Show postage stamps rad had to be cut or torn apart in the parly early days of postage stamps no provision was ivas made for separating the individual stumps stamps and it was necessary to cut them apart as needed steps were soon taken to improve this condition and a system for perforating stamps wil was a patented by henry archer great britain purchased thi this s patent and after some improvements began issuing perforated stamps in IS within a few years most of the larger countries had bought machines or had built them along similar ideas Afa chines for perforating stamps are built on one of two mechanical principles either operating in a rotary manner with the perforating pins arranged on the rim of a small wheel or in a vertical direction with the pins on a bar like tile the teeth of a comb alther type may be built to perforate single rows of stamps or entire sh sheets beets at one operation chicago Tribu tribune ite |