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Glassine vs Vellum - What's the difference?

glassine | vellum |

As nouns the difference between glassine and vellum

is that glassine is a light paper used as interleaving between artworks or stamp album pages while vellum is a type of parchment paper made from the skin of a lamb, baby goat, or calf.

glassine

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • a light paper used as interleaving between artworks or stamp album pages.
  • smooth, non-absorbing, grease- and moisture-resistant, super-calendered paper
  • (philately, usually used as a plural) A small stamp packet made from glassine paper.

    • Anagrams

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    vellum

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A type of parchment paper made from the skin of a lamb, baby goat, or calf.
  • A writing paper of very high quality.

    • See also

    * bookfell * parchment