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off-centre stamp [1 record]

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Record 1 1978-02-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Postage Stamps and Stamp Cancelling
DEF

[A stamp where] the perforation is displaced, so that the design of the stamp is not in the centre of the surface.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Timbres et oblitération
CONT

Un timbre est dit "correctement centré" lorsque son dessin est à égale distance des (quatre) côtés dentelés. Inversement, on parle d'un timbre "décentré".

OBS

«timbre mal centré» : Le Musée postal du Canada utilise "mal centré".

Spanish

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