imperforate

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

From The Stamps of Canada by Poole, Bertram William Henry

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.

It is a fact that he is "collected" like postage-stamps, though no published work of his has attained the price per copy of the imperforate twopenny Mauritius of 1847.

From George Cruikshank by Chesson, W. H.

Rhabdamminina, rab-da-mi-nī′na, n. a group of marine imperforate foraminiferous protozoans.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various

For imperforate stamps in this series we find the 1 cent, yellow, and the 15 cents in a peculiar shade of brown violet.

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