Gem 100j -- The Logic Escapes Me

This Scott 482 Mint OGnh is PSE-graded Gem 100J.



I can understand collectors wanting to get well-centered stamps but can anyone explain to me why someone would destroy eight other stamps in order to acheive the Gem grade?

Steve

What the...

I notice the clipped block is a little off to the right and the clipping is not straight on the left side I think they should try again... LOL...

What else do you do if you have a block of nine that is tattered and foxed at the edges?

Send it to Me.

These were sometimes referred to as a "framed jumbos" prior to the numerical grading phenomenon. Over the decades, they were sold by a number of East Coast dealers who specialized in premium items. They are prized by some collectors, and are also harshly criticized by other collectors.

I have to admit, the first time I saw one, my eyes were wide open and I was thinking "WOW". Never made one, never owned one, and likely never will. They were also made with perforate stamps, not just imperforate; although the imperforate framed jumbos are more impressive.

Never in my life have I seen something like that, I agree why destroy 8 other stamps for one premium. Are there any Penny Black "framed jumbos" out there ?

Economics
This difference in price is $2.60 for a VF Mint
and $32.50 for Sup98

He will get much more money for that 1 stamp then he could have gotten for all 9.
Someone will pay $50.00 for that stamp.

Do I hear $55?

how much did it go for?

I think my bug bear is why not keep all 9 stamps intact surely all 9 in the block would be worth more?

Confuzzlement (then again its not too hard to confuse me)

Drew

SV, I received it gratis from the seller as his way of making amends for delays in shipping other items I had purchased from him.

He did say that I'd be surprised when I received my material and he was definitely right on that score!

I would trim it, lick it and stick it on an envelope and mail it to myself, then soak and float it.Hmmmmm, I wonder how a spray on cancel would look on that.I could market it as a secret trial cancel from World War I.

But how would you place it in your album? With a hinge or a mount?

Hinged, of course.

There are plenty of multiples, part sheets, and full panes lying around. I've got a part sheet as well, although I never cut a framed jumbo from it -- only blocks of 4.

It's a lot easier to sell a framed jumbo than it is to sell a block of 9, and you would get more from the framed jumbo. I'm not saying it's right, I'm just telling it as it is from the dealer's perspective.