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Any Easy To Complete Country Out There?

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Posted 02/15/2014   08:47 am  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add jogil to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
Does anyone know of any easy to complete stamp collecting country? It looks like most countries have at least one hard to get expensive rare stamp that makes this hard to do.
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Posted 02/15/2014   09:20 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add floortrader to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
There are dozens of countries that are easy to complete ,try the Indian State of JASDAN cost less than $30.00
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Posted 02/15/2014   10:22 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Cjd to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
If "complete" means major Scott numbers, sure. You'd have several options, depending on your threshold for price. If the most expensive stamps have to be less than $10, that is problematic. If a couple of them could approach $100, then that is a little easier.

Being willing to mix mint and used would help, too.

Going outside of Scott will complicate things immensely. Even going to Scott Classic will introduce more listings. There might be a couple British colonies that would be approachable until you start considering inverted watermarks or overprint varieties.

Luckily, "complete" is up to you.

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Posted 02/15/2014   2:30 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add stallzer to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Please define easy. Pretty sure you could get the entire country of El Salvador for under $100.
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Posted 02/15/2014   3:14 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add acanalizo to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
While collecting United Nations stamps, in 1999 U.N. Mission in Kosovo started issuing postal stamps until Kosovo became independent in 2008. After its independence Kosovo began issuing its own postal stamps ever since. They are really nice looking issues and still easy to begin collecting.One needs to buy only the Official postal stamps which are always assigned Scott numbers.There are also private issues which most collectors do not collect. I have been purchasing from a reasonable stamp dealer in the Kosovo area. Most US dealers prices were completely out of line, that may have changed. I average about $50 a year for all stamps issued plus a few dollars for Scott Kosovo supplement and mounts.





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Posted 02/16/2014   5:01 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add stampvirgin to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Indo China is not super expensive.. the higher end stamps will run a couple of hundred dollars each BUT there are only a few of them
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Posted 02/16/2014   6:22 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Bamra1 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
How about British Guiana? There is a difficult one, but it's going to be up for sale in the near future, so shouldn't be a problem.
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Edited by Bamra1 - 02/16/2014 6:22 pm
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Posted 02/16/2014   7:28 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add BeeSee to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Tokelau is quite easy and inexpensive.
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Posted 02/16/2014   8:39 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add ecmorgan to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Haiti is pretty easy and affordable.
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Posted 02/17/2014   02:10 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add ClassicalStamps to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
The Faroe Islands. Very beautiful, and easy to find MNH.
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Posted 02/17/2014   12:27 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add barhata to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
How about Kionga? You would only need to acquire 4 stamps!
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Posted 02/17/2014   4:07 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Scouter to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Any country can have a subset era that can make for a collecting goal - even the USA say after your date of birth or before. I know it isn't the same thing as collecting every stamp from a country but . .
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Posted 02/17/2014   4:11 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Scouter to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
I am collecting Newfoundland - I would not call it inexpensive but it is finite since their postage ended in 1949. There are no add-ons to expand the target.
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Posted 02/17/2014   6:08 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Climber Steve to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
I agree with Kionga. Couple other Portuguese colonies that are easily done would include Tete and Quelimane. If you're into Italian, try Saseno. Only 8 stamps there and it could be done for about $100 or so.
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Posted 02/18/2014   10:05 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add ikeyPikey to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply

jogil, Greetings:

Mr Apfelbaum recently addressed Kionga:

http://johnapfelbaum.blogspot.com/2.../kionga.html

... and Newfoundland:

http://johnapfelbaum.blogspot.com/2...undland.html

... but suggests you put your money on:

http://johnapfelbaum.blogspot.com/2...rtunity.html

Cheers,

/s/ ikeyPikey
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Posted 02/18/2014   1:45 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add John Svensson to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
As Scouter stated......go for a "dead country" and you can forget about the endless procession of new issues. How about Marienwerder?
Karelia? About 13 stamps, you just have to watch out for the bear forgeries. John
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