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TETE BECHE PANE [1 record]

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Record 1 1997-10-24

English

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

... a French expression, means head-to-tail, and is used to designate a unit (stamp or pane) so printed that it is inverted in relation to at least one other and adjacent unit.

Key term(s)
  • tête-bêche stamp
  • tête bêche pane

French

Domaine(s)
  • Timbres et oblitération
DEF

[...] se dit de deux timbres-postes attenants et inversés.

CONT

Des timbres tête-bêche.

OBS

tête-bêche (locution adverbiale) : Dans la position de deux personnes dont l'une a la tête du côté où l'autre a les pieds; parallèlement et en sens inverse, opposé.

Key term(s)
  • timbres tête-bêche

Spanish

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