imperforate
Americanadjective
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Also imperforated not perforate; having no perforation.
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Philately. (of a number of stamps joined together) lacking the perforations usually separating individual stamps.
noun
adjective
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not perforated
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imperf. (of a postage stamp) not provided with perforation or any other means of separation Compare perforate
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anatomy (of a bodily part, such as the anus) without the normal opening
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An adult female that appeared to be in oestrus on February 3, 1952, was imperforate on February 10.
From Ecological Observations on the Woodrat, Neotoma floridana by Henry S. Fitch
Attempts are, however, made to palm off trimmed reprints as imperforate specimens.
From History of the Postage Stamps of the United States of America by John Kerr Tiffany
For imperforate stamps in this series we find the 1 cent, yellow, and the 15 cents in a peculiar shade of brown violet.
From Canada: Its Postage Stamps and Postal Stationery by Clifton Armstrong Howes
One female trapped on February 19, 1950, weighed only 140 grams and was still imperforate.
From Ecological Observations on the Woodrat, Neotoma floridana by Henry S. Fitch
It is a fact that he is "collected" like postage-stamps, though no published work of his has attained the price per copy of the imperforate twopenny Mauritius of 1847.
From George Cruikshank by W. H. Chesson
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