Plate number coil
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plate position 2 of 6
PP2/6
position 6 of 6
PP6/6
Here is a partial listing of what I have to sell. There are more listed on my Plate No. Singles page. These stamps are all singles, MINT, NH, VF or better centering (unless otherwise specified).
A Plate Number Coil (abbreviated PNC) is a coil stamp with a plate number on it, usually at the bottom of the stamp, below the design. Every printing plate for stamps has such a number assigned to it.
"Key plate" is a stamp term that is applied to a wide range of postage stamps issued by some countries in the British Empire beginning in 1879.
Plate Block: A block of stamps from the corner or side of a pane including the selvage bearing the number(s) of the plate(s) used to print the sheet from which the pane was separated.
Plate Block Number:
A block of stamps with sheet margins showing a plate number or numbers. Often it is known simply as a plate block..
Postal stationery: ...
Plate-numbers Numerals and/or letters inscribed on sheets of stamps, usually in the margins at the foot or sides, indicating the plate or plates used in the printing of the stamps on a flat-bed press.
Plate Number
A numeral, occasionally with a letter suffix, usually inscribed on the sheet margins to denote the plate from which stamps were printed - for example 1A.
Postage Due Labels ...
PLATE NUMBER STRIP: A strip of three or five coil stamps with the middle stamp bearing a plate number.
Plate Finisher - the employee of the BEP who removes extraneous lines or dots from an engraved plate after the siderographer has completed his job.
Plate Block (PB) - A block of stamps from the corner or side of a pane.
Plate Number - Numerals or an alphanumeric combination that identifies the printing plate used to print postage stamp.
Plated
A coin with a thin layer of metal applied. For example, gold-plated copper strikings of certain U.S. pattern coins.
Platinum ...
Key Plate
One of two parts of special bicolored stamp designs produced for multiple uses. These design elements include the key plate and the duty plate.
Key plate - A basic design of postage stamp issued by a colonial power or other central postal authority within which are spaces for the insertion of different names of territories and different postal duties.
Electroplate Errors
Both local and Bureau Print precancels made from electroplates occasionally show errors. The frequency of such errors in a sheet of 100 stamps depends on how the plate was made.
Turkish Plate and Alternate - Best exhibit by a society member.
Contact: Robert Stuchell, 193 Valley Stream La., Wayne, PA 19087;
Phone: 610-251-2244; Email: rstuchell@msn.com
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Plate Block
The migration away from line engraving to lithography and photogravure techniques of manufacturing stamps did, however, do away with the need to use plate numbers, and plate blocks are now known, technically, as inscribed blocks.
Plate number - the serial number engraved on a plate which usually appears in a corner of a sheet of stamps. Single digit suffix numbers instead of the whole serial number are printed on coils.
Plate Block
Four or more attached stamps still fastened to the margin on which the number of the printing plate is inscribed.
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Plate Block, Plate Number Block -- A block of stamps from the corner or side of a pane including the selvage bearing the number(s) of the plate(s) used to print the sheet from which the pane was separated.
Flat Plate. A form of printing where the plate is flat, in contrast to rotary plate which is curved.
Frank. A marking indicating the right of free postage.
Frame. The border, or outside, portion of a design.
PNC. Plate number coil.
Postage Dues. Stamps or markings that indicate an underpayment of postage.
Postal History. The study of postal markings, routes and rates of mail. And anything to do with the history of the mails.
Finally, the plates are inked and used to print the design onto sheets of paper. In the case of the Grizzly, the sheets are completed by further printing the remaining colours using the lithographic process.
Key plate: the printing plate that prints the stamp's design and used in conjunction with a duty plate.
Key stone: the stone where transfers of the key are arranged as needed.
Other options might be to turn a plate block into a plate single if that section of it is good, split up a sheet saving the plate block(s), if possible, and sell or trade the remaining singles.
This is a block of 4 stamps, and it has writing on the edges that show that it came from Plate No. 1. In those days, stamps were printed from metal plates that had the pictures of the stamps carved (engraved) right into the metal.
A stamp printed from the original plate, after the issue has ceased to be postally valid. Official reprints are sometimes made for presentation purposes or official collections.
Offset: (1) A printing process that transfers an inked image from a plate to a roller. The roller then applies the ink to paper.
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.
Close examination of the Penny Red, left, reveals a "148" in the margin, indicating that it was printed with plate #148. Stamps printed from plate #77 are extremely rare.
Term used for certain stamps produced by De La Rue for Great Britain 1862-1880 from plates which were not put into normal production.
Accepted Design
Accessories ...
A special gift for a philatelist would be some gold-plated tongs, which are not hard to find, believe it or not! Tongs can be found anywhere stamp supplies are sold; check under "Accessories" in the philatelic press ads.
postal items that have a Scott number associated with them. It even lists individual values for the different plate numbers and positions. The last Scott's catalog I saw only showed pictures in black and white.
 See also: Stamp, Used, Printing, Cover, Sheet
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