The ever-popular Stanley Gibbons Great Britain Concise provides the perfect catalogue for the collector seeking more detailed information than that provided by the Collect British Stamps checklist, without the comprehensive coverage of the five-volume specialised series.
The new 23rd edition is again in full colour throughout, providing, as always, priced listings of definitives and commemoratives, regionals, postage dues, departmental officials, postal fiscals, errors, first day covers, booklets, specimens and post office label sheets (‘Smilers’). Listings are complete from May 1840 to March 2008 and there is also an updated design index and helpful diagrams of the ‘X’ Machin booklet panes. Also included is a free full-colour reprint of Rikki C Hyde's 'Great Britain Numbers Issued, 1840 - 1910' which was last published in 1990. This reprinted booklet lists the number issued for practically every stamp of Great Britain during the reigns of Queen Victoria and King Edward VII excluding shade variations.
Prices have been revised throughout in line with today’s very active GB market. From Queen Victoria to modern errors and from recent commemoratives to pre-decimal booklets, significant price adjustments make this a catalogue that no serious Great Britain collector can afford to be without.
