Postage Stamps Cross Reference

When purchasing stamps for my collection in the UK I often find that the numbers quoted are from the Stanley Gibbons catalogue1. As I have a more specialised collection of New Zealand stamps I generally use the Campbell Paterson catalogue2 which is much more detailed. Relating the issues between the two can be slow and rather difficult, especially if away from home. To assist with this I have created a cross reference document to convert both ways. If you would also find it helpful then please feel free to download a copy.

V3 now released which updates it to the SG 2019 edition and also includes a partial cross reference to the US Scott catalogue.

New Zealand Stamp Catalogue Cross Reference

V2 released 12 Dec 2024

V3 released 17 Jan 2025

Postal Stationery Cross Reference

Now, exactly a year later, I have created the same thing to cross reference between R.D. Samuel's3 detailed Postal Stationery Catalogues and the widely known Higgins and Gage4 chapter on New Zealand.

New Zealand Postal Stationery Catalogue Cross Reference

V1 released 13 Dec 2025

Stanley Gibbons Stamp Catalogue, Commonwealth & British Empire 1840-1970, Ringwood 2019 (121st Edition)

Campbell Paterson’s (Loose Leaf) Handbook — Catalogue of New Zealand Stamps, Auckland, updated 2024.

New Zealand Postal Stationery Catalogue, Parts 1 to 5. R.D. Samuel, Shades Stamp Publications, Christchurch. Various editions 1988-2001

Priced Catalogue of Postal Stationery of the World, First Edition Volume 5, Section 13. Ed. G. Fladung. Higgins & Gage Inc, Pasadena, California. 1969.