Perforation Question

I could not help but notice the perforations on earlier stamps must have been done first one way then the other as they don't seem to meet properly in the centre of a block very often.
They seem to be all over the place at least up until the later 60's.
The two blocks pictured below are both from the same strip of ten.
Would one be more desirable because the perforations meet more aligned in the middle?
Sorry if this is a foolish question, I seem to be loaded with them.

Cheers, Bill

Hi Hounddog,

During this period, they were still using Line Perforation. It was not until later that they started to use Comb Perforation. So what you see if perfectly normal and acceptable.

...and keep asking questions, novices like me are always learning other's inquiries!

Canada line perforations for postage stamps were first used in 1858 and last in 1974 for perf. 12 and in 1978 for perf. 11:




Canada comb perforations for postage stamps were first used in 1968 for perf. 10:

Hounddogbill, I agree with Lars714 keep asking the questions, I learn alot from "obvious" questions. I suspect many don't even know there is a valid question to be asked.

Yes keep asking questions.

Always remember that what you now know about stamps is more than all the experts did when they started out.

Everyone starts knowing nothing.

It would seem they used a comb perforation much earlier on Newfoundland stamps (Pre 1949) then they did in Canada.
Just an observation but the pictured blocks below look like comb perforations.
Did they use a different printer?

Cheers, Bill

This Newfoundland issue was part of the Omnibus (common design for majority of the then British colonies) edition organized by the Crown Agency in London.Another example of this was the KGV Silver Jubilee issue. These Crown Agency issues usually had CA as the watermark.