ABBREVIATIONS
DESCRIPTIONS
Catalogue numbers (#) and Catalogue values (C.v.) are taken from latest editions of
Scott Catalogue. In the cases when stamps or souvenir sheets are unlisted
in Scott Catalogue we are using Michel Catalogue (Mi), which has prices
expressed in Euro.
If Scott Catalogue does not have prices for NH stamps then latest editions
of Dallay, Facit, Karamitsos, Michel, Sakura, Sassone, Stanley Gibbons (SG),
Unitrade, Yang, Yvert (Yv), etc. are used.
Lots in the section Great Britain and British Commonwealth have
been catalogued accordingly to the Stanley Gibbons. C.v. are expressed in
Pound Sterling (£).
Canadian and British North America material is priced by the
latest edition of Unitrade Catalogue in Canadian dollars.
SYMBOLS AND ABBREVIATIONS
| ** |
- Never hinged, original gum |
| * |
- Hinged, original gum |
| **/* |
- Mixed, never hinged and hinged |
| (*) |
- No gum, unused |
| U |
- Used |
| C |
- Coin |
| D |
- Document, Ephemera |
| F |
- Forgery, Postal Forgery |
| L |
- Label, Semi-Official Stamp |
| P |
- Proof |
| S |
- Specimen |
| SB, B |
- Stamp, Postcard Booklet |
| W |
- Wholesale lot |
 |
- Block or large multiple |
 |
- Cover, entire wrapper, FDC |
| Est. |
- Estimate |
| fn |
- Footnote |
| Mi |
- Michel Catalogue |
| SC |
- Standard Collection Catalogue |
| SG |
- Stanley Gibbons Catalogue |
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| C.v. |
- Catalogue value |
| OG |
- Original Gum |
| NH |
- Never hinged |
| LH |
- Lightly hinged |
| VLH |
- Very lightly hinged |
| F/VF |
- Fine/Very Fine Centering |
| VF |
- Very Fine Centering |
| XF |
- Extremely Fine Centering |
| AU/BU |
- Brilliant Uncirculated |
| MS |
- Mint State |
| UNC |
- Uncirculated |
| COA |
- Certificate of Authenticity |
| ds, cds |
- Date Stamp, Circular Date Stamp |
| CTO |
- Cancelled to order |
| FDC |
- First Day Cover |
| Govt. |
- Government |
| Gub. |
- Gubernia |
| Obl. |
- Oblast |
| PPC |
- Picture postcard |
| TPO |
- Traveling Post Office (Mail Car) |
| Ph |
- Photo |
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