Scott 37 Sq - How Do You Explain This Perforation...??

Funny looking perf. on this Scott 37 SQ that is 12.0 x 12.25
Has anyone seen this weird perforation..??

Robert

Robert, can you be more specific as to what is strange? I see nothing wrong with it, keeping in mind that it is used,


Peter

Hi Peter
Red arrows shows lined up with peaks, but yellow arrows line up with hollows...Just different that's all...Probably nothing to worry about.

Robert

Just keep sliding the stamp further down the gauge lines.

Ok..One last stab at it..

I took a perf.measurement at 12.0.
I aligned the perfs. with the hollows and then the perf. peaks.

Does anyone see what I am looking at....???

Robert

You know, you forgot to say "eh" at the end (-:. Yes, I see it, but I am as flabbergasted as you are

Peter

Not only do the perfs appear different the bottom of the stamp looks to be a little wider than the top.

These were pieces of paper produced in the 19th century, not a CNC aerospace part. Maybe I am missing something?

Yes wheelman....You are correct.

I noticed it right away...
I used a UOM {Unit Of Measurement} ruler...See the difference below.

Robert

There exists the possibility that the perfs at the lower right have been repunched to cover perforation flaws.

Are you saying that 2/3 of the side gauges 12 and 1/3 of the side gauges 12.25 as a 12/12.25 gauge?
It is possible that the perforating wheel may have slipped to the right slightly on the right side as the stamp was being vertically perforated.
Stamps are usually perforated head first in for the vertical perforations.
A loose perforating wheel on the perforator shaft would give it a jump slip and the perforations would not be straight looking but wobbly.

I took a pixel ruler and placed it on 4 perf. tips from the left side of the stamp, and it came out 161 pixels...Then measured 4 perf. tips on the right and it also came out to 161 pixels also... So same perf was used on this stamp..Very strange.

Robert

wert: The perforating wheel may have loosened and slipped to the right on the way down on the right side of this stamp.

Is there a slight fold or tear on the right of the left side number "3"?

If so, then maybe that was tucked/teared in during the perforating only to get tucked/teared out afterwards.

No tear or fold Jogil.

Now another oddity..The back of the stamp..Getting more weird.
Robert

Given just the images, the stamp has had a hard life and has condition issues. I agree with Jogil, it appears to be a tear/fold or something going on with it. If so, all bets are off regrading the perf gauging. In my opinion, anytime I am dealing with used stamp more suspicion has to be factored in.
Don