Stamps & Autographs
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 | Stanley Gibbons The UK public listed company is the market leader and number one brand name in philatelic dealing. |
| Capital Protected Growth Plan | Guaranteed Minimum Return Contracts | |
| Minimum investment | £10,000 | £10,000 |
| Admin fees | NONE | NONE |
| Buying | ||
| Flexibility | 5 year fixed term contract with early exit option any time after 1 year (subject to terms) | Fixed term contract of between 5 and 10 years |
| Capital security | Your underlying investment is Capital Protected, irrespective of investment performance of portfolio | Capital protected and minimum return guaranteed of between 3% and 5% per annum dependent on contract term |
| Charges | 30% of profit achieved after 5 years or 50% if exit before end of contract term | N/A |
| Valuations | Annually | Annually |
| Storage & insurance | Free | Free |
| Up-front discount | £10,000 to £25,000 - 5%; > £25,000 – 10% | None |
The four portfolio management options by Stanley Gibbons.
Stamp Index - Stanley Gibbons Stamp SG-100 Index - 12.1% p.a. since 1998
- Great Britain 30 rare stamp GB-30 Index - up 38% in 2008
- The top 100 most sought-after autographs comparing their retail price in 1997 to 2008 market value.
Investing in Autographs
- JFK's last autograph nets big bucks at auction.
- The Fraser's 100 index shows a 280% return over the last 11 years. Couple this with the pride that comes from owning something as rare as a 400 year old official royal document signed by a former a king or queen and you can begin to understand why autographed material is so in demand.
- None of my other investments give me the joy that autographs do because they make me feel that I am holding a piece of history in my hands. - Malcolm Forbes, Forbes magazine.
| Personality | | 1997 | | % Growth |
| Abba | sp | £325 | £1,250 | 284.6% |
| Al Pacino | sp | £50 | £195 | 290.0% |
| Ali, Muhammad | sp | £175 | £950 | 442.9% |
| Apollo 11 | sp | £1,750 | £9,950 | 468.6% |
| Armstrong, Neil | sp | £475 | £5,500 | 1057.9% |
| Astaire Rogers | sp | £575 | £1,950 | 239.1% |
| Beach Boys | sp | £775 | £1,750 | 125.8% |
| Beatles - album page | aps | £2,750 | £9,500 | 245.5% |
| Beatles, The | sp | £4,950 | £24,500 | 394.9% |
| Bolan, Marc | aps | £275 | £950 | 245.5% |
| Brando, Marlon | sp | £875 | £3,000 | 242.9% |
| Cagney, James | sp | £175 | £695 | 297.1% |
| Callas, Maria | sp | £500 | £1,750 | 250.0% |
| Carpenters, The | sp | £275 | £1,950 | 609.1% |
| Caruso, Enrico | sp | £500 | £1,750 | 250.0% |
| Casablanca | aps | £1,400 | £3,950 | 182.1% |
| Castro, Fidel | sp | £300 | £3,500 | 1066.7% |
| Chagnall, Marc | sp | £375 | £975 | 160.0% |
| Chaplin, Charlie | sp | £1,200 | £3,750 | 212.5% |
| Churchill, Winston | sp | £2,500 | £6,950 | 178.0% |
| Clapton, Eric | sp | £85 | £325 | 282.4% |
| Clarke, Jim | aps | £750 | £1,750 | 133.3% |
| Dad's Army | aps | £250 | £1,600 | 540.0% |
| Dali, Salvador | sp | £300 | £995 | 231.7% |
| De Niro, Robert | sp | £50 | £195 | 290.0% |
| Dean, James | sp | £1,500 | £9,500 | 533.3% |
| Depp, Johnny | sp | £50 | £225 | 350.0% |
| Dickens, Charles | aps | £750 | £3,950 | 426.7% |
| Disney, Walt | sp | £395 | £3,950 | 900.0% |
| Dylan, Bob | sp | £875 | £1,950 | 122.9% |
| Eastwood, Clint | aps | £50 | £225 | 350.0% |
| Edward & Wallis | aps | £750 | £1,200 | 60.0% |
| Einstein, Albert | aps | £1,700 | £6,000 | 252.9% |
| England 1966 | sp | £1,200 | £3,950 | 229.2% |
| Fleetwood Mac | sp | £675 | £1,300 | 92.6% |
| Flynn, Errol | aps | £450 | £1,100 | 144.4% |
| Gagarin, Yuri | sp | £375 | £1,600 | 326.7% |
| Garland, Judy | sp | £1,500 | £2,500 | 66.7% |
| Gaye, Marvin | sp | £325 | £1,300 | 300.0% |
| Grace, W G | sp | £1,200 | £3,750 | 212.5% |
| Grant, Cary | sp | £400 | £1,950 | 387.5% |
| Hanna-Barbera | sp | £250 | £600 | 140.0% |
| Harrison, George | sp | £175 | £2,250 | 1185.7% |
