Gandhi Stamp Exhibition - Do anyone collect Gandhi stamps and philatelic material ?

Recently I read blog post on "Rainbow Stamp Club" about Indian stamp exhibit winner at  PhilaKorea 2014 world stamp exhibition and I was surprised there are no Gandhi Stamp Exhibit winner.!!

My Congratulations to all 6 winners from India.

http://rainbowstampclub.blogspot.com/2014/08/indian-winners-at-philakorea-2014.html

I am not sure whether there was any GANDHI stamp collection exhibit in  PhilaKorea 2014.

Not sure whether there is any interest in Gandhi stamps collection as no winner

Looking to past exhibits I can understand majority of the Gandhi stamp philatelic material is nothing but BOGUS or forgery so it does not make sense to participate in exhibition where philatelic judges now have enough information to look on the web and think about it before they decide to disqualify the entree.!

Still you will see Gandhi exhibit during some events or speeches because no one will  question about their collection as it is only to gain popularity.

In USA I don't even see any Gandhi stamp Exhibit (click following link to see) in Westpex 2014 one of the  biggest stamp exhibition even though there are high price Gandhi stamp seller on eBay are from San Francisco, Santa Clara, Los Altos or Sunnyvale.

http://www.westpex.com/pdf/w2014palmares.pdf

So not sure what's going in Gandhi Stamp Collector.?

Gandhi Stamps collection is  DEAD or Collectors are afraid about their collection because of following BOGUS items in their collection which they proudly display one time.!!

Following are some of the BOGUS material you will see in past exhibition as well in  philatelic handbooks.

1) Rare Specimen stamps in   Leather folder

http://gandhistampsclub.blogspot.com/2013/03/rare-stamps.html

2)  India 1948 BOGUS First Day cover from various cities with Jai Hind Commemorative cancel or Special cancellation (Biggest Forgery in stamp collection).

My personal opinion (without digging Indian Government archives) about 1948 First day cover were only issued from New Delhi, Bombay, Calcutta and Madras. I am not sure about this also but as they are/were 4 major cities during that time.

All other to me looks BOGUS (never exist). Made by someone like me and you.

Poona, Simla, NagPur, Patna, Kanpur, Pondicherry, Allahabad, Shillong, etc.

Also I had seen from Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar, Indore, Bhopal, Varanasi, Hyderabad, Cochin etc.

http://gandhistampsclub.blogspot.com/2013/02/gandhi-stamps-and-1948-jai-hind-special.html

3) 1969 Fiji, Luxembourg, Burma, Czech Republic Commemorative cancel or Special cancellation  (wide varieties available)

                    http://gandhistampsclub.blogspot.com/2013/04/luxembourg-postmark.html

4) Gandhi SERVICE BOGUS overprint stamp and FORGED or BOGUS rubber stamp of Governor General. )Some of this have Expert Certificate.!!)

http://gandhistampsclub.blogspot.com/2013/12/most-valuable-postage-stamp.html

5) ERROR stamp and BOGUS Nicaragua FDC with overprint error stamp (does not make sense).

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

http://gandhistampsclub.blogspot.com/2012/03/nicaragua-gandhi-einstein-stamp-is-it.html

6) BOGUS FDC from Indian Embassy of Nepal.

http://gandhistampsclub.blogspot.com/2012/05/cover-with-nepal-indian-embassy.html

There are lot more BOGUS philatelic material which I can go up to 200-300 or more.!!!

That's the reason we don't see Gandhi exhibit in stamp exhibition.!

My request to genuine collectors that need to start exhibiting without any forgery or BOGUS and let's show the world that Gandhi stamp collection is not DEAD!

Also let's EXPOSE all BOGUS and FORGERY and make it proud of our self.

Thanks

Gandhi Stamps Club.

Philatelic Exhibition - Stamp Exhibition : Is it about winning medal or something ELSE.!!

Hello Gandhi Collectors,

A Philatelic Exhibition is an exhibition of stamps and postal history where stamp collectors (philatelists) compete for medals.

But I have also seen other reason for Philatelic Exhibition is to glorified certain forgery philatelic material such as special cancellation  or first day covers or register used covers or philatelic material such as postal receipt, International Reply coupon and lot more in order to increase the market of that kind of forged materials.!!

So it's not only winning medal but also to create a brand identity so whole gang(maker, seller, exhibitor, facilitator such auction house and others) can prosper and you will have PIECE OF PAPER!! with kids art work rubber stamp!!!

You can read about some of the forged cancellation on my blog by clicking following link.

1) Germany Winnenden School Massacare special cancellation to celebrate Non-Violence day.

2) 1911 First Aerial Mail Post.

3) FAKE or Forged British India Cancellation

4) FAKE Indian Embassy of Nepal Cancellation

5) Even Gandhi Stamps are FAKE.!!

6) 1948 Gandhi SERVICE cancellation from India.

So let's keep this FAKE and Forgery on side  otherwise I will be listing more than 100+ links like above and let see what should be the real purpose exhibition.!!

I saw one philatelic exhibit in which it was not for medal or not to glorify, but a real respect for what he collects and what that person has done to him and to his country.

I was  suprised when I saw Gandhi Stamp exhibit at Mani Bhavan (Bombay residence of Mahatma Gandhi, where Barack Obama visited during his visit and he might have also seen it).

This exhibit is displayed in the entrance of the building which give glimpse of Gandhi's life and one of the most famous person on stamp in philatelic world with 90+ countries honored him with issuing stamp of him.

This exhibit was given gift to Mani Bhavan by Harjeet Singh so all visitors can see how much respect Mahatma Gandhi got from other countries of the world.

Following are some of the pictures taken by my during visit of Mahatma Gandhi's Mumbai house.

I am impressed by Mr. Harjeet Singh and his respect & passion about Gandhi. According to me he is one of the GREATEST Gandhi philatelic collector as he showed unselfishness by donating his entire collection to Mani Bhavan. By doing this he showed that he just did not collect Gandhi Philatelic material but also follow his principle of unselfishness by putting his country first than himself.

According to me there is no hidden agenda (so there is nothing FAKE or Forged items) for giving this exhibit to Mani Bhavan other than respect to Mahatma Gandhi.

If he wants to glorified then he will add some RARE, Scare philatelic material which might be Forged or FAKED and give it to some philatelic museum so it can be glorified.

At Mani Bhavan  very less stamp collector will visit to see stamps, where as in philatelic museum lot of stamp collectors will visit all the time so it can be easily glorified.

But this is very simple exhibit which shows he is not into glorification business but a true admire of Mahatma Gandhi by displaying just stamps and some common philatelic material.

But look what is happening in current Gandhi philatelic collection as well as other Indian philatelic collection.

To know more cheating, glorification, SHILL bidding, FAKE, Forgery etc. please read my following blog post and compare it with what Mr. Harjeet Singh did to respect Mahatma Gandhi.

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.!

Also one day we all will get motivated from Mr. Harjeet Singh and do something good instead of just self interest.!!

Thanks
Gandhi Stamps Club