CILP Catalogue Now Available!

The CILP is pleased to announce the release of the Canvey Island Local Post: Specialised Cinderella Stamps Catalogue 2010-2025, published on the 5 December by Flag House Press.

This comprehensive 206 page catalogue details every stamp, cover and postcard issued by the Canvey Island Local Post (CILP), with full colour illustrations, descriptions, history notes and statistics for each item issued. From CILP’s first stamp issued in November 2010, through its 15th Anniversary issue in November 2025, to its first stamp of 2026, celebrating World Local Post Day. 

The catalogue also includes a fully illustrated section on the Local Post Collectors Society 50th Anniversary and World Local Post Day 2022 Omnibus issue. Plus, a full background article on the 'Missing Yellow' Chapman Lighthouse stamp, an illustrated Collector Checklist and Thematic List, and a Resources section for new collectors and aspiring local posters!

It is available for purchase from Amazon.co.uk and regions.

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Update: CILP Cinderella Stamps Catalogue

CILP's forthcoming comprehensive catalogue is at the final stages of preparation and due to enter its proof reading stage next month. 

We are excited about publishing it as soon as possible, but our original publication date of 10 November 2025 to coincide with our fifteen anniversary, has been pushed back to 8 December 2025. This is due to the additional stamps scheduled to be released in the last quarter of the year, and we wanted to include all the details of these extra issues in the catalogue.

It will make an ideal addition to any Cinderella stamps collector's library and an easy gift for family or friends to buy as it will be available on Amazon for Christmas!

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Online and Printed Catalogues Update

 Updates of our illustrated Online Catalogue pages will be suspended from 20 February 2024. Current data in the public domain will remain available online but new issues will not be added to the catalogue listings until further notice. 

CILP has taken this decision due to possible misuse by some individuals, breaching our generous Creative Commons Licence.

Also, our website format and hosting limitations may restrict our ability to expand and accommodate the catalogue in its current format in future. A slimmed-down or 'light' version of the catalogue is being evaluated.

However, our Collector Checklist will be updated for new stamp issues and released as normal under our existing Creative Commons Licence.

A new illustrated and comprehensive printed catalogue covering all cinderella material relating to CILP since its foundation, is being prepared for publication. The First Edition of the CILPDEX catalogue will be available later this year and will be for sale worldwide online from our agent, Alpha Thematics. 

Visit the Canvey Island Local Post Category in the Alpha Thematics shop!

Update 01 April 2025: Online illustrated catalogues have been deleted. Our 'Collector Checklist' now has thumbnail images of all of our stamp issues.

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New Resource for Collectors - Online Catalogue!

We have had a Collector's Checklist available online for sometime, enabling new and existing collectors to check their Canvey Post stamps. But this has the limitation of not being illustrated, and short of searching our website archives for images of our stamps, there was no way to tie in checklist with a particular stamp issue unless you already had it in your collection.

Now there is a new resource that solves the problem, a fully illustrated Online Stamp Catalogue covering the entire stamp output of the Canvey Island Local Post, from its first stamp in November 2010, to our latest stamp issued in April 2020!

Despite being web optimised the size of the current catalogue file may take a couple of minutes to load due to the number of images. Future stamps will be catalogued in a separate catalogue part on a new page.

The catalogue also uses new stamp reference numbers which are shorter and easier to remember! They are similar to the basic Stanley Gibbons catalogues. My original references, which include a CLP prefix and the date of release, will be retained solely as production identifiers rather than collector references. 

The current online catalogue only covers stamp issues but we are preparing a comprehensive physical catalogue for publication in 2022. This will include first day covers, commemorative covers, postal stationery, Heritage Postcards, first day issue postcards, maxi cards and anything else postal or philatelic issued by the CILP.

I was surprised how much material there is to classify for this next project, but over ten years many designs have been produced and a lot of post has left this office! 

Keep safe, keep well...

Update 01 April 2025: Online illustrated catalogues have been removed. Our 'Collector Checklist' now has thumbnail images of all of our stamp issues.

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