Chinese Most Unique Stamps Ever Discovered, Must See It!!

hello,nice to see you all once again.I bought a few chinese stamps on ebay and just received it a few days ago.Surprisingly,I saw and noticed the chinese stamps on the letter cover(which I received from the china seller)are TRUTHLY UNIQUE OR UNUSUAL.There were few holes missing or imperforated on both vertical and horizontal sides on the left stamp only(six holes imperforated on vertical and two holes imperforated on horizontal side).I was shocked to see it becouse I have never seen anything like this before in my whole life as a stamp collector for so many years(Im sure you have never seen anything like this before too).Im sure this is not imperforated in between,vertical or horizontal variety,then what kind of variety or error is this?how to call it?Should I call it as imperforated unique stamp or what else?IS THIS RARE OR COMMON?THIS BLOCK OF THREE STAMPS THAT COME AND STICK TOGETHER ON THE CHINESE LETTER COVER WITH TWO PERFECT CANCELLATION.PLEASE GIVE ME YOUR OPINION AND ADVICE ON THIS STAMPS,YOUR HELP IS ALWAYS APPRIEICIATED,THANK YOU AND HAVE A NICE DAY.

Hi Miko
Looks like they had a problem with the pins in a small area.
Not uncommon and with so many stamps being printed in China, this will be quite a common variety one would think. It's good that it's joined with other stamps and on cover.
If you check closely with a magnifier, you may be able to see if the pins were completely worn or broken or if only part so. You tell this by checking to see if any indents are showing. This is easier to tell on Mint stamps.
Stamps and sheets are often found with 'missing pin hole/s' and are quite collectable. Your example has quite a few missing. Surprised they didn't notice this problem.....or then again, maybe not !

In Gibbons catalogue they are listed as 'Missing pin hole' varieties.

Londonbus1....Missing many pins

Speaking of China..i pulled this booklet out of a anything for a dollar plastic box at the flea market last Saturday....its Peoples Republic of China booklet 1862a with souvineer sheet 1863 (scott)..the booklet is in pristine shape after being in a junk box thats constantly pawed through..imagine my chagrin when I got home and checked the catalog and found the booklet pane of 8 catalogs 57.50 and the souvineer sheet of the soldier leading horse catalogs 55.00 ! thats the way to buy em 112.50 catalog for a buck !

Phil.....

thought you might like to know......

cha#8901;grin#8194;#8194;/#643;#601;#712;gr#618;n/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [shuh-grin] Show IPA noun, verb, -grined or -grinned, -grin#8901;ing or -grin#8901;ning.
–noun 1. a feeling of vexation, marked by disappointment or humiliation

Oh, I thought it meant surprise..thanks and I used to be good in English class !! Anyway I was pleasantly amazed !!

Phil....

It could just be a problem with old brain cells.......I am continually befuddled by the number of words that escape me when most desired.


Also.......great find !

Thanks, I am lucky to find dealers who do not know anything about stamps and just want to add to the wad of bucks in their pocket !

Phil......


We're all looking for them.....found a few myself....the thrill of the hunt continues !

Thanks for your information and explaination in detail londonbus1,so I guess you have seen before a few stamps with imperforated missing pin holes and this varieties are listed in stanley gibbons catalogue,probably this is not an unique stamp of what I thought,i also agree with you it is quite a collectible stamps with missing pin holes,more over it is on the chinese letter cover,Hopefull it is considered valueble.I was wondering does every sheet of this issue has imperforated missing pin hole on the same stamp with the same position?By the way,how did the seller or previous stamp owner separate the left stamp with another stamp on top of the left stamp since there are no holes in between them?