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41. Intermediate Perforations Intermediate Perforations – perfs that are not 100% clean cut but are much better than rough cut. Rob Browning
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42. Imitation Perforations Imitation Perforations – pseudo perfs printed in the gutters between the stamps on a sheet. Rob Browning
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43. Heavy Cancel Heavy Cancel – a cancellation that defaces a stamp so much that it reduces any value the stamp has, except of course to a postm...
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44. Harrow Perforations Harrow Perforations – a way of perforating a complete pane or sheet of stamps in one pass. It is so called because the setting...
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45. Handstruck Handstruck – stamps made singly from a handheld die. In pre stamp days this was another term (see Frank) used to indicate a po...
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46. Frank Frank – A handstamp or machine cancel showing that postage has been prepaid. Modern franking machines allow use by private companies after paying in advance and allows the franking ...
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47. Flag Cancel Flag Cancel – this is the name given to some of the machine cancellors from the USA that were in use 1880-1920 and where part of the design of the cancel was in the form of a ...
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48. Error Error – stamps which have something abnormal when compared with a normal stamp of the same design. Colour – stamps printed in the wrong colour. Design – stamps where an error ...
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49. Cork Cancel Cork Cancel – cancellation created by using a cork with a design cut into the flat surface. This was used a lot in the USA & Canada in the 19th century but not used much else...
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50. Compound Perforation Compound Perforation – this is a term used to indicate that a stamp has 2 or more different number of perforations on its sides...
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