Collect Aircraft on Stamps

About the Latest Edition

Key Information

• Collect Aircraft on Stamps has been redesigned in an easier to use style and is illustrated in colour for the first time.
• Includes gliders, airships and balloons as well as aircraft.
• Includes commemorative issues.
• Edited by Ian Hamilton, an expert in both aircraft recognition and philately.
• Full revision of prices with a number of significant increases since the 1^st edition. All stamps and miniature sheets are now individually priced, mint and used.
• Illustrated in full colour throughout.
• Updated to include all aircraft stamps up to and including those listed in the Stanley Gibbons catalogue supplement published in the October 2008 issue of Gibbons Stamp Monthly.
• The first edition since 1994, this catalogue contains hundreds of new stamps, many of them issued in connection with the centenary of the first heavier-than-air flight in 2003.
• Over 24,000 stamps with over 1,600 aircraft types plus more than 180 identified airships and balloons. 
• Includes miniature sheets, a Chronology of Aviation Events, Classification Index, and Sectional Index. 

General Description/Contents

• Collect Aircraft on Stamps is a colourful and highly informative catalogue containing over 24,000 stamps, ideal for any collector specialising in aircraft, gliders, airships and balloons. 
• Collectors with an interest in postal history, especially airmails, will also enjoy this landmark publication.   
• A wealth of information is provided, including geography and relevant currency changes. 
• Also shown are details on aircraft such as manufacturer’s name, aircraft type name and number, individual aircraft names and unofficial type names, mark or model numbers, airline or private user’s names.   
• As well as details on individual stamps, this volume contains excellent informative features covering the history of aviation, and substantial indices. 
• The catalogue includes all stamps with an Aircraft theme that have been listed in Gibbons Stamp Monthly, up to and including the October 2008 supplement.

About the Editor
Hugh Jefferies has been a keen stamp collector for over 50 years, concentrating on the stamps of Great Britain and the British Commonwealth. He has been editor of Gibbons Stamp Monthly since 1988 and Stanley Gibbons catalogue editor since 2003.

Reviews/Endorsements

"Well, it was worth waiting for….."

Philatelic Exporter, May 2009 

"………….benefits by being edited not only by a keen philatelist, but someone who has a particular expertise with aircraft; that of recognition--Ian Hamilton".

Philatelic Exporter, May 2009 

“..a beautifully produced book...if you are interested in aircraft on stamps then this is the book for you and should be on your shelves”.

Brian Asquith, Concorde Study Circle, Themescene, June 2009

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