The Stanley Gibbons Commonwealth Stamp Catalog Falkland Islands 7th ed is a detailed and highly informative catalogue, ideal for any collector who specialises in the stamps of this area. The Stanley Gibbons Commonwealth Stamp Catalog Falkland Island lists and prices the stamps of the Falkland Islands, Falkland Islands Dependencies, South Georgia, British Antarctic Territory and South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands.

Details of issues up to 1970 have been extracted from the Stanley Gibbons 2016 Commonwealth and British Empire Stamp Catalogue.

Later issues have been updated and re-priced for this edition.

DETAILED CONTENTS/COUNTRIES COVERED:

Apart from the stamps of the current issuing countries, the Stanley Gibbons Falkland Islands Catalogue covers a number of other areas of interest:

• Falkland Islands
• Falkland Islands – Postage Dues and Stamp Booklets
• Falkland Islands Dependencies:
  1. Graham Land
  2.  South Georgia
  3. South Orkneys
  4. South Shetlands
• British Antarctic Territory  & Stamp Booklets
• South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands & Stamp Booklets

New issues are updated:

• Falkland Islands – up dated to December 2015
• British Antarctic Territory – November 2015
• South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands – December 2015

KEY SELLING FEATURES:

• Includes Falkland Island Dependencies, British Antarctic Territory and South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands.
• Watermark varieties, shades, plate flaws, major errors, guide to prices of stamps on cover to 1945 and Falkland Islands booklets and postage due stamps.
• Priced listings of Falkland Islands stamps used in the Dependencies.
• Details of issues up to 1970 have been extracted from Stanley Gibbons 2016 Commonwealth and British Empire Catalogue.
• Later issues have been revised and updated especially for this catalogue, with a number of price increases to issues of the present century in particular
• Falkland Islands design index included to aid the collector in identifying their stamps.
• Illustrated in colour
• A helpful guide included to aid the collector in using the catalogue.
• Contact details are provided for societies with an interest in the Falkland Islands.

IMPORTANT Also new for this edition:

• The prominent ‘Break in cloud’ variety on the 1½d. Centenary stamp is now listed (price £1200 unused) and a selection of the postcards found on Falkland Islands stamps used in the Dependencies are now illustrated. There are some significant price increases, to water mark varieties in particular, with the 1965 ITU 1d. watermark inverted (SG 219w) up from £2000 to £2750 and priced used for the first time (also £2750) .

ABOUT THE EDITOR:

Hugh Jefferies has been a stamp collector for over 60 years, concentrating on the stamps of Great Britain and the Commonwealth. He was the editor of Gibbons Stamp Monthly for over 25 years and has been Stanley Gibbons catalogue editor since 2003.

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.