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Raoul62 you can keep whining about this, but it has been formally announced on the forum that the basic stamp has reached the tolerated status.

Stubborn attempts to get rid of these without policy have led to a reversal. Let's not go down that path again now. How to do it takes time.


However, the basic manual clearly states: "1.3 There must be a physical object".
The A and B versions exist. Those are physical objects. The 'basic' version, which is either A or B, does not exist. That's just a fantasy. A fictional or non-existent object.
If you look at the atomic level, each stamp is unique (and temperature dependent). So it is not about objects that exist or not, but about the level of abstraction at which you describe them.
Since LD aims to serve both beginners and advanced users, multiple levels of abstraction are needed. I



You are not God.

For 'watermarks' (also not a physical object) as an item, there is also no 'exception' specifically included for the stamp section. Or is it in the pipeline?
Do you consider yourself entitled to this status? The watermark story has been discussed extensively with Collectioneur. He also provided you with an explanation about this. These are also not in the Stamp section.


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Hence, back to my original proposal:
If there is a se-tenant item (maximum representation with all stamps from the series): NEVER allow a Series item. Even though it is proven that the stamps of that se-tenant were issued separately in sheets.
One item with both types.
And for the shop:
With se-tenant you always have your own image. A different order in a maximum se-tenant is sometimes very important. And we don't record those other performances either.
The buyer should know what the se-tenant he/she is purchasing looks like.
The first image of the se-tenant/series item should always include the individual stamps. And the catalog value based on those individual stamps.
Anyone who offers it as a se-tenant must still post their own image. The visitor to a shop sees that image and immediately explains why what is offered is slightly more expensive.
Anyone who offers the item as a series (of individual stamps) does not really need to post an image. You can determine the order yourself with individual stamps in your own collection. The image in the shop then shows the first image from the catalog.
This is how the principle works, this is how LD is constructed. That's how it was decided once, a long time ago and after careful thought, I think.
Nowadays 12 images can be added
We end up with 2 images. First the series (loose stamps) and second 'an' example of a maximum se-tenant. The possibly dozens of different manifestations do not have to appear in the catalog item. who offers a se-tenant: always own image.

PS: that's how I see it, of course. No gospel, I'm not the boss.
Currently, for a se-tenant/series item, the se-tenant image is always placed first... and that doesn't seem very practical to me (see explanation above and in a previous post).
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On the one hand, the fact remains that if those different combinations (can) exist, they are distinguishable items that are not necessarily equivalent. One collector will love a combination AB just as much as BA, while another wants AB and BA.
On the other hand, you cannot necessarily please all collectors. If you give the specialists unlimited space, it will be difficult for the average collector to keep an overview. The split into Standard and Everything partly solves this, but if no technical solution can be found for super-specializations, then there are practical limits.
After all, combinations of identical stamps (pairs, strips, blocks) are not permitted, even though there is certainly sufficient trade in them.
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Okay then just raptors?
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I see your point. So you cannot assume that it remains a hypothetical situation.
Nowadays 12 images can be added to an item. With those Boys Town closing stamps, that would be more than enough to show all combinations under 1 item. But with larger combinations, 12 is often too little.
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However, I find it difficult to believe that a collector would tear up sheets of paper to include as many different MNH se-tenants as possible in his album.

That's what I always think when I see 'combination from the book' :)
And yet. Even DAVO NL has made special magazines for it that you can purchase. In Standard, Standard Luxury and Luxury versions.
Those magazines alone cost a fortune.

I didn't think tearing up MNH sheets was possible either. Until I envisioned a collection in which, for certain sheets (GDR, Circus theme), dozens of self-made sheets could be found with all possible (MNH!) combinations that you could get from those sheets. That collector probably would have had to buy 10 MNH sheets for it.
In the same year, 2 such sheets were issued.
Practice makes perfect, and the Postal Service benefited.
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May 02, 2024 22:59
is a collector who physically has hundreds of those combinations in his collection?
Yes, I am convinced of that. When I see what that collector, in different areas, can do (as if it were normal) to correct non-compliant situations... Phew. Such as recently even in Burundi (solving the problem of combination items of luxury sheets). All with their own scans of their own material.
Rest assured, I am sure that collector of certain issue groups from the Jultempel areas can add hundreds of different combinations as se-tenant. In all forms, compositions, numbers and representations.

