Stanley Gibbons Asia Stamp Catalogues

A brand new and updated colour edition of our very popular comprehensive Part 17 China Catalogue, last published in 2006. The catalogue contains detailed and up to date price listings for 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currency changes, this information is designed to aid the collector in identifying their stamps and also to provide an historical reference for the information contained on the stamps.

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

Collectors of Afghanistan, Iran and Turkey will welcome the arrival of this new edition, the first for nearly 14 years. Although Afghanistan has managed without any new stamps for several years, the recent issues of Iran and Turkey now included. Revisions have also been made to earlier issues input from a number of collectors and members of the trade. Prices have been carefully checked and brought into line with today's market. Notable increases have been made to those of earlier issues in particular.

This full colour stamp catalogue provides detailed price listings for the stamps issued in Japan and Korea. All stamp designs are illustrated for Japan, making stamp identification considerably easier for the collector.

A number of editorial additions and amendments have been made including for the first time, a full listing of the Japanese Prefecture issues from 1989 to date. The Japanese Occupation issues of World War II have also been added, alongside those of the 'Foreign' post offices in both Japan and Korea.

This detailed colour stamp catalogue provides price listings for the mint and used stamps issues by countries located in South-East Asia including Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam.

Countries listed:

Cambodia

Indonesia

Laos

Myanmar (Burma)

Netherland Indies

The Philippines

Thailand

Timor

Vietnam

The latest edition of this extremely popular colour stamp catalogue provides detailed price listings for mint and used stamps from the countries in the Middle East.

Design indexes have been improved and updated for Bahrain, Israel & UAE while design indexes have been included for the first time for Egypt, Jordan, Oman & Syria. More colour illustrations have been added throughout the catalogue especially for Aden (including Kathiri State of Seiyun and Qu'aiti State in Hadramaut), Bahrain and Iraq.

Countries listed:

Abu Dhabi

Aden

Ajman

Bahrain

British Postal Agencies in Eastern Arabia

Dubai

Egypt

Fujeira

Gaza

Iraq

Israel

Jordan

Kuwait

Lebanon

Muscat

Oman

Palestine

Palestinian Authority

Qatar

Ras al Khaima

Saudi Arabia

Sharjah

South Arabia

Syria

Trucial States

Umm al Qiwain

United Arab Emirates

Yemen

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 only comprehensive catalogue you can buy in English that covers all the stamps of South East Asia in one handy volume. The catalogue contains detailed and up to date listings of all current stamp issuing countries: Bhutan, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Thailand, Timor and Vietnam.

It also contains many other areas of interest including Indo-China, Indonesia (Java and Madura), Indonesia (Sumatra) , Japanese Occupation of Indonesia, Riau-Lingga Archipelago, West Irian, South Moluccas, International Commission in Indo-China, Burma, Japanese Occupation of Burma, Indian Post Offices in Nepal, British Post Office in Bangkok, Siamese Post Offices Abroad (Northern Malaya and Indo-China), Portuguese Timor, East Timor, National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam, North Vietnam (Tongking and Central Annam).
Prices have been thoroughly revised throughout by leading experts in the field.