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Posted 03/23/2019   2:10 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add agmasd56 to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
what is the meaning of title of this stamp I epay.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/MOMEN-US-S...40M&LH_BIN=1
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Posted 03/23/2019   2:18 pm  Show Profile Check GeoffHa's eBay Listings Bookmark this reply Add GeoffHa to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Which bit? Momen is the dealer. PSE certifies stamps with grades based on both their condition and their centring - this is a system only used in the US, as far as I know. Gem 100 indicates that PSE thinks the stamp is perfect by its terms of reference.
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Posted 03/23/2019   2:22 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add agmasd56 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
why that price I saw it is common
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Posted 03/23/2019   2:51 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add kcaramat to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
It is graded 100. That is perfect centering. To some collectors that is a big deal.
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Posted 03/23/2019   2:56 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add bookbndrbob to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Some people, including myself, believe that grading is a scheme to make common, low value stamps seem more desirable.

As the song says, "nice work if you can get it".
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Posted 03/23/2019   5:33 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add JLLebbert to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Not only grade 100 but a jumbo at that. Don't think I've ever seen a 100J grade before. While a grade 100J stamp should garner a higher price than a normal grade 80 (VF) stamp, the values stated for stamps above grade 90 or 95 seem rather ridiculous, especially for common stamps. While such stamps tend to be very scarce, the difference between 95, 98 & 100 is, in my opinion, too small to be worth the astronomical values assigned them by the philatelic powers-that-be. Of course, if one has more money than they know what to do with, they can choose to collect only very high grade stamps. VF is easily good enough for most collectors.
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Posted 03/23/2019   5:55 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Coastwatcher to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
The J after the 100, indicates that it has Jumbo, or extra large, margins.
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Posted 03/23/2019   6:55 pm  Show Profile Check GeoffHa's eBay Listings Bookmark this reply Add GeoffHa to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
... the D before the umbo describes the prospective purchaser ...
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T before rumping your D before umbo ...

Cheers,

/s/ ikeyPikey (with apologies to the OP)
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Posted 03/24/2019   10:35 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add No1philatelist to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Ikeypikey, No comment other than -
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