Tab

TAB ART AND INFORMATION
Tabs, which are spaces where stamps would normally be printed, are also used to convey information as well as to serve as a convenient space for additional artwork.

Tab - coupon, or other label attachment to a stamp.
Tagging - phosphor coating on stamps used to activate automatic mail-handling equipment. This may be lines, bars, part of the design area or the entire stamp surface.

Tab (Israel): A portion of the stamp selvage which is attached to the stamp, and often bears a Biblical quotation. Tabs are one of the most coveted features of Israelfis stamps.

Tab. - Abbreviation for tablet.
Tablet - Usually rectangular extra piece attached to each postage stamp in a sheet (sometimes only to marginal copies) bearing an inscription or other design, ...

Tab toning
Term referring to toning often seen on commemorative coins which were sold in cardboard holders with a round tab. Such coins have a circle in the center and are said to have "tab toning".
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Note Tab Light, freeware which I had downloaded a couple of years ago so I could look at text files that were too big for Notepad, turned out to be a fabulous little editor, with a built-in, editable library of HTML tags, ...

The final tab, Support the Hobby, provides information on donations, volunteering, and promoting membership.
While the new website is a significant step forward, additional content and features will be added on a regular basis.

Advertising Tab. A stamp-sized space adjoining a stamp, on which paid-for advertising appears. Examples of this are met with in certain issues of Belgium.
Affranchi. French for Postage. Another use is Affranchisement, meaning Postage Paid.

This is sometimes achieved with a small paper tab across the bottom of the postcard. Deltiology Deltiology is the study of postcards; the person doing the research, a deltiologist. Randall Rhoades of Ashland, Ohio first used the term.

A Bridge is the tiny tab that holds coil rolls together in a "Stick", about one every five stamps, with the placement randomly staggered in the stamp rows like brick seams in a wall.

The booklet panes of 1900 were manufactured with a short paper tab or stub at the top. After the stamps were positioned between cardboard covers, the panes were stapled through this tab to hold the booklet together.

No Sunday Delivery - a tab attached to the stamp indicating that the piece of mail was not to be delivered on Sunday. Removal of the tab indicated that Sunday delivery was allowed.

Sheet (usually of 10 stamps), each with a personalised tab and border design.
Special stamp sheets:
Are produced for a variety of reasons and events: charities, football teams, concerts and even movies.

6¢ FDR, PANE w/slogan 5 margin tab attached, med. cancel, crease
F-VF
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A sheetlet of stamps removed from a stamp booklet which may have one or more such panes. On FDCs it is desirable to include the tab which is used to bind the pane into the booklet. This may not be possible with some modern issues. [Back to top] ...

sprayed onto the margins of all coil and booklet stamps to facilitate the identification and removal of defective stamps. While these bar codes are usually trimmed off in the manufacturing process, booklet panes do exist with a barcode on the tab.