Always Read the 'Small Print' on Ebay

On Tue, 08 Jul 2003 23:15:28 GMT, (Tracy
Barber) found these unused words floating about:

On Tue, 08 Jul 2003 14:44:29 -0700, J. A. Mc.
wrote:

On Tue, 08 Jul 2003 20:06:14 GMT, (Tracy
Barber) found these unused words floating about:

On Tue, 8 Jul 2003 13:37:54 -0400, "Scott"
wrote:


"Tracy Barber" wrote in message
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On Tue, 08 Jul 2003 08:40:28 -0700, J. A. Mc.
wrote:

On Tue, 08 Jul 2003 01:39:38 GMT, (Tracy
Barber) found these unused words floating about:

On Mon, 07 Jul 2003 23:36:18 GMT, Bob Ingraham
wrote:

What happened to VG -- which always struck me as being dumb in the
extreme.
What is "Very Good" about a stamp that has perfs cutting into the
design?

Some issues you can only find decent stamps like this. They would be
considered VF. XF is free of the margin and commands a premium.

Nah ... they're AVERAGE! Fine is just clear of the design, VF is well
centered. The rest is 'sales garbage'.

Harumph! Well, I never... :^P

Tracy Barber

Yes, you did. I've seen the pictures.

Don't tell anyone, 'K?

J.A. - Eh?

Tracy Barber

Missed the cancel and hit the send ...!
But ... now we all know, eh?

On Tue, 08 Jul 2003 20:07:05 -0700, J. A. Mc.
wrote:

On Tue, 08 Jul 2003 23:15:28 GMT, (Tracy
Barber) found these unused words floating about:

On Tue, 08 Jul 2003 14:44:29 -0700, J. A. Mc.
wrote:

On Tue, 08 Jul 2003 20:06:14 GMT, (Tracy
Barber) found these unused words floating about:

On Tue, 8 Jul 2003 13:37:54 -0400, "Scott"
wrote:


"Tracy Barber" wrote in message
...
On Tue, 08 Jul 2003 08:40:28 -0700, J. A. Mc.
wrote:

On Tue, 08 Jul 2003 01:39:38 GMT, (Tracy
Barber) found these unused words floating about:

On Mon, 07 Jul 2003 23:36:18 GMT, Bob Ingraham
wrote:

What happened to VG -- which always struck me as being dumb in the
extreme.
What is "Very Good" about a stamp that has perfs cutting into the
design?

Some issues you can only find decent stamps like this. They would be
considered VF. XF is free of the margin and commands a premium.

Nah ... they're AVERAGE! Fine is just clear of the design, VF is well
centered. The rest is 'sales garbage'.

Harumph! Well, I never... :^P

Tracy Barber

Yes, you did. I've seen the pictures.

Don't tell anyone, 'K?

J.A. - Eh?

Tracy Barber

Missed the cancel and hit the send ...!
But ... now we all know, eh?

.... the rest ... of the story. Good day. (Who dat?)

Tracy Barber

Frankly I'd love to see a 'dual' grade ... letters A, F, VF, S for
physical condition, then a "-1" to "-5" for centering.

E.G.: A sound stamp with clean full perfs, no efects, but slightly off
center ... VF-3
-or- a stamp with small faults but perfect centering ... A-5

OK, now that makes more sense then trying to combine 2 different grade
words together.

Tracy Barber

Could this be the start of a new standard grading system?
Sounds like a workable system to me!

David.