Letter piece
Philatelists describe the part cut out of a mail item as a letter piece , which should contain the complete cancellation stamp as well as the franking if possible. Such clippings do not necessarily have to come from letters; clippings from postcards , parcels , parcels , wrappers, etc. are also referred to as letter pieces. Entire letter fronts also count towards the letter pieces.
With the stamp imprint it contains and any further processing notes that may be present, the piece of letter contains information that the individual stamp alone cannot convey. Especially collectors interested in postal history will therefore - if they cannot receive a mail item as a whole - pay special attention to the piece of mail.
Parts that are cut out from mail items with imprinted stamps ( postal stationery ) are not referred to as letter pieces, but as postal stationery cut-outs .
literature
- Wolfram Grallert: Lexicon of Philately. 2nd Edition. Phil * Creativ GmbH, Schwalmtal 2007.