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their government regimes change. Will that make them more valuable?
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The USSR crumbled and many smaller countries came into existence but the USSR stamps never gained any market impetus, similar to Yugoslavia.
It's best to stick to collecting these countries if you already collect them but if you are thinking of making some dough from the stamps later on than you wasting time and money. The higher value stamps from these countries will remain so whatever changes take place in the government.
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If, on the other hand, you have any correspondents in some nation undergoing upheaval and can get mail through it is possible that mail from your correspondent might bear some unusual combination of postage and markings.
Don't bet the farm on it, but it is possible that an envelope sent to you at the right moment can be an interesting piece of postal history.
Do be careful with any note you write as many of these places have no concept of privacy and some chance remark when translated into their language might cause difficulty.
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I'm with Saleem and Charlie. It's unlikely that stamps from these countries will gain in value because of regime change or even if, say, Yemen were again to split or become something different. However, the postal history, especially of Yemen, is likely to be valued. Egypt and Syria both have strong postal systems with literate populations (I have many covers from both); I don't KNOW if the same is true of Yemen. Pay special attention to censor or military or auxilliary postal markings that distinguish mail from these periods from others, and keep the covers intact.
Countries like Yugoslavia, USSR, Czechoslovakia, and others have stamps that can be bought by the pound, unaffected by their status as dead countries.
David
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The value of any stamp depends largely on whether a collector wants to add it to his or her collection.. Even if a stamp is one of a kind, it has zero value if no one wants it. In the case of the stamps of Yemen and Syria (not so much Egypt), hardly anyone collects them now and will be unlikely to find them of much interest in any possible future.
Bob
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04:23:09am
Should I be buying stamps from these countries as
their government regimes change. Will that make them more valuable?
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re: As Yemen, Syria, and Egypt Crumble
The USSR crumbled and many smaller countries came into existence but the USSR stamps never gained any market impetus, similar to Yugoslavia.
It's best to stick to collecting these countries if you already collect them but if you are thinking of making some dough from the stamps later on than you wasting time and money. The higher value stamps from these countries will remain so whatever changes take place in the government.
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11 Jun 2011
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re: As Yemen, Syria, and Egypt Crumble
If, on the other hand, you have any correspondents in some nation undergoing upheaval and can get mail through it is possible that mail from your correspondent might bear some unusual combination of postage and markings.
Don't bet the farm on it, but it is possible that an envelope sent to you at the right moment can be an interesting piece of postal history.
Do be careful with any note you write as many of these places have no concept of privacy and some chance remark when translated into their language might cause difficulty.
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re: As Yemen, Syria, and Egypt Crumble
I'm with Saleem and Charlie. It's unlikely that stamps from these countries will gain in value because of regime change or even if, say, Yemen were again to split or become something different. However, the postal history, especially of Yemen, is likely to be valued. Egypt and Syria both have strong postal systems with literate populations (I have many covers from both); I don't KNOW if the same is true of Yemen. Pay special attention to censor or military or auxilliary postal markings that distinguish mail from these periods from others, and keep the covers intact.
Countries like Yugoslavia, USSR, Czechoslovakia, and others have stamps that can be bought by the pound, unaffected by their status as dead countries.
David
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re: As Yemen, Syria, and Egypt Crumble
The value of any stamp depends largely on whether a collector wants to add it to his or her collection.. Even if a stamp is one of a kind, it has zero value if no one wants it. In the case of the stamps of Yemen and Syria (not so much Egypt), hardly anyone collects them now and will be unlikely to find them of much interest in any possible future.
Bob
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