Western Pacific Stamp Catalogue

About the Latest Edition

Key Information

• The first edition of the Western Pacific Catalogue in more than two years. The first edition was well received and sold quickly.
• New issue listings updated; in most cases to autumn 2008.
• Prices revised throughout with a significant number of changes since the last edition.  
• More colour illustrations—especially of varieties.
• Expanded listing of 2006-8 Fiji surcharges.
• Over 600 new stamps have been added since the last edition
  

General Description/Contents

• The Stanley Gibbons Western Pacific Catalogue lists and prices the stamps of British Empire and Commonwealth countries in the area from the earliest issues to date, to the level of detail familiar to users of the Part 1 British Commonwealth listings.  
• Countries included are Fiji, Gilbert and Ellice Islands, Kiribati, Nauru, New Hebrides, Papua New Guinea (including New Guinea and Papua from SG1), Pitcairn Islands, Solomon Islands, Tonga(and Niuafo’ou), Tuvalu and Vanuatu Watermark varieties, important plate flaws, major errors and booklets are all included. 
• Illustrated in colour, details of issues up to 1970 have been extracted from Stanley Gibbons 2009 Commonwealth and British Empire Stamp Catalogue. Later issues have been revised and updated specially for the publication. 
• New issue listings updated as follows:
  • Fiji (to early May 2008)
  • Kiribati (to early August 2008)
  • Nauru (to October 2008)
  • Papua New Guinea (to September 2008)
  • Pitcairn Islands (to August 2008)
  • Solomon Islands (to July 2008)
  • Tuvalu (to July 2008)
  • Vanuatu (to end of July 2008)

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.

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