The Greatest Gandhi Miniature Sheet On Earth

ok lets hear the comments this one is so good it is IMHO the greatest khadi miniature sheet of all time. First it is on Gandhi almost every country has issued stamps on him. Second this is the only stamp ever made on khadi. Third it costs a bomb. :)

So lets hear it for gandhi hip hip hooray.

Oh and I am sorry I dont have these for sale. the price is very high ( approximately 33 $ in the secondary market so I didnt bother to buy it to sell but if I get it in future I will let you guys know. Till then we can enjoy the images

Really does rock spock

did you see the beautiful indian ladies yet jh?

Nice one.

What's khadi? Some kind of cloth? The background looks like cloth.

yes khadi is homespun cloth. I wonder how come people havent seen this thread

This is an Exhibition gimmick.
100%.

Most big Exhibitions follow this route. Normal these days.

so your exhibition gimmick is selling for $50 on ebay and buyers from all over the globe are falling for it?

Ouch! He got you there LB!

The face value of the stamp was a shade over $2.
A very expensive gimmick which sold at different prices throughout the Indepex exhibition.
If India Post choose to charge more for an item they especially produce for an International Exhibition and then charge more as the item is sold, then good luck to them. In my book it is blackmail and gullible collectors suffer [or are to blame, depending on which way you look at it].

Israel Post offer something akin to this at most major Exhibitions. However, while not being totally innocent, it is always inserted in the very informative show programme and is offered at the same price to everyone. Yes, they can be sold by anyone for anything at a later date but no one in their right mind would spend so much on something which were printed by the million and have little face value.

If Spock had to spend $33 for a $2 dollar item a week after the issue, then this is blackmail.

SApock, did you get anything with it ? And did you buy it from a dealer ? And most importantly, did you but to remain 'complete' in your India collection ?

Londonbus1

Lb,

you are misinformed and to start pointing fingers at india post is just not on. The face value of the stamp is not $2 the stamp was always sold at Rs 250 in the exhibition. That is the price written on it and that is what people paid for it. anyone from any part of the world could have placed an order online at got it for that much. Thousands of people visited the exhibition and the sheet sold out along with the herione stamps. The secondary market is where it would have costed me $33 to buy it. I did not want to buy it at that price from my dealer but that is my choice and not an india post problem

Furthermore only 0.01 million of these were printed not millions (per the technical data on the folder). You really should brush up on your knowledge of indian stamps they are going to be the next big thing in world philately. These sheets will be worth a lot more in the future because Gandhi is world phenomenon and not only philatelists but many gandhi collectors will buy it.

There will be 0.09 million of the sheets issued at local post offices with the VIP pack that will sell for your price of Rs 100 if people get in line to buy them :)

Think of it as black friday for anyone who gets their chance.