Czechoslovakia : On Steiner Pages.

Cinderella Detail.
Extraordinary cross - hatching of gum. Never seen this before, no stamp curling at all.

Unknown:
Sc#2138 1977 2k40 "For a Europe of social justice"
Not listed in Scott as a block of 4, and Imperforate

The Czech listing below gives both the 4 stamp imperf Souvenir Sheet (1st issue) and the 2 stamp perf issue (2nd issue). Click on 1st Issue to see the 2nd Issue.

http://www.cpslib.org/pages-large/1977-2275Ba.htm

Thanks Jill,
I'll subscribe my own Scott number, for each of the 3 souvenir Sheets.

1968 Steiner Page 63.



1968 Steiner Page 64.

Hi Rod,

The three imperf Europe miniature sheets are described and priced in Michel (but not assigned numbers at least in my old edition).

The 1998/99 prices for mint are:

- 3 stamps perf: 7 marks
- 3 stamps imperf: 70 marks
- 3 kleinbogen, each with 2 perf stamps: 14 marks
- 3 kleinbogen, each with 4 imperf stamps: 300 marks

Hi Nigel,
thanks for looking that up for me, not sure I understand
The sheet I show is 300 Mks ? or do I misunderstand?
Surely not.

Would you care to see if this is listed please?
Unknown.
1968 Steiner Page 66B.

1968 Steiner Page 65.



1968 Steiner Page 66.

Rod,

Reference the imperf double sheet Sc#2138 1977 2k40 "For a Europe of social justice".

Michel catalogs that sheet as MiNr 2409 B (the B suffix denoting the imperf sheetlets). The double sheetlets typically sell for €10-€15 -- see here.

Reference the unidentified 50th anniversary sheetlet, I've searched the Internet, and I can't find any other references to that sheet. It can't be Czech, as it's in English, and it's celebrating Czechoslovakia's independence during the communist period.

UPDATE: For some reason, SCF redirects that link from the German ebay to the Canadian, so the search results are wrong. To see them, just change the "ebay.ca" to "ebay.de" in the URL.

Thank you Postmaster, thanks Michel.
That's more like it, €15 ($24 AUD) seems to be an asking price.




Yes, that was strange, the link came up in Aussie Dollars, when I clicked on the ebay list, it came up in German Dm.

Hi Rod,

I'm not surprised that the mint sheets are selling for much less.

I have the three imperf sheets and I never believed the Michel price.

I'd be interested to know what Michel's current euro price is for these.

PostmasterGS, in my catalogue Mi 2409B is the imperf version of the 2.40 Kc stamp.

The sheets do not have Michel Block numbers so I would refer to them as Mi 2407B-2409B Kleinbogen.

According to Michel 40,000 sets of these imperf sheets were issued.

Cheers Nigel,
indeed, quite a few on offer on ebay. (using the Mi 2407B-2409B Kleinbogen. description)

As well as using English, the 50th anniversary sheet also uses the old form of the country name, Cesko-Slovensko, used on the last 1939 stamps.

Nigel, you have lost me there?
I presumed it to be artists licence, being the Sc#23 1919 1 haleru, copied, but in Blue.

Perhaps a subsidiary item produced for Praga '68.

The gum does not match usual contemporary Souvenir sheet production of Czechoslovakia, being shiny clear, Praga '68 sheets had the cross hatched gum.

Rod,

Yes, I'm probably reading way too much into the selection of the 1918 stamp.

It's interesting to compare the design with the 1948 issue for the 30th anniversary of the first stamps:

(Not mine)