I've had a chance to make a better comparison between the 1947 edition of the International and the 1969 version. As mentioned in a previous post, I was pleasantly surprised to discover that the 1969 edition had improved coverage for some issues over the 1947 edition even though many stamps and even complete countries were dropped in the later version. The most dramatic improvement in the '69 was for Libya. In all cases, I do not know whether the additional stamps were added for the first time in the 1969 edition or had previously appeared in the 1955 or 1965 versions. At some point, I want to check this list against the latest version of the Blue (of which I only own part 1 of 4) to see if the changes "stuck." Here are my notes:
BRAZIL. The '69 has better coverage of postage dues than the '47.
CAMEROONS. The 1938 semi-postals are in the '69 but not the '47.
CONGO. More spaces in the '69 than the '47 for the 1930 and 1934 airmails.
COSTA RICA. Twice as many spaces for officials in the '69 than '47.
CUBA. Twice as many spaces for postage dues in the '69 than the '47.
DENMARK. Twice as many spaces for airmails in the '69 than the '47.
FRENCH EQUATORIAL AFRICA. Twice as many spaces for airmails in the '69 than the '47.
GRAND COMORO ISLANDS. 17 spaces for this country in the '69 vs. 8 in the '47.
FRENCH GUINEA. Better coverage of pre-1913 regular issues in the '69 than the '47.
FRENCH GUIANA. Better coverage of pre-1925 regular issues in the '69 than the '47.
INDO-CHINA. The '69 edition has 45 spaces for postage dues versus 35 in the '47.
ITALIAN COLONIES. The 1947 edition is missing the 1932 Dante overprints (8 values). However, the 1969 has only 4 spaces for the Garibaldi overprints versus 8 in the the 1947.
YUGOSLAVIA. The '69 has 17 spaces for postage dues versus 11 in the '47.
KUWAIT. 1969 has spaces for 4 additional values in the 1937 overprints (Scott 45-57).
LIBERIA. There are 7 spaces in the '47 for airmails vs 10 in '69. However, the additional airmails in the '69 is because Scott deleted spaces for the 1893 postage dues and the 1903 registration stamps.
LIBYA. The '69 has almost 3 full pages of semi-postals vs. 4 spaces in the '47! Also, the '69 has twice as many spaces for airmails.
MALAYA: PERAK. The '69 has better coverage of 1938-40 than the '47.
MIDDLE CONGO. The '69 doubles the spaces for 1933 regular issues but drops 13 spaces for the 1936 surcharges.
PERU. The '69 has 7 spaces for airmails missing in the '47.
POLAND. The '47 is missing the 1933 and 1935 officials that are in the '69.
SAAR. The '69 has more spaces for the 1927-34 regular issues and the 1922-23 officials than the '47.
SAN MARINO. There are a few additional spaces in the '69 vs. the '47.
SPANISH [WESTERN] SAHARA. There are 25 spaces for this country in the '47 vs. 43 spaces in the '69.
SWEDEN. The '69 adds 10 spaces for 1918 semi-postals missing from the '47.
SYRIA. The '69 drops three spaces for the 1920 overprints (Scott 64-81) but adds 2 stamps from 1940 not in the '47.
TRIPOLITANIA. Something of a mess. The '69 is missing regular issues from 1933-34 (14 spaces), a number of semi-postals, and 2 spaces for airmail special delivery that are in the '47, but has 20 spaces for semi-postal airmails versus 6 spaces in the '47.
UGANDA. There are 4 spaces for this country in the 47 vs. 10 in the '69.
In a later blog I'll summarize where the 1947 edition is superior to the 1969 version.
The famous stamp collector Josiah Lilly said that there were 100,000 postage stamps he wanted for his collection and he succeeded in acquiring 77,000. My considerably easier target is 35,000 of the more common stamps from 1840-1940 contained in the Scott Blue International Album Volume 1. This blog will record my progress, provide general information about Classic era philately and hopefully encourage other "Blue" collectors.
2 comments:
I checked the '55 edition, and it matches the '47 in all of differences listed, except for Libya and and Tripolitania, which matches the '69.
I really do appreciate you taking the time to compare the differences with your 1955 album. Now the question is which changes that weren't in the 1955 edition first appeared in the 1965 one.
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