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Watermarks Guide for Australian Stamps |
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1st Watermark  |
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2nd Watermark/Single Watermark |
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3rd Watermark |
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Large Multiple Watermark |
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Small Multiple Watermark |
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C of A Watermark |
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| 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 |
| P & S |
Peel & Stick |
| S-A |
Self Adhesive |
| Superb |
Perfect !!! No faults !!! |
| G/P |
Gutter Pair |
| G/S |
Gutter Strip |
| 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: |
good used |
| W/C: |
well centered |
| c.d.s.: |
circular date stamp cancellation |
| h/s: |
Handstamped or Handstamp |
| SG: |
Stanley Gibbons catalogue number - usually "Part 1"Br. Commonwealth in ?Stg. |
| ACSC or B/W |
Brusden White Aust.C'Wealth 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 D.Marks |
| A.S.C.: |
Australian Stamp Catalogue (Seven Seas Stamps) Current Colour Edition |
| S/S: |
Seven Seas |
| C of A |
Commonwealth of Australia |
| PTPO |
Printed to Private Order |
| 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. |
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) |
