Weekly Definitions (P-R)

Here's another installment of my not-so-weekly definitions:

1. Pane: The unit into which a full press sheet is divided before sale at post offices. What a post office customer may refer to as a "sheet of stamps" is more properly called a pane. Most full sheets are divided into four or more regular panes or many more booklet panes before they are shipped to post offices.

2. Quadripartition: A block or strip of four stamps that together complete a single entire design. See United States Scott 1448-51, the 1972 Cape Hatteras National Seashore issue. (I really had to stretch to find a 'Q' entry!)

3. Replica: A reproduction of a stamp or cover. In the 19th century, replica stamps were sold as stamp album space fillers. Replica stamps are often printed in one color in a sheet containing a number of different designs. Replicas can sometimes deceive either a postal clerk or collectors. (There were some posts about replicas lately.)

Thanks for the lesson Swabbie

Dianne

Nice lesson Laswabbie....don't wait so long before the next one.

It may take him a while to get into quardri position !!

I find it hard to believe that a collector of Germany
has trouble finding a Q definition


Quadratausschnitt: German cut square

Very clever Bob

Dianne