World's Biggest Stamps

As far as I know, the largest postage stamps are Imperial Chinese
Special Delivery stamps (see Scott E1-E10) which come in 4 sections.
Size is about 7.5" (190.5 mm x x 3" (76.2 mm).

Nice try Rod222, but I think those are 4 stamps that are se-tenant

Here's the Google Maps location for the huge stamp - 349 W. Georgia St., Vancouver, BC.

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&sou...427&t=h&z=20

It's on the roof of Canada Post's Vancouver Mail Processing Plant. It shares the rooftop with a heliport, and half a basketball court (the heliport has taken over one end of the court, so the other end has the only basket ...).

Ryan

Funny thing is they replaced the previous stamp, which was the 45c "Flag over building" with a smaller stamp that does not exist - a "permanent" Flag over Ottawa Post Office. The actual issued stamp in 2003 is this:

Here is the stamp from Ryan's Google maps link:

No, technically it is one stamp that is divided into four sections. But I guess it depends on your definition of "technically".

If you number the sections #1-#4 from left to right:

#4 is canceled and given to the mailer as a receipt.
#2-3 are canceled, attached to the letter, canceled again upon arriving at destination post office
-- #3 is then detached from letter and kept at destination PO
-- #2 is signed by recipient, detached from letter, returned to original PO
#1 is kept in the original booklet at the original PO

A fully intact stamp (all 4 sections still together) is actually quite rare. Rod, is that yours, or did you pilfer the pic?

k

Well then it seems to me that the Chinese ones are all margins/tabs/selvages/gutters

As per this thread: https://goscf.com/t/7771#7771

Bee See: That stamp does not portray the Ottawa Post Office. That is Canada Post's Headquarters building. No stamps nor post office there... and unless you have a security pass, you aren't getting in!

David

Oooops Thanks for correcting me David.

Pilfer ???
Nay, I "borrowed" it from The Stanley Gibbons Encyclopedia
at least, my original scan was, I think this image was the result of a discussion on another NG, I once belonged to IIRC.

This stamp was quoted as the largest in 1985
by the esteemed James Mackay.
I would think Bhutan may have overtaken it in the ensuing years.
It still is, in my estimation a genuine stamp
a lot of others test the grey area of labels.

Here is what appears to be the world's largest stamp.

It is an illusion, however,
this is just a normal stamp out side the Lilliputian HQ in Belfast.

Pre-empting what may be the inevitable

The smallest?
Bolivar image acknowledgement Stanley Gibbons Encyclopedia

Rod222, You have quite a collection of stamps &/or images of stamps!

Rod2222 has the ability to scan and upload stamps at 90k resolution just by looking at them.

This Canadian Christmas stamp of 1983 is actually larger than the Yemen cat stamp, it measures 4 3/8" x 3 1/2" (115mm x 90mm). It is listed as a B.O.B. item in as #1-ST in the Canadian Unitrade Catalogue.

It (and a different style issued in 1984) were sold to the public as genuine postage stamps, so SHOULD have full Scott / Unitrade numbers, but do not.