10c Lindbergh, Booklet Pane, Tab at Bottom (C10a var). Complete unexploded booklet of two Mint N.H. panes (BKC1 var), bottom pane with tab at bottom (Position H) and top pane with normal tab at top (Position J), bright colors, fresh and intact

VERY FINE. AN EXTREMELY RARE EXAMPLE OF THE 10-CENT LINDBERGH AIR POST ISSUE WITH THE TAB AT BOTTOM. VERY FEW ARE KNOWN.

There was strong public demand for the Lindbergh issue in booklet form, so the Post Office decided to issue this with six stamps per booklet. They were first placed on sale on May 26, 1928. The discovery of the inverted pane was first made in 1938, and fewer than a half-dozen others have since been discovered. According to a letter from the Bureau of Engraving and Printing (reproduced in the Bureau Specialist), they state that it is possible that the pane of inverted stamps may have originated from a sheet that became reversed during processing (cutting apart into the individual panes), and would have been assembled with the panes in reverse unless discovered before final assembly.

With 2001 P.S.E. certificate. We have offered only one other since keeping computerized records, from our 2010 sale of the Beutel collection. It was an exploded booklet

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