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Strange horizontal perforation. Completely missed horizontal perforation. (UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - ) | |
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Shifted horizontal perforation. Shifted horizontal perforation makes LOUISIANA appear on top instead of on the bottom of the stamp, resulting in a new design. (UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - ) | |
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Miscut. This miscut transforms a 15-cent stamp into a 5-cent one. (UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - ) | |
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Shifted perforation Is this postcard franked with 2 or 3 stamps : due to a shifted vertical perforation, it is impossible to say. (SWEDEN - 1939) | |
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Shifted perforation Shifted vertical perforation (SWEDEN - 1939) | |
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Shifted perforation Shifted horizontal perforation. (YUGOSLAVIA - 1985) | |
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Shifted perforation Shifted horizontal AND vertical perforation. (VIET NAM - 1980) | |
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Shifted perforation Shifted vertical perforation, or … was this stamp simply torn out ? (VIET NAM - 1980) | |
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Shifted perforation Due to a shifted horizontal perforation, a new stamp was created. (UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - ) | |
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Shifted perforation Due to a shifted horizontal perforation, a new stamp was created. (UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - ) | |
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Shifted perforation Shifted vertical AND horizontal perforation makes it impossible to use these stamps on a letter. (TANZANIA - ) | |
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Miscut booklet A miscut stamp booklet gives a strange result when it is opened. (UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - ) | |
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Miscut stamp roll. When a miscut starts at the beginning of a roll, all the stamps of course are affected. (UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - ) | |
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Incomplete perforation Incomplete perforation in the middel of this strip of four stamps. (UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - ) | |
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Double perforation Double vertical perforation (UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - ) | |
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Double perforation Double and not completely horizontal perforation. (UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - ) | |
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Useless postcard Impossible to use this preprinted postcard with huge shifted vertical cut. (INDIA - ) | |
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Shifted perforation Horizontal perforation shift : a lot of people have probably dreamed of Hitler having his head cut like that. (GERMANY - 1941) | |
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Shifted cut Preprinted postcard with double stamp, due to a larger than normal size. (INDIA - ) | |
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Shifted perforations Big perforation shift, which makes it impossible to use the stamps. (TANZANIA - 1986) | |
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Shifted perforations The left stamp is about two perforations narrower than a normal stamp, due to shifted vertical perforations. (UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - ) | |
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Double perforation Double vertical perforation at the right side of this sheet. (URUGUAY - 1974) | |
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Perforation error Double vertical perforation (UCRAINA - 1912) | |
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Perforation shift An horizontal shift in the perforation results in a complete different stamp layout. (UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - 1953) | |
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Perforation shift An horizontal perforation shift results in a complete different stamp layout. (UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - 1957) | |
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Perforations shifts Shifted horizontal and vertical perforation : there is almost nothing left from the original design of this stamp. (CROATIA - ) | |
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Shiftes perforation Shifted vertical perforation. (CROATIA - ) | |
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Additional perforation Shifted colour, and an additional vertical perforation cuts the stamp in two pieces. (RUSSIA - 1927) | |
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Missing perforation Missing vertical perforation (RUSSIA - 1947) | |
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Perforation error Missing verticalperforation (COLOMBIA - 1899) | |
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Perforation error Shifted vertical and horizontal perforation. (SLOVENIA - 1919) | |
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Perforation error Missing upper perforation (EAST KINA - 1949) | |
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Perforation error Shifted vertical perforation cuts the stamp in two pieces. (ALBANIA - 1985) | |
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Perforation error Shifted horizontal and vertical perforation. There is almost nothing left from the originaldesign of the stamp. (CROATIA - ) | |
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Perforation error Shift of the horizontal perforation shows the White House above the flag. (UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - ) | |
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Perforation error Missing perforation at the top of this sheet. (RUSSIA - 1946) | |
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Perforation error A perforation shift removes the countryname from the stamp. (EQUATORIAL GUINEA - 1978) | |
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Perforation shift Shifted vertical perforation. (YUGOSLAVIA - 1980) | |
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Shifted perforation A shifted horizontal perforation makes it impossible to remove the stamps from this sheet. (CROATIA - 1942) | |
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Perforation shift Shifted horizontal and vertical perforations. (UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - 1912) | |
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Shift Shifted horizontal perforation. (FINLAND - 1954) | |
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Shift Shifted vertical perforation. (FRENCH WEST AFRICA - 1922) | |
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Very bad stamps Shifted vertical perforation, if we can still call it a perforation. Same stamp with missing black colour. (VIET NAM - 1963) | |
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Shift Shifted vedrtical perforation truncates the country name. (HONG KONG - 1973) | |
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Shift Shifted horizontal perforation. (UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - 1938) | |
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Perforation Exile stamps issued by Croatian emigrants with missing and slided perforation. (CROATIA - 1934) | |
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Wrong perforation Miscuts and bad perforations ofter occur on old stamps. (UNITED KINGDOM - 1858) | |
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Wrong perforation Miscuts and bad perforations ofter occur on old stamps. (ARGENTINA - 1899) | |
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Wrong perforation Miscuts and bad perforations ofter occur on old stamps. (PORTUGAL - 1917) | |
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Wrong perforation Miscuts and bad perforations ofter occur on old stamps. (NEW SOUTH WALES - 1888) | |
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Wrong perforation Miscuts and bad perforations ofter occur on old stamps. (SWEDEN - 1920) | |
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Perforation shift Horizontal perforation shift on a stamp issued in the Soviet zone Thüringen during the second world war. (GERMANY - 1945) | |
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Missing perforations A complete sheet with missing vertical perforations. (CROATIA - 1942) | |
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