Stanley Gibbons Stamp Catalogue: Italy and Colonies

This new catalogue provides a comprehensive priced listing of the stamps of Italy, San Marino and Vatican City.

Prices have been thoroughly revised throughout by leading experts in the field.

Key Features

• Major varieties including perforation, watermark and shade variations, overprint types and major errors are included.  Booklets are listed and priced and also notes are provided on Machine Labels (Vatican City). 
• Stamp issuing countries covered in this book include:
  • Italy (updated to September 2021)
  • San Marino (September 2021)
  • Vatican City (November 2020)
• Information is provided at the beginning of each country covering history, early stamp issues and currency changes.
• Updated Design indexes included for the following countries:
  • Italy
  • San Marino
  • Vatican City

Detailed Contents:

The Stanley Gibbons Italy & Colonies Catalogue is the only catalogue published in English which covers the stamp issues of Italy, San Marino and Vatican City in a single volume.  It is a detailed and highly informative catalogue, ideal for any collector who specialises in this popular field.

Apart from the stamps of the current issuing countries, the Stanley Gibbons Italy & Colonies Catalogue covers a number of other areas of interest, including:

• Italian States
• Lombardy and Venetia
• Austrian Territories acquired by Italy
• Castelrosso 
• Cephalonia and Ithaca
• Corfu
• Corfu and Paxos
• Dodecanese Islands 
• Fiume 
• Fiume and Kupa Zone
• Ionian Islands
• Saseno
• Trieste 
• Venezia Giulia and Istria
• Eritrea
• Italian Colonies 
• British Occupation of Italian Colonies
• Italian East Africa 
• Italian Post Offices in China and Crete 
• Italian Post Offices in Crete 
• Italian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire 
• Libya  
• Somalia