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Philatelic Rarities and Obscure Issues
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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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