Early Rhodesia

Please help me with this "issue" I am having trouble trying to understand how "remainders" affects value. After Rhodesia #49, in Scott, there is a note about many early stamps of Rhodesia being "remaindered." Does this mean that unused stamps from Rhodesia during that period are "worth" much, much less than the Scott listing gives them? How can you tell, for example, if Scott numbers 76 - 79 unused, are worth what Scott lists them at, or if they are "remaindered," which, I assume, would make them much less valuable. If a person is trying to sell Rhodesia 76, for example, does he assume that the Scott value listed is a starting point? Or, would the stamps sell for only 5 or 10% of the catalogue value because people would think that the stamp had been "remaindered." I know that I may not have ask the question correctly, but I hope you can understand what I need to know.

Charles Farrell

All the "remainders" referred to, following #49, are CTO (cancelled to order), probably with some sort of non-postal cancel, like an oval with bars, etc., instead of a postal cancel. They would not be mint stamps in any case.

Any "used" stamp with such a non-postal cancel (or with a fiscal cancel) would sell for a very small percentage of catalog.

If they do not have gum, look carefully for evidence of a washed revenue cancel. (And on the higher values, if they do have gum, you might want to look for evidence of washing and regumming, too.)