Editing Paper embossing (section)

==On stamps==
[[File:1886 embossed 1s9d specimen revenue stamp.jpg|thumbnail|right|Embossing on an 1886 [[revenue stamp]] of Great Britain.]]
Embossing has been used regularly on [[postage stamp|postage]] and other types of stamps. The embossed paper of a [[letter sheet]] or [[stamped envelope]] is called an [[indicium]]. Notable early examples include some of the earliest stamps of Italy, [[KwaZulu-Natal Province|Natal]], and Switzerland, as well as the early high values of Great Britain (1847–54).<ref name=sgcomm>''Stanley Gibbons Stamp Catalogue: Commonwealth and British Empire Stamps 1840–1970''. 111th edition. London: [[Stanley Gibbons]], 2009, p. GB7. {{ISBN|0852596839}}</ref> Modern stamps still sometimes use embossing as a design element.