Imprint

Imprint Block - a margin block of stamps, analogous to a plate block, which contains an imprint instead of a plate number.

Imprint - any detail of a stamp's design printed at the time of the original stamp's production; inscription with name, initials, etc., usually of the producers of the stamps. The latter is found in the margins of the sheets of the stamps.

Imprint Any part of a stamp's design printed at the time of the original stamp's production as opposed to an overprint, which is added at a later time. The name of the printer or issuing authority inscribed on the stamps or in the sheet margins.

Imprint Name of printer or issuing authority printed on the sheet margins, or on the stamps themselves. Killer Mark Early form of obliteration consisting of heavy bars, cork impressions and other crude devices.

permit imprint—Printed indicia, instead of an adhesive postage stamp or meter stamp, that shows postage prepayment by an authorized mailer. See 604.5.0 ...

Printer imprints in margins can include logos, initials or other markings that identify the printer of the stamps.

Inverted imprints, or "inverts," most often occur when a handstamp is unknowingly picked up wrong-way-to by a postal clerk, ...

Indicium-- The imprint on postal stationery, as opposed to an adhesive stamp, indicating prepayment and postal validity. Plural: indicia.

Corner card: An imprinted return address, generally in the upper-left corner of an envelope, from a commercial, institutional or private source, similar to business card or letterhead imprints.

Advertisements on stamps: Great Britain ads; 1881: first ad for "Pear's Soap" imprinted on the back over the gum, several nations currently issue stamps depicting a commercial product.

Imprint - The name of the printer printed on the margin of a postage stamp sheet or on any other printing job; thus, an imprint block is a marginal block of four, six or more stamps including the imprint.

It bears an imprinted design and, except with Great Britain, bears the name of the country of origin.

I like the "Idle Gossip Sinks Ships" imprint - that's a USO envelope. You may have heard another more poetic version of that admonition - "Loose Lips Sink Ships". The last one - return address "C.B.M.U.

Postal Stationery: Stationery bearing imprinted stamps, as opposed to adhesive stamps.

The cut corner of a postal stationery item (envelope or postcard) bearing the imprinted stamp with ample margins. Definitive Stamp issued for ordinary postal use that remains on sale for an extended period of time.

The name of the printer (or designer) in the margin of the stamp. Sometimes the imprint appears in the sheet margin instead of on each stamp. Inscription Kiloware ...

A name given to a number of stamps joined together. See Corner Block, Imprint Block, Plate Block and Value Block. 5 Booklet ...

Don't be discouraged when you notice that many senders use postage meters or the imprint "Bulk Rate Postage Paid' on their envelopes to enjoy a better postal rate or to keep from affixing stamps.

The printing plates consisted of six rows of ten stamps in the normal Crown Agents size format, except horizontal rather than vertical. There were no plate numbers or imprint markings, but there were alignment crosses at the center on top, bottom, ...

Included are discussions on Proofs, Printing Periods, Plates, Colour, Perforations, Paper, Gum, Imprints, Imperforates, Varieties, Postal History and more. Here is a good introduction by one of the leading authorities on the issue.

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