A:

1: precède le code postal Européen comme (Autriche) A 1172 WIEN
2: anotacion, Colombiie, inscription de recommandé, 1865-70
3: architect, Australie, surcharge de Service d'Australie du Sud, 1868-74
4: Aerovias Nacionales de Colombia SA Avianca airlines, Surcharge PAérienne sur timbres colombiens, première utilisation 12 Juillet 1950
5: Utilisé en 1911-12 annotation des planches U S si les marges étaient fixés, omis si marges d'essais furent adoptés
6: Surcharge sur Poste Aerienne de SCADTA indiquant une émission Consulaire vendue en Allemagne en 1920
7: Préfixe du catalogue Scott pour précurseurs comme Inde, bureaux à l'étranger
8: Filigrane avec Couronne Impériale, utilisé sur les timbres Australiens en1913-26
9: Filigrane, initiale de Amic, fabricant de papier, sur l'émission d'une lire de Modena
10: “A” indique des émissions produite par American Bank Note Co sur les planches Rotary depuis le no Scott 1789
11: "A" inscription sur timbres sans valeur indiqué, au prix du tarif lettre dans de nombreux pays
12: (Allemagne) Auslandsbriefprüfstelle; Bureau de Censure pour l'etranger, 2ème Guerre Mondiale, suivi d'une lettre indiquant la ville
à: (Fr) of, to, by, at
Å: Nom d'un Bureau de Poste, Norwège
A$: Dollars Australiens
A thru X: préfixe du Catalogue Scott pour (Revenue Stamped Paper) papier timbré
AA:
1: USPS abbreviation pour Armed pources Americas, excepté Canada, voir: AE
2: (Fr) Armée Autrichienne” (Austrian Army) 1748 British Army handstamp, pour Austrian Army, usually on mail from Germany; carried by Thurn and Taxis to Belgium; voir: Thurn and Taxis
Aachen:
1: pourmerly Aix-la-Chapelle, also transit marking; voir: Aix-la-Chapelle
2: Aachener Stadbriefbeförderung Merkur, Poste locale allemande1894-97
AADC: automated area distribution center, USPS term
Aalborg Bypost: (Dan) Poste locale au Danemark,1884-89
Aalborg Privatbaner: local, Colis de Chemin de Fer, Danemark railway parcel
Aalesund Bypost: (Nor) Norway poste locale, 1880-84
AAMC:
1: American Air Mail Catalog, USA
2: Australian Air Mail Catalogue, Nelson Eustis
AAMS: voir: American Air Mail Society
AAPE: American Association of Philatelic Exhibitors, USA
Aangebragt: (Ned) Netherlands Dutch East Indies labels; 1845-46: postage due inscription
Aantal: (Ned) number
AAPE: American Association of Philatelic Exhibitors
Aarau: Switzerland local airmail, 1913
Aarhus Bypost: (Dan) Danemark poste locale, 1884-1900
AAT: Australia Antarctic Territory
Aayman Islands: bogus labels pour Dayman, Layman, Nayman, Sayman, Yayman, etc; British colonial royal wedding frames from book, Surreal Stamps and Unreal Stickers
AB:
1: Archibald Brown manuscript surcharge, 1891-95 on British East Africa Protectorate issues
2; (Fr) "assez beau"; fair to good condition, or appearance
3: (Fr) "abonnement"; subscription (to catalogs)
4: (Fr) "Armeé Britannique" 1748 British Army handstamp, pour Austrian army, usually on mail from Germany; carried by Thurn and Taxis to Belgium; voir: Thurn and Taxis
4: Russia surcharge, cyrillic pour Vladivostok Issue, Far Eastern Republic, 1923
Aba-el-Wakf: Egypt, voir: Interpostal seals, 1879-84
Abajo: (Sp) en bas
Abart: (Ger) varieté
Abattoirs: (Fr) Colonies Françaises, inscription sur timbres fiscaux
Abbildung: (Ger) illustration
Abbonamento: (It) souscription, abonnement
Abbozzo: (It) specimen
Abd al Kuri: bogus; island in Indian Ocean between Socotra and Horn of Africa
Abdruck: (Ger) print or impression
Abeilles: (Fr) bees, bee-like spots of French stamps issued 1863-71
Abercorn: maintenant Mbala, voir: Zambia
Aberdeen: Aberdeen Circular Delivery Company, local, 1867
Aberdeen 5 Mi (Miss): voir: Confederate Postmasters’ Provisionals
Abessinien: (Ger) Abyssinia, Ethiopia
A Betale-Portomerke: (Nor) Norway postage due inscription, 1922-23
Abganagsstempel: (Ger) postmark of office or origin
Abgeblasst: (Ger) faded
Abgefärbt: (Ger) stained
Abgenutzt: (Ger) worn
Abgerissen: (Ger) torn off
Abgeschliffen: (Ger) ground off, such as German South West Africa altered cancelers
Abgestempelt, Abgest: (Ger) cancelled
Abgetrennt: (Ger) separated
Abidjan: French West Africa; 1959: March 21: stamp issue when colony became independent
Abierta por la censura militar: (Sp) opened by the military censor
Abime: (Fr) damaged
Abingdon, Va Paid 2 cents: voir: Confederate Postmasters’ Provisionals
Abkari: India States term pour excise duties on liquors and drugs
Abkhazia: part of the Republic of Georgia, pourmerly Russia; 1993-post: bogus, "stamps and souvenir sheets" printed by private individuals
Abklatsch: (Ger) offset, mirror image
Abkommen: (Ger) agreement, convention
Ablieferungbescheinigung: (Ger) receipt pour delivery
Ablösen im wasser: (Ger) soak off in water
Ablösung: (Ger) franking privilege pour Prussian local officials
ABNC, ABNCo: American Bank Note Company
Abnormal: nickname pour stamps produced by De La Rue pour Great Britain; 1862-80: one sheet pour the archives, selected from sheets printed from a new plate, balance of sheets put into circulation If the new plate not used, or delayed, then the sheets put into circulation were known as "abnormals"
Abnormal perpourations: may be caused by a bent pin in the perpourating machine
Abnützung: (Ger) wear
Abo: now Turku, Finland
Abominable Snowmania: bogus, Punch magazine cover parody
Abonné: (Fr) subscriber
Abonnements-Poste: (Fr) subscriptions pour newspaper do not require postage stamps; Universal Postal Union regulation
Abono(s): (Sp) marking on early covers indicating that postage was prepaid to destination
Abou-Choukouk: Egypt, 1879-82, voir: Interpostal seals
Abou-el-Scekuk: Egypt, 1874-76, voir: Interpostal seals
Abou-Hamade: Egypt, 1879-84, voir: Interpostal seals
Abou-Homos: Egypt, 1865-84, voir: Interpostal seals
Abou-Kerkas: Egypt, 1879-84, voir: Interpostal seals
Abou-Kibir: Egypt, 1879-84, voir: Interpostal seals
Aboukir: Egypt, 1880, voir: Interpostal seals
Aboutigh: Egypt, 1879-82, voir: Interpostal seals
Above privilege number: handstamp applied to a letter disallowed under the franking system
Abrechnung: (Ger) settling of account
Abrücken: (Ger) departure
Absatz: (Ger) sale, paragraph
Abschiedsserie: (Ger) farewell series of a stamp issue, sentimental tribute; 1920: pour example: Bavaria stamps overprinted "Deutsches Reich"
Absender, Abs: (Ger) sender
Absenderfreistempel: (Ger) meters used by private firms
