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Only perfed on 1 side, it is a flat plate with a single line watermark that is way offset on the reverse. The perf is 10. Is it an imperf that was perfed on 1 side or a coil that got trimmed off?   |
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The right side looks oddly trimmed and showing small remnants of former perforations. To me, it looks like a partly trimmed coil stamp. |
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| Edited by jogil - 09/19/2015 5:24 pm |
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This coil stamp was knifed-off by an affixing machine, which was slightly out of adjustment. |
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No. The dispenser or affixer had to have a knife mechanism, so only a very few of those at the link above could do that. None of the ones typically belonging to a desk set would create the cut. One of the least expensive models was from the Multipost Company, apparently sold under several other names. This illustration is from a letterhead dated 1917.  |
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| Edited by John Becker - 09/19/2015 5:55 pm |
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John Becker is correct, an affixing machine most likely, although a dispensing machine is possible. You can see the cut on both the perf'ed and the non-perf'ed side. As mentioned, the stamp roll was slightly out of adjustment. A properly adjusted affixer/dispenser should have cut the stamp in the middle of the perfs.  |
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Yes, if flat plate and single-line watermarked, perf. 10 it would be #444 |
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It is highly likely to be a Scott 444. The top and bottom edges should be parallel to within about 1/1000 of an inch. They appear to be parallel in the image.
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