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All Forums Category: US Stamps and Covers Discussions Forum: US Classic Stamps - As Issued and Used

Strange Line On A Coil Stamp

 
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Dutch US Stamp Collector
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Posted 07/04/2017   5:23 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add Dutch US Stamp Collector to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
i have a few coils with a strange line at top or bot-hem, not a line pair but on the non perf side.

i presume it means they are fake, but I just bought an album and again I find 2 of them.

....can someone confirm and/or help me explain were it comes from
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it comes from a pair of scissors
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Dutch, Chasa is correct. Look at the bottom of that "coil" It should be straight and parallel to the design of the stamp. It is not - someone tried to make a curiosity.

Peter
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This stamp was never issued as a coil. Someone took a margin copy, and tried to make it look like a coil. The red line is the cut line where the printer cut the large sheet into smaller panes.
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Enlarge and look at bottom right , you can see traces of perf.

Something fishy about the bottom look like digital alteration
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Edited by area66 - 07/04/2017 10:33 pm
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thank you all for the info, but just to make sure, since I have a few more, from various collections, a coil can NEVER have the (extra) line on the non perf side?

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Flat plate US coils can have a line along the straight side.
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John, thank you so much, this helps me determining whats what.
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