Centering
"Centering" for a stamp refers to how well the design is centered relative to the perforations. Most stamps have a rectangular design, with a blank area around it, and then the perforations.
CENTERING: The way the design on a stamp is positioned. If perfect, margins between design and perforations are equal on all sides.
Centering. The relative position of a stamp's design in relation to the margins surrounding it. Centerin is a very important consideration in determining a stamp's value.
Classic Stamp/Issues. An early issue, with connotation of rarity.
Centering The position of the design on a postage stamp. On perfectly centered stamps the design is exactly in the middle.
Centering: The relative position of the design of a stamp in relation to its margins. Assuming that a stamp is undamaged, centering is generally a very important factor in determining grade and value.
Centering
Refers to the placement of the stamp design in relation to the perforations or edges of a stamp. The more perfect the centering (and the larger the margins), the higher the stamp's grade.
Centering usually varies from side to side or corner to corner on a sheet, so I have specified the range of centering where applicable. There are quite a few "XF" sheets listed because anything else was often used for postage.
Centering. The evenness of the margins on all four sides of a stamp. Center Line. A line imprinted with the stamps for use in perforating. This may be horizontal or vertical or both.
Poor centering also has a significant effect on a stamp's value, even if it is otherwise undamaged. Ideally, the stamp design should be centered within the edges of the stamp, with four margins of equal sizes.
: auction term for extremely fine, exceptionally large margins with near perfect centering; usually command premium of catalog value.
E.F.: with year 1899 overprint on stamps of Bolivia.
Grade - The ranking of a stamp based on centering for mint stamps; centering and cancellation for used stamps.
Near-Perfect Centering (large margins on imperforate stamps) Very Fine: Above Average Condition for year issued. Well centered (full margins on imperfs) Fine: Average appearance for that particular stamp and year issued.
Stamps are often graded according to centering as follows: VERY FINE (VF), FINE-VERY FINE (F-VF or F+), FINE (F), and AVERAGE (AVG).
Centering - Location of the stamp design on the piece of paper it is printed on. If it is exactly in the center, it is called a "perfectly centered stamp."
Center Line Block - A block of .
The term is one of several grades generally used to refer to the centering of a stamp although it may also be used to refer to the stamp's overall condition.
The state of a stamp in regard to centering, color freshness, cancellation, and other related characteristics.
Cover:
The entire wrapping or envelope in which a letter has been sent through the mail.
A designation of fine means a stamp without flaws, average centering, gum with light hinge marks. Used stamps designated "fine" are not quite as fresh, cancels are heavier and centering is good.
While there are other factors such as condition and centering, the philatelic value of a PNC single or strip highly depends on its plate numbers with some plate numbers commanding higher catalog values due to their rarity and strong collector ...
 See also: Stamp, Used, Condition, Cover, Catalog
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