Softcover

ISBN 10: 0852598947 ISBN 13: 9780852598948

Publisher: Stanley Gibbons Limited, 2013

This catalogue provides a comprehensive priced listing of the stamps issued by the countries of the Western Pacific, including: Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu. Listings up to 1970 are extracted from the 2014 Commonwealth and British Empire Stamps catalogue. Later issues have been updated and priced for this edition. KEY SELLING FEATURES: · The first edition of the Western Pacific Catalogue in more than four years. · New issue listings updated. · Prices revised throughout with a significant number of changes since the last edition. · More colour illustrations-especially of varieties. · Over 300 new stamps have been added since the last edition. · Watermark varieties, important plate flaws, major errors and booklets are all included. · Later issues have been revised and updated specially for the publication. · Fiji 'Bird' surcharges completely re-written with numerous new varieties and errors now included. · Several new plate flaws and watermark varieties added since the previous edition. · Helpful revisions to the listings of the Fiji Times Express stamps. · Extended listings of New Zealand stamps used in Gilbert and Ellice Islands. · Illustrated in colour, details of issues up to 1970 have been extracted from Stanley Gibbons 2014 Commonwealth and British Empire Stamp Catalogue.