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souvenir sheet

American  

noun

Philately.

  1. a single stamp or a pair, block, or set of stamps having the same or different designs commemorating a stamp exhibition or other event and having inscriptions in one or all four margins.

Etymology

Origin of souvenir sheet

First recorded in 1935–40

Example Sentences

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The Vatican's Philatelic and Numismatic Office is offering a souvenir sheet of two ten-euro stamps that could raise 3 million euros for the project, if all 150,000 are sold.

From New York Times • Nov. 30, 2012

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