daver
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Post by daver on Apr 27, 2022 23:51:12 GMT
I recently acquired a collection that had both booklet panes and empty booklet covers. I have included a sample page of the covers. The previous collector has removed the actual panes and mounted the empty booklet covers as shown. Is this type of display widely used in our hobby? Also, I see that the Scott Specialized Catalog has a section on booklets (BK)- do these entries pertain to empty booklets? Any comments you have would be appreciated as I am new to this topic. Thx!  |
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hdm1950
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What I collect: I collect world wide up to 1965 with several specialty albums added due to volume of material I have acquired. At this point I am focused on Canada and British America. I am always on the lookout for stamps and covers with postmarks from communities in Queens County, Nova Scotia. I do list various goods including stamps occasionally on eBay as hdm50
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Post by hdm1950 on Apr 28, 2022 0:25:54 GMT
I am not an expert but I do know that for Canadian booklets the Unitrade catalogue listings are for full booklets. I am pretty sure the USA listings would be the same.
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brightonpete
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Post by brightonpete on Apr 28, 2022 0:53:42 GMT
The value of the booklets drop like a rock when exploded in some cases. Too bad they weren't kept intact. I suppose the collector wanted to see the panes, but kept the covers to show what they used to be.
Empty covers? Can the panes be easily re-attached? If not I'd keep then displayed along with the panes, just because you have them. The one booklet I have exploded, I tossed the cover, and here it is, along with a silver collectors' coin from the the RCM.
Peter
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swvl
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What I collect: FDCs, plus some US modern and new issues. Topical interests include music, art, literature, baseball, space...
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Post by swvl on Apr 28, 2022 1:06:54 GMT
I don’t know about their value, but I think they’re interesting items. That’s a nice page.
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khj
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Post by khj on Apr 28, 2022 1:23:24 GMT
The BK### listings in the Scott US Specialized refer to the intact complete booklet.
The booklet covers are representatively illustrated using the BC### designations. The Scott illustrations/listings for booklet cover types/varieties is far from comprehensive. At most, Scott sometimes will put a number in parenthesis to indicate how many booklet cover varieties are known (see for example, Scott BK75 has a "(3)" in the listing, indicating there are 3 booklet cover varieties that have the same booklet panes inside). But there are quite a few booklet cover/liner varieties that Scott completely ignores.
If you want to collect the different booklet cover varieties, you will need to use the Furman catalog -- which, as far as I know, has not been updated since the turn of the century.
I used to do a lot of mailings, and for kicks I would often hang on to the booklets/liners after using up the stamps. So I also have a mini-collection of "empty booklets", although not mounted like yours.
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daver
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Post by daver on Apr 28, 2022 12:23:46 GMT
Thanks everybody for the quick responses! I think I'll keep them separate from my main collection.
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