Due to the current global situation, shipments may experience some delays, but please rest assured that your order will still be delivered to you and we appreciate your patience in these difficult times.
During this period all UK orders are post free.
Outside of these extraordinary times the shipping rates below will apply.
All UK publication orders over £15 will receive FREE tracked shipping
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We offer FREE worldwide delivery on all retail stamp orders over £25.
Stamps
UK delivery on orders under £25 are £3.95
Worldwide delivery on orders under £25 are £5.60
Publications under £15
UK publications orders either £3.95 or £5.00 based on weight
Europe publications orders are priced in bands based on weight
Worldwide publications orders are priced in bands based on weight
All UK Orders over £15 are sent Post Free
Delivery Costs & Times: We Ship Worldwide
We aim to process and despatch orders as quickly as possible, standard UK delivery time is 3-5 days.
We have done all we can to ensure that you pay as little as possible for the delivery of your items. Delivery charges are based on the total weight of your order. If you are ordering any of the smaller accessory items within the UK you will only pay the lowest charge of £3.95.
All of our orders are sent using Royal Mail and well-established courier companies such as Parcelforce.
For your information, here is a basic breakdown of popular products by weight
0 - 750g
Stamps
Stamp hinges and mounts
Smaller accessories such as magnifiers, tweezers etc
Hagner stocksheets
750g - 1kg
SG Collect British Stamps catalogue
Album supplements and leaves
8 &16 side stamp stockbooks
Some larger accessories such as Detectamark
SG Commonwealth One Country Catalogues
SG Binders
1.1kg - 2kg
32 side stamp stockbooks
Single stamp albums
Some larger accessories such as T1 Signoscope
SG Great Britain Concise catalogue
2kg & over
Commonwealth & Empire stamp catalogue
Stamps of the World set of catalogues
Sets of stamp albums such as Printed Commonwealth or SG Luxury
Exhibition Binders & Cases
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Benham House
Shorncliffe Industrial Estate
Folkestone
Kent
CT20 3UH
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UK Support: 01425 472 363
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E-mail: support@stanleygibbons.com
Customer Service (Mon-Fri): 08:30 - 17:00
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Key Selling Features
New for this Edition:
There have been a number of new listings among earlier stamps, but the major development is the addition of government telegraph stamps.
In Burma this comprises just one set, but the Ceylon listings have added 8 new pages to the catalogue, with clear colour illustrations of the various overprint and surcharge types.
This section also includes watermark varieties and the telegraph stamps of India used in Ceylon between 1869 and 1880.
The authoritative priced listing of the stamps of Bangladesh, Pakistan (including Bahawalpur) and Ceylon/Sri Lanka, from the earliest colonial stamp of Ceylon (1857) to date, all to a level of detail familiar to users of the Part 1 British Commonwealth listings.
Fully priced listings of booklets, official stamps and the postal fiscals and the Parliament stamps of Sri Lanka.
On-cover ‘multipliers’ are provided for all stamps to 1945.
Major plate flaws, watermark varieties, errors, paper, watermark and perforation changes and ‘Specimen’ overprints all fully listed and priced.
Comprehensive introduction and international philatelic glossary.
Prices fully revised and updated throughout.
Numerous additions and revisions to the listings of earlier issues.
Prices for issues up to 1970 have been taken from the 2015 Commonwealth and British Empire Stamps 1840-1970 catalogue.
Later issues have been specially updated for this catalogue.
