Modern Great Britain Perforation Pin Broken?

I found this item in my collection. I know that GB has several issues with "Syncopated Perfs" starting in 1992. However, my catalog shows that this item (Scott 1729a, from 1997) should be a standard Perf 14 x 15. However, as can be seen across the top, there is a partial hole and some missing perfs. Is this normal, or just considered an EFO? Thanks.





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Has anyone seen a perforation error where you have such a clean, half-pin?

I always believed syncopation to refer to various forms of irregular notes, or beats, in music. Your post made me look up the term applied to stamps, and it is indeed in widespread use. Quite incorrectly I feel. What happened to terms such as irregular, blind, skipped, missing, oval, and so on. All terms which give a clearer idea of what is meant. Possibly someone unaware of the meaning of the word used it way back because it sounded good. And it stuck. Nice examples though. Henry Vlll's squeezes aren't they?

Terry

efo

It may be an EFO. The clean half pin perf looks like it was designed that way. Maybe an experimental syncopated design?

My stock image of the stamps shows the standard perforation, as shown below. I still wonder about the cleanliness of the half-pin, but I don't think it was an experimental style.



This set also came with a nice write-up, including the family tree. You have to wonder after Anne Boylen what the others were thinking ...

Terry, according to the Dutch NVPH catalog, the sets of coil stamps that the Netherlands issued during the twenties used syncopated perforation. It means that at certain intervals a perforation pin was removed thereby strengthening the stamps. They came apart too easy in the automatic dispensers. Also, the stamps that England issues with a huge 'half moon' perforation are also called syncopated!


Peter

Interesting piece Partime !

First the terminology.




Let us not forget that terminology differs from one place to the other.
In the UK, the Syncopated perfs are termed 'Ellipses' , so you will see the term 'Elliptical perforation' not syncopated.

There are occasionally missing pinhole varieties, in this case 1½ !
There would most likely be a small mark-up on value too.
As for the pin itself, I have no idea how they are put together but will do a bit of research. It's all good fun !

Also, I have just seen this thread is over a year old ! I wonder how I missed it

Londonbus1

Or syncopated it, even.

Terry

A short clip of syncopated drumming. Much as I love stamps, 'syncopated' perforated stamps have nothing on this....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lWL8i8XkkA

Terry