Linbergh C10 Airmail Pb Of 4

I have about 5 mint Plate blocks of 4 of the Lindbergh airmail. All the catalog listings are for PB of 6. Can anyone give me a clue on the value of these?

It is customary with plate blocks to save one stamp on either side of the plate number. When the plate number is on the corner of a pane, one only saves the row/column next to the number and one row/column out.

My guess is that on full panes of C10, the plate number is printed so that there is a column of stamps on either side of the number. So a proper plate block would be the columns on either side of the plate number, and the row beneath.

Your picture shows a staple mark near the plate number. That would certainly count against value.

The plate SINGLES in this era have about a 50% premium over non-plates. So the 'value' would be about 4.5 times a single C10.

Maybe- The staple remnants are likely from a booklet and would be expected to be there. However like was pointed out in another thread that the booklets have straight edges on each stamp so there I'm confused a bit as I don't see that on the scan above?

Staple holes also occur on sheet stamps. Back in those days, the sheet stamps were delivered as stapled pads. Today, the pads are delivered shrink-wrapped.

They do appear to be staple marks or pin holes. As far as I know they did not come from a booklet as all edges are perfed.

There is no question that they are sheet stamps, not booklet stamps. Those are definitely staple holes that come from the mint sheets being stapled together in a pad.

I agree with chasa - the price should be roughly 1-1.5x the going rate of the singles although most collectors will prefer to own them in blocks of 6 so that may effect buyer demand.

A nice block of C10 nonetheless. According to my catalog there are 12 collectible plate numbers that range from 18997 to 19008.

That is correct, there are 12 known plate numbers for the sheet stamps.

For the booklet pane stamps, there are 4 plate numbers, different from the plate numbers for the sheet stamps. As far as I know, all 4 plate numbers are only known to exist as partials, as the plate numbers for these booklet panes were usually trimmed off during the manufacturing of the booklets.

Still a very impressive block of 4. Very nice sfriedman39.

Hi, I'm new here and hope I clicked to respond here correctly. I have been given a large collection and ran across this thread and figured I would post. This is my Lindbergh C10 (also with staple marks) and am also interested in the value of it. I would consider mint and NH. My local library has Scott cats but they only go to 2007, how accurate would 2007 value be in 2012. Thanks for the feedback.

Catalog value for the Lindbergh PB of 6 is $130.00 if they have never been mounted (never hinged). Of course I doubt you'd get anyone to pay $130.00 as very few items garnish full catalog value. The scan / picture is too small to see the centering and that determines a lot. I'll try and see what the last few have sold for.

Here are a few from ebay and what they tallied

http://www.ebay.com/itm/nystamps-US...em5892060be9

http://www.ebay.com/itm/CKSTAMPS-US...em4161ecc59a

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1927-10c-C1...em33705495a9

http://www.ebay.com/itm/C10-MNH-Top...em1e69bf3e52

Now toss out the first 2 as these sellers for some reason get more bids on their items then any other seller on ebay. Of the rest I saw, they appear to be going for anywhere from $25-40.

Thanks for the information and links stallzer and sorry the image is small. The vertical perfs are just to right of center, the horizontal are center.