Postage stamp separation
Postage stamp separation This pair of coil stamps clearly shows ... the left side of the pair, the stamp was torn, while on the right the ... were cut with scissors or knife. For postage stamps, separation is the means by ...
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Compendium of postage stamp issuers (Ar - Az)
Compendium of postage stamp issuers (Ar - Az) Each "article" in this ... fact a collection of entries about several stamp issuers, presented in alphabetical order. The entries ... known issuers. See the Category:Compendium of postage stamp issuers page for details of the ...
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Stamp   (translated from German)
Stamp One Stamp is a usually rectangular, often gezaehntes Postwertzeichen ... the post office) serves. In addition the stamp of the sender becomes on that Letter ... by means of one Postmark cancelled. Faeroei stamp of 2000 Table of contents History Forerunner Before the first official stamp of the world 1840 one spent, ...
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List of postage stamps
List of postage stamps This is a list of postage stamps that are especially notable in some ... Large Queen on laid paper - rarest Canadian stamp Bluenose St. Lawrence Seaway invert Cape of ... Glasgow error - wrong ship on a modern stamp Finland Finland 20k black stamped envelope - most ... Great Britain Penny Black - world's first postage stamp Penny Blue - Trial printings from ...
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List of philatelic topics
... mail - Bisect - Bogus postal marking issue - Bogus stamp issue - Booklet - British Guiana 1c magenta - Bulk ... Cancelled to order - Caribou mail - Carrier's stamp - Censored mail - Center line block - Certified mail - Charity stamp - chinese new year stamps - Christmas seal - Cigarette tax stamp - Cinderella stamp - Circular delivery mail - Classic stamp - Coil - ...
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Category:Philately
... articles relating to philately, the study of postage stamps. Subcategories There are 10 subcategories to this category. C Compendium of postage stamp issuers L Lists of people on stamps ... cont. Philatelists Philately by country Philately stubs Postage stamps P cont. Postal markings Postal system S Stamp designers Pages in category "Philately" There ...
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Post office history and stamps of Switzerland   (translated from German)
... Zurich 4 and Zurich 6 the first stamp-spending country in the world to Great ... and became in Geneva used. This hand stamp showed the words "DE GENEVE" (from Geneva ... the old order. The Kantonalpost First Swiss stamp Zurich 4 and Zurich 6 The large ... the cents to be used could. The stamp was arranged corresponding. This issue of stamps ... up, a new, to give change usual stamp series. In addition one decided, to ...
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Serration   (translated from French)
... allowing to separate quickly and effectively from postage stamps. Generalized from années 1850 , this process of separation gave its name in opposition to stamps ... years after the invention of the first stamp, it " Penny Black "to facilitate the work ... sometimes a file of impatient customers. A stamp not notched often has a margin of ... seek more practical and fast means of separation. drilling or pricking consist with a ...
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Danzig (post office history and stamps)   (translated from German)
... usual at this time Barfrankatur with Date stamp. 1850 became in Preussen first Briefmarken imported ... and 13. October 1920 was exchanged the stamp against one with the inscription COLD YARD ... WEICHSEL) a post office agency was furnished - stamp use to at the end of November 1921. The introduction of the new stamp READING LEAVING (FREE CITY DANZIG) probably was ... to still investigate - one had a date stamp DANZIG 5 FOREIGN COUNTRY. At the ...
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Philately
... Philately is the study of revenue or postage stamps. This includes the design, production and ... postal authorities. Although many equate it with stamp collecting, it is a distinct activity. For ... sole survivors are in museums. Conversely, a stamp collector may choose to acquire and arrange ... collector from spending 50 dollars for a stamp that is really worth only 20 cents ... explanation for all the variation is that stamp printing was among the early attempts ...
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