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I've had these for years
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Good, one, Phil.
Pakistan is a good country to collect and/or expand into. A large percentage of the stamps are of minimal value (less than $1.00 cat). There are some that have gone up (mostly during the Britsh era), but you won't go broke filling up the album pages with stamps.
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I think if you say you are a world collector then you would have to collect Pakistan. Unless of course your cut off date is previous to 1947. I can't say I've gotten to excited with collecting the country but I do on occasion try to fill some of the empty spaces. I have not decided if I will collect it much beyond 1970.
Pakistan: http://mitch.seymourfamily.com/mward/collection/mideast/pakistan/pakistan.html
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Mitch, someone gave me a plastic bag of Pakistan to rummage from 1947 to early 1990s so i can relate to your pages...working on them now !
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Phil, Many people find it helpful in referencing my pages while sorting and putting their stamps in order. It is much easier than searching through a catalog.
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Mitch you create your own pages and can add what you like..i have to deal with album pages that contain the SERVICE stamps !!
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IMHO Pakistan is one of those few countries that have had a genuinely 'good' new issue policy pretty much always. No blockbusters in there, just good old fashioned 'local' or 'global' themes ('Uniting for HIV Prevention', '6th Population and Housing Census', '100 Million cellurar subscribers' etc in year 2011).
And the definitives and service stamps, both having good number of easy-to-find varieties are plenty of fun too 
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I absolutely, positively do NOT collect Pakistan.
And, for that matter, I absolutely, positively do NOT collect FDCs.
The last time I saw this cover, it was sitting in some dealer's bargain box ... where it belonged ... and where it should have stayed ... and I have absolutely, positively NO idea how it made it back to my place from ASDA/NY ...
Cheers,
/s/ ikeyPikey
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"I have absolutely, positively NO idea how it made it back to my place from ASDA/NY"
I guess you got torpedoed.
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Phil, I have not gotten around to scanning the officials issues yet. However thy are the same regular issues in the same order but with overprint added. Those pages are Steiner formats printed on Scott specialty pages. Most of my pages are Scott specialty.
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I enjoy Pakistan as a part of my worldwide collection... India too. I appreciate any country whose stamps reflect that country's culture, history, beliefs, natural fauna and flora, geography, etc... even if they sometimes are at odds with my own personal beliefs and opinions. It's all about philatelic integrity to me. In that vein I also appreciate the philatelic emissions of the United Nations and even Viet Nam... beautiful stamps reflecting their values... same can be said for Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. Can we really say that about the last few decades of United States stamps? Oh wait a minute, maybe we can... mindless issues reflecting a society spiraling down from previous heights... maybe US issues do now reflect the philatelic integrity of the US... just some food for thought.
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I am a worldwide collector and collect Pakistan. At last count I am around 180,000 mounted of which 416 are Pakistan. I know I have mounted several since last count and I just bought several high cat items on SOR. I have not been able to bring my totals up to date as I lost the program on a computer conversion. As soon as I find someone to fix that, I can bring my totals up to date. I have kept track on paper.
I thought this was a question about whether one collected Pakistan, not a US bashing thread. If that is an issue it belongs in the steam room not here.
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My previous post was not meant to be U.S. bashing... just commenting on what I think about postage stamp integrity and how Pakistan and others do reflect their country's values and wondering if the same could be said about the U.S. (and many other countries as well). Do they mirror society or do they bow to political correctness? Maybe following a country's downward spiral (such as Nazi Germany or other dictatorships) would make an interesting topical collection... of course any such collection is going to reflect the individual collector's personal opinions... one man's paradise is another's paradise lost!
At least current issues lend themselves to a lot of discussion. 19th century stamps, although beautifully engraved, etc... usually just picture a reigning monarch leaving the discussion to just fine points of design, varieties, color, etc. and errors. I love these older stamps but there just isn't much there of any political or social interest.
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" Maybe following a country's downward spiral (such as Nazi Germany or other dictatorships) would make an interesting topical collection... of course any such collection is going to reflect the individual collector's personal opinions... one man's paradise is another's paradise lost!"
I was much taken with this comment from pathman, but any reply I make will have nothing to do with Phil's original post or subject title, so I'll start a new thread, if I may, and hope for some interesting feedback or debate.
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You probably know the name from the news the last 14 years or so..but how many Worldwide collectors(except for the guys with the 200 thou and 300 thou stamps) actively collect them ? The first stamps came out in 1947/48 but after that they issued a lot of stamps. The good news is they are not expensive !
