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I don't understand this stamp getting a 95 grade in April 2025 (not mine - saw it in an upcoming auction). Is there a problem at the PF? Am I crazy?   |
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I am sure that it got measured, so the numbers must have equaled a 95. I don't know that I would have said more than 90, but.... |
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I suspect that those are just perf discs, perfs in that era can be funky looking and still be genuine. |
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Hmm - ok - maybe it's just the usual "grading makes no sense" issue. Right side looks reperfed to me. Top is a mess, but no technical faults. I just think putting Xf-S on an ugly stamp degrades grading. It's especially bad on such a common stamp where finding really nice well-centered sound stamps isn't that hard. I'll shut- up now. |
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Personally, I hate grading, it has destroyed many scarce, rare, and unique multiples. As far as this specific stamp is concerned, I am sure that the perfs were checked at the time. |
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it has destroyed many scarce, rare, and unique multiples Hi revcollector - Just wondering how that happens? Are you saying that these stamps got graded low and so people tossed them? |
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Those perfs should have dropped it dramatically. The problem is that the measuring is technical but the deducts are subjective. And I believe that it can all depend on who submits the stamp.  |
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No, I am saying that dealers and collectors deliberately cut gradable stamps out of those multiples (and many common ones as well). Since some collectors lose all sense of financial proportions when buying those stamps, it has happened a lot. |
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While the stamp shown may *technically* be a 95 by measurement, it is aesthetically an ugly stamp IMO, due to the horrid perfs.
The very nature of professional grading is "Centering Uber Alles" and frequently disregards negative detractors. |
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We can all point to stamps where short perfs or a generally unpleasing eye appeal still scored a nice number.
Who cares? Buy what you like. Your eye can judge centering above 90-point accuracy.
If you need to invest in a stamp fund that only holds 100J examples, that's a separate issue.
If PF says a stamp is a 95, but I don't think it's nicer than my example, I'm not troubled, at all. |
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Posted 05/09/2025 10:19 am
