Liechtenstein issued a gorgeous sheet of 16 stamps in 2008 to commemorate the EURO 2008 Football Tournament. The games were hosted by Liechtenstein’s neighbors, Austria and Switzerland, and they were played in June, 2008.
The challenge for the designers of Liechtenstein’s stamps… there were three stamps in the set, and sixteen positions for stamps in the sheet.
Because of the awkward math, two of the stamps appear six times in the sheet and one stamp appears just four times.
An interesting aspect of this arrangement… when collectors ordered individual sets of the singles, not sheets, from the Liechtenstein Post Office, there were not an equal number of stamps in a sheet to distribute. This meant more sheets needed to be broken to complete the sets, leaving fewer complete sheets.
As a result, this Liechtenstein sheet is particularly desirable for collectors of the principality’s stamps. It is also an unusual item for collectors of the sports and football topics. I keep a limited number of these sheets in stock, which you can see in my store.
But stamp collectors in Greece may not be too excited about this Liechtenstein EURO 2008 sheet. Greece came into the tournament as the reigning champion, and finished last. In the EURO 2008 final, Spain beat Germany 1-0.
