imperforate

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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

It would probably be impossible to remove the perforation so as to make this stamp pass for an imperforate specimen and then it would lack the projection of the original.

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

There are a good many specimens of these stamps imperforate, and they were on sale at a Canadian Post Office.

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

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 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 Tiffany, John Kerr