"range includes the following catalogues: All are based on the same numbering system drawn from 'Stamps of the World', apart from the British specialised catalogues which have their own numbering system. Stanley Gibbons catalogue The first Stanley Gibbons stamp catalogue was a penny price list issued in November 1865 and reissued at monthly intervals for the next 14 years. The company produces numerous catalogues covering different countries, regions and specialisms; many of them are reissued annually. The catalogues list all known adhesive postage stamp issues and include prices for used and unused stamps. Unlike other dealers' catalogues, Stanley Gibbons state"
"Stanley Gibbons state that their catalogue is a retail price list. In other words, if they had that exact stamp in stock in the exact condition specified, the current catalogue price is the price that they would charge for it. This contrasts with most other catalogues which are produced by firms that do not sell stamps and therefore base their pricing on an average of market values in the country where the catalogue is published. In practice, the actual price charged by Stanley Gibbons for an individual stamp may be different from the catalogue price because the specimen for sale"
"of Noble Investments. In July 2015 the company announced that The Fine Art Auction Group had acquired Bid for Wine, a specialist online wine auctioneer founded in 2008 by barrister Spenser Hilliard and ex-management consultant Lionel Nierop. The first Stanley Gibbons stamp catalogue was a penny price list issued in November 1865 and reissued at monthly intervals for the next 14 years. The company produces numerous catalogues covering different countries, regions and specialisms; many of them are reissued annually. The catalogues list all known adhesive postage stamp issues and include prices for used and unused stamps. Unlike other dealers' catalogues,"
"notes at the start of the catalogue. In practice, many items are not in stock, or are not in the same condition, or the price at which the stamp is for sale differs for some other reason from that shown in the catalogue. The Gibbons catalogue was originally published as a penny price list in November 1865. Unlike some other markets, such as stocks and shares, the majority of transactions in the philatelic or stamp market take place informally, by mail order or in retail environments, and therefore the size of the market is difficult to determine. It has been"
"that they would charge for it. This contrasts with most other catalogues which are produced by firms that do not sell stamps and therefore base their pricing on an average of market values in the country where the catalogue is published. In practice, the actual price charged by Stanley Gibbons for an individual stamp may be different from the catalogue price because the specimen for sale is of a different grade, the market conditions have changed since the catalogue was produced, the firm has a plentiful or restricted supply of that stamp, or for a variety of other reasons. The"
"by A.C. Kline (a pseudonym for John William Kline), also 1862. Originally catalogs were just dealers' price lists, though today that is less common. The catalogs of some major publishers continue to serve as an official price list for the publisher. For example, Stanley Gibbons in the United Kingdom specifically states in the catalog that the price listed is the estimated selling price by Stanley Gibbons Ltd. On the other had, Scott in the United States does not sell stamps. Rather, the Scott catalog serves as a reference document for expected prices used by buyers and sellers. Over time, as"
"or Delcampe. Dealers also vary in the type of material they handle, ranging from a general stock to highly specialised firms who only trade in particular countries or topical areas. Stamp catalogues principally evolved from stamp dealer's price lists, though today most stamp catalogues no longer represent a retail price list. The Stanley Gibbons catalogue is an exception that, in principle, still shows the price at which they would sell a particular stamp over the counter at their London shop, or by mail order, if they had it in stock and it was in the exact condition outlined in the"
"by enlarged prostate"". He is buried in Twickenham cemetery. Gibbons' string of wives, all but one of whom died relatively young, his swift remarriages and his background in pharmacy has given rise to suspicions of ill-doing on his part, however there is no evidence for this. Edward Stanley Gibbons Edward Stanley Gibbons (21 June 1840 – 17 February 1913) was an English stamp dealer and founder of Stanley Gibbons Ltd, publishers of the famous Stanley Gibbons stamp catalogue and other stamp-related books and magazines. Edward Stanley Gibbons was born at his father William Gibbons' chemist shop at 15 Treville Street,"
