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(P), PH, Photo: auction term that a lot or portion of a lot is photographed.
P (in a box): auction abbreviation for plate block.
P (number) P: Switzerland inscription.
P M: 1: postmaster, postmark. 2: Philatelic Magazine (Great Britain). 3: Posta Militare, Military Stamps overprint on stamps of Italy, used for ordinary usage during stamp shortage, 1944-45.
P-Stamps: personalized stamps where an individuals picture is on a postage stamp.
P.A.: Protector of Aborigines, South Australia official overprint, 1868-74.
P.B.G.: Postes Bureau du Gourvernement (Fr.), Government Post Office, 1793-98.
P.C.C.P.: (Cyrillic letters) Russia Socialist Soviet Republic.
P.C.G.B.: Philatelic Congress of Great Britain
P.D.: 1: and numeral St. Pierre and Miquelon overprint on stamps of French Colonies. 2: (Fr.) Payé ŕ destination see Paid to Destination.
P.E. Co.: Pacific Express Co. handstamp, Mokelumne Hill, Calif., 1851.
P.G.S.: overprint on stamps of Straits Settlements for Perak Government Service officials.
P.K.W.N.: (Pol.) Polskie Komitet Wolnosci Narodowei; Polish National Liberation Committee
P.K.Zl.Gr.: Porto Krajowe, Zloty, Groszy (Pol.) inland charge in zloty and groszy, 1810-17.
P.L. Teheran: Post Locale Teheran; overprint on stamps of Iran.
P.M. Co.: (Portland M. Co.) see Private die match proprietary stamps.
P.N.B.: Postal Notes Business; to mark mail with postal notes with sums of less than $5.
P.O.1: United Kingdom postal strike; local post 1971.
P.O.A.: Post Office Agency
P.O.G.: auction abbreviation for Part Original Gum, with 50% or more of the original gum being intact.
P.O.S. Local Service: United Kingdom postal strike; local post 1971.
P.O.W.: see prisoner of war (mail).
P.O.n.N.T.: (Resembles these letters) Russian Company of Navigation and Trade; Ukraine overprint on stamps of Russia, Offices in the Turkish Empire, 1900-10.
P.P.: overprint on stamps of France postage due conversion to postage, Offices in Morocco. 1: postal permit marking on prepaid mail. 2: auction abbreviation term for private perforations. 3: penny post. 4: Port Paye; postage paid. 5: abbreviation for Pulled Perforation
P.P.C.: (Poste Polonaise Constantinople) Poland overprint, Offices in Constantinople, Turkey.
P.P.C.: China overprint on stamps of Wuhu Treaty Port stamps.
P.P.R.I.: (Pemerintah Revolusioner Republik Indonesia): Revoluntionary government of the Republic of Indonesia, 1958.
P.R. in R.: (It.) Posta Toscana in Roma, (Tuscany Post in Rome) pre-adhesive postmark.
P.R.R.I.: (Indon.) Pemerintah Revolusioner Republik Indonesia (Revolutionary Government of the Republic of Indonesia); various labels, printed in1958.
P.S.B.: posted by steamboat, pre-adhesive postmark.
P.S.I.: Philatelic Society of India
P.S.N.C.: (One letter in each corner of stamp) Pacific Steam Navigation Co., Peru, 1857.
P.T.M.: watermark on stamps of Malaya, Nov. 1961.
P.U.C.: Postal Union Congress.
P.V.A.: Polyvinyl Alcohol gum
P.W.: Public Works, South Australia official overprint, 1868-74.
P.a D.: paid to destination, pre-adhesive postmark.
