Displaying Booklets

Can anyone help me with the best way to display booklets? I have recently acquired a large number of booklets (Greenland and Iceland), many of which have double panes inside, each with a different design. It seems to me that the best solution is to buy two sets of each booklet, "explode" one to display the stamps and keep one booklet intact and display the cover art work. This is fine for easily available booklets, but for rarer items this proves a problem. Either the booklets cost a lot of money, or they are not available in multiples. I don't particularly want to explode booklets because this reduces their value (a separate discussion topic on its own).

Which mounting system do people use? I use Hagner mounts for my stamps, but booklets are not suited for this system. I think there are clear, A4 binder sheets used for covers. I don't collect covers as a rule so I am little in the dark on this. There is a thread from 2009 but it doesn't seem to help too much. As some of you know, there doesn't seem to be a stamp dealer in the country I live and work in so I can't drop in and ask: my questions might seem pretty basic to some, but please bear with me :-)

Exploding them is the best way to display them but as you noted it reduces value so unless you want these handled every time you display them I would suggest either high resolution scans or leaving them "raw". Maybe someone else has a better idea as I don't have any so no first hand knowledge.

Hi Tim,

For booklets stock sheet specially 3 and 4 row, sometime
5 rows may also work. If transparent you find may work fine but
disadvantage would be instead of 6,8 or 10 you will be able to
accommodate half of it.
I use stock sheets, usually by from Amos. sometime Sheets configuration chart will help a lot. I would not explode booklets.

tikithindi

Hi Tim,

Following are stock Sheets I use for booklets. Hope this will give
you idea.








tikithindi

TimH, Greetings:

You might also enjoy an earlier thread:

https://goscf.com/t/8429 Cutting Booklets Down to Panes

Cheers,

/s/ ikeyPikey

Tim

Gibbons does a "Universal" booklet album - basically a 22-ring type, with a range of 7 types of booklet leaf to accommodate various booklet types. Doesn't solve the exploding question, of course.

Regards.

Geoff

Thanks iP. I missed that thread because I was looking for an exact match of words. It answers most of my questions perfectly, and tikithindi has answered the rest Danger UXB (unexploded booklet).

Seems to me that clear stock sheets are better than black, as they would allow one to view the outside of the booklet cover as well as the stamps.

Probably answer is in between. If someone is collecting Booklets
if only single booklet use single clear stock sheet and have
more than one booklet other Pages use black both side pockets.
so all booklets are in same binder and no need to search around other place.

tikithindi

TimH: You might get some hints (eg whether/not the booklets were exploded) from the descriptions of the individual lots:

The "Keystone" Collection of U.S. Booklets and Booklet Panes

http://db.kelleherauctions.com/php/...g=1&sale=635

Session 2: The "Keystone" Collection

Lots 1001-1056 Booklets and Panes from the 1898 Bureau Issue
Lots 1057-1114 Booklets and Panes from the 1902-03 Bureau Issue
Lots 1115-1249 Booklets and Panes from the 1903 "Shield" Issue
Lots 1250-1306 Booklets and Panes from the 1908-09 Washington-Franklin Issue, D.L. Watermark
Lots 1307-1332 Booklets and Panes from the 1910-11 Washington-Franklin Issue, S.L. Watermark
Lots 1333-1351 Booklets and Panes from the 1912 Washington Issue, Perf. 12
Lots 1352-1367 Booklets and Panes from the 1913 Washington Issue, Perf. 10
Lots 1368-1382 Booklets and Panes from the 1916 Washington Issue, Unwatermarked
Lots 1383-1412 Booklets and Panes from the 1917 Washington Issue, Perf. 11
Lots 1413-1432 The 1917 A.E.F. Issue
Lots 1433-1461 Issues from 1923 through 1995

http://www.philbansner.com/ sells the Kelleher 'Keystone' auction catalog for U$D 22.50

Cheers,

/s/ ikeyPikey