Bestselling Stamp Catalogues

Now stitched with lay-flat binding, making it far easier to use than previous editions

This ever-popular Stanley Gibbons Great Britain Concise Catalogue provides the perfect catalogue for the collector seeking more detailed information on Great Britain stamps than provided by the Collect British Stamps checklist, without the highly detailed coverage of the five-volume specialised series.

The 2013 edition has been extensively updated with all prices reviewed and revised in line with the current market, with increases in all periods from the 1840 2d. blue right through to recent Machins, there are notable increases for the listed plate flaws and modern errors.

Stanley Gibbons Great Britain Stamp Catalogue lists and prices all British stamps from 1840 to early 2013.

Every different stamp design is illustrated in full colour.

Listings include changes of watermark, perforation, shade and phosphor.

First day covers, Royal Mail postage labels, Post Office (PHQ) Cards, presentation packs, booklets, postage dues, regionals, official stamps, postal fiscals and Post Office label sheets (Smilers) all listed and priced.

Includes gutter pair prices.

Gutter Pairs and “Traffic light” Gutter Pairs listed in mint sets.

First Day Covers for Special Issues from 1924 and for King Edward VIII and King George VI definitives listed.

Prestige Booklet panes and Regionals included for Queen Elizabeth II.

All British Post Office special First Day of Issue postmarks are illustrated and priced on cover.

Quick reference diagrams for listed Machin decimal booklet panes.

Visible plate numbers listed for Victorian stamps.

All basic stamps priced mint and used, with unmounted and mounted mint prices from 1887 to 1935 and on-cover prices from 1840 to 1911.

Major errors and varieties including missing colours and perforation and watermark errors listed and priced.

Helpful introductory section providing philatelic definitions and guidance for the collector.

Booklet pane diagrams and indexes of commemorative designs and Machin definitives make this catalogue the perfect guide to British stamps and their values.

Includes a Commemorative Design Index.

Useful table of postage rates contemporary with NVIs.

Inverted and sideways watermarks are listed and priced, as well as First Day Covers, presentation packs, FRAMAS, PHQ cards, ‘Smiler’ sheets, errors – and a host of other details.

Includes simplified listings of specimen overprints.

Includes the popular Post Office Label Sheets.

Includes Post Office Yearbooks and Year Packs.

Helpful introductory section providing definitions and guidance for the collector and including all watermark illustrations shown together to assist identification.

Recently discovered errors and new items now listed.

Post & Go stamps fully listed.

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Simplified full colour price listing of every mint and used British stamp from the 1840 Penny Black to Christmas 2012. Contains all commemorative designs illustrated for ease of use with fully updated listings of the popular Post & Go Stamps and a fully priced list of Royal Mail Philatelic, Numismatic and Medallic covers.

- Provides a straightforward simplified, richly illustrated listing of all British stamps
- Contains latest stamp values
- Features high quality stamp images throughout
- All commemorative designs are illustrated
- Oustanding value

‘To echo a statement on the cover, this is certainly 'the definitive price guide to British stamps'. Canadian Stamp News Aug 2012'

'It really is a superb introduction to GB philately, full of helpful advice on how to build a collection', Antiques Info - July 2012

'When considering stamps of the United Kingdom, there is no question Collect British Stamps, sets the benchmark', Stamps News Online - March 2012

This highly anticipated price guide has been updated with a new, easy-to-use layout with clear illustrations throughout and helpful guidance making it easier to find exactly what you need and get the latest prices at your fingertips.

Listing the postmarks of Great Britain, this catalogue was produced in collaboration with the British Postmark Society and compiled by a number of leading experts in the field, including Editor Bill Pipe.

Get Collect British Postmarks and you will be able to identify any British postmark and determine a minimum value of a cover with a comprehensive number system widely used by postmark collectors. Last published in 1997 this highly anticipated catalogue is available now.