| Hendrix, Jimi | aps | £975 | £4,500 | 361.5% |
| Hepburn, Audrey | sp | £850 | £1,750 | 105.9% |
| Hepburn, Katharine | sp | £325 | £1,500 | 361.5% |
| Hitchcock, Alfred | sp | £775 | £2,950 | 280.6% |
| Hitler, Adolf | sp | £3,950 | £6,950 | 75.9% |
| Holly, Buddy | aps | £375 | £2,600 | 593.3% |
| Houdini, Harry | sp | £1,000 | £4,950 | 395.0% |
| Joplin, Janis | aps | £950 | £1,950 | 105.3% |
| Kelly, Grace | sp | £850 | £1,600 | 88.2% |
| Kennedy, Jacqueline | aps | £475 | £1,750 | 268.4% |
| Kennedy, John F | aps | £1,750 | £4,750 | 171.4% |
| Laurel & Hardy | sp | £400 | £3,500 | 775.0% |
| Lee, Bruce | aps | £1,500 | £9,500 | 533.3% |
| Leigh, Vivien | sp | £575 | £1,950 | 239.1% |
| Lennon, John | aps | £675 | £5,950 | 781.5% |
| Lugosi, Bela | sp | £400 | £2,250 | 462.5% |
| Madonna | sp | £350 | £895 | 155.7% |
| Marley, Bob | sp | £850 | £3,250 | 282.4% |
| Martin Luther King Jr | sp | £750 | £3,500 | 366.7% |
| MASH | sp | £675 | £1,750 | 159.3% |
| McCartney, Paul | sp | £125 | £1,500 | 1100.0% |
| Monroe, Marilyn | aps | £2,750 | £6,750 | 145.5% |
| Monty Python | sp | £225 | £1,950 | 766.7% |
| Moon Walkers | aps | £1,800 | £8,500 | 372.2% |
| Morrison, Jim | aps | £1,500 | £3,500 | 133.3% |
| Mother Teresa | sp | £475 | £1,250 | 163.2% |
| Napoleon | aps | £750 | £4,500 | 500.0% |
| Nelson | aps | £1,500 | £8,950 | 496.7% |
| Newman, Paul | sp | £175 | £550 | 214.3% |
| Pele | sp | £100 | £950 | 850.0% |
| Phoenix, River | sp | £250 | £950 | 280.0% |
| Picasso, Pablo | sp | £1,250 | £3,950 | 216.0% |
| Presley, Elvis | sp | £600 | £3,750 | 525.0% |
| Princess Diana | sp | £1,200 | £8,500 | 608.3% |
| Queen | sp | £650 | £1,750 | 169.2% |
| Queen Elizabeth II | sp | £1,200 | £1,950 | 62.5% |
| Queen Mother | aps | £275 | £1,250 | 354.5% |
| Queen Victoria | aps | £325 | £950 | 192.3% |
| Rolling Stones | sp | £900 | £5,500 | 511.1% |
| Rowling, J K | book | £330 | £1,500 | 354.5% |
| Schulz, Charles | sp | £775 | £1,950 | 151.6% |
| Schumacher, Michael | sp | £100 | £325 | 225.0% |
| Senna, Ayrton | sp | £600 | £1,600 | 166.7% |
| Sex Pistols - incl Sid | aps | £1,750 | £4,500 | 157.1% |
| Shackleton, Ernest | aps | £750 | £1,100 | 46.7% |
| Sherlock Holmes - Rathbone & Bruce | aps | £575 | £950 | 65.2% |
| Sinatra, Frank | sp | £775 | £1,750 | 125.8% |
| Star Trek | sp | £1,250 | £1,950 | 56.0% |
| Star Wars | sp | £675 | £1,950 | 188.9% |
| Starr, Ringo | sp | £175 | £850 | 385.7% |
| Taylor, Elizabeth | sp | £185 | £950 | 413.5% |
| Warhol, Andy | sp | £175 | £1,950 | 1014.3% |
| Wayne, John | sp | £1,500 | £1,950 | 30.0% |
| Who, The | sp | £475 | £3,950 | 731.6% |
| Wilde, Oscar | aps | £850 | £5,500 | 547.1% |
| Williams, Robbie | sp | £75 | £350 | 366.7% |
| Woods, Tiger | sp | £950 | £1,750 | 84.2% |
| £80,720 | £306,500 | 280% |
Press articles on investing in stamps, autographs and documents:- Video on Stanley Gibbon's
- George Washington letter sells for $3.2M
- First Superman comic sold for USD 1 million
- 1939 Batman Comic Sells for More Than $1 Million at Auction
Portfolio sampleWhat Stanley Gibbons would place in a £1 million portfolio of stamps, historical documents and autographs
- Henry VIII - 450 year old signed document
- Edward IV - earliest known British Royalty signature in private hands
- Oliver Cromwell - A direct order personally signed in 1650
- Edward IV - 1465 royal proclamation of a treaty of peace for 30 years with Francis Duke of Brittany
- Penny Black stamp - 4 x strip dated 1840
- Van Goch - extremely rare handwritten poem
- Elizabeth I - 1589 signed approval listing 20 members of the Order of the Knights of the Garter
- John and Jacqueline Kennedy - joint signed portrait
- Beatles - all four signed photograph
- DIANA Princess Wales - signed portait
- Mauritius stamps - franked envelope with 3 rare 1859 issues
- plus several other rare stamps and historical documents