P.c.p.: progressive color proofs
P.g.: auction abbreviation for part gum
P/SET: abbreviation for Part Set, incomplete set of an issue
P: 1: Scott Catalog number prefix for Newspaper. 2: proof. 3: auction term for Poor quality. 4: international postal code for Portugal. 5: pre-adhesive postmark; Paris (France), Pennsylvania (USA), Philadelphia, (Penn.) Poland, Prague (Bohemia), 6: (With no country name, with value and Queens cameo) Great Britain. 7: with eagle and United States of America: Kentucky Custom House revenue, seal. 8: perforation for Canal Zone on U.S. stamps, perforator was formally a Panama Railroad perforator with rPr modified to a P. 9: Plattendruck: (Ger.) flat plate printing 10: papier (Ger.) paper 11: P, Pt, Pta, Ptas, Pts abbreviations for Peseta(s).12: (Ger.) Pfennig, unit of currency. 13: Pula: currency unit in Botswana 14: Punt: currency unit in Ireland 15: Peso, currency unit in Argentina, Chile, Cuba, Dominican republic, Mexico, Philippines, Uruguay. 16: The Philatelist (Great Britain). 17: (With star and crescent in circle) Straits Settlements, Malaya overprint for Perak. 18: with Arabic between; overprint on British stamps for official. 19: with crescent and star in oval, overprint on Straits for Perak. 20: Police, South Australia official overprint, 1868-74. 21: Colombia-Scadta consular overprint for being sold in Panama, 1921-23. 22. in oval, paid (British, Ger.). 23. Preussen; found on letters from Russia to France, followed by a number which refers to the frontier office, 1830-69. 24. Ashton-Potter prefix used in front of the plate number in its stamp production. 25. in a box, plate block.
PA: 1: USPS abbreviation for Pennsylvania. 2: pencil addressed. 3: Postamt (Ger.) post office
PAA: Pan American Airways (USA).
PAG: auction abbreviation term for Paper Adheres to Gum.
PAL: Parcel Air Lift.
PAR: international postal code for Paraguay.
PB: 1: Perkins Bacon, Ltd. (Stamp Printers, Great Britain). 2: Paris balloon posts. 3: see Plate block.
PC Postage: postage purchased and printed using personal computers and the Internet.
PC: 1: auction abbreviation for postal card. 2: Postal Card, Post Card. 3: pioneer airpost covers. 4: Passed Censor
PCCR: Pacific Confederation of City Republics; cinderella
PCE: Used Stamp on Piece
PCFT: Pacific Confederation of Federal Territories
PCL: see Precancel.
PCS Post: United Kingdom postal strike; local post 1971.
PE: 1: abbreviation of piastre, early Egypt currency. 2: Canadian postal code for Prince Edward Island. 3. Colombia-Scadta consular overprint for Peru.
PEH: Phillip E. Hardie, BEP employees initials, 1906-1928; see Plate Finisher, Siderographer.
PER: international postal code for Peru.
PF: 1: Philatelic Foundation (New York) 2: (Fr.) port payé jusquŕ la frontičre paid to the frontier. 3: pfenning. 4: Germany overprint, Offices in China. 5: Estonia overprint on stamps of Russia, German Occupation. 6: Philatelic Foundation (certificate).
PH: 1: USPS abbreviation in address for penthouse. 2: Photo, Photocopy.
PHJ: Postal History Journal (USA).
PHQ: Postal Headquarters cards reproducing commemorative and special issues, made by the British Post Office since 1973.
PI: 1:auction abbreviation for perforated initial(s). 2: (With Arabic writing) overprint on stamps of Turkey for Thrace. 3: auction abbreviation for poorly inked
PIP: Partial Impression of Plate No. (on U.S.A. Plate No. Blocks)
PJGB: Philatelic Journal of Great Britain.
PK: international postal code for Pakistan.
PL # BLK: Plate Number Block.
PL&R: Postal Laws and Regulations, U.S.
PL: 1: abbreviation for plate 2: auction abbreviation for political (topic).3: precedes the European postal code on addresses in Poland, such as PL-00391, Warsaw.
PLR: Philatelic Literature Review (USA).
PMC: purple machine cancel.
PMCC: Post Mark Collectors Club.
PMG: abbreviation for Postmaster General.
PMOG: Pencil Mark On Gum.
PMR: see Transnistrian Moldavian Republic.
PMS: Pantone Matching System used by the USPS since 1987 to assign stamp color specifications; however, the color may vary depending if the stamps were printed by offset or intaglio presses.
PN: Scott Catalog number prefix for U.S. Postal Note.
PNC3: Plate Number Coil Collectors Club.
PNC: 1) A plate number coil stamp; 2) A philatelic-numismatic combination: a cover bearing a stamp and containing a coin, medal or token. In the latter, the coin and stamp are usually related. Often the cover is canceled on the first day of use of the coin.
PNC: 1: philatelic numismatic combination, a stamped envelope, card or mounting device created to commemorate an event; numismatic may be a stamp coin, medal, token or encased stamp. 2: see Plate number coil.
PNG: Papua New Guinea
PNS: plate numbered strip, see Plate strip.
PNT: Plate No. Trimmed
PNTA: Pakistan National Tuberculosis Association.
