The 2013 edition has been extensively updated with all prices reviewed and revised in line with the current market, with increases in all periods from the 1840 2d. blue right through to recent Machins, there are notable increases for the listed plate flaws and modern errors.

• Stanley Gibbons Great Britain Stamp Catalogue lists and prices all British stamps from 1840 to early 2013.
•Every different stamp design is illustrated in full colour.
• Listings include changes of watermark, perforation, shade and phosphor.
• First day covers, Royal Mail postage labels, Post Office (PHQ) Cards, presentation packs, booklets, postage dues, regionals, official stamps, postal fiscals and Post Office label sheets (Smilers) all listed and priced.
• Includes gutter pair prices.
• Gutter Pairs and “Traffic light” Gutter Pairs listed in mint sets.
• First Day Covers for Special Issues from 1924 and for King Edward VIII and King George VI definitives listed.
• Prestige Booklet panes and Regionals included for Queen Elizabeth II.
• All British Post Office special First Day of Issue postmarks are illustrated and priced on cover.
• Quick reference diagrams for listed Machin decimal booklet panes.
• Visible plate numbers listed for Victorian stamps.
• All basic stamps priced mint and used, with unmounted and mounted mint prices from 1887 to 1935 and on-cover prices from 1840 to 1911.
• Major errors and varieties including missing colours and perforation and watermark errors listed and priced.
• Helpful introductory section providing philatelic definitions and guidance for the collector.
• Booklet pane diagrams and indexes of commemorative designs and Machin definitives make this catalogue the perfect guide to British stamps and their values.
• Includes a Commemorative Design Index.
• Useful table of postage rates contemporary with NVIs.
• Inverted and sideways watermarks are listed and priced, as well as First Day Covers, presentation packs, FRAMAS, PHQ cards, ‘Smiler’ sheets, errors – and a host of other details.
• Includes simplified listings of specimen overprints.
• Includes the popular Post Office Label Sheets.
• Includes Post Office Yearbooks and Year Packs.
• Helpful introductory section providing definitions and guidance for the collector and including all watermark illustrations shown together to assist identification.
• Recently discovered errors and new items now listed.
• Post & Go stamps fully listed.