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Anyone knows which volumn does "Maluku Selatan" belong to in Scott Catalogue? The index shows page number 371 in all 6 books Vol1-6, which is confusing.  |
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Mentioned, but not listed in Scott. see V6 "South Moluccas"  |
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| Edited by rod222 - 02/02/2017 04:00 am |
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Rod, it never, ever, ceases to amaze me what you can dig up at short notice from your collection! It's usually complete and always beautifully presented. |
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Thank you Tim..lovely words. Just as everyone here, passionate about my hobby  (The biggest Jig-saw on the planet) I bet there's lots of goodies hiding in members studies. My Maluku Selatan collection, prior to mounting. PS: Maluku Album Pages by Mr. William Steiner.  |
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| Edited by rod222 - 02/02/2017 04:13 am |
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Thanks! They were privately issued and had no Postal use? Interesting! And that page number 371 is also confusing. |
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| Edited by TangStamps - 02/03/2017 12:47 am |
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SG lists Dutch East Indies stamps overprinted "Republic Maluku Selatan", which appeared when the South Moluccas declared independence in April 1950. SG notes that these have been found postally used at Amboina and Saparoea. The bogus stamps from Rod's collection apparently appeared in the US between 1951 and 1954. By this time, Indonesian troops had taken Amboina. |
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many strange non existant countries have issued stamps for the sole reason as to make profit on collectors.
somehow makes me sad that these are listed as stamps.
A postage stamp is a small piece of paper that is purchased and displayed on an item of mail as evidence of payment of postage, and not just anything with a pretty picture or perforations :) |
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Hi Geoff, I have seen an MS overprint on an Indonesian genuinely cancelled (fiscally). FYI  |
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| Edited by rod222 - 02/02/2017 06:17 am |
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According to a few sources, including Wikipedia, Henry Stolow was behind these (and others) Quote:
Henry Stolow prepared new stamp issues for postal administrations (first of all in Africa).[3] He then bought the major part of the edition in order to resell the stamps to other wholesalers. He may have deliberately ordered printing errors, as well as overprints (e.g. Greenland).[4]
He also was involved with bogus stamp issues for the The Republic of South Maluku (Indonesian: Republik Maluku Selatan, RMS), the RMS was a self-proclaimed republic in the Maluku Islands, which was founded on 25 April 1950. The main islands were Seram, Ambon, and Buru. The RMS on Ambon was defeated by Indonesian forces in November 1950, however, armed struggle continued on the island of Seram until December 1963. The government-in-exile continues to exist to this day in the Netherlands. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Stolow |
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Thanks Eric. British Guiana Initials maybe cleaned off. Signed by Stolow.  |
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Thread Bumped. Dormant 5 years. Cat # 113-120 CV $8   |
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| Edited by rod222 - 12/11/2022 05:02 am |
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