Old unissued south Vietnam?

[Alex_iv]

Hello everyone,
recently on ebay i spotted this thing
Anyone can share knowledge about this deluxe sheet?

Thanks in advance!

[THE GUEST]

Hi Alex,

That's an artist proof with signature related to the Prince Bao Long stamp set issued in June 1956 under the (South) Vietnam State era.

[Alex_iv]

Nguyên văn bởi Trần Trọng Khải

Hi Alex,

That's an artist proof with signature related to the Prince Bao Long stamp set issued in June 1956 under the (South) Vietnam State era.

Hi Khai,
sure i understand that this is an artist proof and it's Bao Long on it.
But the idea - it wasn't issued, right? Did anyone ever see such real stamp? Because so far i never saw it
And i actually cannot remember any set for Bao Long in 1956. It was in 1954 and it's completely different design. Is there some set for 1956 which is not listed in catalogs?

Thanks,
Alexander

[wwf_stamp]

Nguyên văn bởi Alex_iv

Hi Khai,
sure i understand that this is an artist proof and it's Bao Long on it.
But the idea - it wasn't issued, right? Did anyone ever see such real stamp? Because so far i never saw it
And i actually cannot remember any set for Bao Long in 1956. It was in 1954 and it's completely different design. Is there some set for 1956 which is not listed in catalogs?

Thanks,
Alexander

Hi Alex,

This is a stamp design (on proof) and it is unissued. There are 2 unissued proofs at that time: one is Bao Long Prince (this one) and Bao Dai King (another stamp design, and also it is printed on proof (black & white) but they are not issued). There are no exist of stamps (from these proof).
This unissued Bao Long Prince proof has just been sold at cheap price (I thought it must be sold at least of USD 650), but you can see it is far under the amount.
My friend, Dr. G.C (in France) won it at very good price.

[Alex_iv]

Nguyên văn bởi wwf_stamp

Hi Alex,

This is a stamp design (on proof) and it is unissued. There are 2 unissued proofs at that time: one is Bao Long Prince (this one) and Bao Dai King (another stamp design, and also it is printed on proof (black & white) but they are not issued). There are no exist of stamps (from these proof).
This unissued Bao Long Prince proof has just been sold at cheap price (I thought it must be sold at least of USD 650), but you can see it is far under the amount.
My friend, Dr. G.C (in France) won it at very good price.

Hi,
thanks a lot for your information! Actually i was also bidding on it but was not sure is it fake or real And for me it was still a high price - something more than 200 euros.

[THE GUEST]

Hi Alex,

Real or fake ?
It's difficult to determine unless you have had experience to see and touch few same items by yourself. However, how could you have a chance with a rare item like it ? By away, it's rare but it appears in philatelic market sometimes. Do you trust to buy it $650 from a far distance by only looking and feeling it real ?

Regards,

Khai

[Alex_iv]

Hi Khai,
I never intent to risk 650$ For sure you're right that it's rather hard and risky to bid big amount of money on the item you see only on a scan in internet Thats why i actually bid much less, the amount i'm ready to risk just because of curiosity So when the bids grow higher than 100 USD i stopped because just for curiosity it's too much