We have all seen mint stamps that have adhered to backing paper, stamp album pages perhaps.
I have this soiled but mint stamp from the Gold Coast (Ghana) that has paper adhered to the back, but the paper is pefectly punctured by perforations. I have never ever seen this before.
The paper somehow remained stuck to the stamp when somebody soaked it to get it to come off the envelope (though you say it is mint, perhaps it was used but just missed the cancellation?)
Somebody was meticulous in removing the stuck paper from between the perfs.
Yes, I can see the paper at the bottom. I reckon that <must> have happened at the perforator, I cannot see any other way to get such perfection at the punture holes. I would say these may have been "perforator waste" that has been snaffled.
Gee I find it irritating, that I shall never know the answer
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Posted 07/17/2010 09:10 am
but you can see in the bottom right some of the paper is still over the perforations.