PO: 1: auction abbreviation for polar (topic). 2: abbreviation for post office. 3: Post Office, South Australia official overprint, 1868-74.
POCCIR: (Cyrillic) Russia, South Russia.
POD: Post Office Department, predecessor of the USPS; also known as USPOD.
POFIS: Philatelic Office of the Slovak Post.
POL: (Ger.) Polizei; perforated initials on stamps of Germany used as Police Officials.
POR: Price On Request.
POS(H)TA: overprint on fiscal stamps of Tannu Tuva for postage.
POSS: Possessions (USA).
POUNC: Post Office Users National Council, Great Britain.
PPC: abbreviation for Picture Post Card.
PPCL1: Princess Patricias Canadian Light Infantry; battle group that was part of the Canadian mission in Kosovo.
PPD: topical association abbreviation for prepaid (no value in indicia).
PPI: see Postage Paid Impression.
PPM: Pencil Mark(s) in Margin(s) on complete stamp sheets.
PR: 1: USPS abbreviation for Puerto Rico. 2: auction abbreviation for precancel. 3: pair. 4: prices realized. 5: (It.) Posta da Roma (mail for Rome) pre-adhesive postmark. 6. Scott Catalog number prefix for Newspaper Tax (Hungary) Newspaper (U.S.).
PRC: Peoples Republic of China (mainland China).
PRS: Postal Regulating Station, or Section, wartime postal facility.
PS/5: plate (number) strip of 5 coil stamps with the plate number on the center stamp.
PS: 1: Colombia, (Script letters) Cauca. 2: Postal stationery. 3: Scott Catalog number prefix for Postal Savings. 4: see Plate strip. 5. Monogram overprint on Native Feudatory States of India issued for reprint of remainder stamps. 6. Private Secretary, South Australia officialoverprint, 1868-74. 7. intertwined as a monogram, Colombia, Cauca Department. Perforation Shift. 8. postal stationery; a philatelic discipline recognized for FIP exhibitions. PS/3: plate (number) strip of 3 coil stamps with the plate number on the center stamp.
PSA: pressure sensitive adhesive (self-adhesive).
PSE: 1: Pre-Stamped Envelope. 2: Postal Stationery Entire
PSE: Professional Stamp Expertiser.
PSMK: abbreviation for postmark.
PSRE: Postal Stationery Registered Envelope.
PSS: PreCancel Stamp Society, Inc.PSS: PreCancel Stamp Society, Inc.
PSa: Postal Stationery.
PT: 1: postal tax. 2: Pataca, currency unit in Macao.
PTA: Post und Telekom Austria AG: (Ger.) Post and Telephone Company of Austria.
PTS: 1: Philatelic Traders Society (England). 2: pesetas, Spanish unit of currency. 3: Potosi (Bolivia) pre-adhesive postmark. 4: Postal Transportation Service, formerly the Railroad Mail Service.
PTT: abbreviation for post, telephone and telegraph.
PUASP: Postal Union of the Americas, Spain and Portugal
PUS: Indonesia Postage Due.
PVI: postal validation imprint, computer generated postage.
PW: 1: USPS abbreviation for Palau. 2: Printers waste.
PYAS: currency unit in Burma.
PYB: Finland, Russia, South Russia.
PYCCHION: (Resembles these letters) Russia overprint for Offices in Turkey (Wrangel Issue).
PYCCKAR nOYTA: (Resembles these letters) Latvia overprint on stamps of Russia, Russian Occupation (prepared but never used).
Pa: 1: Padova (Italy), Pennsylvania (USA) pre-adhesive postmark. 2: para, currency unit in Turkey and Eastern Europe
Paanga: currency unit in Tonga.
Paar: (Dut., Ger.) two of a kind; stamps that have not been separated, pair.
Pabay: Great Britain local post carriage label, Priest Island, Scotland,1962.
Pabellon Postal: (Sp.) postal sorting room; on postmarks of Alicante used at the Madrid (M.Z.A.) railway station.
Pacchi postali: (It.) inscription; 1: parcel post, postal package; Italy. 2: (With Sul Bolletti no Sull Ricevuta) Italy. 3: (With Bolleta Ricevuta) San Marino. 4: (With star and crescent) Somalia.
Pacco: (It.) package.
Pacem in Terris: (Latin) Peace on Earth inscription on 1964 stamp of Canada.
