Ruled
Paper Paper ruled with lines as a guide for writing. Such paper was used for stamps of Mexico and Latvia.
Paper Paper ruled with lines as a guide for writing. Such paper was used for stamps of Mexico and Latvia.
OF PHILATELIC TERMS
Term used for certain stamps produced by De La Rue for Great Britain 1862-1880 from plates which were not put into normal production
Design The artwork approved by a postal administration and passed to the printer for production.
Basic equipment to aid collecting in addition to stamp albums, stamp hinges, Watermark Detector, etc
Mark A handstamp applied to international letters prior to 1875 showing the charge to be collected from the addressee
Halfpenny Tax A charge made by the British Post Office before 1840 on letters transmitted in