[Sassone Stamp Catalogue 27.pdf
Luther Lazaro
By the order of the Italian National Council, Hungarian stamps were overprinted from December 3 to 23, 1918. There are two types of the machine -made overprints and six basic types of the hand overprints.read more
The stamps of Rijeka were exceptionally often forged, due to rarity and great demand of stamps of the states formed after the collapse of the great empires. The first forgeries were found already in times of origin of the first issues.read more
This is why newer postage stamp catalogs now include the date of stamp issues, stamp color variations, and many more. Through the advancement of the internet, the online stamp catalogue was also introduced.
Publishing a stamp collector catalogue is a tedious thing to do since there are new stamp issues each year. The stamp values also go up and down and the stamp prices need to be frequently updated in postage stamp catalogs.
Some philatelists only want to have a topical stamp collection based on a certain country or theme. Like for example, a Swiss Liechtenstein stamp catalogue, a German Third Reich stamp catalogue, or a Japanese stamp catalog.
Thus, a lot of countries developed their very own national philatelic catalogs that are published by postal administrations. These are some of the reputable stamp reference guides all around the world:
Online stamp catalogues are quite handy, too, since you can get information right away. However, not all stamp catalogs online are free to access. Some stamp collecting catalogs in the internet are only downloadable once you have purchased a stamp software.
You can find the information regarding these in the specialized stamp catalog. The well-known specialized philatelic catalogs are the Scott specialized stamp catalog and the Newfoundland specialized stamp catalog.
Philatelic auction catalogues features the stamp lots to be auctioned. It also includes the philatelic auction rules, stamp descriptions, and stamp value estimates which stamp collectors can bid upon. Today, there are stamp auction online sites where you can conveniently view stamps and bid via internet.
Exemptions, mini sheets, misprints, stamp booklets, stamps from series, etc. (some of which are still visible when you click on 'related products' - this, however, is not a complete list) Not officially-issued stamps and 'cinderellas'. Recently issued stamps from the following countries, which have, over recent years, adopted an extreme policy of frequently issuing new stamps: Burundi, Central Africa, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guinea-Bissau, Rep. Guinea, Ivory Coast, Mali, Maldives, Mozambique, Niger, Saint Thomas, Solomon Islands, Togo, Uganda and Grenadines of St Vincent.
PostBeeld has a vast amount of stock. More than 190,000 different postage stamp series, in various conditions. However, the strongest point of PostBeeld is its stock turnover. Almost every day we add hundreds to thousands of stamps to our inventory, so each time you visit postbeeld.com you are almost always likely to find something of interest to you for your collection.
The Scott stamp catalogarrangement has some limitations for country specialists, as well. Mostof the foreign catalogs, list all the stamps -- postage, semi-postal,airmail, etc. -- together, in the years that they were issued. Scotthas them broken up into different sections. Most of the best foreignmade albums have the issues organized in sequential order, and for aspecialist utilizing a Scott catalog for referencing their collection,this can be very confusing. I haveall of my Central European collections organized in Michel or Zumstein Catalog sequence,though I do use the Scott catalogs for occasionally selling stamps onlineand for buying stamps for my collection. It's a matter of personalchoice.
There are many different catalogpublishers for various countries. The more popular ones are presentedin the list below. I'm sure that I may have missed some, and if so, I'msorry for the omission. Since I collect and (occasionally) sell worldwide stamps, Ihave managed to accumulate quite a philatelic library, as indicated in thegraphic above.
If you are interested in postage stamps, you have most probably encountered some of the renowned international stamp catalogues, e.g. "Michel" (Germany), Stanley Gibbons (UK), Yvert & Tellier (France) or Sassone (Italy). They cover the official stamp issues of recognized countries and territories all over the world.
But those official catalogues leave open a huge "grey area" of stamps which are not really deemed "official", eg recognized by the Universal Postal Union UPU , but which are much more than mere advertising labels. They might have been issued by unrecognized states, by local mail services and islands, by railways, by charity organisations or even by micronations.
For a growing number of stamp collectors, this philatelic "grey area" is becoming more and more interesting. Modern "official" stamps have high printing runs and often are targeted towards the philatelic market, while classical stamps from pre WW II times are often very expensive.
"Unofficial" stamps are fascinating because they give you a feeling of discovery and are not that easy to obtain, although they are usually not expensive. Also, they are often linked to interesting history, both international and local. The only detractor used to be the lack of documentation - as they were not listed in any catalogue, it used to be very difficult to position a certain stamp in its context and find out further details about it.
But that has changed! You might be surprised to hear that this philatelic "grey area" also has its great Catalogue Publisher. One man, Ralph Phillips, a great collector fascinated by these "unofficial" or semi-official stamps, has created a surprisingly high number of high quality catalogues for various philatelic areas which are not covered by the large catalogue publishers in most cases. He regularly keeps all of the catalogues up to date. Three of the catalogues, for UK island stamps, also contain ready-to-print album pages.
From Yourstamps' perspective, the catalogues covering the Scottish Islands (CAT-RP-08) and the Micronations of the World (CAT-RP-22) can be highly recommended, because a number of Yourstamps customers will find their stamp issues documented there (they know about this of course). The Scottish Islands catalogue is a subset of the Modern British Locals catalogue (CAT-RP-01). By the way, the Micronation issues of Musograd and Capricornia, used on all Yourstamps shipments, are also completely documented in the Micronations catalogue.
We are also working on adding catalogues on special collecting areas from other catalogue makers to our offer. The first catalogue of this kind is the excellent "Maluku Selatan" catalogue by Anders Backman, which we offer as a watermarked PDF.
Yourstamps is proud to offer the whole range of the Phillips Catalogues for purchase:
You will receive an automatic confirmation of this order. After we have processed your order, you will also receive an invoice in electronic form for payment. Your order can be cancelled at any time before delivery has been started. Delivery will be initiated after your payment has been received. After delivery, you would need to return the sealed CDs directly to Yourstamps to receive a refund.
Catalogue numbers (#) and Catalogue values (C.v.) are taken from latest editions of Scott Catalogue. In the cases when stamps or souvenir sheets are unlisted in Scott Catalogue we are using Michel Catalogue (Mi), which has prices expressed in Euro.
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