Pachuca: district in Mexico, overprint, 1856-1883.
Pacific 97: international stamp exhibition held in San Francisco, 1997.
Pacific Express Co.: private mail and parcel delivery firm serviced area west of the Mississippi River; used corner card, complimentary franks and passes, labels, and a variety of stamps; 1879-1911.
Pacific Mail Express Co.: Phantom post; bears California city
Pacific Mutual Telegraph Company: U. S. telegraph stamps issued for use on own firms telegrams, 1883.
Pacific Postal Telegraph-Cable Company: U. S. telegraph stamps issued for use on own firms telegrams, 1886.
Pacific Stage and Express Co.: private firm serviced area between San Francisco and Sacramento, Calif., used a label, 1860-64.
Pacific Steam Navigation Company: stamps, donated to Peru for trial of prepayment of postage, Dec. 1,1857-March 1958; see Pacific mailboats.
Pacific Union Express Co.: private parcel delivery firm operated by the Central Pacific Railroad in California and Nevada; used labels, 1869-69.
Pacific mailboats: 1864: French line Messageries Maritimes operated in the Indian Ocean, 1867, Jan.1: Pacific Mail Steam Navigation Company (PMSNC) made first voyage from San Francisco to Hong Kong via Hawaii, following ship cancels have been recorded: America, Arizona, China, Great Republic, Henry Chauncey, Japan, Ocean Queen, Rising Star, Constitution, Golden City, Montana, Sacramento, Alaska, Colorado, Costa Rica, and Oregonian. 1868: became Ligne T extended to Australia and New Caledonia, 1868: PMSNC established 10˘ rate between USA and Hong Kong; extended service to Japan and Shanghai, 1877: Oriental and Oceanic Steamship Co. started alternate service competing with PMSNC, 1886: Bremens Norddeutscher Lloyd added service to Australia, Singapore and China, 1892: Canadian Pacific Railway started service Vancouver to Hong Kong, 1893: Australia link closed due to being unprofitable, 1900: Norddeutsche Lloyd extended to Japan, 1901: Jaluit Company began service to Marshall Islands from Australia, 1914: French and German line service ended with outbreak of war, 1920: French line Transpacific service reopened, 1940: French line service stopped due to war.
Pack and Send: A pilot retail service offered at selected post offices that allows customers to bring in any mailable item to have it securely packaged and, if they wish, mailed.
Package Service: USPS mail service, formerly known as Fourth Class.
Package box mail: marking applied to letters dropped into a New York street box marked for parcels only.
Packenmarke: inscription 4-kopeck for parcel stamp, Wenden-Livonia, Russia 1863.
Packet Forgery: a reproduction of genuine stamp that is intended to fool beginning stamp collectors.
Packet Letter: A letter carried by a ship operating on a regular schedule and carrying mail by contract with a government or a post office.
Packet boat: a passenger boat carrying mail and cargo on a regular schedule.
Packet cancel: a postmark applied to mail carried in ships maintained by a government.
Packet letter: mail carried by a ship under contract by a post office to carry mail, started 1840s.
Packet postage: that portion of the rate used to pay the ship that carried the item.
Packet-Brief-Verkehr: city of Cologne, Germany, local post, 1886-1900.
Packet-ship letter: mail arriving in port without any cancel or mark of origin.
Packet: 1) A pre-sorted unit of all different stamps, a common and economical way to begin a general collection; 2) a ship operating on a regular schedule and contracted by a government or post office to carry mail.
Packet: 1: an assortment of stamps made up in an envelope or package form. 2: fast mailboat on a stated schedule. 3: term used for booklets circulated by exchange clubs.
Packhoi, Pakhoi: treaty port in Kwantung province, China; overprint on stamps of Indo-China, French offices in China, 1903-22.
Padding: commercial mailers term for adding names to a mailing list to compensate for undeliverable mail; see bounce-back.
Padelany: (Czech.) false.
Padelky: (Czech.) forgery.
Padroes de Grande Guerra: Comrades of the Great War overprint on stamps of Portugal for postal tax.
Paese: (It.) country.
Pagamento alla consegna: (It.) cash on delivery (C.O.D.).
Pagaralam: local overprint for district in Palembang, Sumatra, 1942-45.
Page & Co.s Express: private parcel delivery firm serviced Boston and Gloucester, Mass., used labels; 1875.
Page & Keyes City Letter Express: S. Allan Taylor label.
