7-Eleven Booklets

In late 1996 or early 1997, long before it became common for USPS to market their stamps through grocery stores/drug stores/convenience stores, 7-Eleven stores offered some of the then current 32c self-adhesive convertible booklets (Flag over Porch, Statue of Liberty, Yellow Rose) through their stores, but with a twist. They charged more than face value, but on the backs of the booklets they put a blue & orange promotional sticker that offered a discount on phone card purchases (picture at bottom of this message).

At the APS show in Michigan I was lucky enought to find the 32c Statue of Liberty plate number V2122 with the 7-Eleven sticker on back (one of the two less common numbers with the sticker), and it was the Scott 3122Ef version (die cut 11.5x11.8).

If you have the Statue of Liberty plate number V1211 with the 7-Eleven sticker on back, can you tell me if they are 3122a (die cut 11) or 3122Ef (die cut 11.5x11.8)? [The other two SoL plate numbers known with the 7-Eleven stickers are V1111 and V2222, and both of those are Sc. 3122a, die cut 11].

Also, can anyone confirm any of the following 32c Flag over Porch (Sc. 2920a) with the the 7-Eleven sticker on back? They were listed in Linn's in 2008 as existing with the the 7-Eleven sticker, but the source of the info is not reliable.

V13831
V13834
V23422
V42556
V45554

Never knew about these.

Thank you for this information.

I apologize that I cannot help you with your questions.

Regards,
Stampalotapus

you're welcome

I was hoping someone knew about these so I could learn but one of the best things to have is what everyone else doesnt.

I keep watching to see if new info is added. Hopefully sometime soon a knowledgeable member will contribute. It seems these would be very scarce, and should be Scott listed specifically with the 7-11 backing. Are you trying to get at the plate numbers being different from others as issued? Also it sounds like you are citing front of the book Scott numbers. It might make sense are these listed or mentioned in the Scott back of the book, BK, section for booklet panes? It looks like a booklet to me. Sorry I can't add anything better to the dialogue.

No, they aren't going to get Scott listed because the stickers on back were added by the 7-Eleven corporation and they are a private product, not an official USPS variety.

There aren't tons of them flotaing around because they weren't well known, and because only a fraction of the people who knew about them saved them at the time.

I'm not quite sure what you men by "Are you trying to get at the plate numbers being different from others as issued?" but if you are trying to suggest that the plae numbers on the panes with the stickers are different than the ones without the stickers, that is not true. All of the plate numbers known on ones with the stickers are also known without the stickers (but some numbers known without the stickers are not known with the stickers).

As for "Also it sounds like you are citing front of the book Scott numbers. It might make sense are these listed or mentioned in the Scott back of the book, BK, section for booklet panes?" - the Scott numbers I quoted are used both in the front of the book and in the booklet section of the catalog.

couple of typos fixed

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