ISSUE 173 - May 2, 2025 - Stamp News Online Magazine
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Gutter Snipes and Beyond
(From USSN, January-February 2000)
by Louis E. Repeta
Introduction
During production any sheet stamp printed on intaglio presses may yield a gutter snipe. What does this stamp jargon mean?
First, the gutter is the narrow unprinted space running vertically and/or horizontally through the center of the sheet dividing it into two or four panes. The gutter is much wider than the margin space between . . .
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