Category:Stamps

postage stamp
	small piece of paper that is purchased and displayed on an item of mail as evidence of payment of postage
	Wikipedia
Subclass of	franking,; paper product,; manifestation,; collectable,; indicia,; work
Has part	work of art; paper;
Authority control
	GND ID: 4008242-8; BabelNet ID: 00063768n
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This is the category of images of postage stamps, revenue stamps, and similar types of adhesive labels. Other stamps are in the subcategory Rubber stamps.

Note that the copyright status of stamps, especially recent ones, is often obscure; US stamps before 1978 are in the public domain, as are all Soviet and Russian stamps, while Sweden claims copyright on all designs ever issued.

To get the most professional appearance, use a flatbed scanner rather than a camera, use a black background, align the stamps carefully, and leave a thin black margin outside the perforations, so that the entire physical stamp is visible. Scan at the highest resolution possible; 1200 or even 2400 DPI is good.

(this advice in other languages would be helpful, thanks)

Commons:Stamps/Public domain, list of in-the-public-domain stamps
Commons:Stamps/Public domain templates

العربية: تمغاي ودمغة

Deutsch: Briefmarke, Briefmarken

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