Stamp Catalogs : Page 137
The catalog price of two cents is a retail quotation foran individual stamp. In fact, all quotations given in anycatalog are retail quotations, i.e. the price at which youmight expect to purchase any given stamp. No catalogcan, or does, attempt to indicate how much you might getfor your stamps when, and if, you undertake to sell them.
However, by ascertaining the catalog value of yourcollection, taking into consideration the situation regard-ing these cheap stamps, and the condition of your morevaluable stamps, you may arrive at a general idea of whatyour collection should be worth in the event you wish to