New print (philately)

A reprint is a re- printing of a postage stamp from original woodblocks and printing forms, which is not intended for sale at the post office and Frankaturzwecken. A precise definition varies in practice depending on the collection area. The difference between reprinting and reprinting in philately is that the emphasis was not printed from original material. The emphasis is always equate a fake. Reprints have been caused by the postal administrations themselves to document full counter sheet or to ask the reprints other postal administrations. Reprints may also give used postally correct, reprints are always fakes.

In a broader sense official and private reprints can be distinguished. By today's terms, private reprints equals the amount of reprinting. This is particularly true at pressures at which no longer any part of the printing medium is original. These are for example Nachgravierungen in gravure printing method, or replacement of not more present in the original types in the high-pressure process.

In a narrower sense and today's reprints are given by national postal administrations in order and made ​​from original woodblocks or printing plates by the end of the Frankaturgültigkeit. This definition can be found in the introduction to current Michel catalogs. In Michel Germany catalog in 1866 and 1867 made ​​official reprints of the first stamps of Baden from 1850 are referred to as reprints, although the original marks were valid until December 31, 1871. Reprints of Thurn and Taxis Stamps from 1909 are also referred to as reprints, although the Post Office was not the state. Likewise, there are two values ​​that were printed from new plates, listed as a reprint.

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