Corner pair showing Plate Number "15" in margin. The Plate Number is also seen in small figures on each stamp.
The above stamps are those of Great Britain overprinted for use in Cyprus.
EXAMPLES OF SOME PHILATELIC TERMS.
Generalising.—The collecting of all the postage-stamps of the world.
Government imitation.—Sometimes, when it is desired to reprint an obsolete issue, the original dies or plates are not forthcoming. New dies have, in these circumstances, been officially made, and the resulting labels are euphemistically called "Government imitations." "Forgeries" would be more candid.
Granite.—See Paper.
Grille.—Small plain dots, generally arranged in a small rectangle, but sometimes covering the entire stamp, embossed on certain issues of Peru and the United States. The idea of this was to so break up the fibre of the paper, as to allow the ink of the postmark to penetrate it and render cleaning impossible.
Guillotine.—The term used to define a perforating-machine which punches a single straight line of holes at each descent of the needles.
Gumpap.—A fancy term of opprobrium applied to a stamp issued purely for sale to collectors and not to meet a postal requirement.