Hi,I am a new member over here and nice to meet everyone in this forum.I have just discovered an Australia 1938 2d used stamp from my dad collection and the G NSW perfin holes were punched on reverse side or this perfin holes were in reverse position when you view it in front of this stamp,G NSW was from state government of australia by that time.I have seen many of this G NSW perfin holes rotated to left or right at 90 degree and even inverted position,all of them were punched exactly in front but not on the reverse side just like this.Unfortunely,I really have no idea if this perfin holes punched on reverse side is normal or not.So,I need help from the expert to tell me if this is normal or not,your help is very much apprieicated.Please check it out on the scans below and let me know what you think.Once again,thank you.







This post has been edited by miko: 15.7.2010, 0:10

Hello Miko

Your perfins are fairly common. i have seen many from Australia in the different positions you have mentioned.

Our Canadian 'official' perins were punched with O.H.M.S. and you can find them also in 4 fifferent directions reading properly from the face side and well as revered from the face side. It all depended on how the stamps were fed into the perforating machines at the time. There are also possibilities if finding these stamps with double perfins as well.

Hope this information helps you out?

Chimo

Muskokan