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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Werner Salentin, post: 1263823, member: 2120&quot;]Same type of cancels exists for a number of cities.Among these also</p><p>Braunau am Inn,Hitler´s birthplace.</p><p>Problem with such cancels is,that there are many faked ones.</p><p>Quite easy to understand,as mint,hinged stamps cost only a fraction</p><p>of cancelled stamps.</p><p>There are plenty offers for this stamp in mint,never hinged or cancelled</p><p>condition.But very few for mint,hinged ones.</p><p>The gum of this stamps exists with two directions of &quot;Riffelungen&quot;.</p><p>I don´t know how the german &quot;Riffelung&quot; has to be translated </p><p>as a philatelic term: maybe fluting or riffle or striation or </p><p>corrugation or,or ?</p><p>The &quot;Riffelung&quot; on this stamp can be either horizontal or vertical.</p><p>The vertical one is about double as expensive as the horizontal one</p><p>in mint,three times in used condition.The &quot;Riffelung&quot; is still visible on</p><p>stamps without gum.</p><p>The &quot;Riffelung&quot; is applied by spiked rollers to break the gum.It is</p><p>done,to prevent the rolling of stamps or sheets,so that they stay flat.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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