Term applied to the gold coins struck at the Charlotte, North Carolina branch Mint. This Mint only struck gold coins from its opening in late 1837 until it was seized by the Confederacy. (Coins struck in late 1837 were actually dated 1838.) ...
Term applied to postage stamps that have been enclosed in some form of casing (usually metal and mica) for use as emergency coinage.
A mark applied to a stamp to prevent its re-use. Usually referred to as a Postmark.
Charity Stamp
A stamp sold at a premium over its face value, the premium supporting a worthwhile cause.
Any mark applied to a stamp to prevent its reuse.
Centering
The position of the design on a stamp. On perfectly centered stamps, the design is exactly in the middle. Coil Stamp Stamp produced in a roll for use in vending machines.
A postmark applied to mail by the receiving post office or by a post office handling the piece while it is in transit. Backstamps are usually on the back of a cover, but they can be on the front.
Bank Mixture: ...
A handstamp applied to international letters prior to 1875 showing the charge to be collected from the addressee.
Additional Halfpenny Tax ...
Machines that applied cancels were manufactured by a number of companies, each of which had different characteristics. For information about the Machine Cancel Society, contact Gary Carlson, 3097 Frobisher Ave.
Cancel - marks applied to stamps which prevent reuse. The marks often include a date, rate, route, or place of mailing.
The phosphor is applied in vertical bands, or more recently all over the stamp, and fluoresces under ultra-violet light. This enables the mail sorting machine to face the mail and sort it into types.
Adhesive. A term applied to ordinary postage stamps intended for sticking on letters and parcels, as compared with envelope stamps and postcards, where the design is impressed or imprinted onto the envelope or card.
Gum: The mucilage applied to the backs of adhesive postage stamps, revenue stamps or envelope flaps. Gum is a concern of stamp collectors. It may crack and harm the paper of the stamp itself.
Tagging is coating applied on or in the paper or ink of postage stamps to help machines detect and cancel the stamp. Most U.S.
" When applied on a stamp, the stamp is used for payment of Postage Due; when stamped on an envelope, it signifies that Postage Due has been charged. 2: Scott Catalog number prefix for U.S. Telegraph.
See Ship Letter handstamp applied to letters arriving by Packet.
Pair - Two se-tenant postage stamps, taken to be se-tenant horizontally unless described as a 'vertical pair'.
Sepia A dark brown color applied to photographs or other prints. Inky secretions of the cuttlefish produce this coloration. Series Groups of postcards that belong together in a collection.
A marking normally attributed to a recognized Competent Authority expertizer or expertizing committee applied to the reverse of a postage stamp, or the front and/or reverse of a cover, to assign a genuinity status to the item; ...
5 cts", implying the sender applied the stamp and paid 2 cts more to the clerk at time of mailing, which would have paid the US 5¢ inland rate only, leaving at least 50¢ more to be paid by the recipient.
*Phosphor Tagging - a clear phosphor colloidal solution (taggant ink) applied over a stamp, or to its paper, or mixed with stamp printers' ink. Tagging glows bluish-green or reddish when exposed to short wave ultraviolet light.
Damaged Mail - Mail damaged in transit that may have received a special marking applied by the postal administration.
Dandy Roll - A wire roller used to imprint watermarks onto paper pulp.
Dated - A U.S.
The indication of stamps being precancels is applied by a post office before the stamps are sold. Precanceled stamps are used by volume mailers who hold a permit to use them. U.S. precancels fall into two categories: 1) Locals have the mark or text ...
Official Style Chart is a system of classifying the precanceling overprints applied to United States stamps under authority of the U.S. Post Office with devices designed and authorized for this purpose and manufactured for this purpose.
Gum. The substance applied to the reverse of stamps to help them adhere to a mailing item.
Gutter. The selvage, with or without plate numbers or controls numbers/letters between the panes of a sheet of stamps.
TAGGING: A chemical substance applied to a stamp which activates automative cancellation machines.
TONGS: Metal tweezer-like implements used to handle stamps.
TOPICALS: Stamps which all have a common theme, such as animals, flowers, etc.
Stamps with cancellations applied before the mailing of the article on which they prepay postage.
Provisionals:
Stamps issued prior to the regular issues or to meet a temporary shortage of regular stamps.
Postmark Any mark, hand struck, machine-applied or in manuscript form, used on postal items in order items in order to cancel the stamps and/or record the date and origin of their transit through the mail services. (see Cancellation).
BACKSTAMP - A handstamp applied to the back of a letter, usually indicating date of transit or receipt at the office of destination.
Receiving mark: A postmark applied by the recipient post office.
Redrawn: A stamp design that is slightly altered from the original issue.
Transit Mark: A postal marking applied by a post office between the originating and receiving post offices. It can be on the front or back of a cover, card or wrapper.
Meter Tape - A piece of adhesive paper that is fed through a postage meter and imprinted with postage. The meter tape is then applied to a mailpiece (usually a large envelope or parcel that is too big to fit through the postage meter).
eligibility—Qualification standards such as content, mail processing category, and preparation applied to mail for a specific rate or discount.
CACHET - a printed, embossed or hand stamped inscription or device impressed on a cover to denote special circumstances in which it has been posted. A CANCELLATION is the defacement of any kind applied to a postal stationary to prevent it being used ...
from: Label Display FAQ's/w Bob Kay Answer: A#1 - Tissue Hinges: The first choice of a paper conservator would be an acid free Japanese tissue or mulberry paper (often called rice paper) applied with a wheat or rice starch paste.
stamping the current date on a piece of document or object; Date stamps catalog are very popular in order to have evidential marks of the date when the document of object was last handled; They are considered as a craft in which some ink is applied ...
 See also: Stamp, Used, Cover, Cancel, Catalog
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