Scott 298 Repair Paste-Up (Single)

I saw a previous thread (https://goscf.com/t/20795), after I researched this item. Unfortunately, what I have here is half of a paste-up pair. As a pair, worth $35 or so. As a single, worth ?

Is this Scott 298?

Yes, according to my Unitrade, Scott 298 is the Sepia version of this coil stamp.

I think these are cool. I have this admiral pair. Purchased this off ebay after I found a pasteup single on a postcard. Had never heard of them before.

The Canadian coil stamps from 1929 and before are different from those from 1930 and after with regards to paste ups. Paste ups exist for coils from 1929 and before due to full panes or strips from panes being pasted together to make coil rolls. Paste ups exist from 1930 and after to repair coil strips that have separated from each other during their manufacture such as when they were being rolled up into coil stamp rolls. In other words, those from 1929 and before are intentional or required while those from 1930 and after are unintentional or accidental.

Waking up this ten-year-old thread with another opinion to add to the historical record.

It was suggested that the original poster's stamp is part of a paste-up pair, and specifically that post 1930 paste-ups are scarce because they are due to unintentional or accidental repairs to broken coil rolls.

I will offer an alternative explanation that the original stamp posted above is not one of these. Instead, the stamp was the first (or last) stamp in a coil roll and the attached tab is part of the leader strip or end strip, basically the paper wrapper that wrapped around the coil rolls before shipping. Here are a couple of examples (photos from the Internet).


Still a nice collectible, but possibly not for the reason originally suggested.