youpiao
05 Apr 2016
12:50:00am | It seems Grenada is targeting a new group of collectors to fleece, as if they didn't sell enough Disney stamps already.
The New Issue Update in the current issue of Linn's shows an issue from that island that, at first glance, anyone could mistake for one issued by China, such is the (over)use of Chinese text and iconography.
But, here's the kicker. This is not a set of 4 or 6 stamps; nor, even, a sheetlet of 16 or 20. This set comprises 110 different designs, all centered around Deng Xiaoping.
It's enough to make you appreciate the conservative issuing policies of St Vincent and Solomon Islands.
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Guthrum
05 Apr 2016
05:10:52am | re: Grenada Going After Chinese Market
Ah, capitalism in its purest form!
But then, we have come to expect this sort of thing from Grenada, have we not? (Probably revenge on you American chaps for a certain unpleasantness thirty years ago!)
But it is not just Grenada (and Guyana, and Benin, etc. ad inf.) that is up to these tricks. I once considered Malta as a sensible sort of place with some interesting designs. Certainly their history in WW2 warranted a commemoration or two in subsequent years. Operation Pedestal, the Malta Convoys, was a notable, important and dramatic event, surely worthy of a 70th anniversary commemoration in 2012. A stamp, you might think, or even a set of three.
No. Maltapost in its ineffable wisdom decided on not one, nor yet three, but eleven issues of eight stamps each. 88 stamps, one for every single vessel involved - count 'em: four aircraft carriers, two battleships, seven cruisers, 33 destroyers and 42 other supporting ships.
The designs are mediocre, each ship hemmed in tightly by an elliptical frame effectively cutting down the available space by a third. Hemmed in identically, eighty-eight times.
So, who is this mighty (and mightily unimpressive) set for? Why, fellows like me, who collect WW2 commemorative stuff. But (as the evidence of this very site shows), compared to the, er, billions of Chinese who may or may not collect stamps, there aren't exactly many fellows like me. OK, 'ship' collectors, too. A few more of those, doubtless, but not in the Chinese market range.
Maltapost, this was a grave misstep. I shall photocopy one sample stamp for my album, with a note to the effect that, vital though Operation Pedestal was (I shall give brief details), your issuing policy (qv Grenada, Guyana, Benin, etc. ad inf.) automatically precluded purchase of your stamps.
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