"Edward Stanley Gibbons Edward Stanley Gibbons (21 June 1840 – 17 February 1913) was an English stamp dealer and founder of Stanley Gibbons Ltd, publishers of the famous Stanley Gibbons stamp catalogue and other stamp-related books and magazines. Edward Stanley Gibbons was born at his father William Gibbons' chemist shop at 15 Treville Street, Plymouth on 21 June 1840, in the same year that the United Kingdom issued the Penny Black, which was the world's first postage stamp. Edward’s interest in postage stamps began whilst at Halloran’s Collegiate School. Gibbons, who was a member of The Plymouth Institution (now The"
"writing to the College of Arms for information about his ancestry. For the remaining years of his life he struggled with the task of recording his life in a satisfactory way, and his death in 1794 came before he could resolve the problem. Six attempts at an autobiography have survived, conventionally identified by the letters A to F: A: ""The Memoirs of the life of Edward Gibbon with various observations and excursions by himself"" (1788–1789). 40 quarto pages (6 missing).B: ""My own Life"" (1788–1789). 72 quarto pages. Describes the first 27 years of his life.C: ""Memoirs of the life and"
"Hugh Jefferies Anthony Hugh Mostyn Jefferies, MBE, (born May 1948) is a British philatelist, the former editor of ""Gibbons Stamp Monthly"", and the current editor of the Stanley Gibbons stamp catalogue. Anthony Hugh Mostyn Jefferies was born in Berlin in May 1948. Jefferies joined Stanley Gibbons in 1975 and in 1988 became editor of ""Gibbons Stamp Monthly"". In 2003 he became the editor of the Stanley Gibbons catalogue on the retirement of David Aggersberg. He has since retired as editor of the magazine but continues as editor of the catalogue. He was made a member of the Order of the"
"is of a different grade, the market conditions have changed since the catalogue was produced, the firm has a plentiful or restricted supply of that stamp, or for a variety of other reasons. Gibbons Stamp Monthly is a magazine that lists new issues and publishes articles of interest to philatelists. Gibbons have published a number of journals over the years but only settled on Gibbons Stamp Monthly as their core magazine in 1927. On 23 January 2009, Gibbons acquired the philatelic trade magazine ""The Philatelic Exporter"" from Heritage Studios Limited. As well as publishing, Stanley Gibbons is a stamp dealer"
"the end of World War I he was asked to create the ""Stanley Gibbons Monthly Circular"" and from 1922 he was the Editor of all Stanley Gibbons publications. In 1926 he became joint Managing Director with William Hamilton Andrews and after Hamilton Andrews retired in 1946 Phillips became sole Managing Director. After his cousin Frank Phillips died in July 1953, Phillips became Chairman of the company. In 1934 he created the ""Simplified"" catalogue at Stanley Gibbons which has since become the key work ""Stamps of the World"". Phillips served on the council of the British Philatelic Association. In 1933 he"
"Gibbons Stamp Monthly Gibbons Stamp Monthly (GSM) is a leading British philatelic magazine which can trace its roots back to 1890. GSM is published by the famous stamps and collectables firm of Stanley Gibbons and each issue includes updates to their various catalogues. In 1890 Charles James Phillips bought the business of Stanley Gibbons. Phillips was already producing and editing a philatelic journal called ""The Stamp Advertiser and Auction Record"" but that was soon replaced with the new ""Gibbons Monthly Journal"". In 1905 a new magazine was introduced, ""Gibbons Stamp Weekly"", and in June 1908 the ""Journal"" was discontinued. However,"
"John Murray Gibbon John Murray Gibbon (12 April 1875 – 2 July 1952) was a Scottish Canadian writer and cultural promoter. He was born in Ceylon and educated at Aberdeen, Oxford and Göttingen universities. Gibbon emigrated to Canada in 1913 to work for the Canadian Pacific Railway. In 1921, he became founding president of the Canadian Authors Association. A long-time enthusiast of folk culture, Gibbon organized a series of folk and crafts festivals over the years. With Sir Ernest MacMillan, he published the four-volume ""French Canadian Folk Songs"" (1928). Histories he wrote included ""Scots in Canada"" (1911), ""Steel of Empire:"
"John Murray Gibbon John Murray Gibbon (12 April 1875 – 2 July 1952) was a Scottish Canadian writer and cultural promoter. He was born in Ceylon and educated at Aberdeen, Oxford and Göttingen universities. Gibbon emigrated to Canada in 1913 to work for the Canadian Pacific Railway. In 1921, he became founding president of the Canadian Authors Association. A long-time enthusiast of folk culture, Gibbon organized a series of folk and crafts festivals over the years. With Sir Ernest MacMillan, he published the four-volume ""French Canadian Folk Songs"" (1928). Histories he wrote included ""Scots in Canada"" (1911), ""Steel of Empire:"
"the other novels, on a print-on-demand basis. Publisher information relates to first publication only. Many of the books have been reissued, usually by different publishers. Notes Citations Sources Stella Gibbons Stella Dorothea Gibbons (5 January 1902 – 19 December 1989) was an English author, journalist, and poet. She established her reputation with her first novel, ""Cold Comfort Farm"" (1932) which has been reprinted many times. Although she was active as a writer for half a century, none of her later 22 novels or other literary works—which included a sequel to ""Cold Comfort Farm""—achieved the same critical or popular success. Much"
