Late fee stamp – a stamp paying additional fees on correspondence put into the post after normal closing hours, the intention of which is to connect with evening dispatches by mail trains.Letter carrier – the person who delivers mail to the addressee. Other terms for this position have included ‘mailman’ and ‘mail carrier’.Life insurance stamp – a stamp…

Joint issue – when two or more countries issue stamps on the same date to commemorate the same event or honor the same person, place or idea. Usually the central vignette is the same, framed with different lettering and denominations.Joint lines – lines that appear on gutters between sheets in rotary press printing and are caused by…

Z Z:1: Scott Catalog number prefix for Special Purpose (Japan).2: (in circle) control mark on back of 1946 regular issue used in Spanish Morocco.3: Bolivia used its 1928 air mail issue with this overprint for mail carried on Hindenburg.4: overprint on stamps of Russia for Armenia.5: with star overprint, on stamps of Russia, Transcaucasion Federated Republics.…

Y Y:1: Yorkshire, England, pre-adhesive postmark.2: Renminbi Yuan, currency in Peoples Republic of China.3: Scott Catalog number prefix for Revolutionary Government Postage (Philippines).4: used instead of “i” in many words, such as “Yndies” West Indies, “Ysla” for island. Y 1/4: overprint on stamps of the Spanish Antilles (Cuba and Puerto Rico) “Ynterior” for change in value…

W W:1: Scott Catalog number prefix for Wrapper.2: auction abbreviation for with.3. Waterworks, South Australia official overprint, 1868-74. WA: USPS abbreviation for Washington.Waagerechte paar: (Ger.) horizontal pair.W.A.B.: Wien abzugs brief (Ger.) additional fee to be paid on delivery in Vienna.Wachau, S.S.: steamship marking of the Danube Steam Navigation Company built around 1890s, for upper Danube lines.W.A.D.E.S. Clayton’s: United Kingdom postal strike, local post…

V V:1: label used in Iceland to indicate letter or parcels with a declared value.2: Flat plate imperf. coil; Scott Catalogue suffix to identify stamps other than standard postage; also called “H.”3: registration label.4: in corners of triangular Czechoslovakia personal delivery stamp.5: Valencia (Spain), Venezia (Venice, Italy); Vicenza (Italy) pre-adhesive postmark.6: Vatu; currency unit in…

U U: 1: Scott Catalog number prefix for Envelope or Letter Sheet. 2: auction abbreviation term for Used. 3: Udine (It.) pre-adhesive postmark 4: Ungarn (Ger.) Hungary. 5. prefix letter by the U.S. Bank Note Company in front of the plate number.UA: 1: Unaddressed. 2: auction abbreviation for used abroad.U.A.E.: see United Arab Emirates.U.A.E.: overprint on stamps of Abu Dhabi.Syria. 3: (with value in…

T 13 Zone Partigiana Piacenza: town and province in Northern Italy; stamps of Italy overprint for local use, 1944.3¢ Hawaiian Blue: cinderella used in movie The Truth About Charlie, a remake of the movie Charade.3M Corp.: contractor for stamp printing to National Label Co., 1994 Eagle self-adhesive.3PF: German bisect provisional made 1901, at New Orleans, La. by German Cruiser Vineta to meet need…

S 7-1-71: issue date of the new USPS emblem, issued at every post office in the nation, creating a new field of specialization.S:1:Auction abbreviation term for “Superb” or best there is.2: auction abbreviation term for Specimen.3: international postal code for Sweden.4: Scott Catalog number prefix for Franchise.5: shilling, ship, Seville; pre-adhesive postmark.6: Sucre; currency unit in…

R R:1: Scott Catalog number prefix for U.S. Revenue2: abbreviation for Reprint3: Registration, Registered, Recommandé (Sp.)4: precedes the European postal code on addresses in Romania, such as R-70119, Bucharest.5: registro (Sp.) registered6: Rand; currency unit in Republic of South Africa, Namibia.7: Real, currency unit in Brazil8: Riel, currency unit in Cambodia, Iran.9: (With value) Reunion overprint on stamps…