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1852. Anyone who joined after that date is a second class citizen and of no consequence.

Thanks QS, that's in line with my experience. Looks like location plays a part, US opinion vs UK.

I think the guy in this video actually knew you wanted to see it:

Depends. In 'One More Day' it's pronounced 'MyGodthissucksto'.

You're actually not allowed to say that Erndog. Only seasoned veterans are allowed to wax lyrical about the good old days

Don't worry, I'm taking Morocco Mole with me

Here is Chuck's view: http://www.milehighcomics.com/information/grade.html NEAR MINTWriting: Only small arrival dates are allowed.Rubber Stamps: Not allowed in this grade. VERY FINEWriting: Only arrival dates on front cover, or very small interior (or back cover) notes, such as a person's name, or price are allowed.Rubber stamps: Neatly placed date stamps are allowed. FINEWriting: Only very neat, very small writing would be allowed. An example would be if someone penciled a small price on the inside first page of an otherwise excellent comic. That's not a big deal. But grease pencil or names on the cover are verboten.Rubber Stamps: On the front cover only, a neatly placed international price stamp would be allowed. And this only if the comic were otherwise flawless. The only other stamp allowed on the front would be a small blue star. These were placed on comics by some newsstands to signify that a comic had been sold. Most comics sold in Stars & Stripes newsstands at military bases have this star. If either of these stamps were to appear on the back cover, that would also be allowable, but the standard for other potential flaws would not be as high. For example, a comic with a blue star neatly printed on the back could also have a small staple tear and still be a Fine. Done. Questions show as pending initially, but hopefully we'll get an official response : @quicksilver - hope you don't mind the tag - as a UK seller, do you have a view on whether / how T&P price stamps affect desirability and eventual sale prices? Cheers

I'm planning to go to a book fair nearby tomorrow, so I might pop by the address and see if anything is there. I'll report back.

Indeed. It's a nicely put together listing isn't it. I don't agree with 'Australian Edition' though, in the same way I disagree that 'UK Edition' is the right terminology. But the fact that CGC are recognising them at all is a start I suppose. The worlds does indeed exist outside of the USA!

Great thread Coco! I did a similar one last year. Great minds think alike! Wonder who'll try next year. If we're all here that is....

Hi Arch, Scott - do you have any thoughts on my post from a week ago please, and the subsequent comments? @Architecht @Scott =)

...and providing additional background info when you type TPG ? @Architecht Hi @Architecht I haven't seen a response from you regarding the eBay and TPG scenarios?

Date stamps I agree, they're usually inobtrusuve. T&P price stamps however, not so much. I can't find anything from CGC as to how they would treat them. Chuck at milehigh has a bit on it. Maybe I'll try 'ask CGC' and give them another opportunity to ignore me

Pence related ramblings here....

Thanks Roy for that uncharacteristically brief opinion! @Redshade - what say thou?

Ta. Wonder what Bob 2 will think... And Roy! Roy, got an opinion for us? @VintageComics

Cheers Bob. If the certain buying customer base is 'most of them', it will affect value won't it, especially if you list for example with a low starting bid. If you place it as a BIN at comparable market rates it may sit there forever?

Look, the King of Australia agrees with me, so it must be true (subject to the Two Bob Clarification of course)

Oh, by the way, never say these words again. Ever. She's glaring at you for using the PD words Gfab. Clearly a woman of taste (never say them again. I mean it. I can release hounds and everything)

Ha! You came back. I like you Gfab. Gee, you are indeed fab. In my view, the stamp is just that - a stamp. The structural grade of the comic is just that - it's structural grade. So an 8.5 with a stamp is still an 8.5. To my knowledge, CGC do not treat the stamp as a negative and reduce the grade as it is part of the distribution process (well, UK at least). Others more familiar with the CGC grading process (not my area of expertise) may be able to clarify. Personally, I would list your books in the structural grade that they are, and note that they have cover stamps (even though the buyer should be able to spot them in any pictures you post). The buyer will then know exactly what they are getting Let's call on the two Bobs for an opinion - Bobs, do you know how CGC would treat these price stamps? @Bomber-Bob @blazingbob

I love you. And you.

