Confused By Miscut Indonesian Stamp

First of all, I'm very inexperienced at this so I apologise if I'm posting in the wrong place.

I have come across an Indonesian stamp (South Moluccas to be precise) that is Imperforate and in Mint condition with no cancellation marks. It has been significantly miscut. While I appreciate there is nothing unusual about miscuts, what's interesting to me about this one is that the miscut isn't proportionate. In other words, I expect whatever is missing from one side of the stamp to be equal in size to what is added on the other side. That doesn't appear to be the case with this one as the area 'added' on the right is much bigger than the area 'missing' from the left. The width of the stamp ought to be about 59mm but this is 71mm wide. I'd be really pleased to learn more about what might have happened here.

Thanks in advance.



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I would not be surprised if this was printers waste, "rescued" from the plant by someone. Happened a lot


Peter

Cinderella.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repub...South_Maluku

edit:
These were primarily propaganda items sponsored by businessmen. They had no validity as RMS, officially, did not exist. It makes it questionable these are printer's waste. They might as well be fabrications as large numbers of RMS stamps were in private hands and they can have done anything with them.

Printers waste? That's really interesting. I would have expected there to be more control to stop such things getting into general circulation. Amazing!! Thanks very much for the information, it's much appreciated.

The American Banknote Company and the Austrian state printers in Vienna did not even know these stamps had been ordered by a non-existent country.

Sorry NSK, I missed your edit. I must have a better read of that Wiki link. Thanks.

At the top of this page https://www.lastdodo.com/en/areas/1...u-cinderella is a grey banner with a description of the 'territory' where it reads




If you click on "More" in the link provided, a full description pops up.

I remember having a handful of "Meluka Selatan" stamps back when I was a world-wide collector. Probably in the late 50s or early 60s. I recall being a bit disappointed to learn that they were not considered legitimate postage stamps.

I came in here expecting to get an explanation about guillotines and cutting processes and ended up learning some World History. I have 3 or 4 Meluka Selatan stamps so I will move them to my small Cinderella collection. Thank you all very much.

Every stamp tells a story, be it postal, cinderella, revenue, poster, seal or whatever.

It is divulged depending on the individual's curiosity.

Here, there are others, "cinderellas" call it what you want, the PERMESTA
series, of feb 15th 1958 P.R.R.I
The genuine have a CV of $1000

Further to Rod222's posting.

Courtesy of Wikipedia:

Permesta was a rebel movement in Indonesia that was declared on 2 March 1957 by civil and military leaders in East Indonesia. Initially the center of the movement was in Makassar, which at that time was the capital of the province of Sulawesi.

Its name based on Piagam Perjuangan Semesta (Universal Struggle Charter).

Further, "Pos Udara" overprint as shown in the initial posting: Airmail.