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pairs. Most booklet stamps are printed in sheets, each containing 4 booklets. Looking at such a sheet 2 booklets, one above the other, come in from the left with the other 2 sheets coming from the right which appear to be upside down. Where the columns of stamps from each side meet there is
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in which one is upside-down in relation to the other, produced intentionally or accidentally. Like any pair of stamps, a pair of
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can be vertical or horizontal. In the case of a pair of triangular stamps, they cannot help but be linked "head-to-tail".
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therefore a row of tete-beche pars. It is unusual for these pairs to find their way into the
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layout required that the 1921 overprints of Switzerland were arranged to match.
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pairs of the Swiss "William Tell's son" design of 1910 are relatively common.
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pairs. This was sold in 1970, in the normal course of business, by the
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Mechanical errors during the process of production can result in
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for "head-to-tail", lit. "head-to-head") is a joined pair of
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Tete-beche
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philately
French
stamps
booklets
postal system
Machin
guillotined
British Post Office
Royal Mail Stamp Advisory Committee
Buenos Aires 1859 1p "In Ps" tete-beche pair
Room, Adrian
Cassell & Co.
ISBN
0304350087
"GBCC Tony Walker exhibit"

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