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10:10:53pm
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From the Scott Catalogue Introduction:
Coil waste - an occurrence brought about by stamps issued in perforated sheets from a printing intended for coils. These stamps came from short lengths of paper at the end of the coil run. Sometimes the salvaged sections were those which had been laid aside for mutilation because of some defect. Because the paper had been moistened during printing, it sometimes stretched slightly and provided added printing area.
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10:28:29pm
Thanks Michael - I guess I should have checked there! Was this commonly done?
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It shows up on rotary press stamps mostly (or entirely) from my understanding. There is a list of stamps in the description that were printed this way with a "See Also" rotary Press Printing Waste.
I guess back in the day they didn't want to waste paper. Print stamps on it, and sell the stamps. But there are some big time rarities as a result, because no one knew about it at first.
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This is my diabetic cat OBI! I think, therefore I am - I think! Descartes, sort of!
14 Jun 2023
10:10:53pm
I am sitting at the computer watching an old episode of a Jeremy Brett Sherlock Holmes on YouTube and glancing through my US album at the same time. I noticed stamp #595 which is rather pricey which is a good reason why there is a gap on that page, the last gap among the non-BOB stamps. So I looked at my US Specialized catalogue and it mentioned the stamps 594 - 596 were made from what they called coil waste from the series of rotary press coils starting at #597. Did they just have a bunch of coils they didn't want to release and decided to use them in another way rather than just destroy them? Is this something that was done on a regular basis?
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10:25:37pm
re: What is "coil waste"
From the Scott Catalogue Introduction:
Coil waste - an occurrence brought about by stamps issued in perforated sheets from a printing intended for coils. These stamps came from short lengths of paper at the end of the coil run. Sometimes the salvaged sections were those which had been laid aside for mutilation because of some defect. Because the paper had been moistened during printing, it sometimes stretched slightly and provided added printing area.
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This is my diabetic cat OBI! I think, therefore I am - I think! Descartes, sort of!
14 Jun 2023
10:28:29pm
re: What is "coil waste"
Thanks Michael - I guess I should have checked there! Was this commonly done?
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10:31:54pm
re: What is "coil waste"
It shows up on rotary press stamps mostly (or entirely) from my understanding. There is a list of stamps in the description that were printed this way with a "See Also" rotary Press Printing Waste.
I guess back in the day they didn't want to waste paper. Print stamps on it, and sell the stamps. But there are some big time rarities as a result, because no one knew about it at first.
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