Lot 299 France SC#19c 80c Deep Carmine Lake, Horizontal Crease 1853-1860 Imperf Napoleon III Definitive Issue, A Very Good Used Example, 2022 Scott Classic Cat. $62.50 USD, Net. Est. $15, Click on Listing to See ALL Pictures

A very good used example of the 80c Deep Carmine Lake, Horizontal Crease from the 1853-1860 Imperf Napoleon III Definitive Issue. 2022 Scott Classic Cat. $62.50, Net. Est. $15.

Early classic French issues are valued in Scott Classic at the grade of very fine, which is a stamp with 4 clear margins and no faults. The paper on these issues is very prone to thinning, and shallow thins reduce the grade by one grade. Stamps with close margins are fine, provided there are no other faults. Stamps where the margins cut into the design on one side are VG at best, while on 2 sides are at best good. Fair stamps generally will have faults on top of having margins that cut into the design. Ungraded lots will generally be of lower quality than VG, often being good and fair. In terms of valuation, we estimate fine at 50% of cat., and VG and 25%. Good is estimated at 12%, while fair and ungraded is figured at 5% of catalogue.