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  2. Postage stamp color - Wikipedia

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    Color shades have several different causes. The printer may use a different ink; in the early days, inks were made up in batches as needed, and were rarely consistent. In such cases, the shade provides information about when the stamp was made, and possibly even identify a particular printing.

  3. Cut-out (philately) - Wikipedia

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    A newspaper wrapper stamped with a cut-out and sent out in 1911 from the Ewen's company to Germany. In philately, a cut-out is an imprinted stamp cut from an item of postal stationery such as a postal card, letter sheet, aerogramme or wrapper that may have been used as a normal stamp.

  4. Philatelic fakes and forgeries - Wikipedia

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    One would imagine that overprints should be easier for a forger to falsify. It is just a simple matter of applying a few letters to a stamp with black ink. Paying attention to detail can reward a philatelic sleuth. The stamps of Bangkok from the 1880s were produced by overprinting each stamp a single letter "B" on stamps of the Straits Settlements.

  5. Cancellation (mail) - Wikipedia

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    Initially, the ink used was red, but it was found that this could be cleaned off and the stamps reused, and so after a series of experiments, early in 1841 black cancelling ink was used, which was more permanent. The color of the stamps was also changed to red-brown so as to ensure that the cancellation showed clearly. [3]

  6. 60 Cute and Spooky Printable Halloween Pumpkin Stencils - AOL

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    Use these free pumpkin carving patterns and stencils to create the best jack-o-lantern on the block. Choose from spooky, cute, and advanced templates.

  7. Engraving - Wikipedia

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    Other terms often used for printed engravings are copper engraving, copper-plate engraving or line engraving. Steel engraving is the same technique, on steel or steel-faced plates, and was mostly used for banknotes, illustrations for books, magazines and reproductive prints, letterheads and similar uses from about 1790 to the early 20th century, when the technique became less popular, except ...

  8. 47 Gifts for Tween Girls, Recommended by Tweens and the ... - AOL

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    Amazon. If you know a little artist who is always creating, this gizmo is going to blow her mind. This pen uses colored 3D filament to make layered art that’s more sculpture than drawing.

  9. Imprinted stamp - Wikipedia

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    Some countries permitted the use of a cut-out imprinted stamp to pay postage on another item of mail. This is also known as a cut-out. [5] [6]Items of postal stationery with an imprinted stamp are sometimes found with adhesive stamps added to pay for additional services such as airmail, registration or the part transport of mail by a local postal service.