Hi Charnie! Like you, I think all these stamps are beautiful and I love the design and the artwork. Each one is a gem. Yes, whether you call something a souvenir sheet, a miniature sheet, a minisheet, a block or a sheetlet can be very confusing and even the catalogues can disagree. My rule of thumb (and others may well disagree) is that a souvenir sheet and a miniature sheet (or minisheet) are the same thing, it's just that miniature sheet/minisheet is the British English term and souvenir sheet is the American English term. I refer to them primarily as miniature sheets as my English is basically British (with a few weird variations). What makes it more confusing is that in German these are referred to as Block and in French they are (usually/traditionally) referred to as bloc-feuillet (literally block-sheetlet). To my mind, a miniature sheet is a small sheet that contains one or more stamps and have a sheet margin all the way round (though there are exceptions). So, in the stamps that you showed in this video, I would only class the last (with the butterflies on) as a miniature sheet. A few examples would be the United States miniature sheet that was issued for the Capex 78 Canadian International Philatelic Exhibition. These miniature sheets contain 8 stamps but have perforations on all 4 sides as they were originally issued in larger sheets that were then divided up into these miniature sheets. Stanley Gibbons, Michel and Yvert & Tellier all class this as a miniature sheet. Scott just gives the whole thing a number (1757) and then lists each stamp as a sub number (1757a to 1757h) as they do with most miniature sheets. Another exceptional example would be the 1999 Mushroom miniature sheet. In the sheets, the stamps were printed tete-beche and the miniature sheet was also released as 2 miniature sheets tete-beche horizontally. if the 'double miniature sheet' is separated, then you get a perforation down the left-hand side. A block of stamps is when you have (usually) 4 or more stamps together (2 x 2, 2 x 3, 3 x 3, etc.). The block can be all the same stamp, or it can be different stamps se-tenant. So here we have the marine mammals set from the USSR which is a classic block of stamps and would be referred to as a 'block of 4'. The other two blocks do not consist of all stamps, so would be referred to as a 'block of 3 stamps plus label' (the birds) and a 'block of 5 stamps plus label'. What makes these block rather than miniature sheets is that they were printed together in large sheets (of maybe 30 or 50 stamps), but would be collected as a block rather than in the sheet (unless you specifically collect whole sheets, and who can afford to do that these days!) And then there are sheetlets... To me a sheetlet is a sheet of stamps that is smaller (in number of stamps) than would be considered usual. So, for example, most Australian stamps are issued in sheets of 50 stamps (the large $3 Melbourne stamp on the envelope is issued in sheets of 25 stamps, due to the size of the stamp.) However, when there id only one stamp in the set (e.g. Coronation of King Charles III), the stamps are issued in sheets of 10 stamps. These I would refer to as sheetlets. The problem arises with things like the 2023 Cocos (Keeling) Islands sheetlet of 10 Reef Fish stamps. Is this a miniature sheet or a sheetlet. Because all the stamps are different it could be either. Stanley Gibbons and Michel list it as a miniature sheet, Yvert & Tellier list it as a sheet of individual stamps and Scott lists it as a single number with each stamp having that number and a letter (424 and 424a to 424j) as they do for most thing like this whether it would be called a miniature sheet or a sheetlet. I'll leave it up to you to decide whether you think it would be a miniature sheet or a sheetlet. FYI: The Soviet Marine Mammals stamps were a joint issue with the USA, so there's also a United States version of these stamps. The Soviet blocks of stamps with the zebra labels were issued for the zoo relief fund. There is also another block of animals in a horizontal format and a single stamp with a stork in flight. I may have also included these somewhere in this envelope. Keep looking. (If not I can probably send them to you at some time.) The miniature sheet (with the butterflies on) has a theme of Nature Protection and was issued to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Philatelists'' Union. I hope that helps, more than confuses. Thank you for a lovely video full of pure joy and enthusiasm. It makes my day to watch your videos. I'll try to get round to sending you an email at some time today or over the weekend.
