Great Britain Line Engraved Issues: One Penny and Two Pence Values, 1840-1879
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LE: 1: Line Engraved (Victorian-era postage stamps, Great Britain). 2: Scott Catalogue Number prefix for Local Special delivery (Spain, Yugoslavia). 3: Scott Catalogue Number prefix for U.S. Local Special Delivery.
Line engraved - The process of printing postage stamps from steel or copper plates produced by impressions from an engraved die, the recesses in the plate accommodating the ink; also called intaglio or recess printing.
These bore a portrait of George Washington and were printed from line engraved plates. By arrangement with other postmasters Mr. Morris' postage stamps were generally accepted as evidence of prepayment of postage.
A seamless steel cylinder used in line engraved intaglio printing. The images to be printed are entered directly on the curved surface.
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The last line engraved commemorative stamps made in Canada were the 1977 Famous Canadians issues, a se tenant pair featuring Joseph Bernier, an explorer, and Sir Sandford Fleming, who designed the three-pence Beaver stamp of 1851.
 See also: Engraved, Plate, Stamp, Cover, Philatelist
  
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