Am I Doing This Right? (Perforation Gauge)

Hello,

So I have just recently started using a perf gauge and I was wondering if I am doing it right. Thanks for your help.

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Yes.

Be careful of those pages of lines you can print.

I recommend one like the one below from Uni-Safe or one like it.




God Bless
-IBFS

Thanks for the reply.

I am going to pick one up this weekend.

So, for this 2 cent, would this reading be correct? 10 x 11?

Looks like your doing it right but I would agree about an upgrade in perforation gague. Perforations are read (and written) Top first and then the side.

That particular issue might be a little harder to properly ID because if it is a compound perf it might be a #554, #579(perf 11 X 10), #583 (perf 10), #595 (perf 11), OR a Type I. or type II. and so on..

Thanks.

Sorry but what do you mean by compound perf?

Also, you said Top first and then side. So this should be read as 11 x 10 perf? 11 for the top and ten for the side.

Compound perfs are when the vertical sides are a different perf from the horizontal sides, like 11X10 or 11X10.5.

Thanks revcollector.

Can anyone here help me identify this stamp: (I still have not understood how to identify between plate and rotary, I guess I need to ask someone with examples in real life to better understand).

Anyway while sorting through the 2cents like the one above I came across this one:






I think this is a coil from the corner? With only the right and top sides perforated.

Here are images with a perf gauge.









Thanks very much for your help.

Here is a video on youtube it shows you how to use a perforation gauge =)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-38SfQQZqQ

hope that helps.

A coil would be perforated on two parallel sides (not sure if that's the best way to explain it- basically it would be perforated on either the top & bottom or left & right). I think that one is one of the bottom stamps from a booklet pane.

Thanks stampnut, I figured out how to use it thanks to some help :)

new12collector - Yes I too came to the same conclusion in my very limited knowledge. However, I was hoping someone here could id it for me based on my measurements in the images. It seems to be showing perf 11 on both sides.

I know this cant be right but as per Scott, the only conclusion I am coming too is either 540, 540a or 546?

Now I know this can't be right for two reasons:
1. I am probably making a completely wrong ID
2. I am usually not that lucky.

Thanks for your help if you can identify it for me.

Hi

Reference to:
https://goscf.com/t/21505

http://www.lindner-usa.com/philatel...mbi-box.html

For measuring a lot of stamps I use this Linder product. If the perfs are rather "ratty" I use the standard plastic guage. The Phila-Combi-Box works surprisingly well.

Jerry B

Call me old-fashioned but I normally have the gauge on top of the stamp.

It looks like a 10.5w x 9.5h.

-IBFS

Rotary press stamps are usually a smidgen taller than flat plate. To tell, line the bottom lines of the engravings of two stamps right on top of a straight edge, perfectly level and in line with each other. Then, with a powerful magnifier, look at the top corners where the two stamps meet. If one is flat plate, and the other is rotary, you will see the top line of one engraving slightly higher than the other. The taller engraving is the rotary press method.

Hope this helps
-IBFS

Thanks IBFS,

I am at work so I can't access my stamp however I could not find a Scott no for the perf you mentioned? 9.5 x 10.5?

And that is such a neat way to tell the difference.