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Adding stamps Adding to your collection Album Area Catalog value Catalogue numbers Color Currency Date Denomination Description Design Design type Emboss Function Image Issue Issuer Item Joint issue Looking at the catalogue Note Object Occupation On Original issuer Overprint Overprint color Owner Paper Paper color Sheet Sorting Stamp Stamp page Thing Unissued Upload Value Variant Visibility Watermark |
Catalog value is the price that collectors can expect to pay for
a stamp. Catalog value can be highly variable, going up and down
with the marketplace.
In StampData (at present), catalog value is recorded as a very broad approximation, basically the "number of zeroes in the price", assuming a USD/EUR as base. So "e3" denotes a price in the 1-10$/E, while "e5" is a several-hundred-dollar stamp. It is also possible to record differing prices for mint and used, so "e*4o3" is is the tens range if mint, but 1/10 of that if used. This has the advantage of stability over longer periods of time, lets the collector see where the high-priced stamps are, and avoids the false precision of a normal price tag. |