tête-bêche
/ˌtɛtˈbɛʃ
/ /tɛtbɛʃ/adjective
(Of a postage stamp) printed upside down or sideways relative to another.One of the finest known, original gum examples of the tête-bêche pair of 1856 Finland 5-kopek stamps from the Bill Gross Scandinavian Collection will be offered by Spink Shreves Galleries with a pre-sale estimate of $50,000 to $75,000 in a public auction on May 16, 2008....
- The design takes advantage of the tête-bêche printing format, using it to enhance the impact of the designs.
- The title is a Chinese translation of tête-bêche, which describes stamps that are printed top to bottom facing each other.
Origin
French, from tête 'head' and bêche, contraction of obsolete béchevet 'double bedhead'.
- ringing tone
- ringing-up
- ring in one's ears (or head)
- ring joint
- ring junction
- ring keeper
- ring-key
- ring knocker
- ring kop
- ring laser
- onesteead
- one-step
- one step ahead
- one step forward and two steps back
- one-stop
- one-stress
- one-suiter
- one swallow does not make a summer
- one-tail
- one-tailed
- one-teacher school
- one thing after another
- one thing and another
- one thing leads to another
- one-time