2027 Commonwealth & British Empire Stamps Catalogue 1840-1970

This Stanley Gibbons comprehensive catalogue covers Great Britain, Commonwealth and Empire countries 1840-1970. The listings include variations in watermark, perforation, paper and printing methods, major shades, important plate flaws, errors, government telegraph stamps and booklets (all listed and priced).

IMPORTANT ADDITIONS TO THE 2027 EDITION:

• Sheet sizes now given for most Indian Feudatory States issues.
• Prices now provided for Indian stamps used in the Aden sub-offices, a listing of which first appeared in the 2026 edition.
• Full listing of the Indian Feudatory State of Kotah.
• New additions to several listings, including South Australia Departmental Officials and British Post Offices in China.
• 1969 'INDEPENDENCE' overprints of Anguilla now listed in full, following new evidence that they were available at the post office.
• Notes on coils expanded throughout.
• The description of the special watermark devised for Tonga reverts to 'Turtles', following evidence that this was what was originally intended.
• Several new plate and watermark varieties have been added and there are new notes and information throughout the catalogue, including helpful aids to identification.
• Prices have been checked and revised throughout. There are many increases, but also some significant reductions, so it will be important to have the new edition to refer to.
• Two invaluable articles, repeated from GSM during 2026, will be of particular interest to collectors of Malaya and Morocco Agencies.