"was ""a bit weird about pins"". Fortunately his liking for pins can be used to calm him down from his, as called in the books, 'Little Moments'. However, following the events of ""Going Postal"", in which the destruction of his collection coincided with the invention of the postage stamp, he redirected his obsession to stamp collecting and philately. Stanley's surname was not revealed in the book, but is given in various peripheral material relating to Discworld stamps. Stanley Howler is another example of parallel Discworld-Terrestrial history: on Earth, Stanley Gibbons is a company which publishes catalogues of stamps for collectors;"
"and Thomson Reuters. According to Stanley Gibbons, rare stamps have averaged an annual compound return of 10 per cent over the past 50 years, however, it is important to remember that this figure has been calculated using backtesting as stamp price indexes are a recent innovation. In addition, the prices in the indexes are based in part on Stanley Gibbon's own retail price lists and frequently traded but low value stamps have been excluded from the index. Stamp catalogue prices are not considered reliable as they are nothing more than estimates at the top end and represent a retail selling"
"genealogy rank. In 1682 he published at London ""Introductio ad Latinam Blasoniam. An Essay towards a more correct Blason in Latine than formerly hath been used"". He also compiled from British and foreign authorities an account of the services rendered by heralds in former times, ""Heraldo-Memoriale"" published in abridged form by John Strype in his edition of John Stow's ""Survey"", 1720. On James, Duke of York's return from Flanders in 1679, Gibbon published an essay ""Dux bonis omnibus appellens, or The Swans Welcome"". Another light piece was ""Day Fatality; or, some Observations of Days lucky and unlucky; concluding with some"
"and catalog editor Stanley Gibbons Ltd were handling the potential criteria to study Machin stamps. In the end, he decided to write his own catalog, with an aspiration to be as exhaustive and precise as possible. ""The Complete Deegam Machin Handbook"" was published in 1993. In July 2003, the third edition contains 1,272 pages in two binders. A CD-ROM version of the third edition was introduced in 2005. A brand new fourth edition, available on CD-ROM only, was published in April 2010. It is regularly updated by the ""Deegam Reports"" sent by e-mail to book owners and printed for their"
"cutting is not dated, but is presumably from 1903 as it refers to the recent issue of stamps with King Edward VII’s portrait. When asked around this time if he still collected stamps, Gibbons replied that he had specialised collections in six countries, but rarely bought any stamps because they were too expensive. Further visits seem to have been made to Ceylon judging by the existence in the scrapbook of souvenirs for Colombo Empire Day Celebrations and Edward VII’s Birthday Celebration Dinner in Colombo (November 1906). By 1905, Georgina Gibbons had died, and Stanley married again in October 1905. His"
"UK. From 2002, Stanley Gibbons compiled a ""SG100 Stamp Index"" based on retail and auction prices for the ""top 100 most frequently traded stamps"" in the world. The index appears on the Bloomberg Terminal but was discontinued and given heritage status. In 2004 they also launched an index of 30 rare British stamps. In 2012 the company launched the ""GB250 Rare Stamp Index"" 'to provide a broad view of the investment market for Great Britain stamps', listing the type of stamps they would recommend for investment purposes. The GB30 and GB250 indices are listed on both the Bloomberg Professional service"
"Stanley Gibbons The Stanley Gibbons Group plc is a company quoted on the London Stock Exchange and which specialises in the retailing of collectable postage stamps and similar products. The group is incorporated in London, Ringwood in Hampshire. The company is a major stamp dealer and philatelic publisher. The company's philatelic subsidiary, Stanley Gibbons Limited, has a royal warrant of appointment from Queen Elizabeth II. The company has a long corporate history, having started as a sole trader business owned by Edward Stanley Gibbons in 1856 and now being a quoted company with a number of subsidiaries. The business started"
"Charles James Phillips Charles James Phillips (15 May 1863 – 2 June 1940) of London, England, and New York City, was a philatelist highly regarded in both England where he started his philatelic career and in the United States, where he emigrated to in 1922. In 1890 Phillips purchased Stanley Gibbons & Co. for £25,000. It had first been offered to Theodor Buhl for £20,000. Phillips wrote numerous philatelic articles, including those published in ""The Gibbons Monthly Journal"", ""The Stamp Advertiser and Auction Record"" and the ""Gibbons Stamp Weekly"" where he wrote articles on various collections he had helped build"
