Yémen (Jemen) unissued stamp Michel Nr. A 960, date of printing: 1969 Hello, I am a french seller. I have a question about this stamp, Michel Nr A 960. This stamp is not issued, catalog value of 120 €. It's supposed to be scarce. But it is actually not so scarce. The auction house Christoph Gärtner sold 40 complete sheets of 50 for 540 € (catalog value: 240 000 €). There is something wrong about this stamp: Too much quantity. Maybe these are modern reprints. If you have any information about this (reprints, fraud, other suppositions) See photos below: Thank you in advance [Die Redaktion lässt das Thema vorübergehend im Hautforum stehen, es sei denn die Antworten werden überwiegend in deutscher Sprache geschrieben]

Hello, what means RARE ? Very big offers by GÄRTNER: W 556• 1969, Death of Al Amir Seif Al Islam Abdullah Bin Al Hassan (1936-1969) 4b. bright blue/vermilion in an investment lot with 40 complete sheets with 50 stamps each mint never hinged. Michel no. A 960, € 240.000,-- + (!) (M) A 960 (2000) ** 1.400,- W 557• 1969, Death of Al Amir Seif Al Islam Abdullah Bin Al Hassan (1936-1969) 4b. bright blue/vermilion in an investment lot with about 10 complete sheets with 50 stamps each mint never hinged. Michel no. A 960, € 60.000,-- + (!) (M) A 960 (500) ** 600,- W 558• 1969, Death of Al Amir Seif Al Islam Abdullah Bin Al Hassan (1936-1969) 4b. bright blue/vermilion in an investment lot with about 40 complete sheets with 50 stamps each and some extras (total about 2.000 stamps), mint never hinged, an unbelievable offer and probably the largest holding in existance, mint never hinged, Mi. A 960, € 240.000,-- + (!) (M) A 960 ** 2.000,- W 559• 1969, Death of Al Amir Seif Al Islam Abdullah Bin Al Hassan (1936-1969) 4b. bright blue/vermilion in an investment lot with at least 300 complete sheets with 50 stamps each (in total about 15.000 stamps), mint never hinged, an unbelievable offer and probably the largest holding in existance, mint never hinged, Mi. A 960, € 1.800.000,-- + (!) (S) A 960 (15000) ** 8.000,- Regards Limingerald

What means RARE ? I don't know. Christoph Gärtner sells 20 000 copies (Nr A960) in auctions... Number of stamps printing was 100 000 copies ? Or maybe 1 000 000 or 10 000 000 ? Christoph Gärtner sold 40 sheets of 50 stamps for 540€ (catalog value = 240 000€) : therefore this stamp is overvalued in Michel catalog (120€ each stamp)... Do you agree ?

Hello, I think you are right. The sheets were probably not destroyed, but ended up in dark channels. limingerald

OK... Thank you !