Scott Catalogue Reading Question

Hey all, I have a question on interpreting my Scott. I am using 2004 Vol 6, for reference. On stamps such a South Africa #78, what is the price next to this listing referencing? There are minor numbers (78a and 78b) that have been assigned under it and I understand what those are valuing, but it seems to me that these to minor numbers encompass the whole of the major number but the price for the major is substantially higher. Can anyone help explain?

The price for 78 is for the connected pair of both 78a and 78b. The prices for 78a and 78b are for the separated singles.

Thank you!

I should have pointed out, the Scott values are for HORIZONTAL pairs (vertical pairs, according to Scott, will be 1/3 less). Of course, the price is for unfolded pairs with no perf separations.

How do I read the 1 Peso ? Litho or Typo ?

I have been presuming the stamp print is indicated at the beginning of the list, and remains so, unless otherwise stated.

Hi Rod,

SG says that the 1 peso stamp is typo (SG 950).

Cheers Nigel,
I could tell that by looking under the loupe.
What I am trying to do, is to find if I am reading Scott incorrectly,
or there is a mistake in the catalogue.

I am having quite a bother with Scott and Argentina at the moment.

Thanks for responding.

I don't think you're reading Scott incorrectly. The listing appears to be mistaken.

I like the Scott catalogues but not as much as SG or Michel.

I find Scott is sometimes just too vague (as we had recently where a set heading mentioned several perf types with saying which stamps each applied to).

I like Michel's approach best but I find the small print a bit of problem and I only have their European catalogues.

I found on a former board that we had repeated discussions where users had trouble identifying the 1915-17 Turkish overprints in Scott.

This usually came down to readers taking a "With additional overprint" + image reference in the listings to be a section header spanning multiple sets when it simply covered the next few stamps within the current set.

Examples of this include Sc. #514A-516A and Sc. #B26-27 which all have the Turkish "b" overprint although the following stamps Sc. #517-525 and Sc. #B28-30 do not.

THe Scott layout is logical but it seemed to confuse a lot of readers.

Thank you Rusty.

Cheers Nigel, I sympathise with the Turkish commentary, I had similar problems
when I began Turkey, I found I was placing stamps incorrectly, Michael picked me up on that.
Once you get the Scott system, it was easier, but it will still create problems with the novice.

I am still discombobulated with Argentina "Sunflowers" Sc#690-690a
Scott has the shorter paper as Photo. I have it as Litho.
Then I have both examples on the same size paper.
A real head scratcher.