Philatelic dictionary
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A.P.O. - Army Post Office.
Above Privilege Number - A handstamp applied to a letter disallowed under the Franking system.
Accessories - Full range of stamp collecting tools and aids, e.g.
Philatelic investment is investment in collectible postage stamps for the purpose of realizing a profit.
PHILATELIC DICTIONARY
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Philatelic Glossary
This glossary has been compiled from various different sources. Some of the terms have been reproduced with kind permission from the Stanley Gibbons Philatelic Terms Illustrated by James Mackay.
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Philatelic terminology can be baffling to new stamp collectors. When I first started working at the APRL, terms like cover, cut square, and Cinderella sent me scurrying for the nearest philatelic glossary.
Philatelic Glossary
Let the following Philatelic Glossary help you understand the wonderful world of Philately.
Philatelic cover: Envelopes that are specially stamped & used as a collectible.
Philately: The collection &study of postage stamps and other philatelic material like postal stationary and postal history.
GLOSSARY OF PHILATELIC TERMS
Condition:
The state of a stamp in regard to centering, color freshness, cancellation, and other related characteristics.
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PHILATELIC GLOSSARY
ADHESIVE: A postage stamp intended for affixing on letters and other mail.
AEROPHILATELY: The collecting, preservation, and study of airmail stamps. Cat. Designation: "C" ...
Philatelic cover: An envelope, postal card or other item franked and mailed by a stamp collector to create a collectible object. It may or may not have carried a personal or business message.
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This glossary of philatelic terms are presented here
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Glossary Of Philatelic Terms
This glossary defines nearly 300 terms frequently encountered by stamp collectors and cover collectors. Precise definitions for many philatelic terms do not exist.
Commemorative: In general philatelic terms, a stamp issued for a limited time and limited quantity to honour a certain person, event, anniversary or group. For marcophilists, a postmark commemorates a particular event.
COMMEMORATIVE - stamps are stamps issued on special occasions to commemorate an event or in memory of a person. These stamps are printed in limited numbers and are usually available from the philatelic counters in the Post Office.
Philatelic Material and Inherent Vice
When considering the best presentation and storage conditions for paper artifacts (like stamps) and photographs, I advise against applying any type of adhesive to collection pieces.
Philatelic Cover - a cover that is philatelic in origin, as opposed to a cover produced in the normal course of commercial or personal correspondence.
Philatelic Foundation, The - a leading organization in the expertization of stamps.
Philatelic cover - See "Postally Used."
Philatelic Numismatic Combination (PNC) - A combination of a cover, coin and a related stamp.
Philately - The collection and study of postage stamps, postmarks, stamped envelopes, etc.
Philatelic Agency
The official sales arm of any postal authority. Most countries maintain some form of agency to facilitate foreign sales.
What philatelic services do you provide?
Arpin Philately offers a great deal of philatelic services: stamps on approval, stamp collecting supplies, online secure store, purchase of stamp collections, and much more.
Other philatelic accessories are pocket stock books, pocket stamp wallets, glassine envelopes, color gauges, stamp identifiers, cellulose acetate mounts and a lettering set for those more advanced.
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An oddball philatelic cover that mixes the stamps of several places together.
Glossary of Philatelic terms and abbreviations.
When scouring through philatelic publications and stamp lists, you may come across the odd abbreviation or term that means little or nothing to you.
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Paraphilatelic: post office announcements of a new stamp, first day of issue ceremony programs, souvenir pages, etc.
Parauta: local post, Spanish Civil War, Nationalist, 1937.
Par Avion: (Fr.) By Airplane, international term for airmail.
Fifth International Philatelic Exhibition (FIPEX) - The Fifth International Philatelic Exhibition was held in New York, April 28 to May 5, 1956.
study; However, it is not mandatory for them to do so; Usually, casual collectors gather stamps without taking into consideration the minute details; Nevertheless, collecting stamps catalog in comprehensive or large quantities require philatelic ...
A Brief Essay on Postage Stamp Perforations - from University Philatelics "The tooth, the hole tooth and nothing but the tooth!" --Anon. "You may well ask, can there possibly be a less significant subject than this?
That's an historic date in philatelic circles for it saw the issue of the $8 Grizzly, Canada's highest value stamp.
However, the Australian Philatelic Bureau and Fuji Xerox does not sent out the stamps until the stamps are released.
collectors were buying only plate blocks, leaving behind a trail of broken panes of stamps in post offices, the Post Office relented to pressure and reinstated the practice of issuing plate blocks with inscriptions, but only through the Philatelic ...
Expertization. The examination of a philatelic item by an acknowledged expert in order to see if the item is genuine. This generally means an experizing body such as the American Philatelic Expertizing Service.
You can find precancel literature directly from the publishers, from philatelic supply houses, or from dealers. Here are several good sources:
Precancel Literature published by the PSS : Here are the items for sale by the PSS.
As you can see, determining colors and shades is not for the faint of heart. Even experts can sometimes disagree. The bottom line is do the best you can and ask your other philatelic friends or possibly a dealer to give you a hand.
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FORGERY- [1] Postal item fraudulently manufactured with intent to deceive either the post office (postal forgery) or collectors (fake). [2] A fraudulently produced or altered philatelic item intended to deceive the collector.
Alternately, you can go to the American Philatelic Society Web site and click on their "Local Clubs" link to find stamp clubs in your area.
Shortcomings:
The only real shortcoming here is that there might not be a stamp club in your area.
The first Australian miniature sheet was issued on 29 October 1928. It featured four 3d stamps with a Kookaburra on a branch of a gum tree. The miniature sheet commemorated the Fourth Australian Philatelic Exhibition held in Melbourne.
The term is also loosely used to denote the postmarks made by these instruments. Stamps affixed to envelopes may bear a postal cancellation but CTO (cancelled to order) items, ie mint or unaffixed stamps, will receive a Philatelic Bureau ...
In modern times pigeons have been used by the armed forces, especially in time of war; also, other unofficial services are in use from time to time, items carried being of a ‘philatelic souvenir' nature.
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