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plate number coil

plate number coil noun: a United States postage stamp with the number of the printing plate or plates printed on it.

Noun

plate number coil (plural plate number coils)

  1. A United States postage stamp with the number of the printing plate or plates printed on it.
    • We have developed other philatelic interests over the years so that it isn't important to us to have every new issue. Or, as Dave Lee suggested in another post, we work a specialty within modern issues such as plate number coils, or transportation issues, etc.1997 June 18, WJFIELDS [username], “Re: Why collect new U.S.?”, in rec.collecting.stamps (Usenet)
    Synonyms:
    PNC

Synonyms of plate number coil

Forms of plate number coil

pluralplate number coils

Questions about plate number coil

What does plate number coil mean?
Plate number coil means a United States postage stamp with the number of the printing plate or plates printed on it.
What part of speech is plate number coil?
Plate number coil is a noun.
What is the plural of plate number coil?
The plural of plate number coil is plate number coils.

Words near plate number coil in the dictionary

  1. plate meals
  2. plate meristem
  3. plate meristems
  4. plate money
  5. plate moneys
  6. plate number coil
  7. plate number coils
  8. plate out
  9. plate paper
  10. plate papers
  11. plate powder

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