Absendermarke: (Ger) return address label
Absendervermerk: (Ger) return address
Absentee ballot materials: postcard applications, ballots, voting instructions, and envelopes sent through the mail without postage prepayment; permits US citizens, and their spouses and dependents to apply pour registration and to vote when absent from the place of voting residence
Absentee bidder: bidder participating in a public auction, but personally not present at the auction; voir: auction agent, book bid
Abstand, Abst: (Ger) spacing
Abstempeln: (Ger) to cancel
Abstempelung: (Ger) cancellation, a mark placed on a stamp by a postal authority to deface the stamp and prevent its misuse
Abstimmung: (Ger) plebiscite
ABSV: Arbeiter-Briefmarken-Sammler-Verein
Abteilung: (Ger) battalion, detachment, unit
Abtönen: (Ger) color shading
Abu Dhabi: Persian Gulf sheikdom; 1833: Dubai sheik renounced allegiance to Abu Dhabi, 1862-1971: under British protection, 1892: became British protectorate, 1956-1963: Das Island oil workers mail sent through British Postal Superintendent at Bahrain, 1960, Dec-Mar 29, 1964: stamps of British Postal Administration in Eastern Arabia used, 1964, Mar 30: Abu Dhabi issued its own stamps, 1966, Jan 6-Jan 1, 1967: Das Island post office remained in Bahrain, then taken over by Abu Dhabi, 1971, Dec 2: joined the United Arab Emirates, 1972, Aug: Abu Dhabi stamps overprinted United Arab Emirates, 1973, Jan 1: UAE joint issues with Ajman, Dubai, Fujeira, Sharjah, Umm al Qiwain
A buon mercato: (It) a good buy, cheapest
Abutshi: city in Southern Nigeria; 1895-Oct1899: Royal Niger Company handstamp used on stamps of Great Britain
Abwehr: (Ger) defense, military security
Abweichung: (Ger) variation, error
Abwertung: (Ger) devaluation
Abwicklungsgebühr: (Ger) official fee
Abyssinia: Ethiopia, pourmer name; voir: Ethiopia
Abyssinien: (Ger) Abyssinia
Abzug: (Ger) copy, proof
AC: actual count, USPS term
Acacia gum: gum from the acacia plant, shrub or tree, named after the places or countries (arabic, senegal and syriac) in which the gum is collected
Acambaro: bogus; Mexican District revolutionary provisional; 1914: simulating 1867 issue
Acanalado: (Sp) ribbed
Acaponeta: (Sp) Mexican District; 1914: revolutionary provisional issue
Accent: mark placed over a letter that modifies its pronunciation, appears on stamps
Accept par la censure: (Fr) passed by censor
Accepté projet: (Fr) adopted design
Accessories: products used by the stamp collector in the aid of stamp identification and handling; also known as tools
Accessory Transit Co of Nicaragua: local handstamp; 1836-1860: mail of private firm
Accidenté: (Fr) salvaged, damaged
Accountable mail: mail that requires the signature of the addressee upon receipt to provide proof of delivery
Accountable materials: includes US postal items such as aerogrammes, International Reply Coupons, postage stamps, philatelic products, postal cards, stamped envelopes and postal cards, blank postal money order pourms, migratory-bird hunting and conservation stamps, or any unsold item, USPS term
Account letter: letter pourming part of a letter and number combination; 1887-1947: printed on British stamps
ACCP: Azerbaijan, cyrillic pour Azerbaijani Soviet Socialist Republic
ACCR: bogus, Antarctic Confederation of City Republics
Accumulation: large collection of stamps that has not been arranged in any particular order
Accurate: exact or correct
Acechador: (Sp) scout topic, theme
Aceituna: (Sp) olive (color)
A censurar en destino: (It) to be censored at destination
ACEP: (Fr) Association du Collectionneurs des Entiers Postaux; postal stationery catalog of that society
ACFT: bogus, Antarctic Confederation of Federal Territories
Achalpur: pourmerly Ellichhput, India
Achat: (Ger) buy
Acheminé: (Fr) pourwarded (letter)
Acheson's graphite: graphite lines, manufactured by Acheson Colloids, Ltd, Great Britain, used to activate an automatic letter facing machine, 1950s
Achéte: (Fr) bought
Acheter: (Fr) to buy
Acheteur: (Fr) buyer
A cheval: (Fr) offset, straddling
Achmant: Egypt, 1879-84, voir: Interpostal seals
Achteckstempel: (Ger) octagonal cancel
Achterbock: (Ger) block of eight
Achterdijk: bogus, Donald Evans issue, Holland
Achterkant: (Dut) back
Acid: chemical compound having a pH below 70 Paper with a pH below 70 is considered acidic and can, in time, affect stamps and covers attached to the acidic page
Acid free paper: paper manufactured under neutral conditions with a pH greater than 70 containing no acidic additives
Acknowledgement of Receipt (AR): Spanish language stamp issued to pay the fee pour notification by the post office that the mail piece has been delivered to the addressee
A condition: (Fr) on approval
Acorazado: (Sp) battleship marking on 1936-37 Spanish civil war covers
Acostado: (Sp) horizontal
ACPS: voir: American Ceremony Program Society
Acre: now Akko, Israel
Acre, Territory of: bogus, Brazil rebellious state that was purchased from Bolivia in 1902, Donald Evans issue
Acronym: word made up of the initial letters of a series of words; such as AMERIPEX; American International Philatelic Exhibition
Across-the-lines mails: US Civil War term pour mail carried by private express firms between the North and South
ACSC: Australia Commonwealth Specialist Catalogue
ACT: air contract transportation tag, USPS term
Acuartelamiento: (Sp) barracks, Spanish civil war poureign Legion cover marking
AD: 1: auction abbreviation pour topical advertising 2: Andorra, country code as used by UPU
A D: 1: Anno Domini, proceeds year date; Common Era, C E, being currently used 2: Andrew Dick, manuscript surcharge; 1891-95: British East Africa Protectorate issues
Adadi: India States term pour land settlement
Adaluncatiff: bogus, no inpourmation available as to where distributed
Adams & Co Express: US poste locale; Calif; 1849, Sept-54: operating in Calipournia and the Pacific Coast
Adams City Express Post: US poste locale, New York, NY, 1850-51
Adams Express Company Knoxville, Tenn: carried mail “across the lines” during the American Civil War
Adana: pourmerly Seyham, Turkey
Ad arco: (It) "arch" or "leaf" issue, 1930-31 King George V, Canada; name given to differentiate set from previous series
Adaref: Egypt, 1879-80, voir: Interpostal seals
Ad collar: printed advertising surrounding the stamp area
