Cook
Islands
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Stamps
Cook
Islands issued their first stamps in 1892.
*Collecting Window 1892-1971
(best period
to collect)
Good
small country to collect with about 250 stamps within the
collecting window.
*
Investment Not a good area to invest in, although the
1943-54 postal fiscal stamps are hard to find and could start
to rise in
price.
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Queen
Victoria
The first stamps were issued in 1892
in a set of 4 with a catalogue value of £225, a
second set was issued in 1893 of 6 stamps and
another set issued in the same year of 10 stamps with a
value of £160 in mint and £170 in
used.
King Edward
Vll
Just one set was issued in the reign
of Edward Vll, this being issued in 1902 and consisted of
9 stamps with a combined value of
£160.
King George
V
This was a busy period for the Cook
Islands, with 10 sets being issued during this reign. The
1921-23 high value fiscal stamps consist of a set of 5
with a value of £250, another good set is the 1926 set of
the same 5 values SG85-89, with a combined value of
£500.
King George
Vl
The best set by far during this
period is the 1943-54 set of high value fiscal stamps,
consisting of 6 with a value of £400 in mint and £650 in
used condition.
Queen Elizabeth
ll
The best stamps of this period are
the 1963 set of 11, with a catalogue value of £30 and the
1967 set of 22 values with a combined price of
£55.
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