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Deciphering A Stamp's Certificate Summary

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Posted 02/05/2020 11:21 am

I hope this is the appropriate forum. Here's an excerpt from a stamp's ebay listing:

"Graded 85 PF Certificate SMQ $15 (DFP mo/day/yr)"

QUESTIONS:
1. A grade of "85" (presumably "85%") can convey very different meanings depending on context. In philately, what does this tell me?

2. "SMQ" means what?

3. "DFP?"

Thank you in advance...

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Posted 02/05/2020 11:39 am

Information specific to Philatelic Foundation grading:

http://www.philatelicfoundation.org...ess/grading/

SMQ = Stamp Market Quarterly which is a price guide published by the PSE for stamps of various grades.

http://gradingmatters.com/smq-and-pop.html

The information in parenthesis is an internal seller listing description. Gary Posner does this on most listings. Usually the listing date and some other reference.

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Posted 02/05/2020 2:57 pm

You can find a link to the online SMQ here:

http://gradingmatters.com/us.html

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Posted 02/05/2020 3:15 pm

I gave the link above.

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Posted 02/07/2020 11:15 am

Oops!

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