tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034795418992562135.post7037395717095642862..comments2023-11-04T10:47:46.263+00:00Comments on Stamp Magazine Blog: Miniature sheetsJulia Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06280223779216704248noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034795418992562135.post-35010316331284774312012-08-19T09:22:33.828+01:002012-08-19T09:22:33.828+01:00A blast from the past with these. I grew up in Wes...A blast from the past with these. I grew up in West Germany during the Cold War (1970s) and can well remember these miniature sheets being on sale in the local German 'Kaufhof'. As a US Army brat, these were pretty 'cool', coming from 'the other side of the trace' as it were. I remember that I bought some Soviet - GDR Friendship MS and the like. The hammer & sickle and hammer & compass symbols had an appeal to a kid growing up within that environment. I recall that they were fairly cheap, mostly costing DM 2 - 5 each. The quality, however, wasn't as good as the West German MS. Funny to think that the GDR, once a source of anxiety for the US military, is a 'dead country' nowadays.Alex Snoreply@blogger.com