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US Six Cent Airmail Of 4 Engine Turboprop Plane Flying To The Right

 
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popeye
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Posted 11/05/2024   4:49 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add popeye to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
I came across a six cent US airmail stamp. It is shown in many catalogues.

This particular stamp as seen in the photo has no top or side perforations.

Is this the way the stamp was made or were the perforations accidently cutoff.

Many thanks

Popeye
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John Becker
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Posted 11/05/2024   4:53 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add John Becker to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Your stamp has the characteristics of being from a booklet pane:

At least assuming the top edge is a "natural" straight edge from the normal production process. The slant and damage to the right side suggests later trimming, which means it could be from any of the positions along the top of a pane. (Or it could have been a fully-perforated sheet stamp which has later been trimmed on 2 sides.)
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nranderson
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Posted 11/05/2024   5:00 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add nranderson to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
The stamp you found might have been misperforated during production, as mistakes like that do happen sometimes.
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paddle_more
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Posted 11/05/2024   5:18 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add paddle_more to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
There are two perfs on the right side, aren't there? Look carefully.
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rogdcam
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Posted 11/05/2024   6:11 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add rogdcam to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Agree with John. Booklet stamp.
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drkohler
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Posted 11/05/2024   6:40 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add drkohler to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
The stamp you found might have been misperforated during production, as mistakes like that do happen sometimes.
I think those hole areas are damage spots. The margin above and below is wider so more holes would show if it were a scissor cut perforation column.
It is the top right stamp of a C39a/c booklet pane, with damage at right
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Edited by drkohler - 11/05/2024 6:41 pm
shermae
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Agree with Dr. Kohler- margins at UR seem too wide to be from a perfed edged.
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John Becker
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Do keep in mind that perforating and cutting of the booklets were two operations, thus some natural size variations.
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