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Help with early New Zealand stamp....specifically the type of perforations.

john o'neiljjohn o'neil
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This is New Zealand, Type One stamp. Not all the perfs have been punched out. Can anyone tell from these pics what kind of perforation was used?

BTW....I posted this pretty similar question on the Postage Chat Stamp Board, figuring New Zealand stamps might be go interest. Unfortunately, I used the word "perfin" instead of "perfs", and I erroneously referred to the stamp as "Number One" instead of "Type One". For these horrible misleading errors, I have been ridiculed and banned for 30 days. My second suspension for being not just stupid, but lazy. Unbelievable!!IMG_2840
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  • Greg DollGGreg Doll
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    John,

    Man! I wish I could help with this one. All I can say is it looks like it is mis-perfed, re-perfed (poorly), scissor trimmed in a couple places...kind of a hot mess. I am admittedly not a NZ specialist so this may be a stamp that has/had value but it really looks pretty damaged to my eyes.

    Greg
  • john o'neiljjohn o'neil
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    You found more than I....likely will admit defeat and gift it to a friend. Thanks
  • Greg DollGGreg Doll
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    Well not really knowing what it is, I might not be so hasty to download it. Maybe there are three of them known and you found the fourth. Probably not but seek a second opinion and don't just take Bentley's...I mean...my word for it.
  • Scott PaytonScott Payton
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    Careful with this one. Look at the bottom edge of the front. Visible is either the next stamp or a center line. There is no perforation between. That tells us it was either imperf between pairs or it could be a natural (all be it rough) straight edge.
    The image here gets a little blurry so it makes it hard to tell just what that line of color is. Can you get a better photo with clear focus on the lower edge of the stamp?
  • john o'neiljjohn o'neil
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    Well darn....I will certainly try. Thanks
  • Scott PaytonScott Payton
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    Actually, the more I look at this, I believe what has happened is, the perfs are genuine. If you look closely at the right, and at the bottom, evidence of "blind perforation" is present. Most likely the perf machine had excessive where on the perforation wheels, resulting in really ragged or poor perfs, and some missing all together. There are small circular indents at the bottom along that line of (probably the next stamp) below it. I don't know if this issue was printed with guidelines or not. If it was, then it might be a guide line.
    But if we look at right, there are some perfs that are ok, and some that are not. So it appears that the stamp was scissor cut (especially at bottom and right, but probably at top as well) in order to separate it, because the perfs were so intermittent. There evidence from the back of this as well, particularly across the bottom. There are semi-circular ridges where the perf should be all along the bottom, and a few if you look closely at left (now left, right from front, but it's turned over).
    Also, if you look at upper left of the stamp from the front, between the two perf holes there is one semi-cut perf, still attached.
    This was one disaster of a perforation machine.
  • john o'neiljjohn o'neil
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    So...I now can conclude ....I have the only known copy of the last stamp that was perforated with the now extinct New Zealand renegade perf machine! Sending it off to be certified now...just before I head to the local Ferrari dealer.

    Kidding aside....amazing this one ugly sucker could gain so much honest and interesting discussion. Thanks folks!
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