Comments on: What are those horizontal tears on stamps in my mail? http://www.mcgees.org/2008/01/21/stamp-scuffs/ Website of Joshua McGee Wed, 03 Dec 2008 08:38:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Bob Mike http://www.mcgees.org/2008/01/21/stamp-scuffs/#comment-43902 Bob Mike Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:23:21 +0000 http://www.mcgees.org/2008/01/21/stamp-scuffs/#comment-43902 I'm using IE (yeah, yeah, I know... it's the office's system, not mine). The "x" on the second line is indeed square and shorter, and yes, the fraction bar on the second looks shorter, as well. I’m using IE (yeah, yeah, I know… it’s the office’s system, not mine).

The “x” on the second line is indeed square and shorter, and yes, the fraction bar on the second looks shorter, as well.

]]> By: Joshua <i>(Site Owner)</i> http://www.mcgees.org/2008/01/21/stamp-scuffs/#comment-43881 Joshua (Site Owner) Thu, 24 Jan 2008 20:33:36 +0000 http://www.mcgees.org/2008/01/21/stamp-scuffs/#comment-43881 <p> I'm going to guess that you're using IE, Safari, or Opera? </p> <p> Is the "x" in the second line more square and shorter? Are the fraction bars different? </p> I’m going to guess that you’re using IE, Safari, or Opera?

Is the “x” in the second line more square and shorter?  Are the fraction bars different?

]]> By: Bob Mike http://www.mcgees.org/2008/01/21/stamp-scuffs/#comment-43873 Bob Mike Thu, 24 Jan 2008 17:18:49 +0000 http://www.mcgees.org/2008/01/21/stamp-scuffs/#comment-43873 <I>Do the following look the same in your browser?</I> No. The quotation marks in the first are curved, while in the second they are made up of a pair of straight vertical lines. Also, the "x" appears to be larger in the first line than in the second. These have the side effect of making the first line longer than the second by a significant amount. Of the two, I prefer the second line, although I couldn't tell you why. Do the following look the same in your browser?

No. The quotation marks in the first are curved, while in the second they are made up of a pair of straight vertical lines. Also, the “x” appears to be larger in the first line than in the second. These have the side effect of making the first line longer than the second by a significant amount. Of the two, I prefer the second line, although I couldn’t tell you why.

]]> By: Joshua <i>(Site Owner)</i> http://www.mcgees.org/2008/01/21/stamp-scuffs/#comment-43819 Joshua (Site Owner) Mon, 21 Jan 2008 22:34:20 +0000 http://www.mcgees.org/2008/01/21/stamp-scuffs/#comment-43819 <p> If not, which looks better? </p> If not, which looks better?

]]> By: Joshua <i>(Site Owner)</i> http://www.mcgees.org/2008/01/21/stamp-scuffs/#comment-43818 Joshua (Site Owner) Mon, 21 Jan 2008 22:33:44 +0000 http://www.mcgees.org/2008/01/21/stamp-scuffs/#comment-43818 <p> Do the following look the same in your browser? </p> <p> 11 1/2” x 6 1/8” </p> <p> 11 1⁄2″ × 6 1⁄8″ </p> Do the following look the same in your browser?

11 1/2” x 6 1/8”

11 1⁄2″ × 6 1⁄8″

]]> By: Stamp Collecting - Information on Stamp Collecting http://www.mcgees.org/2008/01/21/stamp-scuffs/#comment-45198 Stamp Collecting - Information on Stamp Collecting Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mcgees.org/2008/01/21/stamp-scuffs/#comment-45198 <!--%kramer-pre%-->wrote an interesting post today on Here’s a quick excerpt Recently, there have been a rash of reported scuffed, horizontal tears that vertically bisect the postage stamps on domestic US mail. It can appear as a scuff, a tear, or a scratch, but<!--%kramer-post%--> links from Technoratiwrote an interesting post today on Here’s a quick excerpt Recently, there have been a rash of reported scuffed, horizontal tears that vertically bisect the postage stamps on domestic US mail. It can appear as a scuff, a tear, or a scratch, but

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