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SERPENTINE ROULETTING [1 record]

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Record 1 1985-10-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Postage Stamps and Stamp Cancelling
OBS

percé en serpentin; serpentine roulette: The cuts form a serpentine of wavy lines.

OBS

serpentine roulette: This roulette is made on a machine with curved cutters alternately faced opposite so that the finished roulette is a sinuous or undulating line.

OBS

... it [rouletting] is further differentiated by the pattern of the cutting: serpentine, scalloped (or "en arcs"), saw-toothed (or "en scie"), straight-line (or "en ligne"), etc.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Timbres et oblitération
CONT

Les perçages en arcs, en zigzag, en serpentin et en dents de scie, que la désignation suffit à expliquer [...] donnent à certains timbres un aspect spectaculaire [...]

Spanish

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