die proof

Some countries, especially in Europe, make up presentation packs of die proofs for museums or government officials.

Also featured is an extremely fine large die proof of the green, orange and black $5,000 value that was prepared, but never issued.

These are known as progressive or contemporary die proofs.

Pulls are made of die proofs in order to check progress when engraving a stamp.

"I'm dying proof," he told interviewers before his death, "that smoking will kill you."

Of course die proof was a lie, because this was all a vision in which anything could happen, but Orb did not know mat.

India paper has also often been used for the printing of die proofs of postage stamps.

In philately a Die Proof is a printed image pulled directly from the master die for an engraved stamp.

Die proof (philately)

The Apollo 11 crew carried with them a die proof of Calle's moon-landing stamp, which was hand canceled by the astronauts while on the mission.

When the final design has been cut, die proofs are pulled, usually on light cardboard or India paper, which have very fine texture and permit examination of the engraving in detail.

Die proofs for engraved stamps are normally printed under great pressure onto oversized card and, as they are printed from the master die, they are normally of high quality.

The Harrison Collection is a collection of mostly British and British Commonwealth die proofs engraved by J.A.C. Harrison between 1911 and 1937.

Any pulls from the master die after the stamp has been printed are known as posthumous die proofs and are normally produced for presentation purposes, as samples of the printer's work or to satisfy philatelic demand (demand for the item amongst collectors of stamps).

In 1963, H.W.P. Harrison donated a collection of mostly British and British Commonwealth die proofs engraved by J.A.C. Harrison between 1911 and 1937 to the British Museum and it today forms part of the British Library Philatelic Collections.