Stanley Gibbons Great Britain Specialised Stamp Catalogue: Queen Victoria

This 16th Edition provides a detailed price listing of all British postage stamps of the 19th century including Departmental Officials, Postal Fiscals and Post Office Telegraph Stamps with appendices covering Mulready Letter sheets with advertisements, protective overprints and underprints, specimen and cancelled overprints and stamps of the Circular Delivery Companies and Oxford and Cambridge Colleges. Each section includes comprehensive background information and the entire catalogue has been carefully revised and repriced in line with the current market. General notes preface each section – including notes on condition. Essays, Die Proofs, Plate Proofs, Colour Trials, Imprimaturs Reprints, Specimen and Cancelled Overprints and Controls all listed and priced. Cancellations on line-engraved and Mulreadys listed and priced. Plate varieties listed and priced throughout Watermark varieties and errors priced. Details of ‘states’ on line-engraved. Notes on perforation trials. Guidance on ‘plating’ the line-engraved issues. Helpful indexes and checklists to guide the less experienced collector. Prices for stamps on cover and in blocks of four. Extensive bibliography. Prices carefully revised throughout to reflect the current market Key Features: General notes preface each section – including notes on condition. Essays, Die Proofs, Plate Proofs, Colour Trials, Imprimaturs Reprints, Specimen and Cancelled Overprints and Controls all listed and priced. Cancellations on line-engraved and Mulreadys listed and priced. Plate varieties listed and priced throughout Watermark varieties and errors priced. Details of ‘states’ on line-engraved. Notes on perforation trials. Guidance on ‘plating’ the line-engraved issues. Helpful indexes and checklists to guide the less experienced collector. Prices for stamps on cover and in blocks of four. Extensive bibliography. Prices carefully revised throughout to reflect the current market Detailed Contents: Historical Introduction Mulready Letter Sheets and Envelopes The Line-Engraved Issues The Embossed Issues The Surface-Printed Issues Departmental Official Issues and Government Mail Postal Fiscal Stamps Post Office Telegraph Stamps Appendixes: Mulready Advertisements Protective Overprints and Underprints ‘Specimen’ and ‘Cancelled’ overprints Postage Rates (1839-1900) Circular Delivery Companies College Stamps Binding: Paperback Edition: 16th Publication Date: December 1, 2011 Size: 7x9.7 Pages: 356