imperforate
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The stamp is nearly square, and the specimens possessed by our correspondent are imperforate.
From Gambia by Melville, Frederick John
The labels were normally perforated the usual 12, but the same journal for April 13, 1892 reports that a whole sheet had been seen in an imperforate condition.
From Canada: Its Postage Stamps and Postal Stationery by Howes, Clifton Armstrong
Unused imperforate copies exist of all values in the following shades— Imperforate �d. grey-green. " 1d. pale crimson. " 2d. orange-yellow.
From Gambia by Melville, Frederick John
The Post Office Department were convinced that no irregularity could have occurred, but finally made an enquiry, and were, of course, compelled to believe the evidence of the existence of imperforate specimens.
From The Stamps of Canada by Poole, Bertram William Henry
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