Hi Steve, thank you, thank you, thank you for all the wonderful information!!! I started reading up about terminology, but your answer is by far superior to what I could find so far! Wow! Really thank you. I will read what you wrote a few times, and keep notes to some day maybe use it in some of my videos if I may. 🙂Interesting that the Soviet Union and USA collaborated and co-issued stamps. Thank you for watching, for your wonderful comment, and giving me the beautiful, beautiful stamps!!!!!
Gorgeous stamps! I only collect worldwide, up until 1959...so I'm missing out on a ton of amazing flora and fauna postage. Those are my favorite topic. I get very excited when I come across older ones, though:) Thanks for sharing these images and spreading joy:)
Hello Martha! I also love the older more classic stamps. They are in a class of their own. It will be hard for me to choose between the older and some of the newer stamps. I fully am with you about loving and enjoying fauna and flora stamps! It would be interesting to see your stamp collection! Thank you for watching and for your special, positive comment! It means so much to me. Kind regards!!! 🙂
Hello Jerry, it is always so nice to see you here. 🙂The stamps ARE beautiful. I enjoyed it so much to unpack them. Apart from Venda and Transkei, there are also Ciskei and Bophuthatswana. 😄🙂I am not a fan of all their stamps, but the fauna and flora stamps are to die for. Take care!!!!
Hi Laurent, stamps ARE beautiful. It has been said many times, but they are frequently little pieces of art, and they bring the same joy and visual beauty than art. Thanks again so, so much for watching and commenting!!!
Hello Schuey! Thanks for being here and for commenting! The stamps Steve sent me is indeed great. I love them! You must enjoy an excellent weekend as well!!!!
Hi! I like my letter opener as well, just cheapie from Temu, but I needed one. The stamps ARE beautiful! Thanks so much for watching and commenting!!!!
Hello Charnie! Wow, what a generous gift from Stephen! The stamps are all wonderful and your enthusiasm for the hobby is wonderful to watch. thanks for sharing and keep up the great work.
Hi Smokey, so good to see you here! Thanks for supporting me. Thank you also for the kind comment! Yes, Stephen's stamp gifts just keep on giving! I LOVE the stamps and is truly amazed at his generosity. Enjoy your weekend!
I've always liked the Russian block with the zebra tag in the middle. These are some reallly pretty stamps, love the polar bears too! They all look in great condition as well. A nice enjoyable video, thank you!
Hi Kyle!!! I love to see you here! Thank you for watching and thanks for the positive comment! I am so glad you enjoyed the video! I try to be more calm and peaceful in my videos (like you), but I am not successful in doing that at all! The stamps are in excellent condition, and truly beautiful! The gift Steve gave me is just amazing! Best wishes to you and all you endeavours at the moment!
Hi Charnie! I have told before but I will say it again... Thank you so much for putting in all that work to i such wonderful videos. And stamps are gorgeous, of course.
Hi Sergey, I have to admit, there are some work and time going into making the videos. I frequently wonder if I can do it with less work. Thank you so much for noticing it again. And I agree, the stamps are gorgeous!!!! I enjoyed them so much! Take care!
Hello Rick! It means SO MUCH to me that you are watching and commenting! Yes, Steve gave me a generous gift of beautiful stamps, and indeed no CTOs. 🙂Best wishes to you!!!!
Fantastic range of stamps, the Polar Bears look amazing, but the art on all of them is fantastic. Thanks for the share Charnie - nice video as always !! Have an awesome day!💥From Fun At Home (Hot Wheels, Lego, Cards, Stamps & collectables)☮
Hi neighbour, 🙂they are lovely stamps. If they were large size art pieces, I would hang them on my walls without hesitation! I am glad you enjoyed the video. Not as professional as yours! Thanks for watching and commenting. Enjoy your weekend!!!
@@GreatStampAdventure No worries mate - you under estimate the quality of your videos. They are a great watch. Sun is shining today over here so can't complain.
