Luxembourg "Cinquantenaire" 1940

Hello everybody:
I beg your pardon but as I am new to the forum I don´t know if this is the exact place to put this topic.
I have been searching in Internet but I didn´t get info on this Luxembourg conmemorative item .I will appreciate any info and maybe an estimate of a fair price to sell it.Thanks a lot

Hi; These are Semi postales of 1939; Scott: B99,B100,B98.
I'd say they are worth 5,00 dollars.It's not the complet serie,missing 3
of the high values..

Perf, that is not correct. These three stamps are a souvenir sheet issued to commemorate 50 years of Luxembourg stamps. The OP is looking for the catalog number of the sheet and its value.
Perf, sorry, you are of course correct, but that is not really what the OP is asking.


Peter

LUCH070, This is probably not an official souvenir shett but one issued by the stampclub of Luxembourg.
Most likely not worth much if anything at all because the stamps are badly oxidized.


Peter

Petert4522 wrote:




No,you are wrong.

The stamps shown by the OP were issued in a set of 6 and they
have CARITAS written on the left side.
The 3 stamps on the souvenir sheet have a different values
than any on the set and are without the CARITAS inscription.

Also they were not issued to commemorate 50 years of Luxembourg
stamps but for the 20th Anniversary of grand duchess Charlotte's
reign.

Here is a piece from Michel which shows the difference between the
semi-postal stamps and the regular issued Souvenir Sheet.
Also note that the set of six was printed via photogravure
while the 3 high values on the SS were engraved.



This also shows how much easier it is when all issues whether
regular, semi-postal and airmails are listed together compared to
Scott's back of the book system.

Hi; These stamps were put on sheet's and cards by the (union des Timbrophiles de Luxembourg)
or U.T.L; too commemorate their 50 years of existence.
They are still active today.

Hi Perf. The three stamps have a catalog value of 3.7 Euros, but catalog values are always much higher than actual commercial values at which stamps actually sell. If these were in perfect condition you might be able to find someone to give you 1 or maybe 2 Euros for this, but the problem is they are all damaged. They are all discolored around their edges which renders them pretty much valueless on the commercial market since collectors want perfection and such perfection is the great majority of a stamp's commercial value. You might consider giving this to a child who is interested in stamps to encourage him or her to become more interested in stamps.

" LUCH070, This is probably not an official souvenir shett but one issued by the stampclub of Luxembourg.
Most likely not worth much if anything at all because the stamps are badly oxidized."
Hi Peter , perf12 and everybody:
As you think and also says , this is a souvenir card that commemorate the 50 years of Lúnion des timbrophiles de Luxembourg ,Societe Grand - ducale, and had a "tirage" ( a limited edition ) of 3.300 cards ,this one being the number 1764.What I asking is if it is ( the card ,not the stamps ! ) referenced in a catalogue and what is the number and the price on that catalog ( of course in good condition ). And if somebody on the forum has more information about the History of this Special Card, he or she will be compensated with a great smile ( more or less 40 days after this commemoration card was emitted , the German army invaded Luxembourg with the consequences that everybody knows.)

As has been pointed out, the card is a private creation of the local stamp club rather than the Luxembourg Post Office. The cancels are ones that the Post Office provided. Since the card itself is a privately made item, it does not add to the value. This is reinforced by there having been so many of them made. If there were something like 10 of them made for the purpose of giving only to VIPs and they had the autographs of celebrities on the cards then that might make a modest difference, but not much. The special cancels do not add to the value since while they are official cancels of the Post Office there is no particular historical or philatelic importance. The Post Office was creating such things quite frequently for most any event that came along.

If you are interested in Luxembourg postal history that tends to achieve good sales prices, you should be looking at mail that was sent in the 1800s - the earlier the better - that has nice clean undamaged stamps and envelopes and especially ones that have been sent to destinations far away. For more modern material, one of the more valuable pieces of Luxembourg postal history are covers that were mailed from Luxembourg and that actually flew on the Graf Zeppelin. Those can be worth several hundred dollars if they are in especially nice condition with all of the proper markings and attractively prepared.