A rouletted revenue stamp, US 1898
Rouletting uses small cuts in the paper instead of holes. It was used by a number of countries, but is rarely if ever seen on modern stamps.
Figure 4. Privately rouletted Japanese 20-sen deep blue Sun and Dragonflies stamp.
Figure 5. Se-tenant pair of Germany 1934 5-pfennig green and 8pf deep orange President von Hindenburg stamps from a booklet pane.
Gennemstiking, gennemstukket: (Dan.) roulette perforation, rouletted perforation.
Gennemstukken i kors: (Dan.) rouletted perforation in the shape of diamonds.
Gennemstukken i linier: (Dan.) rouletted perforation in the shape of lines.
PercEen arc - Rouletted by lines of small curved arcs.
PercEen scie - Rouletted by lines of zig zag cuts
Perf. - Abbreviation for perforated.
In January of 1915, such authorization was indeed given, but only to sell the remaining stock of the rouletted stamps.
Sometimes it's hard to tell a rouletted, perforated stamp from a regularly imperforate one. It's best to have such stamps in pairs that have not yet been separated. They will look like imperforates, but the scoring will be clearly visible.
Most self-adhesive booklets contain either ten or twenty stamps, which are rouletted, and allow the booklet to be folded up. Unfolded booklets are sent to post offices in chequebooks of 20 stamps.
Imperforate - the lack of some separation device between stamps such as perforation holes or rouletted slits that allow for easy tearing. Imperforate stamps have to be cut apart by scissors or blades.
 See also: Stamp, Used, Perforation, Sheet, Perforations
  
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