Booklet Pane #632

Is this information correct on the display card as a #632? I don't have my Scott's in-front of me and a friend just gave this to me. What's the Scotts used value on this? For me the actual "value" is the fact it's a booklet pane and the nice duplex cancel.

According to my 2011 Scott Catalog that is a 632a if the perfs. are 11 x 10.5. The booklet pane is catalog valued at $5.00 (mint) and $4.00 (used) but that used figure is in italics, suggesting that there may be limited transactions to identify an accurate value.

A close look at the example shown would lead me to suggest that you carefully look at the vertical perforations at the top and bottom of the booklet, as well as the bottom of the top left stamp, as it looks as if the perforations may have slightly separated which would negatively affect value.

The Salina, Kansas duplex postmark of May 18, 1935 certainly makes for an attractive multiple of stamps, though.

I never took it out of the display card wt1 so I hadn't noticed that. Good eyes you have! Thank you very much for the info. I think it looks handsome and I got it for free so win-win I guess!

I got this with it too. (I know that info is incorrect...lol)

Nice block of 6 of those $1 Wilson stamps issued in 1938 with very clear Buffalo, Wyoming parcel cancels.

In case you're wondering, the Buffalo, Wyoming post office was built in 1927 in one of the classic designs from that period and the same post office is still in use today!

(I've never visited the State of Wyoming, but I was surprised to see such a post office, as that city has a population of only 4585 people and I would have thought their post office would have been much smaller and more rustic looking given its location.) Gotta love those white lights flanking each side of the building, though, with what looks like claw-like bases.

And here's a bit of trivia: Do you see what's missing from the front of that post office? No flagpole with the USA flag flying and no outside mailbox in front of the building. (Although the picture could be deceiving and not completely showing the full perimeter of the property.)

That looks surprisingly like our post office in Curwensville, Clearfield Co. PA. Great information as always wt1! You always make the seemingly ordinary come to life in such vivid detail!

I don't know how the value is affected, but there should be a narrow strip of selvage across the top. That is where the staple would have been to attach the pane into the booklet.

wouldn't they have been torn out of the booklet for use as postage leaving the stapled part behind? I believe the only reason you get the selvedge is from exploded booklets.

Not saying that it does not have value, but I have seen many booklet panes from the teens, twenties and thirties with that top piece of selvage. So evidently at least some were saved that way.

The "values" lised in Scotts [both used and mint] are for booklets with the upper tab still attached.
That is why they are so robust in many cases - full used booklets are scarce.

Yes they were from "exploded" booklets. I see them frequently and hope to own an example someday.