EBONY SOCIETY OF PHILATELIC EVENTS AND REFLECTIONS
Since 1988

 

    

All About the Hobby of Philately
(Stamp Collecting) 

Types of Stamps: Se-Tenant Issues

Se-tenant is a term applied to two or more un-separated stamps having different designs and/or values. The stamps are usually part of a set of commemorative stamps. This se-tenant set of four stamps celebrates American folk singers and includes LeadBelly, Sonny Terry, Woody Guthrie and Josh White. 

Se-tenant stamps are fascinating items to add to a collection. They can contain just two stamps such as the  1975 Apollo/Soyuz issue or as many as 50 different stamps as in the 1983 State Birds and Flowers and the 1987 issue of Flora and Fauna. Se-tenants are most often issued in blocks of four. 


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