They may be right in front of me, but which Stanley Gibbons Catalog has Offices Abroad issues (Morocco, Tripolitania, Levant, etc.)? I can't find them in the Concise edition or the specialized Four Kings or pre-decimal Elizabeth. Would they be in the general British Commonwealth edition?
They are in the simplified and the commonwealth catalogues. They are found under their respective titles.
The Commonwealth also lists British agencies abroad immediately following the GB section.
"Good grief. Maybe I will stick with Scott for now. Are there a lot of varieties?"
The biggest group of GB offices abroad is probably the Morocco Agencies which have around 342 basic overprinted stamps in SG (and lots of further varieties) with a further 152 GB stamp/office combinations from the days before overprints.
Here are approximate numbers of different combinations of GB stamp and office for each country for GB offices in countries which never had specially overprinted stamps:
I wouldn't expect these to be in Scott although I haven't checked:
There are plenty of stamps you could decide to collect!
Oog! This is exactly what I didn't want to know - a whole new collecting opportunity. I guess I better add the Commonwealth catalog to my Christmas list. (I was already thinking about it).
Retired Ap. Book Mod, Pres Golden Gate Stamp Club, Hi Tech Consultant 16 Dec 2017 12:11:18pm
re: Offices Abroad - Which SG Catalog has them?
Geoff:
Then you can get into the offices abroad for other countries, starting with France (usually listed in the back of France in the Scott Catalog)
With exotic names such as : Kwangchowan, Pakhoi, Crete, Alexandria, Zanzibar etc, etc.....you can certainly not just double, but triple your fun.
This is a challenging area, requiring some patience and deep pockets (often).
Have fun!
rrr
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