kevinv
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What I collect: Canada, USA, Japan
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Post by kevinv on Feb 1, 2024 14:45:02 GMT
A few quick questions on Catalogs.
First off I understand there are a few out there, by different companies.
I have always used Scotts catalogues from the Library. Anyway I had a friend lend me a digital one, and it was not the same, but it had many features like searching I liked.
Anyway is there a big difference other than the price for Scotts compared to say unitrade in Canada?
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djcmh
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What I collect: Worldwide
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Post by djcmh on Feb 1, 2024 15:25:57 GMT
A few quick questions on Catalogs. First off I understand there are a few out there, by different companies. I have always used Scotts catalogues from the Library. Anyway I had a friend lend me a digital one, and it was not the same, but it had many features like searching I liked. Anyway is there a big difference other than the price for Scotts compared to say unitrade in Canada? Unitrade is the main specialized catalogue for Canada so it goes a lot deeper with variants that even the Scott Classic 1840-1940 catalogue. Especially if you have interest in post-1940 varieties, such as difference in fluorescence, then Unitrade really is the best source. For countries other than the USA Scott will really never be more than an intro-level base for collecting the stamps of a given country. If you collect Germany and want to go into depth, you eventually need to pick up a Michel, for France and Colonies, it's Yvert, for UK and Commonwealth ot is Gibbons, and so on. Scott does USA like no one else, but it's fairly elementary for the rest of the world, especially for post-1940 (though the Classic 1840-1940 catalogue does a fair job for some countries for the classical era). |
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salmantino
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What I collect: Specialised UK and overprints, Ireland, Netherlands, Spanish permanent stamps (1936 - ), Canary Islands airmail stamps (1936 - 1938).
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Post by salmantino on Feb 1, 2024 15:30:54 GMT
A few quick questions on Catalogs. First off I understand there are a few out there, by different companies. I have always used Scotts catalogues from the Library. Anyway I had a friend lend me a digital one, and it was not the same, but it had many features like searching I liked. Anyway is there a big difference other than the price for Scotts compared to say unitrade in Canada? Are you only interested in the difference between the catalogue prices of Canadian stamps? Is not the 'Unitrade' a catalogue that lists Canadian stamps? If you are interested in price differences between worldwide catalogues, then a better comparison would be that between Scott, Stanley Gibbons, Michel, and Yvert & Tellier. Those will have widely different prices. Each reflects its home market. The market for German stamps will be strongest in Germany. The market for European stamps may even be stronger in Germany than in North America. Stanley Gibbons is popular among collectors of British and British Commonwealth stamps. The market for those stamps tends to be stronger in the UK than in North America or continental Europe. Even Yvert & Tellier and Michel that are based in neighbouring countries will not have the same prices for the same stamps. |
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kevinv
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What I collect: Canada, USA, Japan
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Post by kevinv on Feb 1, 2024 21:17:52 GMT
Unitrade is the main specialized catalogue for Canada so it goes a lot deeper with variants that even the Scott Classic 1840-1940 catalogue. Especially if you have interest in post-1940 varieties, such as difference in fluorescence, then Unitrade really is the best source. For countries other than the USA Scott will really never be more than an intro-level base for collecting the stamps of a given country. If you collect Germany and want to go into depth, you eventually need to pick up a Michel, for France and Colonies, it's Yvert, for UK and Commonwealth ot is Gibbons, and so on. Scott does USA like no one else, but it's fairly elementary for the rest of the world, especially for post-1940 (though the Classic 1840-1940 catalogue does a fair job for some countries for the classical era). Thank you for that information. That was what I had thought that Scotts was ok, but there are others for each other country which would be more informative. I am not looking at just pricing, but for coverage of each stamp by year, and variations as well. |
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kevinv
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Post by kevinv on Feb 2, 2024 0:34:24 GMT
Are you only interested in the difference between the catalogue prices of Canadian stamps? Is not the 'Unitrade' a catalogue that lists Canadian stamps? If you are interested in price differences between worldwide catalogues, then a better comparison would be that between Scott, Stanley Gibbons, Michel, and Yvert & Tellier. Those will have widely different prices. Each reflects its home market. The market for German stamps will be strongest in Germany. The market for European stamps may even be stronger in Germany than in North America. Stanley Gibbons is popular among collectors of British and British Commonwealth stamps. The market for those stamps tends to be stronger in the UK than in North America or continental Europe. Even Yvert & Tellier and Michel that are based in neighbouring countries will not have the same prices for the same stamps. I am looking for what stamps and when they were done. I also would like to see if there were varieties to the stamps. Pricing is not a worry for now. Yes, I know the Unitrade is Canadian, but I also know Scotts did the world but was looking for if there are others or better, and what some of the things the others offer. I was also not sure how well Scotts did the coverage of stamps in general. |
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djcmh
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Post by djcmh on Feb 2, 2024 1:29:40 GMT
Are you only interested in the difference between the catalogue prices of Canadian stamps? Is not the 'Unitrade' a catalogue that lists Canadian stamps? If you are interested in price differences between worldwide catalogues, then a better comparison would be that between Scott, Stanley Gibbons, Michel, and Yvert & Tellier. Those will have widely different prices. Each reflects its home market. The market for German stamps will be strongest in Germany. The market for European stamps may even be stronger in Germany than in North America. Stanley Gibbons is popular among collectors of British and British Commonwealth stamps. The market for those stamps tends to be stronger in the UK than in North America or continental Europe. Even Yvert & Tellier and Michel that are based in neighbouring countries will not have the same prices for the same stamps. I am looking for what stamps and when they were done. I also would like to see if there were varieties to the stamps. Pricing is not a worry for now. Yes, I know the Unitrade is Canadian, but I also know Scotts did the world but was looking for if there are others or better, and what some of the things the others offer. I was also not sure how well Scotts did the coverage of stamps in general. You can check out the variety of coverage of stamps at the Colnect online catalogue (see my signature below) where several dozen specialized national catalogues are includes as well as the big 4. Note that Unitrade is included under Stamp Number as it licenses its base numbering from the main US catalogue. |
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