Booklet Panes

While digging through a box holding some of my unsorted stuff recently, I can across a nice stack of unused booklets of U.S. stamps, mostly from the 90's, some early 2000's. Quite a few, actually. Didn't remember that I had them. I know I have the singles of all of these in albums already. Any reason to hang onto these, or should I just used them for postage? Is there a premium attached to full, unscathed booklets, or are they just like any other modern U.S. stamps?

Depending on exactly what you have, booklets that are complete could bring a premium. Since you are not very specific in your question, I can not give a specific answer other then to look in a Scott catalog. They should have every booklet issued listed.

Peter

Most are generally worth face value (or less), however, there are known varieties with colors missing and/or certain plate numbers that make certain examples worth quite a premium. I wouldn't classify them all as postage value only. You first need to do some research.

Your best option would be to identify what you have in the Booklet Pane Section of the Scott Specialized Catalog of US Stamps to get a feel for what booklets may be worth a premium. If you don't have a copy, many public libraries have them in their reference section.

As for value, keep in mind that the catalog value is only a guide and most examples sell for less -- much less -- unless an item is particularly rare or in high demand. Searching out sold listings in ebay and other auction sites is usually a good indicator as to what the material really sells for on the secondary market.

And, should you decide to keep any of them, you will need to decide whether/not to explode them, or display them intact.

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Cheers,

/s/ ikeyPikey