2013 COMMONWEALTH & BRITISH EMPIRE STAMP CATALOGUE
Stock code:
R2813-13
SG number:
CA07
Publisher:
Stanley Gibbons
Topic:
Stamps
Type:
Commonwealth
Page Count:
616
Level of Detail:
Comprehensive
Year:
2013
Edition:
115
Printed in:
Colour
Cover Type:
Hardback
Unit Width:
210
Unit Height:
297
Unit weight:
2.5 kg
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’.