Collect World Stamps

Resources for Collecting Stamps

The aim of this website is to be an on-line resource for collecting GB stamps.
The website is still in development - you can see its progress by coming back every now and then.

Things still to do (September 2008):

Data Entry - Never ending task, but now have over 4500 items and 17,000 issues now (September 2008).
Content - Database data is a bit dry, need some opinion and background text - markup test
Images - Using my own images as far as possible although contributors are welcome. (see 1973)
Search - Search engine enhanced with more keywords and flexible entry (April 2007)
Links - Provide more information and links for sets and stamps (Wikipedia etc) - see page for 1990
Update Wikipedia list of GB Postage Stamps at Wikipedia GB Postage Stamps (ongoing)
Album Pages - Initial trials to generate printable album pages (April 2007) - see British Ships, Royal Mail and Crimean War PDFs. Also see an example of how a year might look - 1982. Still a long way to go on this. (April 2007)

If you have any comments or suggestions, send email to suggestions@collectgbstamps.co.uk.

Site News

October 27 2008 : Started to remove all reference to Stanley Gibbons numbering system from the sites at the request of Stanley Gibbons.
October 19 2008 : Added Women of Distinction issue.
September 22 2008 : Added several gorgeous First Day Covers for Germany 1986
September 21 2008 : Added Australia 1970 FDC's and South Africa FDC's
September 6 2008 : Changes to the World site to make country selection work now.
August 25 2008 : Corrected a number of 403 Forbidden errors when clicking on images.
August 25 2008 : Added previews for this years issues and added preliminary programme for next year
August 24 2008 : Started site makeover and move towards rewrite with new features.
March 24 2008 : Adding support for world issues with over 14,400 loaded so far. Country lists available soon.
March 3 2008 : Still here - recently updated with Lancaster GB stamps. Adding more world countries.
January 6 2008 : Added previews for Insects and Cathedral issues. Continue to support for different countries.

Great Britain

Previous Issues

September 29 2008
50th Anniversary of the Country Definitives
October 14 2008
Women of Achievement
November 4 2008
Christmas

Current Issue

November 6 2008
Lest We Forget

Forthcoming Issues

January 13 2009
Design Classics
January 22 2009
250th Anniversary of Robert Burns
February 12 2009
200th Birth Anniversary of Charles Darwin
February 26 2009
Celebrating Wales
March 17 2009
Pioneers of Industrial Revolution

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