Page & Saville Express: parcel delivery firm serviced Boston and Gloucester, Mass., used labels; 1882-88.
Page de carnet: (Fr.) booklet pane; uncut block of stamps especially printed and cut for use in booklets.
Pagina del Libretto: (It.) booklet pane; uncut block of stamps especially printed and cut for use in booklets.
Pagina do Livreto: (Port.) booklet pane; uncut block of stamps especially printed and cut for use in booklets.
Paginacion del cuadernillo: (Sp.) booklet pane; uncut block of stamps especially printed and cut for use in booklets.
Pago contra reemolso: (Sp.) cash on delivery, C.O.D.
Pago deficiente: (Sp.) insufficiently stamped.
Pahang: on east coast of Malay Peninsula; Malaysian state - south east Asia; 1889, Jan.: No.1, 2˘ rose, first stamps “Pahang” overprint on stamps of Straits Settlements, 1890: definitives issued, 1900: stamps of Federated Malay States used, 1935, Dec. 2: name Pahang inscribed on stamps; 1942: issued under Japanese occupation, Japanese characters and “Dai Nippon 2602 Malaya” Japanese Postal Service 1942 Malaya) overprint; 1948, Dec. 1: first stamp issued, 1950, June 1: stamps of Pehang have the word “Malaya” as the English-language inscription, 1957: stamps of Malayan Federation and stamps of Pahang used, 1963, Sep.: became part of the Federation of Malaysia, 1965, Nov. 15: used designs of Johore, inscribed Pahang, stamps of Malaysia; see Pulau.
Paid Permits: Oct. 1, 1904; a system for mailing identical pieces in quantity without stamps.
Paid Reply Postal Cards: two postal cards that are attached to each other; one for sending a message, the other is for the recipient to detach for the reply.
Paid all: 1: July 22, 1868; handstamp applied to letters between the North German Postal Union and the U.S. to indicate prepaid mail matter and office of origin. 2: pre-1891, UPU treaty between U.S. and British Australian colonies specified use of straight line marking on front of the cover.
Paid postmark: a postmark indicating prepayment of postage in cash, and not in postage stamps.
Paid to destination: prior to postal agreements between countries, the total postage on a piece of mail from one country to another was made up of two parts, revenue to the country of origin and the other to the country of destination. If partially unpaid, the balance would be collected as postage due from addressee
Paid to lines: 1840-60; handstamp on letters from Canada to the U.S. indicating correct prepayment.
Paid: indicating regular postage has been prepaid by the sender.
Paidstempel: (Ger.) cancel for paid
Paiement contre remboursement: (Fr.) cash on delivery (C.O.D.)
Paine & Cobbs Express: parcel delivery firm serviced Boston and Campbello, Mass.; used a label; year unknown.
Paines Express: parcel delivery firm serviced Boston and Marblehead; used labels; 1891
Paines Package Delivery: parcel delivery firm serviced an unknown area; used a label; year unknown.
Painted cachet: hand drawn or hand made cachet to which hand painting of any nature has been applied.
Paio: (It.) two of a kind; stamps that have not been separated, pair.
Pair of full stamps with interpane gutter between: stamps printed in large formats and then incorrectly cut into panes; considered an error.
Pair: 1: two of a kind; stamps that have not been separated, two attached stamps. 2: paar: (Ger.); paire (Fr.); coppia, paio (It.); pareja (Sp.) 3: two se-tenant postage stamps; understood to be se-tenant horizontally
Pair: Two unseparated stamps.
Paire: (Fr.) two of a kind; stamps that have not been separated, two attached stamps..
Paisa, Paise: currency unit in Abu Dhabi, Afghanistan, Ajman, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Pakistan.
Paisley Penny Post: United Kingdom postal strike; local post 1971.
Paita: city and province in Peru; overprint on stamps of Peru for provisional issue of town during occupation by Chile, 1884.
Paket: (Ger., Swed.) parcel
Paketaufgabezettel: (Ger.) a two piece label, with larger part affixed to the parcel, smaller part affixed to accompanying letter, used by the Prussian post office in 1854.
Paketmarken: (Ger., Swed.) parcel post stamps.
Paketpost: (Ger.) parcel post.
