Guide to Se- Tenants and Catalogue Order

COLLECTING SE TENANTS
This is a brief guideto se tenants for stamp collectors. Se tenanthas aFrench origin and means literally holding one another.
Be sure to check the tip below about collecting se tenants in order. In stamp collectingse tenantrefers to stamps that are joined together as in the original sheet/booklet but differing in design, overprint, color, or perforation.
It is pronounced "C tennant" or "Sa-tennant"
The word is often written in a variety of ways including: se-tenant, setenant, and se tenant all meaning the same thing. A se tenant can be anymultiple of 2 or more stamps that are different but attached.



A se tenant pair




A se tenant block





A se tenant sheet

According to Scott Catalogue
"...unless the se tenant item has a continuous design, the stamps do not have to be in the same order as shown in the catalogue."
In other words, Scott says blocks likeCapeHatteras must be attached in catalogue number order.

Scott says thatblocks like Coral Reefs can be attached in any order.
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Our View point:
It's tough to foretell the future and this policy could change.Wegreatly admire theeditors of Scott Publishing,butthepreferred methodof collecting stamps does not always remain the same. Think about hinging stamps a hundred years ago and PNC strips of 3 twenty years ago. We now know that hinging damages stamps and that you can't make a longer strip of 5 out of a shorter one!
Right now today we think catalogue order is important!
Philatelic Tip. If the price is the same then choosethe block that's in order over the one that isn't. You have nothing to loseand youwon't be able to go back in time and change it later. Don't wait10yearsto find out you have the wrong ones. Learn about catalogue order and use it when selecting se tenant stamps.

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