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Post by southafrica1 on Nov 14, 2023 16:52:40 GMT
I am curious as to how members relate to souvenir sheets. I have found many collectors shun them like a plague. Many newer ones from small west indies islands and many African countries have these themes of Easter and Christmas, and others with tacky movie stars. I have found very few collectors have any interest in them. Am I wrong?
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renden
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Post by renden on Nov 14, 2023 17:11:52 GMT
I love them but have not bought for some time. If a S/S fits in a mount, it goes in Album - If not (some examples scanned), they go with my special binder for full sheets. All are inventoried. It remains a "choice" (I respect) for each collector  René southafrica1........you are hitting 50 posts today !! Congrats  é |
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Post by Statesman Stamper on Nov 14, 2023 17:24:03 GMT
For me, it all depends on the subject of the sheets. Some can be very attractive. Others can be gaudy. Not really any different from stamp designs. I know there are some collectors out there who don't collect them. Their choice.
Dale
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rednaxela
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What I collect: Germany in all its facets since 1871 (especially German Reich used including postal statinoneries, used), USSR, Austria, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein, Denmark, France. I design all album pages for my collection myself and partly make them available to the general public for use.
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Post by rednaxela on Nov 14, 2023 17:37:14 GMT
I am curious as to how members relate to souvenir sheets. I have found many collectors shun them like a plague. Many newer ones from small west indies islands and many African countries have these themes of Easter and Christmas, and others with tacky movie stars. I have found very few collectors have any interest in them. Am I wrong? If you collect stamps at least from the more classic or traditional times (up to about 1960), souvenir sheets from Luxembourg (the very first in the world), Austria, the German Reich, the USSR, Liechtenstein or Switzerland (to name just a few from my perspective) are an enrichment for all country collections. As far as the examples mentioned (west Indie islands, African countries) are concerned, these souvenir sheets only continue the issuing policy of the countries or agencies concerned to take as much money as possible out of collectors' pockets... |
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renden
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Post by renden on Nov 14, 2023 18:06:48 GMT
A nice Souvenir Sheet from CANADA May 7, 2017 Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Unitrade cat # 2540a Stamp is $2 and S/S CV is $5  |
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khj
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Post by khj on Nov 14, 2023 18:42:32 GMT
Love souvenir sheets, including cinderellas. Still recovering from my hand injury, so I still can't pick up single stamps without dropping every 10th one. But the souvenir sheets, no problems! The ones I've finished IDing, will either go into Varios, SuperSafe mint sheet albums, or stay in large glassines. I still have a few thousand that I haven't finished IDing, although many of those will end up being classified as miniature sheets. So little time/space... sigh.
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daveg28
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Post by daveg28 on Nov 14, 2023 18:45:57 GMT
I like some sheets. Others, not so much. I love classic ones from the European countries mentioned by rednaxela. Canada always has, and still does, make sheets I like. U.S.sheets are a given, and Royal Mail always comes up with sheets I enjoy. The countries that make the tacky ones that look like the images were drawn by first grade kids with crayons...I avoid those like poison. The sheets featuring topics that have nothing to do with the country names on them...nope. |
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Cephus
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Post by Cephus on Nov 14, 2023 20:42:52 GMT
It depends. Some countries go crazy with them, but for a moderate number, I'm fine with it. If there's a space in my album, I get it. If not, I don't bother.
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Londonbus1
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What I collect: Cinderellas and some Ephemera from Great Britain, France and Israel plus a few beautiful bits from elsewhere !! Topical interests include Flags & Judaica, the latter with an emphasis on the Jewish National Fund.
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Post by Londonbus1 on Nov 14, 2023 20:49:21 GMT
A nice Souvenir Sheet from CANADA May 7, 2017 Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Unitrade cat # 2540a Stamp is $2 and S/S CV is $5 Thanks Rene !! ( renden)......now I know who is responsible for that $2 stamp !!  |
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rod222
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Post by rod222 on Nov 15, 2023 1:28:24 GMT
I am curious as to how members relate to souvenir sheets. I have found many collectors shun them like a plague. Many newer ones from small west indies islands and many African countries have these themes of Easter and Christmas, and others with tacky movie stars. I have found very few collectors have any interest in them. Am I wrong?
Not wrong, perhaps just misunderstanding.
Philately is a pure democracy, one collects, what one thinks appropriate / returns the most enjoyment.
Perhaps avoid making a collection that just suit others, be , in your own way unique.
If your want, is collecting Ajman, Fujeira, Oman Souvenir sheets, then do,
if not, just pass them on to others, avoid strong prejudice.