The Close Stamp section currently allows all options. For now. Even with 2 stamps you can play with appearances enormously

If there is excess, then I will act there too. Then there will also be pruning to keep it clear.

I suppose that process already took place in the stamp section a long time ago. I don't understand why it is brought up again to undo (back to excess). But it does make you popular in the very short term.
In the less short term... someone will be allowed to clean up the mess again, surely?


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Not all chouettes/hiboux are noctural raptors.
Snow owls, Lapland owls and sparrowhawk owls hunt during the day.
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I know a collector who can immediately add several hundred (incomplete se-tenant editions) per issue.
Do I understand you correctly that this is a collector who physically has hundreds of those combinations in his collection?
As I said, there is a difference between the number of conceivable combinations and the number of actually existing ones .
I am not familiar with Jul stamps, but I can imagine in certain cases that there are countless stamped combinations in circulation.
However, I find it difficult to believe that a collector would tear up sheets of paper to include as many different MNH se-tenants as possible in his album.
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Yes, I will leave them as they are now.
Only from the answers of Charles1971 and yours, it seems to me that the Basic Stamp at LastDodo is valued more than the really issued stamps as in my examples.
Why?
The Stamp Catalog at LD is only designed to serve the Shops.
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Chouette / hibou are nocturnal birds of prey 
So why not put nocturnal raptors?
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With more or less exceptions, it will not arrive at Stamps.
Simply translate/put in French: Hiboux / Chouetters.
And they stand together.
Such as in Dutch, English and German.
And if you separate them.
What do you do with the series?
Where does it contain 'hiboux' and 'chouettes'?

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Since when should the manual not be followed?
What are the agreements in this for? For fun, or just for the collectors but not for some (super) administrators?
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And now finally, I hope, the place where the definition or explanation of 'Basic Seal' can be found? I've been waiting for that the whole time since I got into LD.
It seems to be something from 'the past', mutual agreements and experiments by a limited group. That no one knows anything about. Except Helv apparently, because you regularly use it as an 'explanation'.
But every time the question 'Where can I find an explanation about the basic seal?' there is no answer.
The chimeras (the 'Secret Book of the Secret Club') are better known than the public stamp manual, accessible to everyone.

However, the basic manual clearly states: "1.3 There must be a physical object".
The A and B versions exist. Those are physical objects. The 'basic' version, which is either A or B, does not exist. That's just a fantasy. A fictional or non-existent object.
It's that simple.
And for this phenomenon, no exception has been included for the stamp section in the basic manual.
For 'watermarks' (also not a physical object) as an item, there is also no 'exception' specifically included for the stamp section. Or is it in the pipeline?

Moreover, with 2 different physical objects that appeared on the same day, you cannot speak of Seal and Variety. You are not God. Both are equal Segel. Both are physical objects, issued in editions.
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The introduction to 10 now contains the following bullet.
● If the appearance of a series is a se-tenant, it will be included once as a series and se-tenant. Only if the stamps of the series have also been issued separately will both the series with individual stamps and the se-tenant be included separately. If there are several combinations to tear from one sheet, only one item will be included on LD. Other shapes can be added as 2nd and 3rd images for illustration purposes. See also 10.12 Se-tenant.
I think this bullit can be dropped in its entirety.


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If 10.12 Se-tenant is clear to everyone, then only the introduction to Chapter 10 needs to be adjusted. Please provide concrete proposals, as previously requested.

What's wrong with my previous proposal?

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For point 10 Type of stamps appearance se-tenant see point 10.12 and delete the rest - If necessary, supplement the line above for series with A complete series of individual stamps is always included separately, regardless of the original appearance.

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But don't forget my opening comment for that line of thought
Another (bold) solution, very simplistic, is to move away from se-tenant as a type to LD in the stamp catalogue.

It would certainly solve all current problems, but would certainly create new problems. The se-tenant pairs (see South Africa, among others) are important items for all stakeholders (much more important than the 2 separate stamps that make up them). You can't do without that.

