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Margin Print Occasions: summary of the different margin prints reasons

Attachment Mark: sheet mark for the correct attachment for the perforation

bicoloured postage stamp with attachment mark "Oben" for the correct attachment of the sheet with green burelage for the design print

Item Number: internal mark to reorder or for sale

Surcharge Value on Sheet Margin: sheet mark to visualize the surcharge value

Date of Issue: first day a postage stamp is available at the post offices

Barcode: machine readable code with encoded informations (e. g. product number)

Sheet Cutting Marks: sheet marks for the correct cut into smaller quantities

Sheet Value: selling price for a complet sheet

Corrected Sheet Value: partly cancelled sheet with printed postmarks bigger than one single stamp so that not all are good for selling and the sheet price had to be reduced

Sheet Counter: running number for counting the printed sheets

Copyright Mark: information that the design has a copyright

Printing Date: given day this postage stamp was printed

Printing Works Name: name of the printing works where this postage stamp was printed

Printers Mark: name or token of the printer of this postage stamp

Designer Mark: name or token of the designer of this postage stamp

Colour Identifier: bars for automatically controlled colour input

Colour identifier as spoked wheels
(10 colours = 10 colour identifier)

Printing Block Number: mark at different printing forms for the same postage stamp for the printer

Valid Date: from a postal administration given period a postage stamp is valid for postage

Inhouse Number: running number as inhouse mark from the printing works

Primary Inhouse Number: running number from the printing works for the design print

Overprint Inhouse Number: running number from the printing works for the overprint

Printing Block Number: running number on left margin of sheet on rotary press print postage stamps

Machine Number: mark at different printing machines at a printing works

Edition Counter: marks at the different editions on the margin of sheet on australian stamps (Koala Count) (Koala = 1 Edition; Kangaroo = 5 Editions)

Paper Kind Information: mark for the different kinds of used papers (z. B. "L" = luminescence paper; "F" = fluorescence paper)

GC-Paper: paper kind mark on the margin of sheets on french postage stamps during World War I printed on a low-grade spongy paper with rough surface (pour Grande Consommation = for bulk usage)

Register Mark: mark for the correct allignment of the different colours for multicoloured printed postage stamps

Plate Number: mark at different printing plates for the same postage stamp for the printer

six-colour postage stamp printed with 6 plates visible at the
6 plate number on the margin of sheet

Plate Position: mark that shows the position of a sheet in a press sheet

Plate Star: mark at different printing plates for the same postage stamp with a different number of stars

Postal Area Name: mark on margin of sheet to differ postage stamps in the same colours from different postal areas

Row Number: number that shows the value of a complete row of stamps

Double Row Number: margin of sheet with 2 row numbers, one for the design print and the other for the surcharge

Corrected Row Number: margin of sheet with mixed up row numbers corrected with stickers

Row Counter: numbers on the bottom margin of sheet that shows the numbers of complete rows

Advertising Border: commercial advertising on a margin of sheet protecting the printing blocks of damage

Protection Bar: bar on margin of sheet protecting the printing blocks of damage

Stroke Line: bar made of plenty of lines protecting the printing blocks of damage

Control Dash: mark on the margin of sheet for the electronic control for the perforation machine

Sum Counter: number that shows the value of a part row of stamps

Double Sum Counter: margin of sheet with 2 sum counters, one for the design print and the other the surcharge

Separation Note: margin of sheet with a note how to facilitate separation

Roller Strokes: lines on top and bottom of margin of sheet on rotary press print postage stamps

Decorative Margin Print: margin of sheet with decorative print

Tab: decorative print on bottom margin of sheet on israeli postage stamps

Roller Number: mark at different printing rolls for the same postage stamp for the printer

Perforation Dot: sheet mark for the correct attachment for the perforation

Zip-Code: margin print on US postage stamps 1964 - 1993 because customers should use the postal code (ZIP-Code = Zone Improvement Plan)

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