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imperforate

[im-pur-fer-it, -fuh-rayt] / ɪmˈpɜr fər ɪt, -fəˌreɪt /








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Although made and approved, this stamp is said to have been withheld from issue in this imperforate condition.

From History of the Postage Stamps of the United States of America by John Kerr Tiffany

We illustrate a pair of the 2 cent imperforate on a registered cover mailed at Como, Quebec, on March 20, 1905.

From Canada: Its Postage Stamps and Postal Stationery by Clifton Armstrong Howes

The acetabulum for the head of the femur is imperforate, being a simple oval basin, as in Chelonian reptiles and the higher Mammals.

From Dragons of the Air An Account of Extinct Flying Reptiles by H. G. Seeley

The inverse ratio of seven to one for a catalog value would make the perforated stamp list $42 with the imperforate at $6.

From Canada: Its Postage Stamps and Postal Stationery by Clifton Armstrong Howes

The 2c value of this series is known entirely imperforate and the history of the variety, which is now quite common, is of considerable interest.

From The Stamps of Canada by Bertram William Henry Poole




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