Ordinary Stamps - see Definitives.
*Original Gum - gum on a stamp as issued by the post office.
Ordinary Usage - Indicates the use of the correct rate of postage.
Original Gum (OG) - The adhesive coating on a mint or unused stamp or envelope flap.
Oxidation - Darkening of the ink on certain stamps caused by exposure.
Ordinary Mail is Not the Safest…
The receipt of an eagerly awaited stamp package is a source of delight to any collector. However, ordinary mail is not the safest method of sending or returning stamps — or any items of value.
Ordinary current postmarks are usually overlooked by collectors, but there are many ways to make these the focus of a collection.
An "ordinary" bisect
The idea of a bisect is strange to most people - one would not tear a ten dollar bill in half and use it as a five! ...
- Ordinary.
O.G. - Original gum
O/P - Overprint.
Obliterator - Hand or machine stamp used to cancel an adhesive, especially a device other than a cds.
Obsolete - No longer on sale by the Post Office.
True, an ordinary shoebox gives storage space, but you should want a nicer home for your treasures - a place to display your material, not just store it.
military ordinary mail (MOM)—A category for Department of Defense official mail sent at Periodicals or Standard Mail rates that requires faster service than sealift transportation to, from, and between military post offices.
"Khadafi" 1986 - ordinary set of 12 stamps; error in design; withdrawn from circulation few hours after the issue on 01.01.1986 ...
Stamp issued for ordinary postal use that remains on sale for an extended period of time.
Denomination
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Extraordinary surcharge: General Postal Union regulations permitted extra fee on two routes due to long distances; mail within India and mail which traveled the continental USA between San Francisco and New York; see: G.P.U.
Today stamps just seem like common sense, but the Postmaster General at the time complained, 'Of all the wild schemes I have ever heard of, this is the most extraordinary'! ...
Items sent by Publicity Post are delivered with ordinary mail. Specific zones in Ireland can be targeted.
Late Fee - The fee charged on a letter which had been posted subsequent to normal "last collection" time, additional to the ordinary postage.
Letterpress - See typography.
Letter sheet - See Aerogramme.
Definitive Stamps Are issued for ordinary postal needs and placed on sale for an unlimited period as opposed to commemorative.
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.
However, all ordinary cancelations are applied by hand, whereas precancels are made by about every conceivable duplicating device. Thus, the possibility of confusion is really limited to handstarnps.
buy a 2nd, off-center (F) copy to mount backwards next to your primary stamp to show back-writing: FIGHTER EXTRAORDINARY Peter Francisco's strength and bravery made him a legend around campfires.
(For example, a 3-cent Jefferson on a cover with hand-stamped markings from a railroad accident is a more unusual way - and therefore a more desirable way - to show the basic first-class letter rate than an ordinary piece of cross-town mail.) In ...
Vending machine stamp - stamp designed or printed for sale in coin-operated machines. These stamps may differ from ordinary postage in perf varieties, and they tend to be small format size.
Vignette - the primary design area of a stamp ...
Use sheet of foam for making ordinary design for the stamp, and fix them on wood block accordingly. After doing this and using the stencil, draw your pattern. Using a dye-cutting machine will guarantee a great design.
Now, if either of you happen to have special or expensive stamps, you should always get permission from an adult before you make any trades. If you just have ordinary stamps, then who cares what you trade - as long as you are both happy about it.
 See also: Stamp, Used, Cover, Catalog, Sheet
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