Experts - Pricing and Payment
Payment methods for overseas submitters
Cheque drawn on a UK bank
Credit and Debit card. We accept any card displaying the Visa or Mastercard symbols.
Those wishing to pay by Bank Transfer please contact the Secretary of RPSL Ltd. who will supply all account details upon request.
Please ensure we receive the total amount of payment due by informing your bank that ALL charges are for your account. If we incur bank charges on your payment, payment for these will be requested.
Dollar cheque. While we can accept dollar cheques, the bank charge for cashing these is very high – please add £10 to invoiced amount to cover these costs.
It is possible to send cash (at your own risk) by registered post. If not sending sterling, please add 2% to the invoice total for the commission the bank will charge converting to sterling.
All submissions need to be paid for before items are returned. To speed the process, if paying by credit card, please send me your card details now either by post or fax 0044 207 487 5122 If using another method I will invoice you when your items are ready, and then I will send them immediately following your payment.
Credit and Debit Card Payments
Please see the Certificate Application Form.
Experts - Charges
1 June 2010
The opinions of the Expert Committee will be charged for by RPSL Ltd on the following scale which will apply to each item submitted for examination.
| Messrs Stanley Gibbons current catalogue quotation | FEE for opinion certified as genuine | FEE for all other opinions |
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Up to £1,400 Covers and large pieces |
£35.00 £40.00 |
£35.00 £35.00 |
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Between £1,400 and £14,000 Between £14,000 and £60,000 Over £60,000 |
2.5% £350 plus 1% on the excess over £14,000 £810 |
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| Where no catalogue value is given or for covers, lettersheets, multiples or premium pieces, the charges will be at the discretion of the Committee. If third party scientific analysis is required to reach an opinion, the cost of such analysis will be added to the opinion fee. | ||
VAT (where applicable) plus return postage is additional to all charges.
The Committee reserves the right to charge return postage on such items returned for further examination.
Collector Fellows and Members of the Royal Philatelic Society London are entitled to a 25% discount from RPSL Ltd on the above charges. In addition, they are entitled to TWO FREE opinions on the first two items submitted to the the Expert Committee each year between the January and December meetings. These free opinions are not retrospective and are subject to a handling charge of £10 per item payable at the time of submission.
Philatelic Trade Fellows and Members will be entitled to the two free opinions under the same conditions as Collector Members. Thereafter, the provision that 'no member shall be permitted to use his membership of fellowship of the Society to promote commercial philatelic business interests' shall apply and the charges as for non-members will be applied. A 10% discount on opinion fees is available to members of the PTS, who need to indicate their membership on the certificate application form.