Well, Magyar Post(a) is Hungary, so they are collected. Just remember that during the glory days of communist rule stamps were churned out be the hundreds, sold as CTO (cancelled to order) & therefore not worth the paper they're printed on (a jaded view, I must admit) so, unless someone just wants a space filler.... The others are referred to as "Sand Dune" countries, and in general are packet fillers, are ignored by Scott (altho' Michel or Stanley Gibbons might list some of them) and most Western (e.g. U.S.) collectors ignore them as well. I have scads & continue to get them when I buy large lots. But it's up to the individual collector. Collect what you like (they're mostly topicals), but demand is generally low.
Roger
I have some 250 grams of these and more lying around somewhere and I've been meaning to send them off to the 'Holocaust' project (they have advertised here at SOR also) - this is probably the best use of them that I could think of. As for collectability of these items - they were never issued for postal use therefore just some pretty labels with perforations.
Michel lists all of the Dunes, albeit not with the same level of detail afforded to other countries. The Michel Gulf-States is one of the Michel catalogs available in English. http://www.stampcommunity.org/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=26783.
There has been a somewhat growing interest in these stamps. I would certainly keep any MNH topical sets and souvenir/sheets. Case in point, put in Ajman MNH in an ebay search and you will see that there tend to be multiple bids on these stamps.
CTO is less desirable. There certainly has been a change in attitude concerning these stamps by some collectors. Most collectors' still do not regard any of these stamps as collectible, but there are some going against the current. Knowledge, as always, is power. Michel tries to disentangle the stamps issued by various agencies under contract, and stamps that were printed by those agencies after the contract for supplying stamps had officially ended. The latter are the true bogus issues, because they were issued without authorization and even theoretically could have never been used as postage. For the prior issues, a case for colorful and plentiful, yet valid, postage can be made. As for the sheer number of stamps: yes it appears Ajman printed in two years what USA and Australia issue in five years, but the gap is closing.
Arno
Whenever I get any of these (usually in box lots) I send them to my ex. She's an artist and uses them to create "art journals" and various other forms of art... solves the problem of "what to do" with them... and they still get used somewhere people can look at them as "pretty labels."
~Peter
I have an assortment of single and miniture sheets ect of countries like Fujeira, Ajman, Manama, Qatar, Magyar Posta, Ummal Qiwain and Sharjah to name a few still in packs from the late 60's - 70's, my question is, are any of them worth anything ?, and which is worth keeping ?, and is anyone interested in them ?
re: Collectability
Well, Magyar Post(a) is Hungary, so they are collected. Just remember that during the glory days of communist rule stamps were churned out be the hundreds, sold as CTO (cancelled to order) & therefore not worth the paper they're printed on (a jaded view, I must admit) so, unless someone just wants a space filler.... The others are referred to as "Sand Dune" countries, and in general are packet fillers, are ignored by Scott (altho' Michel or Stanley Gibbons might list some of them) and most Western (e.g. U.S.) collectors ignore them as well. I have scads & continue to get them when I buy large lots. But it's up to the individual collector. Collect what you like (they're mostly topicals), but demand is generally low.
Roger
re: Collectability
I have some 250 grams of these and more lying around somewhere and I've been meaning to send them off to the 'Holocaust' project (they have advertised here at SOR also) - this is probably the best use of them that I could think of. As for collectability of these items - they were never issued for postal use therefore just some pretty labels with perforations.
re: Collectability
Michel lists all of the Dunes, albeit not with the same level of detail afforded to other countries. The Michel Gulf-States is one of the Michel catalogs available in English. http://www.stampcommunity.org/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=26783.
There has been a somewhat growing interest in these stamps. I would certainly keep any MNH topical sets and souvenir/sheets. Case in point, put in Ajman MNH in an ebay search and you will see that there tend to be multiple bids on these stamps.
CTO is less desirable. There certainly has been a change in attitude concerning these stamps by some collectors. Most collectors' still do not regard any of these stamps as collectible, but there are some going against the current. Knowledge, as always, is power. Michel tries to disentangle the stamps issued by various agencies under contract, and stamps that were printed by those agencies after the contract for supplying stamps had officially ended. The latter are the true bogus issues, because they were issued without authorization and even theoretically could have never been used as postage. For the prior issues, a case for colorful and plentiful, yet valid, postage can be made. As for the sheer number of stamps: yes it appears Ajman printed in two years what USA and Australia issue in five years, but the gap is closing.
Arno
re: Collectability
Whenever I get any of these (usually in box lots) I send them to my ex. She's an artist and uses them to create "art journals" and various other forms of art... solves the problem of "what to do" with them... and they still get used somewhere people can look at them as "pretty labels."
~Peter