From The Attic-Bogus Stamps-

Nice to look at but all fakes-

In fact, these are not postage stamps, only cinderellas

They are bogus stamps, meant to make money off of collectors: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posta...uth_Moluccas


Peter

These are not fakes or bogus. Republic of South Maluku still fighting for independence from Indonesia. Up until know they were unsuccessful, that is why their stamps remain as cinderellas. I assume these were printed by the government in exile trying to raise some money.

These are bogus in generally accepted terms. Items produced for publicity/propaganda purposes only are not automatically postage stamps, which are used for prepaying mail. Show me a postally used South Moluccas cover and not an FDC. Katanga stamps passed through international mails and count as genuine stamps in my book. Even the "sand dunes" stamps (aside from the flood of later CTO-only stuff) and Bhutan stamps were postally used and count as genuine.

By calling it a cinderella, by definition, you yourself take these out of the realm of genuine postage stamps.

hy-brasil

I just don't like the word bogus to be used for cinderellas. You are absolutely right, these are not postage stamps, this is why we call them cinderellas. They may fit the definition of bogus, what ever that is, but then, all cinderellas, Christmas Seals, and other non postage material can be called bogus. And they are absolutely not fakes.

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Let me throw this question here. Indonesia stamps from 1948-1949. From my understanding they were never used for postage, probably because they were still under Dutch rule, and those stamps I assume were illegal. However, since Indonesia became independent from the Dutch in 1949, these stamps are listed in catalog as POSTAGE stamps. But, if it took anothr 10-20 years for Indonesia to become independent, then these stamps would be considered bogus stamps?

Anyhow, after reading some additional material, I believe that stamps in original post are the work of a private dealer who has nothing to do with South Maluku] government in exile. I'm pretty sure he pissed off Indonesian officials by printing them.