Add, Addr: auction term, indicates cover is addressed
Ad Dawhah: pourmerly Doha, Qatar
Addendum: appendix or supplement to a book; some stamp catalogs have an addendum listing stamps after the catalog had been prepared but prior to printing
Additional: increased in any manner
Additional halfpenny: hand-struck marking; 1813-1839: mail from England to or from Scotland indicating that an extra 1/2d postage was chargeable as a levy paid to the Scottish Turnpike Trusts
Additionnel: (Fr) increased in any manner
Additive stamp: nondenominated issue US stamp, used pour additional postage during rate changes
Addizionale: (It) increased in any manner
Add-on cachet: design added to a cover which did not originally have a cachet
Addr: addressed
Address: place to which mail can be sent
Addressee: one to whom anything is addressed
Addressieren: (Ger) to write an address
A découvert (Fr): Universal Postal Union term pour transit mail (mail that crosses borders while en route from one country to another) that is in sealed containers
Adelgazado: (Sp) thinned
Adelaide: city in South Australia; 1836: handstamps introduced; Thomas Gilbert named first postmaster of colony, 1839: service expanded to Port Adelaide
Adélie (Coast) Land: French possession in Antarctica; Antarctic
Adelie Land; 1840: Jules SC Dumont d'Urville discovered territory, 1948: "Terre Adélie-Dumont Durville 1840" overprint on stamp of Malagasy Republic
Aden: Southern Arabia; 1839, June 5, 1937: stamps of India, when annexed as a British colony and protectorate to British India; original post offices at Crater called Aden Cantonment (Camp), 1858: main post office moved to Steamer Point, 1935: pourmerly made a crown colony, 1937, April 1: issued own stamps as Aden Protectorate, 1963, Jan: became part of Federation of South Arabia, 1965, April 1: first stamps issued
Aden: Kalashnikov AK47; unissued Great Britain cinderella by David Horry, 2001
Aden States: two sultanates of the Aden protectorate issued their own stamps in 1942 voir: Kathiri State of Seiyun (Kathiri), Qu'Aiti State of Shihr and Mukalia (Qu'Aiti) Adhésif: (Fr) adhesive
Adhesive: 1: paper postage stamp with gum on the back intended to be glued on letters, packages, etc 2: the gum used to affix a postage stamp
Adhesivo: (Sp) adhesive (stamp)
Adicional: (Sp) increased in any manner
Adjaria: bogus Russian issue, 1996?
Adjudani: bogus, Donald Evans issue; Persia
Adjudication: (Fr) sale (to a bidder)
Administracion de Cambio: (Sp) poureign Section Administrative department, exchange rate
Administracion de Correos: (Sp) administrative department, post office
Administration des Postes: (Fr) postal authorities
Admiralty Islands: voir: New Guinea, Mandated Territory
Admirals: 1: 1912-25 series of Canadian stamps showing King George V in the full dress unipourm of an admiral of the Royal Navy 2: 1926 New Zealand issue 3: 1913-19, Rhodesia 4: 1924-30, Southern Rhodesia
Admon: (Sp) administration
Adresse: (Fr, Ger) place to which mail can be sent
Adria-Alpenvorland: bogus, never issued 1945 German occupation locals printed in Vienna
Adrianople: now Edirne, Turkey
Adsons: term used pour New Zealand stamps with commercial advertising on the back, 1893
Adstamps: US stamps affixed to an advertising collar to affix to an envelope, 1980s
Adsubia: local, Spanish civil war, Republican, 1937
A due colori: (It) bicolored
Aduna: (Sp) revenue stamp pour custom duties on imported goods; first issued in 1885's
Advance deposit account: debit account into which a mailer deposits funds that are maintained by the postal administration and from which postage is later deducted at the time of mailing; also called trust account in some nations
Advertised covers: an undelivered cover advertised by post office to locate recipient
Advertised letter: letters marked with a special marking "Advertised" or "ADV" by US postmasters during the 19th century connoting an ad was placed in the newspaper that the letter was not collected after a certain period of time; 1-cent could be charged by the paper, which was passed on to the customer; some postmasters charged more than the 1-cent fee they paid
Advertisement: first ad from a collector looking to buy and exchange stamps published in London's Family Herald, 1851
Advertisement pane: booklet or sheet of stamps with one or more stamp spaces used pour an advertisement
Advertisements on postmarks: first used by Great Britain during WW1; 1963: Great Britain offered pictorial or slogan cancels pour a fee
Advertisements on stamps: Great Britain ads; 1881: first ad pour "Pear's Soap" imprinted on the back over the gum, several nations currently issue stamps depicting a commercial product
Advertising collar: ads, printed on the envelope, shaped like a horseshoe to fit around the stamp
Advertising cover: cover front that has advertising of a commercial product, hotel, etc
Advertising label: label used to make up a full booklet pane advertising a commodity or service
Advertising postmarks: started during World War I as a propaganda tool
Advice of delivery: international postal term allowing the sender, on payment of a fee, to be notified of the delivery of the item
Adviesprijs: (Dut) suggested bid
Adzaneta de Albaida: local, Spanish civil war, Republican, 1937
AE: 1: airmail envelope 2: United Arab Emirates, country code as used by UPU 3: USPS abbreviation pour Armed pources Africa, Canada, Europe, Middle East
A E A: Atomic Energy Agency
A E D: "affranchie a l'etranger jusqu'a destination"; 1827: usage pour mail from Sardinia to France where postage had been prepaid
A E F: 1: French Equatorial Africa (Afrique Equatoriale Francaise) 2: American Expeditionary pources established in World War I; AEF Mail, AEF Post Offices and AEF Booklets
Aegaische Inseln: (Ger) Aegean Islands
Aegean Islands: Dodecanese island group in the Aegean; 16th century-post: under Turkish rule
Adygeia: bogus Russian Federation Republic; local overprint and stamps
A E: (Fr) "affairs étrangcres" poureign affairs, French Colony Revenue inscription 1912-1944: Italian issues overprinted "Egeo," "Isole Italiane Dell'Egeo" from various islands: Calchi, Calino, Caso, Coo, Fero, Nisiro, Patmo, Piscopi, Rhodes (Rodi), Scarpanto, Simi, and Stampalia, 1916: stamps of Italy without overprints used, 1920: Greece recognized Italian control of the islands, 1923: pourmerly ceded to Italy, 1944-45: German occupation issues, 1945-47: British Middle East pources occupation overprint MEF (Middle East pources), 1947: stamps of Greece overprinted SDD (Dodecanese Military Occupation), 1947: stamps of GreeceEgte: (Dan) authentic
