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Post by stampie83 on Aug 13, 2023 17:34:44 GMT
Received this stamp recently. One of three of the Indigenous Leaders series for 2023. Booklet panes of 6. I usually get two booklets for my collection and some for postage. I used one of these and away it went in the mail. Couple days later I noticed it did not look right. Notice that it is mis-perfed by 2mm both to the left and downward. Small part of adjoining stamp can be seen. Hope the recipient notices it and collects varieties. Can't tell him/her since I don't know which piece of mail I put it on. The entire pane was like this which makes sense as the die-cutting is done in one move. The other booklet was normal.
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Post by ClassicPhilatelist on Aug 14, 2023 1:43:38 GMT
It's just a perf-shift. Not that terribly uncommon. Sheet wasn't quite lined up right. This was a very common issue in early postage. But I've seen it with these self-adhesives as well. (Look at the 4806 in US, they are ALL over the place).
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Post by philatelia on Aug 14, 2023 3:25:23 GMT
As a percentage of the stamps issued, misperfs are not THAT common. ANY EFO is a spiffy, fun find and a hoot and a half if you are the one to notice it. Well spotted, stampie83.
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Post by ClassicPhilatelist on Aug 15, 2023 4:17:47 GMT
This isn't really a misperf however, as I mentioned, it is a perf-shift. (When part of the design of the next stamp over is visible in the stamp, which can either be horizontal perf shift, vertical perf shift, or both. In the EFO world, this would be a Freak. And while a perfectly reasonable collecting specialization, it doesn't tend to add much/any value to the item. So, fun yes.
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