Fine Centering, Rich Color, Fancy Cancel

APS     Member    # 204564

Stamp(s) shown in photographs are the ACTUAL stamps on which you are bidding.

I accept only PayPal.  Payment is due within 5 days of the close of auction.

Except for Canada, I do not normally ship internationally.  For other  countries please contact me prior to or immediately after bidding for shipping amounts.   I absolutely will not ship to Italy, Armenia, Slovakia, South Africa, Russian Federation, Belarus, Ukraine, or French Polynesia anymore due to unreliable mail service.

I ship within 48 hours of payment.  I gladly will combine shipping charges on multiple items.  To receive a combined shipping discount please request, following Auction close on your final item, a total invoice.  Stamps shown in Auction Scans on a stock or album page may be removed and shipped in glassine envelopes to save on postage.

Forgeries and fakes of US stamps on Ebay are uncommon but possible.  Forgeries, reprints, or fakes on Ebay are not uncommon for foreign stamps, especially of valuable over prints, cancellations,   or for certain notorious countries (eg. Fiume and Heiligoland).  Even “Expert Marks” and “Expertizing Certificates” can be forged or abused.   Forgeries and fakes have not been considered by me unless they are obvious and will be noted if known by me.  I believe the often significant  price discounts from catalog value on Ebay reflect this reality.  Please be aware and bid accordingly.

The stamp(s) may be returned  if not as described, or is (are) otherwise unacceptable, within 14 days for a prompt refund of purchase price, less shipping& handling,  as long as the stamp(s)is(are) received back  here in the same condition as when originally sent. I will not be responsible for any after Auction Expertizing outcomes or fees under any circumstances.

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Description and Details Abbreviations Used:

US###(s):  Current Scott Catalog number for stamp(s) offered in Auction (e.g. US 165).  For non US stamps catalogs other than Scott (Sc###) may be used (eg. Stanley Gibbons (SG###), Michel (M###), Unitrade (UT###)).    A “ ~ “ preceding  the catalog value means that the value is derived consistent with specifically stated  catalog values (eg. when a block has 2 hinged and 2 not hinged stamps) or an estimate of US $ currency equivalent of foreign Catalog currency.     A “~<” preceding  the catalog value when an unused stamp has no gum means that the value is likely less.

BK:  Complete Booklet.

M: Mint.

MSS: Manuscript Cancel.

M & U: Mixed and Used Stamps in Lot.

F:  Forgery.

H: Hinged.

NH:  The stamp has never been hinged and has the original gum as issued by the PO.

HH: Heavily Hinged.

HR: Hinge Remnant.

HC: Heavy Cancel.

LC: Light Cancel.

NG: No Gum.

NGAI: No Gum As Issued.

P:  Proof.

P#: Perforation gauge (V for Vertical Coils or H for Horizontal Coils).

OG: Original Gum.

PNB#: Plate Number Block (eg. Top or Side/ 4, 6 stamps etc. PNB showing position and number of stamps in Block).

PNS: Plate Number Single.

PNC#:Plate Number Coil (eg. PNC3, PNC5 showing # of Stamps with PN in Center).

R:  Reprint.

SE: Straight Edge.

SH: Full Sheet.

Scrt Mrk: Secret Mark.

T#:  Type I, III, III etc. a/c Scott or other Catalog.

VLH: Very Lightly Hinged.

SCV/ScCV:  Current Scott Catalog “VF” issue value as annotated (i.e.  Used, M, MH/MOGH, or MNH/MOGNH etc.).

This value is provided in this Auction only as a point of consistent reference (similar to the listings of many other volume Ebay Stamp Sellers).  The SCV provided is not intended to be the specific exact   or “technically precise”   value for the actual stamp(s) offered in this Auction.

VG,F, VF, EF, or S:  Very Good, Fine,  Very Fine, Extremely Fine, or  Superb Centering as mentioned in Details

My best personal (and obviously subjective) evaluation of the centering of the actual stamp(s) offered in this auction based on my years of personal collecting experience.  This evaluation is provided for your information as a reference only, not as a warranty of condition.   Use your own evaluation of the provided photograph(s), and the other Auction Description and Details information, to determine your own sense of the actual Auction stamp(s)grading, worth,  and in turn what your bid amount should be.

SGCV: Stanley Gibbons Catalog Value in US $.

MCV: Michel Catalog Value in US $.

VFU: Very Fine Used.

Retail:  Average advertised, non-Sale, grade not specified price charged by very large mail order Stamp Retailers/ Dealers.

Unused: a stamp that has no gum or has been regummed.

BOB: Back of Book.

S/S: Souvenir Sheet.

CL: Center Line or guide line.

CDS: City Date Stamp (Cancel).

VAR: Variety.

WM: Water Mark (eg. Sgl Line, Dbl Line, 190, 191 WM etc. to ID specific WM)

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