page_title: Philatelic expertisation
hierarchical_section_title: Philatelic expertisation
caption_attribution_description: English: A certificate of stamp expert review issued by a professional expert, member of Experts Association of Russian Philatelists' Union, in respect of 10 ruble Russian stamp of 1915, No. 130F (Michel). Русский: Сертификат экспертизы почтовой марки России 1915 г. номиналом 10 руб. (№ 130F по Михелю) экспертом из Ассоциации экспертов-членов Союза филателистов России. Фотография сделана на выставке PostCardExpo 2008.
context_page_description: Philatelic expertisation is the process whereby an authority is asked to give an opinion whether a philatelic item is genuine and whether it has been repaired or altered in any way.
  Forging and faking, regumming and reperforating of stamps is common in the philatelic marketplace, and increasingly buyers demand an expert certificate before buying a valuable item. Some items are so often faked or altered that they may be almost unsaleable without a certificate.
context_section_description: Philatelic expertisation is the process whereby an authority is asked to give an opinion whether a philatelic item is genuine and whether it has been repaired or altered in any way.
  Forging and faking, regumming and reperforating of stamps is common in the philatelic marketplace, and increasingly buyers demand an expert certificate before buying a valuable item. Some items are so often faked or altered that they may be almost unsaleable without a certificate.
caption: Expertization certificate issued in 2004 for a 1915 Russian 10 ruble postage stamp
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