Commemorative Sheets page 2

1937 was a good year for first sheets

Details	Image	Notes
1937 Russia 1 each SG728 and 732, Sc590 and 593, different colours SG733c Sc596 £10 / £5 Pushkin Exhibition, Moscow Another from the collection. 1992 Russian Federation only issued in sheet SG MS6314 Sc-B182 £1 / £1 Nature conservation		Added November 2007 Issued 10th February 1937 sheet size 105x89 mm See here for discussion of which was the first Russian sheet. Added December 2007 Issued 22nd January 1992 sheet size 90x65 mm The Russian Federation's first stamp (10th January for the winter Olympics) was issued in sheets of 50 and 8 but neither Scott nor Gibbons seem to regard the sheet of 8 as a miniature or Souvenir sheet.

Many French colonies issued sheets in April to commemorate the Paris International Exhibition of 1937.
These are detailed on another page, with a representative example below.

Details	Image	Notes
1937 - Paris Exhibition		example from Reunion most sheets issued 15th April 1937 see separate page
1937 Nicaragua 1 each SG951-953a, Sc-RA55-58 SG953b Sc-RA58b £3 / £3 Central American Olympic Games		Added November 2007 Issued 15th May 1937 image source 1
1937 Iceland stamps only issued in sheet format SG MS223, Sc-B5 £24 / £160 Silver Jubilee of King Christian X.		Added October 2007 Issued 14th May 1937 Sheet size 128 x 112mm image source 1
1937 Spanish Morocco SG MS183a contains 1 each SG177, 178, 179, 182 Scott equivalent Sc173a with Sc169, 170, 171, 174 SG MS183b contains 1 each SG178, 179, 180, 181 Scott equivalent Sc174a with Sc171, 172, 173, 174 The stamps show local subjects, commemorating the first anniversary of the Spanish civil war.		Added November 2007 Issued 1st June 1937 sheet size 105x95 mm better scan needed image source 1
1937 Danzig stamps only issued in sheet format SG251 Sc221 £2 / £9 SG252 Sc-C41 (airmail) £2 / £9 Danzig stamp show	Marienkirche, Danzig Junkers W-33	added November 2007 sheets issued 6th June 1937 sheet size 147x104 mm image source 1
1937 Spain, nationalist Stamps only available on sheets. Two sheets in set, 'Alcazar before and after the siege', available perf or imperf. SG MS909, Sc-B108A, before, perf £13 / £11 SG MS910, Sc-B108b, before, imperf £300 / £300 SG MS911, Sc-B108C, after, perf £13 / £11 SG MS912, Sc-B108d, after, imperf £300 / £300 1938 Spain, republican One stamp, two versions: SG839, Sc-B106 postage; overprinted SG841, Sc-CB6 for airmail, both produced as sheets: postage SG MS840, Sc-B106b £14 / £14 airmail SG MS842, Sc-CB6b £2,000 / £1,900 (Scott also shows Sc106c and Sc-CB6c imperf) surcharge for the defence of Madrid	SG MS909 Sc-B109A SG MS911 Sc-B109C SG MS840 Sc-B106b	added November 2007 sheets issued 16th August 1937 sheet size 140x110 mm better images needed image source 1 sheets issued 15th April 1938 sheet size 120x105 mm image source 1
1937 San Marino stamp only available on sheet SG MS232, Sc185 £8 / £10 Independence monument		Added November 2007 sheet issued 23rd August 1937 image source 1
1937 Yugoslavia stamps only available on sheet SG-MS356 Sc-B57A £3 / £7 First Yugoslav Philatelic Exhibition, Belgrade, ZEFIB		Added November 2007 sheet issued 12th September 1937 sheet size 109x150 mm image source 1
1937 Belgian Congo 4 x SG225 colour variant Sc172 SG MS219a £4 / £6, sheet not numbered in Scott The subsequent (1938) set from which this is taken features National Parks. This stamp shows Mitumba Forest.		added November 2007 issued 20th October 1937 sheet size 140x111 mm image source
1937 Albania stamps only available on sheet SG-MS320a Sc280 £12 / £18 25th anniversary of independence		Added November 2007 sheet issued 20th November 1937 sheet size 140x140 mm image source 1
1937 Costa Rica 1 each SG231-234, Sc183a-183d SG234a Sc183 £1 / £1 2nd National stamp show		Added November 2007 Issued 12th December 1937 sheet size 168x101 mm image source 1

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