Margin Print Occasions: summary of the different margin prints reasons |
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Attachment Mark: sheet mark for the correct attachment for the perforation |
bicoloured postage stamp with attachment mark "Oben" for the correct attachment of the sheet with green burelage for the design print |
Item Number: internal mark to reorder or for sale |
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Surcharge Value on Sheet Margin: sheet mark to visualize the surcharge value |
Date of Issue: first day a postage stamp is available at the post offices |
Barcode: machine readable code with encoded informations (e. g. product number) |
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Sheet Cutting Marks: sheet marks for the correct cut into smaller quantities |
Sheet Value: selling price for a complet sheet |
Corrected Sheet Value: partly cancelled sheet with printed postmarks bigger than one single stamp so that not all are good for selling and the sheet price had to be reduced |
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Sheet Counter: running number for counting the printed sheets |
Copyright Mark: information that the design has a copyright |
Printing Date: given day this postage stamp was printed |
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Printing Works Name: name of the printing works where this postage stamp was printed |
Printers Mark: name or token of the printer of this postage stamp |
Designer Mark: name or token of the designer of this postage stamp |
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Colour Identifier: bars for automatically controlled colour input |
Colour identifier as spoked wheels (10 colours = 10 colour identifier) |
Printing Block Number: mark at different printing forms for the same postage stamp for the printer |
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Valid Date: from a postal administration given period a postage stamp is valid for postage |
Inhouse Number: running number as inhouse mark from the printing works |
Primary Inhouse Number: running number from the printing works for the design print |
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Overprint Inhouse Number: running number from the printing works for the overprint |
Printing Block Number: running number on left margin of sheet on rotary press print postage stamps |
Machine Number: mark at different printing machines at a printing works |
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Edition Counter: marks at the different editions on the margin of sheet on australian stamps (Koala Count) (Koala = 1 Edition; Kangaroo = 5 Editions) |
Paper Kind Information: mark for the different kinds of used papers (z. B. "L" = luminescence paper; "F" = fluorescence paper) |
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GC-Paper: paper kind mark on the margin of sheets on french postage stamps during World War I printed on a low-grade spongy paper with rough surface
(pour Grande Consommation = for bulk usage) |
Register Mark: mark for the correct allignment of the different colours for multicoloured printed postage stamps |
Plate Number: mark at different printing plates for the same postage stamp for the printer |
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six-colour postage stamp printed with 6 plates visible at the 6 plate number on the margin of sheet |
Plate Position: mark that shows the position of a sheet in a press sheet |
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Plate Star: mark at different printing plates for the same postage stamp with a different number of stars |
Postal Area Name: mark on margin of sheet to differ postage stamps in the same colours from different postal areas |
Row Number: number that shows the value of a complete row of stamps |
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Double Row Number: margin of sheet with 2 row numbers, one for the design print and the other for the surcharge |
Corrected Row Number: margin of sheet with mixed up row numbers corrected with stickers |
Row Counter: numbers on the bottom margin of sheet that shows the numbers of complete rows |
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Advertising Border: commercial advertising on a margin of sheet protecting the printing blocks of damage |
Protection Bar: bar on margin of sheet protecting the printing blocks of damage |
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Stroke Line: bar made of plenty of lines protecting the printing blocks of damage |
Control Dash: mark on the margin of sheet for the electronic control for the perforation machine |
Sum Counter: number that shows the value of a part row of stamps |
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Double Sum Counter: margin of sheet with 2 sum counters, one for the design print and the other the surcharge |
Separation Note: margin of sheet with a note how to facilitate separation |
Roller Strokes: lines on top and bottom of margin of sheet on rotary press print postage stamps |
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Decorative Margin Print: margin of sheet with decorative print |
Tab: decorative print on bottom margin of sheet on israeli postage stamps |
Roller Number: mark at different printing rolls for the same postage stamp for the printer |
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Perforation Dot: sheet mark for the correct attachment for the perforation |
Zip-Code: margin print on US postage stamps 1964 - 1993 because customers should use the postal code
(ZIP-Code = Zone Improvement Plan) |