Imprint Block - a margin block of stamps, analogous to a plate block, which contains an imprint instead of a plate number.
Imprint Name of printer or issuing authority printed on the sheet margins, or on the stamps themselves. An accredidation of the firm which designed, engraved, and/or printed an essay, proof, or sheet of stamps.
Imprint Block - A block from part of a sheet where the printer's name or imprint appears on the margin.
Inclusions - Substances included while making paper used in stamp production.
Permit Imprint - Printed indicia, instead of an adhesive postage stamp or meter stamp that shows postage prepayment by an authorized mailer.
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.
An imprinted return address, generally in the upper left corner of an envelope, from a commercial, institutional or private source, similar to business cards or letterheads.
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The imprinted stamp, or 'indicium', is usually at the rate required for a particular postal service, e.g.
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.
Die imprint: any item printed directly from a die.
Dienst: (Ger.) official.
Dienstbotenpost: (Ger.) official courier mail.
Dienstmarke: 1: inscription for officials of Bavaria, French Protectorate of the Saar, Germany.
A cancellation imprint imparted to a cover by a machine, not a hand stamp. Most machine cancellations are metal die hub cancels.
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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.
Or, stationery bearing imprinted stamps, as opposed to adhesive stamps. Postal stationery includes postal cards, lettercards, imprinted envelopes, wrappers, aerogrammes, telegraph cards, pre-stamped envelopes (PSEs) etc.
Postal Stationery: Stationery bearing imprinted stamps, as opposed to adhesive stamps.
This term is normally used to refer to a corner cut from postal stationery (envelopes or cards with postal imprints). Many collectors find it easier to keep a 2" x 4" corner of the envelope with the imprint rather than the entire envelope.
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
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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.
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
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