"Oberrandstucke" (spelled incorrectly above) is a top margin copy, often with selvage bearing the number a clerk uses to compute the value of the sheet (Zahlnummer?). For a €1.20 stamp, on a 10x10 layout, the numbers on the selvage might read, left to right, 12.00, 24.00, 36.00, 48.00, etc.
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Posted 07/06/2013 04:46 am
