P.e.i Stamp...scott 5 Or Scott 5g...?

wert: Is the stamp gauge a transparency of some kind that can be placed over an image?

Beesee - that's a lovely cover

I have investigated the term "compound perforation" further.

Scott Catalogue defines compound perforations as follows, under the heading of Basic Stamp Information:

If the gauge of the perforations on the top and bottom of a stamp differs from that on the sides, the result is what is known as compound perforations. In measuring compound perforations, the gauge at top and bottom is always given first, then the sides. Thus, a stamp that measures 11 at top and bottom and 10 1/2 at the sides is "perf. 11 x 10 1/2." See U.S. Scott 632-642 for examples of compound perforations. Stamps also are known with perforations different on three or all four sides. Descriptions of such items are clockwise, beginning with the top of the stamp.

What this means is that any stamp that has a differing perforation on the top and bottom is a compound perforation. It could be one, two or three sides. Scott does not say what the differences between a comma and a dash between perforations (as mentioned by Northern above). However, I saw on another website that the comma separates compound perforations while the dash indicates that the perforation wheel varies between 11-1/2 and 12 (example) due to poor spacing of the pins.

http://www.apexstamps.com/app/newsletter-40

I interpret all of this with the following examples:

11 (11 on all sides)
11 x 12 (11 on top and bottom, 12 on sides)
11 x 11 1/2-12 (11 on top and bottom, varies between 11 1/2 to 12 on sides)

If I interpret the Scott description for compound, I assume the following:
11 x 11, 12 (11 on top and bottom, 11 on the right side, 12 on the left.

However I can find no actual compound listing of three or four differing sides of perforations in Scott, beyond the note similar to the PEI description "Perf 11, 11 1/2-12 and compound". There are similar descriptions for other countries. Scott does not appear to assign numbers or values to stamps with differing perforations on three or four sides.

Yes...Wish there was a way to put a PDF on here..Have all the download links and gauge and a tutorial on how to use it.

Beesee good information.

Robert

wert: could you email it to me?

As Robert has shown, 5g is listed in Unitrade. Can anyone confirm if it is now listed in Scott, at least after the 2008 edition. Since Unitrade uses "g", it must have been added in Scott, otherwise they would have used a Unitrade number, such as 5ii

Not in my 2009 Scott BeeSee.

jogil..My email is screwed up..will try to find a place where people can go to to be able to download my PDF

Robert

I have a digital gauge, I am not sure if it is the same one Wert has, but here is a link on my site:

http://brcstamps.com/tools/PerfGauge.GIF

It works quite well, as long as your scanner is accurate. The stamp must be scanned at exactly 600 dpi.

BeeSee, that is the same perf gauge I use..If you use Windows, ry his link.

http://download.cnet.com/GIMP/3000-...0073935.html

Robert

Thanks Robert. I remember using it a few years ago on my old computer. It is a pretty neat program, I have downloaded it again.

In the 2013 Scott, it only goes up to 5f as listed.

Thanks Jogil. Oddly enough, it is also listed in my 2007 Unitrade as 5g.

wow...lots of included and not included in catalogues..Guess my stamp is only a scott 5..what a shame.

Robert

I have checked all my P.E.I. No 5 stamps, and I did find a 5g. It is a really good find because it was purchased as a 5 a few years ago. Shown is one of the perf 11 sides. The top and bottom measure about 11-3/4.

Great find BeeSee....Did you use the program I told you about..?

Robert