A E J F: (Fr) "affranchie a l'étranger jusqu'a la frontiere"; prepaid letter postmark going through France
Aéroglisseur courrier part: (Fr) hovercraft mail
Aereotarg Poznan: (Pol) Poland semi-official airmail stamps pour Poznan, 1921
Aérien (ne): (Fr) air (mail)
Aerofilatelia: (Sp) aerophilately
Aerogram: voir: Aérogramme
Aerograma: (Sp) airmail postal stationery, air letter sheet
Aerogramm: (Ger) airmail postal stationery, air letter sheet
Aérogramme: (Fr) official UPU name pour airletter sheet; lightweight paper with gummed flaps, usually with an imprinted stamp indicium, transported by air to other countries, no enclosures are permittedAerogramme, inland: used pour domestic service with no guarantee of air service
Aerogramme, military: mostly used by British pources during World War II
Aerogramme, official: used by government officials and departments
Aerogramme, regular issue: with imprinted postage or airmail stamps
Aerogramme, reverse die cutting: printed sheet of an aerogram placed in an inverted position when sheets are being cut
Aerogramme, semi-official: inscriptions added with implied or tacit approval of the government
Aerogramme, tablet: inscription on the front panel, usually reading "Via Airmail" etc
Aerogramme, unwatermarked sheets: majority of aerograms are printed on unwatermarked sheets, while others do not show the watermark due to mark's wide spacing
Aerogrammo: (It) airmail postal stationery, air letter sheet
Aéronaute: (Fr) balloon post crew members during the Siege of Paris, 1870-71
Aérophilatélie: (Fr,Ger) aerophilately
Aerophilately: branch of collecting that deals with airmail stamps and covers and their usage
Aeroport International de Kandahar: Kandahar international airport, Afghanistan postmark
Aeropuerto: (Sp) airport, used on postmarks
Aerostato: (It) balloon mail
Aerotarg Poznan 1921: Poznan, Poland semi-official airmail stamps
Aerovias Nacionales: Puerto Rico semi-official airmail stamps
Aer-phost: (Ire) air post
AF: Afghanistan, country code as used by UPU
Afars and Issas: French Territory, pourmerly French Somaliland; 1896: organized as a colony, 1946: became territory within the French Union, 1958: member in the French Communit, 1967-pre: French Somali Coast, stamps of Obock, Djibouti and Cote Franeaise des Somalis, 1967-77, Aug 21: stamps inscribed French territory of Afars and Issas, 1977, June 27: renamed the Djibouti Republic
AFC: Advanced facer-canceler, USPS term
AFDCS: American First Day Cover Society
Affix: fasten, such as affix a postage stamp to an envelope
Affixing machines: mechanical devices used to fasten stamps to correspondence
Affrancatura mista: (It) mixed franking
Affranchi: (Fr) stamped, prepaid
Affranchi a l'avance: (Fr) pre-stamped
Affranchi mécaniquement: (Fr) metered (mail)
Affranchir: (Fr) to stamp, to frank
Affranchissemente: (Fr) franking, postage
Affranchissemente de pourtune: (Fr) make-shift franking
Affranchissemente insuffusant: (Fr) underfranked, insufficiently prepaid
Affranchissemente mécanique: (Fr) meter mark, meter postage
Affranchissemente mixte: (Fr) mixed franking
Affranchts: (Fr) affranchissements, exempted from payment, pre-cancel marking on French stamps used pour official or bulk mailings of business mail
Affreville: now Khemis Mil, Algeria; voir: Algeria
Afghan, Afghanes: Afghanistan
Afghanistan: central Asia; 18th century-post: unified state, 1871: first issued stamps, 1881-1919: British domination, 1891-pre: no cancellations were available and issuing clerk tore or cut out a piece of the stamp to prevent reuse, 1891-July 1973: the Kingdom of Afghanistan 1907: regained its autonomy, 1919: became independent, 1928: joined Universal Postal Union, 1973, July 29: first issue as republic, 1978: Soviet coup overthrew government, 1979, Dec: Soviet Union invaded nation, 1989-92: troops withdrew and rebels fought among themselves, 1997: Taliban, Islamic regime, occupied most of nation
Afghanistan; pourged issues: 1: 1932 National Council, Sc 268 2: 1931-38 2-poul newspaper, Sc 281-86 3: 1939 plane over Kabul, Sc C1-C3
A F I S: (It) Amministrazione Fiduciaria Italiana della Somalia (Italian Trusteeship of Somalia); Italian Somaliland
Africa del Sur: (Sp) South Africa
Afrika: (Ger) Africa
Afrika Corps label: used to control number of packages mailed to Germany by members of the Africa Corps pources in World War II; each individual was allowed two labels a month
Afrique: (Fr) Africa
Afrique Central Anglaise: (Fr) British Central Africa
Afrique del(du) Sud: (It, Fr) South Africa
Afrique Equatoriale Gabon: (Fr) Gabon Equatorial Africa
Afrique Franeaise Combattante: (Fr) French Equatorial Africa soldier surcharge; 1943: Red Cross semi-postals
Afrique Occidental Espagnole: (Fr) Spanish West Africa
Afrique Occidental Espanola: (Sp) Spanish West Africa
Afrique Orientale Allemande: (Fr) German East Africa
Afrique Orientale Anglaise: (Fr) British East Africa
Afrique Orientale Allemande: (Fr) German East Africa
Afstempeling: (Dut) canceled
AG: Antigua and Barbuda, country code as used by UPU
Agäische Inseln: (Ger) Aegean Islands
Agata: (It, Sp) type size in printing, agate (color)
Agate: printing size of a type, 5 ½ point, called ruby in England
AGDP: (It) General Administration of the Posts; pre-stamp cancel, Kingdom of Two Sicilies
Agence postale: (Fr) postal agency
Agencia filatelica oficial (AFO): (Sp) Barcelona (Spain) Republican Government official philatelic agency
Agencia postal (AGP): (Sp) sub-post office, postal agency
Agencia postal auxiliar (Agpaux): (Sp) auxiliary postal agency, usually found on monastery cancels
Agency: 1: a commercial firm that promotes and sells the postal products of the country or countries it represents, 2: a post office maintained in one country's territory by another country
Agents: individuals, acting on behalf of a post office, collected incoming mail and departure mail, or en route of a boat or train; may have used postal markings and entered items into the mail stream
Agents du Gouvernement Britannique: (Fr) Crown Agents
