| Abbreviations |
|
Definitions |
| A: |
|
Album or Year Album |
| A.A.M.C./Eustis |
|
Australian Air Mail Catalogue (Nelson Eustis)
current edition |
| AAT: |
|
Australian Antarctic Territory |
| ACSC or B/W |
|
Brusden White Aust.C'Wealth Specialist
Catalogue |
| AP |
|
Australia Post |
| ASBA |
|
Australian Booklet Specialist Album |
| A.S.C.: |
|
Australian Stamp Catalogue (Seven Seas
Stamps) Current Colour Edition |
| ATM |
|
Automatic Teller Machine |
| BAT: |
|
British Antarctic Territory |
| BCOF: |
|
British Commonwealth Occupation Force(Japan) |
| BIOT: |
|
British Indian Ocean Territory |
| Bklt/B |
|
Booklet |
| b/s |
|
back stamp |
| B/S: |
|
Button Set |
| C: |
|
Cover |
| Cat. |
|
Catalogue Value |
| C of A |
|
Commonwealth of Australia |
| CC: |
|
Collector Card |
| c.d.s.: |
|
circular date stamp cancellation |
| CN: |
|
Collection |
| Commem: |
|
Commemorative or Special Issue sets |
| CP: |
|
Campbell Paterson - New Zealand Catalogue |
| CPS |
|
Counter Printed Stamps ( Face Value Printed
on Stamps at P.O. Counter |
| CTO: |
|
cancelled to order (Generally from PO "
specimen" packs) |
| Defin: |
|
Definitive or Regular long term issue stamp
sets |
| Env. |
|
Envelope |
| F.D.C. |
|
First Day Cover |
| FDI: |
|
First Day of Issue |
| F.V. or FV: |
|
Face Value |
| GRI |
|
Georgus Rex Imperator |
| GU: |
|
good used |
| GU/FU /VFU: |
|
Good Used, Fine Used or Very Fine Used |
| HB: |
|
Heritage Book |
| H & G |
|
Higgins & Gage (Postal Stationery Catalogue) |
| h/s: |
|
Handstamped or Handstamp |
| Imp. |
|
Imprint |
| Imperf |
|
Imperforate |
| IPM |
|
Imperforate Margin |
| KEVII: |
|
King Edward VII |
| KGV: |
|
King George V |
| KGVI: |
|
King George VI |
| LC |
|
Lettercard |
| Marg. |
|
Marginal (Copy of Stamp Adjacent to Selvedge
of Sheet) |
| Mi: |
|
Michel German Catalogue |
| Mi or Michel: |
|
Michel (German) Catalogue. Current edition
and prices in D.Marks |
| MLH: (*) |
|
Mint Lightly Hinged |
| M/S: |
|
Miniature Sheets/ Souvenir Sheets |
MUH: (**)
|
|
Mint Unhinged - Unmounted Mint, Mint Never
Hinged |
| N.W.P.I. |
|
North West Pacific Islands |
| (O) |
|
Good Used, Fine Used or Very Fine Used |
| O/C: |
|
Appreciably Off-Centre - Usually in two
Directions |
| Opt.: |
|
Overprinted |
| OS |
|
Official Service - Official Use |
| O/W: |
|
otherwise |
| (P) |
|
Photographed |
| P: |
|
Portfolio |
| PC: |
|
Postcard |
| Perf |
|
Perforation |
| P.O. |
|
Post Office |
| POA |
|
Price on Application |
| POP |
|
Post Office Pack |
| PPM |
|
Part Perforated Through Margin |
| PSE |
|
Pre-Stamped Envelope |
| PTM |
|
Perforated Through Margin |
| QE II: |
|
Queen Elizabeth II |
| QV: |
|
Queen Victoria |
| R/C: |
|
Reasonably Centred |
| S |
|
Specimen |
| SC: |
|
Souvenir Cover |
| SC or Scott: |
|
Scott Catalogue number current edition
and price in $US |
| SCDAA: |
|
Stamp & Coin Dealers Association of
Australasia |
| Selv. |
|
Selvedge - |
| SG: |
|
Stanley Gibbons catalogue number - usually
"Part 1"Br. Commonwealth in £Stg |
| Shtlt: |
|
Sheetlet |
| S/S: |
|
Seven Seas |
| STC |
|
Stated to have a catalogue value of............... |
| Superb |
|
Perfect !!! No faults !!! |
| U: |
|
Used |
| Unadd: |
|
Unaddressed |
| Unc.: |
|
Uncirculated |
| Unused: |
|
Mint or Uncancelled without Gum - (Generally
on earlier issues Pre-1900) |
| VF or V.F.: |
|
Very Fine: Refers to overall condition,
not just postmark |
| VST: |
|
Victoria Stamp Traders |
| W/C: |
|
Well-Centred |
| WCS: |
|
Wesley Cover Service |
| Wmk |
|
Watermark |
| Zum: |
|
Zumstein Catalogue |
