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Does anyone know of any United States and/or Canadian stamp expertisers that use the United States and/or Canadian Kiusalas perforation gauges?
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| Edited by jogil - 04/17/2016 10:09 am |
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I don't know if any expertisers are using this forum, but why don't you just Email them?
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Clark (cfrphoto) has written here often about its use. If you use the Philatelic Foundation in New York, you can pretty much guarantee that the gauge would be used where appropriate. |
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I have seen it used by a lot of experts. It's better for 20th century stamps then 19th century IMO.
I also use it when appropriate, although I like comparing questionable stamps to inexpensive stamps from the same era even more. |
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The gauge is better for quick identification especially looking for add perfs since stamps that are listed as perf 11 are not really perf 11. They measurements have been rounded.
There was a table showing the Kiusalas measurement for stamps somewhere. |
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I don't even know what one looks like. I thought they were primarily for Canadian stamps.  -IBFS |
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It was really created for Washington-Franklins; my understanding is that it also includes one gauge that was never used but happened to match the fake perfs that Kiusalas had created. |
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IBS - this is what it looks like. I am far from a professional expertizer but I find mine useful.  |
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Thanks Chasa.  -IBFS |
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The perforation in question is Kiusalas 11-73 which was originally for U.S. Scott # 542 vertically but it has been found to be more like 11-72.5 vertically.
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| Edited by jogil - 04/23/2016 7:45 pm |
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Posted 04/17/2016 10:08 am
