imperforate

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It would probably be impossible to remove the perforation so as to make this stamp pass for an imperforate specimen and then it would lack the projection of the original.

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

Colotomy in the left groin applicable in cases of imperforate anus and deficiency of rectum in infants.

From A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners by Bell, Joseph

There are a good many specimens of these stamps imperforate, and they were on sale at a Canadian Post Office.

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

Anoestrus females are imperforate, and a vaginal orifice is present only during an active oestral cycle or in pregnancy.

From Aspects of Reproduction and Development in the Prairie Vole (Microtus ochrogaster) by Fitch, Henry S.

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 Howes, Clifton Armstrong