souvenir sheet

noun

: a block or set of postage stamps or a single stamp printed on a single sheet of paper often without gum or perforations and with margins containing lettering or design that identifies some notable event being commemorated

Word History

First Known Use

1940, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of souvenir sheet was in 1940

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“Souvenir sheet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/souvenir%20sheet. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.

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