Hip values can be incredibly far off base. Take US Scott #210 used - several hundred are listed for less than 25 cents and yet the HIP value for a used copy is $7 - not in your wildest dreams unless i

I pity those that treat "Hipvalue" as gospel. The used Hipvalue of a US Scott #210 USED is ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, drumroll please - $7.00.

For example, the catalogue listed variety on #211 is the 'weeping princess' variety. Your 'Line in Medallion' variety, which is just a plate scratch, would be worth maybe 20-30% of the 'weeping princ

Just started going through a small Canada early mint collection. Included are two blocks of 4 of a young QE (#211) described (in pen) as varieties as follows....1) "Broken Medallion", and 2)

The new episode, #21, of Ted Talks Stamps is now available for your viewing pleasure.

There are a little over 1000 listings for US Scott #219 at $0.15

For example: listings # 20257015 or #20257034.or #21815789

1985 #2110, 2137-2147, 2152-2166

with their color and watermark variations, #210’s, #213’s, even glassines with 1000 #65’s would show up once in awhile.

Appreciated from a member of the American Philatelic Society - APS #218885

BTW - I never list more than two of an item with the exception of earlies where I offer stamps in AVG, F, FVF, VF and sometimes XF grades. I also have a full bankers box full of perfins, another ful

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i.e. I'd like to find all the #2193 plate blocks for sale without getting all the singles mixed in.

When I do USA, the first stamp is something like catalog #2187, not number 1. This lack of proper sorting makes it impossible to go through stores with many items.