imperforate
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All values are known entirely imperforate, the 3c in this condition being first recorded in the Philatelic Record for December, 1882.
From The Stamps of Canada by Bertram William Henry Poole
In a young condition they are tubular, but not folded; and often, according to Prof. Macgillivray, either one or both are at first imperforate.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Charles Darwin
The 2nd or 1851 issue, as it is called in the circular, actually consisted of two series, the imperforate and perforate.
From History of the Postage Stamps of the United States of America by John Kerr Tiffany
It may also be occasioned by an imperforate hymen, in which case it must be cut open by a physician.
From The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources by Anonymous
Yet the catalog value of the latter is $2.50 against 36 cents for the wove paper imperforate alone.
From Canada: Its Postage Stamps and Postal Stationery by Clifton Armstrong Howes
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