One of the Greatest Scandals in Philatelic History? | Stanley Gibbons

Philately has never shied away from controversy and in this video Head of Commonwealth George James explores the single "good deed" that cost Perkins Bacon the philatelic printing contract for all of the British Colonies.
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[@rodneycork2788]

Fabulous presentation, well done sir, thoroughly enjoyed the journey.

[@christodoulou2002]

Another first class production by George. Well done. Deserves a rise for TV stardom.

[@davidwilliams9]

Postage stamps and history are an amazing combination. A very interesting presentation.

[@yessanknow302]

Nice to see SG moving into the 21st Century with interesting KZbin content presented by knowledgable young people.

[@RichardTClark396]

Very informative I had never heard this in my 51 years in philately! Thank you!

[@stevekravcik609]

A fascinating story, well presented. Thank you.

[@RichardLaurence]

Thanks! Fascinating.

[@richardgratton5425]

Excellent travail. Merci

[@ThriftShopHustler]

Modern day translation: "Hello, I collect money. Can I have some free money?" "Sure kind Sir, with pleasure!"

[@IIoveasl10]

Very interesting. I started collecting in 1972 (7 1/2 /8 years). I now collect China and Hong Kong. Hong Kong from 1862 to 1905: queens and kings. China: whatever is pre-1900. I have after 1997, but that is what I focus my collections on. Thank you for your videos. They always fascinate me.

[@warrenbrown8998]

First Class George. Thanks

[@jimgordon6629]

Well done! Very interesting!

[@JanDoggen]

Nice story. I wonder if I would notice coming across one of these missing ones.... I only collect Europe, so maybe the Ionian ones ;-)

[@rusiesito1]

Thanks George.... Muy interesante tu comentario. Saludos cordiales

[@lidia5247]

A wonderful video! And so nice to see stamps I probably won’t ever get to see! Lol

[@jamesn3485]

A really good video.

[@markand7]

Welldone George

[@tedlawrence4189]

When I am looking through Commonwealth early issues, I am always hoping, that they will be Wmk. Crown & CC, rather than CA.

[@QuinlanPower]

Got few of those, I just sented mail today but didnt knew about this

[@lakmalasia]

This is really a fascinating story. I tried to find the book "Cancelled by Perkins Bacon by Peter Jaffe" to read the full response from Mr. J. Bacon but my effort was in vain. Can anyone share the content of the full response from Mr. J Bacon to O. Hill? Much appreciate your help...

[@mohdayan8919]

I have a large amount of old foreign stamps but I don't know the real value of these stamps please help me sir...

[@josephpostma1787]

They generally have little value, best to keep them or give them away if you think someone could make better use.

[@julianp2868]

Make sure your volume is up next time

[@vkollekciyu]

❤️Stumps from 🇷🇺🍀👍

[@macfunkey]

You are stepping into dangerous territory here! The words "Scandal" and "Stanley Gibbons" immediately remind me of a scam the company was involved in ... though many years ago now ...

[@robertoperezcatalan3043]

😊👋👍

[@geraldj.ellott8540]

There was another reason

[@ridikerous]

If SG is asking 35,000 for the Ionian Islands set, it must be about 12,000 from any other dealer...

[@yessanknow302]

No, because it is a unique set. You simply can't buy them from ANY other dealer.

[@TigerDude333]

Shows how vanilla stamp collecting is when giving away a few pence of stamps is the biggest scandal we can find.

[@kleinbogen]

You look like a young Bill Gates!!!

[@MrHughzy101]

Great story, etc., but the production value for a company this big is appalling - you could at least iron the background sheet.

[@YellowfinGrouper]

I was more bothered about the curvature of one of the packets holding a £9000 stamp.