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PHOTO GRADING GUIDE
he following stamp images and their associated relative centering grade are to show, in visual terms, what is meant by each grade. Faults and their affect on the overall GRADE are NOT factored into the examples below.
Click on each series below to expand images and for examples of Grades 70-98.
1847-1856
Imperforate Issues
US# 1-17
1870-1888
Perf. Issues,
US# 134-218
1857-1861
Perf. 15 Issues,
US# 18-39
1861-1875
Perf. 12 Issues
US# 63-111
1869-1880
Perf. 12 Pictorial Issues,
US# 112-133a
1893
Columbian Issue
US# 230-245
1898
Trans-Mississippi Expo Issues
US# 285-293
1901
Pan American Expo Issues
US# 294-299
1902-1908
Regular Issues
US# 300-313
1909-1930
Regular Issues
US# 331-546
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