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Discussion - Member to Member Sales - Research Center
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Hello BWSchulz,
I Have a question for you. Why is the background of the stamps BLACK?
Is this a copy of the certificate or what?
Below a picture of the orginal block and the loose stamps from the block :
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What you're seeing is a cover. These were sent out by the organizing committee of the Ostropa Exhibition. The black is printed on the cover. So you're not seeing the souvenir sheet, just the block of four from it.
The black box is the size of the sheet, and I believe it was to mark the placement of a sheet on the envelope. But I do not know that with certainty. These sell for far less than the complete sheet. Though my 2017 Michel lists the first-day cover at a considerable amount, a check of sold items on ebay suggests that the amount noted by Michel is wishful thinking. There is, however, only one sold example, and one should probably not generalize from the one sale.
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03:49:42pm
From my collection. Ostropa block on first day of issue cover. Authenticated. Enjoy.
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re: Ostropa Block
Hello BWSchulz,
I Have a question for you. Why is the background of the stamps BLACK?
Is this a copy of the certificate or what?
Below a picture of the orginal block and the loose stamps from the block :
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02:04:34pm
re: Ostropa Block
What you're seeing is a cover. These were sent out by the organizing committee of the Ostropa Exhibition. The black is printed on the cover. So you're not seeing the souvenir sheet, just the block of four from it.
The black box is the size of the sheet, and I believe it was to mark the placement of a sheet on the envelope. But I do not know that with certainty. These sell for far less than the complete sheet. Though my 2017 Michel lists the first-day cover at a considerable amount, a check of sold items on ebay suggests that the amount noted by Michel is wishful thinking. There is, however, only one sold example, and one should probably not generalize from the one sale.
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