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As a newbie/novice collector I'm keen to understand the importance of perforations. I am finding several stamps that are not 'centered' within the perforations, as in the attached example. In a basic amateur collection, is it more desirable to keep the stamp on the right because of the perforation issue, or is it of no consequence? Thanks in advance.  |
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Unless the perforations are really badly out of alignment as in freak perforations as a variety, the most better centered stamp is generally the most desirable as long as everything else is in good condition. |
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Of the two stamps, I prefer the left even though it looks a bit roughed up at the lower right corner. If you were judging an expensive stamp, I suspect a lot of people would prefer excellent perfs over centered image. |
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The old girl's corgi must have been at the one on the left - I'd put that in the charity shop box, personally. |
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Clearly, you should keep them both ... one of the advantages of stock books, eh? |
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In general, as a beginner, I've been favouring those stamps that are best centered and least spoiled by postmarks but I'd hate to discard a more valuable stamp just because my OCD tells me it isn't lined up properly. Your replies suggest there's nothing special about an off-centre stamp in the main and therefore I'll base decisions more on the overall condition. Thank you all very much. |
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JWJ, at the higher end, centering is very important for many collectors, but that`s when you`re dealing with very fine stamps.
Incidentally, sometimes a postmark makes a stamp much more valuable and, regardless, many people enjoy collecting postmarks. |
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That's very interesting KGB, thank you. Although I'm generally trying to pick the stamps with least amount of postmark visible, I do tend to keep ones that have a visible date. Sadly, that's not many.
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With centering, it really depends on the issue as to how picky I am. Same goes with perforations. There are are some stamps which have notoriously bad perfs, usually because of the paper quality. Stamps which are perforated gauges 10 1/2 and lower tend to have some short perfs. |
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