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Damage On Mailometer Stamp

 
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Posted 06/21/2026   09:05 am  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add sigistenz to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
This Mailometer stamp has an irregular top edge. Could this damage have been caused by the Mailometer machine?

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Edited by sigistenz - 06/21/2026 11:00 am

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Posted 06/23/2026   10:09 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add VanishingCave to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Perhaps this was from an over-zealous set of scissors that cut the stamp off the envelope before soaking?
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Posted Yesterday   04:26 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add sigistenz to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Yes, probably. They are pretty scarce over here, in fact this is the first one I see in person. There are quite some in ebay US , but none with a similar irregularity. Thank you for the input.
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Edited by sigistenz - Yesterday 04:55 am
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Posted Yesterday   2:42 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add John Becker to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
re: full height
I would start by comparing this stamp to another vending coil. Two scenarios come to mind:
1. The left side is "full height" which would point to damage, more likely by the recipient or a later salvager/collector after exiting the mailstream rather than during the mechanical coil application process.
2. The right side is "full height" which would point to a sudden paper buckle in the coil stripping process, likely from an edge row of the paper web..
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Posted Today  1 Hr 29 Min ago  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add sigistenz to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Very well but as I said I never saw one in person at coin shows and this is the first and only one I got now. US stamps are not abundant here on the European continent.
I will have to watch out and wait for another one.
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