History of The Australian Commonwealth Specialists' Catalogue
 


List of ACSC Editions
Updated: 3 February, 2024


The Commonwealth Specialists' Catalogues
Publisher & Editor Number of Editions Edition Nos. Year Catalogue Format
Orlo-Smith & Co.
Original Editor:  S. Orlo-Smith
14 Editions 1 1926-7 Stapled soft-cover A5 booklet.
Red cover, B&W pages.

Editions 5 to 11
were also available with a
stiff cover and interleaving.
2 1928-9
3 1932
 Supplement 1933
4 1935
5 1938
6 1941
7 1943
8 1945
9 1946
10 1947
11 1948
12 1949
13 1951
14 1952

The Australian Commonwealth Specialists' Catalogues
Publishers & Editors Number of Editions Edition Nos. Year Catalogue Format
Australian Stamp Auctions
Editor C. E. Norden
1 Edition 15 1953 Stapled soft-cover A5 booklet.
Red cover, B&W pages.
Hawthorn Press
EditorC. E. Norden
1 Edition 16 1955
Hawthorn Press
EditorJ. C. W. Brown
9 Editions 17 1956
18 1957
19 1958
20 1959
21 1960
22 1961
23 1962
24 1963
25 1964
Hawthorn Press
EditorJ. P. Meara
15 Editions 26 1965
27 1966
28 1967
29 1968
30 1969 Softbound A5 book.
Colour cover, B&W pages.
31 1970
32 1971
33 1972
34 1974
35 1975
36 1976
37 1977
38 1978
39 1979
40 1980
Seven Seas Stamps
EditorJ P Meara
2 Editions 41 1981 Softbound A5 book.
Colour cover & pages.
42 1983 Hardbound A5 book.
Colour cover & pages.

Brusden-White's 1988 Loose-Leaf Catalogues
Editors Details Year Catalogue Format
Loose-Leaf in a Binder
Compiled & Edited by: Alan J. White
With optional
loose-leaf updates.
1988 Loose-Leaf A5 binder.
Colour pages.
Loose-Leaf as a Bound Book
Compiled & Edited by: Alan J. White
Does not include the updates. c1988 Hard-Bound A5 book.
Colour pages.
Australian Colonies Booklet
Compiled by: Harry L. Bazelmans
Editor
Alan J. White
Based on Section A of the 1990 Loose-Leaf update. 1990 Softbound A5 book.
Colour cover & pages.

Brusden-White's 1993-1996 Loose-Leaf Updates
Editors Catalogues Year Catalogue Format

Loose-Leaf Updates
Edited by: Geoffrey Kellow & Richard Breckon

Content is identical to the First Editions of the Single Volume Releases. 
These updates are not related to the 1988 Loose-Leaf updates.
Kangaroos 1993 Loose-Leaf A5+ binder.
(Pages ~27mm wider than the 1988 updates)
Black & White pages.
KGV 1994
KGVI &
Booklets
1995
QEII
1952-1966
1996

Brusden-White's Single Volume Catalogues
Editors Edition Nos. Year Catalogue Format

Kangaroos
Section 1 covers the "Commonwealth Essays 1901-1912". 
Section 2 covers "The Kangaroo ands Map Series 1912-1945"

* The 4th Edition also includes "State Stamps of the Early Federal Period, 1901-12"


Editor: G. Kellow
Co-editor (1st edition):  R. Breckon.



1 1993 Softbound A5+ book.
B&W pages.
The 1st Edition has 6 colour images.
2 1996
3 1999
   4 * 2004
5 2013
2013 Deluxe Hardbound Edition.
100 Copies, A5+ size, full colour.
6 2017 Softbound A5+ book.
Full colour.
7 2021 Softbound A4 book.
Full colour.

King George V
Section 3 covers the "Engraved Definitives of 1913-1914"
Section 4 covers the "King George V Sideface Series 1914-1938"
Section 5 covers the "Other King George V Issues 1927-1936"

Editor:  G. Kellow
Co-editor (1st edition):  R. Breckon.

1 1994 Softbound A5+ book.
B&W pages.
2 2001
3 2007
4 2014
5 2018 Softbound A5+ book.
Full colour.
6 2022 Softbound A4 book.
Full colour.

King George VI
Section 6 covers the "King Edward VIII unissued stamps of 1923"
 and the "King George VI Definitives 1937-1952"
Section 7 covers the "B.C.O.F. in Japan 1948-1949

Editor:  G. Kellow

1 1995 Softbound A5+ book.
B&W pages.
2 2006
3 2015
4 2019 Softbound A4 book.
Full colour.
5 2024 Softbound A4 book.
Full colour.

Queen Elizabeth II
1952-1966

Editor G. Kellow
1 1996 Softbound A5+ book.
B&W pages.
2 2006
3 2015
4 2019 Softbound A4 book.
Full colour.
5 2024 Softbound A4 book.
Full colour.

Decimals I
1966-1975

Editor:  G. Kellow
Consultant Editor: B. Young
1 1997 Softbound A5+ book.
B&W pages.
2 2002

Decimals II
1975-1991

Editor: G. Kellow
Consultant Editor: B. Young
1 2002 Softbound A5+ book.
B&W pages.

Decimals III
1992-2001


Editor:  G. Kellow
Consultant Editor: B. Young
1 2002 Softbound A5+ book.
B&W pages.

Decimals Volume 1
1966-1984

Editor:  G. Kellow
Consultant Editor: B. Young
1 2021 Softbound A4 book.
Full colour.

Decimals Volume 2
1985-2001

Editor:  G. Kellow
Consultant Editor: B. Young
1 2021 Softbound A4 book.
Full colour.

Postage Dues
The 2nd & 3rd Editions are titled "Including New South Wales & Victoria"

Editor:  G. Kellow
Consultant Editor:  (2nd edition): P. Fletcher.

1 1999 Softbound A5+ book.
B&W pages.
2 2014
3 2020 Softbound A4 book.
Full colour.

Booklets
Edition 1: 1904 to 1973
Editions 2 & 3: 1904 to 2001

Editor:  G. Kellow

1 1995 Softbound A5+ book.
B&W pages.
2 2003
3 2020 Softbound A4 book.
Full colour.

Postal Stationery
Including Australian Territories
Edition 1: 1911 to 1966
Edition 2: 1911 to 1980

Editor:  G. Kellow

1 2013 Loose-Leaf A4 binder.
Full Colour.
2 2018 Softbound A4 book.
Full colour.

Australian States
Federal Period, 1901-1912

Editor:  ????

1 Part of the 2004 Kangaroos Softbound A5+ book.
B&W pages.
2 2023 Softbound A4 book.
Full colour.