Australian "kiss die cuts" on modern peel and stick stamps

[Rein]

There is an enormous variety in Australian kiss die cuts that is not or hardly described in the main catalogues over here, unless you can easily measure the difference using a perforation gauge.

Sometimes I got the impression that the kiss die cuts of the booklets of 10, booklet of 20, coils of 100 and hanging cards of 5 are all different.

Is this true??? Is this observation well known to Australian philatelists only?

Below, I show you some different kiss die cuts, apart form the obvious Pemara comb-perforation look-a-like.

[Rein]

The recent Australian kiss die cuts that are interrupted on the short sides of the stamps still have the "security" mark - a somewhat thicker 'tooth'. It may occurs on both sides either top or bottom. Even with the same stamp in different positions so we may have 2 [or even 4] IDC varieties!

[Rein]

I will show you a few recent examples of the kiss die cut stamps with 2 [or maybe more?] varieties :

Scouting 2008:





Legends 2008:





They may have come fropm different sources as with the 2007 Botanic Gardens:

Right upper corner will be found in the coils, left bottom corner is the stamp booklets:







Or in full:

[Rein]

Of this stamp there at least 3 variations [havent'got the booklets nor coils yet ]:

This one hasn't got any thick teeths!



This one has the thick tooth at the lower left side



And that one has got it at the upper right side




3 major variations I would say.

But there is another aspect. The first two have a slightly deeper indent than the third one, although I sometimes doubt whether it's just imagination!





the one with the thick tooth at the upper right side:

[Otin]

Rein, Can you read the post of Filatelio dated today July31 under the topic "palabras Técnicas 3" and give him a hand? Thanks,
José

[Rein]

José,

I got in touch with Filatelio. Should he have any other questions he is most welcome!

saludos, Rein, still in Poland, working from his wife's laptop.....