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Info about Syncopateds stamps, but have not seen a solid reason yet:
From the WWW: "What is a syncopated perforation? The term syncopated perfs describes intentional irregularities in the perforations. The earliest form was used by the Netherlands from 1925-33, where holes were omitted to create distinctive patterns. Beginning in 1992, Great Britain has used an oval perforation to help prevent counterfeiting.May 2, 2018"
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From Mimui Philately https://en.mimi.hu/philately/syncopated_ ...
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To separate stamps.
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My stamps website is currently off line, but here is what I wrote on one of its pages about syncopated perforations ("roltandingen") in Dutch stamps:
The specially perforated stamps were meant for use in stamp vending machines and automatic stamp applying machines (the socalled POKO's). These machines were introduced a few years earlier in the 1920s and used coils of stamps made out of strips from normal sheets. The strips were connected by glueing the selvedges together.
Soon after these makeshift coils were introduced they proved to be unsuitable. They broke too easily. As an alternative the syncopated perforation was invented by simply removing some of the perforating pins.
The result was a stamp with a very distinct perforation pattern.
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I loved the automatic stamp applicators. We did a lot of mailing in our office. You filled it with water, popped in the coil and went at it!
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As Jansimon says, the original "syncopated perfs" were the Dutch interrupted perfs. However, Scott calls the Elliptical perfs Syncopated. Quote from Linns:-
"Two large elliptical perforations were added to Machins starting in 1993, in an effort to make the stamps harder to counterfeit. The Scott Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue calls these syncopated perforations."
Many countries have added these as an additional security measure, as it is harder to forge the stamps.
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With most stamps now self-adhesive, elliptical cuts are more for legacy look than security.
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Christmas seals used syncopated perfs on some of their seals in the early days… teens i think.
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And here an example of those stamps (for everyone who doesn't known how the look)
And the white line in the photo is the plastic cover which was folded once (so no panic)
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What is the reason for syncopated or interrupted perforations that some countries use?
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Info about Syncopateds stamps, but have not seen a solid reason yet:
From the WWW: "What is a syncopated perforation? The term syncopated perfs describes intentional irregularities in the perforations. The earliest form was used by the Netherlands from 1925-33, where holes were omitted to create distinctive patterns. Beginning in 1992, Great Britain has used an oval perforation to help prevent counterfeiting.May 2, 2018"
From "The Stamp Forum" : https://thestampforum.boards.net/thread/ ...
From Mimui Philately https://en.mimi.hu/philately/syncopated_ ...
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re: Syncopated or interrupted perforations
To separate stamps.
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re: Syncopated or interrupted perforations
My stamps website is currently off line, but here is what I wrote on one of its pages about syncopated perforations ("roltandingen") in Dutch stamps:
The specially perforated stamps were meant for use in stamp vending machines and automatic stamp applying machines (the socalled POKO's). These machines were introduced a few years earlier in the 1920s and used coils of stamps made out of strips from normal sheets. The strips were connected by glueing the selvedges together.
Soon after these makeshift coils were introduced they proved to be unsuitable. They broke too easily. As an alternative the syncopated perforation was invented by simply removing some of the perforating pins.
The result was a stamp with a very distinct perforation pattern.
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I loved the automatic stamp applicators. We did a lot of mailing in our office. You filled it with water, popped in the coil and went at it!
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re: Syncopated or interrupted perforations
As Jansimon says, the original "syncopated perfs" were the Dutch interrupted perfs. However, Scott calls the Elliptical perfs Syncopated. Quote from Linns:-
"Two large elliptical perforations were added to Machins starting in 1993, in an effort to make the stamps harder to counterfeit. The Scott Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue calls these syncopated perforations."
Many countries have added these as an additional security measure, as it is harder to forge the stamps.
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re: Syncopated or interrupted perforations
With most stamps now self-adhesive, elliptical cuts are more for legacy look than security.
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re: Syncopated or interrupted perforations
Christmas seals used syncopated perfs on some of their seals in the early days… teens i think.
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And here an example of those stamps (for everyone who doesn't known how the look)
And the white line in the photo is the plastic cover which was folded once (so no panic)
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