"Gibbon always wrote in bed and often wandered down to the sea front in his pyjamas to collect driftwood. He was a keen cyclist all his life and could still be found riding his bicycle around Sandycove in his late 80s. Monk Gibbon William Monk Gibbon (1896 – 29 November 1987) was an Irish poet and prolific author, known as ""The Grand Old Man of Irish Letters"". His collection of over twenty volumes of poetry, autobiography, travel and criticism are kept at Queen's University Belfast. The Monk Gibbon fonds are kept at the University Archives, Queen's University Kingston. The material"
"Stella Gibbons Stella Dorothea Gibbons (5 January 1902 – 19 December 1989) was an English author, journalist, and poet. She established her reputation with her first novel, ""Cold Comfort Farm"" (1932) which has been reprinted many times. Although she was active as a writer for half a century, none of her later 22 novels or other literary works—which included a sequel to ""Cold Comfort Farm""—achieved the same critical or popular success. Much of her work was long out of print before a modest revival in the 21st century. The daughter of a London doctor, Gibbons had a turbulent and often"
"when, employed as an assistant in his father's pharmacy shop in Plymouth, Gibbons set up a counter selling stamps. In 1863 he was fortunate enough to purchase from two sailors a sackful of rare Cape of Good Hope triangular stamps. In 1874 Gibbons moved to a house near Clapham Common in South London and in 1876 he moved again to Gower Street in Bloomsbury near the British Museum. By 1890 Stanley Gibbons wished to retire and the business was sold to Charles Phillips for £25,000 (equivalent to £ million in ). Phillips became Managing Director, with Gibbons as Chairman. In"
"The Romantic History of the Canadian Pacific"" (1935), ""Canadian Mosaic"" (1938) and two histories of nursing. He also wrote several novels. Gibbon's work was to have a major impact on the creation of a bilingual, multicultural, national culture. ""Canadian Mosaic"" influenced the adoption of the concept of a ""cultural mosaic"" in the Canadian government's multiculturalism policies. Additionally, Gibbon had a keen interest in horseback riding in the Canadian Rockies and was the founder of the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies. (www.trailridevacations.com) in 1923. He was secretary-treasurer of the club for over 30 years. He died at Montreal, Quebec. Source:"
"shortly after which his mother died. He then took up residence in the Westminster School boarding house, owned by his adored ""Aunt Kitty"", Catherine Porten. Soon after she died in 1786, he remembered her as rescuing him from his mother's disdain, and imparting ""the first rudiments of knowledge, the first exercise of reason, and a taste for books which is still the pleasure and glory of my life"". By 1751, Gibbon's reading was already extensive and certainly pointed toward his future pursuits: Laurence Echard's ""Roman History"" (1713), William Howel(l)'s ""An Institution of General History"" (1680–85), and several of the 65"
"to grow, stamp albums and stamp related literature began to surface, and by the early 1880s publishers like Stanley Gibbons made a business out of this advent. Children and teenagers were early collectors of stamps in the 1860s and 1870s. Many adults dismissed it as a childish pursuit but later many of those same collectors, as adults, began to systematically study the available postage stamps and publish books about them. Some stamps, such as the triangular issues of the Cape of Good Hope, have become legendary. Stamp collecting is a less popular hobby in the early 21st century than it"
"Leacock. In 1974 he became editorial director of Macmillan of Canada, ascending to publisher of the company in 1979. During his time at Macmillan, Gibson sent first-time authors an instructional guide, ""What Happens After My Book Is Published?"", which was published by ""Saturday Night"" in 1979 and was nominated for a National Magazine Award for humor. With MacMillan, he was noted for successfully negotiating Mavis Gallant's first Canadian publishing deal; Gallant, a Canadian writer who had spent much of her life and career living in Paris, France as an expatriate, was not considered to be well known in the Canadian"
"Hawaiian stamps. Gibbons was present at the fire and described the experience as ""sad"". During this time, he was on his second world tour and was en route to Japan. Margaret died on 23 November 1899 of cirrhosis and a few years after her death, Gibbons was in Calcutta and Rangoon. The scrapbook contains a duplicate passport issued at Rangoon on December 1901 for a Mrs Gibbons, his third wife, Georgina. In 1903, Gibbons was in Ceylon. The Society of Genealogists archive contains a newspaper article titled ""Reminiscences of a Stamp Collector - Mr Stanley Gibbons (sic) in Colombo"". The"