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21. Minor Flaws Many stamps have tiny variations and usually these are of only of interest to collectors if they are constant flaws which appear on all similarly positioned 03/10/2007 | 0 comment(s) | Read more...

22. Missing Colours This is an area of interest to a lot of collectors, and happens when the stamp sheets fail to make it through the entire printing process. The sheets might be passed through seven different inking plates and if one has “run dry” or simply stopped wor...
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23. Mount Pleasant Post Office The area on which Royal Mail Mount Pleasant now stands was originally open fields on rising ground above the River Fleet. In the 18th century, a cold spring on the site was reputed to have great medicinal properties. This attracted many bathers ...
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24. Manuscript Cancellations Manuscript Cancellations – this is where a stamp has been cancelled using a pen or other indelible writing instrument and is known generally as pen cancels, and usually indica...
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25. Maltese Cross Maltese Cross – A distinctive eight pointed cross (used by the knights of Malta) and used a lot in the design of stamps, watermarks & cancellations. The name given to the early cancellations used on GB stamps 1840/41. Many different exam...
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26. Mileage Mark Mileage Mark – a pre stamp postal mark (sometimes called tombstones as they were often in the shape of a small tombstone) which includes a number that indicates the distance to the place named either from London or from some central reference ...
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27. Machine Cancel Machine Cancel – machine made cancel normally comprising of two parts, the postmark & date tied to a slogan, flag, wavy lines, bars etc – also called a duplex cancel Rob ...
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