Print Substrate Kind: summary of the different intended styls of print substrates |
Paper Stamp: postage stamp printed and / or embossed on paper |
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Provisional Paper: paper provisional used for the production of postage stamps |
Native Paper: rough, voluminous paper without surface handling |
White Paper: during the manufacturing process bleached paper |
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Imbued Paper: during the manufacturing process coloured paper (front and back are always in the same colour) |
Coloured Paper: paper web with coated or printed surface colour on one or two sides (front and reverse can have the same colour) |
Handmade Paper: by hand produced paper |
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Machinemade Paper: by machine automatically produced paper |
Pulp Paper: paper made from chemical open up wood |
Parchment Paper: brittle, hard, transparent, greyish paper |
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Rag Paper: paper made from old textiles (e. g. cotton) |
Wood-pulp Paper: low-grade paper which can contain small pices of wood |
Wood-free Paper: paper without small pices of wood |
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Laid Paper: paper with a fine grill |
Cloudy Paper: paper with an uneven dispersal of the inherent parts |
Granite Paper: paper with during the manufacturing process added coloured silk fibres |
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Thin Paper: paper with a low grammage (paper weight) |
Thick Paper: paper with a large grammage (paper weight) |
Cardboard: very thick stiff paper with a area-related mass over 150 g/m² |
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Transparent Paper: very thin transparent paper with visible design print from reverse |
Plain Paper: paper without surface texture |
Rough Paper: paper with an uneven surface texture |
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Satin Paper: high processed paper with a mechanical smoothed surface |
Chalky Papier: paper with chalk-like sub-stances on one or two sides of the surface (e. g. casein, kaolin or chalk) |
Linen Paper: thicker paper with a fine quadrille structure |
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Toilet Tissue: soft, absorbent paper hold together with an embossing |
Japanese Tissue Paper: thick, stiff, tough long fibre paper |
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Aluminium Stamp: postage stamp printed on with aluminium foil coated paper |
Postage stamp printed on with felt coated aluminium-plastic-combination (ski top) |
Felt Stamp: postage stamp printed on with felt coated paper or plastic foil |
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Fabric Stamp: postage stamp printed and / or embroidered on fabric |
Embroidered Silhouette Stamp: fabric stamp with freeform embroidered shape |
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Glass Stamp: postage stamp made of glass with reverse print |
Gold Stamp: postage stamp printed and / or embossed on with gold foil coated paper |
the gold foil on this postage stamp is used as memory for a hologram |
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Gold Coin Stamp: round postage stamp printed and embossed on gold foil |
Gold Panel Stamp: embossed postage stamp on a 1 millimeter thick gold plate |
Rubber Stamp: postage stamp with a relief-like design made of rubber with laser engraving |
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Wood Stamp: postage stamp printed on wood |
Cork Stamp: postage stamp printed on cork |
Synthetic Fibre Stamp: postage stamp printed on synthetic fibre (Dederon) |
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Plastic Stamp: postage stamp printed and / or embosses on plastic foil |
Transparent Plastic Stamp: thin transparent plastic foil with visible design print from reverse |
Corrugated Plastic Stamp: postage stamp printed on corrugated plastic which creates an 3-D effect (lenticular) |
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Plastic Relief Stamp: plastic postage stamp with a relief embossing up to 3 millimeter thick |
Copper Bronze Stamp: postage stamp printed on with copper bronze coated paper |
Leather Stamp: postage stamp with laser engraving on leather |
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Porcelain Stamp: postage stamp made of printed porcelain |
Silk Stamp: postage stamp printed on synthetic silk or on with synthetic silk coated paper |
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Silver Stamp: postage stamp printed and / or embossed on with silver foil coated paper |
the design print on this postage stamp was corroded with acid or leach into the silver foil |
the silver foil on this postage stamp is used as memory for a hologram |
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Silver Coin Stamp: round postage stamp printed and embossed on silver foil |
Silver Panel Stamp: printed or embossed postage stamp on a silver plate |
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Steel Stamp: postage stamp printed on with steel foil coated paper |
Tin Stamp: postage stamp printed on tin foil |
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Paper Postal Stationery: postal stationery printed on papier or on cardboard |
Cork Postal Stationery: stamped card printed on cork |
Silk Postal Stationery: stamped envelope printed on synthetic silk |