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Elizabethan II Study Group Journal: The Corgi Times Glossary |
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| Hair line - fine scratches on a plate or cylinder which print in the colour of the ink employed. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hand-stamp - postmark (cancellation) or overprint applied by hand to a cover or to an adhesive stamp. Such a marking is said to be 'hand-struck'. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Harrison - manufacturer of paper used on Elizabethan-era stamps. First seen in August 1983. The gum has a blue-green tinge and the paper curls. |
 Inscription showing 'H' for Harrison paper |
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| Harrow perf - both vertical and horizontal perforations done on a whole sheet of stamps in one pressure or operation, as opposed to the piecemeal methods of line and 'comb'. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 'Hidden' date - small year date 'hidden' in the design of Canadian stamps indicating the year of printing (or copyright of design). Most Canadian stamps since 1935 have a "hidden date" (the first being the King George V Pictorial Issue of 1935). A couple of more recent issues have the "hidden date" incorporated into the tagging (an example is Scott 2003, the $1.25 Riopelle souvenir sheet issued in 2003). |
 Hidden date
Hidden date on 1935 issue |
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| Hinge - stamp hinges are round-cornered oblong pieces of tough, thin paper, gummed on one side and designed for the neat mounting of stamps in the
album. See Mounts. |
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| Horiz. Horizontal. As opposed to vert., the vertical or upright, when describing the format of a stamp. |
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