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Irish stamps were printed in Australia for quite some time since
1991. Meanly [or exclusively!] in offset-litho by several printing
firms and on self-adhesive paper. Applied to them were no traditional
perforations, but kiss-die cuts that have - at least for Australian
stamps - very peculiar features! Stamps this size started with rather sharp "teeth" but later issues showed some interesting variation! Perforated 11 3/4:11 1/2 with 21/14 teeth horizontally and vertically! But then they changed to: 11 1/4:11 1/2 with 20/14 teeth horizontally and vertically!
The difference between the two in the second tooth from the left at the top a bit wider!
The same goes for the other values of that series! 11 1/4:11 1/2 with 20/14 teeth horizontally and vertically!
The left stamp has the wide tooth a the top, left! Three stamps from booklets with the wide tooth at the top,right!
The 2003 issued Mariners in coils show 3 [three] different perforations! No wide tooth at all:
Wide tooth at the left side below, second from the bottom:
Wide tooth at the right side above, second from the top:
No wide tooth at all:
Wide tooth at the left side below, second from the bottom:
Wide tooth at the right side above, second from the top:
No wide teeth at all:
Wide tooth at the left side below, second from the bottom:
Wide tooth at the right side above, second from the top:
No wide teeth at all:
Wide tooth at the left side below, second from the bottom:
Wide tooth at the right side above, second from the top:
There are only self-adhesive coils so where do the 3 variants come from???? A partial answer comes from my only strip of 4:
Both Barry and Brown hve the wide tooth at the left, second tooth
from the bottom! Halpin and Roberts have no wide teeth at all. We can expect other strips to have a different combination ..... |
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