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Nick Kirke Collection1867 Grills (Used)
Owner's Comments: As this set is collected simply on the strength that the stamps possess a grill would it be more accurate and informative to mount them face down? After all, it is the size of the grill which is paramount to rarity. But I answer this rhetorical question myself. We need to know the value first and foremost - we can inspect for the grill later - and the face side is far more attractive to view in a collection. Having been brought up with the notion that the grilled stamps are tougher to find XF than their ungrilled earlier counterparts experience and a deep pocket have proved otherwise. My grilled set contains just as many lightly cancelled and well centred denonimations as the ungrilled stamps. What DOES surprise me is that I have never, ever, had an 1867 grilled stamp expertised as with a forged grill. Now, I know they exist. Have I just been fortunate? Old time grills will almost always have been made more prominent with the gentle application of soft graphite. I do not attempt to erase but neither would I think of applying graphite to a previously untouched grill. I think it is because I have seen one too many stamps where a pencil notation has been used to conceal a thin or a crease. Lastly, if one talks of investment, it seems that this grilled set consistantly out performs most all others in the annual Scott price revisions. |
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