Obliteration: 1) A cancellation intended solely to deface a stamp-also called a killer. 2) An overprint intended to deface a portion of the design of a stamp, such as the face of a deposed ruler.
Obliteration: Cancelation intended to deface a stamp.
Obsolete: A stamp which is no longer available in post offices.
Occupation issue: A stamp released for use in occupied territory ...
Obliteration - See "Killer."
Obsolete - A stamp which may be used for postage but is unavailable from any post office.
Occupation Issue - An issue released and used in a foreign-occupied territory.
Obliteration
Any form of marking used to deface a stamp. An obliteration may refer to a cancellation or those political obliterations where unwanted parts of a stamp design are marked out by overprinting.
Obsolete ...
Obliteration: 1: term used to denote a cancellation marking to deface a stamp. 2: abstempelung (Ger.); Oblitération (Fr.); Annullamento (It.); Matasellado (Sp.).
Maltese Cross Term used (but erroneously) to describe the 1840 obliteration of Great Britain. It is actually an eight-pointed cross formed by four triangles, their tops meeting in the center, their bases indented-the top points should not overlap.
The Index of Literature in the English Language that Describes Postage Stamp Forgeries, Fakes, Reprints, Fraudulent Postal Markings and Other Obliterations, compiled in 2004 by Theodore M. Tedesco, includes both book and periodical references.
Heavy cancel - Obliteration which, either by its design or overinking, spoils the appearance of the adhesive stamp by covering most of its surface.
Highway Post Office - The Post Office sorted mail on special motor vehicles in transit between cities.
Used. A stamp or stationery item that has been used for the purpose for which it was intended: usage on the mail. Such an item usually bears all or part of a cancel or obliteration device.
operations in wartime are sometimes "clean," showing less information than normally to prevent route of travel or other details from falling into enemy hands. Similar to this is the "censored postmark," overprinted with a black obliteration of the ...
 See also: Catalog, Cover, Used, Cancel, Surcharge
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