Dear Charnie! These Venda and Transkei stamps are amazing! Never saw these before!! Sowjet Union stamps are great of course!!! These 4 sea anamal stamps!! The same series brought als USA in the same year! It was a cooperation project between these two countries! Looking forward for further videos from you! Best regards!!
Hi Roman and Nikolaj, I am glad to see some stamps that were new to you! You have such and extensive fauna collection. Yes, the Soviet Union stamps are beautiful. I find it interesting that the Soviet Union and USA collaborated. Thank you again for being here and watching and commenting!!! I appreciate it so much!
Привет Евгений! Спасибо за просмотр и спасибо за положительный комментарий! Я очень ценю вашу поддержку! Я рада, что марки вам понравились. Вы тоже должны позаботиться!
Oh, no, Steve, you can never give too much information! I lap up every word!!! I pinned your comment. I hope others read it as well. Excellent information!
Hi! I knew about the artist Dick Findlay, but following your comment I searched for his artworks with Google. Amazing art!!!!! His bird paintings are absolutely beautiful, including the indigenous flora accompanying the birds. Thanks for noting this!!!!!!! And thanks tremendously for watching and commenting!
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Hi Charnie! Like you, I think all these stamps are beautiful and I love the design and the artwork. Each one is a gem.
Yes, whether you call something a souvenir sheet, a miniature sheet, a minisheet, a block or a sheetlet can be very confusing and even the catalogues can disagree. My rule of thumb (and others may well disagree) is that a souvenir sheet and a miniature sheet (or minisheet) are the same thing, it's just that miniature sheet/minisheet is the British English term and souvenir sheet is the American English term. I refer to them primarily as miniature sheets as my English is basically British (with a few weird variations). What makes it more confusing is that in German these are referred to as Block and in French they are (usually/traditionally) referred to as bloc-feuillet (literally block-sheetlet).
To my mind, a miniature sheet is a small sheet that contains one or more stamps and have a sheet margin all the way round (though there are exceptions). So, in the stamps that you showed in this video, I would only class the last (with the butterflies on) as a miniature sheet. A few examples would be the United States miniature sheet that was issued for the Capex 78 Canadian International Philatelic Exhibition. These miniature sheets contain 8 stamps but have perforations on all 4 sides as they were originally issued in larger sheets that were then divided up into these miniature sheets. Stanley Gibbons, Michel and Yvert & Tellier all class this as a miniature sheet. Scott just gives the whole thing a number (1757) and then lists each stamp as a sub number (1757a to 1757h) as they do with most miniature sheets. Another exceptional example would be the 1999 Mushroom miniature sheet. In the sheets, the stamps were printed tete-beche and the miniature sheet was also released as 2 miniature sheets tete-beche horizontally. if the 'double miniature sheet' is separated, then you get a perforation down the left-hand side.
A block of stamps is when you have (usually) 4 or more stamps together (2 x 2, 2 x 3, 3 x 3, etc.). The block can be all the same stamp, or it can be different stamps se-tenant. So here we have the marine mammals set from the USSR which is a classic block of stamps and would be referred to as a 'block of 4'. The other two blocks do not consist of all stamps, so would be referred to as a 'block of 3 stamps plus label' (the birds) and a 'block of 5 stamps plus label'. What makes these block rather than miniature sheets is that they were printed together in large sheets (of maybe 30 or 50 stamps), but would be collected as a block rather than in the sheet (unless you specifically collect whole sheets, and who can afford to do that these days!)
And then there are sheetlets... To me a sheetlet is a sheet of stamps that is smaller (in number of stamps) than would be considered usual. So, for example, most Australian stamps are issued in sheets of 50 stamps (the large $3 Melbourne stamp on the envelope is issued in sheets of 25 stamps, due to the size of the stamp.) However, when there id only one stamp in the set (e.g. Coronation of King Charles III), the stamps are issued in sheets of 10 stamps. These I would refer to as sheetlets. The problem arises with things like the 2023 Cocos (Keeling) Islands sheetlet of 10 Reef Fish stamps. Is this a miniature sheet or a sheetlet. Because all the stamps are different it could be either. Stanley Gibbons and Michel list it as a miniature sheet, Yvert & Tellier list it as a sheet of individual stamps and Scott lists it as a single number with each stamp having that number and a letter (424 and 424a to 424j) as they do for most thing like this whether it would be called a miniature sheet or a sheetlet. I'll leave it up to you to decide whether you think it would be a miniature sheet or a sheetlet.
