A part, or small portion, of anything, or one of a number of things, intended to exhibit the kind and quality of the whole, or of what is not exhibited; a sample; as, a specimen of a man's handwriting; a specimen of a person's blood; a specimen of painting; aspecimen of one's art.
A sample or prototype certificate produced by an engraving company to show the actual execution of a proposed design. It may be used as a sales piece to win the printing contract for the certificates that are ultimately issued.
A piece or portion of a sample or other material taken to be tested. Specimens normally are prepared to conform with the applicable test method.
a part, or small portion, of anything that is intended to exhibit characteristics and qualities of others just like it; a sample
a sample stamp, not valid for postage, generally overprinted "Specimen."
Samples of new stamps, distributed to the various countries through the UPU for purposes of identification and record, are inscribed, overprinted or punch-perforated with the word ‘Specimen'.
Is a flawless polished section of a representative even area of the material to be investigated, on which the real microstructure can be recognized. Thus during preparation, no changes may occur at the sample. Except for exceptions, the production of metallographic specimens comprises of the following working steps, which, however, mostly may be multiply subdivided depending on the method applied: sampling, bordering, marking, grinding, polishing, cleaning and pickling.
A sample taken to study the nature of the whole.
Stamp or stationery item distributed to Universal Postal Union members for identification purposes and to the philatelic press and trade for publicity purposes. Specimens are overprinted or punched with the word "SPECIMEN'' or its equivalent, or are overprinted or punched in a way to make them different from the issued stamps. Specimens of scarce stamps tend to be less valuable than the actual stamps. Specimens of relatively common stamps are more valuable.
an sample for study; someone or something considered typical of a group After the breath test, the driver was asked to give a blood specimen which was checked for alcohol.
An ordinarily-produced certificate preserved in unissued form for counterfeit detection and other purposes. Most specimens are numbered "00000" and are rubber-stamped "SPECIMEN", commonly in the signature area. Specimens are usually minimally punch cancelled.
A small sample of a substance, intended to show the nature of the whole, such as a blood or urine specimen.
Specimen Certificates are actual certificates that have never been issued. They were usually kept by the printers in their permanent archives as their only example of a particular certificate. Specimens were also used to show prospective clients different types of certificate designs that were available. Most specimens are numbered "00000" and are stamped "SPECIMEN", commonly in the signature area. Specimens are usually minimally punch cancelled.
Sample stamp usually with 'specimen' overprinted or perforated on it.
an overprint on stamps, not valid for postage, most often for distribution to the Universal Postal Union for identification purposes and to the philatelic press for publicity purposes
That portion of a sample taken for evaluation of some specific characteristic or property.
A sample of body tissue used for testing or examination.
An individual piece or portion of a sample used to make a specific test; of specific shape and dimensions.
a sample currency note, often but not necessarily with serial numbers of all zeroes. The original purpose of such notes was to provide banks and other agencies with examples of newly-issued money. A number of such specimens have been created expressly to satisfy collector demand. Some of these were regular-issue notes simply overstamped "SPECIMEN" in the official language of the issuing nation. In most examples of specimens, they are over- stamped in this way.
a sample, an individual taken as representative of the rest