Invest in Stamps

Investing in quality stamps today can yield excellent returns in the future

• The rare stamp market has been showing relentless, steady growth over decades.
• Even in the turmoil of the recent crash the stamp market remained healthy.
• The GB30 Rarities Index, the Bloomberg-listed index of rare GB stamps, grew by 68.3% in the last 5 years.
• A compound growth of just short of 11% for the last 40 years has been achieved. 

That's the sort of impressive investment performance unheard of in many other asset classes.

The Stanley Gibbons GB30 Rarities Index

The GB30 Rarities Index as quoted on Bloomberg Professional® (STGIGB30) lists rare Great Britain stamps available on the open market and represents the type of classic, prestige material recommended by Stanley Gibbons for investment purposes.

Over the past 5 years, as financial and stock markets tumbled, the GB30 Rarities Index rose by 68.3%.

The compound return of the index since inception at 31 December 1998 is 319.2%. This equates to an average annual compound return of 10.8%.

5 Reasons to Invest in Rare Stamps

✔ Stamps are a tangible asset, not correlated with any other asset class so unaffected by standard economic vagaries

✔ Rare stamps have been historically very stable, rising in value through 2 World Wars (diminishing supply), 2 economic crashes and the period of hyper inflation in the 1970s

✔ Stamps have actually shown an average annual return of 10.8% over the last 40 years

✔ Those ‘in the know,’ largely the rich and famous have used stamps to protect and grow their wealth for centuries – from the British Royal Family, to the Rothschilds, to Eli Lilly, to Warren Buffet, to Bill Gross of Pimco

✔ You will own a valuable asset, rich in history, available to be traded – not a ‘virtual’ unit trust or a share in a company that could be at the mercy of the market, changing consumer trends or poor management decisions.

For more information, or for a free no obligation consultation with our specialist Investment Portfolio Management team, call us on 0845 026 7170 ( in the UK) or 00 44 1534 766 711 (from abroad). Alternatively, you can email us on investment@stanleygibbons.com. We are happy to answer any queries or concerns you may have.

† As per the GB30 Rarities Index as listed on Bloomberg Professional.