A comprehensive guide for the beginning collector explains the basic principles of selecting and identifying stamps and building a collection and includes a history of British stamps

Comprehensively illustrated, this is the world-recognised catalogue covering Great Britain and the British Commonwealth countries and is accepted as the standard guide to postage stamps value.

The most popular hobby in the world, stamp collecting has millions of fans in the United States alone. Many are adults who have turned a childhood interest in philately into a pleasurable (and often profitable) lifetime avocation. This volume has everything needed to start a personal stamp collection: Entries for nearly 200 countries; Spaces for more than 2,600 stamps; Over 1,100 black-and-white illustrations of stamps; Easy-to-use Stamp Identifier Table and Index. Clear instructions for using the album and the Stamp Identifier Table are included, along with many useful hints and tips on building a collection. An entertaining, inexpensive way to learn about faraway people and places, stamp collecting brings a sense of excitement and adventure with each new acquisition. This book offers would-be collectors that ticket to discovery.

This edition contains definitive and commemorative stamp issues up to Spring 2006. The catalogue is an essential guide for one-country collectors.