details of the Jubilee Line constant breaks and varieties, which can assist in identifying the sheet position of any marginal copy.

The Appendix takes each colony in order and provides printing details and a Plate Flaw Chart for each printing of each Postage & Revenue value in chronological order. Details of quantities printed and shipped are given.

The whole is a handsome x + 358pp hardcover, produced to the usual high standard expected of the RPSL, full colour throughout with excellent quality illustrations, relevant to the text. A slipcase should have been provided.   I'm told that the print run was small, probably too small, and the title may already be in a reprint situation when this review appears.