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plate number coils

plate number coils is the plural of plate number coil.

Meaning of plate number coil

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

Questions about plate number coils

What is plate number coils the plural of?
Plate number coils is the plural of plate number coil.

Words near plate number coils in the dictionary

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

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