Canal Zone and Cuba "Coil" Stamps
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Every so
often I hear of "coil" stamps which
"were issued" in the Canal Zone, and in Cuba. I have never
seen the
"Canal Zone" issue, but I have seen some of the Cuban varieties
purporting
to be privately perforated from imperforates of the 1926 issue, Scott's
Nos. 280-282. No coils were ever issued in the Canal Zone,
nor in
Cuba either, and for one very discouraging reason:
Climate.
Coils are intended for use in vending and mailing machines but they
don't
work well where the weather is too warm because the stamps stick
together
and the machine jams and ceases to operate. It was tried in
the Philippines,
only once, in 1928, and never again.
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George B. Sloane
Sloane's Column Stamps December 13, 1941 Posted October 4, 1999 Index of 508 Notes from the Past Note: If the link isn't returned the first try, try again. Comments? Send me an e-mail |