Nicaragua Gandhi Einstein 1980 miniature sheet FDC - Is it really ERROR?

Hello Gandhi Collectors,

After all my research in Gandhi Philately for 3 years I am still confused what is REAL and what is ERROR.

Reason for this confusion is that too many Gandhi Stamps from smaller countries issued in 1967 -1980 to just make money from it instead  really  honoring Mahatma Gandhi. 

Look at following FDC issued on 3-May-1980 with Nicaragua Gandhi Stamp and think why lot of combination on one stamp.?

I am not sure why it was withdrawn. Look like this Miniature sheet was on 100th  Birth Anniversary of Einstein (14-March-1879) and International Year of Child. Also it has 1980 Olympic Rings (Olympic event in Moscow) , Mahatma Gandhi (not sure why.!) and Tajmahal.

Not sure  stamp sheet  issued to celebrate what or honored whom?

1) Einstein or Gandhi?

2) Physics lab or Tajmahal?

3) 1980 Olympics or 1979 International Child Year.?

Not sure what is all related but they did it. (Without thinking or with deep thinking, how all combination make sense). With this many combination they also did  ERROR in this sheet. Not sure whether it was genuine error or deliberately did this and withdraw from circulation.!! (but still available in large quantities.!!). 

Also not sure what is ERROR?

1) Einstein or Gandhi one of them should be on stamp?

2) It should either have  Physics lab or Tajmahal? 

3) It should either have 1980 Olympics Rings or 1979 Int. Child Year.?

4) Date of Issue is error?

NOT SURE WHY THEY NEED THIS MINIATURE SHEET IN 1979-1980. IT IS A VERY SMALL COUNTRIES(97th in world) AND POPULATION IS ALSO AROUND 6 MILLION IN 2010.(133rd in world)

If you know how whole stamp printing procedure is, then you will be aware of how many persons/departments are involved in this whole process. It starts with Designer, Art Director, Typographer, Modeler, Engraver and Proof Reader. Also multiple SPECIMEN copies are send to various postal administrators and also send to various government bodies, philatelic magazines etc.

Do you think all this people did not see ERROR at all or there is no error at all and it was withdraw or even it was printed officially by Nicaraguan Government !! ?

I leave this upto you to decide whether this is ERROR stamp sheet or GENUINE stamp sheet or it is a FAKE ERROR stamp sheet or this was REALLY ISSUED in 1979 or 1980.!!

 This all combination were famous during 1980 and they did it with style.!! by making it error then withdraw it from market and make it RARE.!!!

After all this consideration I am not sure what to tell about this stamp sheet.!!


BTW: This FDC was sold for more than 100$.!!

Even you can find literally FAKE FDC (Do It Yourself). If you are interested to see then please click this link to see.

After looking above link you will be confused too and will start thinking which one is REAL FDC, this one or other one.!!!

Or BOTH.!!

It's power of RUBBER STAMP.!! And that's the reason I am confused too.!!!!

Thanks

Ketankumar Patel.
Is Gandhi Stamp Collection is SCAM?

FAKE FDC made from Nicaragua 1979 - 1980 Souvenir Sheet with Mahatma Gandhi & Albert Einstein.!!

Hello Gandhi Collectors,

Please look at following 2 images and find out what's has been going on in Gandhi Philately World.

Nicaragua 1979 Souvenir Sheet #01183:

FDC made with Same Souvenir Sheet #01183

Did you notice something different?





Above FDC was for sale on ebay 3-4 years ago.!! One of the fine example of DIY (Do It Yourself)!!

This forgery was reported 3-4 years back when one of the dealer or group of collectors made this FDC with Nicaragua Souvenir Sheet with stamp of Mahatma Gandhi and background of Taj Mahal with other stamp Albert Einstein in 1979 or 1980. This is one more in FAKE item in Gandhi Philately.

It's easy to make this kind of FDC. Just make 2-3 Rubber Stamps,  Print some Envelopes, affix stamps and your are ready to make 10-20 times more money than Mint Stamps.!!

Now after making  this FDC send some of this to your philatelist friends and they will start displaying in their exhibit with RARE or Unique items and after that all collectors will dream to own one when they can afford it.!!

This is because everyone wants to make their collection Unique or with RARE items in their collections so someone out there will make sure there is enough for everyone's needs.!!

So all new collectors entering in Gandhi Philately BEWARE before you buy some of the RARE or Unique items.!! There is no RARE or Unique thing. It is just created to be RARE.(Why only 100 Gandhi 1948 Service stamp printed.?? to make money!!)

As I mentioned in my profile that "Stamp collecting makes selfish but I think differently" and that's the reason I am writing about this FAKE Gandhi Philatelic materials without any Fear or Afraid from anyone other wise there is no point of being Gandhi Philatelist if I can't follow some of  Mahatma Gandhi's  principles. (It's very hard to follow all.!!).


I know I am making more enemies by exposing this kind of activity for ever by publishing on this blog, instead of just keeping with me. 

So this has been going on since last 3-4 years or last 40 years in Gandhi Philately!!

More reading on other Fake or Possible Fake Gandhi Philately related blog post.!!

