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Name Email Password Country Phone

Owner or Authorized Representative

If you are not the legal owner, describe your authority to submit the material Name of the legal owner, if different from the person completing this form

Item Identification

Name or title of the item Issuing country, territory, colony, state, province, city, military authority, or postal administration Region, dependency, occupation, or local-post authority, if applicable Issue or series name Face value Currency Colour Design or subject Date of issue Estimated issue date or period, if uncertain Quantity included Brief identification summary

Catalogue Identification

Primary catalogue number Catalogue edition and year Additional catalogue name and number Specialized catalogue or handbook reference Major variety designation Sub-variety designation Plate, position, setting, transfer, stone, die, or printing reference Watermark catalogue designation Perforation catalogue designation Postmark or postal-history classification

Is the catalogue identification: Confirmed by certificate Confirmed by recognized expert Confirmed by specialist dealer Owner’s identification Tentative Disputed Unknown

Provide the basis for the catalogue identification Current catalogue value, if known Currency of catalogue value Catalogue valuation date

Does the catalogue value apply to: Mint never hinged Mint hinged Unused without gum Used On cover Block or multiple Error or variety Other

Issue, Design, and Production Details

Designer Engraver Printer Printing location Die, plate, stone, cylinder, or printing number Plate position Sheet position Printing or setting Paper colour Paper thickness Watermark orientation and position

Security features Silk threads Coloured fibres Phosphor bands Fluorescent tagging Embossing Underprint Security overprint Other None known

Ink and colour designation Shade or colour variety

Is the colour original and unfaded? Yes No Unsure

Additional production details

Gum and Mint Status

Complete this section for unused or mint stamps.

Approximate percentage of original gum Gum colour and appearance

Is the gum believed to be original? Yes No Unsure

Has the gum been disturbed, redistributed, enhanced, repaired, or replaced? No Yes Unsure

Are bends, creases, fingerprints, hinge marks, adhesions, skips, cracks, or other gum disturbances present? No Yes

If yes, describe completely

Has the item been stuck down, mounted, or attached to another surface? No Yes Unknown

If yes, explain

Perforations, Rouletting, and Margins

Separation method Imperforate Perforated Rouletted Die-cut Serpentine die-cut Pin-perforated Other Unknown

Perforation measurement Perforation gauge used Compound or mixed perforations

Are the perforations complete? Yes No Mostly Not applicable

Are the perforations believed to be original? Yes No Unsure

Margins Four full margins Three margins Two margins One margin Cut into design Sheet margin Imprint margin Other Not applicable

Are frame lines or adjoining-stamp portions visible? Yes No Not applicable

Has the item been trimmed or had margins added? No Yes Unsure

If yes or unsure, explain

Centering Superb Extremely fine Very fine Fine Average Poor Not graded

Describe the perforations, margins, and centering

Cancellation and Used Status

Complete this section for used stamps and postal-history items.

Post office or location Cancellation date Cancellation colour

Cancellation clarity Complete and clear Partial but identifiable Indistinct Smudged Heavy Light Other

Is the cancellation contemporary with the stamp’s period of use? Yes No Unsure

Is the cancellation tied to the cover or document? Yes No Partially Not applicable

Has the cancellation been authenticated? Yes No Unknown

Are there any concerns that the cancellation was added, altered, strengthened, removed, or forged? No Yes Unsure

If yes or unsure, explain completely

Errors, Varieties, Essays, Proofs, and Specimens

Describe the error, variety, essay, proof, or specimen Plate, position, setting, pane, or sheet location

Is the variety constant or recurring? Yes No Unknown

How was the variety identified? Expert certificate Specialized catalogue Plate study Published reference Comparison with recognized examples Owner’s opinion Other

Number of known examples Number of known examples in this condition or format

Is the item listed in a recognized census or registry? Yes No Unknown

If yes, provide the census or registry reference

Are genuine normal examples or comparison material included? Yes No

Describe all evidence supporting the claimed error or variety

Cover and Postal-History Details

Complete this section for covers, entires, postal stationery, folded letters, postcards, and other postal-history material. Type of postal-history item

Complete this section for covers, entires, postal stationery, folded letters, postcards, and other postal-history material.

Origin Destination Date sent Date received Sender Recipient Complete postal route Intermediate transit points Postal rate paid Rate period Rate calculation Franking

List every stamp, denomination, issue, and quantity.