Pakhoi: city in province of Kwangtung, China; 1877: became a treaty port, 1902, Feb.1: post office opened, 1903, Apr.-, Indo-Chinese post office, stamps of Indo-China overprinted “Packhoi” or “Pack-Hoi” for use at a French post office, with denomination shown in Chinese characters; now named Pei Hai 1922, Dec. 31: post office closed; see China; Indo-China, French Offices.
Pakistan: southern, central Asia; official name of postal administration: Pakistan Post Office currency: 12 pies = 1 anna, 16 annas = 1 rupee, 100 paisa =1 rupee (1961) 1947-pre: used stamps of India, 1947, Aug. 15: Pakistan formed into Dominions of India and Pakistan, 1947, Oct. 1: No.1, 3 pence slate, stamps of India overprinted “Pakistan,” stamps of India without this overprint were not accepted for mail, 1947, Nov. 10: joined the U.P.U., 1947, Dec. 1: Pakistan issued its own stamps. 1947: official stamps of India, overprinted “Pakistan,” 1948: first definitives, 1948, Aug. 14: regular issue overprinted “Service” making them Officials, 1956, Mar. 23: became a republic, 1962: first air mail stamp, 1971, Dec.: East Pakistan became Bangladesh.
Pakistansk: (Dan., Nor., Swed.) Pakistani (adj.).
Pakisztán: (Hung.) Pakistan.
Pakke(r): (Dan., Nor.) package(s).
Pakkeporto: inscription on Parcel post stamps of the Royal Greenland Trading Company, 1905-38.
Pakkepost: (Den., Nor.) parcel post.
Pakkepostmćrke: (Dan.) parcel post stamp.
Palacio de Communicaciones: inscription on Colombia and Cuba for postal tax.
Palatinate: region of Germany west of the River Rhine, 1947-49: part of the French Zone of Occupation inscribed Rhineland-Pfalz; see Rhineland Pfalz.
Palau: western Pacific Ocean, aka Pelew Islands, former U.S. Trust Territory, 1983 currency: 100 cents = 1 U.S. dollar 1899, Oct. 1: first stamps under Caroline Islands, 1901: regular mail service started by Jaluit Company, (see Pacific Mail Steamboats) 1914-45: Japanese stamps used, see Pacific Mail Steamboats. 1945: American stamps used, U.S. carried mail to and from the island, 1947: part of the U.S. Trust Territory of the Pacific, 1983, Mar.10: No.1, 20˘ multicolor, first stamp, 1984, June 12: first air mail issue, 1986, Jan. 10: became a federation as a Sovereign State in Compact of Free Association with the U.S., 1988, Aug. 8: first semipostal stamp.
Palazöld: (Hung.) slate-green (color).
Palembang: local overprint in Sumatra, Japanese Occupation 1942-45.
Palencia: local post, Spanish Civil War, Republican, Nationalist, 1937.
Palestine: southeast corner of the Mediterranean Sea, currency: 10 milliemes = 1 piaster, 1,000 milliemes = 1 Egyptian pound, 1,000 mils = 1 Palestine pound (1928), 100 fils = 1 Jordanian dinar. 1840s: weekly Turkish courier service between Beirut and Jerusalem, 1863-1917: stamps of Turkey used, 1918, Feb.10: No.1, 1 piaster deep blue, first stamps of Palestine with inscription E.E.F. (Egyptian Expeditionary Forces) issue for British military occupation of Palestine, stamps also valid in Lebanon, Syria, Transjordan, parts of Cilicia, 1920, Sept. 1: civil British administration overprinted “Palestine” in Hebrew, Arabic and English, 1921: “Palestine” overprinted on E.E.F. British stamps, 1923: mandated to Great Britain, first postage due stamp, 1922, July 22: Great Britain ran mandated area until May 14, 1948, 1927: first definitives, 1948, Dec. 2-Apr. 24, 1950: Jordan occupation, overprint “Palestine” in English and Arabic on stamps of Jordan, 1948, May-June 6, 1967: Egyptian occupation, overprint “Palestine” on stamps of Egypt, 1948, May 14: British terminated the mandate, Jewish National Fund issued local provisional stamps, 1967, June 6: stamps of Israel.
Palestinian Authority: part of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, currency: 1,000 fils = 5 Israeli shekels, 1,000 fils = 1 Jordanian dinar (1998) 1994: No.1, 5 mils multicolor, first stamp, 1994, Aug. 15: first official stamp, could also be used by the general public, 1994, Oct. 7: first semipostal.
Palid: (Rom.) pale (as referencing the color of a postage stamp).
