Taking Measurements

I am still learning how to measure. and
I want to make sure I am using the perf.gauge correctly.
not sure I am lining the stamp the right way.

I'm no huge expert but my perf guage has little indents that line up with the perfs, I think that part is more for measuring the size of the stamp itself. If I was home I'd show you what I mean. In the mean time I'll try to google it for you.

I guess I should have asked if you are mesuring the perfs or the stamp itself

Dianne

Here are a couple of guides that may help.

http://www.linns.com/howto/usingper...rfgauge.aspx

http://www.kenmorestamp.com/perforation-gauge-cms

Dan

Thanks danstamps54 still haven't figured out posting links

Dianne

Dianne,

Don't use "Quick Reply" but rather "Reply to Topic"

Toward the top of the window on the line "Format" are some icons. The globe with the little chain is the icon to post a link. (Ninth from the left)

When you click that, [ url][ /url] will appear. Type or paste the link you want between them. [ url]<-type or paste link here->[ /url].

(I had to put a space between the first parenthesis and "url" so it will appear. Don't do that to post a link! (no blank spaces)

You can "check your work" by hitting the "Preview" button. That will give you a new window. If the link is good, you can click it and go there.

It will also work if you type or paste the link into the reply first, highlight it and then click the icon.

The important thing is to get the link between the two "url"

Hope this helps!
Dan

Here is a couple perf gauges that are easy to use - the large Perdometer has two sides with different perf gauge 28 sizes

thank you everyone, I was trying to measure the stamp from one printed side to the other.
But I dont know if that is how you do it.

It depends what you need to measure and for what? What I'm saying in effect is that if your looking for a perforation "number" you just align the semi-circle looking part of the edge of the stamp (between the teeth) to the circles on the perforation gauge or there's the other type that you actually align the teeth of the perforations to the lines on the correct size perforation gauge and simply find which one aligns up.

The one you show is for measuring things like the design from top to bottom (not the whole stamp) or from side-to-side.

The gauges shown the last post, clear at the bottom is a very good starter perforation gauge AND has a millimeter scale on it.

Measuring the stamp's design, you will measure from the design edge to the other opposing outer design edge, in millimeters usually. The scale you show is millimeters below but I do not recognize the upper scale as inches or millimeters.

You may measure the perforations by millimeters also in Canada or Europe for example. So many perfs per 2 centimeters (cm).

Thanks danstamps

I think I have tried all that but I must be missing a step I'll try again when I get the time.

Dianne

Gracie1125,

Puzzler gave you the correct information on how to measure the stamp's design. When you said you were using a perf gauge, I mistakenly thought you were asking how to measure perforations.

Dan

Dianne,

Many times the problem is inadvertently adding a space somewhere or not typing "http://" if you type in the web link. Our browsers do that for us so we forget.

You'll be linking in no time!

Dan

For linking I use the highlight / copy / paste, without using the url] [url wraps. This just shows the link itself without any added text.

Thanks again everyone.
I have been trying to get the measurements on this stamp.
It is 11 perf. on both sides, so I am trying to figure out if its
flat or rotary ... I have 8 of these stamps as so far this one seems
to measure a tick larger..

Gracie, I may not be understanding your question properly, plus I'm not a US collector (assuming that's what your question is about), but if you're trying to determine flat vs rotary printing, then it's the measurement of the actual design of the stamp (the printed part), not the overall measurements of the piece of paper itself or of the perforations.

If you could specify which stamps you're trying to determine, I bet there's someone here who could give you some tips to help. For instance, sometimes there's a stamp where the common type is, say, the rotary printing, and with another similar stamp, it's the flat type that's common. What you can do then, once you've determined which is flat and which is rotary, you can then use them as templates to measure new stamps against, rather than actually have to measure the stamps with a ruler.

If it's US stamps you're looking at, I know there are people here who could give you specific examples.

(And I did a horrible job explaining that, too.)

Tell us a little more about which stamps you're evaluating.

-- Dave

Gracie,

I believe you are measuring the design correctly. If I'm reading it right, it measures 22mm.

Matt