Is the franking tied to the cover by genuine cancellations? Yes No Unsure

Backstamps Censor tape, seal, or marking

Contents included Original letter Enclosure Invoice Photograph Document No contents Other

Are the contents original to the cover? Yes No Unsure Not applicable

Has the cover been opened? At top At bottom At left At right Multiple sides Unopened Other

Has any stamp, cancellation, address, marking, rate, or enclosure been added, removed, altered, or replaced? No Yes Unsure

If yes or unsure, explain fully Historical importance of the correspondence, sender, recipient, route, rate, or event

Postal Stationery Details

Type of postal stationery Stamped envelope Postal card Reply card Letter sheet Aerogramme Wrapper Registration envelope Telegraph form Other

Indicium design and denomination Size or format Paper type and colour Watermark Flap type Knife or cutting designation Printing or setting

Unused or used Unused Used Specimen Proof Essay Other

Is the stationery complete and in its original format? Yes No Unsure

Has the item been cut down, repaired, refolded, or altered? No Yes Unsure

If yes or unsure, explain

Multiples, Sheets, Panes, and Booklets

Number of stamps Sheet, pane, or booklet position Plate, cylinder, or printing number Sheet margins, selvedge, inscriptions, guide lines, arrows, or markings present

Are all stamps joined by original, undisturbed perforations or imperforate margins? Yes No Unsure

Has the multiple been reinforced, rejoined, hinged together, or reconstructed? No Yes Unsure

If yes or unsure, explain

For booklets, are all covers, interleaving, advertising panes, tabs, staples, and contents original and complete? Yes No Unsure Not applicable

Describe the complete format and any missing or altered components

Grading and Condition

Overall condition Gem Superb Extremely fine Very fine Fine Average Poor Condition unknown Not formally graded

Detailed condition report

Describe every defect, repair, alteration, treatment, and area of concern.

Is the item sound and free of faults? Yes No Unsure

Has the item been graded numerically? Yes No

Grading organization Numerical grade Certificate or grading number

Is the item encapsulated or sealed? Yes No

Is the holder or seal intact and untampered with? Yes No Unsure Not applicable

Has the item previously received a different grade? No Yes Unknown

If yes, provide complete details

Repairs, Restoration, and Alterations

Has the item been cleaned, washed, pressed, regummed, reperforated, trimmed, repaired, restored, recoloured, rebacked, altered, or otherwise treated? No Yes Unknown

Name of conservator, restorer, expert, dealer, or organization responsible Date of treatment

Is a treatment or restoration report available? Yes No

Has the treatment been disclosed on an expert certificate or grading label? Yes No Unknown Not applicable

Are there any suspected but unconfirmed alterations? No Yes Unsure

If yes or unsure, explain completely

Expertization and Authentication

Has the item been examined by a recognized philatelic expert or expert committee? Yes No Unknown

Expert or expertizing organization

Examples include Royal Philatelic Society London, British Philatelic Association, Philatelic Foundation, American Philatelic Expertizing Service, Vincent Graves Greene Philatelic Research Foundation, or another recognized organization.

Examples: Royal Philatelic Society London, British Philatelic Association, Philatelic Foundation, American Philatelic Expertizing Service, Vincent Graves Greene Philatelic Research Foundation, or another recognized organization. Certificate date Certificate number Exact conclusion of the certificate

Does the certificate include a photograph of this specific item? Yes No Unknown

Is the certificate original? Yes No Unknown

Can the certificate be verified in the issuer’s records or database? Yes No Unknown

Are older certificates or expert marks present? Yes No

List every certificate, expert mark, owner’s mark, guarantee, and opinion

Has any expert or expertizing organization declined, rejected, qualified, or questioned the item? No Yes Unknown

If yes or unknown, provide complete details

Are there contradictory certificates or opinions? No Yes Unsure

If yes or unsure, explain completely

Has scientific or technical testing been performed? Yes No Unknown

If yes, provide:

Include paper, ink, gum, watermark, ultraviolet, infrared, spectral, microscopic or other analysis; laboratory or expert; date; report number; and results.

