Stamp data values used for `var'

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368 distinct values used for variant among 754562 stamp types.

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