Sg 2015 Commonwealth & British Empire Catalogue

Who's pre-ordered a copy?

http://www.stanleygibbons.com/stanl...89/SG1099919

I have, for one

What could be new in a catalog that ends at 1970?

Well, the prices are upgraded, & from the Home page

"The 2015 edition is full of additions and improvements. There is a fully priced listing of Indian stamps used in Muscat, The South African 'Second Republic' definitives have been rewritten to include the two types of 'RSA' watermark, double 'Specimen' overprints are listed for the first time and the first Sarawak telegraphs set is now listed.

As always, there are numerous additional listings, with further inverted and reversed watermarks and plate flaws, the latter including an interesting new variety on the King George VI 'Ship'stamps of Grenada, the Northern Rhodesia 1d. 'Extra boatman' flaw and the 'nun' variety on the Sudan Camel Postman stamps."

Nuns on camels, eh, what will they find next....

I just spit coffee on my monitor. Thanks for a good laugh.

I'll probably pick up the Concise at SG on a business trip to London in about 3 weeks as I only collect GB and the C&BEC is a bit beefy for me. I tend feel that catalog publishers invent some of the changes to justify a new publication and increased price, but it's nice to have it at least every 10 years as a reference. I'm also going to try the Argyll Etkin live auction on 3 October, although the GB offerings look a bit thin.