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Record 1 1993-06-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Printing Processes - Various
  • Stamp and Postmark Collecting
  • Postage Stamps and Stamp Cancelling
CONT

embossing is a method in which the design first is sunk into the metal of the die. (Scott 1992 - Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue, Volume 2, 1992, p. 19A).

CONT

embossing may be done without color, or with part color and part colorless, as the Canadian stamped envelopes.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Procédés d'impression divers
  • Philatélie et marcophilie
  • Timbres et oblitération
DEF

Procédé par lequel l'impression en relief est obtenue en plaçant le papier entre un moule mâle (relief) et un moule femelle (creux). (Le livre Guiness des timbres, 1983, page 172).

Spanish

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