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• Postage stamp reuse — In the earlier days of the postage stamp, postal officials worried much about the problem of postage stamp reuse, and invented a number of schemes to mark or deface the stamps.The crux of the problem was the stamp paid the fee for a single usage… …   Wikipedia

• Cancellation (mail) — On mail, a cancellation (or cancel for short) is a postal marking applied to a postage stamp or postal stationery indicating that the item has been used. They are to be distinguished from overprints, and, in the case of the British Occasions… …   Wikipedia

• Overprint — This article is about overprints on stamps and currency. For the use of the term in printing, see overprinting. France, 1929: Commemorative overprint for the Philatelic Exposition in Le Havre. An overprint is an additional layer of text or… …   Wikipedia

• Flag of the United States — American Flag redirects here. For the Arizona ghost town, see American Flag, Arizona. Flag of Columbia redirects here. For the flag of the South American country, see Flag of Colombia. Flag of the United States of America Name …   Wikipedia

• Fancy cancel — A fancy cancel is a postal cancellation that includes an artistic design. Although the term may be used of modern machine cancellations that include artwork, it primarily refers to the designs carved in cork and used in 19th century post offices… …   Wikipedia

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• check — Synonyms and related words: CD, IOU, MO, X, a reckoning of, abrade, abrasion, abysm, abyss, acceptance, acceptance bill, accord, account, account of, agree, allophone, alveolar, answer to, aperture, apico alveolar, apico dental, arrest,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• Diogenes of Sinope — (Διογένης ὁ Σινωπεύς) Diogenes by John William Waterhouse, depicting his lamp, tub, and diet of onions Full name Diogenes of Sinope (Διογένης ὁ Σινωπεύς) Born …   Wikipedia

• obliterate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. efface, erase, expunge, cancel; rub, sponge, or scratch out, blot out, take out; dele, delete, strike out, wipe out, wash out; wipe away; deface, leave no trace. See destruction, oblivion,… …   English dictionary for students

• mark — n 1. trace, line, score, rule, underline, underscore, streak, stroke; cut, gash, scratch, slash, scar, cicatrix, pock; tick, notch, chip, nick, pit, hachure; dent, impression, bruise; stain, blemish, blot, pimple; spot, dot, speck, blotch,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• cancel — I. verb ( celed or celled; celing or cancelling) Etymology: Middle English cancellen, from Anglo French canceller, chanceller, from Late Latin cancellare, from Latin, to make like a lattice, from cancelli (plural), diminutive of cancer lattice,… …   New Collegiate Dictionary