Indian Ocean Stamp Catalogue 4th edition

• Listings for issues up to 1970 are based on the 2022 Commonwealth and British Empire Stamps
catalogue; later issues have been specially updated and repriced for this catalogue.
• Watermark varieties, plate flaws, major errors, perforation changes, shades, postage due
stamps and booklets are all listed and priced, as are the Express Delivery and Postal Fiscal
stamps of Mauritius.
• British Consular Mail and Inland Mail stamps of Madagascar listed in full.
• Fully priced listing of Mauritius stamps used in Seychelles prior to the issue of their first
stamps in 1890
• The 1890-1892 issues of Seychelles outer islands (Zil Elwannyen Sesel) listed in full.
• An appendix listing is provided for post-2013 issues of Maldive Islands, where stamp issues
have been far in excess of local needs.
NEW FOR THIS EDITION:
• The ‘Misplaced stop’ varieties have been added to the ‘B.I.O.T.’ overprints on Seychelles, the
‘Serrated edge’ flaw has been added to the 1938 King George VI definitives of Mauritius and
there are new watermark varieties in both Mauritius and Seychelles.
• Numerous notes have been added throughout, providing additional advice and information.
• Prices have been extensively revised, with many significant increases in both Mauritius and
Seychelles

Helpful Resources:

• How to read your Stanley Gibbons Stamp Catalogue