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I Hate Acronyms

 
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Posted 03/27/2012   10:25 am  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add clintd to your friends list Get a Link to this Message

Doesn't anyone speak in complete words anymore? Could someone please tell me what "SMQ" stands for when estimating the price of a stamp?
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Posted 03/27/2012   11:40 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add ramanandn to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Catalog values are listed from Gibbons, Michel, Facit, Sassone, Yvert & PSE's Stamp Market Quarterly (SMQ).

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Posted 03/27/2012   11:41 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add wt1 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
SMQ = Stamp Market Quarterly
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Posted 03/27/2012   12:24 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add stallzer to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
As mentioned above this periodical suggests to sellers that their Stamps are worth 300 times more than what Scott's catalog values them at. So basically if the acronym "SMQ" is in the Stamp description, prepare to see a very large asking price.
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Posted 03/27/2012   12:42 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add incorruptibleid to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Is there anywhere to view the SMQ online? Or is this another book that has to be purchased?
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Posted 03/27/2012   1:31 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add I_Love_Stamps to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
WTH? LOL!
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Edited by I_Love_Stamps - 03/27/2012 1:31 pm
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Posted 03/27/2012   2:15 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add clintd to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Thanks everyone for their help!
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