Dry Printing - the printing of intaglio stamps on paper with low moisture content. Dry printing was first used at the BEP in 1953. All Bureau Issues have been dry printed since the late 1950s. Compare: Wet Printing.
This stamp was dry printed, meaning the paper was not moistened as much as with wet printing. Dry printing gives the stamps a slightly more crisp appearance, and it eliminated the problem of paper shrinkage.
Underinked stamps: cased by too little ink being applied to the plate during printing; sometimes known as dry prints.
Underkant: (Nor.) lower edge.
Dry print - Postage stamp image or overprint grossly deficient in ink, but not albino (which is devoid of any ink).
Due - Adhesive label to record postage due on delivery because of insufficient prepayment.
 See also: Overprint, Trans, Used, Perforations, Official
  
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