FYI: The Soviet Marine Mammals stamps were a joint issue with the USA, so there's also a United States version of these stamps.
The Soviet blocks of stamps with the zebra labels were issued for the zoo relief fund. There is also another block of animals in a horizontal format and a single stamp with a stork in flight. I may have also included these somewhere in this envelope. Keep looking. (If not I can probably send them to you at some time.)
The miniature sheet (with the butterflies on) has a theme of Nature Protection and was issued to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Philatelists'' Union.
I hope that helps, more than confuses.
Thank you for a lovely video full of pure joy and enthusiasm. It makes my day to watch your videos.
I'll try to get round to sending you an email at some time today or over the weekend.
Hi Steve, thank you, thank you, thank you for all the wonderful information!!! I started reading up about terminology, but your answer is by far superior to what I could find so far! Wow! Really thank you. I will read what you wrote a few times, and keep notes to some day maybe use it in some of my videos if I may. 🙂Interesting that the Soviet Union and USA collaborated and co-issued stamps. Thank you for watching, for your wonderful comment, and giving me the beautiful, beautiful stamps!!!!!
Gorgeous stamps! I only collect worldwide, up until 1959...so I'm missing out on a ton of amazing flora and fauna postage. Those are my favorite topic. I get very excited when I come across older ones, though:) Thanks for sharing these images and spreading joy:)
Hello Martha! I also love the older more classic stamps. They are in a class of their own. It will be hard for me to choose between the older and some of the newer stamps. I fully am with you about loving and enjoying fauna and flora stamps! It would be interesting to see your stamp collection! Thank you for watching and for your special, positive comment! It means so much to me. Kind regards!!! 🙂
Beautiful stamps, Venda is tempting me to collect.
I also like the owl and whales stamps, very nice.
Hello Jerry, it is always so nice to see you here. 🙂The stamps ARE beautiful. I enjoyed it so much to unpack them. Apart from Venda and Transkei, there are also Ciskei and Bophuthatswana. 😄🙂I am not a fan of all their stamps, but the fauna and flora stamps are to die for. Take care!!!!
I realy love your collection 😊
Hi Ernest! Thank you so much, and thanks for watching and commenting!!!! I love these stamps as well!🙂
It truly is like opening a treasure trove! Stamps are BEAUTIFUL and these ones just prove it!
Hi Laurent, stamps ARE beautiful. It has been said many times, but they are frequently little pieces of art, and they bring the same joy and visual beauty than art. Thanks again so, so much for watching and commenting!!!
@@GreatStampAdventure Don't thank me, Charnie! It truly is a real pleasure. As always, sending my very best wishes from Provence.
@@Laurent-Philatelie And my best wishes here from New Zealand. 🙂
Hi Charnie, great video again, great stamps from Steve again! Loving the animal & bird stamps! Take care & have a great weekend
Hello Schuey! Thanks for being here and for commenting! The stamps Steve sent me is indeed great. I love them! You must enjoy an excellent weekend as well!!!!
Beautiful fauna stamps ❤ also love your letter opener!!!
Hi! I like my letter opener as well, just cheapie from Temu, but I needed one. The stamps ARE beautiful! Thanks so much for watching and commenting!!!!
Delightful as always. And wonderful stamps
Hi Ken, THANK YOU for watching and for the positive comment. They are beautiful stamps, and I think many of them are definitives.
Hello Charnie! Wow, what a generous gift from Stephen! The stamps are all wonderful and your enthusiasm for the hobby is wonderful to watch. thanks for sharing and keep up the great work.
