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What is appropriate? Including text as part of the grade or not? Please see sample. 
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You might be able to see I'm getting into collecting stamps. When grading stamps, some have text below the design. My query is whether or not the text should be included as part of the centering grade. Apologies for any confusion. |
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Text below design (typically initials of the designer and engraver) is not a feature of US stamps. And it seems to me only US stamps are graded. There is no point in grading modern stamps. |
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revenue 48, my apologies if I twist your question incorrectly, but do you really mean "grading" - being a paid-for service, or rather along more casual lines of ... when selecting a stamp for my album, which is normal: to consider only the centering of the rectangle of the design or to also include the bottom exterior text as part of the centering evaluation?
If that is your question, then personally I would ignore the extra text and deal only with the centering of the image itself. |
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I go by the design ignoring the imprint below, but if I have to choose between one that is a little high or one that is a little low, I'll take into account the imprint and go with the high one. |
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Edited by eyeonwall - 08/07/2020 9:59 pm |
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I agree with Germania that non-US stamps (with the exception of Canada??) rarely if ever get graded. And I agree with eyewall that the imprint would be ignored in favor of the amount of white space above and below the design. |
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Thanks for the input. I neglected to see that this is for US. Once again apologies |
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It doesn't HAVE to be for the US, but collectors elsewhere have shown no interest in this racket.
Why have you started anotehr thread with the same question? |
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John Becker and eyeonwall, that for the information. GeoffHa, my apologies if I erred in my reply or questions. I can see some are here to help, others not so much. I am relatively new to collecting (away for many years), and this forum is also new for me. I'll try and not offend you in the future. Kind regrads |
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You didn't offend me, but opening multiple threads on the same topic just confuses. |
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