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My position is that measuring a perforation on a quarter unit is too dependent on the measurement method used. The electronic perforation gauge will undoubtedly work to a quarter of a unit. However, if you work with a "printed" perforation meter (formerly inside Michel catalogues) and you have to put the loose seal on it yourself and determine the nearest perforation size, then the error in your measurement will be a quarter of a unit. Even if you repeat the measurement 5x, for example. That is the main reason for rounding off to half a unit.
In addition, paper is also sensitive to humidity. Has a seal been measured a day after it has deviated and dried, or has it been stored for a year and is it really dry? Can also make a quarter of a unit difference.
The teeth counting trick can only be used with comb perforation. It normally has "fixed" dimensions, as opposed to the same line-perforated stamp, a technique previously used, where "by eye" one row of holes was punched at a time, inevitably resulting in small differences in size.
Therefore, measuring the dimensions including perforation, as LD prescribes, complete nonsense for older stamps with line perforation or without perforation. It is useful, however, to measure the dimensions of the printed area, usually along the frame lines. But with that you can never calculate the perforation using the number of teeth.
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because the padding is wrong

The padding = the items (the stamps or stamps) placed in that area on LD.
In one of the previous posts I gave 2 examples : same seal in both areas ... but unfortunately different perforation due to different criteria for determining the perforation size. Thus it is impossible to determine with certainty whether one is a duplicate of the other.
There is certainty: one of the 2 is in the wrong area.

If you read the (post) If you also place stamps from the Netherlands in Belgium, then there is also a wrong filling. Unless perhaps for the deniers of 1830 lol

7451Dick 
You calculate this way, someone else calculates differently. Then you get the situation like I gave 2 in one of my previous posts.
It can't work like this. I don't have that seal so I can't determine if one is a duplicate of the other. With perforation it says something different.
Only the 2 different users who added that stamp 9 and 7 years ago could determine that. Hence my question.
That one of those 2 occurs in the wrong area is another aspect.

Concrete: is one now DOUBLURE of the other, or are there 2 issues with 1/4 difference in perforation?


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You can assume that all stamps in question were printed at De La Rue in "recess" printing. The perforation is indicated as 14 for the little ones (up to 1 anna). The big ones are 12 x 13 (vertical stamps) or 13 x 12 (horizontal stamps 2½ annas, 2 and 5 Rupees). No deviating perforations were known in 2000. There are no two issues with ¼ difference in perforation.
Exact names of my copies: as soon as someone can get them from above for me.
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Correction: the oldest stamps with sultan from 1942 have perforation 14, the newer stamps with sultan Hussein from 1954 have 12½. The stamps with which Raoul came into the thread are both from 1954 with the young-looking sultan Hussein with perforation 12½. Any other perforation can be considered as "measurement error", "read error" of the catalog data, or "copy error" (will have the same data, use the copy option and add the correct image). A common mistake by the way.
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But no dog will find the stamps there without Aden on the stamp.
There is no Aden on it (but South Arabia by the way).
You set the right example :-), viz. #728797. If I'm looking for this stamp, I look in Kathiri's country list or I look at Seiyun or I look at South Arabia (possibly South Arabian Federation), maybe South Yemen. And then I don't find the seal. But as a layman I don't think, 'Come let me have a look at Aden'. Therefore, there should be an alias that links Aden - Kathiri state etc to Kathiri state or Seiyun (or just Kathiri) or something like that.
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az60 yes you will find him:

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az60 Also, if I'm looking for a country that I can't find on LD, I'll search Google/Wikipedia to see if I can find more info. In most cases I can figure it out.
Otherwise, we also have this forum with many bonkers.

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It makes sense that on #728797. no Aden state. At the time, Aden was still under British control. The Kathiri State of Seiyun region was already part of the People's Republic of South Arabia and could no longer issue stamps with the name of the country they were fighting against. Moreover, that stamp already belongs to the "harmful issues", intended to knock money out of the pocket of the unsuspecting collectors. 25 are listed exclusively in an appendix in the SG, including # 728797, without catalog number, price or other details. So earn at most the qualification cinderella.
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In most cases I'll be fine.
Now here lies the problem. You do, raoul too, me too and a lot of other people. But a lot of people don't either. What could be simpler than adding an alias to that
Aden - Kathiri state of Seiyun
South Arabia - Kathiri state of Seiyun
South Arabia - Kathiri state in Hadhramaut
Kathiri state of Seiyun
Kathiri state in Hadhramaut
links together. Then everyone can find it. That would have largely prevented the chaos that there is now.
The same goes for Qu'aiti:
Aden - Qu'aiti state of Shihr and Mukalla
Aden - Qu'aiti state in Hadhramaut
South Arabia - Qu'aiti state in Hadhramaut
Qu'aiti state in Hadhramaut

