Souvenir Sheets commercially used on Cover

Timbres · **Posted:** Fri Jun 15, 2012 10:40:44 am

Here's some nice SS on cover recently received in a cover exchange with John665:

Timbres · **Posted:** Thu Jun 21, 2012 02:40:50 am

Here is the front and back of a registered package I recently received from Argentina that used a number of SS on it:

Timbres · **Posted:** Thu Jun 21, 2012 14:17:50 pm

GreenGo sent this beautiful SS of Johann Gerstner and there were also some lovely items inside too! Thanks GreenGo

Timbres · **Posted:** Thu Jun 21, 2012 14:24:05 pm

These are not commercially used; they are First Day Covers that GreenGo included in his mail. But I thought it would be nice to show them. They have lovely cancels to match the theme of the SS. Slovenia is also issuing small SS, compared to the monster ones put out by other countries, which are more likely to be used by the public on regular mail.

Timbres · **Posted:** Tue Jul 03, 2012 07:27:08 am

Amark sent me the Canada issue of QEII Silver Jubilee Souvenir Sheet. Thanks Mark!!

Timbres · **Posted:** Tue Jul 03, 2012 07:29:59 am

Canada Stamper sent me this wonderfully franked cover with two Souvenir Sheets - one with the Chinese Lunar Calendar and the other one of the Beneficial Insects Souvenir Sheets (the one I didn't have

) Thank you very much Canada Stamper!

Timbres · **Posted:** Tue Jul 03, 2012 07:55:50 am

Amongst the contents of Canada Stamper's cover were some additional gems to add to my Souvenir Sheets commercially used on Cover collection.
One from Italy, memorializing the War of Independence, Taking of Rome, and WWI

The second one is a registered cover from Poland, with 2 souvenir Sheets used on the cover:
The first SS commemorates the Radom Czerwiec uprising/protests of June 1976 against the ruling Communist party for the price increases the centralised government was implementing. There were nearly 100 factories on strike and thousands of people protesting. Many were arrested and mistreated in the police retaliation. But this marks the beginning of organized uprisings against communism that would eventually lead to Poland's freedom from Communist rule and Lech Valesa's place in history.

The second SS commemorates the General Congress of the Polish Philatelic Show.

Canada stamper · **Posted:** Tue Jul 03, 2012 08:23:48 am

You're very welcome Tim. Glad you like.

Jean

Timbres · **Posted:** Wed Jul 04, 2012 00:53:36 am

Received this very attractive SS from GreenGo. Issued last year in celebration of the 20th jubilee of Slovenia independence. I like the red, white and blue...as we are coming up on our own Independence Day celebration. But due to very dry weather and lack of funds, many cities are nixing any fireworks...including Chicago. So I guess I'll stay home and just make my own...

What you can't see in the scan is the copper metal used as gilding on some of the flowers, which really makes the SS pop!

Timbres · **Posted:** Thu Jul 05, 2012 04:10:52 am

Sorry, technical glitch/user error on earlier post. Here's the image that goes with the comments about the 20th Jubilee of Slovenia Independence:

Timbres · **Posted:** Fri Jul 06, 2012 13:51:25 pm

I participate on the monthly cover exchange here on SB and for the June exchange Teja sent me these very nice covers from Slovenia.

The first cover depicts Goricko Regional Park, part of a three-nation zone of parks comprised of Orseg National Park in Hungary and Raab National Park in Austria. The park takes its name from the gorice, the local word for the little hills that long ago emerged at the bottom of the Pannonian Sea. The park covers and area of 462sq.km, reaching just 418 meters above sea level at its highest point. The area features wetlands and wet meadows, fields producing a variety of plants, forests, an intricate network of waterways, lakes and ponds, low hills and vineyards.

The second SS depicts the craft of pottery and farm architectural heritage. Pottery was the most common domestic craft in the Prekmurje region but developed two unique styles of decoration and firing which are pictured. One is the Filovci and the other Goricko. Filovci pottery is known for the black fired potery which was impermeable and ideal for storing or carrying water while the Premurje pottery was most commonly used for cooking in a bread oven or as glazed dishware. The black-fired or pütra pottery is prized as a souvenir.

Timbres · **Posted:** Tue Jul 17, 2012 04:21:18 am

Also received this cover from the cover exchange with 2 SS on cover. One of them celebrates the recent philatelic event knows as Maribofila.

