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Record 1 2016-01-20

English

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

A block of four or more stamps with [information printed] on the selvedge.

OBS

Canadian issues normally include the printer’s and designer’s names, along with plate numbers for engraved stamps, or colour codes for those printed by lithography.

OBS

inscription block :[do not confuse with "plate block, "which, ] in strictest philatelic terms [...] can only apply to corner blocks of [...] stamps printed from an engraved printing plate.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Timbres et oblitération
  • Philatélie et marcophilie
DEF

Groupe d'au moins quatre timbres, portant des indications en bordure.

OBS

Les émissions canadiennes comprennent habituellement les noms de l'imprimeur et du graphiste ainsi que le numéro de planche, dans le cas des timbres réalisés par gravure, ou les codes de couleur dans le cas des timbres lithographiés.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sellos postales y obliteración
  • Filatelia y matasellos
OBS

Las inscripciones marginales son las leyendas que aparecen impresas en los bordes de hoja de los pliegos de sellos. […] Las inscripciones marginales están impresas en el mismo color y sistema con el que fue impreso el pliego (offset, calcografía, tipografía, huecograbado, etc.). En el caso de sellos impresos a más de un color, la inscripción marginal está impresa en alguno de los colores presentes en los sellos.

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Record 2 1999-10-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Official Ceremonies
  • Construction
DEF

ceremonial building block, usually placed ritually in the outer wall of a building to commemorate dedication. Sometimes it is solid, with date or other inscription. More typically, it is hollowed out to contain metal receptacles for newspapers, photographs, currency, books, or other documents reflecting current customs, with a view to their historical use when the building is remodelled or demolished.

OBS

Until the development of modern construction, the stone was usually at a corner, possibly as the first of the foundation stones, and it was a real support. Today, to be called a cornerstone, it need not be a support, at a corner, or even in the foundation. Often it is placed ornamentally in the facade or in an interior wall or floor.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cérémonies officielles
  • Construction
DEF

Bloc posé dans les fondations, portant une inscription ou contenant une médaille commémorative du début de la construction.

DEF

pierre de fondation, généralement pierre d'angle, posée solennellement. (On y pratique une cavité dans laquelle on loge un document, une médaille commémorative.)

Spanish

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