Used Stamps
The weight of the cancel is given as light, medium, or heavy (or somewhere in between)
Stamps have NO damage unless noted
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Collecting used postage stamps isn't quite as simple as it might seem
By Rick Miller
Pick up a stamp catalog. Any postage stamp catalog will do.
Used A stamp which has had postal or fiscal use and has been postmarked or cancelled.
Used Fiscally Stamps or revenue stamps used for the payment of revenue charges ...
Used:
A stamp which has done postal duty as evidenced by the cancellation.
Watermark: ...
USED STAMPS: Stamps which have been used for postage on a letter or package.
VIGNETTE: The central portion of a stamp design.
WATER-ACTIVATED: Stamp gum that needs moistening in order to adhere to a surface.
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.
Used: A stamp, stationery which has been cancelled to indicate that it has been used & cannot be used any longer.
W
Want list: A list of philatelic material desired by a collector.
Used: A stamp or stationery item that has been canceled by a postal authority to prevent its reuse on mail. In general, a used stamp is any stamp with a cancel or a precanceled stamp without gum. See also Postally Used and Philatelic Cover.
Used
Term used to describe a coin that has light to heavy wear or circulation.
V-nickel ...
Used for the benefit of "related changes", so changes to the list itself appear also. It's become a quasi-standard in "list of X topics" pages. Stan 00:43, 12 Dec 2003 (UTC) Thank you. I can now see the value of this. --Daniel C.
Used - Stamps that have served their intended purpose of carrying the mail.
How do you want to collect? Two popular ways of collecting are topical or country.
Used stamps on paper collected and sold by weight.
Offset Lithography ...
"Used Albums"
Sorry -- all used albums have been sold. Am preparing several more collections. So visit again in about a week. Interest in these was greater than expected.
"Used Sales Books" ...
Term used for certain stamps produced by De La Rue for Great Britain 1862-1880 from plates which were not put into normal production.
Accepted Design
Accessories ...
Term used for wording on a stamp to identify the service for which the stamp was designed.
Set:
A unit of stamps issued for a common purpose, either at one time or over an extended period, embracing a common design or theme.
First used in Bari, Italy, and then placed into use in localities elsewhere as each was liberated by the allied armies.
U - Used
U.S.D. - United States dollars. ($)
U.V. - Ultra-Violet light.
Ultra-violet - Invisible radiation used for examination of philatelic items of all kinds, particularly exciting phosphor tagging.
U/m.
Often used in sales books or by dealers in pricing stamps. A net price may not be further discounted.
New Issue ...
As Is. Used in descriptions of lots, collections, and even individual stamps, in which the buyer assumes all risks.
At Betale. A postage due inscription of stamps of Norway.
Avis De Paiement. Translated this means "advice of payment" by Chile.
Hinges - used to affix or hold stamps in place Identifying the past presence of Dealing with hinge remnants What kind of hinges should be used? To Hinge Or Not To Hinge? - It can affect value. + ...
Postally Used -- A stamp or cover that has seen legitimate postal use, as opposed to one that has been canceled to order or favor-canceled.
Never mix used and unused stamps in your album or display. Display them as separate sets on the same page or on another page.
Postally Used - A stamp or cover that has actually been used to carry a personal or business communication.
Cats were used for a mail service in Liege, Belgium, in 1879. In all, 37 cats were employed to carry bundles of letters to villages within a 30km radius of the city centre.
The term die used in the context of perfins refers to the unique set of pins used to perforate the stamps.
Categories of Perfin Officials
Perfin officials fall into four main categories: ...
Bureau Plates used at the B.E.P. during precancel manufacture
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Special jigs used for locally precanceling Coils ...
Chalky paper, used especially on British stamps, is easy to identify, too. Chalk-surfaced stamps when rubbed with silver will leave a black mark on them. Be careful when testing these and just touch a small corner or part of the stamp.
V: 1: label used in Iceland to indicate letter or parcels with a declared value. 2: Flat plate imperf. coil; Scott Catalogue suffix to identify stamps other than standard postage; also called "H." 3: registration label.
two materials, used in combination, react to each other
Leather and metal are two materials often used in combination that will react to each other and over time cause corrosion on the metal.
Nixie - a term used by Railway Post Office clerks to designate a piece of mail that cannot be sorted due to an illegible address. Such items were designated "dead letters" by other mail clerks.
Metal tweezers used for safe and easy handling of stamps.
Topicals
A group of stamps with the same theme, such as space travel or Disney cartoons.
Here are several used copies of the same stamp, a 3 cent red stamp showing King George V, issued in about 1930 or 1931.
Defect: Term used to define an alteration made to the original state of a stamp. ( Cut, thin, crease, hole, missing perforation, etc.) ...
The Penny Red was used in the UK for many years, and comes in hundreds of variations.
[1] A handstamp or mark used across a postage stamp as an obliterator to render it invalid for further postal use. It may be a pen marking or even the removal of a small piece of the stamp.
Franking machines can be used as an alternative to stamps for payment of postage.
normally prefer collecting; The most common type of stamp supplies collected is known as definitive stamps catalog; These stamps are generally printed daily; Other stamps that are collected are commemorative stamps; These are special and are used to ...
On used stamps, it's best to wash them first so as to remove all remnants of hinges etc. Hinge and paper remnants on the back of used stamps can seriously hinder your ability to read the watermark.
PVC Poly vinyl chloride, a polymer derived from vinyl chloride used to make plastic pages and sleeves. These can cause damage to postcards over time. Pioneers Postcards issued before the Act of Congress.
Mind you, we used to be called ‘commatologists’ because ‘commatology’ was regarded as the ‘specialised collecting of postmarks’.
Until 1958 in Canada, selvedge was used mainly to carry inscriptions bearing plate numbers and names of printing companies. Warning information concerning the authorized use was also printed on the selvedge of panes containing precancelled stamps.
Private Die Proprietary Stamp - a revenue stamp produced from a die and plate created at the expense of a private company and used exclusively by that private company.
A perforation gauge is a tool used to measure the perforation and has rows of black dots. Each row has a different size of black dot.
A barcode also can be used to convey information for Delivery Confirmation and Signature Confirmation services. Barcodes that may be used for postal processing are POSTNET, Intelligent Mail, and UCC/EAN Code 128.
Rarely used in the U.S.A., the terminology stated in an auction catalog when designating that a lot' s value is sourced by contacting the auctioneer for the estimated price. 2. Preis auf Anfrage [Germany]. 3. Prix sur Demande [France]. 4.
FIRST DAY COVER - [1] An entire bearing one or more postage stamps and postally used on the day of issue of those stamps. [2] Envelopes with a new postage stamp and a cancellation showing the date and place where the stamp was first issued.
When the 'sheets' used it referes to a post office sheet (i.e. the sheet size released for sale to post offices). In Australia most stamps are released in sheets of 50 (shown at right), 20 and 10 stamps, with the occasional sheet of 12 and 16 stamps.
Bulk Mail - The term is generally used to describe commercial mail.
 See also: Stamp, Cover, Catalog, Printing, Cancel
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