1) Fake Pictorial Postmark Cancel

2) Fake Postcards

3) Fake seller

4) FAKE Error Stamp

5) Fake Postmark

6) 1969 Cancellation Possible Forgery

7) Gandhi Fiji Cancel

8)  ???????

This needs to be stopped other wise collectors will loose their interest in Philately.


Please comment if any questions or suggestion or more info about this. Also if this is incorrect then please let us know so we can change this blog post.

Thanks
Ketankumar Patel
(My Son's Blog: http://usapostman.blogspot.com/)

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BTW: Want to learn more about FAKE, Forgery then click following link and go through all 34 pages and you will be aware of what to look for. Following link will specially help you for 1948 Mahatma Gandhi Used Covers.

http://www.jlkstamps.com/fakes/title.htm

Mahatma Gandhi Rare Stamp Sheet is not RARE any more.!! 1979 Nicaragua Mahatma Gandhi Stamp and Albert Einstein stamp with background of Taj Mahal.

Hello Mahatma Gandhi Collectors,

In 1979 Nicaragua issued souvenir sheet of 2 stamps of Mahatma Gandhi and  Elbert Einstein with background of Taj Mahal and other stamp of Einstein.


This Souvenir sheet was withdrawn within couple of days because designer/proof reader/printer and other official made error by mistake or by purpose.!!  If you see on stamp sheet year is mentioned as 1980 so this was one of the reason  they withdrew from market.

Not sure why 30+ years ago a small country wants to print this kind of souvenir sheet.!!

Because of this withdraw, this sheet was one time very very RARE. Only 5 known issue were exist in the world  from 1979- 2008. But since I started collection  almost 3 years ago I have seen more than 40-50 for sale on ebay and  price is going down of this sheet like a hell. Initially dealer who bought this at very high price started to average it out but they also got tired.!!

I bought this some where around 35-40$ and now it is going for $13.!!

As you can see from above screen shot that on same date (June 05, 2011) 2 sheets were sold. One from Latvia and other from Germany. One was sold for $13 and other was for $31. What a difference.!!! Don't know why but this need to be researched.

Also not sure how many were printed but looks like 10000+  as we can see the # on the sheet. If you have higher # of this souvenir sheet than let us know so we can find out.!!

Reason for this drop is that this sheet is coming out from closet to market after original visionary collector of this sheet collector died and his relatives are selling it slowly. My guess is also this visionary collector had overprint stamp from Nicaragua with other Einstein stamp series.(8-10 stamps) as this 2 seller sell this stamps as well as this souvenir sheet. Click following link to readmy other blog post about Gandhi Overprint stamps.

http://gandhiphilately.blogspot.com/2010/01/overprint-gandhi-stamps.html

Currently this 8-10 stamps and this souvenir sheet is holding value because of Mahatma Gandhi as it looks like  no new collector is interested in Einstein. This is my observation as Einstein stamp value is very low on ebay and delcampe. Also this overprint stamp looks like made intensely to make money so I think before buying.

So if you are new in Mahatma Gandhi collection just don't buy blindly. Think about this and jump. This stamp souvenir sheet is not any more RARE so think twice before you add in your collection.

Update : 12/27/11

Recently this miniature sheet sold under $11.!! I think within 6-8 months this will be selling under $1 if there is no shill bidding.!!

This stamps are mainly selling from former USSR countries.

Do you think stamps are still for investment.?

Want to know more about other FAKE Gandhi Stamps Philatelic Materials then please check out our other blog post (There are more blog posts but 8 are more interesting to read, so please read.!)

Maldives : http://gandhiphilately.blogspot.com/2011/12/maldives-gandhi-stamps-is-it-fake.html
Germany : http://gandhiphilately.blogspot.com/2011/08/its-back-again-fake-germany-2009-gandhi.html
Mauritius : http://gandhiphilately.blogspot.com/2011/06/possible-fake-postmark-cancellation.html
Madagascar : http://gandhiphilately.blogspot.com/2011/12/madagascar-gandhi-stamps-fake-fdc-of.html
Nicaragua : http://gandhiphilately.blogspot.com/2011/07/fake-fdc-made-from-nicaragua-1979-1980.html
Mauritius : http://gandhiphilately.blogspot.com/2011/11/early-usage-of-indian-pin-code-classic.html
1969 issues : http://gandhiphilately.blogspot.com/2009/04/gandhi-1969-cancels-possible-forgeries.html
Nicaragua : http://gandhiphilately.blogspot.com/2011/12/fake-nicaragua-100-years-of-cinema-fdc.html

After reading above blog post don't you think similar pattern for making FDC or Max Card in Gandhi Philately.!! (It's a whole new topical Philately !! FAKE Gandhi thematic collection.!!)

Don't you think that is there any Genuine GANDHI philatelic material ever issued.!!! Most of the Gandhi stamps were issued in 1969 and during that time there were very less collectors so it is not enough for current needs of collectors.

Also I think because of recent popularity of Gandhi stamps there is a huge demand of it  so dealers and resellers (even printers) are trying to take benefit by issuing FAKE and Forgery material of some never issued stamps, FDC or Used Covers including Register Covers so Beware before you enter in to Gandhi Philately collection.!!

Again thanks for reading this blog post and  Please share your thoughts in the comments section.

Thanks

Ketankumar Patel.
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