Palm Swas Stamps

I have both a Real one and a Fake that were aquired by my Dad around 1949-1950.

Oh well, easy come easy go.

These were with a soldiers photo grouping, some Bilder Scheck cigarette coupons and more German stamps. I guess they could have been mixed? Thanks, Bill

Hello all, Followed through with the information from the forum. The stamps are now in the possession of Guido Gabisch. I just had gotten off the phone with Guido and he confirms these stamps are original. He will be sending me seperate authentications for record. He mentions it will take time for his completion of inspection of value. I will post them when they do arrive for the forum. Thanks, Bill

And that's why I'm not an expertizer!

Thanks to the forum I would not have gotten information for finding expertise. How would we learn? Bill

Harmers in London are auctioning a lot of 43 genuine Palm & Swastika stamps, all with certificates, on the 25 November; Lot No. 60. The estimate of £1000 (plus add-ons) may be a bit rich for some members, but the hard copy of the Harmers catalogue shows scans of eight genuine types of different shades etc, which may help members determine whether copies they hold are also genuine.

The Harmers Web site is at www.harmers.com, and click through to the auction catalogue and scans.

Super link Tony! Thanks for having the thought to let us all know! I for one really appreciate it! The more I find out about these, the more I think the pair I have is original.



I should probably follow the lead by luvhistori and send mine to Guido Gabisch to be expertized as well. Maybe luvhistori can send me a PM with the correct contact information?

Thanks for the linkk, and have a good one,

Skilo54

Gabisch, Guido, Kapellenweg 7, 84347 Pfarrkirchen,
Tel. 08561 986866, Fax 08561 986867 Email: ggabi@gmx.de

While on this subject I just want to let you know that getting your stamps expertised by Guido Gabisch is time consuming and the cost for his certificate is almost as much as the stamp is worth.He is a nice man. I will sell mine with the expertiser certificates. Bill

The Harmers link will work with the final comma deleted.

Here is the direct link to the page in question, for those who think instant gratification is too slow:

http://www.harmers.com/catalogue/4793/images/5.jpg

Bill raises a very interesting point here: what to do about stamps that need some sort of verification, but that hardly warrant full certification.

A correspondent emailed me a scan of a dozen Jammu & Kashmir stamps yesterday, and asked my opinion about them. I could see at a glance that half looked OK, and the other half were fakes or reprints. I was quite happy to email back and tell him so. That was the opinion of a collector with moderate experience of these stamps.

I've asked the opinion of a serious expert myself on a scan of a tricky Jammu & Kashmir cover, by email. This took some little time for the expert to sort out, and I wasn't charged for the time, effort and expertise.

This is all fine, and as it should be in our hobby. But if we're to go the extra step, and ask for a firm written opinion from an acknowledged expert, we should be prepared to pay for it. The question then becomes, What's a fair thing for the certificate? How do you value the expert's expertise?

I have no idea, but these Palm & Swastika stamps bring the problem into sharp focus. And is there a satisfactory half-way point between 'It must be OK because it's been in my family for the last 40 years' and a full Gabisch certificate?