Challenge your advanced philatelic knowledge with this hard difficulty crossword focused on real-world applications of cryptic philately terms. Perfect for adult enthusiasts and collectors.
Cryptic Philately Processes Crossword Puzzle for Educators is a medium crossword puzzle with 16 clues covering . Play it online for free below, or create your own crossword with our free crossword maker.
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Cryptic Philately Processes Crossword Puzzle for Educators
Explore common processes and methods used in cryptic philately with this medium-difficulty crossword puzzle. Perfect for teachers and educators introducing stamp analysis techniques.
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- 1. Sideline printing often showing the printer's name
- 3. Process of embedding a trademark design in paper
- 6. To create holes between stamps for easy separation
- 7. To imitate or forge a stamp to deceive collectors
- 10. Trial print to check design before final production
- 13. Raised design pressed into paper for texture
- 14. Counterfeit or forged stamp often sold as genuine
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- 2. Stamp perforated with initials to prevent theft
- 4. Mark applied to a stamp to prevent reuse
- 5. One print layer partially covering another
- 8. Issuing additional copies of a previously printed stamp
- 9. Substance on stamps to detect them under UV light
- 11. Additional text or markings added post-printing
- 12. Design embedded in paper visible when held to light
- 15. Washing away the adhesive on the back of a stamp
- 16. Stamp design printed upside down
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