Cut square (philately)

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A Bahamas four pence imprinted stamp cut square from a piece of postal stationery.

In philately, a cut square is an imprinted stamp cut from an item of postal stationery such as a postcard, letter sheet, aerogramme or newspaper wrapper in a square or rectangular shape.^[1]

It is distinguished from the 'entire' (the complete postal stationery item) or the more common practice of earlier eras of cutting to shape by removing all of the paper apart from the imprinted stamp.

An alternative use of the term is simply any stamp, from sheets or postal stationery, cut in a square or rectangular shape and not cut to shape.^{[2] [3]}

[edit] References

1. ^ Youngblood, Wayne L. All about Stamps, Krause Publications, Iola WI, 2000, p.51. ISBN 0873419634.
2. ^ Patrick, Douglas & Mary. The Hodder Stamp Dictionary, Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1973, p.61. ISBN 0340171839.
3. ^ Mackay, James. Philatelic Terms Illustrated, 4th edition, Stanley Gibbons, London, 2003, p.40. ISBN 0852595573.

[edit] See also

Cut-out (philately)