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	Postage stamp separation: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about Postage stamp separation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Imperforate stamps have been issued occasionally since then, either because separation equipment was temporarily unavailable (in newborn nations for instance), or to makers of automatic stamp vending equipment[?] (the United States did this in the 1900s and 1910s), as novelties for stamp collectors, or as errors[?].
		The finest gauge ever used is 18 on stamps of the Malay States in the early 1950s, and the coarsest is 2, seen on the 1891 stamps of Bhopal.
		Stamps that are perforated on one pair of opposite sides and imperforate on the other have most often been produced in coils instead of sheets, but they can sometimes come from booklet panes.
	www.encyclopedian.com /po/Postage-stamp-separation.html (865 words)

	Postage stamp separation -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In the early years, from 1840 to the (The decade from 1850 to 1859) 1850s, all stamps were imperforate, and had to be cut from the sheet with scissors or knife.
		A few types of stamps have combined rouletting and perforation, for instance (A republic at the southernmost part of Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1910; first European settlers were Dutch (known as Boers)) South Africa in 1942.
		The first self-adhesive stamp was issued by (A republic in West Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1961) Sierra Leone in 1964, and by the (The decade from 1990 to 1999) 1990s these stamps came into wide use.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/p/po/postage_stamp_separation.htm (896 words)

	Postage stamp reuse -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In the earlier days of the (A token that postal fees have been paid) postage stamp, postal officials worried much about the problem of postage stamp reuse, and invented a number of schemes to mark or deface the stamps.
		Since letters were already receiving (A cancellation mark stamped on mail by postal officials; indicates the post office and date of mailing) postmarks, the most obvious thing to do was to position the postmark so as to mark the stamp as well.
		As with the US grills, this scheme was abandoned after a few years, and the few surviving stamps (which are easily damaged by moisture) are somewhat expensive to collect.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/P/Po/Postage_stamp_reuse.htm (453 words)

	STAMP GLOSSARY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The collectible grades of stamps are determined by the position of the design in relation to the edge of the stamp as perforated or, in the case of imperforate stamps, as cut from the sheet.
		Plate Block: A block of stamps from the corner or side of a pane including the selvage bearing the number(s) of the plate(s) used to print the sheet from which the pane was separated.
		Ungummed stamps are either stamps issued without gum or stamps that have been stuck together and subsequently soaked apart, losing their gum in the process.
	www.artforwildhearts.com /sglossary.html (9270 words)

	Postage stamp: more than the sum of its parts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Most stamp designs are printed with ink, but some stamp designs also include embossing (the process of giving relief to paper by pressing it with a die).
		Other stamps were kept in less than ideal conditions and became stuck to the pages of the stamp album, requiring that they be soaked to be removed, which washed away their gum.
		The earliest stamps were not manufactured with a built in method of separation and had to be cut apart, usually with scissors.
	linns.com /howto/refresher/postage_20040809/refreshercourse.asp?uID= (1627 words)

	Perforation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		However, the term frequently refers to the practice of creating a long series of holes so that paper can be torn more easily.
		Postage stamps are one common application of this, where small round holes are cut in lines to create individual pieces (see postage stamp separation).
		Perforations on stamps are rather large, on the order of a millimeter, in comparison with other perforated materials often have smaller holes.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Perforation (142 words)

	Glossary for Postage Stamp Collecting Expressions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Stamps on a souvenir sheet may be perforated or imperforate.
		Specialist: A stamp collector who intensively studies and collects the stamps and postal history of a given country, area, or time period, or who has otherwise limited his collecting field.
		Stamps printed over a splice are usually removed and destroyed before the normal stamps are issued.
	www.arpinphilately.com /En/lexique/lexique10.html (972 words)

	Postage Stamp collecting (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		There are basically two different kinds of postage stamps: "Regular Issue" stamps which are issued over a longer period of time, and "Special Issue" stamps sold over a short period of time only, commemorating a notable personality or special event.
		Stamps are issued in different formats: coils, sheets and stamp booklets as well as souvenir sheets.
		Postage stamp paper may be smooth, ribbed or rough and more recently, postage stamps may have been coated with fluorescent or phosphorescent inks for electronic processing.
	briefmarken.infocentrum.de /en/4.htm (273 words)

	Stamp collectors suffer separation anxiety (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Traditional stamps with water-activated adhesive bought at the post office are separated from one another by lines of perforation holes that surround each stamp, as shown in Figure 1.
		The lower-right corner of the stamp was nipped off when the stamp was separated from the pane.
		Each time, when the stamps are completely folded, run your pinched fingers along the line of the fold, adding a little pressure to the fold to further weaken the paper fibers.
	www.linns.com /howto/refresher/separations_19981019/refreshercourse.asp (1353 words)

