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AUSTRALIA – TASMANIA – Sc #AR26 – 6p – LILAC – USED - 1880
AUSTRALIA – TASMANIA – Sc #AR26 – 6p – LILAC – USED - 1880

AUSTRALIA – TASMANIA – Sc #AR26 – 6p – LILAC – USED - 1880

$ 2.64

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Grade: Ungraded
  • Certification: Uncertified
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Item must be returned within: 14 Days
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • Place of Origin: Tasmania
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
  • Restocking Fee: No
  • Quality: Used

    Description

    AUSTRALIA – TASMANIA – Sc #AR26 – 6p – LILAC – USED - 1880
    Subject = Duck-billed Platypus
    Sc # = AR26
    Value =
    6p
    Color = Lilac
    Date = 1880
    Condition = Used
    Hinged Remnant =
    yes
    Cancel = Pen Cancel
    My Grade = See Comment
    Faults = Fault free
    Comment = Stamps with virtually no margins such as this one drives me up a wall when it comes to grading. Scott’s catalogue provides the following grading guidance for stamps from Tasmania: “Very Fine examples of Nos. 17 – 75a will have perforations touching the design on one or more sides
    ••••. Stamps with perfs clear of the design on all four sides are scarce and command higher prices
    .” The referenced stamps were produced during the years 1864 to 1891, this stamp was produced 1880 well within the production period designated by Scott for special grading guidance. These stamps also have minimum margins and centering concerns yet are not included by Scott’s special grading guidance. I do not understand how for 27 years the Australian facility produced stamps with features that are adverse to the stamp’s grade yet in the middle of this productions period these stamps were produce without those features, why? I simply don’t believe it.
    When stamps with minimal margins have one or two sides with all the perfs on those sides touching or cutting into/through framelines what are the criteria for grading? Without additional guidance I believe this stamp should grade VG.
    If you purchase multiple items please do not pay right away - Instead request an invoice that way I can adjust your S&H fee down due to it being a combined shipment before you pay.
    Tasmania #86 WMK78,MINT,H,Fine+,horiz crease below center. 2021 Scott 16.00-
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