Se-Tenant versus Tete-Beche Stamps - What They Are

The term "se-tenant" when used with stamps refers to an unsevered (still attached) pair, strip or block of stamps that differ in design, denomination or overprint.

The term "tete-beche" when used with stamps also describes a pair of stamps, but in this case, one of the stamps is upside down in relation to the other. For example, imagine two definitive stamps that picture the portrait of King George V. A tete-beche pair of these stamps would result in one upside-down head. If the two tete-beche stamps are separated (don't do this!) then the stamps' value as a tete-beche pair is of course destroyed.