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Esoteric Lexicon of Philatelic Enigmas
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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Across
  • 1. Agent who defaces postage, ending its second voyage
  • 2. Special stamp marking given back, canceled after use
  • 3. Museum glow: a luminous band aiding night detection
  • 4. Protective overlay over a stamp pane, unseen guardian
  • 5. The collector’s art, seeking impressions from worlds afar
  • 7. Precision slicing technique shaping and perforating stamps
  • 8. Faint design in paper, a secret embedded in each sheet
  • 10. Art of collecting postal stationery beyond mere stamps
  • 12. An inscription on stamps, altering value or country
  • 14. Sample postage issued for examination, not for frank
Down
  • 6. To punch tiny holes that allow easy one-by-one liberation
  • 9. Era before adhesive stamps, letters sealed in waxy silence
  • 11. Patterned holes in stamps, security measure disguised
  • 13. Relating to microscope analysis of ink and paper fibers
  • 15. Printing flaw obscuring intended design like blurred cipher
  • 16. Central illustration in a stamp’s story quietly framed
  • 17. Authorized postal marking, a signature of free passage

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