Increasingly sophisticated stamping and printing technology also allows tanneries to make low-quality skin from farm animals look like scaly snakeskin or crocodile -- or whatever manufacturers want.
Then there is the percussion, the stamping — sophisticated, syncopated, textured — that the cast produces in its dancing.
Bahrain's ruling family appears to have no more sophisticated policy than to stamp out all dissent.
And while banks accounted for a quarter of Britain's corporation tax and also underpinned value-added tax and stamp duty receipts, sophisticated investment banks and hedge funds managed to minimize payments.
To produce printed images using tools more sophisticated than potatoes and rubber stamps once required the esoteric knowledge of an alchemist and the manual skills of a surgeon.
Computer experts say the first versions of the worm appeared as early as 2009 and that the sophisticated version contained an internal time stamp from January of this year.
They would be wise to ask for sophisticated scientific proof as well as the usual stamps, signature and detailed provenance before they put their hands in their pockets.
In keeping with the broadening of stamps' graphic appeal, the Emily Post stamp was designed for a visually sophisticated audience.
And rather than outfit the space with every last fixture and accessory, he had tried to create a cohesive, sophisticated base on which Mr. Logozzo could put his own stamp as he found unique pieces he loved.
Sophisticated Anna seems at first to have outgrown both the postage-stamp geography of the place and her parents' values.
