Laid.—See Paper.
Laid bâtonné.—See Paper.
Line-engraved.—Is properly applied to a print from a plate engraved in taille douce (which see) but is often applied to the plate itself.
Lithographed.—Stamps printed from a design laid down on a stone and neither raised nor depressed in the printing lines are denoted by this term. And see Printing.
Locals.—Stamps having a franking power within a definitely restricted area.
Manila.—See Paper.
Matrix.—A counterpart impression in metal or other material from an original die, and which in its turn is used to produce copies exactly similar to the original die.
Millimetre (mm.).—The one-thousandth part of a metre = .03937 inch.
Mill-sheet.—See Sheet.
Mint.—A term used to denote that a stamp or envelope, &c., is in exactly the same condition as when issued by the post-office—unused, clean, unmutilated in the slightest degree and with all the original gum undisturbed.