The ever-popular Stanley Gibbons Great Britain Concise Catalogue 2021 continues to provide the perfect guide for the collector seeking more comprehensive information on Great Britain stamps than provided by the Collect British Stamps checklist, without the highly detailed coverage of the five-volume Specialised series.

New For This Edition

• Listings are complete from May 1840 to the end of March 2021.
• New redrawn diagrams for all listed Machin decimal booklet panes, with the phosphor band layouts clearly depicted.
• Older legacy die diagrams upgraded or redrawn for better clarity.
• Security Machin, Post & Go and modern booklet tables all brought up to date by John M Deering.
• Further notes added or expanded throughout the catalogue to aid the collector.

KEY  FEATURES:

• The 2021 edition has been extensively updated with all prices reviewed and revised in line with the current market.
• Priced listings of definitives, commemoratives, regionals, postage dues, departmental officials, postal fiscals, first day covers, miniature sheets, booklets, specimens and post office ‘Smiler’ sheets.
• Priced listings of watermark varieties, major plate varieties, missing colours, phosphor, embossing and imperforate errors.
• Priced listings of Post Office Telegraph stamps, including watermark varieties, major errors and specimens.
• Priced listings for all booklet panes, including single value panes and those with inverted watermarks up to 1967.
• Commemorative design index included.
• Straightforward listing of Post Office Telegraph stamps, based on listings in the GB Specialised Catalogue, including major errors and specimens.
• A helpful table provides an easy reference guide to collectors of the popular source and date codes on the “U” series Machins.
• Listings are complete from May 1840 to 31 March 2021.
• Booklet panes, including those with inverted watermarks listed up to 1952.
• Helpful introductory notes.
• PHQ card and presentation pack listings include Royal Mail reference codes for easy identification.
• The Machin definitives are amalgamated in an easy-to-find separate section and fully updated. The highly collectable source and date codes are individually priced.
• Listings of popular Post & Go stamps are brought right up to date, with clear notes describing stamps from different machines and the Type IIIA stamps from Royal Mail Series II machines listed and priced. Separate tables give details of those only available at exhibitions and museums.
• Further improvements to the Machin and Post & Go sections make the 2020 Concise the perfect catalogue for the modern GB collector, as well as the more traditional philatelist.

DETAILED CONTENTS/COUNTRIES COVERED:

• Stanley Gibbons Great Britain Stamp Catalogue 2021 lists and prices all British stamps from 1840 to early March 2021.
• Every different stamp design is illustrated in full colour.
• Listings include changes of watermark, perforation, shade and phosphor.
• First day covers, Royal Mail postage labels, Post Office (PHQ) Cards, presentation packs, booklets, postage dues, regionals, official stamps, postal fiscals, PO telegraph stamps and Post Office label sheets (Smilers) all listed and priced.
• Gutter Pairs and “Traffic light” Gutter Pairs listed and priced in mint sets.
• First Day Covers for Special Issues from 1924 and for King Edward VIII, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth definitives.
• Prestige Booklet panes included for Queen Elizabeth II.
• All British Post Office special First Day of Issue postmarks are priced on cover.
• Quick reference diagrams for listed Machin decimal booklet panes.
• Visible plate numbers listed for Victorian stamps.
• Unmounted and mounted mint prices given for stamps issued between 1887 and 1935 and on-cover prices from 1840 to 1911.
• Major errors, including double or missing colours, imperforates, missing phosphors and embossing and watermark errors listed and priced.
• Helpful introductory section providing philatelic definitions and guidance for the collector.
• Comprehensive indexes of Machin definitives.
• Commemorative Design Index.
• Useful table of postage rates contemporary with NVIs.
• Inverted, reversed and sideways watermarks are listed and priced.
• Includes simplified listings of specimen overprints.
• Post Office Yearbooks and Year Packs.
• Recently discovered errors and new items now listed.
• Post & Go stamps fully listed with helpful background information and comprehensive notes on the various machines, inscription types, date codes and errors provided my John M Deering.

About Stanley Gibbons Catalogues

Stanley Gibbons is the world’s longest established rare stamp merchant. The world-famous Gibbons Catalogue was first published by Edward Stanley Gibbons in 1865 and sold for 2d., post free. The main catalogue now comprises several parts and is intended for the more advanced collector. Commonwealth and British Empire Stamps 1840–1952 includes all stamps of this area from the earliest issues up to the end of George VI’s reign and additionally lists and illustrates many of the better varieties popular with collectors. A series of single country or limited area catalogues covers Commonwealth countries from their first issues to date. Of the remaining parts, ten are devoted to European countries and eleven to ‘overseas’ countries. Thematic Catalogues are also published covering stamps featuring Aircraft; Birds; Butterflies and Insects; Chess; Fish; Fungi; Mammals; Motor Vehicles; Railways; Shells and Ships. Commonwealth and British Empire Stamps 1840–1952 and Stamps of the World are published, fully updated, each year, new editions of the others are published as required.

About Stamp Catalogs

The stamp catalogue, basically a dealer’s price-list, is a most essential work of reference for the stamp collector. It provides complete, detailed lists of all the postage stamps issued by every country in the world from the earliest days, with information about dates of issue, commemorative events, face values, colours and designs, and – if it is a fairly new catalogue – the current prices of the stamps, unused and postally used. For the beginner and general collector the most useful catalogue is the Stanley Gibbons Simplified Catalogue of Stamps of the World published in five volumes. This catalogue contains all the details – except perforations, watermarks, designers, printers and varieties – the average collector needs for every country.