Making money on eBay - British India King Edward 1902 stamp

Everyone loves money.!!

But to earn money by selling stamp on ebay is very easy.

Just buy some forgery stamps (replica) and sell it as genuine by applying rubber stamp (easy to make)  and sell it by SHILL bidding (to increase price).

Following is British India King Edward 1902 stamp valued 25 Rupees. 

It was lot of money 115 years so it will be very hard to find mint in condition unless you are from King of England family.

Also it will be very hard to find this used stamp because no one in India was using this much amount of stamp. Also in 1902 there were very few people to need this stamp for use.!!

Following is  British India King Edward 1902 stamp and it will be very hard to tell it's GENUINE or FORGERY.!!

It's forgery.!!

And it's available for $5 and it's very hard to tell that it's forgery.!!

To me it looks like genuine when I compare with other 1902 India KE VII stamp sold for $2000 or $1750.!!

This forgery stamp is well centered position.!!

Seller can sell this as genuine but he choose to sell it forgery so no buyer.!!

Also he did not did any SHILL bidding to make it look it's authentic.!!

Above stamp is available on eBay for $5 and no one wants to even buy it.!!

Even used stamp is available for $5.!!!

So don't you think you can make money by selling this forgery stamps as GENUINE and make lot of money.!!!

Following are some of the sold stamps on eBay in last 2-3 years ago. Now think how many might be sold in last 5 years.!!! (more than 300 - 500.!!).

Seller                                   Price Sold 

Anjulin                                   $2000

pristinephilateic                      $1750

s_faria                                      $800(appr)

bygonesofbridlingt                  $618

worldstamp22                          $504
collstamps                                $498
filer3rd                                     $435
beattle123                                $295
bcsomani                                  $175

Can you imagine how much money this seller has to pay to

•  eBay as commission
• Capital Gain Tax to country of selling.
• Income Tax, State Tax, Sales Tax to that country.
• Paypal as commission.

But still seller make lot of money.!!!

You also have to pay above taxes and commission even if you sell forgery stamp as genuine so be prepared to pay.!!

I know it paying taxes it hurts but you cannot escape paying taxes if you are in USA or European countries or Australia or Japan or Korea.!!

Compare below stamps with above FORGERY or REPLICA and see margin on sides.!!

To me all of the following look FORGERY and above stamp looks GENUINE when I compare margin on all sides.!!

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Recently it's not selling for high price like $2000 or $1750 or $800 but you can still make $387 or $330.!!

eBay seller "Joru" from Germany - $387
eBay seller "elagen1" from UK - $330
eBay seller "walt.papc from US - $250(best offer ?)

Even some tried to sell at high price but not were able to sell it.!!

eBay seller "statusinternational" for $1200

eBay seller "nainad" for $849(multiple 1902 KE stamps)

eBay seller "cassouza" for $495.

So  don't you think you can money also.!!

I think it's easy.

• Just buy replica (forgery) stamp
• Create rubber stamp of any big city like Calcutta or Bombay or Pondicherry and apply on replica stamp.

Thanks 

GSC.

Jal Cooper - King George KGV Stamps - King Edward KED Stamps

Recently I saw India KGV 1925 overprint Surcharge double stamps sold for $440 with Jal Cooper signature.!! sold by eBay seller "mareval2".

Don't you think signature can be forged. It's more easier than forging stamps or rubber stamp and making used register cover or first day cover or BOGUS stamps.

Following are signatures of Jal Cooper. You decide which one is GENUINE or FORGERY.

Or both might be FORGERY ?

Do you really think following KGV stmaps(King George) or KED stamps(King Edward) are genuine stamps with overprint surcharge stamps.?

In past we had seen lot of KGV or King Edward or Queen Victoria stamp selling as Facismile or copy as it's impossible to get it because 100 years ago 25 Rupees was too much money.!!! Even 10 Rupees and 15  Rupees were too much.!!

And to keep it in mint condition is foolish because it's a piece of paper which can be degraded with time, weather or natural calamities.

We all know how many facsmile or replica (copy) stamps are available for this KGV stmaps(King George) or KED stamps(King Edward) 25 Rupees stamp or 15 Rupees stamps or all 1902 British India stamps or 1909 British  India stamps 1925 British India stamps So this might me nothing but forgery stamps selling as genuine.

As I mentioned before  Philately or stamp collection is nothing but cheating. 

