cjd
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Post by cjd on Aug 20, 2013 4:15:22 GMT
Always on the lookout for 'different' I ran across these gutter pairs, horizontal and vertical, for the France newspaper stamps (the Blanc issue with the half-centime overprint). I assume the '9' is a plate number, but with these, I'm only guessing.   If you can think of something else to add, please do so. Otherwise, I only share them because I thought they were kind of neat. They are pairs of Scott P7, of 1919. I haven't dug into Yvert yet to see if they hide any additional interest. |
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Post by roos on Aug 22, 2013 2:50:39 GMT
I always like a good gutter pair, very attractive.
With the number 9 in the gutter, could it be the Pane number.
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Post by captphil on Apr 19, 2024 2:18:28 GMT
Gutter pairs with numbers are called "millesimes" by French collectors. They are like a plate number, just different.
These stamps were printed as two sheets of 100 with a gutter between. The millesime number went between the second pair from the top. The number represented the last digit of the year in which the sheet was printed. Millesime translates as "vintage" or date.
Many stamps were printed over a number of years, and the specialized catalogs will value each year. Millesimes were originally collected as blocks, but now the pairs are most popular.
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stainlessb
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What I collect: currently focused on most of western Europe, much of which is spent on France, Belgium, Germany and Great Britain Queen Victoria
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Post by stainlessb on Apr 19, 2024 14:50:28 GMT
Thanks captphil , this thread needed a bump! And Admin , perhaps it should be merged into the Type Blanc thread? According to Storch & Francon Monographie des Timbres au Type Blanc, these were printed on leaves of 100 stamps, in panes of 5 x 5, with a gutter between the upper panes (A + B), with the millésimes in between, then divided from the lower pair (C + D) by selvedge with a solid color bar. if you look in the Type Blanc thread, I posted an image of the 1 c (no surcharge) a partial pane (lower right D) showing gutter with 5 wide (to the right), and just 2 columns of C to the left. My example has 4 rows is on the right pane there is a sole subtype Type IA. this also occurs on the left pane , 4th row, position 2. You will occasionally find pairs offered wit the IA and IB adjacent. As far as I can tell, the subtype appeared on sheets of the surcharged issues, millésimes 0, 2, 3 and 9. In 1925 the rotary process for this changed to leaves of 150 (3 pairs of 6, 5 x 5) |
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