Scott Numbering System

I'm fairly new to collecting Australian stamps( normally Canada)..could someone advise which catalogues use the Scott numbering system..thanks in advance

Only Scott! I imagine that most collectors use Gibbons, or, for more detail, the Aussie catalogues.

Hi,
I use Scott for my 10 Aussie albums.
Then use Brusden White for the varieties,

They are expensive for the later versions, but early BW should able to be secured for a reasonable budget

The Brusden White 2004 Kangaroos , is the most desirable,
it includes the Early Federal Period stamps.
expect to Pay $50-$85 for that tome.

My advice, if you intend to take on Australia, haunt your bookstores,
join a Philatelic club, and buy up any, and all Aussie catalogues,
each offer in depth information, they all have pertinent info on their speciality, and can be had for pennies to low dollars.

I would have over 150 Australian catalogues.

One problem you'll find - especially when buying stamps - is that hardly anyone in the UK, unless they specialise in the US, will use Scott catalogues, which are, in any case, inferior to Gibbons et al for Commonwealth issues.

Inferior is only an opinion,
I found Gibbons to be a pain in the neck,
I wasted 5 years employing their unwieldy catalogues.
They also do not segregate Air and semi postals, which I really like
but not everybody's cuppa.
Gibbons ergo is inferior to Brusden White
But certainly, I have Gibbons early catalogues for the rare time I need
to check specialties.

Unwieldy catalogues? The 1840-1970 is one volume, as is the Australian. I doubt if anyone else considers Scott superior to Gibbons for Commonwealth stamps. And its volume covering Australia comes in at over £100, I think.

I'd like to answer this a slightly different way. If the OP is just interested in finding the Scott Numbers for certain stamps, or comparing the Scott number to SG number, then why not use the iPhone/iPad app, Stamp Identifier? It is free, though will constantly show you 5 second ads when using it. It also collects user data, as most Apps do. Here is a whole screen shot:


If you squint really hard at the last screen, you can see that the Audrey Hepburn stamp is listed by Michel number, Scott number, Yvert number, and Stanley Gibbons number. It has only failed a few times in the hundreds of times that I have used it. Highly recommended for the occasional user.

Here is a better screen shot of a stamp that I just tried:

If you're venturing into Australian Colonies, Gibbons is the best.

Brusden White's catalogue that Rod mentions above is truly superb, but offers no coverage for the 19th century.

Scott has its place, but is much more simplified than Gibbons.

Another error
$25 if purchased wisely




True, in one respect, in others, not so.
The collector, esp worldwide, is in my opinion, more comfortable, in using a
catalogue set, whose lingua franca remains constant across all countries.

It is so easy to construct a page for varieties, which one would also have to do
even with Gibbons.

Scott also has the value in worldwide recognition, and Steiner pages to boot.
together with a beautiful catalogue font set that is easy to read and navigate
(for the most part)

Scott is supreme in my estimation, with specialsts catalogues, employed for
drilling down.

Thank you for all your responses, I already have a Gibbons and I have found that after a certain date it only shows a picture of one if the stamps in a set, and as a beginner in Australia I find this most off putting.
Although I have got used to it my Canada collection was built using the Unitrade catalogue which shows pictures of all stamps, also when purchasing from Hipstamp, I believe a lot of them advertise them with Scott numbers, so it would be easier to search by Scott numbers.

Am using a web site in the UK for very recent Australia called Steve Irwin Stamps.

My standard Australia catalogue is Rennicks Stamps of Australia.

Use both these catalogues for ebay listings.

From the perspective of illustrations, a copy of the 'Comprehensive Colour Catalogue of Australian Stamps' will assist.

I focus on postage dues and find Scott to be a bit simplistic (although they have improved in recent times). Searches using multiple catalogue references can assist in locating bargains.

Rfw - if your tastes aren't too sophisticated, I have a few cheap and cheerful Aussie lots on ebay!

GeoffHa…what's your user name on ebay.
Rfw125

It's geoh2010, but there's a quick link via the ebay logo above my (and others') posts.