An image transferred by a roller die to its position on a steel plate is said to be “entered.” When

A proposed stamp or design which has been rejected, or not adopted, or which, if adopted, has been modified in

Collectors of stamped postal stationery preserve the complete envelopes, post cards, wrappers, etc., as “entires”; some, however, only preserve the

Postage stamps wholly or partly covered with celluloid or metal serving as substitutes for small coinage.

See Margins.

In cases of doubt as to genuineness, stamps can be submitted to an expert, or, better, to a committee of

Printing in high relief, with or without colour.

Intricate traceries forming background patterns for stamps are engraved by means of a rose-engine or geometrical lathe.

A duplicate of the working die, made by galvanic deposit of copper in a mould (matrice) taken from the die.

A process rarely, but historically used for stamps, in which the design is cut by a diamond point through a

A stamp which has been issued with some accidental but marked incorrect deviation from the normal. The error may lie

Stamps are commonly described as engraved to indicate that they are “line-engraved,” i.e. printed from plates engraved in recess. The

The French term for the method of engraving in relief for typographical printing.