Following are FORGERY or REPLICA stamps which are available in plenty and overprinting it is easier than making stamps.

In order to make money Gandhi Philately collectors will do any thing.

• Create Bogus (never exist) material (like Round Table Conferenece Cancellation or 2009 Gandhi special cancellation from Germany).
• Forged Expertising Certificate
• Shill Bidding
• Don't pay to seller.
• Forged stamps

Look at the following Royal Philatelic Society - RPS certificate. It's FORGED for Indian Round Table conference special cancellation.

But this Round Table Cancellation itself is BOGUS - Never issued by British Postal Administration but it's circulating on eBay.

On top of that it's glorified in various Gandhi Philatelic material such as Philatelic Handbook, Stamp Year Book, Online Gandhi stamp exhibit, Gandhi Philatelic websites/blogs/forum etc.!!

http://uspaexpertising.blogspot.com/2014/12/royal-philatelic-society-expert.html

So do you trust Royal Philatelic Society - RPS certificate ?

Above forged expertising  certificate was forged by  "GandhiPhilately" aka "echobangla" from Australia.!!

Even listing country Australia might be mentioned wrong in order to make collectors think it's not from India.!!

Another forged Royal Philatelic Society expertising certificate is one of the expensive Gandhi stamps.

http://gandhistampsclub.blogspot.com/2011/01/expensive-gandhi-stamp.html

So do you trust Royal Philatelic Society - RPS certificate ?

So now you don't think Gandhi Philately is Cheating ?

All you see on eBay or delcampe or Handbooks are nothing but FORGERY or BOGUS Gandhi Philately material with increase priced by SHILL bidding in order to Glorify and make you think it's GENUINE.

But in reality Gandhi Philately is Cheating.!!

As this also has stamp Expert Certificate I decide to do more research about Expertising Certificate issuer.

To me this Expert Certificate does not add any value, because it looks like any one can give their opinion and call piece of paper as Expertising Certificate.

To become stamp Expert (Expertising Certificate issuer)

• You don't need any college degree or certification or license from government.
• There are no rules or law in stamp expertising certificate which needs to be followed and there is no overseeing authority who can revoke you as stamp expert or philatelic expert.
• Even to open a store or company it require permit from local authority and they do all kind of inspection, background check etc. You don't need when you start issuing expertising certificate. 
• It don't require physical address also as website is only requirement to become philatelic expert.

Does it make sense with this kind of Stamp Expert or Expertising Certificate ?

Don't you think it's a JOKE.!! (Philatelic JOKE).!!

Let me make sure I am not writing that this is not a genuine stamps or not a genuine certificate or genuine opinion giving through Expert Certificate. 

I am just expressing my freedom of speech by expressing my own opinion which can help you to think about WHAT IS this Expertising Certificate in stamp collection which we see all the time for expensive stamps and philatelic items.

As this was issued by Sergio Sismondo, first thing I did was to search on google.!!

I searched for  Sergio Sismondo on google and found following link, but to me it looks like some what questionable.

http://www.sismondostamps.com

I cannot even found "Sergio" name on this website.!! Also address is not any office as it's pointing to some mailbox in mall.( I know people don't want to provide genuine address to avoid spam or privacy, but when you are in business it's shows your identity.!!). But it's required to gain trust of collectors.

Email address is not even pointing to this web address.!! It's sismondo@dreamscape.com which is free web based email address. (In order to gain trust one must have it's own domain name email address, not free one.)

There is No information about Sergio Sismondo

• Who is he ? 
• How is he philatelic expert ?
• What are his philatelic expertise ?
• What kind of stamp collection he did in past and present ?
• Participate in stamp exhibition?
• Won any medals in stamp exhibition ?
• Any international philatelic exhibition judging ?

Also no information about who submitted India 1854 stamp,  as we see on other expertising certificate.

Looks like it's not big philatelic society like The Royal Philatelic Society issuing this certificate but some one like me or you is giving his opinion by charging money.

There are total 87 auction on eBay with Sismondo Certificate. Click this link for auction by Sergio Simondo.

It's easy to make money and no liability and make lot of money. See money made by sismondostamps.com, Philatelic expert Sergio Sismondo.!! (It's 3.75% of catalogue value, which is about $150.!!)

http://www.sismondostamps.com/exp/expert.htm

Lot of money by issuing certificate.!!  Now I am seriously thinking about to issuing expertising certificate. ( it's coming soon.!!)

