GREAT BRITAIN - Michel Great Britain;Specialised 2009/10

Published by Schwaneberger. 908pp. Colour. German

Inc miniature sheets, booklets, officials, postage dues, telegraphs, regionals, postal stationery, stamps on cover, FDCs, presentation packs,;se-tenant issues, varieties, specimens, proofs;

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Philatelic Exporter review, courtesy of David Rennie (May 2010):

The last edition was published in 2003 (see Exporter February 2004) and this edition has been fully revised and expanded, not only to include the myriad of new issues, but by expanding its scope.; It now runs to 908pp, over 200 more than that last edition.;

I commented last time that there was potentially a very large market for this title in the UK, which would be better tapped by including English translations for some sections, column headings, even the foreword and introductory notes.

Among other material, I noted the early line engraved Alphabet Letters are all illustrated in tabular form; the individual Plate Numbers of the 1840/1 1d blacks and reds are all priced mint, used and on cover, and plate registration dates are given; a range of distinctive Maltese Cross cancels are illustrated; plate varieties of the Edward VII are illustrated; a very wide range of shades for the George V issues are listed and priced; Specimen and Cancelled stamps are priced; the Machin definitive stamps section occupies 140pp; Booklets occupy about 270pp; the Regional issues occupy over 50pp, and Postal Stationery about 80pp.

This is in the familiar (but soon to change) Michel linen-look limp binding. All prices are of course in Euros.; Almost all illustrations are in colour, the exceptions being some Queen Victoria stamps, parts of the booklets section, and chunks of the Postal Stationery section.