This fourth edition of the Stanley Gibbons St. Helena and Dependencies catalogue lists and prices the stamps of Ascension and Tristan da Cunha as well as St. Helena itself.  Now in a new format and easier to use than ever.   The comprehensive level of detail will be familiar to users of the Commonwealth and British Empire 1840-1970 catalogue.

Below you can find the catalogues key features:

1. Comprehensive priced listing of all stamps from early issues of St. Helena (1856) to date.

2. New varieties include the 1½d ‘Line through C’ and 8d ‘Shamrock’ on 1924 Ascension and the ½d ‘Damaged value tablet’ 1922 St Helena, as well as new discoveries, such as the inverted watermark on the St Helena 1903 `½d.

3. New handy size and format – more attractive layout, and easier to use. 

4. Now including more comprehensive introductory section to improve ease of use and to guide readers through the catalogue.

5. Fully illustrated in colour.

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published March 8th, 2011

ACCORDING TO STANLEY GIBBONS

It is a common fallacy that the prices in Stanley Gibbons catalogues show what a stamp is ‘worth,’ should you wish to sell it.

They are, instead, the price at which Stanley Gibbons will sell a fine example of the stamp in question, but that price includes a lot of other factors, as well as the inherent ‘value’ of the stamp itself. There are costs in running any business and these are built into the price of any stamp shown in the catalogue, although the proportion of the price that relates to the stamp and that which relates to ‘business overheads’ will vary from stamp to stamp.

What is true is that the prices shown in the catalogue represent an accurate ‘guide’ to the value of the stamps listed in it. Stanley Gibbons are now the only major philatelic publisher whose stamp catalogue is the firm’s price list. Naturally, if the prices are set too high, no one will buy the stamps, if they are too low, the company will have difficulty replacing stock. It is therefore vitally important to the future of the company that the prices in the catalogues are set as accurately as possible. As a result, a great deal of care is taken over those prices – which is why they are held in such authority by (read more)

published January 4th, 2011

Due May 2010. This ever-popular Stanley Gibbons Great Britain Concise Catalogue provides the perfect catalogue for the collector seeking more detailed information on Great Britain stamps than provided by the Collect British Stamps checklist, without the highly detailed coverage of the five-volume specialised series. (read more)

published April 22nd, 2010