What is the difference between the no stamp and the one with no qualifiers listed?
www.psacard.com/pop/tcg-cards/2004/pokemon-world-championships-promo/87141
PSA only really recently started designating the âno stampâ variant so a lot of the population is listed under the wrong category. The vast majority of 04 windâs that are listed in both categories are the spectator version, which is the âno stampâ.
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Yeah, I had this same confusion recently. Pbali is correct. The card without a stamp labelled âno stampâ and the card without a stamp with no qualifiers are the same card. Only difference is PSAâs label. (As Pbali clarifies below, there are also stamped versions which are categorised correctly.)
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Mostly* the same card. There are players copies that are graded correctly under the no qualifiers category.
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Just an instance of PSA being silly. âNo stampâ is such a stupid label - the presence of a stamp should be the thing denoted, not the lack thereof.
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Unless the stamped card is the âstandardâ and the no stamp the exception. Which is the case with this card.
I disagree, I think ultimately PSA should treat the card by itself without any fancy decoration as the âbaseâ card, regardless of what came first or has a higher distribution. That way the labelling on all cards would be standardised. Imagine if 1st edition card labels made no mention of the 1st edition stamp but instead the unlimited copies said âno stampâ instead - itâd make little sense.
The lack of stamp being denoted on the label itself already implies that there is no stamp worth mentioning on the card (which isnât the case).
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I have no clue what the reason is for calling that particular card âno stampâ, I only pointed on a different way of looking at those tournament promo cards. They are a different part of the collectors universe.
I 100% agree with you, although should we contact PSA to change JPN base âno rarity symbolâ to Base? And Base to âwith rarity symbolâ?
Just wanted to step in to let people know that they arenât the same card.
Here is a picture of one without qualifiers (notice the Worlds 04 stamp):
And here is a picture of one without the stamp (notice the lack of a Worlds 04 stamp):
The point was that PSA did not recognize the âno stampâ until recently which led to the confusion. Collectors knew but psa didnt lol
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@pokecollectoramy I was correcting greenshoots saying âThe âno stampâ and the one without qualifiers are the same card.â 
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Sorry - I already knew what you clarified and wasnât suggesting otherwise. I was aware that there was a stamped version and didnât realise that required clarification - I was only referring to the problem alluded to in the OP, which, as @pokecollectoramy explained, was that PSA has labelled some of the no stamps as âno stamp,â and then some of the no stamps as âWorld Championships,â even though those cards (without stamps) are the same card. I knew there was a stamped version correctly categorised under âWorld Championshipsâ and was only referring to the inconsistent PSA labelling of the no stamp cards⌠I really assumed everyone knew that there was a correctly-labelled stamped version already, hence the purpose of a no stamp qualifier in the first place. But Iâve edited my post to avoid further confusion for future readers of this thread, as obviously it wasnât clear
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