What To Do With These #755s

In my last purchase I came across these #755s. I know they are apart of farley's follies, which is of special interest to me. I know that you can collect "gutter pairs" and things like that but I have no idea what those are and what they look like. Some day I would like to get a specialized album for farley's follies.

As for these stamps, what should I do with them? I never feel safe cutting them apart, so I figured I would ask the experts

Nice pick-up! I love the Farley's.

Hi 68W,

Personally, I would keep them as they are, if for no other reason than they would break up the monotony of an album page mounted as is.

Terry

Nice wide-margin pair. Will make a nice counterpoint to gutter pairs when you start on them. I'd leave it as is.

I think I will just hang on to it. It should fit into my Farley collection when I start it.

So the correct term for this is a "wide margin pair"?

It's a margin pair. Use of the term "wide" is optional. I just put the hyphen in the wrong place. Nice pair though. Shows the far edge of the printing plate (where the line of color ends).

Ahh I see. Thanks for the information!

There is just so much you can do with these (Farleys). They are cheap and they come in so many variations that you can have a lot of fun.

As I mentioned above, I plan on getting a specialized album just for Farleys. But that is after I'm satisfied with my current album. Come to think of it, I don't think I will ever be done collecting stamps.