ABBREVIATIONS
DESCRIPTIONS
Catalogue numbers (#) and Catalogue values (C.v.) are taken from latest editions of
Scott Catalogue. In the cases when stamps or souvenir sheets are unlisted
in Scott Catalogue we are using Michel Catalogue (Mi), which has prices
expressed in Euro.
If Scott Catalogue does not have prices for NH stamps then latest editions
of Dallay, Facit, Karamitsos, Michel, Sakura, Sassone, Stanley Gibbons (SG),
Unitrade, Yang, Yvert (Yv), etc. are used.
Lots in the section Great Britain and British Commonwealth have
been catalogued accordingly to the Stanley Gibbons. C.v. are expressed in
Pound Sterling (£).
Stamps in various Russian sections in most cases catalogued by Scott, however
in each lot we provide numbers by Russian Specialized Standard Collection Catalogue (SC),
catalogue value of Collections and Collective lots presented by the latest edition
of this Catalogue.
SYMBOLS AND ABBREVIATIONS
| ** |
- Never hinged, original gum |
| * |
- Hinged, original gum |
| **/* |
- Mixed, never hinged and hinged |
| (*) |
- No gum, unused |
| U |
- Used |
| C |
- Coin |
| D |
- Document, Ephemera |
| F |
- Forgery, Postal Forgery |
| L |
- Label, Semi-Official Stamp |
| P |
- Proof |
| S |
- Specimen |
| SB, B |
- Stamp, Postcard Booklet |
| W |
- Wholesale lot |
 |
- Block or large multiple |
 |
- Cover, entire wrapper, FDC |
| Est. |
- Estimate |
| fn |
- Footnote |
| Mi |
- Michel Catalogue |
| SC |
- Standard Collection Catalogue |
| SG |
- Stanley Gibbons Catalogue |
| |
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|
| C.v. |
- Catalogue value |
| OG |
- Original Gum |
| NH |
- Never hinged |
| LH |
- Lightly hinged |
| VLH |
- Very lightly hinged |
| F/VF |
- Fine/Very Fine Centering |
| VF |
- Very Fine Centering |
| XF |
- Extremely Fine Centering |
| AU/BU |
- Brilliant Uncirculated |
| MS |
- Mint State |
| UNC |
- Uncirculated |
| COA |
- Certificate of Authenticity |
| ds, cds |
- Date Stamp, Circular Date Stamp |
| CTO |
- Cancelled to order |
| FDC |
- First Day Cover |
| Govt. |
- Government |
| Gub. |
- Gubernia |
| Obl. |
- Oblast |
| PPC |
- Picture postcard |
| TPO |
- Traveling Post Office (Mail Car) |
| Ph |
- Photo |
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