Meaning of tête-bêche | Babel Free
tɛtˈbɛʃDefinitions
Of a postage stamp, printed upside down relative to the following stamp of the same row or column.
not-comparable
Equivalents
Examples
“Liu himself is a professional stamp⟳ collector, and in 1972 he bought a tête-bêche pair of Qing dynasty stamps from an auction in London.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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