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As you can see from my avatar, I love selvage.
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I agree, to me it increases the look and value (personal value) of the stamp. That it might look different from the rest of the series/page when mounted is irrelevant!
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I like selvage too! But if a stamp had a pen note on the attached selvage, you could simply remove it. I once was given a plate block collection where the collector wrote the catalog number in the selvage. I wound up using them all for postage.
I just got a batch of FDCs where someone put a price in ink on the face of each cover! Worthless!
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10:29:07pm
"I just got a batch of FDCs where someone put a price in ink on the face of each cover"
There's an expression I like - "You can't fix stupid!" Pencil writing, as long as it's erasable, doesn't bother me. The only time pen should be used is when you're marking a fake. That should not be removable, as long as you're absolutely sure. I bought, very cheaply, a few early Newfoundland fake airmail stamps. The seller had marked them, if he hadn't I would have!!
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Pencil marks never completely erase from stamps, plus you can destroy stamps if you are not careful erasing.
I like extra selvedge - sometimes it helps with the watermark, sometimes it shows more of the cancellation. As far as value, if the stamp itself is 100% sound, then damaged selvedge would negate any potential premium value the selvedge would have added, but should not affect the stamp value itself, in my opinion, as you can always remove.
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Everything is part of the history of the specific stamp or item, but some marks increase interest and some decrease interest. The value of the item related to a mark is relative. A stamp with the ink signature of the Post Master General defaces an item, but probably not the value. A hinge mark on an unused stamp probably decrease the interest and value of the item.
That is the beauty of philately ... to each his own. One man's trash is another man's treasure. Value is only what someone else is willing to pay for it.
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19 Jun 2024
01:55:23pm
I'm just curious about something that really doesn't bother me but I'm curious what others think. I quite often notice with stamps that are attached to selvage that quite often the selvage has writing on it, sometimes even ink. This has no affect on book value since I've never seen selvage mentioned except for plate blocks or plate numbered blocks. There might be a decrease in value for the two cases mentioned but I'm not sure. If I were a collector of plate or numbered blocks the writing might bother me. Does anyone else have an opinion? I've seen a few people say they remove selvage in order to make mounting easier - that would bother me!
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re: A very minor question about values
As you can see from my avatar, I love selvage.
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19 Jun 2024
02:05:51pm
re: A very minor question about values
I agree, to me it increases the look and value (personal value) of the stamp. That it might look different from the rest of the series/page when mounted is irrelevant!
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re: A very minor question about values
I like selvage too! But if a stamp had a pen note on the attached selvage, you could simply remove it. I once was given a plate block collection where the collector wrote the catalog number in the selvage. I wound up using them all for postage.
I just got a batch of FDCs where someone put a price in ink on the face of each cover! Worthless!
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This is my diabetic cat OBI! I think, therefore I am - I think! Descartes, sort of!
19 Jun 2024
10:29:07pm
re: A very minor question about values
"I just got a batch of FDCs where someone put a price in ink on the face of each cover"
There's an expression I like - "You can't fix stupid!" Pencil writing, as long as it's erasable, doesn't bother me. The only time pen should be used is when you're marking a fake. That should not be removable, as long as you're absolutely sure. I bought, very cheaply, a few early Newfoundland fake airmail stamps. The seller had marked them, if he hadn't I would have!!
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re: A very minor question about values
Pencil marks never completely erase from stamps, plus you can destroy stamps if you are not careful erasing.
I like extra selvedge - sometimes it helps with the watermark, sometimes it shows more of the cancellation. As far as value, if the stamp itself is 100% sound, then damaged selvedge would negate any potential premium value the selvedge would have added, but should not affect the stamp value itself, in my opinion, as you can always remove.
Josh
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re: A very minor question about values
Everything is part of the history of the specific stamp or item, but some marks increase interest and some decrease interest. The value of the item related to a mark is relative. A stamp with the ink signature of the Post Master General defaces an item, but probably not the value. A hinge mark on an unused stamp probably decrease the interest and value of the item.
That is the beauty of philately ... to each his own. One man's trash is another man's treasure. Value is only what someone else is willing to pay for it.
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