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21. Fiscal Cancel Fiscal Cancel – a cancel on a stamp showing that it had been used fiscally e.g. collect revenue or tax. Usually fiscal cancels are easily recognizable because of their form o...
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22. Retouch Retouch – mostly refers to the minor corrections of flaws made directly onto the cylinder in photogravure printing. Rob Browning
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23. Recess Printing Recess printing – the technique of printing where the ink is retained in the recesses of the printing plate before being transferred to the paper in the form of the design. Thus line engraving, 13/09/2007 | 0 comment(s) | Read more...

24. Lithography Lithography or Litho – a printing process whereby ink corresponding to the colourless portions of the design is rejected from the plate by the use of the repellent action of water, leaving ink adhering to the plate only where the 13/09/2007 | 0 comment(s) | Read more...

25. Fugitive Inks Fugitive inks – inks that run when wet, used as a security device to prevent stamps being cleaned and re-used. Rob Browning
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26. Fluorescence Fluorescence – ultra violet light causes many printing inks to fluoresce, thus the presence or absence of fluorescence may be used in several ways. To identify different printings of the same stamp. To reveal forged or repaired 13/09/2007 | 0 comment(s) | Read more...

27. Dry Print Dry Print – a stamp or overprint which shows little or no ink due to an inking deficiency in the printing process. Rob Browning
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28. Aniline Aniline – stamps printed with ink containing aniline. These are generally brighter than other inks and the ink suffused on the surface and showing through the back, it’s a term also used to desc...
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29. Traveling Post Office Traveling Post Office (TPO) – this is found in a postmark to indicate that the item was sorted and cancelled on a traveling sorting office such as a train. Rob Browning
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30. Transit Marks Transit Marks – postmarks which a letter or other postal item collects on its journey through the post charting its progress. These marks could indicate a special routing or highlight delays and would also include redirection marks and marks o...
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