In
philately
Philately (; ) is the study of postage stamps and postal history. It also refers to the collection and appreciation of stamps and other philatelic products. Philately involves more than just stamp collecting or the study of postage; it is poss ...
a new print or afterprint is a new printing of a postage
stamp
Stamp or Stamps or Stamping may refer to:
Official documents and related impressions
* Postage stamp, used to indicate prepayment of fees for public mail
* Ration stamp, indicating the right to rationed goods
* Revenue stamp, used on documents to ...
not from the original
printing plate, when the stamp is no longer sold at the
post office
A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letters and parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packaging, and stationery. Post offices may offer additional serv ...
counter for postage purposes.
["Reprints and Afterprints - a Question Revisited" by Jeffrey Stone in '' The London Philatelist'', Vol. 114, p.322, November 2005.]
Where a new printing is from the original medium it is classed as a ''
reprint
A reprint is a re-publication of material that has already been previously published. The term ''reprint'' is used with slightly different meanings in several fields.
Academic publishing
In academic publishing, offprints, sometimes also known a ...
'', but where the original medium is no longer available, perhaps because the original printing plates have been destroyed, it is classed as a ''new print'' or ''afterprint''.
For instance, the 1856 10 kopek stamp from Finland was reprinted in 1862 by the same method as the original (typography) and from the original steel die. In 1892 the Russian Director of Posts and Telegraphs ordered the stamp to be printed again, however, the original die was not available and the stamp was therefore reproduced using lithography, making it a ''new print''.
[ Had the later stamp not been officially authorised it would be classed as a forgery.
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References
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Further reading
*Stone, Jeffrey. "Afterprints of Finland: a Terminological Problem." in ''The London Philatelist'', Vol. 112, pp.108-111, April 2003.
Philatelic terminology
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