Unusually for today’s world, the countries listed here all have a very restrained issuing policy. Due to serious financial problems, the South African Post Office has only released three issues since 2021, and Zambia has been adding new imprints to existing stamps for several years. New discoveries are rare, but always possible, either here in the catalogue or later at post offices, on commercial covers or in shops.
The stamps listed in this volume are not only of interest to country collectors, but also to theme collectors. For example, the rich fauna of southern Africa is extensively documented on stamps from all the countries in this catalogue. This is particularly effective because virtually all the stamp images are now in colour. The crude black and white images of the lead typesetting era have largely disappeared.
The editorial team has also revised the texts for all the collecting areas in this volume, in many cases adding new information or clarifying existing information. The valuations have also been carefully reviewed and adjusted to reflect the current market situation, resulting in a number of changes, particularly for more recent issues that are difficult to obtain.
In brief: 780 pages, 11,000 images, 60,000 valuations, in colour, hardback, RRP: 98 Euros. ISBN 978-3-95402-495-7. Available in bookshops and specialist bookshops.
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