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Afghanistan Stamps Rare?

 
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Posted 03/06/2025   3:35 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add Chase150 to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
As I continue looking through my relatives stamp collection I found this grouping of old Afghanistan stamps. Can anyone tell me me anything about them or if they are rare? Thanks
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Posted 03/06/2025   3:39 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Partime to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
It looks like they paid $1.00 or less for each of those damaged stamps. Why would you think they were rare?
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Posted 03/06/2025   3:47 pm  Show Profile Check ray.mac's eBay Listings Bookmark this reply Add ray.mac to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
A corner of the stamp was removed when cancelled, so this is how used examples are normally found. The missing corners don't qualify these stamps as "faulty".

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Posted 03/06/2025   4:33 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add rogdcam to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
They appear genuine from the scans. Current catalog values run about +/- $30 so probably would fetch $5 on ebay.
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Posted 03/06/2025   4:57 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Partime to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
So, not "rare" in any case.
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Partime - They paid $1.00 for these in the 1950s… I'm not sure if that was considered expensive or not back then
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Posted 03/06/2025   6:59 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add perf12 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
The first stamp has the tear-out and ink line cancel
The last stamp has the red ink smudge cancel from Peshawar.
They are all 1 shahi values.
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