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Postmark Without Border: abstact of all postmarks which are not surrounded by a border

Text Postmark: postmarks without border to be made up of text in straigth lines

Single Straight Line Post-mark: postmark without border with one straigth text line

Twice Straight Line Post-mark: postmark without border with two straigth text lines

Triple Straight Line Post-mark: postmark without border with three straigth text lines

Text Arch Postmark: postmark without border with one arched text line

Text Arch Postmark With Straight Line: postmark without border with one arched and one or more straight text lines

Text Circle Postmark: postmark without border with two arched text lines in round shape

Text Ellipse Postmark: postmark without border with two arched text lines in elliptical shape

Line Postmark: postmarks without border to be made up of lines

Line Postmark: postmark without border with multiple straight lines

Wavy Line Postmark: postmark without border with multiple wavy lines

Radial Postmark: postmark without border with multiple straight lines starting from one center

Grid Postmark: postmarks without border to be made up of bars

Grid Circle Postmark: round postmark without border to be made up of bars

Grid Ellipses Postmark: elliptical postmark without border to be made up of bars

Grid Square Postmark With Circles: quadratic postmark without border to be made up of circles and bars

Grid Rhomb Postmark: rhombic postmark without border to be made up of bars

Dot Postmark: postmarks without border to be made up of dots

Dot Circle Postmark: round postmark without border to be made up of dots

Dot Ellipses Postmark: elliptical postmark without border to be made up of dots

Dot Rhomb Postmark: rhombic postmark without border to be made up of dots

Dot Star Postmark: star-shaped postmark without border to be made up of dots

Postmark With Interrupted Border: abstact of all postmarks which are partly surrounded by a border

Circle Form Postmark: round postmark with a interrupted border

Ellipse Form Postmark: elliptical postmark with a interrupted border

Rectangle Form Postmark: postmark with a interrupted border in right-angled quadrangular shape with oppositely equal length sides

Hexagon Form Postmark: hexagonal postmark with a interrupted border

Rectangle-semicircle Form Postmark: postmark with a interrupted border in rectangular shape with scheduled semicircle

Postmark with Border: abstact of all postmarks which are surrounded by a border

Circle Postmark: abstact of all postmarks which are surrounded by a round border

Single Circle Postmark: postmark with a border in round shape

Two Circles Postmark: postmark with a border in round shape with one additional circle as graphic element (text can be placed between the two circles)

Twice Circles Postmark: postmark with a border in round shape with one additional circle as graphic element (no text can be placed between the two circles)

Three Circles Postmark: postmark with a border in round shape with two additional circles as graphic element (text can be placed between the two circles)

Triple Circles Postmark: postmark with a border in round shape with two additional circles as graphic element (no text can be placed between the two circles)

Quadruple Circles Postmark: postmark with a border in round shape with three additional circles as graphic element (no text can be placed between the two circles)

Quintuple Circles Postmark: postmark with a border in round shape with four additional circles as graphic element (no text can be placed between the two circles)

Single Segment Postmark: postmark with a border in round or elliptical shape one part cut away

Single Part Segment Postmark: postmark with a border in round or elliptical shape two parts cut away

Single Part Sector Postmark: postmark with a border in sector shape with cut away top (fan postmark)

Single Part Circular Ring Postmark: postmark with a border in part circle ring shape

Ellipses Postmarks: abstact of all postmarks which are surrounded by a ellipsoidal border

Single Ellipses Postmark: postmark with a border in elliptical shape

Two Ellipses Postmark: postmark with a border in ellip-tical shape with one additional ellipses as graphic element (text can be placed between the two ellipses)

Twice Ellipses Postmark: postmark with a border in ellip-tical shape with one additional ellipses as graphic element (no text can be placed between the two ellipses)

Single Superellipse Post-mark: postmark with a border in mixture of a rectangle and an ellipse

Single Triangle Postmark: postmark with a border in triangular shape

Quadrangle Postmark: abstact of all postmarks which are surrounded by a quadrangular border

Single Rectangle Postmark: postmark with a border in right-angled quadrangular shape with oppositely equal length sides

Twice Rectangle Postmark: postmark with a border in right-angled quadrangular shape with oppositely equal length and one additional rectangle as graphic element (no text can be placed between the two rectangles)

Single Quadratic Postmark: postmark with a border in right-angled quadrangular shape with four equal length sides

Single Rhomb Postmark: postmark with a border in oblique quadrangular shape with four equal length sides

Single Trapezium Postmark: postmark with a border in oblique quadrangular shape with two equal length sides and two parallel unequal length sides

Single Pentagon Postmark: postmark with a border in pentagonal shape

Single Hexagon Postmark: postmark with a border in hexagonal shape

Single Octagon Postmark: postmark with a border in octagonal shape

Single Rectangle-semicircle Postmark: postmark with a border in rectangular shape with scheduled semicircle

Twice Rectangle-semicircle Postmark: postmark with a border in rectangular shape with scheduled semicircle (no text can be placed between the two rectangle-semicircles)

Single Circle Postmark With Part Circular Ring: postmark with a border in circle shape with scheduled part circle ring

Postmark Border Kinds: abstact of the different kinds of postmark borders

Line Border: postmark border to be made up of a line

Stroke Border: postmark border to be made up of a stroke line

Dot Border: postmark border to be made up of dots

Arch Border: postmark border to be made up of arches

Wavy Line Border: postmark border to be made up of a wavy line

Zig-zag Border: postmark border to be made up of spikes

Gear Border: postmark border to be made up of a gearlike line

Perforation Border: postmark border to be made up of a perforation-like line

Graphic Elements: postmark structure by design or decorative elements

Line: graphic element in a post-mark to be made up of a straight line not touching the border or touching the border on one side

Arch: graphic element in a postmark to be made up of a curved line

Circle: graphic element in a postmark to be made up of a round line

Segment: graphic element in a postmark to be made up of a round or elliptical shape one part cut away

Chord Segment: graphic element in a postmark to be made up of a round or elliptical shape one part cut away with chord

Part Segment: graphic element in a postmark to be made up of a round or elliptical shape two parts cut away

Grid: graphic element in a postmark to be made up of parallel lines to fill in an area

Grate: graphic element in a postmark to be made up of intersect parallel lines to fill in an area

Dot: graphic element in a postmark to be made up of dots to fill in an area

Angle: graphic element in a postmark to be made up of two straight lines touching in on point

Shackle: graphic element in a postmark to be made up of three straight lines mostly part of a rectangle

Rectangle: graphic element in a postmark to be made up of four straight lines showing a rectangle

Chord: graphic element in a postmark to be made up of a straight line touching the border on both sides

Short Bridge: graphic element in a postmark to be made up of two parallel lines not touching the border or touching the border on one side

Twice Short Bridge: graphic element in a postmark to be made up of two double parallel lines not touching the border or touching the border on one side

Bridge: graphic element in a postmark to be made up of two parallel lines touching the border on both sides

Twice Bridge: graphic element in a postmark to be made up of two double parallel lines touch-ing the border on both sides

Double Bridge: graphic element in a postmark to be made up of three parallel lines touching the border on both sides

Arch Bridge: graphic element in a postmark to be made up of a bridge with arches

Text Arrangement: text alignment in a postmark

single circle postmark with line (l)

single circle postmark with 2 lines (2l)

single circle postmark with arch at top (at)

single circle postmark with arch at bottom (ab)

single circle postmark with arch at top and at bottom (atab)

single circle postmark with arch at top, line, arch at bottom (atlab)