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imperforate

[im-pur-fer-it, -fuh-reyt] / ɪmˈpɜr fər ɪt, -fəˌreɪt /








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The labels were normally perforated the usual 12, but the same journal for April 13, 1892 reports that a whole sheet had been seen in an imperforate condition.

From Canada: Its Postage Stamps and Postal Stationery by Clifton Armstrong Howes

Hare-lip, cleft palate, hernia and imperforate anus are physical abnormalities which are interesting to the surgeon rather than to the pathologist.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" by Various

For imperforate stamps in this series we find the 1 cent, yellow, and the 15 cents in a peculiar shade of brown violet.

From Canada: Its Postage Stamps and Postal Stationery by Clifton Armstrong Howes

One female trapped on February 19, 1950, weighed only 140 grams and was still imperforate.

From Ecological Observations on the Woodrat, Neotoma floridana by Henry S. Fitch

Attempts are, however, made to palm off trimmed reprints as imperforate specimens.

From History of the Postage Stamps of the United States of America by John Kerr Tiffany




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