I am curious. I do not collect USA and live in the UK where we do not have the same sort of grading service. I would like to know how different a stamp grading at 95% would be from one at 100%. Would the "normal" collector be able to be able to tell the two apart out of the packaging ??
From what I have read I hope this system does not spread to the UK
Fortunately, this doesn't seem to have spread to Europe - we just have to keep saying "no".
I have seen relatively common cigarette cards graded (not usually very accurately) and slabbed and offered by UK dealers on ebay at silly prices, but I think the items originated in California.
It looks as though no one will reply to my question. Perhaps I will post it in a new topic I am just curious about grading and the premiums refered to in the above topic
All it takes is an interest in learning how to look at stamps with grading in mind and several months of studying how to do so. It's a philatelic skill, and like any other it can be learned.
Partime & revcollector Thanks for the replies I guess I was wondering if you could tell the difference in centering of a 95% stamp to a 100% stamp by eye or do you mneed a microscope to measure it. Assuming the stamsp are 100% in all other details.
Telling a 100 from a 98 can be very tough, but telling a 98 from a 95 or less can be learned as stated above. It takes a lot of practice. Turning the stamp to look at it from all four sides is a big part of it.
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