'Newcomers attracted to this absorbing field will learn much, for this wholly admirable ‘CBP’ is designed as much for them as for specialists…This excellent one-stop resource is perfect for newcomers and opens up an enormous field, encouragingly pinpointing multitudes of often quite cheap items.'
- Michael Round, Stamp Lover, Vol 104 June 2012

'In short, it is a winner!'
Thomas P. Myers, Great Britain Collectors Club Chronicle, April 2012

Includes Exclusive £300 Voucher Booklet

Buy the complete set of Stamps of the World 2013 directly from Stanley Gibbons and you will get an exclusive voucher booklet giving you the chance to save over £300 on Great Britain and Commonwealth stamps, catalogues, albums and accessories.

The brand new 6-volume Stamps of the World Catalogue lists stamps from every country with colour illustrations by date of issue with values provided for used and mint stamps and helpful introductory notes to guide the reader through.

This world-leading simplified catalogue provides the perfect reference material for dealers and collectors alike. It is easy-to-use with illustrated descriptions of all the world’s stamps with an accurate assessment of their current market values.

Why buy the set of 6 Stamps of the World catalogues?

Covers stamps of the entire world

Easy-to-use simplified listings

Illustrated in colour throughout with over 170,000 images

Thousands of stamps throughout Stamps of the World have been re-priced, both mint and used

Over 2500 new stamps and 800 images added since 2012 edition

Stamps are now listed in face value order for ease of use

Having problems with stamp identification? Read our extensive article packed with helpful information

Introductory information, including full contents listings and a complete guide to entries giving full detail of what every listing means

Stamps of the World contains helpful information on the currencies appearing on stamps, descriptions of the designs, descriptions of surcharges and overprints, paper colour, stamp colours, se-tenant pairs, miniature sheets, and appendices with brief listings of stamps not fulfilling the conditions for full catalogue listing.

As well as postage stamps, the catalogue lists postage due stamps, parcel post stamps, official stamps, express and special delivery stamps, charity and compulsory tax stamps, newspaper and journal stamps, printer matter stamps, registration stamps, acknowledgement of receipt stamps, late fee and too late stamps, military post stamps, recorded message stamps and personal delivery stamps.

Extensive re-pricing of the following countries has taken place since the previous edition:

• Great Britain
• All Commonwealth and British Empire Countries for the period 1840-1970
• Ireland
• Channel Islands
• Isle of Man
• China, People’s Republic
• China – Taiwan
• Hong Kong
• Macao
• Czechoslovakia
• Czech Republic
• Slovakia
• Poland
• Indian Ocean: British Indian Ocean Territory, Maldive Islands, Mauritius, Seychelles
• Southern and Central Africa: Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
• Leeward Islands: Anguilla, Antigua, Barbuda, British Virgin Islands, Montserrat, St. Kitts, Nevis

In addition, all new issues for all countries received since the previous edition are listed and priced.

Due to popular demand and the growth seen in the Chinese philatelic market Stanley Gibbons have published an updated 2012 edition of their comprehensive China stamp catalogue.

The catalogue contains detailed and up to date listings of all current stamp issuing countries (China, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan) as well as many other areas of interest including Japanese Occupation of China, Kiachow, Kwangchow, Manchukuo and Tibet. Prices have been thoroughly revised throughout by leading experts in the field.

The Stanley Gibbons China Catalogue is the only catalogue published in English which covers all the stamp issues of China in a single volume. It is a detailed and highly informative catalogue, ideal for any collector who specializes in the stamps of this area.

Information is provided at the beginning of each country covering history, early stamp issues and currency changes, this information is designed to aid the collector in identifying their stamps and also to provide an historical reference for the information contained on the stamps.

