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591. Spoon Cancel Spoon Cancel – popular name of a duplex hand stamp where the 2 parts of the cancel overlap thus giving an outline shape that is spoon like. These were experimental and covers bearing this type of cancel fetch a premium by collectors. Rob...
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592. Special Event Postmark Special Event Postmark – A slogan cancel or special handstamp or cachet publicising a particular event especially philatelic events such as exhibitions, shows or conferences and the application of the postmark is usually restricted to mail pos...
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593. 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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594. 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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595. Retouch Retouch – mostly refers to the minor corrections of flaws made directly onto the cylinder in photogravure printing. Rob Browning
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596. 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...

597. 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...

598. 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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599. 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...

600. 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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