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IMPRESSION SEQUENCE [3 records]

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Record 1 2017-06-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Office Equipment and Supplies
  • Postal Equipment and Supplies
DEF

The order, under UPU regulations, in which impressions shall read from right to left as follows: value paid impression, place and date impression and optional impressions. On letter mail, the value paid impression and place and date impression shall be contained within an area 40 mm high by 74 mm long in the upper right corner of the item to be franked.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et fournitures de bureau
  • Matériel et fournitures (Postes)
DEF

Ordre selon lequel, d'après les règlements de l'UPU doivent figurer, de droite à gauche, les différentes empreintes à savoir : vignettes de valeur, timbre à date puis mentions facultatives. Sur les lettres la vignette de valeur et le timbre à date doivent s'inscrire à l'intérieur d'une surface de 40 mm de hauteur et de 74 mm de longueur réservée à cet effet sur le coin supérieur droit du pli à affranchir.

Spanish

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Record 2 1986-08-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Police
CONT

Why are plain impressions of friction ridges taken? As a check against the rolled impression being recorded in the proper sequence and to assist in the classification of poorly taken rolled inked impression.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Police
OBS

Dans certaines méthodes le relevé consécutif de chaque doigt est complété par l'impression simultanée des quatre doigts de la main. Les tracés obtenus, moins complets, ne sont pas supérieurs aux précédents, mais ils permettent de contrôler si chaque empreinte roulée figure bien dans sa case convenable, et s'il n'y a aucune confusion entre la main droite et la gauche.

Spanish

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Record 3 1979-03-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cinematography
DEF

A series of still shots or short scenes, spliced together in sequence, to create a composite impression. The term "still shots", as used here, refers to graphic material that is photographed on motion picture film.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cinématographie
OBS

Renseignement fourni par l'Office National du Film.

Spanish

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