Some nice ones there Nes Not sure if I already mentioned it, but there's a lot of AUS chat here, especially in the comments sections: https://rarecomics.wordpress.com/2017/05/17/aus-price-variants-australian-newsstand-editions/#comments Nice to see more people getting into these

Oh my, a summons from the King of Australia! That's hard to turn down, if not a criminal offence. Thank you AJD Hello @Gfabiano, and welcome to the balds. I say balds deliberately, as very few of us have hair around here. I myself wear a cap to hide natures haircut, but I'm doffing it to you now in respectful acknowledgement of your first, and hopefully not last, post I'll try to answer your question as fulsomely as possible, under three headings if I may. Those headings are; Personal Preference, Variant / Historical Focus and Value. OK, here we go. Personal Preference In the 40 years I've been mucking about with comics in Englandville I have only ever met one person who liked and collected Thorpe and Porter (henceforth referred to in this post as 'T&P') price stamps. The vast majority find them ugly and intrusive. Look, even Spidey here is pointing to them whilst battling another one of those flipping robots that Smythe used to keep sending out every five minutes: I used to own that copy and I eventually sold it and replaced it with a stamp free copy. Let's face it, it's not overly attractive is it. That's not to say that all price stamps are ugly intrusive horrors. Look at this rather attractive one here - much less obvious and, in a way mildly complimentary: T&P's stamp was always big, black and bolshie and, accordingly, found favour with few. So it is in my experience a negative when it comes to personal preference - 99 out of 100 people in a room wouldn't want a copy with it on. But there may be one or two who don't mind them, or maybe even like them. But they're in the minority, in my experience. Variant / Historical Focus But let's not dismiss them too quickly. There are a handful of misguided cretins serious comic historians who find value in our generally unloved ink blots. Take the L Miller variants that I bore everyone into a comicoma entertain my fellow board members with in one of my many UK focused variant threads. For Marvel comics of a certain price, during a certain time period, of a certain title (or three - look up the thread if you're interested) a cover stamp like this rather attractive 6d one can mean that a variant indicia exists inside: Also, the majority of collectors with a passing interest in UK distribution history assume that T&P were the only distributors in the UK. They were not, as cover stamps like these betray: Miller was at it too. Even with Archie! (thread coming soon) So we can learn to love the beastly cover stamps as, on occasion, they tell us things we may not have known / realised. Value So, to the third heading, the one which actually responds to your question. Do the stamps affect value? In my experience, yes and thrice yes. Negatively. As I said earlier, put 100 collectors in a room and show them two structurally identical ASM #22's, one clean and free as the day it was born, the other with a dirty big T&P stamp on it, applied after the comic was born and had travelled a bit. In my view, the vast majority would want the unstamped copy. You don't actually need to be a comic expert to work this out. The stamped book has been defaced as truly as if someone had written 'Barry's Book - leave off' in pen on the cover. Most collectors will go 'yuck!'. And pass on it. There may be one or two guys and gals who will go "ooh, how lovely. That really adds to the history and is part of the end to end process. I must collect them and, indeed, pay a premium for them". That person is as rare as a visitor to my L Miller Variant thread. I owned many copies of ASM with T&P stamps on them back in the glory years. I sold them (me, yes me - Mr UK Pence Man) as I wanted 'pure' untouched cents copies to sit next to my pence copies. They all sold for less than copies without stamps would. Again, this makes sense. eBay can offer multiple copies of the same book on any given day. Why buy stamped when you can buy unstamped? So it's very likely that your books will realise less money - however you sell them - than they would have had they not been stamped. Sorry. Anyway, I hope this helps. Please do come back and tell us what you think, and maybe post a picture or two. People are always saying how important it is for new members to be welcomed, but the last 4 I helped did not return, even to say 'thanks'. So do buck that trend please Gfabiano won't you. Otherwise I will cry tears of pure sadness. And you don't want to make a grown man cry do you?

Well, notwithstanding the interest from DeadOne, who classily took the time to engage during his own busiest time, and the other 4 votes, the answer to the OP's original question appears to be 'yes' To the Batmobile!