1¢ Franklin Rotary Press ?? What Is The Perforation ??

Hello
Is this stamp a Rotary Press?
What is the perforation .
Thank you very much .

Yes, rotary press. I don't know what the perf measurements are but going by color I'm guessing 11X10.5. I would recommend purchasing a perforation gauge, it really is a must have item if you collect stamps.

Same, we have been suggesting a perforation gauge for months now. All you have to do for a basic one is print it from the internet. You REALLY need one!


Peter

Like this one:
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei...3%BCssel.jpg

I think you have to print it with option "real size" or "1:1" or something like this. In each case, test your printed gauge on a stamp where you know the perforation!

Beware printable gauge like the .jpg linked above. Printing a .jpg to an exact scale is not a trivial task and the last thing you need is to not be sure that the perf gauge you are using is not 100% accurate.

Printing a perf gauge is not recommended, buying a quality one is the correct direction. But if a person is in a pinch this one has the aspect ratio locked so it will print correctly no matter what the user does.
http://www.stampsmarter.com/learnin...rfGauge.html

Don

Acutally I began with the JPG gauge and it worked very fine, if you print it correctly (at 100%). Of course your PDF is nice as well, if you can open it (I couldn't in the browser and two PDF programs, only in Adobe). Also, I wonder if there could be size issues regarding size margins and European page sizes. But probably it works nice your gauge.

Not sure what readers you were trying but the PDF file is PDF/A compliant; but by all means use whatever works for you. If you think that recommending .jpg files is the way to go I would recommend that you also tell people to not trust the results.
Don

After all we both just want someone to use a gauge at least :).

True enough. I went back and looked at my original notes. I 'tested' (and I use that term loosely since my testing was so limited and lame) printing jpg gauges on seven PC/printer combos and got bad results on two of them. Then I considered that I had no way to predict what app a user might run the jpg in… then I started considering printer drivers and operating systems, … and then as you mentioned, the issues with page sizes, margin settings and other possible configurable things that might influence the printing of a generic jpg. Lastly, I thought that trying to support users would be a nightmare with so many possible variables. Hence I went with something that 1. Locked the aspect ratio to make it more fool proof and 2. Use PDF format to limit the number of possible variables
Don

P.S. forgive any snarkiness, I blame it on my chemo/dialysis brain

All this is true - well, when I made my try, I just downloaded the mentioned JPG, went into Faststone image viewer, chose 100% printing and there it was, my first perforation gauge, working just perfectly. Your PDF is probably much better from the safety side, but it didn't load here in Chrome directly and either in SumatraPDF, but very well in Adobe (and also now though in Foxit). At the end both options work fine if you print correctly and test it.

dear Peter
I am 63 years old.
I have been suffering from cancer for more than three years now and I have been living in a European country for treatment.
I had everything about philatelic hobby.
   I spend my time watching stamp albums and trying to find out what I have.
thank you all