Defective Stamp - A stamp with one or more major faults such as a piece of the stamp is missing.
Defect: Term used to define an alteration made to the original state of a stamp. ( Cut, thin, crease, hole, missing perforation, etc.) ...
A defect in a plate, causing an identifiable variety in the stamp itself.
Fleet Post Office:
An official U.S. post office for use by U.S. military naval units abroad. See also Field Post Office.
Any defect of a coin which was caused by the planchet being imperfect prior to the coin being struck. Also see: Planchet flaw
Planchet flaw
An irregular hole in a coin blank, sometimes the result of a lamination that has broken away.
paper Defects such as creases or staining are apparent
centring On imperforate issues, the frameline is just cut into by the edge of the stamp on one or two sides. Perforations touch or cut the design on other issues.
Flaw: A defect in a plate that reproduces as an identifiable variety in the stamp design.
Fleet Post Office (FPO): An official United States post office for use by U.S. military naval units abroad. Frequently abbreviated FPO.
Flaw: A defect in a plate that is in turn identifies in the stamp.
Forgery: A fraudulent reproduction of a postage stamp.
Frama: An automatic stamp.
Printer's Waste Defective, malformed or misprinted stamps which are normally discarded and burned by the printer.
Mängel: (Ger.) defect, fault.
Mangelhaft: (Ger.) defective, faulty.
Mangiare, lo Stato di: Donald Evans issue, "The State of Eating,: see Donald Evans
Manhardt-Alexander: subcontractor to Ashton-Potter for printing of the 1994.
So, yes, I will pay a bit more for a well-centered stamp that is free of other defects, like pulled perfs, tears, heavy or smudged cancel, etc.
While the words flaws and errors as synonymous, they are used to distinctly describe either a defect in the stamp's paper or when an incorrect paper was used in the printing of the stamp.
Watch out for stamps with hinge remnants and/or heavily disturbed gum, as these can conceal much more serious defects such as tears, thins, repairs, etc.
There may be minor defects such as disturbed gum, thin areas, heavy hinge marks. Stamps which fall below these standards should be ignored and are not worth acquiring by the serious collector; however beginners sometimes collect them as starters.
Capped Numerals. Numerals in a stamp design with colorless lines above them, due to defective transfer rolls.
Caricature. A term applied to the imitations of the Mulready envelope, to subject the originals to ridicule.
Plate Flaw - a flaw in a printing plate that shows up on the corresponding sheet of stamps. A plate flaw may be a crack or other defect that develops in a plate, or damage inflicted on a plate, such as an accidental dropping.
Proofs. Trial impressions from a die or printing plate that are made before the formal production of stamps. Such proofs are made to check defects in the plate work or design of the stamps.
Proofs: Trial impressions from a die or printing plate before actual stamp production. Proofs are made to examine a die or plate for defects and to compare the results of different inks.
Such varieties, which are very desirable to collectors, are considered to be defective stamps by the printers and are usually removed and destroyed prior to distribution.
Stamp conditions are affected by its physical defects. Stamp condition grading must be done by able philatelists. How to grade stamps requires you to have knowledge. Learn how to appraise stamps in this article.
Defects and alterations not readily apparent will be noted.
All reasonable care will be taken of items submitted for examination, ...
 See also: Stamp, Used, Cover, Plate, Cancel
  
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