Timbres · **Posted:** Wed Jul 18, 2012 06:27:54 am

GreenGo sent me this very beautiful flower SS from Slovenia and mentioned it was issued a couple of years back. I'm happy to have it. Thanks GreenGo!!

GreenGO · **Posted:** Wed Jul 18, 2012 21:45:04 pm

Hi Timbres,

I am glad to see that this 'nageljcek' finally reach you.
As you see it has been on the way since 21th of June,
and that you have received other newly issued SS from Slovenia.

Enjoy.

Timbres · **Posted:** Wed Aug 01, 2012 02:45:42 am

Green Go has again provided some beautiful souvenir sheets from Slovenia:
This first one is one of only two poisonous snake species found as a native in Slovenia. It is by appearance, a viper, which picks up on its prey by smell. Even though it is highly poisonous, it is a protected species as it is now endangered. This stamp was issued in 2010.

This second SS is one issued for this year's philatelic exhibition. Maribor was chosen as the capital of European culture for this year and as part of the cultural program, the stamp exhibition was made and this SS especially issued.

Thanks again GreenGo!

Timbres · **Posted:** Sun Aug 05, 2012 07:42:51 am

Here's the recent SS issued by Great Britain for the 2012 Olympics..and how nice for it not to be so high in value that it will likely be used in a good number of mailings. Received this from the SB monthly cover exchange member JohnEboy.

Timbres · **Posted:** Sun Aug 05, 2012 07:44:58 am

This little gem came in today used to mail an exchange of stamps I had with a friend in Brazil. Really very nice.

nasia · **Posted:** Tue Aug 07, 2012 06:40:07 am

Here is one from India:

From Czech Republic:

Timbres · **Posted:** Tue Aug 07, 2012 06:48:05 am

Nasia,

Please go back and edit your posted pictures. All I see is a black box with an exclamation point! You have an hour to edit.

Thanks.

nasia · **Posted:** Tue Aug 07, 2012 06:51:56 am

A cover from Taiwan:

A cover from China:

A postcard from Ukraine:

And a postcard from Indonesia:

nasia · **Posted:** Tue Aug 07, 2012 06:57:21 am

Are now better? I see them fine from my computer.

Timbres · **Posted:** Tue Aug 07, 2012 07:09:15 am

For me the first post from Czech Republic and India do not show your scans. In your most current post, the one from Taiwan does not show.

Let's see what happens. Maybe it's me.

nasia · **Posted:** Tue Aug 07, 2012 07:13:56 am

Okay, I think I figured out the problem and now they should be fine.

JonEboy · **Posted:** Tue Aug 07, 2012 08:07:14 am

Timbres wrote:

Here's the recent SS issued by Great Britain for the 2012 Olympics..and how nice for it not to be so high in value that it will likely be used in a good number of mailings. Received this from the SB monthly cover exchange member JohnEboy.

I'm chuffed it got there OK, and it was entirely postally correct for the weight, hence the extra butterfly at the side!

Looks good!

Jon

Rob K · **Posted:** Wed Aug 08, 2012 09:17:54 am

JonEboy wrote:

Timbres wrote:

Here's the recent SS issued by Great Britain for the 2012 Olympics..and how nice for it not to be so high in value that it will likely be used in a good number of mailings. Received this from the SB monthly cover exchange member JohnEboy.

I'm chuffed it got there OK, and it was entirely postally correct for the weight, hence the extra butterfly at the side!

Looks good!

Jon

Isn't it overpaid by 4p? £3.90 is the rate for zone 2, zone 1 (inc USA) is £3.86 for that weight step.

Canada stamper · **Posted:** Sun Aug 12, 2012 06:37:38 am

Got a nice cover from a Delcampe seller last week:

Too bad about the stray pen mark on the souvenir sheet.

Timbres · **Posted:** Sun Aug 12, 2012 08:36:09 am

Jean,

The SS you posted actually consists of 4 stamps....it has been cut on your cover. To see the full SS, look at my posting of 23 May.

Tim

Canada stamper · **Posted:** Sun Aug 12, 2012 09:11:12 am

Hmm. In that case I may just soak it off and give the stamp to Naomi, there are no pen marks on the stamp itself...or just give her the whole thing, the baby puffins are cute and Naomi probably won't care.

