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Not a terribly hard stamp to get with good centering and ample margins, personally I wouldn't waste the money. You might never recover it and if you do decide to sell it collectors looking for high grade material don't mind paying for it. |
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I agree with stallzer...
BUT, the stamp is a beauty!
If you decide to cert, gum must be PERFECT! |
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Excellent guys, thank you. The gum is never hinged but isn't perfect. Has some color from stacking, I assume, but it makes it look a little messy.
Thanks for responding. |
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834's abound plentifully everywhere and are always
very easy to come by "jumbo" NH... a cert even on
a gem would be a highly questionable act... enjoy
your nice copy for yourself... |
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i am just a novice but isn't certification of authenticity in a stamp only needed for those that have a reputation for counterfeiting, such as the washington's and franklin's? also I was advised by the APS expertizer to only bother with stamps above $200 value. I think yours fits the bill, but I am only saying for those who might be thinking of verifying the genuineness of their stamp(s).
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In this case, the certification wouldn't be for authenticity, but for the grade. Perfectly centered stamps will almost always sell for much higher prices than off-centered ones, but for the very highest grades (98 to 100 out of 100) a cert is generally required. "Should grade 100" will get you a hill of beans compared to one that actually has a cert for 100. |
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acorn54, my thought was if the stamps rarity/value is enhanced by the centering than it would be a good investment. Judging by the responses it would not, so I wont. |
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you can have any stamp certed as they would be happy to accept your check or money order but this stamp is the only one of it's design and can't be confused with another one like it and it would also have to be something really special like perfect centering and boardwalk margins along with pristine gum or something similar to (in my personal opinion) justify the cost of a cert. |
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If the gum had no issues, I would probably have it graded, if it were mine. Cost for that would be $10.
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Cost for that would be $10. Who grades you items??? Definately NOT PSE, PF or PSAG! |
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Here is the back of the 834. If I could get a legit cert for $10.00 I might do it. Only because, I don't have a certificate for any of my items and having my favorite issue be my first cert, would be cool.  Since they're housed together thought I would add a shot of it's cousin. I have the $2 also but it doesn't have selvage.  |
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Stampcrow... as politely as I can ask...
why would you even consider certing a
stamp as common as an 834... a cert would
not increase its value, even if it were
a gem... superb and gem jumbos NH are
quite common for the high end Prexies... |
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In all honesty it would be a waste of money. When you get an 832b, that might be worth a cert. |
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Posted 11/20/2014 7:02 pm
