Abbreviations |
Definitions |
MUH ** |
Mint Unhinged – Unmounted Mint, Mint Never Hinged |
MLH * |
Mint Lightly Hinged |
Unused / (*) |
Mint or Uncancelled without Gum – (Generally on earlier issues Pre-1900) |
GU / FU / VFU |
Good Used, Fine Used or Very Fine Used |
(O) |
Good Used, Fine Used or Very Fine Used |
U |
Used |
Superb |
Perfect! No faults |
Wmk |
Watermark |
W/C |
Well Centred |
R/C |
Reasonably Centred |
O/C |
Appreciably Off-Centre – Usually in two Directions |
CTO |
Cancelled to order (Generally from PO "specimen" packs) |
GU / VGU |
Good used, Very Good Used |
c.d.s. |
Circular date stamp cancellation |
h/s |
Handstamped or Handstamp |
SG |
Stanley Gibbons catalogue number – usually “Part 1″ Br. Commonwealth in £ GBP £ Sterling. |
ACSC or B/W |
Brusden White Aust. Commonwealth Specialist Catalogue |
ASBA |
Australian Booklet Specialist Album |
SC or Scott |
Scott Catalogue number current edition and price in $US |
Mi or Michel |
Michel (German) Catalogue. Current edition and prices in Euros |
A.S.C. |
Australian Stamp Catalogue (Seven Seas Stamps) Current Colour Edition |
S/S |
Seven Seas |
C of A |
Commonwealth of Australia |
A.A.M.C. / Eustis |
Australian Air Mail Catalogue (Nelson Eustis) current edition |
Mi |
Michel German Catalogue |
Zum |
Zumstein Catalogue |
CP |
Campbell Patterson – New Zealand Catalogue |
VST |
Victoria Stamp Traders |
SCDAA |
Stamp & Coin Dealers Association of Australasia |
AP |
Australia Post |
WCS |
Wesley Cover Service |
Unadd |
Unaddressed |
AAT |
Australian Antarctic Territory |
BAT |
British Antarctic Territory |
BIOT |
British Indian Ocean Territory |
OS |
Official Service – Official Use |
BCOF |
British Commonwealth Occupation Force (Japan) |
N.W.P.I |
North West Pacific Islands |
GRI |
Georgus Rex Imperator |
O/W |
Otherwise |
QV |
Queen Victoria |
KEVII |
King Edward VII |
KGV |
King George V |
KGVI |
King George VI |
QE II |
Queen Elizabeth II |
F.D.C. |
First Day Cover |
C |
Cover |
SC |
Souvenir Cover |
PC |
Postcard |
FDI |
First Day of Issue |
PSE |
Pre-Stamped Envelope |
LC |
Lettercard |
F.V. or FV |
Face Value |
Commem |
Commemorative or Special Issue sets |
Defin |
Definitive or Regular long term issue stamp sets |
Opt. |
Overprinted |
M/S |
Miniature Sheets / Souvenir Sheets |
B/S |
Button Set |
b/s |
Back stamp |
Shtlt |
Sheetlet |
VF or V.F. |
Very Fine: Refers to overall condition, not just |
Bklt / B |
Booklet |
POP |
Post Office Pack |
P |
Portfolio |
A |
Album or Year Album |
CN |
Collection |
CC |
Collector Card |
HB |
Heritage Book |
PTM |
Perforated Through Margin |
PPM |
Part Perforated Through Margin |
IPM |
Imperforate Margin |
S |
Specimen |
Unc. |
Uncirculated |
Perf |
Perforation |
Imperf |
Imperforate |
Imp. |
Imprint |
POA |
Price on Application |
Env. |
Envelope |
H & G |
Higgins & Gage (Postal Stationery Catalogue) |
Cat. / CV |
Catalogue Value |
STC |
Stated to have a catalogue value of…………… |
Selv. |
Selvedge |
(P) |
Photographed |
CPS |
Counter Printed Stamps ( Face Value Printed on Stamps at P.O. Counter ) |
ATM |
Automatic Teller Machine |
P.O. |
Post Office |
Marg. |
Marginal (Copy of Stamp Adjacent to Selvedge of Sheet) |
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