gotstamps85
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What I collect: Classic GB Empire &World
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Post by gotstamps85 on Jul 22, 2022 10:12:05 GMT
Does SG change their catalogue numbers for stamps? Or have they ever changed? I am using an old (1944) SG catalogue, and despite being wildly out of date regarding CVs plus updates between then and now, am I safe in assuming the catalogue numbers will still be the same today as they were way back when? ( I will get a newer version at some point but something about the old book gives me pleasure when rifling through its pages.  ) |
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djcmh
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What I collect: Worldwide
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Post by djcmh on Jul 22, 2022 10:23:41 GMT
Does SG change their catalogue numbers for stamps? Or have they ever changed? I am using an old (1944) SG catalogue, and despite being wildly out of date regarding CVs plus updates between then and now, am I safe in assuming the catalogue numbers will still be the same today as they were way back when? ( I will get a newer version at some point but something about the old book gives me pleasure when rifling through its pages. ) Oh yes, they and all the publishers include "newly added older items, changed and deleted numbers" sections with almost every new edition published, so if your catalogue is almost 80 years old then there are likely to be quite a few number changes, additions and variety deletion that have happened in the interim. As I tell users and editors quite often on Colnect, catalogue numbers are not carved in stone and can and will be modified as later generations of chief editors of the catalogues see fit. |
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angore
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What I collect: WW, focus on British Empire
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Post by angore on Jul 22, 2022 10:56:47 GMT
I would believe that in the post-WWII area (after your 1944) that catalog numbers may have changed as the fog of WWII cleared.
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gotstamps85
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Post by gotstamps85 on Jul 22, 2022 11:45:15 GMT
Ok good to know. I think next months purchase will be a new catalogue.
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salentin
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collecting Germany,where I live and about 20 more countries,half of them in Asia east of the Indus
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Post by salentin on Jul 22, 2022 12:16:37 GMT
Stanley Gibbons is notorious for frequent re-numbering.There are people,who think,they do it on purpose to boost the sale of their latest editions. On the opposite side is Michel.For years they advertised (grapficly),that their catalogue-numbers are "carved in stone". F.i.Bavaria: for decades there is a footnote,saying that Mi.4II and 4I are two different stamps and each would deserve it´s own number.But to avoide a renumbering,they keep it as it is.
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Post by paul1 on Jul 22, 2022 15:06:44 GMT
anyway, I wouldn't buy a catalogue that was made of stone (re-constituted I guess) - simply too heavy for me at my age - the Brit. Commw. and Empire is heavy enough as it is and weighs in at almost 2.5 kilos. Have to say I really like the more modern SG catalogues whereby they reduce the content coverage - it makes for a very manageable size and weight. Message for gotstamps85 - I have an SG softback Great Britain Concise 2016 issue, that can be yours gratis no charge whatsoever, if of interest. Send me a pm if you'd like it - as long as you don't live in the Virgin Is. ;-)
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angore
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What I collect: WW, focus on British Empire
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Post by angore on Jul 24, 2022 11:51:31 GMT
I have a fairly recent SG British Empire up to 1970 that is very reasonable in size and an SG Concise.
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