US #29 5c Jefferson, brown, type 1 (05/29/2011)

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US #29 5c Jefferson, brown, type 1

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US #29 5c Jefferson, brown, type 1

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Sold Date: 05/29/2011
Channel: Online Auction
Source: eBay
Category: Stamps

stamp from my collection - see scan

My disclaimer

I am selling used 19 th Century stamps from my personal collection. I am not an investment collector so you can expect to find “faults” in all the items I

list depending on how knowledgeable you are about grading stamps for value. I make my collecting descions based on centering and other visual appeal and basically ignore "faults" if they do not detract from the appearance. It is my opinion that you can find multiple faults of varying degrees on most used 19th century stamps and certainly all of my stamps. I do not have the expertise grade stamps so the best I can do is provide high resolution scans of the front and back of the stamp and answer any questions you might have before bidding. I have copied below the descriptions of the various faults a stamp might have.

Having stated this, it is my policy to honor all returns with a full refund upon return of the item.

Faults

There are quite a few different types of faults that can affect a stamp, all will reduce the value by varying degrees. How much the value is reduced is dependent upon a lot of factors - severity and type of fault, rarity of stamp and the disposition of the buyer and seller.
Here is a list of the most common fault terms and what they mean.
SP - Short perf - Short Perforation . This is when one or more of the perforation tips is not as long as it should be, but a portion of the tip is still present.

PP - Pulled perf - Pulled perforation . This is when a perforation tip is completely missing. A severely pulled perf can even mean some of the stamp has been taken away with the perf tip.

SE - Straight edge - This is when one one or more edges of the stamp do not have perforations. Some sheet stamps were made with straight edges on some sides of the sheets, other straight edges come from trimming the perforations off. Do not confuse a straight edged sheet stamp with a coil stamp that always has two edges without perforations, a booklet stamp that can have one, two or three edges without perforations, or an imperforate stamp that has no perforations.

RP - Re-perf - Re-perforated - This is an alteration made to the stamp to add perforations to one or more edges. Just like re-gumming it is often done by a dishonest person to try and improve the value of a stamp buy making it appear like what it is not. Re-perforations often occur on stamps with straight edges to make them look like fully perforated stamps. It is also often done to imperforate stamps to try and change them into a more expensive coil or sheet stamps with the same design.

Thin - A stamp with a thin has an area on the back where some of the paper has been removed. There will be a spot that is thinner than the remainder of the stamp. A thin can range from a very small speck, to as large as the entire stamp.

Gum bend - Gum crease - Gum wrinkle - This is a natural occurrence in many flat plate printed stamps. When the stamps were made the paper had a tendency to shrink. The gum did not shrink at the same rate so the stamps would wrinkle up. Most often on the issues where these wrinkles are common, they do not lower the value of the stamp. If they are severe, or if there are a lot on one stamp, they can then lower the value.

Face Scrape - A face scrape is where a portion of the front side of the stamp has been scraped away, leaving a spot in the stamp design.

Inclusion - An inclusion is a foreign piece of material that has been pressed into the paper when the paper was manufactured. It is normally a brown or black spot that can be on the front, back or in the middle of the stamp.

Tears - stains - creases - pinholes - holes - corner missing - missing pieces - These are other faults that can affect a stamp, they are just as they sound I do not think further definition is needed.