Question About Sweden Stamps..?

Hi guys...I got a tons of stamps at an auction last week and cheap to...They had 100 Sweden stamps mixed in..Now I don't know anything about stamps from Sweden..Here is my question..

49 stamps - Had one straight edge like from a booklet.
45 stamps - Had 2 straight edges as if from coils.
6 - stamps had perforations on all 4 sides.

Does this seem strange or are the majority of Sweden stamps not perforated on all 4 sides..?

Thanks, Robert

Hi Wert. Sweden is a country where people love to use booklets and stamps. No idea why that is, but it was that way back when I was still in Europe. If you saw a coil stamp back then ten to one it was Swedish!

Peter

Robert

The straight-edged issues have been the norm since the early-1920s. It does make for an endless variety of versions to fill up albums!

Geoff

Not sure what period you're referencing, but modern Sweden doesn't issue stamps in sheets. Only booklets or coils.

Wert, maybe these pages from a 1979 Sweden Post brochure
might answer your question.

On rare occasions Sweden Post still issues stamps with
perfs all around like this booklet example shows...

Scott 1505a




...or in souvenir sheets.


Scott 1516

Well...That explains it guys..And thanks Litho for all the information..

Makes me want to spend more time on my Sweden collection. They've always produced very attractive stamps, even their definitives.

Thanks for all the great information on Swedish stamps. I bought a collection at a garage sale that included several booklets of stamps from Sweden. I was curious why they were in booklets and this explains it entirely. Thanks for the info.

I'm glad that the info here was useful to you stamper ron.


You're lucky having found a stamp collection at a garage
sale.

I never even saw one stamp in the times I've gone.

Thanks litho for the info. I have saved it myself, for future viewing with your name on it.

My Sweden albums have spaces for both the booklet pairs, as they are collected as pairs, and those that are issued with perfs all round.
I think they might be Leuchtturm (Lighthouse) albums.
I agree that they issue some beautiful stamps.

So if my 100 stamp sample is a basic cross section of Sweden stamps, then I guess we could say in Sweden..

49% - Have one straight edge.
45% - Have 2 straight edges.
6% --- Have perforations on all 4 sides.

Does that sound about right..??

It will depend on the date range of your stamps as I would say more recently that 90% would have at least one straight edge.
Only the S/Ss tend to be fully perforated and self adhesives are becoming more common (imperferate).