Bogus: Sahara OCC RASD souvenir sheets
Besides Somali Republic (see yesterdays blog entry), Sahara OCC R.A.S.D (or officially République Arabe Saharouie Démocratique – Arab Republic of Western Sahara) is one of the most common sources of modern topical bogus / cinderella stamps. None of the RASD issues have postal validity anywhere. At best, they can be considered as local propaganda labels or cinderella issues.
Western Sahara, the former Spanish West Sahara, is the last African colonized country still waiting for independence. Originally the area was intended to receive its independence by being divided between Morocco and Mauritania, but the arab population objected, and the whole matter went to the United Nations, where it has remained unresolved ever since. Currently the area is under Moroccan regime.
Bogus: Sahara OCC RASD souvenir sheet – Camels
Bogus: Sahara OCC RASD souvenir sheet - Egyptian painting
I don’t know how many RASD stamps are out there, but I’ve seen a french stamp dealer providing packets of 200 different RASD stamps. Personally I have approx. 100 different RASD stamps. So the real number of issued stamps must be several hundreds, if not more.
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Dear Keijo, do you know any catalogue/website that I can use de “classify” those stamps?
Best regards
Rafael
Hi Rafael,
unfortunately I’m not aware of no such resources
Possibly the French readers of the blog might know something?
It’s sad that “bogus stamps” don’t have a specialized webstore like RigaStamps is for cinderellas (warning – do not visit this site, unless you have plenty of spare time. It is an addictive resource for all sorts of cinderellas, LOL)