Rarity, Census, and Recorded Examples

Is the item considered rare? Yes No Unknown

Estimated number originally issued or produced Estimated number of surviving examples Estimated number of surviving unused examples Estimated number of surviving used examples Estimated number known on cover Estimated number known in this condition, shade, variety, position, or format

Is the item recorded in a recognized census, registry, plating study, handbook, or scholarly publication? Yes No Unknown

Census or reference name Census number or identifying description Known institutional examples Known auction appearances Known comparable examples Describe the item’s rarity and philatelic importance

Provenance and Ownership History

Provide the fullest possible ownership history, beginning with the earliest known collector, dealer, discoverer, correspondence, archive, or institutional owner and continuing to the present owner. Earliest known owner or source Date of earliest known ownership Original correspondence, find, hoard, archive, or discovery source, if applicable Complete ownership history

For each owner or custodian, provide full name, city and country, collection name, date acquired, date transferred, method of acquisition, dealer/auction house/source, and supporting documentation.

Has the item belonged to a recognized or award-winning collection? Yes No Unknown

If yes, provide the collector’s and collection’s names

Are recognized collector, dealer, or expert ownership marks present? Yes No Unknown

If yes, identify each mark

Has the item remained in the same family, collection, archive, society, or institution for an extended period? Yes No Unknown

If yes, provide complete details and dates

Are there any gaps in the known ownership history? No Yes Unknown

If yes or unknown, identify and explain the gaps

Has the item previously been offered for sale? Yes No Unknown

If yes, provide:

Include date offered, dealer or auction house, sale name, catalogue or lot number, description, estimate, reserve if applicable, sale result, buyer if known, and reason withdrawn or unsold if applicable.

Provenance Documentation

Describe each available document Name shown on the earliest documentation Date of the earliest documentation

Are the catalogue identification, shade, watermark, perforation, cancellation, grade, condition, certificate numbers, photographs, and descriptions consistent across the documentation? Yes No Unsure

If no or unsure, explain every difference

Are original documents available, or only copies? Original documents Copies Both originals and copies No documents

May the provenance documents be reviewed confidentially? Yes No Only with prior approval

Publication and Exhibition History

Has the item been published? Yes No Unknown

If yes, provide:

Has the item been exhibited competitively or publicly? Yes No Unknown

If yes, provide:

Has the item been loaned to a museum, postal museum, archive, society, or institution? Yes No Unknown

If yes, provide the institution, dates, purpose, and loan details

Has the item appeared in an auction catalogue, collection catalogue, documentary, article, database, or website? Yes No Unknown

Provide links and complete references where available

Albums, Collections, and Archives

Collection title

Complete this section when submitting more than one item.

Date range represented Number of stamps Number of covers or postal-history items Number of albums, stock books, binders, boxes, or containers Primary catalogue or organizational system

Is an itemized inventory available? Yes No Partially

Is a catalogue-number list available? Yes No Partially

Are individual condition and value notes available? Yes No Partially

Are certificates matched to the correct items? Yes No Unsure Not applicable

Are any items missing from the collection or inventory? No Yes Unsure

If yes or unsure, explain Identify the most important, rare, or valuable items in the collection Describe the organization, completeness, strengths, weaknesses, and overall condition of the collection

Legal Ownership and Compliance

Do you confirm that you legally own the philatelic material or are legally authorized to act for its owner? Yes No

Is the material free of liens, loans, leases, security interests, competing claims, or other encumbrances? Yes No Unsure

Has the material ever been reported lost, stolen, unlawfully removed, or misappropriated? No Yes Unsure

Has the material been checked against lost-or-stolen property, art, or philatelic databases? Yes No Unknown

If yes, identify the databases and provide the date and results

Has the material been checked against the Art Loss Register? Yes No Unknown

Is the material subject to any ownership dispute, estate claim, restitution claim, government claim, postal-administration claim, museum claim, archive claim, institutional claim, or other legal claim? No Yes Unsure

If yes or unsure, explain fully

Was any material originally government, military, postal-administration, museum, archive, or institutional property? No Yes Unknown

If yes, is lawful deaccession, disposal, gift, sale, or transfer documentation available? Yes No Unknown

Are there any restrictions on ownership, possession, advertising, transfer, export, import, or sale? No Yes Unsure

Was the material legally exported from every country in which it was previously located? Yes No Unsure

Are export licences available where required? Yes No Not applicable Unsure

Was the material legally imported into its current country? Yes No Unsure

Are import and customs documents available where required? Yes No Not applicable Unsure

