Transportation and methods of delivery are a common theme for the designs of special delivery stamps.
The U.S. stamp is inscribed "Special Postal Delivery" and "Secures Immediate Delivery at a Special Delivery Office." ...
Transit mark: A postal marking applied by a post office between the originating and receiving post offices. It can be on the front or back of a cover, card or wrapper.
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Transit Postmark - A postal mark that is made between destination points.
Transition Stamp - A strip of stamps showing a change from one design to another.
Transfer die
A die created by sacrificing a coin for a model.
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Double Transfer - a plate variety in which a portion of the design is doubled, that is, it appears twice.
[edit] Transportation based studies
First flight cover for Nassau to Miami airmail route in 1929
Zeppelin mail from Chemnitz, Germany to Sausalito, USA on 1st North American flight of Hindenburg in May 1936 ...
Double Transfer
One of the most noticeable and desirable of plate varieties, a double transfer occurs on line-engraved intaglio stamps while the design is being rocked into the printing plate.
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Translation:
Frankfurt, Sept 17, 1909 - My dearest Heinrich -
One year ago today you entered the sea ship
and today we toured the airship - Zeppelin III -
it impressed me greatly. Regretting that you are not here,
with fondest Greetings.
The Trans-Mississippi Issue commemorated the settling of the Middle West. This stamp is the 4c Indian Hunting Buffalo stamp. This series was issued in 1898 and is a very nice set to collect.
The transfer roll is then used to make up the subjects on the printing plate. This process too needs great pressure, and rocking applications are made with great skill and precision to achieve the required result.
Stock transfer stamp - a revenue stamp tax on stock transfers and certificates which was used by federal and state authorities from 1918 until 1952 ...
15¢ Transport Plane, UR #22765, tiny invisible tear in margin (F+)
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Money transfers Money transfer is the movement of currency between two points without cash physically moving. Multiple addresses Where there is more than one address.
Glider Mail Transmission of mails by air glider.
Graphite Lines Vertical graphite lines printed in black (beneath the gum) of certain British stamps in 1957 for use with automatic sorting machines.
Avis De Paiement. Translated this means "advice of payment" by Chile.
Aviso De Reception. An acknowledgement of Receipt marking on some Salvadorean stamps.
9: Transito (Spain) transit. 10: (with lion, F and numeral) Belgium, 1966-70. 11: Tarde (Sp.) afternoon. 12: Tausend (Ger.) thousand. 13: perforated on Tasmania for official. 14: auction abbreviation for top.
(ii) Small envelope, with transparent front, filled with dealer's common stamps (either a mixture, or one-country or selected sets). (iii) The box of exchange-club booklets circulated between members. ...
Transparency A type of Hold to Light postcard that creates its transformation with many thin layers of paper. A total change in image is caused by strong light behind the postcard.
Offset: 1) A printing process that transfers an inked image from a plate to a roller. The roller then applies the ink to paper. 2) The transfer of part of a stamp design or an overprint from one sheet to the back of another, ...
This small gummed, semi-transparent paper is the link between the stamp and the album page and yet can be easily peeled from the stamp.
military ordinary mail (MOM)—A category for Department of Defense official mail sent at Periodicals or Standard Mail rates that requires faster service than sealift transportation to, from, and between military post offices.
Also not necessary, but a real help, is a stamp "catalogue" (translation for you Yanks: "catalog").
Die: The original engraving of a stamp. A transfer roller is made from a die, and printing plates are made from the transfer roller. When more than one die is used in the production of an issue, distinctive varieties are often identifiable.
A charge made by the British Post Office before 1840 on letters transmitted in Scotland if conveyed at any point of their journey by vehicles having more than two wheels. Also for certain tolls e.g. Menai Bridge.
Adhesive
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Paquebot: Cancellation indicating the use of sea transport in mailing.
Par Avon: French for “By Air'.
Parcel post stamps: Dedicated stamps for parcels.
Backstamp: A postmark applied to mail by the receiving post office or by a post office handling the piece while it is in transit. Backstamps are usually on the back of a cover, but they can be on the front.
Offset Printing. A printing process that transfers an inked image from a plate to a roller, the roller then applying the ink to the paper.
Network Distribution Center (NDC) - The NDC network consists of strategically located automated facilities that serve as centralized mail processing and transfer points for designated geographic areas, including Area Distribution Centers (ADCs), ...
To help us read the foreign catalogues, we purchased books to translate different languages to English. It's not as difficult as you might imagine. By learning a few key words you can usually figure out others.
They are used by collectors who specialize in collecting stamps from other countries, or specialized collections that focus on transportation methods and other topics.
When the stamps that you collect are all on one subject, such as space, paintings, transport, sports or animals, this is called thematic collecting.
BACKSTAMP - A handstamp applied to the back of a letter, usually indicating date of transit or receipt at the office of destination.
Lightweight postal stationery, otherwise known as Air Letter Sheets, used for the economical transmission of letters by air.
Airmail Stamp ...
Still others collect towns along a certain river, railroad, on transcontinental highway. Some collect precancel commemoratives on airmail stamps-although neither is supposed to be precanceled.
We have albums in all different sizes; we have stamp hinge and mount pages and hingeless albums which allow you to place your valuable collectibles behind a transparent holder in order to avoid damaging your stamps.
 See also: Stamp, Used, Cover, Catalog, Printing
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