Gandhi Stamp Suriname - Why you will quit Gandhi Philately or Stamp Collections - Part-5

Hello Gandhi Collectors,

Suriname is a country in northern South America. At just under 64,000 sq mi Suriname is the smallest sovereign state in South America. It has an estimated population of approximately 490,000, most of whom live on the country's north coast, where the capital Paramaribo is located.

In 1969 Suriname honored Mahatma Gandhi by issuing stamp of him. Stamp is very nice design in Red, Black and White.  As you know from Nikhil's blog post there are also 10 FDC of this stamp.

Now about pricing of this stamp and FDC it is very low price because of # of quanties available. You can find this stamp easily under 50 cents and FDC under $1. You can see following screen shot for recently selling price.

Now if you buy without research you will pay high price like following.  If you see ebay seller "michel-stamp" from Germay is selling $14 then I think you will quit hobby.!! Because it does not make sense to buy it at this price.!!

Thanks

Ketankumar Patel.
My 100th Blog post
My Son's Blog :http://usapostman.blogspot.com

Click to see 50th Anniversary
Special Cancellation

Gandhi Philately 100th Blog post.!! What is Gandhi Stamp Value ? Does it make sense to Invest in Gandhi stamps.!!

Hello Gandhi Collectors,

This is 100th blog posts on Gandhi Philately Study Circle Blog since started  in Feb 2009 by Maulik Thakkar. I think this is one of the unique Blog mainly focused only on Mahatma Gandhi  thematic collection.

This Thematic Blog present research on wide varieties of Gandhi Stamps, FDC, FFC, Used Covers, Unique Philatelic Material, Pictorial Cancellation, Unique Cancellation, FAKE philatelic cancellation, Forgery of Philatelic items,  Events Covers, Shill Bidding, etc associated with Mahatma Gandhi.

We  hope that this blog posts are helping all of you to make decision what to collect,  how to avoid certain stamps, covers, FFC, FDC,  Sellers, some unique Gandhi Philatelic items, FAKE Gandhi Cancellation, Possible Forgery of Gandhi Philatelic materials etc. by sharing our experience. 

Also this blog will be a good reference material for future Mahatma Gandhi collectors who will aware of all kind of activities in Gandhi Collection before they start. By reading this they will encourage to collect Mahatma Gandhi Philatelic items and they all can proudly collect and spread the message of a Great Soul.(Mahatma).

Now let's research about Gandhi Stamp Value.

I know you all might have following Gandhi stamps in your collection but this is blog post is for future new Gandhi collectors.

Above 12 stamps are very colorful from 9 different countries which are Brazil, Hungary, Chile, Tanzania, Guyana, Senegal , Morocco, Nevis & Ireland. Most of this stamps were issued in 1969 which is almost 40+ years.

But all this stamps were UNSOLD for $12 and now it for resale again at $13.!!!   Look at following screen shot of this Gandhi stamp value and it's amazing that same stamps are sold by 2 different sellers.!!

As I mentioned before that you can find MNH Gandhi Stamps any time as there are NO RARE stamps. It is made RARE by certain dealers who try to profit out of it.

So who ever bought this stamps 40 years ago and preserve this very nicely in album can't sell for $12 from 9 different countries.

 In past we saw GANDHI DU CAMEROUN 2 STAMP 1969  sold for $2-3,  Gandhi SOMALIA 3 STAMPS 1969 sold for $3-4  and GANDHI SYRIAN TWO STAMPS 1969 sold for $1-2.

As I mentioned in my previous blog posts that Gandhi stamps are not for Investment. Now it's up to you to think whether Gandhi stamps make sense for Investment.!!!

You can also read my another blog post about Mahatma Gandhi Stamp - Is it for Investment ?

I know by writing this kind of information I am decreasing my own collection value, but it's OK to let other's new emerging  collectors what is True value of Gandhi  Stamp Collection instead of just using other technique to increase the prices.!!

Another example of same philatelic material sold by 2 different id.  Sellers are "sanu108" and "405940"

Following 3 covers from Suriname, Zambia and Costa Rica were on auction by 2 different sellers.!!!

Also Covers from Zambia and Costa Rica needs more research because CDS is unclear and not sure about postage rates at that time. So stay away from any Gandhi USED covers as it's a big scam going on.!!!

But looking all screen shot it looks like all  3 sellers id's is from same ebay seller.!!


"10saki88" , "sanu108" and  "405940" .!!


And might be more.!! 


I hope you got my point.


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

Thanks

Ketankumar Patel.
Shill Bidding on Gandhi Stamps

My First year experience in Gandhi Philately.

My 100th blog post.

Gandhi Stamp Collecting is SCAM. My 3 year experience tell me Yes!!

BTW: Want to read all 100 Blog posts in 3 click then use following 3 links.
2009 Blog Posts (19 Blog Posts)
2010 Blog Posts (32 Blog Posts)
2011 Blog Posts (49 Blog Posts & still going..)

Suriname Gandhi FDCs

Hello Gandhi Philatelists,

Firstly, wishing all of you a belated Gandhi Jayanti! If there has been any philatelic issue on this 2nd October around the world, please inform us by way of emails or comments.

I had published an article earlier on the different types of FDCs brought out for the Gandhi Germany 1969 issue. The link is given below:

http://gandhiphilately.blogspot.com/2010/02/gandhi-1969-germany-fdcs.html

Today's post is about the various FDCs prepared for the 1969 Suriname Mahatma Gandhi issue.

Though other South American nations like Brazil, Chile, Uruguay, etc. have also issued stamps on Gandhiji, we hardly find a couple of types of FDCs of those stamps. But isn't it intriguing that Suriname has as many as 10 FDCs (to my knowledge) for the Gandhi issue? The images of these FDCs are shown below:

The popularity of the issue might be understood if one looks into Suriname's history.

The region of Guyana in South America had 3 imperialist occupants - the British, the French and the Dutch (Netherlands/Holland). The British portion is today the country of Guyana, the French is French Guiana, while the Dutch portion is Suriname. Before it became fully sovereign and independent on 25th November 1975, Suriname was referred to as Dutch Guyana.

The Dutch, who had colonized parts of India and South-East Asia, took back with them thousands of people from India to work in the plantations in Suriname during the 19th century. These were contract laborours from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh areas. It is to this effect that even today, the largest demographic populace in Suriname is "Hindoestanen", which is a modified form of "Hindustani", or Indian.

Thus, I believe the sentiment towards the leader of their ancestral nation is seen in the popularity of this issue and the numerous FDCs brought out in the Mahatma's honour. Also, the Suriname PTT Department had made arrangements with several big dealers to come out with various types of FDCs, so that they could be easily passed on to collectors. This lead to the large number of beautiful covers being brought out for this issue.

Thanks

Nikhil Mundra

www.gandhistamps.com

5th October 2010

==============