Hi Smokey, so good to see you here! Thanks for supporting me. Thank you also for the kind comment! Yes, Stephen's stamp gifts just keep on giving! I LOVE the stamps and is truly amazed at his generosity. Enjoy your weekend!
I've always liked the Russian block with the zebra tag in the middle. These are some reallly pretty stamps, love the polar bears too! They all look in great condition as well. A nice enjoyable video, thank you!
Hi Kyle!!! I love to see you here! Thank you for watching and thanks for the positive comment! I am so glad you enjoyed the video! I try to be more calm and peaceful in my videos (like you), but I am not successful in doing that at all! The stamps are in excellent condition, and truly beautiful! The gift Steve gave me is just amazing! Best wishes to you and all you endeavours at the moment!
Hi Charnie! I have told before but I will say it again... Thank you so much for putting in all that work to i such wonderful videos. And stamps are gorgeous, of course.
Thank you so much for putting in all that work to make such wonderful videos
Hi Sergey, I have to admit, there are some work and time going into making the videos. I frequently wonder if I can do it with less work. Thank you so much for noticing it again. And I agree, the stamps are gorgeous!!!! I enjoyed them so much! Take care!
I agree that the stamps are small art pieces. Thank you for sharing your joy and excitement
Hi Dawid, they are truly small art pieces. I am glad you enjoyed the video! Thank you for your support! Enjoy the weekend. 🙂
lovely :) Steve s a very gereus soul.
He is! Thank you very much for watching and commenting, Basil. Enjoy your weekend!
Great lot of stamps, Charnia, and amazingly no CTO. Well done, Steve. And well done, Charnia!
Hello Rick! It means SO MUCH to me that you are watching and commenting! Yes, Steve gave me a generous gift of beautiful stamps, and indeed no CTOs. 🙂Best wishes to you!!!!
Fantastic range of stamps, the Polar Bears look amazing, but the art on all of them is fantastic. Thanks for the share Charnie - nice video as always !! Have an awesome day!💥From Fun At Home (Hot Wheels, Lego, Cards, Stamps & collectables)☮
Hi neighbour, 🙂they are lovely stamps. If they were large size art pieces, I would hang them on my walls without hesitation! I am glad you enjoyed the video. Not as professional as yours! Thanks for watching and commenting. Enjoy your weekend!!!
@@GreatStampAdventure No worries mate - you under estimate the quality of your videos. They are a great watch. Sun is shining today over here so can't complain.
@@FunAtHomeCollectibles Thank you for the kind reply! The sun shines here as well and it is a pretty mild day.🙂
Dear Charnie! These Venda and Transkei stamps are amazing! Never saw these before!! Sowjet Union stamps are great of course!!! These 4 sea anamal stamps!! The same series brought als USA in the same year! It was a cooperation project between these two countries! Looking forward for further videos from you! Best regards!!
Hi Roman and Nikolaj, I am glad to see some stamps that were new to you! You have such and extensive fauna collection. Yes, the Soviet Union stamps are beautiful. I find it interesting that the Soviet Union and USA collaborated. Thank you again for being here and watching and commenting!!! I appreciate it so much!
Приветствую Charnie! Марки великолепны! Поздравляю с пополнением коллекции! Всех благ и берегите себя.
Привет Евгений! Спасибо за просмотр и спасибо за положительный комментарий! Я очень ценю вашу поддержку! Я рада, что марки вам понравились. Вы тоже должны позаботиться!
Советские марки с фауной - прекрасны!
Hi! Thank you so much for watching and commenting! I agree with you!!!!
Sorry, that may be a bit too much information.
Oh, no, Steve, you can never give too much information! I lap up every word!!! I pinned your comment. I hope others read it as well. Excellent information!
Also worth a look.The paintings of Dick Findlay . For example the images of these Butterfly Stamps
Hi! I knew about the artist Dick Findlay, but following your comment I searched for his artworks with Google. Amazing art!!!!! His bird paintings are absolutely beautiful, including the indigenous flora accompanying the birds. Thanks for noting this!!!!!!! And thanks tremendously for watching and commenting!