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Opa

28 Dec 2022
10:04:44am

Discovered this Czechoslovakian stamp from 1963 with a centering cross just below the upper Perfs.

Left side normal, right side with cross.

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Has anyone seen anything like this.

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amsd

Editor, Seal News; contributor, JuicyHeads
28 Dec 2022
02:18:42pm

re: Czechoslovakia 1963 oddity

i'll look at my Czech stamps, but I am thinking it's the bottom of another CTO cancel.

"Save the USPS, buy stamps; save the hobby, use commemoratives"

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Opa

28 Dec 2022
02:59:03pm

re: Czechoslovakia 1963 oddity

Not from CTO, I found another one from 1988 on a MNH stamp. This one is on the bottom.

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sheepshanks

28 Dec 2022
03:56:30pm
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re: Czechoslovakia 1963 oddity

I suspect the marks are for printers to line up the sheets when perforating same.

Edit. Or maybe where the stamps are printed in more than one colour and need to be run through the press again, it will ensure a degree of accuracy as to getting the extra colours in the correct place.

Opa

29 Dec 2022
06:59:31am

re: Czechoslovakia 1963 oddity

These crosses do seem to be for perforation reasons or for centering the stamp. I checked some of my s/s and found these. Just never noticed them before.

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Opa

29 Dec 2022
07:12:51am

re: Czechoslovakia 1963 oddity

The Czech Republic also seems to have these crosses . Here is a booklet from 2003.

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StampCollector

29 Dec 2022
08:06:33am

re: Czechoslovakia 1963 oddity

"I suspect the marks are for printers to line up the sheets when perforating same."

I believe that you are right, in printers terms its call a registration mark and usually is out of the range of the finished product.
Very common when printing material with several colors that require a run for each color.

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Opa

28 Dec 2022
10:04:44am

Discovered this Czechoslovakian stamp from 1963 with a centering cross just below the upper Perfs.

Left side normal, right side with cross.

...... Image Not Found

......

Has anyone seen anything like this.

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amsd

Editor, Seal News; contributor, JuicyHeads
28 Dec 2022
02:18:42pm

re: Czechoslovakia 1963 oddity

i'll look at my Czech stamps, but I am thinking it's the bottom of another CTO cancel.

"Save the USPS, buy stamps; save the hobby, use commemoratives"

juicyheads.com/link. ...

Opa

28 Dec 2022
02:59:03pm

re: Czechoslovakia 1963 oddity

Not from CTO, I found another one from 1988 on a MNH stamp. This one is on the bottom.

..... Image Not Found

.....

sheepshanks

28 Dec 2022
03:56:30pm

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re: Czechoslovakia 1963 oddity

Opa

29 Dec 2022
06:59:31am

re: Czechoslovakia 1963 oddity

These crosses do seem to be for perforation reasons or for centering the stamp. I checked some of my s/s and found these. Just never noticed them before.

..... Image Not Found

Opa

29 Dec 2022
07:12:51am

re: Czechoslovakia 1963 oddity

The Czech Republic also seems to have these crosses . Here is a booklet from 2003.

... Image Not Found

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StampCollector

29 Dec 2022
08:06:33am

re: Czechoslovakia 1963 oddity

"I suspect the marks are for printers to line up the sheets when perforating same."

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