1964 Bazooka Stamps Mantle panel

oldkyshark

I have this panel that was mixed in the large vintag collection I picked up:



The Mantle stamp looks pretty good and I want to seperate it and submit it for grading. Any ideas on how to carefully remove it? Scissors maybe?

Thanks for any suggestions.

tsalems1

I dont know much about these but if you seperate them, looks like the Mantle will be O/C..

hammered

You can use a razor blade to cut down the middle of the perforation, but be sure to leave the perforation intact.

If there are no bends in the Mantle stamp, it should get a PSA 7 minimum, which is about a $300 item. It might even look better if you leave the left-hand side of the panel connected to the Mantle. Makes it look not so O/C. Like this:




This PSA 8 went for $400 in March

cpettimd

that panel is incomplete
the whole panel has 10 or 12 stamps

pretty cool item

I think PSA with grade them like that
you may be better offer separating the mantle and grading as a single stamp b/c of the upper right crease on the rollins

cpettimd

hey hammered
are you sure you can use a blade to separate the stamps for PSA grading ?
I know they will not grade cut 1971 dell perforated stamps for instance

Dboneesq

I agree with the question DOC has brought up. For some reason I thought that perforated items were better off being carefully torn apart and not cut in any way. I am not 100% sure, but find out definitively before doing ANYTHING to that beauty!

hammered

<< <i>hey hammered
are you sure you can use a blade to separate the stamps for PSA grading ?
I know they will not grade cut 1971 dell perforated stamps for instance >>




I bought a perforated sheet of Chef Boy-R-Dee cards awhile back and tried to separate them by hand first, didn't work, so I carefully cut along the middle of the perforations, leaving the perforation tabs in place on the cards I wanted to grade. I ended up subbing 3 and they got 8, 8, and 9. Small value items, though. Since the Mantle stamp has significant value, the OP might want to find someone who has successfully separated these stamps.

jeffcbay

I would sub all four separate, but they can be subbed in singles, pairs, and fours. Check out the population for this set. There have been 18 single Mantles graded, with seven 8s, four 9s, and zero 10s.

Like others said, I wouldn't touch it until you hear from others who have graded these successfully. Either that, or ask Joe Orlando how these should be cut.

oldkyshark

Thanks for the information, guys. I think I'll make a call to PSA and ask them directly. Anyone I should ask to speak with when I call?

oldkyshark

I kind of forgot about this topic. Does anyone have any experience with seperating stamps from panels such as this? I'm tempted to cut down the center of the perferation as suggested above, but I'm a little nervous about it. Would it be safer to contact PSA before I do anything?

Thanks for any help.

divecchia

I'm not 100% sure either and I have never seperated these 1964 Bazooka stamps before, but I always thought that perferated items were supposed to be bent back and forth until you could manually seperate the items. Bazooka boxes or hostess boxes with the dashed lines are supposed to be hand cut with a knife or scissors.

That's my thinking anyways...Donato

PS...I would call PSA to be sure.

Donato

JoeBanzai

I seem to remember a thread discussing this topic that advised against cutting, the topic involved cards though, thicker and less delicate. Item should be gently folded along perforation, back and forth, and gently torn apart. One person claimed that cutting them might result in PSA refusing to grade. Either way I agree that if you separate, keep the "extra" border next to left side of the Mantle.
Good luck on this very nice item!
Joe

oldkyshark

Ok, so I practiced seperating another Bazooka panel that I had with these results. How do these perferations look?