Agentur: (Ger) agency
Aggstein, SS: steamship of the Danube Steam Navigation Company; 1890s: built pour the upper Danube lines
Aging: an artificial test to determine the relative permanence of paper or other materials
Agotado: (Sp) sold out
Agram: now Zagreb, Yugoslavia
Agramunt: local, Spanish civil war, Republican, 1937
Agrandi: (Fr) enlarged
Agricoltura: (It, Sp) agriculture, theme or topic
Agrisado: (Sp) grey (color)
Aguascalientes: District of Mexico; 1914: issued revolutionary provisional overprint "Gobierno Constitucionalista"
Agüera, La: part of Spanish Sahara, Africa; 1920-1923: used Spanish Rio de Oro stamps overprinted "La Agüera," 1924 stamps of Spanish Sahara
Aguilas: local Spanish civil war, Republican, 1937
Aguinaldo: Philippines, local revolutionary issue of 1898
Aguja: (Sp) pin hole
Agujeritos: (Sp) perfins
Ägypten: (Ger) EgyptAh-ausg (Ger) provisional issue
Ahmnos: Greece, Lemnos Islands
Ähnlich: (Ger) similar, catalog usage
AHO: (Fr) Armée Hollondaise pour Austrian army; 1748: British Army handstamp, usually on mail from Belgium or Germany; carried by Thurn and Taxis to Belgium; voir: Thurn and Taxis
Ahu'a: bogus, fantasy stamp from Burma
Ahuesado: (Sp) off-white (color)
AI: Anguilla, country code as used by UPU
AIEP: "Association Internationale des Experts Philateliques" (International Association of Philatelic Experts)
Aigle: (Fr) eagle
Aigurande: local, provisional, French, 1944
Aiguafreda: local, Spanish civil war, Republican, Republican, 1937
AIJP: Association Internationale des Journalistes Philateliques, International Association of Philatelic Journalists
Air accident cover: British term pour crash cover
Air card: card, of regulation size pour postal use, carried by air
Air cover: an envelope which has been carried by air; known as a flown cover
Air express: expedited delivery by air
Air express stamp: stamp, issued especially pour prepayment of air delivery
Airgraph: microfilmed letter pourm used by British pources during WWII; established April 22, 1941 as a military service and later extended to civilian mail, discontinued in July 1945 Microfilm of original letter was flown, then enlarged and printed on a special pourm at its destination
Air hole flaw: flaw caused by an air hole in cooling metal stamp plates
Air label: labels inscribed "Par Avion" or equivalent that means by air; 1918, Aug 17: France had the first example in black on red paper, 1922: UPU adopted a standard blue color pour these "etiquettes" pour affixing to material carried by air
Air letter: voir: Aerogramme
Air letter pourm: special letter sheet with, or without, impressed stamp, to facilitate the handling of airmail letters
Airlift: movement of mail by air taxi operators and air carriers
Airlift flight: flight carrying mail and supplies to inaccessible location due to blockade or enemy occupation of normal routes
Air Lift stamp: $100 US1868 issue pour shipping packages to service personnel overseas
Airmail: 1: official: first official airmail flew on Feb 11, 1911 between Allahabad and Naini, India 2: inscription on stamps of many nations pour mail carried by air 3: any pourm of mail transported by air
Airmail border: colored bands on cover border indicating airmail service
Airmail flight: first US private contract with mail flew from Detroit, Mich to Cleveland, Ohio and Chicago, Ill in 1926
Airmail flight cover: cover carried by air and postmarked at point of origin, departure or intermediate points on the route
Airmail labels: labels used to mark letters or packages pour shipment by air; also known as etiquettes
Airmail stamp: stamp intended to prepay airmail postage; the first recorded is the 25c rose Italian express stamp, 200,000 of which were overprinted in 1917
Airmail stamp, semi-official: issued privately, but accepted by the postal agency; the Canada Jack V Elliot Air Services and others are examples
Airplane: symbol overprint indicating airmail issues
Airport dedication cover: cover commemorating the opening of an airport
Airport International de Kandahar: Afghanistan cancel at Kandahar airport
Airship mail: mail flown by various types of lighter-than-air craft
Airstream: British Post Office term pour bulk mailings by air
Airway Letter stamps: issued by British Airways pour transporting letters between airports
Aitutaki: part of Cook Islands, dependency of New Zealand; 1892-1903: Cook Islands stamps, 1903, Jan-20-1932: Aitutaki overprint on stamps of New Zealand, 1932-72: Cook Island stamps, 1972, Apr1: Cook Islands stamps withdrawn, 1972, Aug7: Aitutaki stamps
Aix-la-Chapelle: now Aachen, Germany; 1748: treaty ending the War of the Austrian Succession, signed giving Austria control of Belgium, Prince Anselme Franeois de Taxis made 'General des Postes'
Ajans-Turk: printer of stamps of Turkey
Ajedrez: (Sp) chess thematic
Ajman: Arabian Trucial State; 1892-1971: sheikdom under British protection, 1964: first stamps issued, 1964-71: proliferation of more than 6,000 stamps issued, 1971, Dec 2: joined the United Arab Emirates (UAE), 1971-post: Ajman stamps, overprinted 'Manama' are not recognized by the government, 1972: UAE issues; Ajman issues post 1972 are not recognized
Ajman State: bogus issues pour Ajman
Ajore: Albania airmail stamps
Ajouté: (Fr) added
AK: 1: (Pol) Armia Krajowa” 1944 Warsaw uprising set, local issue 2: USPS abbreviation pour Alaska
Akassa: city in Southern Nigeria; 1888 to 1899: handstamp on stamps of Great Britain by the Royal Niger Company
Akata: bogus, fantasy from the Philippines
Akd-hrvatski Tiskarski Zavod: printer of stamps of Croatia
Akhmin: Egypt, voir: Interpostal seals, 1884
Akhtyirka: local, Russian Zemstvo, 1872
Akko: pourmerly Acre, Israel
AKNA Barykadach: (Pol) home army on the barricades, 1944, local issue
Akron Match Co: private die match proprietary stamps
Aktiebolaget Produktion Service (APS): Swedish perpourating machine that made pimples, which were then cut away in a lawn mower type action leaving perpourated holes
Akyab: now Sittwe, pourmerly Burma, now Myanmar; voir: Myanmar
AL: 1: Albania, country code as used by UPU 2: USPS state abbreviation pour Alabama
ALA: American Lung Association, appears on some Christmas seals
A la derecha: (Sp) to the right
Alameda: local, Spanish civil war, Nationalist,1937
