Any Idea Why This Is Perforated This Way?

I'm new to this hobby but I'm having a great time sorting a massive lot into albums. Any idea why this stamp is perforated this way? I've seen horizontally and vertically perforated versions, but not ones where the top only isn't perforated. Even the booklet ones i've found are still perforated on the top. Thanks!

Hi Benay148. This is explained in the Scott catalog and in several posts here. Basically the stamp is a top row stamp from a pane. The stamps were printed in large sheets and then divided (cut) into four panes. The stamp you have is from either the bottom left or bottom right pane. Hope this helps?

Peter

Thank you for the reply Peter. Would I then consider this to be a Scott #552? From this link (http://www.stampsmarter.com/1847_landing.html) it seems like they are supposed to be 11x11, but I assume this is taller because of its location on the pane. Thank you

These were printed 4 sheets to a plate of 400 stamps. The pages were chopped into sheets of 100 stamps. Here is a screenshot from an ebay auction.



You can see how two edges have large margins and two have straight edges. there are three other sheets that match this, with the straight edges all matching up. So it is possible to get one or two straight edges on any side of this stamp.

the green line is the cut line for the printer.

I hope this is clear enough.

Thank you for the visual! That's really interesting about the green line, I had assumed that it was the border of another stamp

The sheet layout is like this.

If you look closely at the green line, it is longer than the stamp design. Also, the space between the green line and the stamp design is not large enough to perforate the stamp and not cut into the design.

That makes sense. Any idea what the # would be? Possibly a 552?

you need a perforation guage to tell.

Here's a website that will help you identify us stamps:

http://www.theswedishtiger.com/unit...ps-menu.html

Benay148, Do you have a perforation gauge? Most stampdealers can give you one for free if you are lucky enough to have a brick and mortar store close by. Otherwise you'd need to buy one, but a simple one would not set you back much! But you will really need one if you are serious about collecting stamps.

Peter

yes, surely SC 552

Directly below is another site that might help you.



I do not think that this is accurate.
Don