Valuable Varieties in Queen Elizabeth Stamps: The Complete Identification Guide Collectors constantly ask how to accurately show varieties in queen elizabeth stamps without confusing common damage for a rare fortune. If you have been sorting through albums of QEII issues, you already know the frustration. You spot what looks like a rare printing error, consult a Stanley Gibbons catalog, and realize it is just a damaged stamp worth mere pennies. The line between a worthless anomaly and a museum-grade treasure is incredibly thin. We tested dozens of appraisal methods and found that most collectors miss the highest-value errors simply because they look in the wrong places. But there is one specific flaw, hiding in plain sight on millions of stamps, that dictates whether your collection