Luxembourg: Stamps

brightonpete - Your page is looking really great non the less!  Sometimes one just have to do with 'ad-hoc' solutions, cannot completely 'be governed by ones OCD', or one will make little headway. I like it!

Yeah, kind of annoying - but then again we are not machins, so these small blips will appear now and then. I'm gonna miss out something on my pages as well. I'm thinking that a few ad-hoc inserts here and there simply adds a little to the pages as it is an indication that these are personal, custom made sheets - small pieces of art. Artwork is not supposed to look perfect 

This souvenir from April 14, 1945 was included with the covers. It is a bit damaged on top from someones greasy fingers. There is an reason to use tweezers all the time, if ever there was one! There is also a bit of a crease on the lower right. It includes two Grand Duchess Charlotte definitives (70¢ & 1-¾ francs - Michel: 356 & 362 / Stanley Gibbons: 446 & 452 / Scott: 223 & 227) along with an etiquette. The sheet itself was probably priced at the 20 francs of the etiquette. That would have been the donation to the poor of Luxembourg at the time. It was issued without gum, and is numbered as 17,678 out of 50,000. I doubt it was a real stamp that could be used for postage. Does anyone have any info on this?

The reverse has "Märteswierk Letzeburg" (old Luxembourgish spelling) in the lower left corner of the etiquette, which is in all probability a printing house in the city of Luxembourg.

A couple of Souvenir Sheets I found while cleaning up some envelopes.

I bought them because of the imperf and the rouletted versions. I am doing due diligence ,looking for forgeries as well. I may need to invest in a colour guide book the determine colours. I have been looking for these at a good price for years. I was surprised I won the auction.

Thanks for posting your images and the tips on spotting forgeries. Time to sit down with a good light and the magnifying glass. Eye strain anyone?

david

The stamps from Luxembourg that I received from Beryllium Guy  in Uncle Ben's 2nd give away. I only had two of them from before so I'm pleased and thankful. 



P.S. This is my post 200 at TSF! 

I have spent the week so far to set up my Luxemburg collection. Now I work with the duplicates, and I see that there is some that will fit fin into the collection. Looking at nice cancels/postmarks, prefer the small villages. 

Here are two nice ones, both was in a giveaway from Chris (Beryllium Guy). 
The first one (Mi 85 from 1907) has a SON cancel from the smal village VIANDEN on the border to Germany. The second one (mi134 from 1921) has a nice cancel from the main town ( I suppose) LUXEMBOURG GARE. But the motive on the second stamp is VIANDEN, as the cancel on the first stamp

 

Both are sliding right into my collection and replacing the stamps sitting there

Didn't know Gare was station

What I ment with the motive on the second stamp, was the motive - what is pictured on the stamp. 


Same village as the cancel on the first stamp. 

Thanks, should have had them with postmarks, but that will maybe come later ....
Bought them so cheep that it was ok as space fillers

I had posted this photo earlier, but in the 'Whatcha Stamping' thread.

This is the stamp that got me interested in collecting Luxembourg. I won it in an auction & have continued ever since.



A note in Scott's states that the brown error stamp was never put on sale. How do they know that? But they say that some are known to be postally used. That note makes it look like a favour error, if you ask me! But I do like this series of Grand Duke Adolphe.

My latest Europa stamps.