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.Haiti 1975 Audubon Bird sets of *60* Diff MUH corner Blocks 4 = 240 MUH - $A75!
Provenance - Bill Hornadge, from whom I bought these from before his death. You get SIXTY DIFFERENT stamps, each in a fresh MUH corner block 4. i.e. 240 stamps for just $A75.
All clean and fresh MUH .. a few minor condition issues (now 50 years old!) - mainly on outer selvedges where some were lightly stuck in storage.
These are seldom seen in MINT. Near all were CTO'd for cheap inclusion in the packet/approval trade. These are all fresh *MUH*. Big bonus. There are 15 different designs, and 4 different face values to each design - so 60 different stamps.
PART sets of SINGLES sell for $A80 posted as you can see -
https://www.ebay.ie/itm/234439772291
Even SINGLE *MUH* stamps go for $A9 posted - and you have 240 of them here -
https://www.ebay.ie/itm/265142779774
So a brilliant hoard for an ebay re-seller etc.
Jean-Jacques Audubon was born April 26, 1785 Les Cayes, Saint-Domingue (later Haiti).
The History of the Haitian Audubon Stamps
The History
These beautiful, colourful 1975 stamps depicted reproductions of paintings from world famous Haitian-born ornithologist Jean-Jacques Audubon.
The stamps attracted worldwide philatelic attention in their year of issue, 1975. Not only were they so large and visually appealing, but since bird stamp collections were increasingly popular, they became a must-have for most collectors. How did it all start?
Nicole Duvalier, the former President’s sister, is considered to have been the mastermind behind the project. She secured the design and printing of the stamps through her connections that went through the Postal Authorities, and even down to airport security.
The stamps were printed and sent to Miami, from where they were sold to eager philatelists globally.
The stamps themselves would have been issued normally if it were not for a cleverly designed scheme of authorising them. State authentication was needed, and the Haitian State Press director was bribed to print an issue of the official notice which announced the issue of the Haitian Audubon stamps, with the authority being provided by a forged signature of a Commerce Ministry official.
Demand was growing, and a stock of Haitian Audubon stamps was available for sale. Not only was the series large, at 60 individual stamps, one of the largest issues of birds on stamps, but also it came in an anniversary year – 190 years since the birth of Jean-Jacques Audubon.
The stamps are nowadays a highly sought philatelic set, with relevant face values printed on each stamp, and they would well fit in the category of philatelic ''Prepared but not officially issued' stamps.
For the collector who believes that conventions of mainstream philately are but a fad, they are of great value, especially if the series is complete. You can secure the complete set of 60 values at approximately 100 Euro.
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$A75 the LOT plus Global Post
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