What Countries Do You Think Put Out "Worthless" Stamps..

Going through a world album I picked up back in the 80's. I have noticed that there are a number of countries that seem to put out postage stamps for the sole purpose of revenue..
countries like Bhutan for one.. (3d stamps).

What countries do you think puts out non-postal usage stamps?

BTW.. when the posts and time on the forum requirements have been met. I will be giving or trading a lot of stamps from outside the US of A.
They will most likely be some of the non-usage stamps... and all have very low value (like next to nothing) . I am sure someone has somebody who would like the pretty pictures.. :)

Loaded question, but I believe every stamp is worth something to somebody as there's always someone out there who collects it for whatever angle of collecting they choose, even Staffa and State of Oman.
Will

What's wrong with Staffa!?!



Actually, I don't think I have any Staffa. Though I have a bit of Herm Island. Don't tell anyone.

C.

Well I am looking at 1992 Tanzania..TWENTY PAGES of stamps..Elvis,Bruce Lee, Chimpanzees,Marilyn Monroe,Sammy Davis Jr., 7 and a half pages of the Popes visits to half the countries in the world,Singapore falls to Japanese,birds, famous paintings,fish, dinosaurs..my neice has been to Tanzania to try and help them make their water drinkable..i doubt you would find these stamps sold over the counter at a post office...

To save you any further embarassment, feel free to send me all your Staffa

Times and tastes change. My 1955 Gibbons Part 1 has this note at the end of its listing of the Indian State of Orchha:
'A series of 21 values, from ¼ a. to 25 r., bicoloured and with a portrait of the Ruler in Western dress, was introduced in 1935, but owing to lack of proper State control was offered in large quantities to dealers and collectors at less than face value. Eventually the authorities withdrew the issue and exchanged supplies for stamps of the 1939 issue. Though some of the values have been seen with what appears to be genuine postmarks, the circumstances of this issue were such that we feel we are serving the best interests of philately by continuing not to list it.'

Here is a cover with two of these stamps (SG 11a and 17) genuinely, commercially used:



I don't know what it would have sold for in 1955 while it was blacklisted. Not much, I suspect. These days, it would cost you a couple of hundred pounds.

yes all the indian states especially the uglies. I agree with you tony. they should never have come out.

okay, so I can watch out for some of them. I understand the pre-postmarked stamps you get in packets are not worth anything, is that true.
Stamps are in mint condition except for the cancel on it.
Here is an example of what I mean.. from the Republic of Central Africa
btw.. can anyone identify the two airplanes? I couldn't find it in the scott 2007 catalog.

more or less yes

The two aircraft are the Douglas DC4 and a Beechcraft Baron.

If you are interested in flight
here are some Central African Airways letter service labels :

There are exceptions..topical collectors will include them in their collections..my wife has been looking for a Central African Republic stamp with a windmill in the back ground for years..its from a set about the French Revolution and has a small windmill ..you might need a magnifying glass to see it,,but the windmill collectors know its there..stamps from places like Bulgaria and Romania are also usually inexpensive...but some of the topical souvineer sheets are hard to find and sell for good money on ebay !

Pre-postmarked stamps are called Canceled to order, or CTO's for short. Yes, while many are of minimal catalog value, people do still collect them.
Will


Also there's Staffa and then there's Staffa..

rod,
I was asking more along the lines of the Scott #
The type is printed on the stamp. :)

"Clink"

that was the sound of the penny dropping

Then there's one to make the boys smirk, The "Copper Nob"

I would agree that this class of stamps has great appeal to topical collectors for their pretty pictures but, there is a bit of a different aspect. I collect stamps with errors in design which include erroneous factual statements, misspelling, etc. and, lo and behold, a goodly number of these occur in this class of stamps. Quite possibly this occurs because of a lack of careful quality control given the fact that they are not intended for general postal use within the country of issue.