Lot 187 Guinea SC#930Avar 200s Gold Embossed 1985 Space achievements, A VFNH Example, Click on Listing to See ALL Pictures

A VFNH example of the 200s Gold Embossed from the 1985 Space achievements. This is the unlisted imperf souvenir sheet one one. 2017 Scott cat. $32.5.

As you view the sale you will see the same issues over and over again for the former French Colonies: 1969 Moon Landing, 1972 Conquest of Space, 1975 Apollo-Soyuz Mission, 1976 Viking Mars Project, 1977 Zepppelin Issue, 1980 European Space Agency, 1976 US Bicentennial, 1986 Haley's Comet, 1983 Air Ballon Bicentennial and so on. Those issues typically consist of an issued set of regular and airmail stamps, a gold foil embossed high value, and two higher value souvenir sheets each containing a single stamp. However, most, if not all these issues can be found imperforate, with souvenir sheets containing just one of each value and sometimes even se-tenant souvenir sheets containing all values. The gold foil embossed high values can also be found in sheetlets of one, and these are usually noted in Scott and valued. However, none of the other items usually are. So, what we have done here is to value them where the basic stamps are listed, at the same prices, and where they are entirely unlisted for the same value as a similar listed item of the same face value. We think this is generally conservative, as most footnoted items in Scott are usually values at a premium over the basic stamps, sometimes quite a considerable premium. It must be borne in mind that while these countries are often associated with low value, cancelled to order "wallpaper", these higher value sets and singles were genuinely scarce, and are in a different league than the lower value stamps, which are, as any experienced collector can attest, quite plentiful.