Christmas Island: Seaside #8 / VFNH / 20c Q. E. II

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Christmas Island: 20c Q. E. II

CONDITION: VF Mint Never Hinged

SPECIFICATIONS:
     Minkus: Christmas Island #8  Perforation: 14.5  Colour: ultra
     Scott: Christmas Island #8  Perforation: 14.5  Colour: ultra
     Seaside: Christmas Island #8  Perforation: 14.5  Colour: ultra
     Year of Issue: 1958
     Denomination: 20c
     Printing Type: typo

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Interesting Facts, Definitions, Translations

Primorje

Jugoslavia cinderella.

Carta Sigillata

(Latin) stamped stationery, applied to legal documents in Sweden, 1823.

Ashbrook, Stanley B.

(1882-1958) philatelic scholar, wrote handbook on 1¢ US stamp of 1851-57.

F.B.O.

Foreign Branch Office.

Paye

(French) paid.

Pins des Valles

Local post, Spanish Civil War, Republican,1937.

Andresen Local Post

see Christianssund - M. Andresen Local Post.

Collage Cachet

Design made by gluing various items to form a cohesive cachet.

GF

Gold Fields, South Australia official overprint, 1868-74.
French Guiana; country code as used by the UPU.

North West People's Post

Area in northwest China.

now China People's Republic.
1949, Oct. 15. issued first and only stamps.

Valeur declare(e)

(French) value declared, insured red color parcel label, UPU introduced them.

Osnabruck

City in Germany, local post, Boten-Comtoir H. Witte, c1860-78.

O.B.

Official Business overprint on stamps of the Philippines. _#9: occupation overprint on stamps of Russia for Batum. _#9!E: occupation overprint on stamps of Russia for Batum.

Chen-Yuan

Local post, city in Southwest China, 1949.

Concentration Camp Mail

Mail from the concentration camps established by the Nazi regime in Germany and other countries during World War II.

Deutsches Reich

(German) inscription for Germany Empire; see Bohemia and Moravia.

Ad Dawhah

Formerly Doha, Qatar.

På

(Danish, Norwegian, Swedish) ion.

China, Regional Issues

Considered post-World War II to 1949.

Posta Ukr. N. Rep. Schagiw

(Ukrainian People's Republic Schagiw) surcharge on stamps of Austria, Stanislau local post for Western Ukraine.

Karakalpakia

C1995, bogus Uzbekistan, USSR, not valid for postage.

Französisch Guinea

(German) French Guinea.

Papir, Bily

(Czech) white paper.

Di gran valore

(Italian) valuable.

G.P.M.

Overprint on stamps of Mexico, for Oaxaca revenue issues.

Direct mail

industry term for advertising mail sent to targeted markets.
mail of the pre-Universal Postal union era that went direct between countries; rate differences ceased when prepaid international rate went into effect July 1, 1875.

Jet silhouette

The US 7-cents air mail issue showing the silhouette of a plane.

Guam

South portion of the Ladrine group in the Pacific Ocean; currency: 100 cents = 1 dollar used stamps of Spanish Philippines, postmarked "Marianas," 1898, June 20: ceded to the US by Spain, after Spanish-American War, considered a territory of the US, 1899, July 7: No.1, 1 cent deep green, first stamps were overprint "Guam" on US stamps, 1901: US Post Office Department ran postal affairs with US stamps used, 1930: local post to carry mail between small towns, see Guam Guard Mail, 1941-44: occupied by Japan, 1950: administered by US Department of Interior.

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