a <#stamp> with the <#precancel> applied at the <#bep=BEP>.

see <#bureau=Bureau Issue>.

the monthly journal of the <#bia=Bureau Issues Association> (<#usss=USSS>) from 1930 to 1966 when the journal was renamed <#usspec=The United States Specialist>.

the process of removing unwanted entries from an <#engraving=engraved> printing <#plate>, which is performed by a <#plfin=plate finisher>.

printers of the <#revenue=revenue stamps> issued from 1862-1871.