Thursday, September 12, 2019

1945 ZAGREB, Imperforate below

One of the varieties of the 1945 Zagreb provisional issue is also postage due No. 3 80/2 kn imperforate below. Its catalogue value is 120 Eur. Today, you can buy such stamps for less than 10 Eur. But what do you get?

1945 Zagreb provisional issue, postage due No. 3 80/2 kn, looks like imperforate below. Sold on eBay for 8 Eur.

You should be careful. It is not uncommon for the bottom perforation to be slightly lower than it should be, making the last row of stamps a bit higher. This means that someone can take scissors and make an imperforate stamp from a perforated one, thus changing the value from 10 cents to 10 Eur.

Comparison of height between perforated and "imperforate" stamps.

Making "imperforate" from perforated stamp (computer generated).