Unusual but intended perforations

Anping
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Unusual but intended perforations Aug 11, 2017 0:26:11 GMT Beryllium Guy, judith, and 2 more like this

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Post by Anping on Aug 11, 2017 0:26:11 GMT

This GB set arrived today as I stumbled across an article about them somewhere and bought them. This 2008 Rescue at Sea issue is a fine looking set depicting the various aspects of air-sea rescue. At first glance this seems quite a normal set. But look at the top and bottom perforations:

If a pair of the stamps are placed one above the other, a pattern emerges:

The detail reveals the Morse Code for SOS (Save Our Souls) repeated across the horizontal perfs. Rather a clever and unusual design!

Last Edit: Aug 11, 2017 0:28:49 GMT by Anping

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Unusual but intended perforations Aug 11, 2017 8:16:02 GMT Beryllium Guy likes this

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Post by Ryan on Aug 11, 2017 8:16:02 GMT

I got one of these stamps in some kiloware and at first I was kind of miffed with the ripped perfs - at first I thought somebody had used a metal straight edge as a guide for ripping the stamps apart because they looked all messed up. But I have miserable eyes so I put the perfs under the lens and saw that it was intentional. A while later I came across something online that explained to me what the idea was. Pretty neat!

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siem Member Inactive Posts: 29 What I collect: Pacific Islands, Baltic states, Netherlands and much more	Unusual but intended perforations Aug 11, 2017 10:32:53 GMT Beryllium Guy likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by siem on Aug 11, 2017 10:32:53 GMT Here is another novelty use of perforations

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Unusual but intended perforations Aug 11, 2017 11:30:01 GMT Beryllium Guy and janetc like this

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Post by Ryan on Aug 11, 2017 11:30:01 GMT

Canada released a set of stamps in 2003 commemorating artist Jean-Paul Riopelle and the souvenir sheet was full of holes. This image was nabbed from an eBay vendor and it shows an extra perforation on each wing.

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