Ireland Gandhi Stamps : One of the Cheapest Gandhi stamps sold in ebay auction!! Do you still think investment in Stamps collection is a good strategy ?

12/13/2011

By Ketankumar Patel.

Hello Gandhi Collectors,

Ireland honored Mahatma Gandhi in 1969 to celebrate his 100th Birth Anniversary by issuing two stamp of him.

This two stamps are selling for Euro 0.01 ( 1 euro cents only). This is cheapest Gandhi stamps sold on ebay.Only 0.01 euro for 2 Ireland 1969 Gandhi stamps.!!

Also there are lot of FDC available for this stamps with different cachet. Currently it is selling for $1.50 .!!

If you count all inflation in currency and expense to store FDC, Do you think Gandhi stamps are really for investment.?

Look at the price of FDC selling after 40+ years.!!

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

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Ketankumar Patel.
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Hello Gandhi Collectors,

To understand properly about this blog post please read my previous previous blog post written in May 2011 about "Nepal Indian Embassy Mahatma Gandhi 1948 Cover (FDC) with 1.5 Anna Gandhi stamp". In this blog post you can see there were 12-13 buyers out of which I question 50% buyer ebay id !!!

Last week on ebay buyer "e***p (559)" aka "Speedbird1*"  won  Nepal Indian Embassy Mahatma Gandhi 1948 Cover for just $37. !!

Don't know why buyer paid $37 for this.!!

Incredible price compare to previous auction.!! One of the lowest I have ever seen in last 3 years.

What a Great value compare to previous auction in April 2011 and what a loss on Investment by "srm2382" & "adianil".

Both this ebay bidders bought Nepal Gandhi Cover in April for whooping $155. Really feel sorry for them if  it is REAL deal.!!!!!

It's like 400% loss on investment.!! in just 4 months.  For me it's 200% loss as I bought it for $80!!. If I have buy it now I will not buy this at all. It's piece of ......!!!

I am not sure that at $37  is also a good value for this cover!!

But's it's buyer choice to pay even after my blog post so now I am more curious whether they got my information or something else.!!

Not sure why "e***p" (speedbird1*) started bidding since auction start and last seconds bidding by  "t***8 (2098)", "s***v  (581)" and "t***6 (176)".

Also not sure whether my previous blog helps this bidders or not.

Do you think this 1948 FDC or cover is for investment.?

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Ketankumar Patel.
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Egypt Gandhi Stamp Value - Gandhi FDC Value - Price of Gandhi Stamps - Egypt (UAR)

Hello Gandhi Collectors,

In 1969 Egypt [United Arab Republic (UAR)] issued Mahatma Gandhi (Ghandi) stamp to celebrate 100th Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi (Ghandi). 

The United Arab Republic  often abbreviated as the U.A.R., was a sovereign union between Egypt and Syria. The union began in 1958 and existed until 1961, when Syria seceded from the union. Egypt continued to be known officially as the "United Arab Republic" until 1971. The President was Gamal Abdel Nasser. During most of its existence (1958–1961) it was a member of the United Arab States, a confederation with North Yemen.

Stamp is one of the best designed, which  also has Emblem of India and UAR. One thing you will notice is that the spelling of last name. It is "Ghandi" instead of "Gandhi" !! 

This stamp was sold for only $0.60 (60 cents). All new collectors need to notice this before buying this stamp or any other stamps or FDC other wise you are in big trouble if you don't do your research about pricing as well as who is seller, seller feedback etc.

Looks like this is genuine transaction because Seller has 9600+ feedback,  2 different bidder and 2 bid in this auction which indicates that  no Shill bidding happens to increase price.

I hope this kind of material will help to new collector.

Even FDC don't appreciate too much. $1.58 only after 42+ years. Is it not amazing.!!.

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Ketankumar Patel.