August 2018 - Sneak Peek

Germany covers 183 pages. Aside
review started t with the 1913 Britannia
i
from postage, semipostal, airmail, official,
local official, newspaper and not excessively so.” There is an increase
issue. The result: values are down, “but
franchise stamps, it also includes some in modern commemoratives, from 2001
German colonies; German states, from through 2016.
Baden to Wurttemberg; North German Booklet panes and booklets have
Confederation (1868-1870); German changes and here is how it is explained:
Occupation; Germany Offices Abroad; “For selected modern booklets (prestige
German Democratic Republic (East booklets, in particular), values now reflect
the market values for the key pane
Germany); and Russian Occupation.
It’s not entirely inclusive, though. You’ll or stamp found only in the booklet. At
find German East Africa and German times, this means the catalog value for
New Guinea here, a place like Cameroun
(or Cameroons), when it was under
the booklet will be lower than the sum
of the individual panes in the booklet.”
German authority, is in the C catalog.
A line-by-line review of Isle of Man
Great Britain spans 163 pages, which
resulted in 3,500 changes, and almost
includes postage, semipostal, airmail,
without exception, values are down,
special delivery, postage due, official
particularly with stamps into the late
(including inland revenue, government
1980s.
parcels, office of works, army, board of
Thirty-eight changes were made in
education and admiralty), envelopes
Georgia, mostly showing small increases.
and letter sheets, plus the regional issues
of England, Northern Ireland, Scotland
Gilbert and Ellice Islands had a lineby-line
review, which resulted in 200
and Wales & Monmouthshire. In addition,
you will find Offices Abroad, plus
Guernsey, Jersey and Isle of Man. Two
value changes, including some slight increases.
Gold Coast also had a thorough
more special sections are helpful to specialty
collectors: a section devoted to the
review with a mix of changes.
popular Machin heads – which carries In Greece, 35 minor numbers were
its own MH Scott prefix – plus booklets added, including pairs with one stamp
through the year 2000.
without surcharge and surcharge varieties.
Along with all of the vital information,
the Introduction offers a letter Train stamps finding a home on the
from the Scott editors telling us what’s cover of Vol. 3A are from Grenada,
new in this year’s edition:
showing the Puffing Billy, a 1984 Salute
to Australia and the Ausipex stamp
Continuing on our trek through
Great Britain, that is where the Scott show; the animated Ivor the Engine,
editors spent a lot of time over the past part of Great Britain’s 2014 Classic Children’s
Television; and Germany, with
year with a thorough review of postage,
the Machins and booklets, which led a Nazi-era stamp of 1935 showing The
to 9,300 value changes. In postage, the Eagle.
Vol. 3B: H-I Countries
The 2019 Volume 3B has 816 pages,
plus 56 pages of introductory material.
The big shakeups in this book are for
Hong Kong, Indonesia and Ireland.
Indonesia’s line-by-line review resulted
in 3,300 value changes, with a few
increases sprinkled among the general
downward market.
In Hong Kong, a line-by-line review
resulted in 1,650 changes. The focus
was on postage from the mid-1970s to
present with primarily declines through
the mid-1990s, though values for highdenomination
stamps showed increases.
There are increases as much as 10 percent
for some modern definitive sets.
Ireland has more than 1,750 value
changes as editors focused on stamps
from the mid-1930s through the first
half of 2001. Modest decreases are the
norm, though there are scattered increases.
Israel had a partial review last year
and that review continued as editors
picked up their work with the issues of
1995. More than 1,700 value changes
were made, with decreases between 10
percent and 20 percent.
More than 750 changes were made
in India as editors focused on the mid-
1960s with a mix of increases and decreases.
Some early classics also received
robust boosts in value.
Train stamps finding a home on the
cover of Vol. 3B are a 40f stamp from
Hungary, one of a set of eight issued in
1972; a 150th Anniversary of the Dublin-Belfast
Railway from 2005; and 1939
Italian stamp showing a wood-burning
engine and a streamlined electric engine.
Vol. 3 published as two books in June
2018 Amos Media, Sidney, Ohio. Softcover,
8 ¼ inches by 10 ¾ inches. Retail price
$134.99, discounted to $99.99 via Amos
Advantage (Linn’s Stamp News subscribers);
Online version, $75. To order, visit
your favorite dealer, call 1-800-488-5349
or visit online at www.amosadvantage.
com.
Stanley Gibbons
Stanley Gibbons Publications of the
United Kingdom has released its latest
Germany catalog, the 12th edition of
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