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TIMBRE RECTO-VERSO [1 record]

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Record 1 1978-03-30

English

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

This term is used to designate a stamp that bears a print of the design on the front and the back of the paper.

Key term(s)
  • stamp printed both sides

French

Domaine(s)
  • Timbres et oblitération
CONT

Autre variété encore fort curieuse et qui se produisait à l'époque où sur les presses d'impression à plat le papier passait en feuilles préalablement découpées: il arrivait alors que le dos d'une feuille porte fortuitement le décalque de la feuille précédente. Cela donnait des timbres dont les deux faces étaient imprimées, et qui sont dits "recto-verso".

Key term(s)
  • variété recto-verso
  • timbre recto-verso

Spanish

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