Belgium stamps

Hello stamp collectors,

In 1999, Belgium issued sheet containing one of first Gandhi stamps in Euros along with Martin Luther king stamp, TinTin stamp, Charlie Chaplin stamps and other famous people stamps.

Each stamp from Belgium was 0.42 euros so the face value of this will be 8.40 euros in 1999.

But after 14 years this stamps of Belgium is selling for 6 euros.!! So this means that there is 25% price decline in stamp price during that time.

This Belgium stamp sheet has 20 se-tenant stamp of Pope John XXIII stamp, Willy Brandt stamp , JFK stamp, Mahatma Gandhi stamp, Martin Luther King Jr. stamp, Lenin stamp, Che Guevara stamp, Golda Meir stamp, Nelson Mandela stamp, Modern Olympics stamp, Soccer stamp, Tour de France(Cycling) stamp, Edith Piaf stamp, The Beatles stamp, Charlie Chaplin stamp, Tourism stamp and Scouting stamp.

Even with so many different theme involved in this Belgium stamp sheet it's not appreciating at all.

There were no official first day cover issued for this Belgium stamps, but you can find this sheet  with Belgium first day cancellation.

But that Belgium stamp sheet with first day cancellation also selling for 5 euros.!!

Yes 5 euros for twenty Belgium stamp!! with first day special cancellation.!!! 

Recently this stamp sheet with first day special cancellation were sold on delcampe to "brownblackcherry" , "shapfims" and "jamals".!!

Even Belgium first day sheet with special cancellation on stamps from Belgium with Pope John XXIII stamp, Willy Brandt stamp , JFK stamp, Mahatma Gandhi stamp, Martin Luther King Jr. stamp, Lenin stamp, Che Guevara stamp, Golda Meir stamp, Nelson Mandela stamp, Modern Olympics stamp, Soccer stamp, Tour de France(Cycling) stamp, Edith Piaf stamp, The Beatles stamp, Charlie Chaplin stamp, Tourism stamp and Scouting stamp is not appreciating. 

So do you think stamps of Belgium is for Investment.

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.!!


Don't you think Belgium stamp collection does not make sense.!!

Reason for this is that investment is not appreciating even though it has one of the most famous people in the world.!!

Thanks
Gandhi Stamps Club

Stamp value declining .!! Belgium 1999 Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Tin Tin , Charlie Chaplin, Lenin , Pope John stamp price is not appreciating.

Hello Gandhi Stamps Collectors,

On July 25th  I saw Belgium 1999 Gandhi stamp was sold in auction delcampe.net by seller "tanguera" for only 0.45 Euros (55 US cents).!!

Even 1999 miniature sheet with 20 stamps each face value of 0.42 Euros each (8.40 Euros) was sold for 6 Euros.!! in April 2012.!!

This means that seller or original buyer lost 2.40 Euros on this miniature sheet after 13 years of investment.!! 

This means that even Gandhi stamps is not for investment.!!

Also in November 2011 I wrote about this stamp sheet from Belgium, so please read and you decide.

http://gandhistampsclub.blogspot.com/2011/11/belgium-gandhi-stamps-can-believe.html

Don't you think stamp value is not appreciating at all in this modern computer and electronic world were less and less children are intersting in this hobby and also lot of collectors are loosing interest.

Following screenshot from delcampe.net were you can see lucky buyer and looser seller id.!! 

(It's easy to see full transaction on delcampe then on eBay where eBay id is hidden!!)

This Gandhi stamp was issued in a miniature sheet in 1999 along with other world famous people such as Martin Luther King stamp, John F Kennedy stamp, Nelson Mandela stamp, Pope Johannes XXII stamp, King Boudewijn stamp, Willy Brandt stamp, Vladimir Lenin stamp, Ernesto 'CHE' Guevara stamp, Golda Meir stamp,  Jesse Owens stamps, Football stamp, Bicycling Eddy Merckx stamp, (female) singer Edith Piaf stamp, Pop and Rock music the Beatles stamps , film/movie Charley Chaplin stamp, Tourism beach and holidays stamps, Scouting stamps, Comics Tim  and Struppi von Hergé stamp, philately stamp & magnifying-glass.

Now you have to decide what you have to do with this hobby.!!

Please read following series of my blog post  to understand what is going on stamp collecting world specially in Indian Philatelic material with 1948 Gandhi stamps.

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

As you read above blog posts don't you think that FAKE/FORGERY Cancellation is one of the reason were collector loose interest in collecting stamps.

Thanks
Ketankumar Patel.

BTW: Even UNOFFICAL First Day Sheet was sold for 5 Euros.!!!!!!!!! This was also in auction so it is a fair value.!!

Belgium Gandhi Stamps : Can't believe the pricing of this 1999 stamp sheet of Gandhi with Kennedy, MLK, Nelson Mandela, Lenin, Guevara, Golda Meir, Jesse Owens, Football, Bicycling, Tim and Struppi stamps from Belgium.

Hello Gandhi Collectors,

Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.

Straddling the cultural boundary between Germanic and Latin Europe, Belgium is home to two main linguistic groups, the Dutch-speakers, mostly Flemish (about 60%), and the French-speakers, mostly Walloons (about 40%), plus a small group of German-speakers. Belgium's two largest regions are the Dutch-speaking region of Flanders in the north and the French-speaking southern region of Wallonia. The Brussels-Capital Region, officially bilingual, is a mostly French-speaking enclave within the Flemish Region.

Belgium issued  first Gandhi stamps with Euro as it's currency.

In 1999 Belgium issued stamp sheet of 20 stamps each 0.42 euros. That means that it's price is 8.40 Euros.

Recently I saw above sheet sold under face value, for 6.50 Euros.!!!  This means that each stamp is 0.33 euros.!! So after 12+ years it's price has gone down instead of any appreciation even after keeping in safe storage.

This sheet has Gandhi stamp along with other 19 stamps  of Pope Johannes XXII., King Boudewijn., Willy Brandt., John F. Kennedy.,  Martin Luther King., Vladimir Lenin., Ernesto 'CHE' Guevara., Golda Meir., Nelson Mandela., Jesse Owens., Football., Bicycling Eddy Merckx., (female) singer Edith Piaf., Pop and Rock music the Beatles., film/movie Charley Chaplin., Tourism beach and holidays., Scouting., Comics., Tim  and Struppi von Hergé., philately stamp & magnifying-glass.

Following is the screen shot of selling price. Check it out 

After looking at this price Do you think stamp hobby is dead.!! This sheet is not even from very small countries who makes money on stamps like Aland, Sao Tome, Nevis etc and still value is going lower then it's original value.

Is it worth to collect Gandhi stamp sheet?

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!!

Thanks

Gandhi Stamps Club.