Commonwealth & Empire Stamps 1840-1970 (Stanley Gibbons Stamp Catalogue) - Hardcover

Gibbons, Stanley

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0852598793 ISBN 13: 9780852598795

Publisher: Stanley Gibbons Limited, 2013

Synopsis

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). ·New Elizabethan varieties include the 'Bloodstained finger' on the 1963 3d.+1d. Health stamp of New Zealand. ·Long-listed varieties, such as the retouches on the 2d. 'Diadems' of New South Wales, the re-entry on the Canada 5c. Beaver and the inscription flaws on the Queen's Head stamps of Labuan are illustrated for the first time. ·Other areas to have seen significant additions and improvements include Australian States, Burma, Indian Feudatory States and Malaysia. ·A fully priced listing is now provided for the 'Interprovincial' stamps of South Africa - the stamps of the four provinces used in the Union prior to the issue of the first definitive and postage due stamps.

About this edition

• Publisher: Stanley Gibbons Limited
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0852598793
• ISBN 13: 9780852598795
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 650