Collect Channel Island Stamps – 4ta Edición – Stanley Gibbons

Description

Catálogo e historia de los sellos de las islas del canal (Reino Unido)

Año 1975

43 Páginas

This Fourth Edition, which embodies all the stamp issues of Jersey and Guernsey to mid-1975, has been fully up-dated. New information has been included and there has been a thorough review of all prices bringing them into line with the market for Channel Islands material.

Issues during the German Occupation, the 1958-69 Regionals and the attractive issues of the Independent Postal Administrations of Jersey and Guernsey offer the collector an interesting and worthwhile collection. For the many who will wish to expand their collecting interests the postal history of the Channel Islands offers interesting opportunities. The fascinating postal markings, ship letter markings, handstamps and cancellations of Jersey and Guernsey are all covered within this checklist, whilst separate sections describe the postal markings of Alderney, Herm and Sark, concluding with a section on the Boîte Mobile Service, all with illustrated listings, including prices for handstamps and cancellations on cover.

Comprehensive listings of the stamp issues, based on Stanley Gibbons British Commonwealth and Elizabethan catalogues, incorporate such information as stamp designers and printers, number of printings