Buenos Aires stamps - valuable or not?

asvcat · **Posted:** Mon Jul 02, 2007 17:41:03 pm

Discovered these six 1858 Buenos Aires stamps searching through an old album. They are mint, no gum, hinged.

Two are missing from the set of eight.

SG values them at over 2000 pounds !!!

Should I auction them or put them on ebay or Bidferret?

fromdownunder · **Posted:** Mon Jul 02, 2007 17:50:36 pm

There are many, many, many (no, I'm not kidding) different old and worthless reprints of these stamps. I suspect that yours are probably among them. I have quite a few myself.

This thread may help:

http://www.stampwants.com/phpBB2/viewto ... ght=buenos

Norm

David Benson · **Posted:** Mon Jul 02, 2007 19:01:09 pm

those are definitely the common reprints. the originals are on poor quality thin paper with pale colours,

David Benson

ozstamps · **Posted:** Tue Jul 03, 2007 03:12:18 am

Some dill will pay good money for them on ebay is my guess after seeing the Ross Smith crude fake get $150 last week. :twisted:

Billsey · **Posted:** Wed Jul 04, 2007 16:47:11 pm

I've got a few full sheets of these. In addition to what David said earlier, these forgeries have much larger spaces between the stamps, On genuine you can't get margins as wide as yours, they'd be showing adjacent stamps.

erich · **Posted:** Thu Jul 05, 2007 03:10:39 am

Those are definitely the cheap reprints, as others have said.

asvcat · **Posted:** Fri Jul 06, 2007 17:20:44 pm

Thanks guys. I'll give eBay a go. Someone might want to complete their reprints / forgeries set ?!!!

Jason Boyer · **Posted:** Sun Mar 11, 2012 17:06:28 pm

would love to compare these to the 2 I have and see the differences... I have the 3P(Green) and the 4P (Red) both of which have been passed down through 3 generations.... I am in Melbourne also...

fromdownunder · **Posted:** Sun Mar 11, 2012 17:27:48 pm

The reprints were printed many, many, many decades ago. If they come from an otherwise Kids collection, assume that they are not real. Like these:

Norm

Jason Boyer · **Posted:** Sun Mar 11, 2012 17:43:20 pm

fromdownunder · **Posted:** Sun Mar 11, 2012 17:57:16 pm

Jason Boyer wrote:

Thanks Norm, these 2 stamps have come to me from a serious collector, (definitely not a kids collection) so I would really like to have these 2 appraised internationally if possible. I have seen the forgeries of these and I agree there are alot out there, but I don't believe these are...

Provide front and back scans of the stamps here. That will get the real experts pitching in and you will have good advice within 24 hours at the latest.

Norm

Jason Boyer · **Posted:** Sun Mar 11, 2012 18:16:13 pm

Jason Boyer · **Posted:** Sun Mar 11, 2012 18:24:44 pm

Any thoughts on value anyone? Buenos Aires 1858

The Pom · **Posted:** Sun Mar 11, 2012 21:11:48 pm

Cheapo reprints I'm afraid Jason.

HalfpennyYellow · **Posted:** Sun Mar 11, 2012 21:17:38 pm

Jason Boyer wrote:

Any thoughts on value anyone? Buenos Aires 1858

I know very little about Buenos Aires stamps, but from reading Billsey's post:

Quote:

...On genuine you can't get margins as wide as yours, they'd be showing adjacent stamps.

...I guess that they are reprints as they have quite good margins.

There are other countries (Heligoland, Transvaal, etc.) which had reprints a long time ago so it might be difficult to distinguish between real ones and reprints. For Heligoland and Buenos Aires, ALWAYS assume they are reprints unless you have a certificate.


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