The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. Mahatma Gandhi. 20 May 2015 04:52:31am
Hello to all of you! I was just putting a bit of order in my Israel collection and came across those 3 marvellous stamp sheets I had forgotten about. I'll give them a special place in my new album! just wanted to share them with you.
Very very nice. Thanks for sharing! What is the strip at the bottom of each one? They're not denominated like the rest. Are they stamps that are valid for postage?
They who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. -Benjamin Franklin 20 May 2015 12:04:46pm
re: 3 beautiful Israel stamp sheets
Those are labels (called "tabs" in Scott and elsewhere) which are common to Israeli stamps. There is usually a premium for MNH stamps with "tab" attached.
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I don't know of other countries besides Israel that have tabs; some stamps of Czechoslavakia, Bohemia, and Slovakia have something similar, but usally BETWEEN pairs rather than at edge of a sheet. German mini sheets have intricate selvege, but i don't think it's considered tabs.
As to Cinderellas, American Lung has long issued sheets with tabs, but they serve very different purposes than the Israeli tabs. But ALA's Christmas seals and other ephemera is only one miniscule aspect of Cinderellas, of which there must be Sagan-like billions and billions.
David
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