Albino

Albino. A colorless impression generally found on embossed envelopes. The impressed design can be seen, without the color.

Albino -- An uninked impression made by a printing plate. Such errors are scarce on stamps. They are more often found on postal stationery.

Albino Stationery - a stamped envelope on which the embossed stamp-like indicium is entirely lacking in intended color.

ALBINO entire, size #6¾, just a barely perceptible hint of purple ink on one edge of design (you need a magnifying glass to find the ink!) clean 7.00 ...

Albinos are stamps that didn't get inked. They are usually collected attached to a normally printed stamp. Otherwise, they are just a blank piece of paper with perforations.

Albino: without color, die impression on a stamp or stamped envelope where the ink has not been transferred to the paper.

Albino impression: occurs when two sheets of paper are fed into the printing press at the same time; the top sheet receives the full imprint and the lower sheet shows evidence of the indented impression, ...

Albino - White or without colour; a postage stamp or overprint in which absence of ink has resulted in a colourless impression. Album - Books used for mounting and display of stamps or postal history.

See also: Printing, Used, Stamp, Official, Cover