plate number coil

English

Noun

plate number coil (plural plate number coils)

  1. (philately) A United States postage stamp with the number of the printing plate or plates printed on it.
    • 1997 June 18, WJFIELDS [username], “Re: Why collect new U.S.?”, in rec.collecting.stamps‎ (Usenet):
      We have developed other philatelic interests over the years so that it isn't important to us to have every new issue. Or, as Dave Lee suggested in another post, we work a specialty within modern issues such as plate number coils, or transportation issues, etc.

Synonyms
  • PNC (initialism)
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