I was looking to purchase a German W10 from a local dealer. He had a couple of copies to choose from. I was comparing these two and noticed that the perf hole size varies. Anyone have an explanation on this?
these are First World War time issues. Materials/machines used were often iffy. So could be paper shrinkage, different perforation machines etc etc. The perforation itself 14 /14.25 looks to be the same.
A number of US coils from the 1930s-1950s are known with both "large holes" and "small holes" varieties that were only recently (2015?) added to the Specialized catalogs. As the others have said, likely different machines were used with slightly different pin sizes. If it were me, I would buy them both, in case it does become a listed variety someday.
Thanks, buying both sounds like a good idea to me. Being a collector of classic US material, especially Wash/Franklins, those clean holes on the one had me guessing just like the early fake coils.
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