Flaw
Flecked paper - fluorescent fibers imbedded in the stamp paper. A UV light will "excite" these fibers and make them glow. Sometimes referred to as "speckled fluorescence".
Varying amounts of "flecking" may appear in the paper.
Flaw A blemish upon the design of a stamps or its perforation, which has arisen in the course of manufacture.
Forgery An imitation of a stamp intended to deceive.
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.
Flaw: 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.
Die Flaw - an imperfection that existed on the surface of a blank die before the die was engraved. This imperfection can appear on the printed stamps.
A flaw in the surface of the steel printing plate that accepts ink and adds that ink along with the intended design onto the finished stamp.
A rare flaw in paper is when the watermark bit has been improperly repaired on the Dandy roll. Great Britain's Emblems watermark is composed of two roses, one shamrock and one thistle.
Planchet flaw
An irregular hole in a coin blank, sometimes the result of a lamination that has broken away.
Planchet striations ...
Gum flaw: variety caused by paper covered unintentionally with gum and prohibits the printing ink to reach the surfaces of the paper.
Gummering: (Swed.) gum.
Gummi: (Dan., Ger., Nor.) gum.
Gummierung: (Ger.) gumming.
Flaw - Visible change in the printed design of a postage stamp due to damage to the printing surface of the plate or cylinder; 'constant flaws' are seen, either unchanged or very slowly progressing, ...
Normally a fairly small printing flaw which renders a stamp different from most in a sheet of stamps. Of minor interest to the beginner, but of significance to advanced collectors.
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I bid less than 50%, dropping 5% for every flaw mentioned in the description. For mint never hinged (MNH) stamps, in most cases expect to bid 60-80% or even above the 100% mark.
FREAK: A stamp showing a production flaw which is not consistent - includes ink smudge and off-center perforations.
Freak. An abnormal stamp that has some kind of printing flaw---from overinking to perforation mistakes.
 See also: Used, Stamp, Plate, Perforation, Perforations
  
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