Stanley Gibbons

Stanley Gibbons Ltd. is a company in London that specializes in philatelic products. It is with stamps, accessories for philatelists and regularly Stamp Auctions by.

The company was founded by philatelists Edward Stanley Gibbons in Plymouth in 1856. The modest stamp act was in his father's pharmacy. The impetus in the introduction to professional action of stamps gave the rare triangle marks from the Cape of Good Hope. Edward Stanley Gibbons happened to come into the possession of numerous copies and wanted to sell them to other collectors. In 1874 the seat of the transaction was finally moved to London. Edward Stanley Gibbons built it in the following years into one of the world's leading companies in the field of philately. 1893 was another move place in the center of London, where the company is today.

The name Stanley Gibbons is known to philatelists, especially thanks to the Stanley Gibbons catalog. It is the oldest still appearing stamp catalog in the world. Since 1865, the reference book for philatelists appears regularly without significant interruptions.

The company is in addition to his stamp catalogs monthly philatelic magazine " Gibbons Stamp Monthly" out, which also enjoys international recognition.