Catalogue Value: The value of a cover as listed in a given catalogue for the most common condition in which the cover is usually collected. Some catalogues list covers at a retail value.
Catalogue value: Value of a stamp according to a particular catalogue.
Censored mail: Mail which is opened & inspected.
Centring: Position of the design of the stamp comparative t0 the margin.
The 2002 Scott Catalogue value for a C3a is $170,000.00 hinged and $200,000.00. It is unlikely that the gum on this example has ever been hinged, and it appears (without opening the pendant) that the stamp and gum are in excellent condition.
2% of the Current Catalogue Value Regardless of Condition
4% of the Current Catalogue Value Regardless of Condition
Uncatalogued/Unpriced Items: ...
Replacement Value: the price a buyer expects to pay for an item based on catalogue value, advertised price or dealer quote.
Replaquage: (Fr.) paper repair.
CAT - (Abbrev.) Catalogue value (unless there is no possibility of doubt, the publisher should be named).
CDS - (Abbrev.) Circular date stamp cancel.
Census Marks - See Dumb Cancellations.
The meat of the introduction is a section called "Information on Catalogue Values, Grade and Condition.
Scott catalogue value, etc.). These valuations are not necessarily the prices at which the stamps can be purchased. Often, depending on condition, stamps can be purchased below catalog value (or above, if the condition of the stamp(s) warrant same).
I don't think any of us is so nieve that we expect to get anything near catalogue value for our stamps when we sell them. We are hobbyists, buying these stamps for our own pleasure. So-called investors almost ruined our hobby not too many years ago.
Logic dictates that hundreds and thousands of the very rare Postmaster's Provisionals of 1845 to 1847 were sold, and used. Yet comparatively few of these have turned up in over a century, and they have catalogue values ranging from $32.00 to $15,000.
 See also: Catalogue, Catalog, Stamp, Condition, Cover
  
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