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611. Perforation Perforation – A way of making the separation of stamps easier by taking away small pieces of paper from the gutters between the stamps. The size and amount of holes could vary on opposin...
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612. Flaw Flaw – An imperfection in the design of a printed stamp caused by damage to or a foreign body affecting the plate stamps are printed from. If it is damaged then all sheets printed from that plat...
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613. Photogravure Photogravure- a process very similar to the intaglio process, but the designs are etched into the printing cylinders by chemical means. Gravure is a perfect method for printin...
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614. Intaglio Intaglio - During this process the design is engraved as a series of fine lines on the surface of a steel plate, which is known as a die. The plate is then coated in ink and the surface is wiped clean. Ink is retained in the small recesses and...
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615. Letterpress The letterpress form of printing involves a raised image on the surface of a metal plate, much like rubber date stamps. The design is then transferred by pressing the raised surface onto the paper. This method of printing cannot prod...
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616. Line Perforation Line Perforation – a way of
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617. Intermediate Perforations Intermediate Perforations – perfs that are not 100% clean cut but are much better than rough cut. Rob Browning
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618. Imitation Perforations Imitation Perforations – pseudo perfs printed in the gutters between the stamps on a sheet. Rob Browning
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619. Heavy Cancel Heavy Cancel – a cancellation that defaces a stamp so much that it reduces any value the stamp has, except of course to a postm...
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620. Harrow Perforations Harrow Perforations – a way of perforating a complete pane or sheet of stamps in one pass. It is so called because the setting...
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