commemorative stamp

collocation in English

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commemorative
adjective
uk
/kəˈmem.ər.ə.tɪv/us
/kəˈmem.ɚ.ə.t̬ɪv/
done or made to officially remember and give respect to a great person ...
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stamp
noun
uk
/stæmp/us
/stæmp/
a small piece of paper with a picture or pattern on it that is stuck onto a letter or package before it is posted, to show that the cost of sending it has ...
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(Definition ofcommemorativeandstampfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Last year, worldcommemorativestampissues totalled 4,675 and in this country only eight.
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Could thecommemorativestampbe issued for rather wider circulation, in denominations of either 3p or 2½p?
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This argument would have applied to almost all thecommemorativestampissues, which are widely welcomed.
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This was the case for the lastcommemorativestampfor 9p.
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I am sure that he will join me in proposing the issue of acommemorativestampnext year, marking the centenary of the discovery of the electron.
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It considered the issuing of acommemorativestamp, but decided that it was unable to do so as it was focusing on a millennium theme in 1999.
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Anothercommemorativestampwas published on the 90th anniversary of the series in 2009.
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It also issued acommemorativestampin his honor in 1985.
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Acommemorativestampon him was released in 1987.
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In 1894, a street was named in his honor and acommemorativestampwas issued in 1996.
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Several celebrations were planned including acommemorativestampand series of postcards.
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Thecommemorativestampreflects initial repairs to the station, including the parasol sunshade.
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Commemorativestampeditions were introduced in 1894.
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Acommemorativestampwas printed in 2008.
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Lincoln, however, was omitted: instead he would be honored with his own anniversarycommemorativestampin 1909.
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The "subject" of thecommemorativestampis usually spelled out in print, unlike definitive stamps which normally depict the subject along with the denomination and country name only.
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Artifacts representing independence and nationalism could range in size from commemorative stamps to massive marble monuments.
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Acommemorativestampwas issued.
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Twenty-eight commemorative stamps have been or will be issued in all, bringing in an estimated philatelic revenue of £590,000.
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This, of course, will be the ordinary 2½ d. denomination and, like other commemorative stamps, will be of a larger size.
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