Most Attractive Souvenir Sheet

Londonbus.... I'm salivating over that Czech sheet....... I'll try not to get any on it.

I love your Souvenir Sheets guys.

while I do not collect the area I feel that I have to show a representation of the beautiful souvineer sheets of Hungary of the 1970's..about 20 years ago I was able to purchase a huge lot of Hungary from the landlord of a fellow who left town in a hurry..i would like to show some of them as time allows !!

I was just wondering.... with all the different collecting areas within philately, does anyone focus just on single stamp souvenir sheets? That would be an interesting collecting subgroup.

Here is one - DDR and Russia

Sojus 31 Start August 8, 1978




I actually fixed me some popcorn last night!

Will someone give RonD a tissue !

Here is another gem, from India.

One of the more refined issues to come out of the UK in the last 10 years.

But then it's flags of course !

LB1, awesome stamps, you must be one of those stamp dealers looking for an accountant!

Puff, the Magic Dragon - Bonn, Germany 1994

Nice isn't it !
I managed to bag a copy cheaply some years ago having searched for ages without ever having seen one [in the flesh...so to speak].
It was printed by Waterlow for the Czechoslovak Philatelic Exhibition, Grosvenor Place, London, Novemebr 8-20 1943. This one of only 3 Philatelic Exhibrions held in Great Briatin during the war years. The other two were the Centenary Exhibitions of 1940 in London and Bournemouth.
Recess printed, Perf 13½. The design for the stamps are based on actual stamps but are only labels.
The cost at the show to members of the public was 5/-, so you can see how hard to find [and expensive] they are today.
Even scarcer are those sheets with a green, Czech Field Post Cancel and those with a 'SPECIMEN' overprint.




I don't focus on them particularly, but as I said earlier in the thread, I do have a soft spot for them.




Thankfully not a dealer, just a poor collector selling his dupes and unwanted stuff to buy more stamps...of the wanted variety.
Sadly, no need for an accountant !

All good fun though isn't it

Londonbus1.....more sheets later

So Londonbus, what is the Scott number on that Czech sheet? I've looked through my Scott catalog but couldn't seem to locate it. If it is listed at all...
You also mentioned:




Are you saying the initial stamps were labels or those on this sheet? If those on this sheet are labels I could understand why I didn't find them in Scott's. I definitely will be on the lookout for this sheet.
At any rate I am enjoying seeing these sheets that are being shown by all. I just wish that I had more to show! (P.S. I know what's going to happen... I am going to see all of these nice sheets and start hunting/buying them rather than food...)

On a side note, I've really enjoyed the time I have spent here since joining about a month or so ago. There is not a DAY that passes that I am not reading posts. The knowledge base is amazing. I know that if I have a question about any stamp in the world someone here will have the answer. It's just amazing.

Ron,

No, not listed as they are really just labels.
if you check Scott#'s 147,151,226 and 254b you will see the similarities. [I may be mistaken on the first two numbers due to lack of pics in my Scotts].

The organizers of the Exhibition [In part by the Czechoslovak Philatelic Society] sought permission from the Czech Government [in exile] to use the designs. Nowadays, such antics would not be allowed and similar stamps/labels would have to be cancelled by bars or overprints as happened on many later Exhibition sheets.
But then during the war, this was not on peoples minds.
This is one of my favourite Exhibition pieces because of the similarity to postage stamps and the baeutiful printing.

Glad you enjoy the forum.
Stick around, it only gets better !

Londonbus1.....stuck to the computer !

I always fancied these the federal building stamp sheet and the Fort Dearborn "century of progress sheet" too. They are not fanciful or even elaborate but I always enjoyed them greatly.

Really nice.
The Great Smoky Mountain sheet is really a gem.

Thanks for posting it.

Londonbus1

I have one of those Smokey Mountains too. It's a beauty. Thinking it's time to collect the rest of the Farley sheets.
But curious, so I'll ask you experts. How to display these little gems?
I create my own album pages. Is there a preferred mount used for souvenir sheets? Tried making my own with some plastic, but the sheets kept falling out. Frustrating.

If I ever sell one of these stamps I own for a lot f money, I will move to Ashville, NC. Four seasons, beautiful countryside, cultured townspeople, Biltmore and a lots more.

In the meantime I stay right here.




My avatar is here!

Thanks!