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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Small Size, post: 2646999, member: 77924&quot;]Of course I was simplifying. There are all manner of ways, like the lack of the proper impressions that are a tell of the original gumming equipment being used. The point is a regummed stamp is worse than one with no glue, as most classic stamps are found, because collectors routinely washed off the glue in the past. Remember when paper money collectors had their notes &quot;feathered&quot;? I haven&#039;t seen any in years, so I presume somebody figured out how to &quot;restore&quot; them.</p><p>I make a point of not telling other collectors what to collect or how to do it. And you&#039;re right there is no central authority to say what&#039;s what. The fact that most individual notes are readily identified by series and serial number just makes it easier to follow a note as it transits from original to original-plus condition. That transition makes the transactor a load of money in a manner I think isn&#039;t ethical.</p><p>But what I think and $1 will buy me a bottle of water, so there you go.</p><p>I know my main dealer keeps meticulous records and has a phenomenal memory, plus he&#039;s as honest as the day is long. So I won&#039;t get an &quot;improved&quot; note from him without him saying it was improved, if he knows it was. He also speaks haggle. I like that.</p><p>Honor is in short supply today. I do suggest taking it where you find it. Someday your heirs will be selling all that stuff. You don&#039;t want them to belatedly realize that you were a sap.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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