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I think allowing everything is a really bad idea. In Denmark-Jul seals you can easily find out why. There are wonderful examples of issues where se-tenants (if you allow everything) can completely destroy the catalog in no time. And, it can happen sooner than you think. I know a collector who can immediately add several hundred (incomplete se-tenant editions) per issue. You don't want to see that in a catalogue.
In any case, as an administrator I wouldn't worry about it anymore. If something becomes unmanageable/unworkable, it would just be a huge waste of time.
Even though Denmark Jul stamps are already larger (in number) than Denmark itself (the stamps, blocks, sheets, booklets, MKs, FDCs, ...), that special area is still well under control (you can check via the administrator module).
I would like to keep it that way.
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I don't get much further with the website, but the tip about the Use Type does at least show several seals. I'll take a look tomorrow to see which ones are already there and which ones could possibly be added. Thank you!
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With this reasoning I can abolish a few more types, or even complete sections.

Oh well, when people post cynical comments, I sometimes want to respond cynically too.

If 10.12 Se-tenant is clear to everyone, then only the introduction to Chapter 10 needs to be adjusted. Please provide concrete proposals, as previously requested.
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Then we have to make it 'Owls with ears' and 'Owls without ears'. Seems a bit stupid, but only then can it be translated into French differently: 'Hiboux' and 'Chouettes'. With just 'Owls' you can only have one translation into French.
Or you translate it as "Chouettes ou/et hiboux"?

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Charles1971 since there is indeed a base stamp, the rule citing Loriot cannot be applied. I tried that a year ago in a part of Germany and am now busy with the reconstruction :-/

So leave Lyonesse as it is now.
Perhaps you should take a look at #8153227 , an imperforate stamp with code You could well belong to the perforation variety.
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Charles1971 ("administrator"?)
What nonsense!
First read carefully no. 10.2 of the manual.
Stamps Manual 4.11
“10.2 Perforation variety
Variety of perforation: is, as the word itself says, a variety of an originally existing perforation.
Stamps with the same perforation that have one, two or three imperforated sides (for example,
stamps of booklets) are not perforation varieties but remain under the type of "stamp". The
completely unfranked stamps are no perforation varieties either.
Self-adhesive stamps issued with the same design as a gummed stamp should not be classified as a variety but as a stamp. The differences between these stamps are so great that they are generally not considered to be varieties.”

Two stamps of 50 were issued on the same day, January 23, 1922, one with perforation K14 and the other with perforation L13¾. 
They can never be a variety of a nonexistent stamp. One can never be a variety of the other either, since they were both issued on the same day (unless of course you know at what time of that day they were released).
They both have the type of "stamp".

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Only one se-tenant is allowed as an item per expenditure group.
I was already not in favor of issuing groups, but adding only one se-tenant per issuing group no longer has anything to do with philately or how certain stamps were or were not issued together.
instead of making it more clear by unbundling series and se-tenant, you make it more difficult by lumping together all kinds of se-tenants (that meet the current criterion of maximum se-tenant).

Example
The 2001 issue of Ukrainian folk costumes already has three se-tenants (introduced in accordance with the current manual). No doubt someone will eventually have time to merge this series, which runs over several years, with the issues in other years and a number of more pairs will be added. It doesn't make sense to hang it under 1 item (and also requires extra work from a super administrator - downloading images, merging them, uploading images).

Collectioneur
Perhaps the best solution is to simply eliminate the Se-tenant type, which will save administrators a lot of work.
With this reasoning I can abolish a few more types, or even complete sections.

As far as I'm concerned, the current definition of se-tenant is clear.
The problem lies with the improper mixing with series in my opinion.
By the way, there are plenty of se-tenants that are smaller than the complete series.
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So there is clearly a distinction in French. And that's precisely the problem: in Dutch there is only one word for both: Owls...

Then we have to make it 'Owls with ears' and 'Owls without ears'. Seems a bit stupid, but only then can it be translated into French differently: 'Hiboux' and 'Chouettes'. With just 'Owls' you can only have one translation into French.
PS: if the translation is not ok, just change the language to NL.
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I just repeated what Raoul62 mentioned in an earlier post :-)
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