Post by zepherusbane on Dec 20, 2018 16:41:40 GMT -5
I've been following the thread stampbears.net/thread/18/philatelic-library?page=9 regarding peoples libraries and today it again made we wonder about the best catalogs for various countries.
So, two things.
1. I've been working to identify and acquire catalogs that show color pictures of every stamp for a country. Do you have any recommendations?
An example of one I use that does have this:
"Singapore Postage Stamp Catalogue 4th Edition from the CS Philatelic Agency" - also covers Straits Settlements and the Japanese occupation of Singapore.
When I found that "Collect British Stamps by Stanley Gibbons" mostly had all pictured I thought I would start getting Stanley Gibbons catalogs, but some of them definitely aren't any better than Scott. For example, "New Zealand 5th edition Stanley Gibbons" does not even come close to picturing all.
2. Best catalog in general for information about stamp issues for a country, regardless of whether it pictures all the stamps.
Some countries I'm interested in having something better than Scott or at least something to contrast to Scott are listed below. I prefer catalogs written in English, but it doesn't have to be (My German language Michel catalogs still help me identify stamps better than Scott):
Australia
Argentina
Canada
China
Czechoslovakia
Denmark
France
India
New Zealand
Panama
The Philippines
Sweden
Switzerland
Also, khj do you have Ma's Illustrated Catalog of the stamps of China, 1988 English version by any chance? I know that one doesn't have pictures of all the stamps, but has other valuable data I am looking for.
Here is the current running list, last updated 12/18/2020
Best catalog for each country or area, current favorites - OPEN FOR DISCUSSION:
Notes for France: for older Maury is recommended more generally, but after the Maury was bought by Sink they took out a few hundred pages of details for the older issues after the 2009 verion while refreshing the newer issues dramatically.
Yvert is recommended for newer issues more generally and is often the catalog numbers used on sites selling french stamps more than maury is.
So, two things.
1. I've been working to identify and acquire catalogs that show color pictures of every stamp for a country. Do you have any recommendations?
An example of one I use that does have this:
"Singapore Postage Stamp Catalogue 4th Edition from the CS Philatelic Agency" - also covers Straits Settlements and the Japanese occupation of Singapore.
When I found that "Collect British Stamps by Stanley Gibbons" mostly had all pictured I thought I would start getting Stanley Gibbons catalogs, but some of them definitely aren't any better than Scott. For example, "New Zealand 5th edition Stanley Gibbons" does not even come close to picturing all.
2. Best catalog in general for information about stamp issues for a country, regardless of whether it pictures all the stamps.
Some countries I'm interested in having something better than Scott or at least something to contrast to Scott are listed below. I prefer catalogs written in English, but it doesn't have to be (My German language Michel catalogs still help me identify stamps better than Scott):
Australia
Argentina
Canada
China
Czechoslovakia
Denmark
France
India
New Zealand
Panama
The Philippines
Sweden
Switzerland
Also, khj do you have Ma's Illustrated Catalog of the stamps of China, 1988 English version by any chance? I know that one doesn't have pictures of all the stamps, but has other valuable data I am looking for.
