Should I Split 2010 GB Mint Pane?

I bought this on impulse because I spotted it on the desk in the PO when I was in buying postage stamps. Its not my thing to collect mint/modern/panes. (is this a pane or a sheet, by the way?! I am so ignorant). So ultimately I'm not going to keep it.




I'm sure I'll get lots of different opinions, but that's what I'm looking for to help me decide what to do.
Should I split it? Keeping some blocks together with selvedge info which I can trade. Then I could use the middle stamps for postage, single stamp trades, and keep one for myself. If so, which way/s should I split?
Should I trade (or sell?) it intact?

Stampgal,

I'd like the top left block of 8 from the Festival inscription down to the Cylinder No. C1....if you have no use for it of course.
I can trade you whatever you collect [I hope] or can buy.
Also, if you are in no need for it, I would like the bottom corner pair right side with issue date.
No worries if you decide otherwise.

You were correct in the thread title, this is a pane, not a sheet. The block of six squares left side tells you where the pane is positioned within the sheet. If you want more info, I have the whole sheet layout in a Society magazine but am off out now so it will be later.

Londonbus1

Stampgal,

Don't do it. That pane is a thing of beauty. One of the best looking stamps that GB has issued, IMHO. And, it can be categorized as a Machin. the first thing that came to my mind when I saw your pane was this small sheet from the US:

You don't think I should break this one up, do you?

But, now let me turn the queston round to you, if I may.

Please see this small Switzerland sheet of the 1953 Pro Juventute series,


I am thinking of breaking this up. I already have one of these sheets, so this is a dupe and I collect Switzerland tete beche and se-tenants and I was thinking of breaking this up just for the various combinations.

Should I break this one up?


-Larry

Larry, I have absolutely no idea.


(Edit - but no, don't break up the first one!)
(I'm admitting total confusion on this one..!)

Hmnmm. Don't know how to explain what I want to say.

But, pure stamp collectors will see the individual stamps.

Block collectors will salivate over the corner blocks.

Pane/Sheet collectors will see the whole as a thing of beauty.

What do you see?

Hmm - what do I see?
-I see a beautiful pane of stamps, which I do appreciate, otherwise they would not have caught my eye to start with.
-I see some mint stamps which I don't collect but could swap for others I do collect.
-I see a nice GB issue which I do find pleasing, but can't decide whether its classic and giving a reverential nod to previous designs, or lazily using the same old images. (that's one for another discussion!).
-I see a quandary!

I see something that wont fit in my books... LOL...

I bet in a few years I will come to appreciate panes and panels more, I just don't currently have any means to store such things safely, so you ask what I see 2 stamps for my book, and a lot of postage for my bills er just kidding I mean to trade. ( I know the horror!)

however THANKS Londonbus1, I was wondering if I ever had to split this sort of thing where to do it what to save. I can now visualize what you were trying to save in a group.

Larry,




Tut,tut ! I was asking for this sheet yesterday and you missed it !

Go here;

https://goscf.com/t/3290&whichpage=7

Page 7.
But can you post a pic of this sheet on that thread. It's my favourite for obvious reasons and would be useful to me.
Thanks muchly.

Yes, you should break it up and send to me the centre block of 4 immediately.

Londonbus1...they would go well in my new Tete-Beche collection.

Sorry, missed that LB, wasn't following that thread. I'll post it over there, tout suite.

-Larry

Here's a thought:

Put it in the closet for a year or ten, then have a peak and see what you see...