PRINTING, in its fullest sense, is reproducing from a DIE, PLATE, STEREOTYPE, &c. (all of which see). There are, on this definition, four kinds of production: "Embossing," where the paper is impressed with a raised design, by pressure from a cut-out die (_see_ EMBOSSED); "Surface-printing" or "typography," where the portions of the plate which receive the ink and print the design are raised: this process causes a slight indentation on the surface of the paper and a corresponding elevation at the back; "Printing direct from plate" (so-called LINE-ENGRAVED, which see), in which the portions to be inked are recessed: in this process, the printed design on the stamps is in very slight relief, due to the ink being taken from the recessed engraving. "Lithography" is printing from a stone, on which the design has been drawn or otherwise laid down: impressions from a stone are flat. PROOF.--An impression, properly in black, from the die, plate, or stone, taken in order to see if the design, &c., has been properly engraved or reproduced. PROVISIONAL.--A make-shift intended to supply a temporary want of the proper stamp, which may have been unexpectedly sold out, or may not have been supplied owing to lack of time. QUADRILLÉ.--_See_ PAPER. RE-ISSUE denotes the bringing again into use of a stamp which has become obsolete, or at any rate has been long out of use at the post-office; it sometimes implies a new printing. REMAINDERS.--Stamps printed during the period of issue and left on hand when that issue has gone out of use. REPRINT.--Strictly a REPRINT is an impression taken from the identical original die, plate, stone, or block, after the stamps printed therefrom have gone out of use. The term is used to include printings from new plates or stones, made from the original die. And _see_ GOVERNMENT IMITATIONS. REP.--_See_ PAPER.