On Sat, 14 Oct 2006 09:49:47 -0700, Sir F. A. Rien   
    wrote:   
      
   >On Sat, 14 Oct 2006 16:54:46 +0100, "David"  found   
   >these unused words floating about:   
   >   
   >>David   
   >>   
   >>The one thing that appears to be missing with these responses, is the   
   >>caution that the catalogue value is not what the stamp is worth,  as a   
   >>guide, you will normally have to pay 50% cat value to buy mint stamps and   
   >>25% cat value to buy used.  If you are selling, to a dealer you can half   
   >>these figures again   
   >   
   >Presuming that they are 'average collectible' copies. Truly "Very Fine" and   
   >above do sell closer to a retail catalog. (Note - this leaves out Scutt and   
   >Gibbons, both use inflated pricing).   
   >   
   >>ignore very low cat values, say under 50p / $1   these are usually so   
   >>common, no one wants them anyway   
      
   Not only that, but if you have 50 - 100,000 + different stamps, that's   
   a hell of a lot of stamps.  Whether they're common or not, you still   
   may get a good price for the bulk anyway - a great start to a   
   collection.   
      
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