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Good, one, Phil.
Pakistan is a good country to collect and/or expand into. A large percentage of the stamps are of minimal value (less than $1.00 cat). There are some that have gone up (mostly during the Britsh era), but you won't go broke filling up the album pages with stamps.
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I think if you say you are a world collector then you would have to collect Pakistan. Unless of course your cut off date is previous to 1947. I can't say I've gotten to excited with collecting the country but I do on occasion try to fill some of the empty spaces. I have not decided if I will collect it much beyond 1970.
Pakistan: http://mitch.seymourfamily.com/mward/collection/mideast/pakistan/pakistan.html
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Mitch, someone gave me a plastic bag of Pakistan to rummage from 1947 to early 1990s so i can relate to your pages...working on them now !
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Phil, Many people find it helpful in referencing my pages while sorting and putting their stamps in order. It is much easier than searching through a catalog.
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Mitch you create your own pages and can add what you like..i have to deal with album pages that contain the SERVICE stamps !!
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IMHO Pakistan is one of those few countries that have had a genuinely 'good' new issue policy pretty much always. No blockbusters in there, just good old fashioned 'local' or 'global' themes ('Uniting for HIV Prevention', '6th Population and Housing Census', '100 Million cellurar subscribers' etc in year 2011).
And the definitives and service stamps, both having good number of easy-to-find varieties are plenty of fun too
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I absolutely, positively do NOT collect Pakistan.
And, for that matter, I absolutely, positively do NOT collect FDCs.
The last time I saw this cover, it was sitting in some dealer's bargain box ... where it belonged ... and where it should have stayed ... and I have absolutely, positively NO idea how it made it back to my place from ASDA/NY ...
Cheers,
/s/ ikeyPikey
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"I have absolutely, positively NO idea how it made it back to my place from ASDA/NY"
I guess you got torpedoed.
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Phil, I have not gotten around to scanning the officials issues yet. However thy are the same regular issues in the same order but with overprint added. Those pages are Steiner formats printed on Scott specialty pages. Most of my pages are Scott specialty.
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20 Sep 2015
01:56:04am
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I enjoy Pakistan as a part of my worldwide collection... India too. I appreciate any country whose stamps reflect that country's culture, history, beliefs, natural fauna and flora, geography, etc... even if they sometimes are at odds with my own personal beliefs and opinions. It's all about philatelic integrity to me. In that vein I also appreciate the philatelic emissions of the United Nations and even Viet Nam... beautiful stamps reflecting their values... same can be said for Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. Can we really say that about the last few decades of United States stamps? Oh wait a minute, maybe we can... mindless issues reflecting a society spiraling down from previous heights... maybe US issues do now reflect the philatelic integrity of the US... just some food for thought.
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I am a worldwide collector and collect Pakistan. At last count I am around 180,000 mounted of which 416 are Pakistan. I know I have mounted several since last count and I just bought several high cat items on SOR. I have not been able to bring my totals up to date as I lost the program on a computer conversion. As soon as I find someone to fix that, I can bring my totals up to date. I have kept track on paper.
I thought this was a question about whether one collected Pakistan, not a US bashing thread. If that is an issue it belongs in the steam room not here.
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11:28:36pm
re: Pakistan
My previous post was not meant to be U.S. bashing... just commenting on what I think about postage stamp integrity and how Pakistan and others do reflect their country's values and wondering if the same could be said about the U.S. (and many other countries as well). Do they mirror society or do they bow to political correctness? Maybe following a country's downward spiral (such as Nazi Germany or other dictatorships) would make an interesting topical collection... of course any such collection is going to reflect the individual collector's personal opinions... one man's paradise is another's paradise lost!
At least current issues lend themselves to a lot of discussion. 19th century stamps, although beautifully engraved, etc... usually just picture a reigning monarch leaving the discussion to just fine points of design, varieties, color, etc. and errors. I love these older stamps but there just isn't much there of any political or social interest.
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" Maybe following a country's downward spiral (such as Nazi Germany or other dictatorships) would make an interesting topical collection... of course any such collection is going to reflect the individual collector's personal opinions... one man's paradise is another's paradise lost!"
I was much taken with this comment from pathman, but any reply I make will have nothing to do with Phil's original post or subject title, so I'll start a new thread, if I may, and hope for some interesting feedback or debate.
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