Glazed paper

Glazed paper, or Glacé paper, is a very shiny surfaced paper on its printed side. The back side is normal paper. This is different from chalky paper which is normally matte/dull on its printed side but can become somewhat shiny from polishing against (say) album or stock pages. The test for chalky paper (see: chalky paper) will reveal the difference.

Examples include some Portuguese colonies stamps from the first Carlos issue and some from the first Ceres issue. The 1867 and 1868 Papal States issues (including forgeries!) all have colored glazed paper.

While glazed paper allows very sharp printing, it is often not that good at taking inks used for cancels, resulting in smudged cancellations. While this still defaces the stamp for postal purposes, it is not popular with collectors. Glazed paper is also found on modern self-adhesive stamps including Computer vended/ATM stamps.  File:Pap S 2c perfed.jpg|1868 2c Papal States 

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