Departmental Stamps
Stamps designed, or appropriated by overprinting, for use of Government departments. The word “Department” or contraction “Dept.” figures on the
Cut-square
Cuts-outs are usually cut square, or rather, rectangular, not close round the design. Where adhesive stamps are of peculiar shape,
Across–the-lines Mails
U.S. Civil War term for mail carried by private express between the North and the South.
DPO
Discontinued Post Office
L’Union fait la force (French)
Unity is Strength
Die Proof
A carefully printed impression from a die. Printed one at a time in a hand press on special paper, or
Bureau Issues
Stamps produced by the U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing at Washington D.C.
Sigillum Nov. Camb. Aust (Latin)
Seal of New South Wales
Secours International aux Intellectuels (French)
International relief for Intellectuals
Perforation
A series of holes punched between postage stamps in the sheet to ease separation.
Electro, Electrotype
A duplicate of the working die, made by galvanic deposit of copper in a mould (matrice) taken from the die.
Both Sides, stamps printed on
Stamps printed on both sides, which are extremely collectable, are created due to economy of paper usage. At some point,
Centenario Visita Darwin (Spanish)
Centenary of Darwin’s Visit
Roode Kruis (Dutch)
Red Cross
Hagen
West German town in Westphalia where a local post, Stadtbrief-Beförderung Courier, was founded by Karl Mangelsdorf on January 12, 1898.