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Old September 19th 11, 10:00 PM posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
Victor Manta
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Default Retail price vs catalogue values

"Sir F. A. Rien" wrote in message
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Billns found these unused words:


On 9/2/2011 9:08 AM, Sir F. A. Rien wrote:


Depends upon the 'level' of the catalogue. Simple basic Scutt type
won't as
they don't even cover all the isses properly.


I've never heard of the Scutt catalog that you often refer to.


It's the overpriced, multiple volume US published 'catalogue' that omits
many acutal issues or only partly covers many others.


snip for brevity


Pricing is so far removed from actual retail or auction that it's like the
LIST price on the TV infomercials, snip for brevity


There ain't no such a thing as a retail price for stamps, just one for each
individual stamp. This price depends on different things, like for example
grading, and it is established on the market.

To complain for this reason about unrealistic catalogue values doesn't make
much sense to me because different values/prices are compared.

Note: I don't speak here about modern MNH stamps, produced in big quantities
for topical stamp collectors.

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Victor Manta, PWO, AIJP

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