"Only a year after the 8th edition SG have published the 9th. Something must be going on in China Philately! …now has a 6 page design index for the P.R. China. A very useful addition…. If you want to stay up to date, get the latest prices and take in the improvements in the catalogue, you need to have it. All in all the SG catalogue is the most comprehensive listing of the China area." - David Sibley, Journal of Chinese Philately No 394 (Vol. 58 No 5) July 2012

Apart from the stamps of the current issuing countries, the Stanley Gibbons China Catalogue covers a number of other areas of interest:

• Municipal Posts of Treaty Ports
• Chinese Empire
• Chinese Imperial Post
• Chinese Republic
• Chinese Provinces
• Communist China
• Japanese Occupation of China
• British Post Offices in China
• China Expeditionary Force
• French Post Offices in China
• German Post Offices in China
• Indo-Chinese Post Offices
• Italian Post Office
• Japanese Post Offices
• Russian Post Offices
• United States Postal Agency in Shanghai
• Chinese Post Offices in Korea
• Japanese Occupation of Hong Kong
• Kiachow
• Kwangchow
• British Post Office in Macao
• Manchukuo
• Tibet

Current stamp issuing countries listed and updated in the catalogue include:

• People’s Republic of China
• Hong Kong
• Macao
• Taiwan

The brand new 6-volume Stamps of the World Catalogue lists stamps from every country with colour illustrations by date of issue with values provided for used and mint stamps and helpful introductory notes to guide the reader through.

This world-leading simplified catalogue provides the perfect reference material for dealers and collectors alike. It is easy-to-use with illustrated descriptions of all the world’s stamps with an accurate assessment of their current market values.

Why buy the set of 6 Stamps of the World catalogues?

Covers stamps of the entire world

Easy-to-use simplified listings

Illustrated in colour throughout with over 165,000 images

Thousands of stamps throughout Stamps of the World have been re-priced, both mint and used

Over 2250 new stamps and 700 images added since 2011 edition

Stamps are now listed in face value order for ease of use

Having problems with stamp identification? Read our extensive article packed with helpful information

Introductory information, including full contents listings and a complete guide to entries giving full detail of what every listing means

This edition includes over 2,250 newly listed stamps and over 165,000 colour images. Stamps of the World contains helpful information on the currencies appearing on stamps, descriptions of the designs, descriptions of surcharges and overprints, paper colour, stamp colours, se-tenant pairs, miniature sheets, and appendices with brief listings of stamps not fulfilling the conditions for full catalogue listing.

As well as postage stamps, the catalogue lists postage due stamps, parcel post stamps, official stamps, express and special delivery stamps, charity and compulsory tax stamps, newspaper and journal stamps, printer matter stamps, registration stamps, acknowledgement of receipt stamps, late fee and too late stamps, military post stamps, recorded message stamps and personal delivery stamps.

The King George VI Commonwealth colour stamp catalogue provides detailed listings and prices for all used and mint stamps issued by Great Britain and British Commonwealth countries between 1936 and 1952.

Redesigned and easy to use with over 760 full colour images, this hardback stamp catalogue is ideal for all collectors of Commonwealth stamps from this popular era.

Our Commonwealth & British Empire catalogue, commonly known as Part 1, is the definitive and comprehensive single volume reference to British Commonwealth and Empire Stamps issued between 1840 and 1970. Listings include variations in watermark, perforation, paper and printing methods, major shades, watermark varieties, important plate flaws, errors and booklets (all listed and priced). Postal historians will benefit from listing of cover prices to 1945 and expanding listings of ‘used abroad’ prices.

New for the 2013 Edition

Government telegraph stamps have been added, with extensive new listings of the complex and fascinating stamps of India, Ceylon, Southern Africa and elsewhere, including military telegraph stamps of locations including Bechuanaland and Sudan

New King George VI and QEII plate flaws listed for the first time

Dozens of new watermark varieties added

New listings, footnotes and additional features, making this an essential update

Prices carefully revised throughout reflecting the strength of the current market for Commonwealth stamps of the period

Whether you are an active buyer of Commonwealth stamps, a dealer or an investor, it is vital to be right up to date with this very active market – and there is no more up-to-date reference than the 2013 ‘Part 1’.