Again let me make sure I am not writing that this is not a genuine stamps or not a genuine certificate or genuine opinion giving through Expert Certificate. I am just expressing my freedom of speech by expressing my own opinion which can help you to think about this Expertising Certificate which we see all the time for expensive stamps and philatelic items.

It's up to you to decide whether expertising make sense or not. You are paying money so you need to decide.

Also I found another website http://www.sismondowines.com while searching Sergion Sismondo which is  all about WINES.

Wines or Stamps ? or both.?

In past I wrote about Expertising certificate so please read my blog post to understand properly.

1) Forgery or Reused of stamp Expertising Certificate of $225,000!!

2) Rare Stamp - Old Stamps - RPS stamp Expert Certificate.

3) Study of RPS stamp expertizing Certificate.

Even though some of the stamps and philatelic material looks Forgery to me there are expertising certificate because any one can issue certificate without any liability.

To me it looks like any one can issue stamp Expertising certificate.

Issuing stamp expertising certificate don't required any government license or any college degree or you don't have to buy any bonds or money guarantee.

If you are doctor or pharmacist you need degree as well as government license to practice but to issue Expertising certificate any one can issue it even if you don't collect stamp.!!

If doctor or pharmacist makes any mistake or error their license will be suspended or someone will sue them.

But if you are issuer of Stamp Expert Certificate you are not liable of anything even if you give incorrect information.!!

So how can we trust this certificate ? (We Cannot trust it)

Do expertising certificate issuing committee takes full responsibility if some thing is proven wrong after many years.? (No they don't take any responsibility).

They just give opinion and don't take any liability. 

Think as PIECE OF PAPER.!! without any liability.

Here in this certificate there is no Company or no members in Expert Committee, It's an individual who is expressing opinion.

In past I wrote following blog posts about forgery of 1854 stamp so what are chances of this as Forgery.

India 1854 Yvert - British India stamp Queen Victoria - QV stamp sold for $3275

India 1854 QV Queen Victoria 4 annas stamps

India 1854 half anna - queen victoria british india stamp

Straits Settlements stamps B/172 India stamps - Do you really think it's worth $34,500.!!?

1854 1/2 Anna Queen Victoria stamps

Rarities India 1854 stamp - Queen Victoria stamp - Making money on Internet

After reading above blog post what do you think about this cancellation and QV stamps ?

Now as we know that this 1854 QV Queen Victoria  India stamps are available in FORGERY what are chances of this as forgery.

Click link to see more about this.

Not sure why it was sold for such a less even with stamp expert certificate, but who cares when everyone is making money including eBay($50), PayPal ($50) and Expert Certificate issuer ($150), postal agency etc which in turn will be benefited to USA state and federal government  who will get income tax, sales tax etc from seller as well as Expert Certificate issuer as well as from eBay and eBay shareholders(if stock goes up).

Lot of money is flowing through stamp collection with stamp expert certificate.

DON'T EVERY STAMP COLLECTOR SHOULD ISSUE EXPERT CERTIFICATE and make money.!!

Any one can become PHILATELIC EXPERT as there is no education needed or college degree or certification exam.!!

Just tell everyone I am Philatelic Expert.!! ( I am Gandhi Philatelic Expert.!!)

To know more about this kind of activity read my following blog post and think what are the possibilities in cheating, glorification, SHILL bidding, FAKE, Forgery etc.

1) 1948 Stamps False hope of Riches?

2) 1948 Gandhi Stamps: Are False hope of Riches - Part II ?

3) 1948 Gandhi Mourning Private FDC : Are False hope of Riches - Part III?

4) 1948 Expensive Gandhi FDC : Are False hope of Riches - Part IV?

5) 1948 Gandhi Stamps Early Usage cover :  Gandhi Stamps Are False hope of Riches - Part V?

6) Maxi Card sold for $5100 with 1948 Gandhi Stamps - False hope of Riches - Part VI?

7) Indian Philately Exposed 

8) Indian Philately Exposed - Part II

9) Gandhi SERVICE overprint stamp price fell from $1009 to $1.!!

10) How can you tell that Gandhi SERVICE stamp is FAKE or Forgery ?

I hope all the above will help while making decision in investing stamps and to avoid getting CHEATED.!!

Now don't you think it does NOT make sense STAMP INVESTING!!

Thanks

Gandhi Stamps Club.