Here is a pic of an unknown stamp or something, not sure. any help identifying. Please help. stampboards forum thinks it may be a file label but it is perforated and looks similar to old 1800's local stamps by the outside border.
I agree that it's some sort of file label. I think it's perforated for the same reason stamps are: to easily separate them without the need for scissors.
Perforations for stamps and labels were not invented until the late 1840's by Henry Archer. Henry Archer's patent for his perforating machine is Great Britain no. 12,340 of 1848, dated May 23, 1849. The first perforated postage stamp was from Great Britain from 1854 (Scott # 8).
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Posted 03/24/2014 5:26 pm
