Plate Number

On this strip from a sheet of postage stamps of the USA of 1895 it is visible that stamps are printed from a printing form No. 170

The plate number (also known as plate number ), also sheet number ^[1] , is the number printed on the field of the stamp sheet or roll of postage stamps , which indicates the print form used to print these postage stamps .

Content

Description

The number of the printed form can be considered as one of the subspecies of the control number on the sign of the postal payment or on the field of the stamp sheet, which performs the control function ^[2] . According to its purpose is a distinctive feature ^[3] :

printed form or
certain sector of the printing stamp sheet .

In the latter case, it is also called a leaf number ^[1] .

In practice, it is the serial number of this printed form ^[4] . It is usually printed on one of the fields of the vintage sheet, on its edge or on the border of the sheet ^[3] ^[4] , and is indicated in the form of numbers, individual letters or a combination of them ^[3] .

The numbering principle is widely used in printing as printing sequential, non-repeating numbers (copies). Numbering, as a rule, is carried out on a printing press in the process of printing a circulation by means of a numbering device, which is mounted in a printing form ^[5] .

Collecting

Postage stamps with fields containing printed plate numbers are considered as special objects of philatelic collecting . They are especially important in collections of a research nature , formed to study the specifics of the manufacture of signs of postal payment ^[3] .

Stamp collectors and stamp collectors who analyze and collect plate numbers and stamps with different plate numbers can join together in societies. The American Plate Number Single Society (abbreviated as APNSS ) is an example of a specialized philatelic society that focuses on collecting plate numbers. The company traces its history since 1952 and was organized organizationally in 1976. Since 1988, APNSS has been an affiliate member of No. 178 of the American Philatelic Society ^[4] .

Notes

↑ ¹ ² Sheet number // Large Philatelic Dictionary / N. I. Vladinets, L. I. Ilyichev, I. Ya. Levitas ... [and others ]; under the general. ed. N.I. Vladinets and V.A. Jacobs. - M .: Radio and communications, 1988. - S. ???. - 40,000 copies. - ISBN 5-256-00175-2 . (Retrieved July 1, 2017) Archived copy (unspecified) . Date of treatment July 1, 2017. Archived July 1, 2017.
↑ Control number // Large Philatelic Dictionary / N. I. Vladinets, L. I. Ilyichev, I. Ya. Levitas ... [ and others ] ; under the general. ed. N.I. Vladinets and V.A. Jacobs. - M .: Radio and communications, 1988. - S. ???. - 40,000 copies. - ISBN 5-256-00175-2 . (Retrieved July 1, 2017) Archived copy (unspecified) . Date of treatment July 1, 2017. Archived July 1, 2017.
↑ ¹ ² ³ ⁴ Number of printed form // Large Philatelic Dictionary / N. I. Vladinets, L. I. Ilyichev, I. Ya. Levitas ... [ and others ] ; under the general. ed. N.I. Vladinets and V.A. Jacobs. - M .: Radio and communications, 1988. - S. ???. - 40,000 copies. - ISBN 5-256-00175-2 . (Retrieved July 1, 2017) Archived copy (unspecified) . Date of treatment July 1, 2017. Archived July 1, 2017.
↑ ¹ ² ³ The American Plate Number Single Society . About APNSS . American Plate Number Single Society. Date of treatment July 2, 2017. Archived July 2, 2017.
↑ Numbering // Philatelic Dictionary / Comp. O. Ya. Basin. - M .: Communication, 1968 .-- 164 p. (Retrieved July 2, 2017) Archived copy (unspecified) . Date of treatment July 1, 2017. Archived July 2, 2017.

Links

apnss.org (eng.) - The official site of the American Society of Collectors of Single Stamps with the number of the printed form. (Retrieved July 2, 2017) Archived copy (unspecified) . Date of treatment February 13, 2017. Archived July 2, 2017.
- Glossary of stamp collecting terms . About APNSS . American Plate Number Single Society. Date of treatment July 2, 2017. Archived July 2, 2017.
- Examples of Plate Number Singles . View Examples . American Plate Number Single Society. Date of treatment July 2, 2017. Archived July 2, 2017.

[BFS1-1] ¹ ² Sheet number // Large Philatelic Dictionary / N. I. Vladinets, L. I. Ilyichev, I. Ya. Levitas ... [and others ]; under the general. ed. N.I. Vladinets and V.A. Jacobs. - M .: Radio and communications, 1988. - S. ???. - 40,000 copies. - ISBN 5-256-00175-2 . (Retrieved July 1, 2017) Archived copy (unspecified) . Date of treatment July 1, 2017. Archived July 1, 2017.

[2] Control number // Large Philatelic Dictionary / N. I. Vladinets, L. I. Ilyichev, I. Ya. Levitas ... [ and others ] ; under the general. ed. N.I. Vladinets and V.A. Jacobs. - M .: Radio and communications, 1988. - S. ???. - 40,000 copies. - ISBN 5-256-00175-2 . (Retrieved July 1, 2017) Archived copy (unspecified) . Date of treatment July 1, 2017. Archived July 1, 2017.

[BFS2-3] ¹ ² ³ ⁴ Number of printed form // Large Philatelic Dictionary / N. I. Vladinets, L. I. Ilyichev, I. Ya. Levitas ... [ and others ] ; under the general. ed. N.I. Vladinets and V.A. Jacobs. - M .: Radio and communications, 1988. - S. ???. - 40,000 copies. - ISBN 5-256-00175-2 . (Retrieved July 1, 2017) Archived copy (unspecified) . Date of treatment July 1, 2017. Archived July 1, 2017.

[APNSS-4] ¹ ² ³ The American Plate Number Single Society . About APNSS . American Plate Number Single Society. Date of treatment July 2, 2017. Archived July 2, 2017.

[5] Numbering // Philatelic Dictionary / Comp. O. Ya. Basin. - M .: Communication, 1968 .-- 164 p. (Retrieved July 2, 2017) Archived copy (unspecified) . Date of treatment July 1, 2017. Archived July 2, 2017.