Scott 305 Germany, Serrate Roulette Questions

So I was given this by a nice gentleman from the local stamp club. He said it was a good example of the Serrate Roulette pattern. So I think its a Scott 305 - confirm? I am not familiar with measuring these patterns. The Scott catalogue says its the number of cuts made in a 2cm space. So would that be the peak or valley of the cut? Guessing you can not use a perf gauge to measure ? Are there roulette gauges? Best way to verify these? Looks like perce en lignes according to the front of the Scott catalogue. Or is it customary to refer to 6 different examples in the catalogue as serrate roulette in general as I do not see an example of "serrate roulette" with the others? Tks for any tips / help / clarification.....

It's Scott #305.

Measure it as you would normal perfs. But why? There's only the one type for German inflation issues.

Perce en lignes, yes. That just means "pierce(d) in lines", which includes the rouletting used for (say) the US Battleship revenues. "Serrated" is actually a more specific term. Look up the definition of "serrate".

Your block als has the well known plate flaw which in German is called Sprung.

Top left stamp, left of the 1, one of the waves is broken.

To practice and confirm process. Like I said, not familiar with this type and am learning and looking for guidance from those more knowledgable. Tks for the tips.

Odd that the Scott catalogue does not mention Serrate Roulette in their description - another reason I was asking.


Notched like a saw to toothed on the edge.....

Johan - thank you. Another reason I like these boards! Good eye.

My Scott 2015 does mention serrate roulette for these issues. I collect Sprung im Korbdeckel plate flaws and this is a nice clean block of 4 with the flaw.

Shown is a section of the German Michel catalogue. The stamp has number 325 in this catalogue.

The 325 is the Michel number

The Capital A means Perforated, the capital B means Roulette(durchstochen)

The P means Plate print, the W means Rotary print.

The little letters a and b mean different color shades.

This particular stamp has a number of differences as one can see. Other stamps from the series have fewer.

Just like Rich60 I also collect the sprung plate flaw, but I have raised the bar for myself to only used exeamples, which is more difficult.

Johan - thanks for all the info. What do the 4.11 and 5.11 stand for?

I have never seen a Michel catalogue before so it nice of you post the page. One day I may get one. I do look around for used ones too with no luck.

Stamps4Life,

Those are dates of issue — 4.11. = 4 November, etc.

tks much. im gonna get one of those cats one day! rgds