Reissue

Reissue
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Reissue:
An official reprinting of a stamp from an obsolete or discontinued issue. Reissues are valid for postage.

Reissue:
Rouletting:
Short consecutive cuts in the paper between rows of stamps to facillitate separation.

Reissue: An official reprint of old stamps.
Remainders: Stocks of stamps which remain unsold.
Repaired stamp: A damaged stamp that has been repaired.
Replica: A reproduction of philatelic material.

Reissue: an official reprinting of a stamp that was discontinued.
Rejection markings: identification of flawed material range from hand-placed markings to automated markings; may be red grease pencil, black markers or spray, or slit coils.

On discovering the existence of the error, the Post Office Dept. reissued the stamp with the error and eliminated the premium value of the original sheets.
These rare postage stamps are also called the Day’s Follies after Postmaster Edward Day.

Special Printing - Reissue of a current stamp that features distinctive color, paper or perforations.
Specialist - A stamp collector who focuses on a limited area such as stamps from a certain time period, country, topic, etc.

"Basic Stamp Information" provides some collecting basics on paper, watermarks, inks, separation, printing processes, luminescence, gum, reprints and reissues, remainders and canceled-to-order stamps, cinderellas and facsimiles, ...

The large cent book, first published in 1949 as Early American Cents and reissued in 1958 as Penny Whimsy by W. Sheldon, W. Breen and D. Paschal.
Sheldon numbers ...

Patrick is the legendary patron saint of Ireland who is credited with driving snakes from that country. In 1937 Ireland issued a set of three stamps showing St. Patrick with the Paschal fire. The stamps were reissued in 1943 with a different ...

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