	Stamp Collecting Terms
		In actuality, what a stamp is: a piece of paper which, by way of its gummed or pressure-sensitive back, pays for postage when applied to a piece of mail.
		Stamps or markings that indicate an underpayment of postage.
		The piercing of the paper between stamps (as opposed to perforations which are holds) that creates slits that aid in separating the stamps.
	www.stamps.net /terms.htm (1633 words)

	The Postage Stamp Pipeline
		The star/galaxy separation (and object recognition in general) cannot be done without the detailed knowledge of the point spread function (a finite size image of a point source due to the atmospheric turbulence, telescope optics, and pixel response effects).
		This is done by matching the postage stamps (after they passed individual rejection) to a list of objects provided by the MT calibration system (which are observed nearly simultaneously with the main survey, more details can be found in chapter Photometric Calibration and the Monitor Telescope of the SDSS NASA Proposal, aka Black Book).
		The four numbers are the stamp's index in the list of all stamps, row and column offset of its peak from the pixel center, and the rejection flag (the same one as in the preceeding figure).
	www.astro.washington.edu /ivezic/sdss/psp.html (4641 words)

	The Encyclopedia of United States Stamp Collecting
		Good progress is being made on The Encyclopedia of United States Stamp Collecting, and we are looking forward to the successful completion of this effort with its publication in 2006.
		All writers for the Encyclopedia, potential writers and any other interested people are invited to gather at 2PM on Saturday, May 29, during our Annual Meeting, for an update and discussion of the project.
		During the recent annual meeting of the USSS at CHICAGOPEX, significant decisions were made as we progress toward our goal of publishing The Encyclopedia of United States Stamp Collecting.
	www.usstamps.org /encyclopedia_archive.html (706 words)

	Alphabetilately: F is for Firsts
		First, each stamp bears a pair of letters, in the bottom left and right corners, which denote its position in the sheets of 240 (12 x 20) in which the stamp was produced.
		In recognition of its status as the first nation to issue stamps, Great Britain was given by international agreement the unique right to continue to issue its stamps with no country name (all other countries that wish to send their mail internationally must place the name of their country on each stamp).
		Like most early stamps, they were issued imperforate, and had to be separated with scissors, or torn; moreover, they were printed with relatively small separation between the images, making it difficult today to find a good used copy, i.e.
	alphabetilately.com /F.html (1341 words)

	Postage stamp separation - Enpsychlopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		, from 1840 to the 1850s, all stamps were imperforate, and had to be cut from the sheet with scissors or knife.
		Although it is very common to have different gauges of perforation horizontally and vertically, in rare circumstances a stamp may have different perforations on opposite sides; in the case of US stamps only a handful of these are known to exist.
		Besides stamps, Perforated edges are also found in notebooks, coloring books, and other forms of workbook for easy tearing out of the pages with a clean line.
	www.grohol.com /psypsych/Rouletting (1007 words)

	United States Stamps, U.S. stamps, US stamps
		Our customers receive stamps on 'open' account and inspect the stamps they request in their own home and at their leisure before paying for them.
		One important way we keep the prices down on our stamps is to avoid producing expensive price lists, which because of the rapidly changing stamp market and the fact that many stamps are one of a kind items, become obsolete almost immediately.
		The centering and quality of our stamps is definitely on the high end, with most stamps having VF, XF, or superb centering, but we also are increasing our inventory of F-VF centered and lightly hinged stamps for collectors on a budget.
	www.crotonstamp.com /prod01.htm (2015 words)

	StampPrinters.info: Changing Face of Stamp Printing
		They were, in fact, way ahead of their time, as self-adhesive stamps are only recently gaining a strong foothold in the more traditional water-activated arena.
		All you need to print stamps is a second-hand sheet-fed litho printing press, pre-press kit, a supply of gummed paper, ink to print with and machines to perforate and guillotine each sheet of stamps.
		It would be rare (and brave!) for a new company to be formed solely to print postage stamps, as the market is not large enough to keep the presses rolling.
	www.stampprinters.info /SPI_ChangingFace.htm (1722 words)

	Postage-Stamp Countries - Robert W. Franson
		If your territory is not independent, geographical separation can help, as in islands or areas not adjacent to their home countries.
		Postage stamps first issued by Britain for the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Protectorate in 1911; by Tuvalu in 1976.
		Postage stamps first issued by Germany in 1900: Reichspost overprinted Samoa; "quickly replaced by the standard German colonial design in the same year." By New Zealand, overprinted Samoa in 1920; by Western Samoa in 1962.
	www.troynovant.com /Franson/Essays/Postage-Stamp-Countries.html (871 words)

