12/14/2011
By Ketankumar Patel.
Hello Gandhi Collectors,1998 was 50th Death Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. (1948 -1998) and stamp dealers and printers came up with stamps on this occassion!!
Zambia, Uganda, Tanzania, Sierra Leone, St. Vincent, Grenada, Grenada Grenadines, Guyana, Ghana, Montserrat, Liberia, The Gambia, Dominica and others came up with Miniature sheet and stamps of Mahatma Gandhi. (Also India issued Mahatma Gandhi stamp to celebrate this)
Design and printing of all this stamps is similar and sometimes you will be confused whether this is error or what.!! (Looks like dealers and printers are lazy as they don't even want work to make it different and interesting shapes, sizes and different pictures.!!)
Following are some of 1998 miniature sheet and stamps from African and South America countries with Taj Mahal, Gateway of India, Emblem of India which are currently available on delcampe.
All 1998 Gandhi sheets looks similar!!
Do you think this has any value in philatelic or it is just a album filler.!! and you will easily spent 100-150$ on this miniature sheet and stamps. Also FDC of this miniature sheets and stamps are questionable.!!
Think why no other countries like USA, UK, Canada, Australia issued stamps of Mahatma Gandhi in 1998, because they print stamps for actual use as regular domestic postage by common people not just to make money on it.!! Do you think any of this countries people can afford this stamps. I bet 95% of this countries people did not even saw this Gandhi Miniature sheet or might made it in this countries.!! Also they print stamps which is important to their countries only and occasionally this countries issue stamp of other countries important events, leaders, etc
This is how stamp printers and stamp dealers prosper!!
Again thanks for reading and Please share your thoughts in the comments section.
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