Should I Send Them To PSE For Grading?

I plan to sell these a few stamps. I wonder if it makes sense to have them graded. I have never sent anything for grading yet, but I saw graded stamps were sold at very good price. I need your opinions on what kind of the grading could these stamp get? And how much is the service fee? Thanks!

They are all MNH.

You are going to have to research and get some idea of what certified versions of stamps like yours are going to bring beforehand. Then you figure if the cost of grading is justified. I know you've seen cheap 3c US commemoratives graded 100 bring huge prices; you also know things not much below that aren't worth the certification cost and submitters wasted money taking a (bad) shot.

PSE fee structure is here:
http://gradingmatters.com/services.html
You should go to their site first off, because at minimum you need to submit using their forms. You must insure anything sent to them. They will charge you insurance for shipment back to you. Figure in that cost, too.

I'm assuming all are NH. Me, I wouldn't see much advantage to you by certifying the 1c red brown. Even more so for the 2c claret -- that wouldn't justify the cert cost for any extra gained by paying for it.

The other clarets I would send in, the 3c more on basic catalog value than anything else. It's borderline whether you gain any more money there with a cert and grading, but it would prove being NH (if that's what is is). The 1c claret does have inclusions showing on the back, so a respectable price but not a great price for that one.

EDIT: Also at the PSE site take a look at SMQ numbers against population (I assume of certified genuine stamps). You can see what grades others usually get, though it's low population numbers for most postage dues.

Thank you for your comments. I didn't realize a paper inclusion would cause a grade deduction. Do they have a guideline on how the grading is done?

http://www.gradingmatters.com/Guide.pdf
gives the general process, pretty obvious, I think. You should go through their site.
http://gradingmatters.com/all-about-grading.html
the step by step method.

It is probably done like coin grading is done. There is a checklist of things to examine and each factor is given a grade/number. Then a total or average (maybe weighted differently for different factors) is calculated to give the grade. It is a somewhat subjective process. Note that a submitter can dispute the cert ("recon"), but I don't know how often this is actually done since they charge for it unless they change their certificate.

My opinion, save your money.
Don

None of these stamps will grade high enough to make it worth spending the money.

agree; too many perf defects ,not worth it...

Thanks for all the opinions!

One thing that jumped at me immediately is the fact that none of them are centered even closely.

Peter

save your money--great pic's, but agree with all those above. Keep searching and posting, good luck

Thank you everyone. You have saved my money! LOL

No.