Cut square

Cut square (philately)
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Cut Square: A postal stationery cut-out. The imprinted stamp is neatly cut from the entire envelope, wrapper or postal card in a square or rectangular piece.

Cut square - the stamp indicium (stamp imprint) of an envelope or postal card (or some other form of postal stationery) that has been cut from its entire into a square.

Cut Square Imprinted stamp from envelope, card etc. that was cut in the form of a square or rectangle.
Cut to Shape Imprinted stamp from envelope, card, etc. that was cut to outline of the stamp design.

Cut square: A neatly trimmed rectangular or square section from a stamped envelope that includes the imprinted postage stamp with ample margin. Collectors generally prefer to collect stationery as entire pieces rather than as cut squares.

*Cut Square - a section of postal stationery, cut from the entire, which contains the stamp-like indicium. Cut squares are considered less desirable than entires.

Cut Square
The cut corner of a postal stationery item (envelope or postcard) bearing the imprinted stamp with ample margins.
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Cut Squares. Because of size, embossed stamps on envelopes are frequently cut out in a square for mounting.
Dandy Roll. A roller used in paper making, under which the partly formed paper passes in an early stage.

What is a "cut square?"
This term is normally used to refer to a corner cut from postal stationery (envelopes or cards with postal imprints).

Envelope entires, cut squares, postal cards, aerogrammes.
Some issues listed are available in quantities.
All items are clean, mint entires unless otherwise specified.
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Scott U525, postal stationery cut square.
RAJ: Scott Catalog number prefix for Postal Tax Due.
Rajasthan: union of 14 Rajputanan Indian states; 1948: first local stamps, overprint of internal issues, 1950, Apr.

Sometimes mistaken for a rare stamp is a cut square from a piece of stationery. Many mistake such items as imperf varieties.

American postal stationeries can also be in a form of cut squares, these are portions of the envelope with valuable and often rare US stamp cancellation.
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My best thinking for a new beginner is to trim stamps still on paper (from envelopes or flyer covers etc.) with scissors - and, while you're at it, why not keep the postmark: these are known as 'cut squares'.

Cut-Outs - Embossed stamps from postal stationery that are cut out.
Cut Square - Imperforate stamps cut from postal stationery with the corners of the original paper left intact.
CV - Catalog value.

See also: Stamp, Used, Cover, Sheet, Cancel