Canceled To Order: Stamps are 'canceled to order,' usually in full sheets, by many governments. Often, the cancels are printed on the stamps at the same time that the stamp design is printed.
C.T.O.: Canceled to Order stamps are postally canceled without going through the mail.
DEFINITIVE: Regular-issue stamps produced for several years. Usually these stamps are smaller than commemoratives.
CTO — "Canceled to order." CTOs are stamps that are officially canceled without performing postal duty. CTOs are usually sold at a steep discount from face value to dealers and collectors.
Geffälligkeitsstempelung: (Ger.) canceled to order, stamps canceled by postal authorities without having been used for postage.
Gegittert: (Ger.) quadrille.
Gehalveers: (Dut.) bisected stamp.
That is, canceled to order by the philatelic agents that handle the counties' postal sales. For those who like to buy a lot of stamps at a cheap price, these stamps fit the bill.
hinged stamps (those in pristine, post office fresh condition) cost almost twice as much as hinged, but it never mattered to me. If I had a choice, I would always buy used or mint hinged, preferring used stamps, trying to avoid canceled to order ...
 See also: Used, Stamp, Local, Cover, Cancel
  
|
RSS
