Burelage (French: burelage)[1], also burelé, is a French term referring to an intricate network of fine lines, dots or other designs printed over or as the background of some postage or revenue stamps to prevent counterfeiting.
Burelage French term for a group of usually wavy lines or dots. This forms the background upon which the stamp is printed, being intended to make forgery more difficult.
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Burelage: A design of fine, intricate lines printed on the face of security paper, either to discourage counterfeiting or to prevent the cleaning and reuse of a stamp. The burelage on some stamps is part of the stamp design.
Burelage - A design of intricate lines used in printing to prevent counterfeiting or reuse of a stamp.
Burele - See "Burelage."
Buy prices - What a dealer is willing to pay for stamps or other collectibles.
Burelage. A network pattern of colored dots or lines forming part of the groundwork of scme stamp designs.
Cachet. An impression generally applied to the face of an envelope by rubber handstamp or metal to commemorate an event.
Burelado: (Sp.) see: Burelage.
Burelage, Burelé, Burlage: (Fr., Sp.) a fine overall network of dots or lines printed on the surface of stamps in addition to the stamps design; was usually done to discourage counterfeiting.
This Serbian occupation semipostal stamp has a printed security feature called "burelage." Click on image to enlarge.
Figure 5. This stamp from British Honduras has an overprinted security feature called a "moire." Click on image to enlarge.
 See also: Used, Stamp, Cancel, Printing, Applied
  
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