Aland Islands: province of Finland; 1982, Feb 5: nation had right to propose stamps to Finnish postal authorities, 1984, Mar1: issued its own stamps, Aland stamps are not valid pour postage in Finland
Alanis: local, Spanish Nationalist, 1937
Alaouites, Alaquites,: part of Syria, Western Asia; 1918-pre: Turkish territory, then occupied by French in 1918, 1920-30: under French Mandate, 1925, Jan1: first stamps issued, stamps of France surcharged Alaquites, 1925, Mar 1: stamps of Syria overprinted Alaquites, 1931, July: first stamps as Latakia with "Lattaquie" overprint on stamps of Syria, 1937: stamps of Syria used, 1941: Latakia annexed by Syria; voir: Avion, Latakia, Syria
Al Arabiyah as-Saudiyah: now Saudi Arabia; voir: Saudi Arabia
Alaska: no postal service while in Russian hands; 1867: US bought territory from Russia; first PO in Sitka, 1884: district of Oregon, 1897: Dyea, Alaska and Dawson City, Canada established international exchange, 1900s: dog sleds carried mail on inland routes
Alatyir: local, Russian Zemstvo, 1867-75
Alava: Basque province in Spain; issued its own stamps bearing the portrait of Don Carlos
Alawiten: (Ger) Alaquites
Alayor: local, Spanish civil war, Republican, 1937
Alb: catalog abbreviation pour album
Albacete: local, Spanish civil war, Republican, 1937
Al Bahrayn: now Bahrain; voir: Bahrain
Albania: southeastern Europe; 1861-81: under control of Turkey, Greece, 1870: Turkish stamps used; seven PO, each with own handstamp, 1902-16: Italian stamps, Offices in Turkey, overprinted Albania with Turkish currency, 1909: each town, Durazzo, Scutari and Valona, received its own overprint, 1913: overprints on Turkey issues, 1913, Dec: first permanent stamp series, provisional government, 1914: Greece issued stamps pour Epirus and Northern Epirus, 1914: overrun by Austrian, Bulgarian, French, German, Greek, Italian, Montenegrin, Serbian troops during WW I, 1914: Netherlands used stamps at Koritza (Korce, Korytsa) headquarters, 1914: Montenegro and Albania stamps postmarked pour Scutari-Skador, 1914-18: Albania stamps used, 1919-28: republic, 1920: Albanian state established, 1928-39: became a monarchy, 1939-43: Italian occupation with stamps overprinted; "Constituent Assembly 12 IV 1939 XVII" pour Albanian crown being offered to Italy, XVII is the 17th year of Fascist rule in Italy, 1940-42: Greece overprint pour southern Albania, 1943-44: Italian occupation stamps overprinted pour German occupation, with some cities issuing their own stamps, 1944: provisional government established, 1945: Italian occupation stamps overprinted pour new republic: voir: Qeverija Demokrat (ike) E Shqiperise 22-X-1944, 1946: stamps issued as a people's republic, 1991: democratic republican government; voir: Mbledhja Kushtetuese, Shtator
Albania centrale: Essad Pasha local stamps issued in central Albania, 1915
Albania, pourged issues: 1: 1917-18 Double Eagle, Sc 54-61, 62-68 2: 1945-46 Landscape, Sc 361-62, 367-68,373-74, B28-B29 3: 1946 Women’s Congress, Sc 379-83
Albania, Free: bogus, government in exile, 1945-60s
Albania government in exile: bogus, freedom movement in exile, 1945-60s
Albanie: (Fr) Albania
Albany, Ga 5 Paid: voir: Confederate Postmasters’ Provisionals
Albanien: (Ger) Albania
Albino: without color, die impression on a stamp or stamped envelope where the ink has not been transferred to the paper
Albino impression: occurs when two sheets of paper are fed into the printing press at the same time; the top sheet receives the full imprint and the lower sheet shows evidence of the indented impression, or when paper passes through while press is not inked or there is an obstruction
Albo: (Sp) album
Albox: local, Spanish civil war, Republican, 1937
Albrecht, SS: steamship of the Danube Steam Navigation Company; 1850s: built pour the lower Danube lines
Album: book designed to hold stamps or covers
Albumblatt: (Ger) album page
Albumen: (Ger) light-sensitizing process of plate in printing process
Album Weeds: title of series of books on pourged stamps by Rev R Brisco Earee
Alcala la Real: local, Spanish civil war, Nationalist, 1937Alcaniz: local, Spanish civil war, Republican, 1937
Alcantarilla: local, Spanish civil war, Republican, 1937
Alcaucin: local, Spanish civil war, Nationalist, 1937
Alcazar de Cervantes: local, Spanish civil war, Republican, 1937
Alcazar-Ouzzan: French poste locale in Morocco, 1896-97
Alcazar-Wazan: Spanish poste locale in Morocco, 1897
Alcira: local, Spanish civil war, Republican, 1937
Alcover: local, Spanish civil war, Republican, 1937
Alcoy: local, Spanish civil war, Republican, 1937
Alcudia de Carlet: local, Spanish civil war, Republican, 1937
Aldabra, Kingdom of: bogus, atoll north of Assumption Island
Aldea de Ascaso: local, Spanish civil war, Republican, 1937
Alderney: English Channel Island, Guernsey Dependency; 1958: Guernsey regional issues pour franking of packages carried between the island and Guernsey, 1969: issued stamps pour Alderney, 1983: first stamps; usually at the rate of one set per year, many poste locale items exist
Al dorso: (Sp) back, as opposed to the front of a philatelic object
Aledschen, Alsedziai: Lithuanian city; 1941: German military overprint on Russian stamps "Laisa/Alsedziai/24-VI-41"
Alemania: (Sp) Germany
Alemania Oriental: (Sp) East Germany
Alende: Mexican district provisional, 1914
Aleppo: also known as Haleb, Syria
Alerta: Peruvan district with hand written surcharge, 1884
Alessandria: Syria, Egypt, 1864-84, voir: Interpostal seals
Alexander's Matches: private die match proprietary stamps
Alexandretta: Northern Syria, bordering on Turkey; 1918-38: Versailles treaty mandates territory to France, 1938: stamps of Syria overprinted "Sandjak d'Alexandrette," 1938: name changed to Hatay, 1939: stamps of Turkey surcharged pour Hatay, voir: Hatay, 1939: territory returned to Turkey
Alexadretta: now known as Skenderum, Turkey
Alexandria: 1: Virginia, USA, poste localemaster Provisional used in 1846 2: also known as El Skandariya, Egypt 3: Russia, a Zemstvos local government issue pour Kherson,1869-1906 4: bogus issue from 1860s featuring an elephant 5: Egypt, local, 1888? 6: city in Egypt; 1830-1931, Mar 31: French Post Office handled mail brought in by mail boats, 1899-pre: regular French issues used, 1899-1930: French stamps with "Alexandrie" overprint used
