Barbados "Queens Mole" Error

Yes I would because the same issue is changing over time; but ultimately it is the same issue (i.e. crack growing, rust, etc) that can be found over multiple stamps.

Of course the 'gotcha' that can be tossed out is to say, 'well a printing issue like some blob stuck on a plate is also a "transient variety" since it occurs across a number of stamps.

At what point is the line drawn or do we call every stamp a variety? I admit that I have distaste/bias against this topic because of the marketing abuse. We have all seen listings and other descriptive adjectives which label everything an 'error' or otherwise special. (Stamps that used to be called badly centered are now peddled as 'perf variety' or 'errors'.) I wish those which practiced this would be the ones who invest their time in explaining to the endless numbers of folks who then think they have something of great market value. As such and probably due to this bias, I tend to hold a tight definition of the term variety.
Don

Don,

Opinion noted, although I will continue to use the word "variety" with various adjectives before it. Just like the threads discussing phrases "mint no gum", "mint-hinged", etc. The goal is complete and clear communication.

I would agree that "error" is highly overused, including in the title of this thread.

Obviously a simple furphy.
To have a sub variety of "v" would suggest an entire list of suffixes
of other errors on the same stamp.

I would suggest the person whom wrote or said 245v, meant #245 v =(variety)

The 'v' in SG245v is not in the catalog, it's just a handy way for a collector to say the stamp is a variety, not listed in the catalog. If it were catalog listed the letter would be a lot closer to the beginning of the alphabet. (Note that some catalogs do use 'v', such as Facit, but Scott and SG do not as far as I am aware).

Thank you all for the excellent, detailed posts!

You still need a expert to issue a opinion and cert . before you submit it to a major catalog for listing . Without that it is a $3.00 stamp and a novelty .Nice find and will get attention from specialist .

Floortrader.
I did not think about submitting for expertizing. Do u think it is worth the time and money to do so? If so, which expertising group would u recommend.

I am the wrong person to ask that question to . I spend too much time on my stamps my whole life . The other point of spending money on stamps is another fault of mine .


To get it expertised you can used Sergio Sismondo of Syracuse N.Y. ,he always gave me excellent service or the A.P.S. service called Am. Phil. Exp. Services . in Bellefonte Pa.

Getting something expertised and submitting it to the various cataloging entities does not guarantee any catalog will list it. Just saying.

Hi,

May be a good start with these gents:

http://www.bcpsg.com/

Hornet

Also part of the reason it might not be listed is due to already way too many "varieties" to list. I have come across many varieties in my KGVI collection that aren't listed like shifted vignettes and others. How many printing plates were used for theses? Almost every country used the same plates?