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The impressed decoration or rouletting on the exterior of the open bowls, mostly on its upper part, is made with a rotating instrument (a roulette) that produces a series of well-arranged indentations in parallel lines.
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Much interesting information is also included as to the various classes of and the manufacture of the paper employed, the typography, the embossing, the perforating or rouletting, together with many instructive and interesting details connected with the fascinating science of Stamp collecting.
Stamp Collecting as a Pastime Edward James Nankivell 1878
reesetee commented on the word rouletting
The practice of piercing the paper between stamps to make them easier to separate. No paper is actually removed from the sheet, as in perforating. Rouletting is usually made with dashes, a sawtooth pattern, or a wavy line.
August 26, 2008