Wednesday, May 27, 2009
S27 - Essen 2009 Color Variety
I received an interesting report from Helmut that a few Essen 2009 United Nations personalized sheets sheets (blue-green gum) were found with a much fainter red color - that does not mean that somebody else cannot have a large quantity of them However, it is an interesting variety to keep look for.
Thursday, May 14, 2009
S27 - Essen 2009
On 6 May 2009, UNPA issued a new United Nations personalized stamp exhibition sheet to commemorate the 19th International Stamp Fair 2009 in Essen, Germany. The sheet is composed of 10 stamps in the denomination of € 0,65. The photos on the stamps represent the following (right row, top to bottom):
Thanks to Helmut, and the UNPA Vienna Newsletter, 7,500 sheets were produced and I have several reports that both the blue-green gum and the cream gum varieties are available. He also reports that perforation is the same as with previous sheets: 13 1/4 comb., outer right vertical perf line between labels and selvage is line perforated 13 1/4.
A new correspondent, Marc, wrote to let us know that he found 33 sheets with blue-green gum. This color may be more scarce than the cream gum, since he looked at over 1.000 sheets. He also found an ungummed sheet on white paper with perforations.
Collectors have asked if there is a way we can buy and sell sheets from other collectors. I am not sure of the best way to do this, but if anyone has any ideas, please email me.
I sincerely appreciate everyone who contributes to this blog. We must share information since no single collector knows everything about the United Nations personalized sheets. Please email if you can contribute anything. I still have a small backlog of correspondence that contains additional information that I will add to the blog soon. Please be patient, I can only write in my spare time. Thank you!!
- Flags of the Nations at the Memorial Plaza, Vienna International Centre;
- View of the Memorial Plaza and the D-tower of the Vienna International Centre;
- Detail of the sculpture “The First Swallows” by Juozas Mikenas;
- M-Building. On 25 April 2008, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Austrian Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik jointly inaugurated the new conference building (M-Building) at the Vienna International Centre. The United Nations Secretary-General stated: “The building will also be used as the central hub of many diplomats from all around the world to discuss the future of our world.”
- Detail of the oil painting “Schmetterlingsbaum” (“Butterfly-tree”) by the Austrian artist Rudolf Hausner.
Thanks to Helmut, and the UNPA Vienna Newsletter, 7,500 sheets were produced and I have several reports that both the blue-green gum and the cream gum varieties are available. He also reports that perforation is the same as with previous sheets: 13 1/4 comb., outer right vertical perf line between labels and selvage is line perforated 13 1/4.
A new correspondent, Marc, wrote to let us know that he found 33 sheets with blue-green gum. This color may be more scarce than the cream gum, since he looked at over 1.000 sheets. He also found an ungummed sheet on white paper with perforations.
Collectors have asked if there is a way we can buy and sell sheets from other collectors. I am not sure of the best way to do this, but if anyone has any ideas, please email me.
I sincerely appreciate everyone who contributes to this blog. We must share information since no single collector knows everything about the United Nations personalized sheets. Please email if you can contribute anything. I still have a small backlog of correspondence that contains additional information that I will add to the blog soon. Please be patient, I can only write in my spare time. Thank you!!
Thursday, April 30, 2009
More Gum Discoveries
Jim Matyasovich continues to make new gum discoveries. He is corresponding with many collectors of United Nations personalized sheets, and has put together the following spreadsheet. This list is the latest information we have on all the gum varieties, please email him or I if you can add to the list.
Notice that two different gum varieties goes back at least to S6, and can also be found on S7, S8, S18. More discoveries are awaiting.
SHEET | DESCRIPTION | GUM |
S1 | GENERIC - GREETINGS FROM NY | SHINEY CREAM |
S2 | HONG KONG STAMP EXPO | SHINEY CREAM |
S3 | ESSEN 2004 | SHINEY CREAM |
S4 | GREAT HANSHIN-AWAJI EARTHQUAKE | LOW SHINE WHITE |
S5 | MY VISIT TO THE UN (STUDENT SHEET) | DULL WHITE |
S5.1 | MY VISIT TO THE UN (STUDENT SHEET) | DULL BLUE/GREEN |
S5.2 | IMPERFORATED | DULL BLUE/GREEN |
S6 | GENERIC - GREETINGS FROM NY (60TH) | DULL WHITE |
S6.1 | GENERIC - GREETINGS FROM NY (60TH) | DULL BLUE/GREEN |
S6.2 | TEXT & STAMP ERRORS | DULL WHITE |
S6.3 | TEXT ERROR | DULL WHITE |
S7 | EXPO 2005 AICHI JAPAN | SHINEY CREAM |
S7.1 | NO RED BOX | DULL WHITE |
S7.2 | RED BOX PASTED ON | SHINEY CREAM |
S8 | RICCIONE 1981-2005 | DULL WHITE |
S8.1 | RICCIONE 1981-2005 | DULL BLUE/GREEN |
S9 | MICROCREDIT | SHINEY CREAM |
S10 | GREETINGS FROM THE UN-DOMESTIC | SHINEY CREAM |
S11 | GREETINGS FROM THE UN-INTERNATIONAL | SHINEY CREAM |
S12 | WAR/PEACE | BLUE/GREEN |
