Stamp Gutters

 I had a delivery of stamps in a heavy box which required $40.00 worth of stamps to get it sent to me. If I wanted to, I could pester the Post Office man to get out his sheets of stamps so you could pick and choose from what's left of the sheet.  The 'Status International' auction people just go out and buy bulk sheets and use them all to send out parcels.  This time I got a series of sheets featuring a gutter strip. Printers will leave a space at the sides and down the center to register different overlapping colours on cross hairs.  At other times they just use this space for art work as below.  Having the stamps connected by the gutter increases the value. This lot is around a $50.00 valuation.

Some of the huge old books in the box.