Se-tenant stamp catalogue

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“Se-tenant” stamps are stamps with different images and/or currencies that are linked together. On LastDodo we have specific rules for entry. More

Postal services sometimes issue sheets of stamps in which the franking stamps differ in image, colour, currency or imprint. A block or strip can be torn from such sheets in which all franking stamps differ from each other. Such a strip or block is called a “se-tenant”.
In a se-tenant, stamps may be separated from each other by a vignette without postage value.

In LastDodo we only include the largest possible se-tenant that can be formed from a sheet. That is, if there are three different stamps next to each other, only a strip of three is included and not the two smaller se-tenants consisting of two stamps.

Separate rules apply to combinations from booklets. The special type “ Combination (from booklet) ” must be used for this.

Sometimes postage stamps are shifted in a sheet so that both a block and a strip can be torn out to form a se-tenant with the same stamps. In that case, only one item is created. Within this item, both shapes can be added as separate images.

Often a se tenant can be formed with the same seals, but in a different order. Also in this case only 1 item is allowed.

If the se-tenant contains all stamps from the series, then at "type" both "se-tenant" and "series" must be entered. The se-tentant is the first image, the series may optionally be included as a second image.

If the stamps are printed per value in large sheets, as well as in se-tenant sheets, then the loose stamps form a separate series. Both the se-tenant and the series of loose stamps may then be included separately.

Examples

Permitted se-tenant in which stamps are separated by a vignette