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About the Hobby of Philately (Stamp Collecting)
Types of Stamps: Coil Stamps
Coil Stamps are formatted in long coiled strips
for use by businesses in affixing machines or for sale from vending machines.
Coil stamps have straight edges on two opposite sides and perforations
on the other two except in the case of some self-adhesive stamps.
This pair of coil
stamps from Canada was issued in 1963 and illustrates straight edges
on the left and right sides of the stamp. The catalog used by most
collectors to identify stamp issues is the Scott catalog. This issue
is listed as Canada number 406i in the Scott catalog.
This issue is Scott #601
and it is a "Coil Line Pair." A Coil line pair is a
pair of stamps from a rotary coil showing a colored line caused by a
gap where the curved printing plate is joined. They are a favorite
specialty item of collectors. Notethe vertical line on the
perforations separating the two stamps.
This issue shows the straight edges on top and bottom.
