KSK has a Section of Cheese Labels which publishes ranking lists of collections of cheese labels every 3rd year. Till 1975 only collectors from the former Czechoslovakia participated. Although in each of 15 international editions there were more Czechs than collectors from all other countries together, the project is really international, and collectors from France, Netherlands, Switzerland, and Czech Republic have been on the top of the list. The other participants were from Australia, Germany, Great Britain, Poland, Romania, Slovak Republic, former Soviet Union, Spain, and United States. In 1997 the ranking was published on the web (my web page) for the first time. Since 2000 it is published on web by KSK. A recent ranking (2024) can be found here . The following table reports the essential data from the previous ranking lists and my rank (I have not participated in 1974).
year | participants | largest collection | labels in largest | my rank | labels in my collection |
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1974 | 90 | Josef Landa CZ | 39 260 | (41) | (4 760) |
1976 | 101 | Marcel Auclert F | 80 272 | 46 | 6 600 |
1979 | 109 | Marcel Auclert F | 85 982 | 30 | 17 210 |
1982 | 135 | Marcel Auclert F | 99 971 | 26 | 21 947 |
1985 | 187 | Klaus Kerkhoven NL | 104 889 | 28 | 27 592 |
1988 | 151 | Marcel Auclert F | 118 574 | 22 | 40 144 |
1991 | 106 | Heinz Boltshauser CH | 118 246 | 17 | 46 120 |
1994 | 60 | Heinz Boltshauser CH | 134 242 | 13 | 57 986 |
1997 | 61 | Ladislav Likler CZ | 147 804 | 7 | 67 846 |
2000 | 54 | Heinz Boltshauser CH | 157 200 | 7 | 75 088 |
2003 | 63 | Heinz Boltshauser CH | 165 155 | 6 | 82 420 |
2006 | 77 | Heinz Boltshauser CH | 172 105 | 7 | 92 586 |
2009 | 59 | Laktos Collection CZ | 193 417 | 7 | 107 202 |
2012 | 63 | Laktos Collection CZ | 209 540 | 7 | 121 881 |
2015 | 65 | Laktos Collection CZ | 227 703 | 6 | 137 397 |
2020 | 34 | Laktos Collection CZ | 251 331 | 5 | 162 542 |
2024 | 29 | Hana Přibylová CZ | 255 496 | 3 | 172 009 |