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Philatelic Rarities and Obscure Issues is a hard 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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Philatelic Rarities and Obscure Issues
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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- 1. Cancellation imprint signifying time and place of mailing
- 2. Pairs connected head-to-tail in classical philatelic symmetry
- 3. Printing anomaly found on the edge piece once overlooked
- 4. Alias under which elusive designers sometimes created
- 8. The passionate pursuit of stamps and postal history
- 9. Protective envelope preserving precious philatelic treasures
- 15. Edge folly when perforations strike wrong boundaries
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- 5. Imaginary stamp creatures conjured by bogus issues
- 6. Code-breaking reference for stamps bearing cryptic inscriptions or designs
- 7. Postal sample marked for display, not dispatch
- 10. Postal alteration technique adding new value or meaning atop originals
- 11. Stamp's fairy tale sibling, without postal power but beloved by collectors
- 12. Error type where print alignment goes delightfully off-kilter
- 13. Fictitious stamps from micronations, as elusive as Shakespeare’s heroine
- 14. Subtle emblem faintly seen beneath stamp’s ink to ensure authenticity
- 16. Deceptive art that haunts rare stamp auctions
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