Stanley Gibbons

   

Stanley Gibbons Ltd is a London, UK based company specialising in trading postage stamps and related products.

The company was founded by Edward Stanley Gibbons in 1856, the business being founded on an initial purchase of a sackful of rare triangular stamps from the Cape of Good Hope.

From 1865 the company produced a monthly catalogue. Now, the various Stanley Gibbons stamp catalogues list millions of stamps, and are the bibles of philately. Gibbons Stamp Monthly is also a leading philatelic magazine.

In 1893 the company moved to its present location at 399 The Strand, and in 1914 the company received its Royal Warrant from George V.

As well as being a retail business, the company is also an auction house, and has branched out into collectables.

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