Straddle pane

A straddle pane margin stamp, or guttersnipe (US slang name), is a pane margin example with a larger-than-normal portion of a sheet gutter that was improperly trimmed when being cut into panes. In the best examples, it shows a small portion of a stamp from the next pane. All of these are considered freaks and not errors.  File:US 10c green straddlepane.jpg|US 10c green 1861. The left side of this right pane example is normally straightedged. Be aware of re-trimmed straight edges on straddle pane examples. File:US guttersnipe.jpg|USA 6c airmail guttersnipe. The pane margin should have been cut vertically along the middle. File:US 12c torch guttersnipe.jpg|US 1975 12c torch definitive, showing the full gutter and part of a stamp in the adjoining pane. 

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