<#precancel=Precancels> produced from an electro printing plate with the city and state designation between double lines above and below.

a painting or drawing in which thin layers, or washes, of watercolors or India ink are used.

<#uspod=USPOD> employee responsible for receiving and accounting for deliveries of completed stamps from nineteenth century private security printers and sending them to post offices as needed.

the waste produced by the process of <#diecut=die cutting>.

use of a <#stamp>, generally on <#bulkrate=bulk-rate> mail, which pays only a portion of the actual cost of mailing the item.