RNS Number:0943W
Stanley Gibbons Group Limited
03 March 2004


                       The Stanley Gibbons Group Limited
                      ("Stanley Gibbons" or "the Company")

                     Further issue and Directors' dealings

TheCompany announces that, following the exercise of an option over 540,540
Ordinary Shares by Paul Fraser and an option over 50,000 Ordinary Shares by
Richard Purkis, it has today issued a total of 590,540 new Ordinary Shares of 1p
each.

Paul Fraser, whose shareholding in the Company exceeded 29.6%, which, under the
rules of the Takeover Code, prevented him from exercising and retaining his
option, has sold 540,540 Ordinary Shares at 72p each. Following the sale his
holding in the Company remains at 7,301,719 Ordinary Shares which now represents
28.93% of the enlarged issued share capital of Stanley Gibbons.

Richard Purkis has sold 25,000 Ordinary Shares at 72p each, making his
shareholding 25,000 Ordinary Shares, which represents 0.99%of the enlarged
issued share issue of the Company.

Application has been made for the new Ordinary Shares to be admitted to trading
on AIM and admission is expected to take place on 9 March 2004.

The Company confirms its intention to return surplus cash to shareholders by
means of a share buyback in the immediate future.



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