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Perforation Kind: summary of the different intended styls of a perforation

With Perforation: postage stamp issued with perforation as intended style

Without Perforation: postage stamp issued without perforation as intended style. This will only be shown when the same postage stamp was also issued with perforation

Partly Without Perforation: postage stamp issued partly without perforated as intended style

Missing Perforation Hole: perforation with incomplete perforation lines as intended style

Provisional Perforation: postage stamp with provisional perforation

Official Perforation: postage stamp with perforation ordered by a public postal administation

Private Perforation: postage stamp with perforation ordered by a private person or company

Local Perforation: postage stamp with perforation issued for a local area e. g. city (postmaster perforation)

Printed Perforation: postage stamp without separation with a hint of printed perforation around the design print

Printed Perforation Holes: postage stamp without separation with indicated printed tooth holes around the design print

Additional Perforation: postage stamp with additional perforation in order to use them proportionately as intended style

Perforation Number: number of perfor-ated holes on a postage stamp measured per 2 centimeters of length (e.g. 14)

Compound Perforation: postage stamp provided with perforation with different perforation numbers as intended style (e.g. 14 : 13¾)

compound perforation 6½ : 12½ : 12½ : 6½
or 12½ : 6½ : 9¼ : 12½

Fluctuating Number Of Teeth: postage stamp with uneven distance between the teeth as intended style

Alternating Perforation: perforation in which smaller and larger holes alternate in the perforation lines

Coil Perforation: perforation with missing perforation holes to prevent accidental sepa-ration of the postage stamps in the machine

Island Perforation: sheet with one or more free-standing postage stamps without perfor-ation between the stamps or the margin of sheet

Test Perforation: testing through an experi-ment whether a postage stamp can be perforated

Level Out Tooth: correction tooth that deviates from the standard width and is used to compensate for the further movement of the teeth into the design print due to production

Perforation With Crease Separation: perforated postage stamps that were separated by folding and tearing

Perforation With Cutting Separation: per-forated postage stamps that were separated with a cutting tool (e.g. scissors)

Comb Perforation: all postage stamps in a horizontal row are perforated on three sides at the same time

Double Comb Perforation: all postage stamps in a horizontal row are perforated on either four or three sides at the same time

Cross-comb Perforation: all postage stamps in a horizontal row are perforated horizontally on one side and half perforated vertically in two rows

Double Cross-comb Perforation: all postage stamps from two horizontal rows are perforated on one or two sides horizontally and completely or half vertically

Harrow Perforation: all postage stamps on a sheet are perforated on all four sides at the same time (sheet perforation)

Spezial Comb Perforation: all postage stamps from two horizontal rows of different sizes are perforated on three or four sides at the same time (Swedish perforation)

Line Perforation: all postage stamps on a sheet are first perforated horizontally and then vertically. The canines of the individual postage stamps are irregular

Grinding Perforation: the paper is pressed with pins onto a rapidly rotating roller so that round holes are ground out of the paper

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