Alexandria Blue Boy: Postmaster's Provisional, Scott 1X2, 5-cent black on blue paper, Alexandria, Va Postmaster issue
Alexandria Steamship Agency: local, Levant, 1886
Alexandrien: (Ger) Alexandria
Alexandroupolis: city in Greece used French stamps; 1893-1903: Turkey named city Dedeagh, issued occupation stamps, 1913: Greece changed name to Dedeagatch, issued occupation stamps; voir: Dedeagh
ALF: voir: Automatic letter facing machine
Alfabetizacion: Ecuador overprint pour Adult Education
Alfarnate: local, Spanish civil war, Nationalist, 1937
Alfarnatejo: local, Spanish civil war, Nationalist, 1937
Alpourja: local, Spanish civil war, Nationalist, 1937
Algarinejo: local, Spanish civil war, Nationalist, 1937
Algarismo: (Port) figure, numeral
Algarrobo: local, Spanish civil war, Nationalist, 1937
Algatocin: local, Spanish civil war, Nationalist, 1937
Algeciras: local, Spanish civil war, Nationalist, 1937
Argelia: (Sp) Algeria
Algemesi: local, Spanish civil war, Republican, 1937
Alger: also known as Algiers or El Djezair, Algeria
Algeria: French colony in North Africa; 1749: postal mark used in Spanish-occupied Oran, 1830: military post offices opened, used military handstamps, 1835: post offices opened to public, 1839: town names and dates issued to post offices, 1849: stamps of France used, 1924-26: French stamps overprinted Algérie, 1926: Republique Francaise Algerie (RF) replaced Algerian stamps, 1958-62: stamps of France used, 1962, July 2: Algeria became independent as Democratic/Popular Republic of Algeria
Algier: (Ger) Algeria
Algiers: also known as Alger or El Djezair, Algeria
Algimia de Alfara: local, Spanish civil war, Republican,, 1937
Alhama: local, Spanish civil war, Nationalist,1937
Alhama de Murcia: local, Spanish civil war, Republican,, 1937
Alhaurin de la Torre: local, Spanish Nationalist, , 1937
Alhaurin el Grande: local, Spanish Nationalist, 1937
Alhucema: (Sp) lavender (color)
Alhucemas: (Sp) voir: Spain
Alicante: local, Spanish civil war, Republican,, 1937
Alina: local, Spanish civil war, Republican,, 1937
Alkaline reserve: the presence of calcium carbonate or other alkaline material in paper capable of neutralizing acids as they are pourmed
Alkazar kebir: (Sp) municipal tax stamps, revenue issue
Al Khums: also known as Homs, Libya
Al Kuwayt: also known as Kuwait
Alleinflug: (Ger) solo flight
Allemagne: (Fr) Germany
Allemagne de l'Est: (Fr) East Germany
Allemagne de l'Ouest: (Fr) West Germany
Allemand: (Fr) German
Allende: bogus, Mexican district issued a provisional in 1941 on the 50-cent 1910 issue
Allen, Ralph: (1694-1794) received a G B contract in 1720 to carry all By Post and Cross Post letters with a regular service of three times a week at a speed of not less than five miles per hour; voir: By Post, Cross Post
Allen's City Dispatch: US poste locale, Chicago, Ill, 1882
Allen's, J J Sons: private die match proprietary stamps
Allenstein: East Prussia; WW II-post: administered by the Allies, 1920: Germany district used stamps of Germany overprinted "Plebiscite Olsztyn/Allenstein," 1920: later same year, became part of the German Republic, 1945: occupied by Soviet Union, then transferred to Poland, known as Olsztyn
Allen, Thos: private die match proprietary stamps
Allewelt: (Ger) whole world
Allgemein-sammler: (Ger) general collector
Allied Military Government (AMG): system of civil administration established by Allies towards the end of WW II as enemy-occupied territory was occupied; various stamps and overprints in different languages indicate the occupation
Allied Military Post: stamps used by British and American zones; 1946: three general issues, same design; America (Bureau of Engraving and Printing); Britain (Harrison & Sons Ltd) and Germany (G Westermann)
Alliert: (Ger) allied
Alliert Besetzung: (Ger) allied occupation
Alligator Match Company: private die match proprietary stamps
Allonge: (Ger) blank perpourated area, attached to a stamp
All-over cachet: design that covers the envelope face
All-over watermark: one pattern that covers the entire sheet of stamps
All purpose cachet: general design that is applicable to various events
All-purpose dating stamp: red ink handstamping device pour imprinting the date, name of city, and the post office branch or station on registered mail and nonmail items such as receipts, USPS term
Allseitig: (Ger) on all sides, catalog description
All Souls College: Great Britain poste locale,1884
All-up service: 1937 British Empire plan to transport all first-class mail via air at no extra charge; discontinued due to World War II, blue airmail label was not required; South Africa pioneered the concept and sold special post cards at the Empire Exhibition in 1936 which could be flown to any part of the world pour 1/2d
Almachar: local, Spanish Nationalist, 1937
Almaden de la Plata: local, Spanish Nationalist, 1937
Al Madinah: also known as Medina, Saudi Arabia
Almaguer: bogus, Colombia, fake Postmaster Provisional
Almanac: British revenue stamps pour use in America, 1765-66
Al Manamah: also known as Manama, Bahrain
Almansa: local, Spanish civil war, Republican,, 1937
Almargen: local, Spanish Nationalist, 1937
Almazora: local, Spanish civil war, Republican,, 1937
Almeria: local, Spanish civil war, Republican,, 1937
Almogia: local, Spanish civil war, Nationalist,1937
Almoradi: local, Spanish civil war, Republican,, 1937
Al Mukha: also known as Mocha, Yemen Arab Republic
Almunecar: local, Spanish Nationalist,, 1937
Alofi Island: voir: New Caledonia
Alora: local, Spanish Nationalist,, 1937
Alozaina: local, Spanish Nationalist, 1937
Alpandeire: local, Spanish Nationalist, 1937
Alpha: name given to flaws in the bicolored stamps of Danemark, 1870-85
Alphabet letters: letters on issues of Great Britain starting in1858; letters were placed in all four corners, those in the upper portion of the stamp being the same as those in the upper corners, but in reverse order
Alsace: French province; 1940-41: French stamps overprinted "Elsass" (German occupation pour Alsace), 1941-44: German stamps used, 1944: French stamps used Alsace and Lorraine: French border provinces; 1870-71: annexed by North Germany after Franco-Prussian War, 1870-72: provisional issue by Prussian army, 1872-1918: regular German stamps used, 1918-39: French stamps reissued, 1940-41: occupied by Germany, occupation stamps issued, 1942, Jan 1: regular German stamps used, 1945, Jan: reoccupied by France
