World's Biggest Stamps

I doubt this Tuvalu stamp is the biggest, but it must be close. It was printed in sheets of, uh, one! The stamp measures 3 inches wide by 4 and a bit high.

What is great about it is the postmark - the cancel is not SON (Socked on the Nose), but SOB, Socked on the Bum!

And check the look on the kids face - must really have felt the hammer!



Lets see some bigger stamps, they do not have to be SOB

[edited to add size]

From an earlier tread!

Ok Warehouse, I'm talking about real stamps valid for postage. But if you want to expand this, check out the Canada Post 100' x 100' stamp!

http://www.answerbag.com/article/Wo...nal-painting

For reference, here are some links to a couple of earlier threads on this topic.

https://goscf.com/t/59
https://goscf.com/t/5312

Ok well I did a search for Biggest, not largest, so missed those threads

Let's re-phrase it. I want to find the world's biggest/largest stamp valid for postage (not revenue) and listed in Scott or Gibbons. A used sample would be preferred.

I wouldn't be so bold as to say "biggest ever" but I can comfortably say that this is the biggest stamp that I own, next to a dainty little Queen Victoria. No scanner trickery...

Good one Cd, it is CTO, but that is ok - give me the size in inches, not in Vulcan metric units.

BeeSee, To bad there is not a clearer pic of the Canadian roof top stamp. That would now be the largest postage stamp, but being on a roof if not regularly maintenance it wouldn't survive.

We need measurements of the "postage" stamps for proper comparisons.

The Yemeni cats are exactly 3.25x4.25 inches.

Eh ok CD's cats are in first place so far.

BeeSee, What's the size of your Tuvalu?

These are the biggest stamps I have.
The Chinese one is about 3 1/2" x 2 3/8" (89mm x 60mm)
and the Aussie ones are 4" x 2 3/4" (103mm x 69mm)







Steve

hehe

that is one gorgeous cancel on the Queen Victoria

rohumpy-

Here is a "close-up" of the QV:




Not perfect, but pretty nice.

The Tuvalu Rembrandt SOB is 3" x 4 1/8", (75mm x 106mm) so the cat is still on top.

[edited: added Vulcan metric units]