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General Philatelic/Newcomer Cnr : Commemoratives - A question.

 

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JohnnyRockets
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11 Jun 2018
06:39:34pm
Hi all,

There seems to be two general shapes/sizes of commemorative stamps that I am noticing in my US collection.

One is more square in nature and one is longer horizontally.

Is there a name for these different size/shapes, or are they all just commemoratives collectively (pun intended)?


Thanks!


JR



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smauggie
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11 Jun 2018
07:14:51pm
re: Commemoratives - A question.

During certain periods of time commemorative were almost always the same size, but there really are no size categories for US commemoratives. In the 1960's some commemorative stamps were absolutely gigantic. The Indian Cent stamp of the 1980's was smaller than any definitive stamp issued. The post office did not follow any rules over time about size.


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JohnnyRockets
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11 Jun 2018
08:04:24pm
re: Commemoratives - A question.

Hi Smauggie,

Okay, yep, I was starting to suspect as much!


Thanks!


JR

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JohnnyRockets

11 Jun 2018
06:39:34pm

Hi all,

There seems to be two general shapes/sizes of commemorative stamps that I am noticing in my US collection.

One is more square in nature and one is longer horizontally.

Is there a name for these different size/shapes, or are they all just commemoratives collectively (pun intended)?


Thanks!


JR



(Modified by Moderator on 2018-06-11 20:10:32)

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11 Jun 2018
07:14:51pm

re: Commemoratives - A question.

During certain periods of time commemorative were almost always the same size, but there really are no size categories for US commemoratives. In the 1960's some commemorative stamps were absolutely gigantic. The Indian Cent stamp of the 1980's was smaller than any definitive stamp issued. The post office did not follow any rules over time about size.


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JohnnyRockets

11 Jun 2018
08:04:24pm

re: Commemoratives - A question.

Hi Smauggie,

Okay, yep, I was starting to suspect as much!


Thanks!


JR

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