What’s in a Name ? What’s in a Name ?
SOUVENIR SHEET MINIATURE SHEET SHEETLET and SHEET
SOUVENIR SHEET Souvenir Sheet is a sheet containing replicas of stamps It has only philatelic interest without any postal validity
MINIATURE SHEET Miniature Sheet is a small sheet containing either a single stamp
MINIATURE SHEET or a set of different stamps with decorative margins with or without perforations around the stamps with postal validity
SHEETLET Sheetlet is a small sheet of stamps Less than normal format of a sheet It must contain more than one copy of a single stamp or each different stamp with decorative margins
SHEET Sheet contains multiple copies of a single stamp without any decorative margins
Now the confusion arises because India Post changed the definition of Souvenir Sheet Miniature Sheet and Sheetlet On their own
India Post issued this sheet on 12th October 2012 during Philatelic Day and they called this has a Souvenir Sheet and they called this has a Souvenir Sheet but according to the definition we have seen it is a Miniature sheet
India Post issued this sheet on 2 nd October 2016 on Swachh Bharat and they called this has a Souvenir Sheet but according to the definition we have seen it is a Miniature sheet
On 28 th April 2018 India Post issued this sheet on Prithviraj Chauhan and they called this has Sheetlet but according to the definition we have seen it is a miniature sheet
India Post issued the following sheets and they called them has Sheetlets but according to the definition we have seen these are miniature sheet
and finally ......
India Post issued on 1 st January 2017 Splendors of India stamps in calendar format Splendors of India stamps in calendar format and they called it ‘Calendar’
But each of these monthly calendar sheets are actually Miniature Sheets
Souvenir Sheet is a sheet containing replicas of stamps It has only philatelic interest without any postal validity Miniature Sheet is a small sheet containing either a single stamp or a set of different stamps with decorative margins with or without perforations around the stamps with postal validity Sheetlet is a small sheet of stamps Less than normal format of a sheet It must contain more than one copy of a single stamp or each different stamp with decorative margins Sheet contains multiple copies of a single stamp without any decorative margins
Bibliography “What’s in a Name ?” article written by Mr. Ashok Bayanwala in the “India Post” journal of the “Indian Study Circle for Philately” in the “India Post” journal of the “Indian Study Circle for Philately” Vol. 53/1 (2019) No. 210
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