S13 | WASHINGTON 2006 | SHINEY CREAM |
S14 | BERLIN | SHINEY CREAM |
S15 | JAPAN 50TH | SHINEY CREAM |
S16 | ESSEN 2007 | DULL BLUE/GREEN |
S17 | UN NYC - DOMESTIC | DULL BLUE/GREEN |
S18 | UN NYC - INTERNATIONAL | DULL BLUE/GREEN |
S18.1 | UN NYC - INTERNATIONAL - POPE'S VISIT | DULL BLUE/GREEN |
S19 | PACEFUL VISIONS | DULL BLUE/GREEN |
S19 | FIRST DAY CANCELED | DULL BLUE/GREEN |
S20 | CLIMATE CHANGE | DULL BLUE/GREEN |
S20 | FIRST DAY CANCELED | DULL BLUE/GREEN |
S21 | WORLD SPACE WEEK | DULL BLUE/GREEN |
S22 | ESSEN 2008 | DULL WHITE |
S22.1 | ESSEN 2008 | DULL BLUE/GREEN |
S23 | UN NYC - DOMESTIC | DULL BLUE/GREEN |
S24 | UN NYC - INTERNATIONAL | DULL WHITE |
S24.1 | UN NYC - INTERNATIONAL | DULL BLUE/GREEN |
S25 | BEIJING - BLUE BAND | DULL WHITE |
S25.1 | BEIJING - BLUE BAND | DULL BLUE/GREEN |
S25.2 | BEIJING - PURPLE BAND | DULL WHITE |
S25.3 | BEIJING - PURPLE BAND | DULL BLUE/GREEN |
S26 | WIPA | DULL WHITE |
S26.1 | WIPA | DULL BLUE/GREEN |
Notice that two different gum varieties goes back at least to S6, and can also be found on S7, S8, S18. More discoveries are awaiting.
Friday, March 13, 2009
S25, S25.1, S25.2, S25.3 - Sport for Peace - Beijing Olympics: Four Different Varieties
Thanks to our friend in Geneva, we now have confirmation of the fourth color/gum combination; the purple band with cream gum (S25.3). He also provides us with a clue as to when this began. For S23 and S24 (NY standard postage 2008), the 42 cent United Nations personalized sheet has blue-green gum (S23) and the 94 cent United Nations personalized sheet comes with the cream gum. I had not noticed this before, and can confirm I have these combinations. Check your copies, I would like to find out if these exist in different gum formats.
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Davo Album Update
Thanks to Henry Gitner, I now have a copy of the new DAVO United Nations personalized sheet album. This album is the perfect place to store and display my collection. This DAVO album contain removable pages which allow you to work on your sheets and then place them in archival-quality clear stamp mounts. These seem to hold the sheets firmly in place, without any damage. This also allows you to insert pages where you might want to display sheet varieties.
The album itself is a black, high quality, heavy stock. It includes a dust case, to protect the sheets and the binder itself from outside influences. Each sheet has a gray-scale picture of the relevant sheet and the album included four extra blank sheets to help cover the varieties. Extra sheets can be purchased from DAVO. It is a very impressive album.
My only quibble is that the Microcredit sheet is assigned to 2003 instead of 2005. DAVO uses a numbering scheme that starts with the year, followed by the sheets in the order they were issued. So, for 2003, the first United Nations personalized sheet is given the designation 2003-1 (S1). Their designations are fine, they've just misplaced the Microcredit sheet (unless they know something more about this sheet than we do!). Perhaps this can be corrected when the pages are reprinted.
For now, I am very, very happy to have a copy of this album.
The album itself is a black, high quality, heavy stock. It includes a dust case, to protect the sheets and the binder itself from outside influences. Each sheet has a gray-scale picture of the relevant sheet and the album included four extra blank sheets to help cover the varieties. Extra sheets can be purchased from DAVO. It is a very impressive album.
My only quibble is that the Microcredit sheet is assigned to 2003 instead of 2005. DAVO uses a numbering scheme that starts with the year, followed by the sheets in the order they were issued. So, for 2003, the first United Nations personalized sheet is given the designation 2003-1 (S1). Their designations are fine, they've just misplaced the Microcredit sheet (unless they know something more about this sheet than we do!). Perhaps this can be corrected when the pages are reprinted.
For now, I am very, very happy to have a copy of this album.
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
S25, S25.1, S25.2 - Sport for Peace - Beijing Olympics: Three Different Varieties
This issue has gotten a little more complicated. We have now identified three different varieties of the 2008 Sport for Peace Beijing Olympics United Nations personalized sheet. The following sheet numbers have been assigned:
- S25 - Blue band, blue-green gum
- S25.1 - Blue band, cream gum
- S25.2 - Purple band, blue-green gum
Thursday, February 19, 2009
S26 & S26.1 - WIPA 2008 - Two Different Gums
At the end of the 2 October 2008 entry, where I first discussed the WIPA 2008 United Nations personalized sheet, I mentioned a report that there are two types of gum on this sheet. Thanks again to Helmut Jörg, we now have confirmation of the cream gum (S26) and the blue-green gum (S26.1). These gums are shown below, and are the back sides of the two WIPA sheets shown above. At least in this case, there are no extreme color differences on the front side. One sheet might appear to be slightly bluer and the other, but this is just the light passing through the blue-green gum.
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