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I have here a MNH zep set signed on the back by a European expert. Does this affect the value of the stamps for US collectors? Thanks in advance for your help on this issue.  |
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United States
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If a known expert, it would have no negative bearing on my interest in the stamp |
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Are you sure it's an experts mark and not a collectors mark? Personally writing on the backs of stamps makes them less desirable. Unless it's a well known expert I'd say it decreases value, just my 2¢. |
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I would avoid purchasing common stamps like Zeps with any kind of mark, expert or not. It is too easy to find a set without marks so my opinion is that it lowers the value.
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I would avoid purchasing common stamps like Zeps with any kind of mark, expert or not. It is too easy to find a set without marks so my opinion is that it lowers the value. I agree 100% percent. Unfortunately, the European experts are responsible for much damage to the stamps that I collect. |
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Note sure, but I'm guessing the PF would not certify them as NH. I think to be NH the gum needs to be truly pristine without even a thumbprint. As I said, I'm not sure, but that would be my guess. So that would mean they get priced as OG - which for the $2.60 stamp is about a $400 difference in Scotts. |
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Thanks, though I believe they have tightened up on this recently, but good to see. |
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Those look like the C-15 - 18 so expertising helps. A certificate would be better. |
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I absolutely hate expertising marks. These experts don't even own the stamps, why should they even mark on property that doesn't belong to them? |
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I absolutely hate expertising marks. These experts don't even own the stamps, why should they even mark on property that doesn't belong to them? I agree. But I don't think there was really any other way to "guarantee" stamps back before photo attachments. I believe Stanley Ashbrook's signature runs across many valuable philatelic items. I wonder if some of those 'experts' owned the stamps themselves and were merely protecting from loss or theft. |
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If they are penciled in, can they be erased without disturbing the gum !   Personally never tried it though ! Got to try on a cheap stamp and see what happens. |
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If they are penciled in, can they be erased without disturbing the gum No, they cannot. The answer to the original question is that any writing or marking on the back of an OG NH stamp decreases its monetary value in today's US market vis-a-vis the same item without such marks, even though historically there might have been legitimate reason for the marks to have been applied. |
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Posted 04/30/2018 04:45 am