Easier indeed is only 2 units:
Kathiri
Quaiti
This is my preference, but if everything is linked by an ALIAS, it no longer matters under which heading you place all stamps.
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7451Dick 
What the reason is is not relevant here (but interesting). The point is that there is no Aden on it and so many collectors do not look to Aden to find the stamp. An alias solves that. You also express a very personal view. They are commercial releases, I agree. But those are official stamps of many countries in recent decades, often too. More important is that these stamps are collected, are collectible and must therefore have a place in Lastdodo. Whether we agree or not is irrelevant.
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The Katiri area had already begun to cease as a stamp-issuing state in 1966. Still, a year later, "postage stamps" were issued, which could not be used in the country itself or were for sale at all. Someone spent them to make money, but you couldn't do anything with them. Most of them even already had a stamp printed on them. Smells like a scam, but I'll let you collect them.
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az60 Yes, you do have a point there. Although all stamps have at least the name Kathiri or Qu'aiti.

But to get the LD catalog in order, is something concrete happening with it now?
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Whenever I have a moment to spare I fly in. At the moment, those moments are scarce. I have roughly moved a number of them, modified many and also referred to many as DOUBLURE. Once those duplications are gone, it will become even clearer.

Repetition: There are 7 areas.

Everything at a glance:

  • Aden 1937 – 1963
on LD: Aden (1892!!! - 2000!!!)
  • Kathiri State of Seiyun 1942 – 1967
on LD: (1) Aden - Kathiri State of Seiyun in Hadhramaut (1968?)
  • Mahra Sultanate of Qishn & Socotra 1967 – 1968
on LD: Mahra (on stamp: Mahra State South Arabia)
  • Qu'Aiti State in Hadhramaut 1955 – 1967
on LD: (3) Qu'aiti State in Hadramaut (1968?)
  • Qu'Aiti State of Shihr & Mukalla 1942 – 1955
on LD: (2) Aden - Qu'aiti State of Shihr and Mukulla
  • South Arabian Federation 1963 – 1968
on LD: South Arabian Federation
  • Upper Yafa 1967 only
on LD: Upper Yafa (1968?)

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With the first purification, I would dare to suggest a few (minor) adjustments to the spelling of area names .
Why one is allowed in English, and the other puritanically adapted to Dutch ... It makes searching almost impossible.
A.
I would suggest using Had h ramaut where stated. That is what appears on the stamps. That's how it was written. Why the hell that letter H has to be removed in one area, and not in the other ...
B.
Mukulla should be upgraded to Mukalla. So it is written, so it is on the Seals.
C.
Mahra -> 'Mahra State'. For example, the country was mentioned on the stamps.
D.
Aden - addition for 2 yes and no for 4?
2 Areas are said to be more difficult to find because of the 'Aden' prefix. So it is best to omit 2 times (instead of adding 4 times).
'Aden - Kathiri State of Seiyun in Hadhramaut' -> 'Kathiri State of Seiyun in Hadhramaut'
'Aden - Qu'aiti State of Shihr and Mukulla' -> 'Qu'aiti State of Shihr and Mukulla'

The next step is to examine the extremes (year of issue). A number of stamps issued in 1968 (according to LD) conflict with what I've found in philatelic sources (would only go back to 1967...).
This needs to be sorted out.
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Raoul62 Hadhramaut is English for Hadhramaut.
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FOLLOW THE NAME on the stamp, from ADEN (British colony) to YEMEN


A) First name: ADEN
Period: 1937.04.01 – 1964.07.01
LD Catalogue existing= Aden


B) Second name: ADEN – KATHIRI STATE OF SEIYUN
Period: 1942.07 – 1964.07.01
LD Catalogue existing = Aden - Kathiri State of Seiyun in Hadhramaut
Should be changed into Aden - Kathiri State of Seiyun


C) Third name: ADEN – QU’AITI STATE OF SHIHR AND MUKALLA
Period: 1942.07-1953.06.02
LD Catalogue existing: Aden - Qu'aiti State of Shihr and Mukulla
Should be changed into Aden - Qu'aiti State of Shihr and Mukalla


D) Fourth name: ADEN - QU’AITI STATE IN HADHRAMAUT
Period: 1955.09.01-1963.10.20
LD: Catalogue: Qu'aiti State in Hadhramaut
Should be divided in two new catalogues, of which one with the name:
LD: Catalogue to create: Aden - Qu'aiti State in Hadhramaut
For the other catalogue see G)


E) Fifth name: FEDERATION OF SOUTH ARABIA
Period: 1963.11.25-1966.12.15
LD Catalogue existing: Federation of South Arabia


F) a) Sixth name: ADEN KATHIRI STATE OF SEIYUN with overprint SOUTH ARABIA
Period: 1966.04.01-1966.09.19
b) Seventh name: SOUTH ARABIA KATHIRI STATE OF SEIYUN
Period: 1966.10.25-1967.05.01
LD Catalogue to create: South Arabia – Kathiri State of Seiyun


G) a) Eight name: ADEN QU’AITI STATE IN HADHRAMAUT with overprint SOUTH ARABIA
Period: 1966.04.01
b) Ninth name: SOUTH ARABIA QU’AITI STATE IN HADHRAMAUT
Period: 1966.04.01-1967
LD Catalogue to create: South Arabia – Qu’aiti State in Handhramaut
Stanley Gibbons’ remarks for the stamps of F) and G) issued in 1967:
The stamps have either been issued in excess of postal needs or have not been made available to the public in reasonable quantities at face value..
Those items are mentioned in the Stanley Gibbons catalogue, but didn’t get any number. The Michel  catalogue did number those items and the Yvert & Tellier catalogue also did number, not each item but each series.
Question: Are they postage stamps or not?


