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Here I have a band of 5 Queen Elizebeth Machin stamps. Is this band of stamps known as a misplace right? 
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Hi 241079! I do not understand your question, but the strip of stamps you show looks like either from a booklet or a coilstrip! Peter |
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basicly they are not printed center to the perfs the print is more over to the left perfs on every stamp.
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OK, I understand your question better now! The stamps are just not very well centered. It probably makes them worth less, I am afraid. Peter |
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LOL OK YOU KNOW A LOT ABOUT STAMP COLLECTING THEN IT MAKES THEM AN ERROR BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT AS THEY SHOULD BE.
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241079,
Try not to write in capital letters, it is akin to shouting !
Peter was quite correct in that it is just poor centering as coil strips often are. A coil strip such as this is worth about face value anyway so no mark-up whichever way you look at it.
It is SG No. X843l
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You are looking at a strip of stamps from a multi value, The Gibbons catalog number is X841n and has a catalog value of £3.50.
Your stamps are slightly off center but that does not make them an error but rather an indication of lower quality, ie price.
This coils was introduced when decimal currency was first used by the RM and they were dispensed from a vending machine by inserting either 5 new pence or an old 1 shilling coin.
There are a number of varieties of this strip having to do with different coatings and adhesives, but the essential point is that this is very common and not worth very much. But as a feature of your collection there is a lot more depth to be plumbed if you cared to.
-Larry |
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Larry is correct, it's X841n ! I typed in the incorrect number, silly me ! |
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