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Postmark shape: outline drawing of a postmark

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 postmark: postmark without border with one straigth text line

Twice straight line postmark: postmark without border with two straigth text lines

Triple straight line postmark: postmark without border with three straigth text lines

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 post-mark 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 quad-rangular 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: post-mark 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 postmark: 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 elliptical shape with one additional ellipses as graphic element (text can be placed between the two ellipses)

Twice ellipses postmark: postmark with a border in elliptical shape with one additi-onal ellipses as graphic element (no text can be placed between the two ellipses)

Single superellipse postmark: 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 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-semi-circles)

Single circle postmark with part circular ring: postmark with a border in circle shape with scheduled part circle ring

Free-form shape postmark: abstract of all postmarks which can be described only with analogies (silhouette postmark)

Balloon postmark: free-form postmark with a hot air balloon silhouette

Heart postmark: free-form postmark with a heart silhouette

Map postmark: free-form postmark with a map silhouette

Post horn postmark: free-form postmark with a post horn silhouette

Ship postmark: free-form postmark with a ship silhouette

Paw cross postmark: free-form postmark with a paw cross silhouette

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 postmark 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 post-mark 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

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 post-mark 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 touching 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

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