H) Tenth name: SOUTH ARABIA MAHRA STATE
Period: 1967.03.12
LD Catalogue: Mahra
Should be changed into: South Arabia – Mahra State.


YEMEN PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
From 1967.11.30 on: all ten names disappeared becoming part of Yemen.

Once all catalogues are corrected and created, items can stay or be moved and doubles can be marked as such.


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Oh never mind, I'm going to do something useful. Something with less capitals :)
Isn't that region my thing after all.


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Raoul62 Come Raoul, don't be boxed, one more time :)

All stamps of Aden - Qu'aiti State of Shihr and Mukalla move to Aden - Qu'aiti State in Hadhramaut. Then can Aden - Qu'aiti State of Shihr and Mukalla disappear.

Then only from Aden - Kathiri State of Seiyun in Hadhramaut and then specifically remove the second 'h' from Hadhramaut. So that it says Hadhramaut. Then we'll be there.

Please?

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Did you really understand what I was trying to explain?
"Follow the name" in this case means that you read the name of the item before looking for it in a catalogue with the same name or before inserting it.
It means of course that the catalogues have the same names: "Follow the name" will then be easy.
Some of these catalogues are already existing and others are not: hence all the actual mess of misunderstandings and doubles. 
Finally, in your proposal you only speak of Aden, but after creation of South Arabia in 1966, Aden didn't exist any longer, nor the protectorates of Aden by themselves.
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And then this discussion also takes an unpleasant turn.
How could that come about?

So I argue in favor of 2 areas, Kathiri and Qu'aiti (still separate from Aden, South Arabia, Yemen).
I leave it to the catalog managers whether or not to follow that.

Loriot Maybe you missed my earlier argument, or you don't understand me.
I I simply don't agree with you when you suggest creating more areas. Hopefully that is allowed.

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 All stamps of Aden - Qu'aiti State of Shihr and Mukalla move to Aden - Qu'aiti State in Hadhramaut. Then can Aden - Qu'aiti State of Shihr and Mukalla disappear.

Then only from Aden - Kathiri State of Seiyun in Hadhramaut and then specifically remove the second 'h' from Hadhramaut. So that it says Hadhramaut. Then we'll be there. 
 
So I argue in favor of 2 areas, Kathiri and Qu'aiti (still separate from Aden, South Arabia, Yemen). 
Contradictio in terminis (contradiction in terms)
Aden or not Aden?
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Not Aden. Read the first proposal.
With Aden is a status quo.
One step at a time.
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To start somewhere with getting everything in order, I would suggest starting with Aden Kathiri State of Seiyun in Hadhramaut.
The stamps listed below at LastDodo should be divided into three different areas, namely.
(1) Aden Kathiri State of Seiyun
(2) South Arabia Kathiri State of Seiyun
(3) South Arabia Kathiri State in Hadhramaut
So it is written on the stamps.
Now we just need to get postmaster to change the name of (1) a bit and add numbers (2) and (3) to the Countries.



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Lyonesse That is actually the opposite of my proposal.
I plead for
- Aden
- Kathiri (whether or not under the protection of Aden, whether or not under Federation South Arabia, Seiyun and in Hadramaut )
- Qu'aiti (whether or not under the protection of Aden, whether or not under Federation South Arabia, Shihr and Mukalla and in Hadramaut)
- Federation South Arabia (as an independent unit)
- North -Yemen
- South Yemen
- Yemen

And I believe that Mahra also belongs in there.

That can be done quite easily through Aden - Qu'aiti State in Hadhramaut and Aden - Qu'aiti State of Shir and Mukalla merging. The rest already exists. It remains (step 2) to change the names or not.

Maybe postmaster  can give it a blow?

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I was first working on Aden Kathiri Staat van Seiyun in Hadhramaut, one has to start somewhere.
I haven't looked at the others yet.
What I have at 1, 2 and 3 indicated, of separating the Countries, this is clearly stated on the stamps where they belong, it is now neither alone nor mixed up.
Why not do good immediately, if it is done differently it will remain piecemeal, and this I don't think that's the intention.
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Lyonesse 
Zaire stamps state:
Congo (overprint on Belgian Congo), Congo, Republique du Congo, Republique Democratique du Congo, Republique du Zaire, Zaire and finally Republique Democratique du Congo.
That's only 1 area on LD.
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