Palimpsest: papers originally printed on for some other purpose before being used for postage stamps, such as the early stamps of Latvia printed on the backs of German military maps; commonly used where part of a design was erased to install a new value or inscription.
Palm stamps: common design featuring palm trees for colonies in French West Africa, 1906.
Palma de Mallorca: local post, Spanish Civil War, Republican, 1936.
Palmenstempel: (Ger.) palm marking on German field post mail during WW II, used by the German Afrika Corps.
Palmer, Frederick N.: 1845-48; postmaster, Brattleboro, Vt., issued Postmasters Provisional stamp.
Palmerston Garage: United Kingdom postal strike; local post 1971.
Paludismo: (Sp.) malaria on 1947 Mosquito Tax stamp must be affixed to all letters in addition to regular postage.
Palästina: (Ger., Swed.) Palestine
Pamiut: now named Frederikshaab, Greenland
Pamphlets & Newspaper: British revenue stamps for use in America, 1765-66.
Pamplona: local post, Spanish Civil War, Republican,1936-37.
Pan-Am inverts: U.S. postage stamps issued for the 1901 Pan-American Exposition, on sale from May 1 through Oct. 31, 1901; the 1˘, 2˘ and 4˘ stamps were printed with inverted centers.
Pan-American Exposition: poster stamp advertising areas thought to be part of the Pan-American organization.
Pan-American Postal Union: 1890; agreement made by countries in North and South America, except Canada and the European colonies, to charge domestic rates of postage for mail to other countries in the Union.
Panad: United Kingdom postal strike; local post 1971.
Panagra: Pan American-Grace Airways, overprint on various stamps of South American countries.
Panalpina Ltd.: United Kingdom postal strike; local post 1971.
Panama Canal Int-Ocean: inscription on label supposedly sold, 1880s, for mail on ships going through the canal.
Panama Canal Zone: overprint on stamps of Panama.
Panama Köztársaság: (Hung.) Republic of Panama.
Panama: links North and Central America to South America; currency: 100 centavos = 1 peso, 100 centesimos = 1 balboa (1904) 1859-1903: former Department of Republic of Colombia, 1863-84: British stamps used on overseas mail from Panama City, 1870-81: British stamps used on overseas mail from Colon, 1878: No.1, 5 centavos gray green, first issues for Panama along with those of “Estados Unidos de Colombia,” 1887: Colombia issues for use in the Department of Panama, 1903, Nov. 3: Panama declared its independence; 1903, Nov. 16: first stamp issue, “Republica de Panama” provisionals issued in Colon, Bocas del Toro and Panama City, 1904, June 11: Canal Zone had its own stamps, joined the U.P.U., 1905, Feb. 4: first inscription “Republica de Panama,” 1915: first postage due stamp, 1921, Feb.: U.S. forces intervene in clash with Costa Rica, 1929, Feb. 8: first air mail stamp, special delivery issue overprinted “Correo Aereo,” 1941: first semipostal stamp; see A.R. Colon Colombia.
Pandemonia: spoof stamps created for 1936 stamp exhibition.
Pane: 1: stamps as sold by the post office; usually a commemorative pane consists of 50 stamps; four panes of 50 stamps make up a sheet of stamps as printed; more recently panes consist of 20 stamps. 2:Grupe (Ger.) Panneau (Fr.) Gruppo (It.) Grupo (Sp.) 3: page of booklet postage stamps
Pane: The unit into which a full sheet is divided before sale at post offices. The sheets that one normally sees at post offices are panes. Most United States full sheets are divided into four regular panes or many more booklet panes before they are shipped to post offices.
Paneless: used to describe a sheet of stamps in a single group without division into panes.
Panneau: (Fr.) pane (of stamps).
Pantograph: a engraving instrument used to reproduce an enlarged, reduced or exact size plane figure.
Pantone Color System: a standardized system of blended colors, each with their own Pantone Matching System (PMS) number.
Panzacola: (Sp.) Pensacola, postal marking used in 1787.
Pao Tzu Ku: Bandit Post local, China, 1923
Paositra Malagasy: inscription on illegal issue, reported to the UPU Sept. 24, 2001, by the postal administration of Madascar; not valid for postage.
Papal States: located in central Italy; made up of Rome and surrounding area, provinces of Romagna and the Marches and Umbria; 1870-pre: governed by the see of Rome, 1852, Jan.1: issued their own stamps as Papal States, 1859: Romagna separated and joined Sardinia, to become Kingdom of Italy, 1870: became part of the Kingdom of Italy; see Roman States.
