List of stamp catalogues
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This article is an incomplete list of stamp catalogs.
Europe
AFA specialkatalog: Danmark, Færøerne, Grønland, Dansk Vestindien og Slesvig (Denmark)
Afinsa (Portugal)
Anfils (Spain)
Austria Netto Katalog (ANK) (Austria)
Bolaffi (Italy)
Catalogue of USSR postage stamps (Soviet Union, Russia; Каталог почтовых марок СССР)
CEI (Italy)
Cérès (France)
Chuchin, F.G. (Russia - Zemstvos)
Connoisseur Catalogue of Machin Stamps (United Kingdom)
Dallay (France)
Domfil (Spain)
Edifil (Spain)
Facit catalog (all countries of Scandinavia)
Fischer catalog (Poland)
Froede (Germany, active to 1941)
Hellas 2012: stamp catalogue and postal history = katalogos grammatosēmōn kai tachydromikē historia (Greece)
Hermes (Greece)
Hibernian (Ireland)
Jacobs, V.A. (Russia - USSR special catalogue)
JB Catalogue (Malta)
LAPE (Finland) Standard catalogue is published annually, specialized catalogue replaces standard catalogue every few years.
Lipsia (until 1990), only stamp catalog of the DDR. (Editor: Verlag Transpress Leipzig, DDR)
MacDonnell Whyte (Stamps of Ireland Specialised Catalogue)
Magyar Posta és Illetékbélyeg Katalógus (Hungary)
Maury (France), A specialized catalog of France formed from the combination of Cérès and Dallay
Michel catalog (Germany)
Mundifil Postage Stamps of Portugal and Colonies
Norgeskatalogen (Norway)
Norma Norma [year] – a specialized catalog of Finland postage stamps published annually, tri-lingual (Finnish, Swedish, English) Standard catalogue is published annually, specialized catalogue replaces standard catalogue every few years. Currently in internet https://www.kapylanmerkki.fi/norma/
NVPH Speciale Catalogus (The Netherlands & colonies)
OBP-COB (Belgium)
Philex (Germany)
Pofis catalogue (Czechoslovakia)
Prifix (Luxembourg)
Ruch catalog (Poland)
Sassone (Italy)
Stoneham Great Britain Stamp Catalogue (United Kingdom)
V.U. Soloviev (Russia)
Stanley Gibbons (Great Britain)
The Complete Machin Stamp Catalogue (United Kingdom)
Unificato (Italy)
Yvert et Tellier (France)
Zagorsky Standard Collection (Russia)
Zumstein (Switzerland)
Americas
Durland Standard Plate Number Catalog (plate blocks of United States postage and revenue issues and related areas)
Hebert's Catalogue of Plate Number Singles (specializing in plate number singles of United States and related stamp issues)
Holmes (Canada, published from 1935 to 1968)
Ma's Illustrated Catalogue Of The Stamps Of China (China)
Minkus (USA, active until 2004)
Newfoundland specialized stamp catalogue (Canada)
Schiffer catalog: Catálogo de Selos do Brasil (Brazil)
Scott catalogue (USA)
Sellos postales argentinos: 1856-2010 (Argentina)
Unitrade Specialized Catalogue of Canadian Stamps
Asia and Oceania
Australasian stamp catalogue (Australia)
BALE (Israel)
Brusden-White (Australia)
Burak Pul Evi Kataloğu - Spesyalize Türk Pullari Kataloğu (Specialized Postage Stamp Catalog of Turkey)
Burak Pul Evi Yayinlari - Ilk Türk Pullari / Tugrali Pullar (The First Turkish Stamps Stamps with the monogram of the Sultans)
Catabooks Publishing - Thematic Catalogs / Gandhi Stamp Catalog (The First India theme based Stamp Caatalogs)
Campbell Paterson (New Zealand)
Chan Stamp Catalogue of China (1878-1949)
Comprehensive Colour Catalogue of Australian Stamps
Farahbakhash Catalogue Of 2010: The Stamps Of Iran – Qajar, Pahlavi, Islamic Republic Of Iran (Iran)
Isfila (Turkey)
JSCA Japanese Stamp Specialized Catalog (Japan)
JSDA Japanese Stamp Dealers’ Association Catalogue (Japan)
Katalog Prangko Indonesia = Indonesian postage stamp catalogue (Indonesia)
Len Jury Stamp catalogue - New Zealand
Stamps NZ - New Zealand
Livingston "Catalog of the Shanghai Postal System" (Wei-Liang Chow 2nd edition 1990)/(L.F. Livingston First edition 1971)
Ngo’s Catalogue of Philippine Republic Stamps & Postal Stationeries (Philippine)
Phila India (India)
Postage Stamps Catalogue of the People's Republic of China (China), China Posts and Telecom Press
Pulko Osmali İmpararatorluğu ve Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Posta Pullari Kataloğu (Ottoman Empire and Republic of Turkey Postage Stamp Catalog)
Pulhan: Türk Pullari Kataloğu (Turkey Postage Stamp Catalog)
Sakura Catalogue of Japanese Stamps (Japan)
Standard Catalogue of Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Steven Tan, International Stamp & Coin Sdn. Bhd.
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