Does any album, cover, container, seal, or accessory contain ivory, tortoiseshell, protected leather, protected wood, or other regulated material? No Yes Unsure

If yes or unsure, provide complete details and documentation Please disclose every legal, ownership, authenticity, export, import, protected-material, or documentation concern

Sale Information

Asking price (including currency)

Does the asking price apply to: One stamp One cover or postal-history item A pair, strip, block, pane, or sheet A set An album A specialized collection An archive or correspondence An entire collection Other

Are any stamps, covers, certificates, albums, documents, or related materials excluded from the proposed sale? No Yes

If yes, identify every excluded item Estimated value, if known Who provided the estimate or valuation? Date of the estimate or valuation

Is a written appraisal or valuation available? Yes No

Photographs, Scans, and Supporting Materials

Photographs or scans

Please provide clear, recent, unedited colour photographs or high-resolution scans. For stamps, include full front/back views, all margins and perforations, normal-light image, gum if applicable, watermark if safely obtainable, close-ups of overprints/surcharges/errors/flaws/varieties, cancellation, faults/repairs/alterations, expert and owner marks, an indication of scale where relevant, and complete certificate/grading holder. For covers and postal-history items, include complete front/back, every postmark/marking, every stamp and cancellation, transit/arrival backstamps, censor tapes/seals/markings, address/routing/rate endorsements, complete contents/enclosures, faults or alterations, and certificate/supporting documentation. For collections, include every album/stock book/binder/box/container, representative pages, every important/high-value page, every individually certified item, inventory/catalogue-number list, and the complete collection.

Are all submitted images recent and unedited? Yes No

If no, explain

Have any images been cropped, enhanced, colour-adjusted, retouched, filtered, or otherwise altered? No Yes Unknown

If yes or unknown, explain Supporting documents

Upload relevant purchase/dealer/auction records; provenance and collection inventories; catalogue-number lists; expert and grading certificates; census/registry/plating/specialized-reference records; old album pages and photographs; museum/archive/society/exhibition/publication records; conservation/scientific-testing reports; appraisals or valuations; insurance and estate documents; export/import/customs documentation; lost-or-stolen and Art Loss Register results; legal opinions; and other relevant documents.

Image or document notes

Identify each submitted item and explain any missing images, sensitive information, inconsistent descriptions, conflicting opinions, or documentation gaps.

Additional Information

Please provide any additional information that may assist in identifying, evaluating, researching, presenting, or understanding the stamps or postal-history material Please disclose any fact that a prospective purchaser would reasonably consider important Questions or special instructions

Declaration

By submitting this form, I confirm that:

I am the lawful owner of the item or am properly authorized to act for its lawful owner.
The information supplied is complete and accurate to the best of my knowledge.
I have not knowingly omitted any material information.
I have disclosed all known provenance gaps, ownership questions, authenticity concerns, reproduction parts, alterations, repairs, restorations, condition issues, legal restrictions, hazardous materials, protected materials, intellectual-property concerns, and other relevant facts.
I understand that Orpheus Alerts does not authenticate, appraise, inspect, insure, store, possess, take custody of, buy, sell, broker, or guarantee items.
I understand that Orpheus Alerts does not guarantee the authenticity, manufacturer, model, age, rarity, production history, provenance, ownership, legality, condition, completeness, originality, value, availability, marketability, or suitability of any item.
I understand that Orpheus Alerts may decline to distribute an opportunity when the information, provenance, documentation, legal ownership, authenticity, safety, or condition is incomplete, uncertain, or unsuitable.
I understand that Orpheus Alerts and its owner, Orpheus Intelligence Labs Inc., are not involved in any transaction. Orpheus Alerts’ sole role is to notify paying subscribers of opportunities that may match the criteria they have provided.
I understand that Orpheus Alerts does not represent the owner, seller, purchaser, or any other party.
I understand that any interested subscriber must communicate directly with the owner or the owner’s authorized representative.
I understand that all parties are responsible for conducting their own legal, provenance, authenticity, originality, condition, safety, sanctions, and financial due diligence.
I understand that submission of this form does not guarantee that Orpheus Alerts will distribute an opportunity notification.
I authorize Orpheus Alerts to review the submitted information, photographs, and documents for the purpose of deciding whether to notify potentially interested paying subscribers.
I agree to the applicable terms of service and privacy policy.

I have read, understand, and confirm the declaration above.

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