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| Term |
Meaning |
| Railway Post Office |
Portable mail-handling
equipment for sorting mail in transit on trains. The last
official U.S. RPO ran June 30, 1977. RPOs were used in many
countries. See also Mobile Post Office. |
| Receiving mark |
A postmark or other postal
marking applied by the receiving, rather than the originating,
post office. See also Backstamp. |
| Redrawn |
A stamp design that has been
slightly altered yet maintains the basic design as originally
issued. |
| Re-engraved |
A stamp with an altered
design as the result of a change made to a transfer roll or
printing plate prior to a later printing, thereby distinguishing
it from the original die. |
| Re-engraving |
The strengthening of worn
parts of the surface of a printing plate by hand-work, sometimes
referred to as recutting. These terms are also used when an
original die is deepened, prior to preparing a new plate. |
| Regional |
Stamp sold or valid in a
specific area of a stamp-issuing entity. Great Britain has
issued stamps for the regions of Guernsey, Jersey, Isle of Man,
Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Regionals are usually sold
only in a given region but are often valid for postage
throughout a country.
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