Hyderabad Souvenir query

I have what I assume to be a fairly common
souvenir sheet with low value Hyderabad issues
cancelled CTO RAF Post Office.
http://groups.msn.com/Stamps/shoebox...to&PhotoID=349

I am considering lifting the stamps
and placing them in Hagners.
Would I be better advised to keep the sheet intact?

Same goes for several Japanese souvenir sheets.

Thanks


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Hi Rodney.

With the exception of the Bidar College (12 annas) and the Daulatabad Tower
(1 Rupee), these stamps are not very difficult to obtain. Hang around Ebay
and you'll get all of them in a month. However, in all the years I have
collected India (since 1966), I have only seen one other copy of your
sheet - it was auctioned off by Calgary's Stamp Shoppe about 8, 9, 10 years
ago. It would be a pity to destroy it just for the sake of getting your
hands on these particular stamps.

Just my 2 cents worth.
--
Tony Vella in Ottawa, Canada

"Rodney" wrote in message
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I have what I assume to be a fairly common
souvenir sheet with low value Hyderabad issues
cancelled CTO RAF Post Office.
http://groups.msn.com/Stamps/shoebox...to&PhotoID=349

I am considering lifting the stamps
and placing them in Hagners.
Would I be better advised to keep the sheet intact?

Same goes for several Japanese souvenir sheets.

Thanks


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Well, that's good enough for me,
thanks Tony.
I'll place it in a mint sheet cover intact.


| With the exception of the Bidar College (12 annas) and the Daulatabad Tower
| (1 Rupee), these stamps are not very difficult to obtain. Hang around Ebay
| and you'll get all of them in a month. However, in all the years I have
| collected India (since 1966), I have only seen one other copy of your
| sheet - it was auctioned off by Calgary's Stamp Shoppe about 8, 9, 10 years
| ago. It would be a pity to destroy it just for the sake of getting your
| hands on these particular stamps.
|
| Just my 2 cents worth.
| --
| Tony Vella in Ottawa, Canada

BTW if you collect India,
check your FDC's (SG907) Schubert 1978
for missing value denomination.
Don't know about you, but my FDC's take pride of place
in the dark recesses of the attic.


| With the exception of the Bidar College (12 annas) and the Daulatabad Tower
| (1 Rupee), these stamps are not very difficult to obtain. Hang around Ebay
| and you'll get all of them in a month. However, in all the years I have
| collected India (since 1966), I have only seen one other copy of your
| sheet - it was auctioned off by Calgary's Stamp Shoppe about 8, 9, 10 years
| ago. It would be a pity to destroy it just for the sake of getting your
| hands on these particular stamps.

On Sat, 5 Jun 2004 10:06:40 +0800, "Rodney"
wrote:

I have what I assume to be a fairly common
souvenir sheet with low value Hyderabad issues
cancelled CTO RAF Post Office.
http://groups.msn.com/Stamps/shoebox...to&PhotoID=349

I am considering lifting the stamps
and placing them in Hagners.
Would I be better advised to keep the sheet intact?

Same goes for several Japanese souvenir sheets.

Thanks


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Rodney:

I would keep the sheet intact. the cancels may be rarer than the
stamps and the "souvenir sheet" acts as a "provinance" for them.

Blair

Thanks Blair, I shall do.
Just a very polite salute,
"provinance" should read "provenance"
(just in case anyone looks for it in the dictionary)

| I would keep the sheet intact. the cancels may be rarer than the
| stamps and the "souvenir sheet" acts as a "provinance" for them.
|
| Blair
|