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ACSC
|
Australasian Commonwealth
Specialist Catalogue 1996
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MINT/M
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Heavier hinge mark or hinge
remnant - also denotes less than fine centring or perforations
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ASC
|
Australasian Stamp Catalogue
26th edition
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MLH
|
Mint Lightly Hinged
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APPROX
|
Approximately
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M/S
|
Miniature or souvenir sheet
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BL
|
Bottom Left
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MSS
|
Endorsement by hand
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BPA
|
British Philatelic Assoc.
Expertising Ltd. Certificate
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MUH
|
Mint Unhinged
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BR
|
Bottom Right
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O/C
|
Off Centre
|
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B/S
|
Back stamped
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OPT
|
Overprinted
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BSAP
|
British Society of
Australian
Philatelists
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O/W
|
Otherwise
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C1900
|
Circa - about 1900
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PICT
|
Pictorial
|
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CDS
|
Cancelling date stamp
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PPC
|
Picture Postcard
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CTO
|
Cancelled to Order
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PSE
|
Pre stamped Envelope
|
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CERT.
|
with Certificate of
Genuiness
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PUNC
|
Punctured
|
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CM
|
Complete Mint
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REG
|
Registered
|
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CP
|
Campbell Paterson NZ
catalogue
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RPSV
|
Royal Philatelic Society of
Victoria
|
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CV
|
Catalogue Value
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SC
|
Scott Catalogue (America)
(US$)
|
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ENG
|
Engraved
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SG
|
Stanley Gibbons Catalogue
(£Stg)
|
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ENV
|
Envelope
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SL
|
Slight
|
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FDC
|
First Day Cover
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SS
|
Seven Seas - An
Australian
made Pictorial album
|
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FV
|
Face Value
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STC
|
Stated to contain
|
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H/S
|
Hand stamp
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TL
|
Top Left
|
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FU
|
Fine Used
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TR
|
Top Right
|
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GU/U
|
Good Used (i.e. less than
fine)
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UNUSED
|
Mint without gum
|
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H & G
|
Higgins & Gage
Stationery Catalogue (1984)
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U/H
|
Unhinged
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IMP
|
Imprint (or inscription)
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VAR
|
Printing variety or flaw
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INCL
|
Including
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VF
|
Very Fine
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INV
|
Inverted
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W/C
|
Well centred
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LC
|
Letter card
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WMK
|
Watermark
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Mi
|
Michel (German) (DM)
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W/O
|
Without
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