ID Help - Albania Semi Postal Airmails... Not It Scott?

Been trying to find these stamps. Appear to be Semi Postal, Airmail Stamps.

Scott (2010 Cat) does not have a section for Semi Postal Airmail Stamps.

Anyone have any ID's (even if from other catalogs) - Looking for Numbers, and Year if possible

Thanks!

Eric

Ahh - After some more googling I have answered my question.

They were issued by the "Albanian Government in Exile" and seem to be cinderellas, not ever used as stamps

According to the thread linked below, "First in 1945, and later in 1952 in different colors with '1952' added to the design."



http://www.stampboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=17972

Courtesy of Stefano site link.

Thanks Rod - That is interesting..

Also - There seems to be conflicting info. I wonder where the guys on StampBoards got their information?

From that thread:

mikeg Says: "According to my notes, these were produced by the Zenith Stamp Company, Brooklyn, New York."

bardhi Says: "The stamps issues by this committee are not "Exile Government" as it is portrayed 90% of the time... This was an anti-communist organization set up by Albanian ex-pats living in the US. I guess the stamps have been used as a way of fundraising. "

I wonder where more info could be found. especially about this "Group" that printed the stamps

Eric,
please visit my hero, my inspiration :)
The Witt Collection
http://www.cinderellas.info/wittcol...llection.htm

Look naturally under Albania.

Rod - What a great reference - Thank you for posting

Till today - Cinderellas have gone into envelopes..(I have tons - Most seem to be boy scouts and Christmas). Now I have a set in my Albania collection because they are more interesting than I thought.

This was my evil plan
to get everyone interested in Cinderellas.

It has backfired,
I cannot afford to buy them anymore,
they have become dashed expensive.

Romanian Revenues have followed suit,
nearly $5 each now.

I also have this set. Thanks for the information.

I also have this set. Thanks for the information.

To make things interesting, check out this set of those stamps, with overprints.

I almost think that these overprints are totally faked (or added by collector/dealer at some later point) - Thoughts?


http://www.ebay.com/itm/ALBANIA-7-d...em20bd4156bd


and

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Albania-196...em25789b404e

Now this is where it gets tricky.
An SCF member once asked "why buy counterfeits?"
If you are going to collect Albania as a specialty,
then you may just want copies of forgeries etc
on your album pages. It is a reference point and makes good reading.

I buy Romanian forgeries for exactly that thing, but whether you
wish to pay $8 is another thing.

They may be genuine, they may be manufactured, if you are going to
specialise in Albania, then you have some work to do :)

Good points Rod...

$8 does seem excessive

Yes, that's what I thought.
Forgeries of genuine stamps are useful,
but doubtful opts on fantasies may require a re-assessment.