	Errors, freaks, and oddities - Enpsychlopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		It encompasses everything from major design errors to stamps that are just poorly printed, and includes both some of the most sought-after and expensive of all stamps, and others that attract the attention of only a few specialists.
		The Canadian Christmas stamp of 1898, depicting a map of the world with British possessions in red, is famous for unusual color oddities that appear to claim all of Europe, or the United States, or central Asia for Britain.
		Mistakes smuggled out by unscrupulous employees are called printer's waste, not recognized as legitimate stamps, and may be confiscated from collectors; the Nixon invert is a well-known recent example of an apparent new error that turned out to be simple theft by insiders.
	www.grohol.com /psypsych/Errors,_freaks,_and_oddities (492 words)

	Postage Stamp Celebrating Muslim Holiday To Be Re-Issued (EID stamp) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Eid stamp and commemorative panel, and all recently issued stamps and philatelic products, as well as the free USA Philatelic catalog, are available by calling toll free 1 800 STAMP 24.
		On a related note, the 'Arab stamp design' committee with members from Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt and Pakistan are coming out with their suggestion for a new stamp which celebrates the birth of Christ.
		It might be that this stamp is almost appropriate; the highlights of business and educational contributions could almost certainly fit on it, but it will be hard pressed to reflect the TOWERing social contributions that these "great Americans" have made.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/news/735815/posts (3835 words)

	The Ultimate Adhesive label - American History Information Guide and Reference (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		An adhesive label is a small piece of paper designed to be affixed to another larger piece of paper or other object, typically by the action of a layer of adhesive on the back of the label.
		The most familiar type of label is the postage stamp, which was developed in the mid-19th century.
		Label may be produced individually, or in sheets, which case they are usually separated by perforations or rouletting, see postage stamp separation.
	www.historymania.com /american_history/Adhesive_label (134 words)

	Canada - PreCancels, Flight Covers, Airmails, Semi-Official Airmails, Registered Letter Stamp, Postage Dues, War Tax, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		C1i,3i: 1928 Plate 2 block of 6 and 1932 Surcharged Plate 2 block of 6, both showing SWOLLEN BREAST variety (pos.4), former with stamps n.h., minor inclusion and stain in margin, latter 4 stamps n.h., an attractive pair and f-v.f.
		Commercial Airways stamp on reverse and mailed with 2¢ Arch issue, f-v.f.
		Eight covers/cards, 1922-26, all mailed without any stamps (one with stamp fallen off) and POSTAGE DUE (various amounts from 1¢ up to 20¢), condition varies, most interesting.
	www.maresch.com /381/to2474.htm (2381 words)

	stampmile.com - world´s largest stamp shop (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		It is in the nature of every dealer, that the shop is well stocked with stamps from the neighborhood - stampmile.com has an excellent stock in the german spoken area, is well stocked with stamps from Europe but could be muc hbetter outside from Europe.
		Stampmile.com is not only focused to offer stamps from one source.
		We strongly believe that the the site will become much more attractive in case there are more sources offering their stamps.
	www.stampmile.com (124 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Jose Mercado Rizal
		Whatever may be said about his sentence, its fulfillment was a political mistake.
		Rizal, it is said, did not favour separation from Spain, nor the expulsion of the friars.
		Nor did he wish to accomplish his ends_reforms in the Government_by revolutionary methods, but by the education of his countrymen and their formation to habits of industry.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/13094b.htm (871 words)

	Martin Stut - An East German Stamp (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In that flea market book, the former owner has left a bookmark, which he decorated with a stamped, cheap (5 Pfennig = 0.05 Mark, about 1 US cent at the 1960s exchange rate) East German postage stamp.
		I kind of moved me to see this remnant of a sad past (the German separation) that seemed immutable but changed within less than a year beginning in late 1989...
		A good english language way of getting some of the feeling of those days can be found in this German Unficiation Case Study by Foothill College, Los Altos Hills, California, USA.
	www.stut.de /ddrstamp.html (172 words)

	vintage ICE HOCKEY collectibles and memorabilia for sale from Gasoline Alley Antiques (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Has the logo in center with the matching full color postage stamp in lower right AND the March 1961 Official postmark is also the Hockey logo!
		The back cover is separate from the spine.
		The goals where handwritten in, and then the times were "rubber stamped".
	www.gasolinealleyantiques.com /sports/hockeysale.htm (8227 words)

	Postage Stamp Celebrating Muslim Holiday To Be Re-Issued (EID stamp) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		just calmly request any 37 cent stamp except that.
		Guess they sold enough to warrant a reprint.
		Ask for a different design in that denomination.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/fr/735815/posts (3835 words)

Postage stamp separation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)

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