Einstein Olympic Nicaragua error stamps - Is stamp collection all about SHILL bidding ?

We all know that Einstein Olympic Nicaragua Gandhi stamps issued in 1979 or 1980 is nothing but BOGUS. (never exist) or created for premium collection to make it ERROR stamps.

Read my following post about "Is Einstein Olympic Nicaragua  stamps is ERROR stamps"

http://gandhistampsclub.blogspot.in/2011/11/nicaragua-gandhi-einstein-1980.html

In past this stamp was sold for high price but now it looks like everyone is aware of things going in stamp collection such as

• SHILL bidding were seller use other id to increase price or 
• other collectors increase price in order to make it their collection price and status.

Read my following blog post about

http://gandhistampsclub.blogspot.in/2013/02/einstein-stamp-olympic-stamp.html ( Buyer "Kad_ss" don't pay to seller after increase price to 22 Euros.!!)

http://gandhistampsclub.blogspot.in/2012/12/olympicsstamps-einsteinstamps.html (sold for 99 cents)

Even though Einstein Olympic Nicaragua Gandhi stamps is BOGUS there were 4 bids and 2 bidders.

z****l(144) who has

• Total bids = 960 
• Item bid on - 787 
• Bid with this seller -  37%  so it's  about 300 bids with this buyer only.!!!

Think how many genuine collectors will bid on 787 item.!!

So now you decide what's going on in STAMP collection.

It's a common practice to increase price of stamp on eBay or any other AUCTION house as it's nothing need to open account and bid on it.

Want to know more about FAKE and FORGERY stamps then checkout other blog post click one of the following link and you will be surprised.!!!

1) Philatelic FAKE and FORGERIES.
2) FAKE AERO PHILATELY Covers.
3) Stamp collection CHEATING.
4) Stamp Collection Value
5) Stamp Collecting Facts
6) China stamp collection value.
7) First AirMail Post
8) World First Flight Cover
9) Greatest Stamp Collection Scandal 
10) Biggest stamp collection SCAM
11) SCANDAL in stamp collection 
12) How to increase stamp collection value

Now does it make sense to collect stamps after looking above blog posts?

Thanks
Gandhi Stamps Club

Einstein stamp Olympic stamp

Hello Einstein stamps collectors,

Collecting stamp now a days is not as easy as you think because anyone can bid on online auction item without any deposit required for bidding and they don't have to pay after winning the bid.!!

Also SHILL bidding is also major issue as seller can bid with their own multiple id.

By doing this kind of activity by certain bidders,  stamps are more expensive then it's real value or inflation in stamp price. If new collector see this price of stamps they will try to buy it at little lower price or sometimes they will pay higher price in future when similar item is for auction, as they think price are REAL.!!

In past I wrote blog post about this non paying buyer for 1948 Gandhi stamps from India. Please read this so you understand what's going on in PHILATELIC world.!!

http://gandhistampsclub.blogspot.com/2012/10/gandhi1948.html

While researching about 1948 Gandhi stamps Glorification, I also found out that this is spread in each and every stamps whether it's Einstein stamp or Olympic stamp, where bidder is bidding on item with open pocket as if they are really wants this stamp but never paying it.!!

Sometimes they used different id so they cannot be recognised by others that they did not paid.!!!

Sometimes they use SHILL bidding by using  SNIPER tool to bid at last moment at very high biding price so it can also increase price of other really interested bidder. If their bid is higher than other bidder then they just don't pay as it's their own id.!!

In this way they can increase price and also send 2nd chance offer.!!! (Nepal Indian Embassy 1948 Cancellation is classic example.!!)

In past I also wrote blog post about HOW some dealers increase price.

http://gandhistampsclub.blogspot.com/2011/12/south-africa-gandhi-stamps-1993-special.html

In past 4 years I learned all kinds of dirty tricks and gimmick used by certain sellers and bidders so I think I know what I am doing.

But when I was new in Gandhi thematic I was a victim from this kind of activities (more than 10 times.!!)  so I know what's going on.!!!

But my only objective is to make you safe in this hobby.!!

This glorification also affects to Einstein stamps as well as Taj Mahal stamps, because it was initially designed to be glorified by make combination of famous people or architect so more collectors will bid on this kind of items.

Not only that even this is consider as ERROR Einstein stamp or Olympic stamp or UNICEF stamp because of false information on stamp.

But all other thematic collection has long gone as no one collects Einstein or Olympic stamps because of hobby is declining  and I think this is happening in Gandhi stamps also as all creative bidding activities is exposed.

Following are example of some illegal bidding or buying practice for Gandhi philatelic material.

Following is screenshot from delcampe. (Thanks Delcampe for keeping older auction.!! )

Seller :- Worldwidestampsandca (according to me very reputed seller)
Sold :- 21.99 Euros ($30)
Date sold :- 11/30/2008.
Buyer :- Kad_ss (not Paid for this purchase)
Feedback :- "Never Paid No Answers to several mails never again"
Other Bidders :- Bobby92, Gpphila, Aryan.

Even though getting cheaper than previous bidder this transaction was not complete because buyer did not pay.!!

