Canada Tagging: Introduction

Canadian Tagging Errors: Tag Types

Canadian phosphor tagging has been classified into Tag Types. Tagging errors, the result of either shifts of the tagging, shifts of the perforations (or die cutting on self-adhesive stamps), or the lack of tagging, result in sub types of these major classifications:

Winnipeg tagging

W1: one tag bar down the middle of the stamp.

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W2: tag bars down the vertical perforations with the result being two half-tag bars on a stamp.

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W3: six tag bars across the pane of ten stamps, on alternate columns, including the left and right selvedge.

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W4: five tag bars across the pane of ten stamps, on alternate columns, ignoring the left and right selvedge.

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W5: pale tag wash over entire stamp.

General tagging

G1: pale tag wash over entire stamp.

G2: tag bars down the vertical perforations with the result being two half-tag bars on a stamp.

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G3: tag bars down the vertical perforations and a tag bar down the middle of a stamp. The result is three vertical bars per stamp.

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G4: tag bars on all four sides of a stamp.

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G5: two thin, short tag bars applied inside the stamp.

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