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A number in a sheet margin identifying the printing plate.
Also known as: Cylinder number marking, Plate marking philately
In philately a plate number is printed in a sheet margin to identify which plate produced the sheet, letting printings be told apart after the sheet is broken up.
A small numeral printed in the margin of a sheet, outside the stamps themselves.
A fuller structured visual breakdown is not yet documented for this symbol.