Remainders 1.Stamps remaining on hand at postal administration after the issue has been discontinued. 2.Stamp collection, usually mounted in album(s) from which the most desirable items have been removed ...
Remainders: Stocks of stamps remaining unsold at the time that an issue is declared obsolete by a post office. Some countries have sold remainders to the stamp trade at substantial discounts from face value.
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Remainders are surplus stocks of legitimate postage stamps that have been put into the philatelic market after being demonetized.
Remainders - unsold stamps of a discontinued issue that are normally destroyed but can be overprinted, surcharged, or revalidated for postage.
Separate from your remainders the nicest examples that bear light cancels or have no cancels and no damage. Some sharp, contemporary cancels are worth saving, so do not forget to consider their possible value when sorting stamps.
Barrado: (Sp.) stamp remainders overprinted with black bars during 1854-82 to deface the design.
Barranquilla: with "Franqueo Particular" Colombia local post, 1882.
Barras: (Sp.) lines or bars used for canceling stamp remainders.
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.
 See also: Remainder, Used, Stamp, Perforation, Printing
  
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