Definitives And Commemoratives Stamps(Part2of2)
Posted by slang on December 26, 2008
Earlier Part 1 looks at whats are definitives stamps.
This article looks at what are commemoratives stamps:
- Commemoratives stamps are issued to mark important events or anniversarie
- Usually larger and more colorful than definitive stamps
- The reasons for issuing such stamp(s) will be shown quite clearly in the design
- Commemorative sets are often made up of between two and six stamps of different face values, although there are exceptions when just one or two values may be printed.
- Besides printed as sheets of stamps, they are sometimes printed in blocks of sets, each surrounded by a margin, rather like a miniature sheet of stamps
- Commemorative stamps are produced especially for philatelists