Old Tools For Measuring

ordered the gauge from miller lake..

If I had the pdf for the second gauge, I could print my own.. I have about 100 sheets that are clear plastic. originally set up for use in a laser printer to create overhead slides.

Hey Thanks for all the great information! Greatly Appreciated, and I need the clear one too.

You're welcome.

The ones with the dealer names on them . . . are they made of paper or cardboard or something?

Yes they are Puzzler, and share a common template I would say.
Or, one borrowed the design from the other.
Both very close.
They are a gimmick on a business card.

Of course, sometimes it's just easier to count the holes than to search around for where you last left the perf gauge ...



Bhopal SG 53, the ½ Anna of 1884

Nah! easy to find,
looking at your stamps, the guage is next to the Scotch.

You're correct about the composition being cardboard in the originating post; the obverse of the bottom one is printed with the shop address. The top one is plain on the back.

here is one I just found when I opened a FDC from Jul 15, 1935

First I have seen with a watermark detector aboard.

Yeah, I found several of these inside the sealed envelopes. I took one out, then as a recognized them I left them in the envelope.

I don't know whether it is my slightly old computer or my slow dial-up connection but these super large scans are not loading into my computer.

They stop at anywhere from 1/8 loaded to 1/4 loaded for some reason. Perhaps the photo hosting site is timing out with my slower connection speed (Google mail sometimes does this until I shut everything off but the necessary).

If possible, could someone reduce these images so I can see them? Below 90 KB each please is the best for this forum but somewhat smaller is size / (resolution?) would be probably work fine also.

Thank you.