So what do you think about above screenshot.

Do you really think stamp was really $30 or it's was INFLATED by overbidding it and not allowing others to buy it.!!

Reason for this assumption is that about 6 months before that same winner was bidding for this stamp sheet upto $40.

Seller :-Linus154
Winner :- Ganges1948 ( paid for this purchase)
Other bidder :- Kad_ss
Date :- 5/13/2008
Sold for :- 29.50 Euros ($40)
Comment :- Thank you for the very quick payment!

So from above screenshot what do you think?

Don't you think it's nothing but increasing the price by certain bidders.?

To me both seller looks very genuine as they have very high feedback specially one with 29000+ which buyer did not paid.!! No chances of shill bidding.

This kind of activity happens to me also when I was buying Cameroun Gandhi First day cover.

Seller :- 45jean
Buyer :- Khel10ka  ( 0 feedback, did not paid.!!)
Loser bidder :- vxvm (it's me).
Other bidder :- Ansur, Kad_ss (involved in all 3 biddings mentioned in this blog post.)
                        Ganges1948, Aryan,
                        Rthaper, Brownblackcherry
Comment :- nul, attention cette personne est sans intérêt, refuse les questions, à éviter (In French)
                    zero attention this person is irrelevant, refuses issues, avoiding (In English)

Do you think multiple id by one or two bidders were used in this bidding? ( I think so).

Now do you agree with me that it's nothing but GLORIFICATION by increasing price of GANDHI philatelic material.?

Thanks
Gandhi Stamp Club.

Olympics stamps Einstein stamps : Look what happen to RARE stamp.!!

Hello Gandhi Stamp collectors,

I can't BELIEVE it.!!

Nicaragua miniature stamp sheet with Einstein stamp and Gandhi stamp with borders related to 1980 Olympic, 1979 UNICEF was sold under $1.!!

If you think about this combination of famous people"Mahatma Gandhi and Elbert Einstein", world orginistation "UNICEF", special events "1980 Olympic" "Ano De La Liberacion", famous place "Taj Mahal" it makes very UNIQUE stamp.

But this combination will make fight in different thematic collection to buy it.!!! and so the price will also go up.!!

In past this stamp was sold for $6, but this is the new low. You can read my other blog post about Nicaragua stamps with ERROR in Einstein stamp, Olympic stamp, UNICEF stamp.!!

http://gandhistampsclub.blogspot.com/2012/08/nicaragua-stamps-gandhi-stamp-einstein.html

This combination stamp was one time regarded as RARE error stamp as very few stamp were available, but in last 2-3 years there are more than 1000 were for sale.!!

You will see this stamp sheet selling for $10-15, but it's nothing but SHILL Bidding (where seller, bids on his own item or relatives/friends help o increase price).

http://gandhistampsclub.blogspot.com/2011/06/mahatma-gandhi-rare-stamp-sheet-is-not.html

But forget about shill bidding, according to me this is not an ERROR stamp to begin with because it was made for ERROR(deliberate act).

You can also find this Einstein stamp and Olympic stamp with Gandhi stamp on FORGERY FDC.!! Interesting blog post to read about how easy it is to find forgery.

http://gandhistampsclub.blogspot.com/2011/07/fake-fdc-made-from-nicaragua-1979-1980.html

Nicaragua Einstein stamp F.D.C with Nicaragua Olympic and Gandhi stamp was sold for $113.!! Not sure whether it's GENUINE!!

http://gandhistampsclub.blogspot.com/2011/11/nicaragua-gandhi-einstein-1980.html

As you know small countries in the world out source there stamp printing to dealers which provide them stamps for there country need and dealers sell to outside world as a collector item. And this dealers will do different creative printing and following is one of them.!!

There is no value in this kind of stamps as it is a deliberate printing to make error.  In past we had seen this kind of printing (overprinting) from Nicaragua as well as other countries such as Cameroon.

So beware what you collect other wise you will have some valueless item in your collection. (I have one in mine.!!)

So BEWARE what you are collecting and why are you collecting and at what price.!!

Read my following blog post to understand about stamp collection in DECLINE.!!

1) A Hobby in Decline : 1948 Gandhi USED cover case study.!!
2) A Hobby in Decline.!! - Part-2
3) How to invest when philately price is dropping.

If you see stamps are not even selling or selling like 5-10 times lower their value than mentioned in catalog.!!

There is nothing RARE or Scare in philately because this hobby is in downward trend because experienced collectors are loosing interest because value is not appreciating and new collectors are not coming in to this because there are lot of other things to do for them such as playing video games on Nintendo or X-box , social networking on facebook or google+ or  surfing on web through internet or SMS through iphone or android or watch games such as cricket, football or basketball.!!

Only way philately can sustain is to stop cheating in this hobby. Yes CHEATING.!! which is what you will see in order to increase value artificially by inflating the price by SHILL bidding, not paying to seller or mutual understanding cancelling transaction and lot more.

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!!

Also don't you think it does NOT make sense to collect all thematic stamps because it will keep coming.!!

Thanks

Gandhi Stamps Club.