Here is the current running list, last updated 12/18/2020
Best catalog for each country or area, current favorites - OPEN FOR DISCUSSION:
| Australia | ACSC (Australian Commonwealth Specialists' Catalogue) www.acsc-history.info/History.aspx |
| Australia | ACSC (Australian Commonwealth Specialists' Catalogue) |
| Argentina | Sellos Postales Republica Argentina |
| Argentina | Mello Teggia Sellos Postales 1856-2010 República Argentina, Yvert-Tellier #'s, 2010 |
| Argentina | GJ (Gottig Jalil) Catalogo Especializado de Sellos de la República Argentina, much more detail than Mello Teggia, 2018/19 |
| Argentina | Kneitschel 1958 Catalogo de los Sellos Postales de la Republica Argentina, for the classics 74 version is good too. |
| Bolivia | CEFILCO Catalogo de Sellos Postales de Bolivia, by Centro Filatelico Cochabamba, 10th ed., 2008 |
| Brazil | RHM, 2019 |
| Canada | Unitrade |
| Chile | SOFICH |
| China | Ma's Illustrated Catalog of the stamps of China, 1988 English version |
| China | Ma's 1995 in English and Chinese |
| China | Chan's Colour-Illustrated Stamp Catalogue of China (1878-1949), 898 pg, 2 vol. 2010 ed. (for pre 1949) |
| China | China 1878-1949 Scott/Ma/Chan Catalog Correlation 2006 |
| Colombia | Catálogo A. Barriga Especializado 1980 (after 80 versions not very detailed) |
| Colombia | Estampillas de Colombia, by Leo Temprano, 2008 |
| Colombia | Colombia Catalogo de Estampillas Especializado, by Alvaro Barriga, 2016 |
| Czechoslovakia | Stanley Gibbons Czech Republic and Slovakia |
| Denmark | Facit |
| Ecuador | Cataldi (very scarce) |
| Ecuador | Catálogo de los Sellos Postales del Ecuador, by Olivier Bertossa, 1994 (94 version more detailed than the 96) |
| France | Maury 2009 (in French) |
| France | Spink/Maury 2021 (in French) |
| France | Yvert-Tellier for newer |
| Greece | Hellas 3 volume set, most recent issue from karamitsos.com (in english) |
| Hong Kong | Yang Stamp Catalogue |
| Hungary | Magyar Posta Illetekbelyeg Katalogus |
| India | Phila India Stamp Guide Book |
| India | Stanley Gibbons India and States |
| Indonesia | APPI - Katalog Prangko Indonesia |
| Ireland | Hibernian Handbook and Catalogue 2020 |
| Ireland | Stamps of Ireland Specialized Catalog MacDonnell Whyte |
| Israel | Bale Specialized Catalogue |
| Italy | Sassone (in Italian) |
| Italy | Italy 1850-1900 Vaccari 2005 |
| Japan | Japan Sakura - most recent ed. |
| Japan | Japan JSCA Specialized - most recent ed. |
| Japan | Japanese Revenues 1870-1986 - JPA |
| Malaysia | ISC Malaysia |
| New Zealand | ACS (Auckland City Stamps) New Zealand (illustrations of every stamp, little other extra detail) |
| Norway | Posten Norway Catalog - images of every face-diff stamps, but doesn't have the minor varieties |
| Norway | Nogeskatalogen by Oslo Filatelistklubb - images and minor varieties 2009 or newer (in English and Nowegian) |
| Panama | ? |
| Paraguay | Catalogo de los Sellos Postales de la Republica de Paraguay y sus Derivados -by Victor Kneitschel, 1947, classics only |
| Peru | Catalogo Espcializado de las Estampillas del Peru, 1981 ed., classics |
| The Philippines | Ngo's |
| Poland | Fischer Katalog (Polskich Znaków Pocztowych). 2 vol. 1,075 pgs (in Polish) |
| South Africa | SACC, the South African stamp colour catalogue |
| South Korea | Umungwan Korean Postage Stamp Catalogue |
| South Korea | Korea Handbook and Catalog, James Kerr |
| South Korea | Philatelic Handbook for Korea, 1884-1905, KSS |
| Spain | Edifil Specialized 2 vol. not overly detailed in classics, but fully illustrated (in Spanish) |
| Sweden | Facit |
| Switzerland | Zumstein |
| Uruguay | CIARDI Catalogo Especializado de los Sellos del Uruguay, 2006 |
| Uruguay | Sellos Postales República Oriental del Uruguay Catálogo, 2015, cross refs Scott,Yvert,Michel,SG,Kobylanski-Casal,CIARDI |
| Venezuela | Catalogo Especializado de Estampillas, by Aurelio Blanco 2009 |
| Venezuela | Catalogo Especializado de Estampillas de Venezuela, by Juan Valera 1982, more detailed than Blanco |
Notes for France: for older Maury is recommended more generally, but after the Maury was bought by Sink they took out a few hundred pages of details for the older issues after the 2009 verion while refreshing the newer issues dramatically.
Yvert is recommended for newer issues more generally and is often the catalog numbers used on sites selling french stamps more than maury is.
