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Tips for the Beginner
 Mourning Stamps
Nicknames of famous stamps
TASCO Educational Booklets
TASCO Non-booklet items: advertising covers, cinderellas, approval sheets, etc
World Records in Stamps
Write an Article or Tell us About Your Collection
Ten Low Cost Ways to Start Collecting Stamps

Albums - Glassine Interleaving
Acid_Paper_and_Album_Pages
Buying Stamps - Kiloware and Mixtures
Buying & Using Sheet Protectors
Buying Stamps - New Issues
Great Deals are Often Not What They Seem
 Glues, Gums, and Adhesives
How to Tell a Revenue Usage When You See One
Inventories or Keeping Track
Learning About Your Hobby
Mount Stamps
Not Your Run-of-the-Mill Cancellations
 Problems and a solution
Select An Album
Soaking Stamps
Soaking II
Sort Stamps
Save Time
Tools of the Trade
Tools -Cleaning Up
Tools - Stockbooks, Stockpages and Stockcards
Tag Stamps --Safety
Watermark Stamps 
What Condition Your Condition Is In
Specializing and Specialty Groups
What are and How to --Perforations---
What is My Collection Worth?
 “Unlisted Watermarks” and More
Used Catalogs and Stamp Books

Artcraft FDC's
My Other World
U.S. Revenues - I Love them!
What to Collect

Donations

On To The Fun Page

Stamp Glossary "D"

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Dandy Roll Wire-gauze roller which impresses the paper with its texture (‘wove’,’laid’, etc.) as the pulp leaves the vats to produce watermarks in the paper.

Dead country  A country that has ceased existence as a political entity, and no longer issues stamps.

Definitive Stamps Are issued for ordinary postal needs and placed on sale for an unlimited period as opposed to commemorative. By contrast with commerative, definitive stamps tend to be more generic in concept, and/or to have subjects that are relatively "timeless". Most importantly, definitive stamps tend to remain on sale for a longer period, and are not commemorating any particular thing.

Demonetised Stamps Are withdrawn from circulation and declared void for postal use. Demonetised stamps sold to dealers, after overprinting with some device are termed Remainders.

Design Error Errors by the artist in his original artwork.

Die The original piece of metal or material on which the stamp’s design is first engraved before being reproduced to the printing machines.

Die Proofs They are normally printed in black, from the engraver’s completed die, and submitted for official approval.

Doctor Blade A flexible steel blade which is used to removes surplus ink from the printing cylinder on high-speed modern presses. Faulty operation can cause flaws of a non-constant nature on the printed stamps.