| 单词 | tête-bêche pair |
| 释义 | > as lemmastête-bêche pair (A stamp) printed upside down relative to the next stamp in the same row or column (see quot. 1913). Frequently attributive in tête-bêche pair. Also as adv. ΘΚΠ society > communication > correspondence > postal services > payment for postage > [adverb] > type of stamp tête-bêche1874 society > communication > correspondence > postal services > payment for postage > [noun] > postage stamp > types of black1863 penny black1863 local1865 error1866 toadskin1867 fiscal1869 imperforate1874 tête-bêche1874 halfpenny1881 provisional1885 British colonial1902 precancel1903 definitive1929 airmail1930 pictorial1934 perfin1945 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > hobby > collecting stamps > [noun] > specific type of stamp penny black1863 tête-bêche1874 re-entry1916 pictorial1934 perfin1945 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > hobby > collecting stamps > [adverb] > in the manner of a stamp printed upside down tête-bêche1874 1874 Stamp-collector's Mag. 12 10 The Marquis de L—— has kindly forwarded for notice a reversed 4 centime laureated French empire stamp; technically termed a tête-bêche. 1882 E. B. Evans Catal. Collectors Postage Stamps 56 One or more stamps upside down,..forming the varieties termed têtes-bêches. 1882 E. B. Evans Catal. Collectors Postage Stamps 56 Varieties 2 and 3 are the result of stamps placed tête-bêche. 1891 S. Gibbons' Monthly Jrnl. 30 Jan. 153/2 The sheets are composed of four horizontal rows of five stamps,..each row is placed tête-bêche to the one below it. 1913 E. B. Evans Stamps & Stamp Collecting (ed. 4) 103 Tête-bêche. A term applied in French to stamps printed upside down in reference to one another. One such stamp may appear in a sheet, through one of the dies forming the plate being accidentally set the wrong way; this stamp will be tête-bêche as regards those surrounding it. Some of the stamps of Grenada were printed with alternate rows reversed, so that the stamps in one row were tête-bêche with reference to those in the next. Such varieties must of course be shown in pairs, as the stamps when separated exhibit no peculiarity. 1921 F. A. Bellamy Oxf. & Cambr. Coll. Messenger Postage Stamps 14 Balliol, a number of impressions were made one way, then the paper strip was turned round; so a tête bêche pair can be found on each strip. 1971 Daily Tel. 16 July 7/6 The 2 annas is known in a tête bêche pair (one stamp upside down in relation to the other). < as lemmas |
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