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The Buyers Guide: Get the Most for Your Stamp Collecting Dollar!

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In response to some of the previous reviews:
 
 1. You DON'T have to worry about modern (post 1945) stamps with a few rare exceptions
 
 2. You don't need expertization on MOST Classic stamps if you do your homework and learn the basics about early US Stamps. One easy rule is to always assume that a stamp is of the cheapest variation until you PROVE that it isn't.
 
 3. Expertization is needed when you feel that you can't figure it out for yourself.
 
 4. If you think of this process as work...get out of stamps. If you look at it as fun...Keep on trucking.

This is essentially a statistical extract of auction lots with some editorial comment for each "Classic US" stamp presented. It does not deal with any modern issues or give any insight about the general subject of buying US issues at discount prices. After reading this book, I have no confidence that a beginning or even intermediate collector can avoid buying troublesome classic stamps without expertization.

Classic US stamps only. This is not a book for the general US collector or someone seeking information on the best method of buying for his/her US collection, since it deals with US Scott Catalog numbers before 834 only. The likelihood of forgery, fault repair, regumming or other misrepresentation in these issues must be extraordinary, given the frequent use of the term, "Beware." Mr. Datz makes a strong case for expertization of nearly every issue in this group. The data on scarcity may be useful for debunking those advertised "really scarce" offers in this high dollar area.

its as easy as this you want it, this book has it. well what eles is there to say?