[Lia]

I have a brochure from probably 1998, with 14 pages full of smurf objects that were for sale ( prices haven`t changed that much, I think) and I wonder if someone knows or has the stamps, see right corner above?

Lia

[Lia]

picture

[Smurfysmurf]

I don't know anything about them, but I have seen them on ebay from time to time, Lia

[André]

Great Lia!!

I love items like this.

But are you sure about the year?? Is 1995,1996 possible??

[Lia]

I think,( but not 100% sure) I ordered it in 1998 by mail from Germany, but perhaps the brochure was made before?It`s certainly possible!
I`ll show the front and back

[Lia]

[Lia]

I think, it was the same period as these letters from Smörfers, date: 9-12-1998

[André]

Thanks Lia,

so this means it was smurfs already removed from the catalogues.

Schleich had probably a lot of the supersmurfs left in the old boxes when they started with the polkadotboxes. So maybe Smörfers sold these old boxes and supersmurfs, but they were old leftovers from stocks. And it seems they only had a limited amount and you could not be certain that you would get the one you wanted, right?

[Benny]

Hi André and Lia,

on the first side (first picture Lia shows us) stands left on the top (about the smurfs) in German:

Bei uns eine Kollektion, die zur Zeit nicht im Handel erhältlich ist...

These collection (of smurfs) isnt available at the moment in trade.

André that makes sense. I believe in 1997 none of these smurfs was available.


smurfy greetings

[Lia]

André,

Smörfers letter and the brochure had nothing to do with each other.
But I keep and save things in chronological order.
That`s why I showed the letter because I remember that I got the brochure in the same period, but it did not come from Smörfers!
( sorry,if I confused you)

1997 could absolutely be correct!

[André]

Thanks Benny,

I did not see that.

So around 97 then!!

[smurfy3msl1]

I own a couple of the stamps,not really sure where i got them,prob' Germany,i had them a while it was back in the days when i used to write lots of letters,so the stamps where used on them.

[stampysmurf]

I have #1, #2, #3, #5, and #6. I got mine from Buffalo Road Hobby Imports online. I think I paid $6 each for them.

[Lia]

Great! I never saw them, so it`s nice to hear that some of us own some!

Lia

[Gerda]

Lia,

i have the full set of these stamps, they are german and made from Marburger press (really cool as that is where my mom was born) the advertising poster I have is copywritten 1995
heres a link to my site page where they are on
http://www.kickingtheblues.com/school/stamps.html

[Lia]

Fantastic Gerda!
That are the pictures I wanted to see!
Thanks!!

Lia

[André]

Thanks Gerda,

For me the year helps us a bit. Probably the stamps then were probably starting to be sold in 1996. I would date Lias poster to 1996 or 1997.

Because when starting with the polkadotboxes in 1996, maybe this was a way some of the old boxes left in stock were sold??