Boring stamps

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I thought it might be fun to have a thread for images of boring stamps. We will of course differ as to what stamps are boring, and if StampBears want to enjoy themselves discussing the degree of boringness or otherwise of particular stamps, great!

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Here is my entry for one of the most boring stamps I have come across. I am a lover of the great majority of French pictorial stamps, but this is very much an exception. It was issued in 1992 and shows the plan of the French pavilion at Expo 1992 in Seville. For me the postmark is far more interesting than the stamp itself, on which the architectural plan is almost invisible. Architecture aficionados among you may of course get a thrill from the stamp!

[Butterfly]

@michaelcayley , Great Topic!

Glad you explained what was being shown in the stamp above, otherwise I would have thought it was a design for a coffin.

Here is another contender from Austria.


An electrified fence design for keeping out foreigners?

[khj]

Today, I am glad I'm not an architect!

The problems, of course, are with the stamp design. The structures, are much better looking than the stamp design would suggest. I'm guessing the architects didn't get a say in the stamp design. I'm pretty sure they would be steaming.

Oddly enough, I think the 2 stamps were saved by the font/lettering and the postmarks!

This is a great thread topic!

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A 1981 French stamp for the centenary of a top business college in Paris with a very high international reputation. It is one of the set of elite higher education establishments in the city. The slogan at the top means "Learn to dare" or "Learn to be bold".

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[clif]

Norway ... one of a set of rather boring stamps

[Ron]

Granted this is a matter of opinion but the US Sc#2521 is certainly a strong nominee for the title of "America's Most Boring Stamp".

The Postal Service issued its nondenominated Make-Up Rate stamp on January 22, 1991, in Washington, DC. One of these stamps, plus twenty-five cents of additional postage, equaled the F-stamp rate. It could be used only in conjunction with other denominated or letter-rate stamps because it did not contain the phosphorous ink necessary for processing on Postal Service automated cancellation equipment.

The stamp was designed by Dick Sheaff and printed on an offset press by the American Bank Note Company. ~Postal Bulletin (February 7, 1991)

For some bone headed reason the USPS used 17 words to say, "four cents". Postal Service spokesman Art Shealy said at the time, "It's not a very pretty stamp, we admit that up front." I agree with Mr. Shealy.

[BasSWarwick]

Those on the left are a bit boring....they may have looked better on the sheet