Stanley Gibbons

The Stanley Gibbons Group plc is a company quoted on the London Stock Exchange specialising in the retailing of collectable postage stamps and similar products.The business started when, employed as an assistant in his father's pharmacy shop in Plymouth, Gibbons set up a counter selling stamps.[9] The chairman of Letraset blamed "indiscriminate expansion" and "imprudent" investment decisions for the problems at Gibbons and was quoted in The Times as saying "We significantly overpaid for what we got.In 1982 Clive Feigenbaum staged a management buy-out followed by an application in 1984 for a listing on the UK's Unlisted Securities Market in order to raise funds for new acquisitions.[12] The listing went ahead but the shares were suspended within moments of their debut even before trading had begun, following concerns about Feigenbaum's background highlighted in an article in the Sunday Times.The concerns had surrounded Feigenbaum's expulsion from the Philatelic Traders Society for breaching their code of ethics and his sale of "23 carat gold" stamps of no postal validity from the island of Staffa.In 1989 Paul Fraser began to invest in the firm, and he purchased a further 30% stake in the company from New Zealand businessman Sir Ron Brierley who is a stamp collector.[21] On 20 September 2010 the company announced it had acquired the trade and assets of the Benham first day cover and collectibles business from Flying Brands Limited.[22] On 21 November 2013, Stanley Gibbons successfully completed its acquisition of Noble Investments, bringing Apex, Baldwin's, and Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions into the group.[23] In 2014, two further acquisitions followed: On 31 January the company acquired Murray Payne, the world's leading dealer in British Commonwealth King George VI stamps [24] and on 23 October The Fine Art Auction Group, holding company of the Group's subsidiary, Dreweatts and Bloomsbury, announced that it had acquired Mallett Antiques - a dealer in antiques and decorative arts with retail premises on London's Dover St and New York's Madison Avenue.[34] The first Stanley Gibbons stamp catalogue was a penny price list issued in November 1865 and reissued at monthly intervals for the next 14 years.
Stanley Gibbons 399 Strand
Stanley Gibbons 399 Strand
Edward Stanley Gibbons (1840-1913), the founder of the firm.
Stanley Gibbons rubber stamp impression Gower Street 1881.
Stanley Gibbons colour guide stamps printed by Perkins Bacon
Digital copy of the certificate of ownership of the 1c Magenta postage stamp. This certifies that the hold fractional ownership of the item.
Digital copy of the certificate of ownership of the 1c Magenta postage stamp. This certifies that the hold fractional ownership of the item.
The cover of a 1914-15 edition of the "Part One" British Empire catalogue.
Gibbons Stamp Monthly
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