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1. adhesive, adj. and n. View full entry 1854
...Philately. Short for adhesive stamp....
2. adhesive stamp in adhesive, adj. and n. View full entry 1839
...an adhesive postage stamp (as contrasted with one impressed on a card, wrapper, etc.); cf. postage stamp1....
3. airmail, n. View full entry 1930
...Also with capital initial. Philately. A postage stamp authorizing conveyance of mail by air....
4. bâtonné, n. View full entry 1892
...(See quot. 1897.)...
5. black, adj. and n. View full entry 1863
...A black postage stamp....
6. British colonial in British, adj. and n. View full entry 1902
...a postage stamp issued for use in a (former) British colony; usu. in pl....
7. coil, n.3 View full entry 1908
...A roll of postage stamps, usu. perforated only vertically or horizontally, for use in a stamp-vending machine....
8. cover, n.1 View full entry 1747
...The wrapper of a letter or of any postal packet. spec. in Philately, an envelope, etc., bearing a stamp, postmark, or label of particular historical or commemorative interest;...
9. definitive, adj. and n. View full entry 1929
...Philately. Of a postage stamp: belonging to or forming part of the standard issue of a country. Cf. provisional1c....
10. definitive, adj. and n. View full entry 1929
...Philately. A definitive postage stamp....
11. ˈdentilated, adj. View full entry ?a1846
...‘the formation of teeth, dentition’ (Worcester, 1846); denticulation (of a margin), perforation of postage stamps....
12. entire, adj., adv., and n. View full entry 1897
...Philately. (See quot. 1967.)...
13. error, n. View full entry 1866
...Philately. A postage stamp which contains a misprint or other irregularity (e.g. incorrect colour or paper), esp. one which has been inadvertently put into circulation....
14. first-day cover in first, adj. (and n.2) and adv. View full entry 1938
...an envelope bearing, or designed to bear, stamps postmarked on the day when they were first issued (see cover2d)....
15. fiscal, adj. and n. View full entry 1869
...Philately. A revenue stamp; postal fiscal, one authorized for use as a postage stamp....
16. flown, adj.1 View full entry 1930
...an envelope or cover dispatched by airmail....
17. frank, n.5 View full entry 1923
...An impression stamped on to a cover or envelope in lieu of a postage stamp, to indicate that postage has been pre-paid; also, a postmark....
18. frank, v.2 View full entry 1708
...trans. To superscribe (a letter, etc.) with a signature, so as to ensure its being sent without charge; to send or cause to be sent free of charge (obs....
19. ˈfranking machine, n. View full entry 1927
...An officially authorized machine, introduced by the British Post Office in 1922, used by large concerns for ‘stamping’ letters, etc., with a sign (in lieu of an affixed postage stamp);...
20. grille | grill, n. View full entry 1887
...A rectangular pattern of small dots impressed on some issues of postage stamps (see quot. 1962). Also attrib....
