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
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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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Although made and approved, this stamp is said to have been withheld from issue in this imperforate condition.
From History of the Postage Stamps of the United States of America by John Kerr Tiffany
Mr. Howes states that the stamp, with all three colors for the sea, is known imperforate.
From The Stamps of Canada by Bertram William Henry Poole
There are a good many specimens of these stamps imperforate, and they were on sale at a Canadian Post Office.
From Canada: Its Postage Stamps and Postal Stationery by Clifton Armstrong Howes
In optical section "bubble-cells" have a certain resemblance to porocytes, but the cell is of course imperforate and not flattened.
From Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa by Nelson Annandale
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
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