Pre-cancels
Stamps overprinted with a city and state before being used. These stamps were used by bulk mailers and required a special license from the Post Office.
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Part of the fun of saving stamps is that you can decide what to save!! You might need some help from an adult, but just remember, there are no special rules you have to follow.
Pre-Stamp Cover Covers that were used before the advent of stamps.
Printer's Waste Defective, malformed or misprinted stamps which are normally discarded and burned by the printer.
Pre-Stamped Envelope (PSE): An envelope with the stamp already printed on the envelope. Often used for commemorative purposes. The first ones in Australia were produced in 1978.
Pre-cancel: stamps which are specially cancelled before use.
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Prestige booklet: A stamp booklet with oversized panes with descriptive information.
Proofs: Trial impressions from dies.
Pre-stamp Covers: Folded letters or their outer enclosures used before the introduction of adhesive postage stamps or postal stationery.
[edit] Pre-history
Before the introduction of pillar boxes, on the UK mainland, it was customary to take outgoing mail to the nearest letter receiving house or post office.
Pre-RPO railroad postal markings fall into several categories, based on the type of mark, one of which is Route Agents. Before the true RPO's, Route agents traveled on early trains to look after mail bags.
U.S., Pre-1940, Worldwide, Pre 1940
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Slang for pre-Federal copper, half cents, and large cents, minted through 1857.
Copy
Any reproduction, fraudulent or otherwise, of a coin.
Packet: A pre-sorted selection of all-different stamps, a common and economical way to begin a general collection.
Pair: Two unseparated stamps.
5: Valencia (Spain), Venezia (Venice, Italy); Vicenza (Italy) pre-adhesive postmark. 6: Vatu; currency unit in Vanuatu. 7: V, VV, VVV: symbols used in indicate degree of value. 8: Victory in WW II on stamps of Belgium.
Woo, "Guatemala: The 1879 and 1881 Small Quetzal Issues," also candidate for grand; Sandeep Jaiswal, "Dhar Philately," also APS pre-1900 medal, Collectors Club of Chicago award and candidate for grand; Tom Minor, "War Propaganda, ...
An Englishman called Rowland Hill came up with the idea of pre-paying for postage with 'postage stamps'.
They can also come flat or pre-folded. Pre-folded varieties are usually easier to work with. The hinge is gummed so that one side can be affixed to the stamp and the other to the album page.
Business Reply The Business Reply service enables you to supply your customers with approved pre-printed and prepaid envelopes, cards or labels which they can then use to post back their responses, free of charge, ...
The most common and affordable method to safely mount stamps is the pre-folded Stamp Hinge . This small gummed, semi-transparent paper is the link between the stamp and the album page and yet can be easily peeled from the stamp.
In November, 1838, the Colonial Postmaster-General in Sydney introduced a system of pre-payment for letters which used a form of postage stamp. This was probably a world first.
The routes pre-dated RFD (Rural Free Delivery). The postmaster general was allowed by Congress to form contracts with private delivery services without specifying the mode used for the deliveries.
These catalogues list stamps or covers by number, and if you are using pre-printed albums produced by the same companies, that number will probably be used as a reference there as well.
A term used to describe covers of the pre-stamp era, ie before 1840. Also used for post-1840 covers of particular interest - unusual postmarks, scarce postal rates, etc. A somewhat misleading term.
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Stamp Issue: There are some very popular issues to build collections of, many with their own catalog: Bicents (1932 Washington Bicentennials), Black Hardings, Apple Greens, Classics (pre-1920), early Classics (pre-1908), Parcel Post, War & ...
Abbreviation for "Affranchissements". A pre-cancel marking found on French stamps used on Official Mail or on bulk postings of business mail.
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Seller's Commission: The percentage or other pre-determined commission deducted from the Hammer Price of the lot, and retained by the auctioneer as part of the commission for selling the lot.
Stamped envelopes and envelopes with stamps are quite different. In pre-stamp days the postage was denoted by a rubber or cork handstamp, along with the means of transportation, and the regular postal markings. Then came the envelopes bearing stamps.
Most pre-1979 postal cards have been effectively demonetized because they do not meet current minimum size requirements. Likewise Special Delivery stamps and Newspaper and Periodical stamps have been effectively demonetized.
SELF ADHESIVE: Stamps issued on a special backing with pre-applied adhesive. Once peeled off, the stamp can be affixed without being moistened.
Postal Card - A government-produced postcard which includes a pre-paid postage imprint in its upper-right corner.
Postal History - The study post-related history, such as rates, markings, processes, etc.
Technically, it is impossible for pre-packaged products to be sold before the issue date. Each item's barcode is scanned and Australia Post's point of sale software will warn the staff member that the item has not been officially released.
Abbreviation for manuscript, either as an instruction from the sender on a piece of mail (for example, "Via Southampton"), used as a postal marking (generally on a pre-stamp mail), or an inked mark used to cancel a stamp.
 See also: Stamp, Cover, Used, Catalog, Philatelic
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