Coil stamp

A stamp role or simply role refers to a delivery form of stamps. For this purpose, markers are printed with the same design and the same face value either above or next to each other.

Purpose

At the counter are often different performance levels in a special stand available and quickly accessible. Some editions were issued additionally by stamp machines. In both cases, the major advantage of the role of brands lies in the fact that the sale of the mark only on one side ( up to 4 pages in the sheet ) must be separated, resulting in significant time savings at the counter and the sales through vending machines in the first place.

Production

In contrast to sheet marks, which usually 10, 25, 50 or 100 marks are printed in an arc, coil stamps are produced in " large sheet " according to the intended role size. Are usual sizes of 200, 300, 400, 500, 1,000, 2,000, 5,000 or 10,000 marks per roll. The sheets are perforated and then cut so that only one brand to the other depends, and it is irrelevant whether the marks are only serrated on two sides or four sides.

Specifics in Germany

Sale

The role of brands vary in appearance not of the same issues in sheet form. The lateral perforation of a roll mark is opposite the bow brand through the automatic editing but usually of poor quality. For this reason, the same brands are also manufactured in a sheet form for collectors in a small edition.

To simplify the billing is now on every fifth stamp a digit on a gummed page. So-called empty fields In order to avoid technical malfunction in vending machines at the roller end glued. These are usually greenish pieces of paper the same size as the actual brands. This should be made possible on the one hand, that the machine sells all brands, but on the other hand also be the automatic detection of the roll end to a "non- sale ", ie Coin brand without issue as role depleted to prevent.

Since mid- 1995, the empty fields are no longer stuck with all roll sizes, as the sale of machines no longer occurs; there machine brands sold today. Empty fields there were then only at 10000 rolls definitives Sights (40 Pfg, 45 Pfg, 47 Pfg, 110 Pfg ( MiNr.2009 Expo ), 47 Pfg / 0.24 EUR, 110 Pfg / € 0.56, 0.25 EUR, 0.55 EUR ) used there, however, not only the four empty fields at the end, but also nine empty squares were glued at the beginning, for the protection of brands, as these brands are glued to the automated shipments from the shippers.

Packaging

Of the role of packaging the stamps and the closure plate are collected. Each unopened brand role is enclosed by a band. From the series Major German then ten rolls were wrapped in plastic foil and top and bottom with a round sticker called, provided closure plate. This type of packaging it was until mid- 1995.

From mid- 1995 to coincide with the elimination of Anziehstreifen the roles were individually packaged in a colorful carton and glued together to form ten boxes side with two fixed points. The boxes could be canceled individually. Each brand had its own color box, which was very expensive.

Later, as now, all packaging boxes of coil stamps are uniformly white and gray have a sticker which has printed on the denomination, the total price, date of manufacture, the output series and the motif of the brand provided. The information content and writing of the label varies from time to time. The boxes are no longer glued to the side.

In Germany, self-adhesive commemorative stamps are issued in so-called brand boxes from 2000. The stamps stick it on a paper roll and carry on the carrier film on the reverse the count number. The usual roll size here is 100 pieces.

As of 2005, neither empty nor Anziehstreifen fields occur in all sizes role of the new definitive series of flowers. Thus, the collection area is complete with roller ends Anziehstreifen.

Nestings

The count number is the only sign that a brand detectable stems from a role, alternatively, the evidence is given only by a 11er strips of Mark (in brands that were produced in sheets of ten times ten brands), with smaller spreads is the number will be less. The role marks the series President Heuss the proven coil stamps are traded more expensive according to circulation figures, in all subsequent series, the sheet marks are regularly more expensive.

But ( 3, 5, 6, 11er or 15er stripes) are Rollenmarken still collected in strips of several brands. The role beginnings, roller parts and roll ends are differentiated by the rear count numbers five, four, three, two or one digit at the current issues.

Not only the brands but also on the back counting numbers is the attention to be addressed. In addition to the usual black counting numbers, there were also red and accident prevention red, blue, green, and blue-green count numbers at Heuss- series. Since about 1996, the count numbers are printed not with a mechanical mill, but with an inkjet printer. Currently, there are countable numbers with and without point following the document number, depending on which machine the marks are gone in the production. The sprayed- number color is usually gray.

Around the end of 2004 appeared at four values ​​(10 Pfg / 0.05 EUR - 20 Pfg / 0,10 € - 1,00 € and 4,10 € ) with a smaller partial edition, deep black color number with a dot behind the counting numbers up. In later editions of the counting numbers were, as usual, to find gray again.

Rollenmarken

Cut the top and bottom

Cut right and left