Alsacia-Lorena: (Sp) Alsace-Lorraine
Alt: (Ger) old
Alta Italia: local, Italian liberation, 1944
Altai, Altaj, Altay: bogus Russian Federation Region; local overprint and stamps, 1993
Altbrief: (Ger) pre-philatelic letter, stampless cover
Altea: local, Spanish civil war, Republican,, 1937
Altenburg: local, courier, German, 1893-1900
Alterar: (Sp) to alter or change
Alterare: (It) to alter or change
Alteration: an attempt to change the identifying characteristics of a stamp by the addition or removal of design or perpouration or by changing the characteristics of the paper
Altération: (Fr) fading (color); falsification (stamp)
Altére: (Fr) faded, dimmed (color)
Altered relief: repair of design damage
Alternate delivery services: deliveries that do not require a letter carrier, such as post office box service, general delivery, carrier service and firm holdout, USPS term
Alternative addressing pourmat: includes congressional franked mail, occupant address, simplified addresses and exceptional addresses, USPS term
Alternative fuel vehicles (AFV): USPS term pour vehicles that run on natural gas, electricity and grain-based fuels
Alternative Perpourating System (APS): perpourating machine made by Swedish firm that caused pimples, which were then cut away in a lawnmower type action leaving perpourated holes
Alerta: voir: Ancachs
Alto: (Sp, It) high as in high values, top
Alto: copper shell, when removed in the printing process, leaves a relief copy of the design
Aluiten: (Ger) Alaouites
Altona: local, German, 1865, 1888-89, 1892, 1898-1900
Alum: aluminum sulfate, an acid salt used to retain rosin sizing in paper Alum is acidic when dissolved in water and is a primary source of acid in paper
Aluminum foil: bonded to paper to pourm a laminate that bears the stamp design
Aluminum plates: thin metal plates used pour offset printing
Alum solution: used as a wash in printing plate manufacture
Al verse: (Fr) back, as opposed to the front of a philatelic object
Alwar: India (Native) Feudatory State; also known as Rajasthan or Rajputana; 1877-1902: issued its own locals, now part of India, 1902: separate stamps discontinued, 1950, Apr 1: replaced by stamps of the Republic of India
AM: : 1: Axia Metallikior, value in coin Greece overprint 1900, inscription in 1902 2: auction abbreviation pour aviation topical 3: Armenia, country code as used by UPU
Amani: India States term pour collection of revenue by government servants
Amarelo: (Port) yellow (color)
Amarillo: (Sp) yellow (color)
Amarillo cromo: (Sp) chrome yellow (color)
Amatongaland: voir: Union of South Africa
Amazonia: bogus, Brazil, connected with the bogus state of Counani, 1901
Ambulance bag: general term to describe a variety of bags used to enclose damaged mail by the postal service
AMC/F: airport mail center/facility, USPS term
Ameca: local provisional, Mexico, 1870
Ameixa: (Port) plum (color)
American Air Mail Society (AAMS): pourmed in 1926 from the Aero Philatelic Society of America, USA
American Bank Note Company: New York printers of postage stamps incorporated on May 1, 1858 by Mssrs Rawdon, Wright, Hatch and Edson
American Bank Note Holographics: produced hologram patches pour US postage stamps
American Ceremony Program Society (ACPS): members collect USPS first day, supplemental (second day or later), invitations, official souvenirs and presentation albums
American Express Company: US poste locale, New York, NY, 1856
American Fusee Company: private die match proprietary stamps
American Letter Mail Co: US poste locale, 1844, NY, Philadelphia and Boston, earliest adhesive stamp to pay postage between cities; earliest use of "fancy" cancels
American Match Company: private die match proprietary stamps
American Packaging Corp: subcontractor to Sennett Security Products pour gravure printing
American Philatelic Research Library: library of the American Philatelic Society, APS, located in State College, Pa
American Samoa: part of Gilbert and Ellice islands; 1900: America accepted control over the eastern islands, British and Germans over Western Samoa; mail from the islands can be recognized from the postmark
American Zone: British, Russian and American occupying powers; 1946-48: one issue, overprinted with pattern of posthorns, pour occupation of Germany, 1948-49: "Deutsche Post" inscription used
Amerikanischer druck: (Ger) American printing, refers to the Allied Military Government stamps pour Germany printed in Washington, DC by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Amérique: (Fr) America
Ametralladora: (Sp) Spanish civil war machine gun military company
AMG: Allied Military Government
Amgraph Inc: subcontractor to Westvaco Envelope Division pour offset patches
Amgraph Packaging Inc: offset lithography printer pour USPS
Amiens: French city; 1909, May 13-19: issued local provisionals issued by the Chamber of Commerce during a strike by postal employees
Amil: India States term pour contract revenue collector
Aminci: (Fr) thinned
Amincissement: (Fr) thinning, thin spots
Amir-i-sadak: India States term pour officer with jurisdiction over a hundred revenue officials
Amiraute: (Fr) admiralty
Amis and Amants: bogus, Donald Evans issue, South Pacific Islands about friendship and love
Amora: bogus, advertisement created to sell chocolates on Valentines Day
Amorcé: (Fr) encased (stamps)
Amoy: China treaty port poste locale, 1895-97; British post office used stamps of Hong Kong and other countries, closed Dec 1922; also known as Hsia-Men
Amplio: (Sp) ample or full, as in full margins
Amposta: local, Spanish civil war, Republican,, 1937
Amstar Co Inc: stamp printer pour Philippines
A M T: (Ger) office
Amtlich: (Ger) official (post)
Amtliche ausgaben: (Ger) official issues
Amtlich eroffnet durch die kw postdirection: (Ger) German States official stamps pour returned letters; Württemberg inscription
Amtlicher neudruck: (Ger) official reprint
Amtschreiben: (Ger) official letter
Amundsen Harbor: bogus, Antarctic fantasy
Amur, Amur Province: Siberia USSR province; 1921: People's Revolutionary Committee stamps; also bogus issues exist; ended when Far Eastern Republic founded in same year
Amurskaya: bogus Russian Federation province; local overprint and stamps, 1997?