Stamp data values used for `var'

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368 distinct values used for variant among 744218 stamp types.

Value	Uses
1	56
1 column	14
10 lines	1
11 lines in star	1
13 lines	1
14 dots	2
15c	1
15mm	1
16 dots	4
16 lines	1
16 lines in star	1
16mm	1
17mm	1
17x20	1
180 degree label	3
1894	25
1895	27
18mm	3
1900	21
1901	15
1902	8
1903	18
1905	16
1965	4
1968	5
1969	3
1982	1
1983	10
1992	24
1995	1
1996	1
2	67
2 1/2mm	3
2 column	10
2 dots	3
2002	1
2003	1
2004	1
2005	7
200f	1
2010	4
2012	3
21mm	2
21x25	1
2k	1
3	140
3 dots	3
3,extra curl	15
3,line connected	17
39 asterisks	1
3mm	3
4	6
4 1/2mm	3
4 twists	1
40 asterisks	2
49 pearls	1
5	2
5 twists	1
52 pearls	1
5a	2
6	2
7	3
9 lines	1
a	8
A	3
Afrikaans	14
ANNA	6
ANNAS	3
arms	3
arms inscription on back	3
b	11
B	2
B die	2
back figures	8
backprinting	3
bani	1
Beguia	1
Belgie-Belgique	19
Belgique-Belgie	16
Belgish Congo	1
bl 1996	1
bl frame	1
black bar	1
blue 1995	1
bowstring in front	4
bowstring in front 1	6
bowstring in front 2	14
C.DE PESO	7
canoe empty	1
CENT PESETA	5
centavo	1
centavos	1
center inverted	1
char redrawn	1
clear	3
coarse	3
colored margins	2
colored margins, center missing	1
colored numerals	282
colorless bg	1
compass projects	10
Congo Belge	1
control number	2
control numbers	12
corrected	3
crossed lines	18
crossed swords	1
Cs	2
Ct	1
curled hair	3
curving shoulder	1
Czech flag corrected	1
darker	2
darker sky lines	2
dated 1982	15
de	1
Defence	1
Defense	1
diaresis	2
die 1	1
die 2	11
die 3	1
die I	1
die II	1
die1	10
die2	17
diff frame	3
DOS large	2
DOS small	2
dot	4
dotting	4
double circle	16
double line frame	2
downward	1
DVA	1
DVE	2
EDIN	1
EDNA	1
EEUU	11
end between legs	8
English	15
europaens	1
europaeus	1
F with serifs	1
F without serifs	1
fine	3
fine print	6
Flemish	7
Flemish first	4
forgery	1
frame	4
frame line	44
framed	4
FRANK	1
French	15
French first	4
full phosphor	3
German	8
gold frame	4
GR	5
graphite lines	8
handstamp a	17
heavier 5	1
heavy shading	9
horiz lines	10
hyphenated	2
I	47
II	19
III	2
imprint	14
inscr. Eva Peron	5
inverted yellow	1
Italian	8
joined character	167
KR	4
large	1
large blue 1995	1
large denom	1
large head	1
large letters	1
large numerals	13
larger	15
larger head	4
larger numerals	4
larger pearls	1
larger value letters	1
lei	2
letters spaced	1
lighter	2
lighter 5	1
lined bg	1
lined numerals	3
lines added	1
Lit. Medellin	10
Lit. Nacional	8
man in canoe	1
N under B	52
N under U	146
name	11
name colored	4
name in bl	2
name white	5
narrow	31
narrow margins	10
narrow space	16
network points down	7
network points up	7
new die	3
no 180 degree label	1
no accent	2
no bars	5
no dot	4
no frame	5
no frame line	114
no imprint	25
no microprinting	1
no mk	1
no name	13
no other countries	1
no period after value	23
no RF	17
no serif	1
no serifs	2
no shading	6
no Togo	2
no zeros	11
nondenom	1
normal z	1
number on back	2
numeral diagonal	1
numerals upright	2
one and a half	9
one and half	5
ornaments at bottom	19
other	1
other countries	1
otherother	1
outer bars	6
oval O	1
overall tagged	2
P&R	13
paper colored through	4
period after value	16
phosphor bands	2
phosphor only on animals	5
piastre	1
piastres	1
plain	5
Postage	18
postage & revenue	20
Postage & Revenue (Grenada)	1
POSTAGE 2.5mm	1
POSTAGE 3.5mm	1
Postage&Revenue	1
postes postage	11
posthorn on back	10
PTAS	1
PTS	1
re-engraved	22
red 1995	1
red bar	4
redrawn	47
redrawn 5 lines	1
redrawn char	3
reengraved	6
Reichsmark	1
Republica	8
retouch 1	1
retouch 2	1
reversed z	1
round O	1
Royal Visit 1954	1
ruled bg&dots dashes in coils	3
ruled bg&fine lines in coils	3
S. Tome	18
S. Tome e Principe	27
Sandy's	5
Sandys	2
screen	4
secret mark	128
secret mark,no star in button	3
secret mark,star in button	9
serifs	2
signed A.C.M.	1
signed ACM, AC connected	1
Singhalese&English	2
Singhalese&Tamil	2
single heavy circle	58
single line frame	1
small	1
small c	1
small denom	1
small figures	1
small head	1
small letters	1
small numerals	3
smaller	27
solid	4
solid bg	8
solid numerals	3
spelling fixed	1
square dots right of d	2
straight hair	4
stroke missing	1
strong frame line	1
SUID-AFRIKA	12
SUIDAFRIKA	10
sur	1
surcharge inscription on back	1
t1	3
t2	3
t3	3
thick 5	5
thick numerals	26
thin 5	5
thin lines	3
thin lines right of d	3
thin numerals	13
three lines	1
THREE PENCE	1
top cup char	8
top dot char	14
two line	1
type I	8
Type I	4
Type I 10c	2
Type Ia	2
Type Ib	1
type II	3
Type II (10c)	2
Type II (1c)	2
Type II (5c)	2
type II (Russia)	1
Type III	4
Type IIIa	2
Type IV (10c)	2
Type IV (1c)	2
Type V	2
type1	1
type2	2
TYPI	3
unframed	4
upward	1
Urdu reversed	2
value 16.5mm	1
value 19mm	1
varnish bars	36
varnished	266
vio 1996	1
vio 1996 large	1
walter lily	1
water lily	4
wavy	3
wavy frame lines	3
weak frame line	1
white	1
white bg	1
white line	3
white numerals	10
wide margins	549
with gutter	1
without signature	1
worn	4
XXV ANIVERSARIO DE SU GOBIERNO	1
xyz	33
year at lower left	1
year at lower right	1