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12:01:57am
I'm so glad I finally got the 2 volume set. It gives so much more information on varieties of stamps that the one volume does not. I cannot use Scott for my German collection because I have too complete a collection with imperforate, blocks, pairs, etc. that are not listed in Scott.
I haven't yet looked at the difference between Scott values and the most recent Michel Russia. That should be interesting to see.
I'm amazed at the variety of CV though between Scott, Michel and SG with German stamps.
Kelly
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The reason for the drop in DDR values is that when East and West Germany reunited, the stamps from the DDR became readily and easily available. Many in the DDR who had large quantities of DDR stamps sold them in the western market in order to get much needed money. It is a matter of supply coming onto the market.
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From my perspective, as the manager of a stamp shop in Ottawa, Canada; the market for German stamps remains strong. The DDR market is weak and flooded... those stamps are everywhere.
David
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I agree. Complete (or as good as...) collections of DDR are offered everywhere. If I wanted to have one, I could buy for less than 200 euro. And if I looked a bit harder or went to a dealer's shop probably for much less.
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I think that holds true for much of eastern Europe right now. I've been picking up mint never hinged year sets of Czechoslovakia at around 1/3 or less of Scott. I found someone else selling most MNH year sets of Bulgaria for even less. All of the sellers are in eastern Europe.
It also looks like some of those year sets have been sitting on the hobby shop shelves for a while as the stamps in a couple of the packets were all stuck together.
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24 Jun 2014
12:01:57am
While Michael has been doing his Scott update, I've had a chance to do a quick look at the 2013 2 volume Michel for Germany. I am quite surprised at the value changes from 2009. The German States in general have risen in cv but just looking at the first few years of DDR, there is quite a difference with lower cv in 2013 than 2009. Could this be caused by the instability of the Euro?
I'm so glad I finally got the 2 volume set. It gives so much more information on varieties of stamps that the one volume does not. I cannot use Scott for my German collection because I have too complete a collection with imperforate, blocks, pairs, etc. that are not listed in Scott.
I haven't yet looked at the difference between Scott values and the most recent Michel Russia. That should be interesting to see.
I'm amazed at the variety of CV though between Scott, Michel and SG with German stamps.
Kelly
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01:53:09am
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The reason for the drop in DDR values is that when East and West Germany reunited, the stamps from the DDR became readily and easily available. Many in the DDR who had large quantities of DDR stamps sold them in the western market in order to get much needed money. It is a matter of supply coming onto the market.
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From my perspective, as the manager of a stamp shop in Ottawa, Canada; the market for German stamps remains strong. The DDR market is weak and flooded... those stamps are everywhere.
David
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I agree. Complete (or as good as...) collections of DDR are offered everywhere. If I wanted to have one, I could buy for less than 200 euro. And if I looked a bit harder or went to a dealer's shop probably for much less.
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10:30:19am
re: Michel value changes
I think that holds true for much of eastern Europe right now. I've been picking up mint never hinged year sets of Czechoslovakia at around 1/3 or less of Scott. I found someone else selling most MNH year sets of Bulgaria for even less. All of the sellers are in eastern Europe.
It also looks like some of those year sets have been sitting on the hobby shop shelves for a while as the stamps in a couple of the packets were all stuck together.
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