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Meter Stamp Kind: summary of the different intended styls of an overprint

Post Meter Stamp: postal shipment with meter stamp from a postal administration (official meter stamp)

Sender Meter Stamp: postal shipment with meter stamp from a private person or company (private meter stamp)

Half Impression Meter Stamp: one time printed meter stamp which range over the half postal shipment

Full Impression Meter Stamp: meter stamp which range over the complete width of the postal shipment

Printed Meter Stamp: postal shipment with directly printed meter stamp

Glued Meter Stamp: meter stamp printed on a paper strip and than glued on a postal shipment

Printed And Glued Meter Stamp: postal shipment with directly printed and glued on meter stamp

Meter Stamp In Zero Position: postal shipment with intended style the meter stamp value is printed in zero position

Meter Stamp With Supplemented Value Frame: meter stamp with additional zeros in the value frame because of imflation

Horizontal Meter Stamp: postal shipment with intended style horizontal meter stamp

Inverted Meter Stamp: postal shipment with intended style 180 degrees rotated horizontal meter stamp

Double Meter Stamp: postal shipment with intended style twice overprint

Adaped Meter Stamp: meter stamp with intended style the inscriptions have been partially or completely removed

Interiem Cliché: temporary solution for sender indicia if the individual customer cliché is not yet ready but the meter machine should already be used

Shipping Note: meter stamp with the shipping method printed (e.g. small parcel)

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