Gutter (philately) facts for kids
Gutter in philately (stamp collecting) is a space between printed stamps. Gutters may separate sheet of stamps in panes. They may, or may not, have some printing. The gutter between the stamps is often the same size as the postage stamp.
There are other related philatelic terms:
- Gutter pairs are two stamps separated by a gutter.
- Gutter block is a block of at least four stamps separated by a gutter.
- Gutter margin is a margin dividing a sheet of stamps into separate panes.
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Images for kids
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1953 DDR stamp sheet with St. Andrew's crosses printed in the gutters
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Top 30 stamps of an 1898 Cuban sheet showing a typical vertical gutter margin that divided the sheet into two panes of 50 stamps each.
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