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I'd give the Estudio 20 certificate on a you S stamp the same weight I'd ascribe to a certificate signed by Mickey Mouse. |
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| Edited by jarnick - 04/21/2015 10:28 am |
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The people who signed this certificate are listed as in house experts at Estudio 20, which is an auction house. Conflict of interest? I also wonder where their expertise lies... |
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Probably because the Argentinians aren't familiar with the fact that no US specialist will give a cert on a no-grill without original gum.
The ONE used example that the PF certified as genuine was removed from a cover with the OG intact. |
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I believe the statement by billw2 is not completely accurate. I believe I have seen Scott Replenish Trepel respond to this statement previously, if not on this, then a competitor forum, I believe he said that copies of the middle values and here I am specifically referring to the 15 cent pictorial 118A can be certified genuine without gum and in fact the PF has previously done so. I cannot attest the same for PSE or APEX as their certificates are not able to be examined as easily or at all compared to PF search.
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Apologies for typo to above comment. It should have read "Scott Trepel." |
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I am fairly certain that I reported this stamp to Stamp Smarter some tme ago and contacted the seller about it. As I recall, he ignored me (surprise!).
I think funcitypapa is right as I sort of recall that info somewhere too, but I can not recall why a 118a can be certified without OG but the other values can not. |
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That does not seem to be the case. All the PF listed genuine 118a examples have gum. Those without gum got a "no opinion". |
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| Edited by revcollector - 04/20/2015 10:55 pm |
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I got my info from Brian Bleckwinn.
You're not going to get a PFC on a used 114a. Furthermore I believe the stamp was removed from the cover in his presence. |
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"You're not going to get a PFC on a used 114a".
That is correct. I know Brian very well; we have discussed this subject together as well. |
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Posted 04/20/2015 10:55 am
