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N
N: Occupation Regular Issues. Scott catalog number
prefix to identify stamps other than standard postage.
N A P T: National Association for Prevention of
Tuberculosis of Great Britain.
NATAL: Term meaning Christmas in Portuguese.
NATIVE PAPER: Handmade paper produced locally
NB: Occupation Semipostal. Scott catalog number
prefix to identify stamps other than standard postage.
NC: Occupation Air Post. Scott catalog number prefix
to identify stamps other than standard postage.
NE: Occupation Special delivery. Scott catalog number
prefix to identify stamps other than standard postage.
NET: Term used when buying stamps. No deductions or
discounts of any kind are allowed when this word
appears.
NEUTRAL: Having a pH of 7.0, neither acidic or
alkaline.
NEVER HINGED: Stamp with original gum in post office
condition.
NEW ISSUE: The latest issue of stamps to come from a
country.
NEWSPAPER STAMP: Stamp issued to prepay postage on
printed matter, periodicals and newspapers.
N G: Term meaning that the stamp has No Gum.
N H: Term meaning that the stamp has Never been
Hinged and has the original gum.
NIBS: The teeth of the perforation on a stamp.
NIMH: Great Britain Northern Ireland Machin. Scott
catalog usage to identify stamps other than standard
postage.
NINE-DIGIT ZIP CODE: Numerical sequence sorted to the
individual route or carrier.
NIPPED PERF: A perforation tooth that is slightly
shorter than the remaining teeth on a normal stamps.
NIXIE: Piece of mail that is undeliverable.
NJ: Occupation Postage Due. Scott catalog number
prefix to identify stamps other than standard postage.
NNM: Normal Narrow Margin
NO: Occupation Official. Scott catalog number prefix
to identify stamps other than standard postage.
N O B A T A: North Borneo Anti-Tuberculosis
Association.
NONDENOMINATED STAMP: Stamp without a value issued
during period of a rate change.
NONPROFIT MAIL: Reduced-rate, third class bulk mail
for specially qualified groups.
NORGE: Specialized Norway Postage Stamp Catalog
NP: Occupation Newspaper. Scott catalog number prefix
to identify stamps other than standard postage.
N P S: National Philatelic Society, Great Britain
NRA: Occupation Postal Tax. Scott catalog number
prefix to identify stamps other than standard postage.
N T A: National Tuberculosis Association, organized
the Christmas seal program in the USA from 1919 to 1967.
N T R D A: National Tuberculosis and Respiratory
Disease Association, ran the Christmas seal program in the
USA from 1968 to 1972.
NUMBER IN PANE: The actual count of the number of
stamps in a pane of stamps.
NUMBER ONES: refers to the very first stamp issued by
an entity.
NUMERAL CANCELLATION: Cancels that use numbers to
identify office of mailing.
N V P H: Specialized Netherlands & Colonies
Postage Stamp Catalog
N Y F M: New York foreign mail
N Z S D A: New Zealand Stamp Dealers Association
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