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.
Rouletting:
Short consecutive cuts in the paper between rows of stamps to facillitate separation.
Se-tenant: ...
Rouletting: The piercing of the paper between stamps to make their separation more convenient. No paper is actually removed from the sheet, as it is in perforating. Rouletting has been made by dash, sawtooth or wavy line.
Rouletting patterns include straight-line, arc, serrate, zig-zag and serpentine.
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Rouletting
The use of slits or cuts between stamps to facilitate separation.
Selvage ...
A form of rouletting where the slit is formed in a semi-circle. The paper is cut, not removed, in making an arc roulette.
Arms Types ...
Rotary rouletting: rouletting applied by wheels rolled over the paper vs to blades that descend and pierce the paper.
Rotat. aetztiefdruck: (Ger.) rotogravure.
Other examples of Rouletting on U.S. stamps
Until recently, there had been few officially-issued US stamps with rouletting, except for the set of revenues shown above, the so-called "battleship revenues" of 1898.
Another form of perforation is called rouletting. This is done by cutting partially through the paper but not punching any of it out. To explain how it's done simply imagine a pizza cutter.
Imperforate: Refers to stamps without perforations or rouletting between the individual stamps in a pane. The earliest stamps were imperforate by design, but after about 1860 most stamps were perforated.
In addition to perforations, there are those forms of separation known as rouletting.
Rough Perforation - Refers to jagged holes.
Rouletting - The cutting of paper between stamps in order to make the separation of the stamps easier.
RPO - Railway Post Office.
RRT - Refers to right side.
Paper (wove, laid, etc, and including watermarks)
Printing methods (engraving, typography, etc)
Gum
Separation (perforation, rouletting)
Overprints on existing stamps
Forensic philately, especially the identification of forgeries ...
Roulette - the slitting of paper between stamps to make their separation easier. No paper is actually removed in the rouletting process.
Such stamps are usually called 'imperforate'. Many methods have been developed for removing individual stamps from sheets. These processes are termed 'perforating' and 'rouletting'.
- Pin rouletting.
Piroscafo - Ship.
Pl. - Abbreviation for plate.
Plain - postage stamp issued without phosphor tagging (to distinguish it from otherwise identical phosphor issue).
Plate - ...
 See also: Stamp, Used, Perforations, Perforation, Printing
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