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Posted 11/05/2017   9:20 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add Al E. Gator to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
Anybody familiar with this expert? Check the perf. tips A little food coloring maybe? It definitely a "blue" one. Seller (in Greece/Crete?) has a couple of other cert'ed. rare ones too!
https://www.ebay.com/itm/US-Stamps-...AOSwZtlZ-dtZ
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Posted 11/05/2017   9:25 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add rogdcam to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
ebay is awesome! Not
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Posted 11/05/2017   9:27 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add shermae to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
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Posted 11/05/2017   9:56 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Petert4522 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
maybe he could not find any grey foodcoloring?

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Posted 11/05/2017   9:59 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add revcollector to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
This seller has several other "bluish papers" that are clearly plain old regular paper as well.
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Posted 11/06/2017   06:22 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add srailkb to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Well, s/he's "...trying to do the best for each costumer". ...and I'd say they're off to a great start, putting that pretty blue makeup on that 1c stamp! Outstanding costume.

Anyway, I think I'm going to go after that "Scott 541" in the rare "ANTHRACITE GRAY" shade... Who knew that genuine 541's could be offset printing, type III and perf 11 all around? The less knowledgeable would probably think it was just a common Scott 529. But it's got a cert!

https://www.ebay.com/itm/263291637928

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Posted 11/06/2017   08:22 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add wtcrowe to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
The main bidder on both of those stamps is the same person O****K (227) which would make me think that there is something amiss with those listings, besides the obvious misidentifications.
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Posted 11/06/2017   08:31 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add 51studebaker to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
I could not find a "Leo Street" in Centennial Co. shown on the certs nor could I find anyone named John W. Divas.
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Posted 11/06/2017   09:50 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add alub to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
I think the expert says a lot when he describes a used stamp as "...used, without original gum..."
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Posted 11/06/2017   09:56 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Molokai to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
4873 would be North in the Denver area. Centennial is South of Denver. Leo Lane in Thornton (north) although the zip is Centennial.
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Posted 11/06/2017   10:34 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add mdroth to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
I also loved the 'used without original gum' line! (Would love to see a used stamp w/original gum?!)

However, can't generate alot of sympathy for these buyers - if you're that naive, you deserve what you get...but I doubt there are many 'real' buyers in this case...
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Posted 03/16/2019   1:58 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add fini32 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
I'm resurrecting this topic, simply because the seller, or one similar to the seller the OP mentioned, is back in action with the 'rare certified' stamps under the username alibfe. The same 'expertizer', many 'rare' stamps, and unfortunately too many sales. I understand the thought process behind not being naive enough to be fooled by the sales, but to go as far as to fake a certificate can unfortunately be enough to fool some of the less versed in this community (I would consider myself a skeptical novice, but the first time I saw his/her post, I fell for believing the cert was real, simply because I was unaware of the detailed certification process, and thought that faking certs would be too far for even the slimiest of sellers. What's the best mode of action against this seller, if any?
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Posted 03/16/2019   2:03 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add rogdcam to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Do not buy from them.
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Posted 03/16/2019   2:47 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add OzwaldO to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
I have seen the used with original gum description for CTO's before. Also MNH for a used (cto)!
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