A.P.O. - Army Post Office air. - airmail anniv. - anniversary brn. - brown C.A. - Crown Agents C.C. - Crown Colonies c.d.s. - circular date stamp C.S.A.R. - Central South African Railway c.t.o. - cancelled to order carm. - carmine Cat. - catalogue or catalogued value cert. - certificate commem. - commemorative issue d.s. - date stamp dbl. - double dp. - deep defin. - definitive issue dup. - duplicated or duplication E.A.F. - East Africa Forces E.L. - entire letter e.o.r. - expertised on reverse engr. - engraved env. - envelope f.d.c. - first day cover f.f.c. - first flight cover F.P.O. - Field Post Office f. - fine f.m. - fine mint f.u. - fine used g. or gd. - good grn. - green H&G - Higgins & Gage (postal stationery catalogue) h.s. - hand stamped horiz. - horizontal imperf. - imperforate inscr. - inscribed inv. - inverted KEVII - King Edward VII KEVIII - King Edward VIII KGV - King George V KGVI - King George VI litho. - lithography m. - mint M.E.F. - Middle East Forces MC - Maltese Cross

Mi. - Michel catalogue mm - millimetres m.s. - miniature sheet m/s - manuscript n.h. - never hinged / unmounted o.c. - off-centre o.g. - unused with original gum opt. / ovpt. - overprint or. - orange p. / perf. - perforated p.c. - post card p.due - postage due P.O.W. - Prisoner of War p.p.c. - picture postcard p.s. - postal stationery phos. - phosphor photo. - photogravure pmk - postmark pur. - purple QV - Queen Victoria QEII - Queen Elizabeth II reg. - registered rev. - reversed S.G. - Stanley Gibbons s.t.c. - stated to catalogue. Catalogue value believed to be accurate but cannot be guaranteed "set to..." - indicates set complete to value denoted stat. - stationery surch. - surcharged T.P.O. - travelling Post Office typo. - typography u. - used U.P.U. - Universal Postal Union ultra. - ultramarine un. - unused v. - very v.f.m. - very fine mint v.f.u. - very fine used vals. - values var. - variety "vals to..." - denotes the set is incomplete with a selection to the value indicated vert - vertical wmk. - watermark

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