Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Relating to or being commemorative stamps that are printed together on the same sheet but differ from one another.
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- noun A set of
postage stamps with differing values, colours, etc, but printed on the same sheet.
Etymologies
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[French : se, reflexive pron. + tenant, present participle of tenir, to hold.]
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From French se tenant ("holding each other"), present participle of se tenir ("to hold each other")
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reesetee commented on the word se-tenant
French for "joined together." In stamp collecting, it refers to two or more stamps with different designs or values printed together on the same sheet. The term is most often used to indicate an intact, unseparated pair (or greater multiple), although it can also describe the stamp issue.
August 25, 2008