imperforate

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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

The reprinted "Eagle" Carrier's stamp was first sent out perforated 12, the original was, of course, imperforate, and the stamps upon the sheet were separated by colored lines.

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

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 Howes, Clifton Armstrong

Another, weighing 200 grams on February 3, 1952, still was imperforate, but by February 27 she was perforate and appeared to be in oestrus.

From Ecological Observations on the Woodrat, Neotoma floridana by Fitch, Henry S.

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.