Federal Officials
After the discovery of a very large theft of postage stamps in 1937 in one of the government departments, all departments were required to use perfins, effective July 1, 1939.
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Official Meetings - Two live meetings are held annually at our APS stamp shows.
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Official: Stamp or stationery issued solely for the use of government departments and officials. In many countries such items may be available to collectors in unused condition from the postal authority.
Official Stamps Stamps specially printed or overprinted for use by governments or government departments.
Overprint Additional inscription or device printed on the face of a stamp to denote an event, special usage, etc.
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OFFICIAL STAMPS: Special adhesive stamps used by various departments of the government. Cat. Designation: "O"
OMNIBUS ISSUE: Stamps issued by several different countries commemorating the same event and often having similar designs.
Official. Stamp or stationery used to pay postage by a government agency.
Offset Printing. A printing process that transfers an inked image from a plate to a roller, the roller then applying the ink to the paper.
Official: Stamp or stationery which are issued solely for official use.
Omnibus issue: An issue released by several countries to commemorate a common theme.
On paper: Stamps which are still affixed to the envelope.
Official Mail - mail sent by a government agency, using official stamps or a penalty envelope.
Official Postal Cards - postal cards issued for use by federal government departments. Scott numbers are prefixed with UZ.
official mail—Mail authorized by federal law to be sent by government officials without postage prepayment. It includes franked mail sent by members of Congress and penalty mail sent by U.S. government agencies.
Official Reprint - Stamps reprinted at a later date by the original issuing entity and using the original plates.
Off Paper - Describes a stamp soaked off from paper.
Official Stamps
Postage issues released for use by the government and selected officials on official government correspondence. These may be specially designed stamps or overprinted postage issues.
"Official Business" franking is any frank printed on or affixed to mails which are designated as being for official business of national governments (i.e. governments which also have postal authority) and thus qualify for postal service without ...
Official WIPA 1933 show emblem
According to a history of the event published for WIPA 2000, there have been five WIPA's - 1881, 1933, 1965, 1981, and 2000.
Official issue - a stamp issued for use on official correspondence. When inscribed or overprinted for use by specific government departments, the stamp is referred to as 'Departmental'.
Officially the United States was seventh on the list, with its regular 5-cent and 10-cent stamps of 1847; but unofficially it was second, for there was a private letter post operated in New York by Alexander M. Grieg and Henry Thomas Windsor.
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Officially produced imitation stamp used to train employees or to test automatic stamp-dispensing machines. Dummy stamps are usually blank or carry special inscriptions, blocks or other distinguishing ornamentation.
An official reprinting of a stamp from an obsolete or discontinued issue. Reissues are valid for postage.
The official composition of U.S. silver coinage, determined by the Mint Act of 1792. Initially set at approximately 89 percent silver and 11 percent copper, it was later changed to 90 percent silver and 10 percent copper.
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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.
Admiralty Official
Stamps overprinted with these words were used by H M Admiralty dockyards and other installations on official mail.
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Reissue -- An official reprinting of a stamp from an obsolete or discontinued issue. Reissues are valid for postage. See also Reprint.
Stamp: An officially issued postage label, often adhesive, attesting that payment has been rendered for mail delivery. Initially used as a verb, meaning to imprint or impress; as in, to stamp a design.
3: architect, South Australia official overprint, 1868-74. 4: Aerovias Nacionales de Colombia S.A. Avianca airlines, overprint on Colombian air mail stamps of the 1950s.
This might include air mail, special delivery, semi-official, official, postage due, local issues, stamped envelopes, post cards, hunting permit stamps, essays, and revenue stamps.
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Stamps are actually small pieces of gummed paper bearing an official mark and indicating that a tax or fee has been paid for the envelope to arrive to its destiny, ...
Pigeon Post: The first official pigeon post was inaugurated during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-72. Messages were carried by pigeons in sealed tubes.
At times, post offices have been known to sell stamps before the official date of issue. When this occurs it is noted, but the date of issue remains the first day of issue.
The first one, on the left, has a postmark in the French language, which is the other official language of Canada. You probably already noticed some French writing on other Canadian stamps you have seen so far.
On May 6, 1840 the first adhesive stamp "Penny Black" was officially issued. If you notice you will see that the stamp does not have the name of the country. None of the British Stamps have the name of the country on them.
valid for postage. ..Official reprints are sometimes made for presentation purposes, official collections, etc., and are often distinguished in some way from the "real" ones.
A term used to denote all manner of stamps and labels produced by official and private postal services, which are not mainstream postage stamps as listed in the main catalogues.
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New Zealand Post - the official issuer of New Zealand stamps
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A Cover bearing a new stamp and cancelled on the first day of sale, usually at an officially designated location.
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The earliest postal markings date back to about 3000 B.C. They were used by Egyptian court officials and read: 'In the name of the living king, speed!' ...
Stamp insurance
: Wardrop's in the U.K.
: Stamp & Postal History Collections Insurance in the U.S.
: Hugh Wood official insurance manager of the APS and all others.
They were used by Egyptian court officials and read: 'In the name of the living king, speed!'
The first stamp collector was John Bourke, Receiver-General of Stamp Duties in Ireland. He formed a collection of fiscal stamps in an album in 1774.
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