You will find (generally) souvenir sheets are appreciated more pre 1960
Take the German Ostropa souvenir sheet (c$700) highly prized
Mongolia Elvis Presley...Not so
Unusual Souvenir sheets, can make a collection "pop" with curiosity
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JeffS
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What I collect: Oranges Philately, US Slogan Cancels, Cape of Good Hope Triangulars, and Texas poster stamps and cinderellas
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Post by JeffS on Nov 15, 2023 7:17:04 GMT
Back in the 1970s, Linns published stamp cartoons. The one I remember featured one lady knitting, talking to a friend, and saying, “My boyfriend collects miniature sheets so I’m knitting him some miniature pillowcases.”
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renden
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Post by renden on Nov 15, 2023 17:00:46 GMT
Hong Kong, China seem to love their S/S !! A few examples: Year of the Tiger S/S of 4- Sc 810a 1998 Year of the Dragon S/S of 4- Sc 889b 2000  |
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brookbam
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Post by brookbam on Jan 8, 2024 3:18:44 GMT
I was doing a search for TSF Souvenir Sheets when this thread popped up. I know I'm reviving a somewhat old thread but it's not quite two months old...
Anyway...I like SS only if they are Space or Train related. Topicals. Oh and back to my search...does TSF have any SS left for purchase?
Mike
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angore
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Post by angore on Jan 8, 2024 11:39:47 GMT
Souvenir sheets can be nice if more than just a block of stamps available separately. The downside is, if you collect on Steiner pages, Steiner includes spaces for all souvenir pages (unlike Scott, etc) so for those S/S profilic issuing countries one ends up with a lot more pages and mount costs add up. Steiner does not offer alternate pages without souvenir sheets. Example:   |
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rod222
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Post by rod222 on Jan 8, 2024 12:16:52 GMT
Souvenir sheets can be nice if more than just a block of stamps available separately. The downside is, if you collect on Steiner pages, Steiner includes spaces for all souvenir pages (unlike Scott, etc) so for those S/S profilic issuing countries one ends up with a lot more pages and mount costs add up. Steiner does not offer alternate pages without souvenir sheets. Steiner does have Blank pages for B.o.b stuff But not the squares for stamps. Personally, I don't mind if there is a blank space for a S/S Sometimes they turn up in swaps. |
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angore
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Post by angore on Jan 8, 2024 12:28:45 GMT
I will use LibreOffice Draw to modify / create Steiner pages. I am always editing evertibe any way to add catalog and page numbers. My cut off is usually around 1980 so not much of an issue. I am mostly avoid Disney but this was in a Steiner collection I purchased that commemorates APS and other stamp themes. For a topical collector, it is a multi-topic score.  |
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philatelia
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Post by philatelia on Jan 8, 2024 13:29:23 GMT
I enjoy the challenge of trying to find used single stamps from souvenir sheets.
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Post by greaden on Jan 8, 2024 14:16:23 GMT
I am wary of souvenir sheets. They are impractical for franking covers, though sometimes stamp dealers will use them.
I am more tolerant of souvenir sheets if they depict one of my topics, and the topic is relevant to the issuing country.
I also tolerate them if they are actual souvenirs from a visit to a philatelic counter in a post office I find in my travels. In Tbilisi, for example, they were practically all they had in stock. In Thimpu, well Bhutan being Bhutan, I got a few of them, but still passed over those that were irrelevant to the country.
I balk at the expensive early sheets such as those from France or Saar or Germany, even though they may be all that stands between me and completion of those countries.
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salmantino
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Post by salmantino on Jan 30, 2024 19:50:48 GMT
I think they are purely philatelic issues that are unlikely to be used on mail. In the past, many were sold at philatelic exhibitions or to advertise such exhibitions. Now, mostly, they are printed to increase the face value of a new issue as part of the cycle where postal services try to compensate for the loss of mail by issuing an increasing number of issues aimed at the philatelic market. To make such an issue profitable, the stamps must have a certain face value. As the number of issues increases and face values increase as well, fewer collectors buy them. So, more are issued with a higher face value to compensate for the lower numbers sold. Spain's Correos is as bad as any other postal service. Still, I like some of its intaglio sheets depicting world heritage sites. I, especially, like the - often rather large - miniature sheets with views I have experienced in person. The 'Real Monasterio de San Lorenzo de El Escorial' situated 50 kilometres northwest of the city of Madrid sits on a promontory of the Sierra de Guadarrama, at the foot of the Alto de Abantos. Cycling enthusiasts may know this mountain from the stage finishes in the 'Vuelta a España.' The climb up this very steep mountain begins on the outskirts of the town. Halfway up the mountain, in a bend, there is a clearing from where one has this view of the monastery.  |
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