Thanks Tim.

Timbres · **Posted:** Tue Sep 04, 2012 06:02:02 am

Thanks GreenGo for this most recent cover of another in the flowers series issued by Slovenia. Very nice.

Timbres · **Posted:** Wed Sep 12, 2012 03:28:06 am

Received this in the August Cover Exchange from India:

stampewok · **Posted:** Wed Sep 12, 2012 22:41:12 pm

asmodeus wrote:

Germany Madonna miniature sheet used on the back of cover-normally not allowed

Interestingly, the sender has written "S.Rücks" where the stamp(s) should normally be - this is obviously shorthand for "siehe Rückseite" - "see reverse" in English - which seems to be how the sender 'got away with' fixing the postage to the 'wrong' side. I wonder how many other post offices around the world would bee so accommodating...?!

Timbres · **Posted:** Thu Sep 13, 2012 00:40:37 am

Thanks for posting it Stampewok. It's a beautiful SS.

Timbres · **Posted:** Tue Sep 25, 2012 03:29:46 am

Was pleasantly surprised to receive this item in the mail from Aethewulf in Hong Kong. Very nice!!! Thanks.

Timbres · **Posted:** Fri Nov 30, 2012 10:14:04 am

It has been sometime since I've posted on this thread...lots going on in life right now...the MOST important being that I just became a grandfather a month ago..so....there you are!

In any event, trying to catch up with some recent items:

From GreenGo in Slovenia, two lovely SS; one with a chess theme, the other with bees:

Timbres · **Posted:** Fri Nov 30, 2012 10:16:11 am

AMark caught me completely by surprise with Canda's recent issue of the Royal Regiment Souvenir Sheet. Thank you Mark!

Timbres · **Posted:** Fri Nov 30, 2012 10:18:54 am

And here are two recent SS from Australia, received in October's cover exchange:

gavin-h · **Posted:** Sat Dec 01, 2012 01:55:01 am

Here's an earlier example...

1945, to be precise. Germany, Soviet Zone local issue for Wittenberg-Lutherstadt.

Technically, these sheets were not authorised for postage, being classified as "private issues".

They are known with a commemorative cancel / cto, but this one is unusual in that it is on cover and cancelled in Oberwiesenthal, some 250-300km from Wittenberg (although in the same postal region - OPD)

The addressee is a stamp-dealer so I suspect that this was concocted between the dealer and the postmaster, although it "almost" fits the theme of this thread. :wink:

Timbres · **Posted:** Sat Dec 01, 2012 13:28:30 pm

I think it's rather interesting Gavin, even if it is a "fantasy" SS. I certainly wouldn't toss it in the bin if it landed on my desk. Thanks for showing it.

Timbres · **Posted:** Sat Dec 01, 2012 14:12:00 pm

Here's a nice SS used on cover from Brazil of Marine Fauna. It also has a comical strip of cat stamps used for postage. The sender left the selvedge attached making the cover more interesting (we all know what happens when cats and fish encounter.....)

Timbres · **Posted:** Sat Dec 01, 2012 14:16:23 pm

Here's another Brazilian SS with the Tijuca National Park, a beautiful tropical park paradise in the city of Rio de Janeiro. The sender also chose to use a decorative cover that is certainly an enticing scene in as the weather gets colder (at least here in the US)

The two stamps below the SS depict a Brazilian folklore - issued this year.

Timbres · **Posted:** Sat Dec 01, 2012 14:19:36 pm

This year Brazil also sponsored the United Nations conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro. This is the SS issued commemorating that event. This cover also has used the fabric stamp of the Corinthians FC celebrating their 100th year.

Timbres · **Posted:** Sat Dec 08, 2012 16:17:39 pm

Thank you Tanuki for this little gem received today. The darker sand in the dunes is actual sand. You can just make out the texture on the scan. Very interesting.

Timbres · **Posted:** Wed Dec 26, 2012 03:49:35 am

A Peony SS used on cover from Slovenia sent by SB member GreenGo. Thanks GreenGo. Now that the cold of winter is upon us, it's nice to reflect on the beauty of summer past and look forward to the one upcoming!

Timbres

rks.saran · **Posted:** Wed Jan 16, 2013 03:06:25 am

Here is the beautiful cover from Teja (September Cover Exchange)


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