Philatelic
and Postal History Primer
Types of
Collections -
Stamp Sheets and Panes
Introduction//Stamp
Types//Collection Types//Getting
Started//Associations
Types of Collections -
Stamp Sheets and Panes |
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A
Full Sheet of Stamps is the full or
complete impression from the plate as they come off the printing press.
(In the Case of multi-colored stamps
the impression can be from a single plate or from individual plates; one for
each color of the stamp.) Shown on the
left is a full sheet
consisting of 6 panes for the Buffalo
Soldiers Issue of 1994.
Another specialty area is the collecting
of individual used stamps from each of the different positions contained on
a sheet.
For Example:
the top right stamp of this
sheet would be numbered S1111UR5 -
Plate Number, then Pane Location and then Stamp
Location
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A
Stamp Pane is the part of the original
Sheet that is issued for sale at local post offices. They are usually one of
four or six groupings of stamps which go to make up the full sheet. They are
commonly referred to (in error)
as a sheet.
Illustrated at the left is a full pane
of the Buffalo Soldiers Stamps.
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Introduction//Stamp
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