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UPDATE: Unfortunately we lost a philatelic gem. William Crowe, the stamp expertizer, passed away on June 22, 2025. These are the last stamps I sent to him.

I recently received my latest batch of graded stamp certificates from Professional Stamp Experts (PSE), and I’m sharing the results in this article.

There are ways of determining if your stamps are valuable or not, other than looking up things online.

The 1922 1¢ Green Benjamin Franklin stamp value is not worth anything despite what you see all over the internet. Here’s why.