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February 04, 2011 16:43

Under 'type' you can choose for the stamps for example sheet or block but also for bloik / sheet. The reason for this is the following:

Until a decade ago, sheets and blocks could be defined fairly clearly. A sheet of paper almost always had a multiple of one and the same stamp, and had a sober design. A block often contained 1 or more different stamps, and was really announced as a separate issue and for sale.

In recent years, the boundaries between block and sheet have become blurred. Example: Beautiful Netherlands. Are they blocks or sheets? Different catalog publishers and album manufacturers also deal with it differently.

For example, the NVPH lists them as a block and Davo considers them to be sheets of 5. (except for the collection sheets).

You could also easily call sheetlets with, for example, 12 different stamps with a continuous stamp image Blok. In recent years, Belgium has been issuing 'sheets' that are designed as a block.

The deeper reason actually lies is the politics to print stamps in small sheets instead of in sheets of 50 or 100. If these sheets also contain different stamps then you could also call it a block.

If you hold the division block versus sheet, it can happen that someone searches for sheet while it is in our catalog as a block and vice versa.

The block (s) can be found under the blocks as much as under the sheets. Because for many stamps it is clear that they fall under the 'classic' definitions of seal or block, these separate types will of course also remain.

Many items have now been entered incorrectly. Especially many sheets as a block. In general you have to enter units of 10, 20 or more stamps as sheets. .

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