Papel Delmeina: (Sp.) paper, invented by a Belgian engineer, made in Spain and used for Civil War postal tax and charity issues; paper has a clear white color while the stamp back has a chalky appearance caused by the adhesive material.
Papel Sellado: (Sp.) security paper watermark, 1872.
Papel avitelado: (Sp.) wove paper.
Papel con filametos: (Sp.) granite paper.
Papel estucado: (Sp.) chalky paper; stamp paper which has a coating of chalk or clay on the surface.
Papel giz-aplainado: (Port.) chalk paper; stamp paper which has a coating of chalk or clay on the surface.
Papel tiza: (Sp.) chalky paper.
Papel verjurado: (Sp.) laid paper.
Papel: (Sp.) paper.
Paper Fabrique Company: U.S. private die playing card stamp.
Paper crease: aka crease, crease that developed during the printing process.
Paper curl: usually caused by paper being coated on one side which causes the sheet of gummed paper, especially in dry heat and atmosphere, to roll itself in a cylinder form.
Paper fault: visible paper irregularity prior to stamp printing
Paper fold: aka fold, a corner becomes folded over either the front or the back during the stamps production, but after the printing process and before being perforated.
Paper-makers watermark: watermark appearing as initials, design, device or name of the manufacturer of the paper.
Paper: see various papers under name or type of paper; 1: since most stamps are printed on paper, faults in the paper are sought by collectors as freaks or oddities, in some cases, the type of paper is important in the identification of some stamps. 2: first used as writing material by the Chinese, 2nd century BC. 3: papier (Dut., Fr., Ger.); carta (It.); papel (Sp.)
Papermark: original term for a watermark.
Papier couché: (Fr.) chalky paper; stamp paper which has a coating of chalk or clay on the surface.
Papier mélangé de fils de soie: (Fr.) granite paper.
Papier uni: (Fr.) wove paper.
Papier vergé: (Fr.) laid paper.
Papier: (Fr., Ger.) paper.
Papillons: (Fr.) 1: slip of paper bearing messages carried by balloon out of Metz during the Franco-Prussian War, 1870-71; known as Papillons de Metz. 2: butterfly (topic).
Papir, Almindeligt: (Dan., Nor.) ordinary paper.
Papir, Batonne: (Dan., Nor.) batonne paper.
Papir, Bily: (Czech.) white paper.
Papir, Blĺnet: (Dan.) blued paper.
Papir, Cigaret: (Dan.) cigarette paper.
Papir, Fluoriserende: (Dan.) fluorescent paper.
Papir, Fosforiserende: (Dan., Nor.) phosphorescent paper.
Papir, Fotografisk: (Dan.) photographic paper.
Papir, Gennemfarvet: (Dan.) paper colored throughout.
Papir, Getontes: (Dan.) tinted paper.
Papir, Glans: (Dan., Nor.) surface-glazed paper.
Papir, Granit: (Dan.) granite paper.
Papir, Hladky: (Czech.) plain paper, smooth paper.
Papir, Hvit: (Nor.) white paper.
Papir, Hĺndgjort: (Dan.) handmade paper.
Papir, Hĺrdt: (Dan.) hard paper.
Papir, Karton: (Dan.) carton paper, thick paper.
Papir, Kartong: (Nor.) carton paper.
Papir, Krideret: (Dan.) chalky paper, coated paper.
Papir, Kridt: (Dan.) chalky paper, coated paper.
Papir, Krídovy: (Czech.) chalky paper.
Papir, Leskly: (Czech.) shiny paper, glazed paper.
Papir, Linieret: (Dan., Nor.) paper ruled by vertical, horizontal, or cross-hatched lines.
Papir, Maskin: (Dan., Nor.) machine-made paper.
Papir, Obycejny: (Czech.) ordinary paper.
Papir, Pergamenovy: (Czech.) parchment paper.
Papir, Pruhovany: (Czech.) laid paper, striped paper.
Papir, Přros: (Nor.) porous paper.
Papir, Riflet: (Dan.) ribbed paper.
Papir, Sigarett: (Nor.) cigarette paper.
Papir, Silketrĺd: (Dan., Nor.) paper imbedded with a silk thread..
Papir, Stribet: (Dan.) laid paper. |
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