imperforate

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The reprinted three cents has the outer top and bottom lines of the original imperforate stamp.

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

We also find all values occurring in an imperforate condition.

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

The margin is rounded, and both surfaces are deeply concave though imperforate.

From Some Observations on the Ethnography and Archaeology of the American Aborigines by Morton, Samuel George

On the early imperforate stamps we find a similar postmark in black, but lettered "Gambia" above and "Unpaid" below.

From Gambia by Melville, Frederick John

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 Seeley, H. G.