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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
Editor: C. E. Norden		 1 Edition 16 1955
Hawthorn Press
 Editor: J. 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
 Editor:  J. 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
Editor: J 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.