Schermack Perfs.

Hi Guys. I Need some help to identify this stamp please. I hesitate to call it a 314v with type 3 schermack perfs because I cant seem to find another one on the Internet. but I am guseeing that because I can see the top of the next stamp at the very bottom of it.. any ideas?

The stamp is a 314 with Schermack perforations. A 314V would be from a Bureau imperforate coil. The Schermack company had their own process for pasting up part sheets and adding their perforations. Stripping into coils was done last. The Bureau cut imperforate or part perforate sheet into strips and created coils by pasting up individual strips. The processes are unrelated and incompatible.

Again, the Scott designation 314V refers to the Bureau product. A pair with a leader strip attached was certified by the Philatelic Foundation. Existence of other strips is speculative. Blocks of the imperforate 314 with Schermack perforations are known, but were not regularly issued.

Clark

Thank you very much.. that clears that up nicely. cheers for the info.

By 1909 the Schermack Company's process was to paste 150 full sheets of 400 stamps together, 60,000 stamps in total. This was then feed through the perforator and slit into 20 coils of 3000 stamps wound gum side out. The coils were then sold to companies with Schermack Mailing Machines at the modest price of 50 cents over face value per coil.