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Posted 04/28/2018   1:06 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add craigk to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
Difficult situation for the seller (and a buyer), who is quite reputable. But honesty shows thru with both certs in the listing.

US 286 SMQ - NH 95 $725, 85 PH $30

https://www.ebay.com/itm/286-CONFLI...AOSwTlFakuss
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Posted 04/28/2018   1:33 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Petert4522 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Pretty stamp, but proof why I personally do not believe in this grading fad

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Edited by Petert4522 - 04/28/2018 1:35 pm
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Posted 04/28/2018   1:39 pm  Show Profile Check GeoffHa's eBay Listings Bookmark this reply Add GeoffHa to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Odd not to show the back of the stamp in these circumstances.
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Posted 04/28/2018   1:47 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add 51studebaker to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Especially since one cert says NH and the other hinged.
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Posted 04/28/2018   2:45 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add rogdcam to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Rupp states that they see no evidence of a hinge mark. I trust Christopher. Siegel also states their own opinions.
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Posted 04/28/2018   11:13 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add wtcrowe to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Based on the photos on the certificates I am not sure that the certificates are for the same stamp. The stamp on the PSAG certificate appears to have small, but balanced margins. The stamp on the PSE certificate appears to be smaller at top than at bottom.
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Posted 04/28/2018   11:55 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Seigaku to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Good catch wt! The perf patterns are distinctively different--especially look at the upper left in the PSAG "never hinged" cert. You will see a narrow extension where the horizontal and vertical perfs were close to each other. This does not appear in the stamp for sale, which has a perf pattern pretty near that of the lower valued, partially hinged PSE cert.
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Posted 04/28/2018   11:57 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Seigaku to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
I meant to say "previously hinged"
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Posted 04/29/2018   12:09 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add rogdcam to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Both certs are for the exact same stamp. Exact Same Stamp. Exact.
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Posted 04/29/2018   12:20 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Seigaku to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
I stand corrected. Somehow that little piece has disappeared, but the rest is indeed the same.
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Posted 04/29/2018   09:37 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add dudley to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
I'd also trust Christopher Rupp implicitly.
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