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Margins And Perforations?

 
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Posted 02/18/2018   2:32 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add Mjack to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
Can anyone tell me why this stamps margins and perferations on the top look so off?

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Edited by Mjack - 02/18/2018 4:50 pm

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Posted 02/18/2018   3:43 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Bobby De La Rue to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Is it just (very) poorly centered? I'd like to know too!
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Posted 02/18/2018   4:24 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Mjack to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
I wondered that also. The top left perforations look weird to me. They wouldn't if the whole stamp was at an angle.
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Posted 02/18/2018   4:38 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Tipzi to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Some kind of bug, like silverfish, have nibbled away at the edges, especially top and bottom. The top holes got bigger and deeper into the stamp as it ate.
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Posted 02/18/2018   4:52 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Mjack to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Thank you Tipzi! I apperciate the help. That's really gross!
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Posted 02/19/2018   12:22 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add aug-stamps to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Mjack, Tipzi must be in a very humorous mood
Perforations wise:
my 2 cents on this is that the stamp was perforated manually with a perforation bar, used in a hurry to deliver before the end of the shift. Then, whoever separated the stamp from the sheet did it by pulling it to break all perforations in one go, instead of starting from one corner and slightly rotating the stamp to be separated. The bottom perforations were dislodged using enough force to actually cause the upper layer of paper to break aside from the perforations!
It would be interesting to see the original, because of the black ink marks left by the cancellation machine on the right of the stamp ...
As I am a beginner in Philately, you should take my suggestion with a pinch of salt
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Posted 02/19/2018   12:41 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add John Becker to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Tipzi is completely correct.
Your stamp shows typical insect damage from silverfish and NOT a production or perforation shortcut as you suggest.
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Posted 02/19/2018   12:45 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add aug-stamps to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
How long a silverfish larva live, please?
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Edited by aug-stamps - 02/19/2018 12:45 pm
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