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Here it is... small corner crease at upper right. Green cancel. Scott #11.   |
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Yeah, it looks like Chase plated the stamp. This is a stamp that I bought on ebay. I didn't have to pay extra for the corner crease as it wasn't mentioned. |
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Napanoch is listed in Chase as one of the towns with noteworthy green postmarks. And I hate to mention it, but the right and top margins could be trimmed to get rid of the crease. What's it worth? Maybe $20? If you got two bidders who needed the cancel and didn't mind the crease, it would go for more, maybe much more. That's my guess. |
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The bottom left corner in the reverse image looks like there might have been a repair. Still a nice stamp for a cancel collector. |
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Also the upper right corner (upper left on reverse pic) looks like it may be repaired/added. |
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| Edited by bookbndrbob - 03/30/2018 12:21 am |
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Following ttreen's suggestion, this would be perhaps the most trimming I could tolerate. There may be a slight bit more that one could trim but it is the cancel and the margins that made this stamp exceptional. I paid WAY more than $20 and I am sure it was in large part, because of the margins.  |
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I sold this one http://www.bennettstamps.com/cgi-bi...=1345&lang=1over ten years ago for $650+tip, and yours reminds me a bit of it, minus the crease. The crease on yours is removed from the design, and you are targeting an ebay audience, so, sadly, you will probably not crack $100. That would probably bring $150-200 at a normal auction house today, and if the buyer were so predisposed, he'd cut off the crease, and resell for twice that. |
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I paid $140 by competitive bid on ebay but it was supposed to be sound! I don't plan on reselling it. My desire is to bid on stamps accurately described. I am frequently forced to claw back part of my purchase price. |
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| Edited by sinclair2010 - 03/30/2018 11:41 am |
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Trimming would be terrible. The good margin is a much more positive aspect than a trivial problem with the corner. |
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Winston - Its a beautiful stamp, and, personally, if I were in your position, I would keep that stamp, in spite of the description issues ... although the transaction would leave a bad taste in my mouth - no doubt.
We all get burned at one point or another, by an incomplete/incorrect description, and then its just a matter of what the item is worth to you. |
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Just to be clear, I did not and would never suggest actually trimming the stamp. |
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I think it is perfectly fine in certain instances. I didn't have to do much cropping at all to achieve the results that I posted. |
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Sinclair,
That stamp is easily worth what you paid. It is a beautiful stamp.
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Sinclair,
I think you paid a fair price for that beautiful stamp. It has a lot going for it including four generous margins, and a nicely-struck green cancel that is generally face-free. The corner crease is trivial, in my opinion, and doesn't detract from the eye appeal. The Napanoch town cancel is really neat! A town I'd never heard of. |
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