Die proof (philately)
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Die IV has the same break in the frameline as die III, but it also has another break to the frameline at the top of the stamp just above the ST in AUSTRALIA. A portion of a stamp showing die IV is shown in the right half of Figure 3.
Die - 1.) the piece of steel on which a design is engraved. A die has the stamp image engraved in reverse (mirror-image). The creation of the die is the first step in the production of engraved stamps. 2.) the printing surface, ...
Die: The original engraving of a stamp design, usually recess-engraved in reverse on a small flat piece of soft steel.
DIE: A small flat piece of soft steel used in the printing of a stamp. The stamp design is engraved on the die, which in turn prints it on the stamp.
DIE-CUT: Cut by a metal device to produce perforation-like wavy lines for separating stamps.
Die Proofs They are normally printed in black, from the engraver's completed die, and submitted for official approval.
Die: The piece of metal on which the design of the stamps is engraved & used in the press.
Directory markings: marks explaining the reason for failure of delivery.
Dummy stamp: Officially produced imitation stamp.
Die: The original engraving of a stamp. A transfer roller is made from a die, and printing plates are made from the transfer roller. When more than one die is used in the production of an issue, distinctive varieties are often identifiable.
Die Cut: A form of separation usually employed on self-adhesive stamps.
Die Cut Stamps
Currently, die-cut stamps are predominantly associated with self-adhesive stamps. This is a machine-cutting process that allows a stamp to be cut to any shape, without cutting through the backing paper.
Die variety
A coin which has already been attributed by date, denomination, mintmark, and major variety (such as Morgan Dollar, 1879-S, Reverse of '78) can often still be identified by die variety.
Die II
First Issue: 1922
Last Issue: 1976
Note: Perfin collector Mike Behm reports "by the mid-1950s, Die II was missing many pins. However, it was reworked around 1964 so that all of the pins were again legible.
Die
Duck Stamp
Issued annually since 1934, these U.S. duck hunting permits help finance the federal waterfowl program.
a die cut 10½
b pane of five, four #3051 and one #3051a
RW66
$15 Greater Scaup (water-activated) ...
Private Die Proprietary Medicine Stamps
by George B. Griffenhagen; pub. by the American Topical Association (Handbook No. 66), 1969 ...
When the die is finished it is hardened and impressions are taken onto a soft heavy roll of steel, known as the transfer roll. Sometimes only one impression is made on the roll, and in other instances there may be ten or twelve.
5: B-blank; error appearing on GB imperforate penny-red stamps of 1841-54 in which the lower right check letter box received no letter (B-A, plate 77 of die I). 6: with eagle and United States of America: South Carolina Custom House revenue seal.
the item is a die proof, or an impression taken to prove the accuracy of the impression.
Packet - (i) early term for a fast mailboat operating, as far as wind and weather allowed, to a stated schedule between ports.
Die cut Any paper object cut by the publisher into a shape other than a rectangle, such as the shape of an angel, Santa or animal.
In 1969 during the Apollo 11 moon flight, the astronauts took with them a die of a postage stamp which they pulled an impression of when they touched down on the moon. Thus, creating the moon's first postage stamp! ...
Sometimes, these were to demonstrate the stamps to the governments that were having them made. A proof made from a single image on a "die" is called a "die proof". Proofs made in whole sheets are often called "plate proofs".
Plates are made photographically and chemically, rather than by hand engraving a die and transferring it to a plate. Photogravure is a form of intaglio printing. The ink in this process rests in the design depressions.
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.
First involved with the printing of the $20 Gardens definitive in 1990, Avon Graphics' main work with Australia Post has been special effects, such as foil die-stamping, holograms, and limited edition engraved printing.
Other types of paper seldom used that you will come in contact with include: native paper, used in early Asian stamps; manila paper, used mostly in envelopes; and India paper, introduced in China, mostly for die proofs and specialty applications.
 See also: Stamp, Used, Printing, Cover, Plate
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