coils perforated on more than 2 sides
Jun 17, 2019 0:00:26 GMT
Beryllium Guy, dgdecker, and 3 more like this
Post by khj on Jun 17, 2019 0:00:26 GMT
I am starting a new thread to reply to a post in another thread, because I felt my replies were taking the original thread off topic. My apologies to tobben63, OP of that thread.
Canadians usually collect out coils (and I suppose most others) as pairs.
I did find it odd that German coils are perfed all around. The only way to tell sheet from coil is that one in 10 (or so) stamps has a control number on the backside. I just happened to win a lot that included coil strips of 5, but am not intending to look for their coils. Too much like sheet stamps, if you ask me Plust it's a cash grab to have collector add strips of 5 (!) to every coil stamp there is!
In Canada, there are jump strips, usually collected in strip of 4 and line pairs to add to the usual pairs. Some do collect singles, but most collect in pairs. Starting/ending strips of up to 20 blank labels & 2 stamps are also available. But they are just too ridiculous for me.
But ours, like the Americans are imperfects on top/bottom or sides. Why is German odd in how they do theirs?
Although most coils are perforated only one pair of opposite sides, the Germans are not alone in producing coils that are perforated all around. A few other countries also do it, although not necessarily all the time and not in the volume that Germany produces. In particular, a number of the Middle Eastern countries also make fully perforated coils -- off the top of my head, that includes Kuwait, Jordan, Libya... Some of those coils had limited distribution, so they tend to have minor premiums in the catalog. Some of them were only issued as fully-perforated coils, but again, because of limited distribution, have a premium associated.
I did find it odd that German coils are perfed all around. The only way to tell sheet from coil is that one in 10 (or so) stamps has a control number on the backside. I just happened to win a lot that included coil strips of 5, but am not intending to look for their coils. Too much like sheet stamps, if you ask me Plust it's a cash grab to have collector add strips of 5 (!) to every coil stamp there is!
In Canada, there are jump strips, usually collected in strip of 4 and line pairs to add to the usual pairs. Some do collect singles, but most collect in pairs. Starting/ending strips of up to 20 blank labels & 2 stamps are also available. But they are just too ridiculous for me.
But ours, like the Americans are imperfects on top/bottom or sides. Why is German odd in how they do theirs?
Although most coils are perforated only one pair of opposite sides, the Germans are not alone in producing coils that are perforated all around. A few other countries also do it, although not necessarily all the time and not in the volume that Germany produces. In particular, a number of the Middle Eastern countries also make fully perforated coils -- off the top of my head, that includes Kuwait, Jordan, Libya... Some of those coils had limited distribution, so they tend to have minor premiums in the catalog. Some of them were only issued as fully-perforated coils, but again, because of limited distribution, have a premium associated.
