Abbreviations Used in Auction Catalogue
cds | Circular date stamp |
Cols | Colonies |
cto. | Cancelled to order |
c/w | Commonwealth |
EL | Entire Letter |
FDC | First Day Cover |
fisc | Fiscal (or Fiscally Used) |
FU | Fine used |
inv. | Inverted |
LM/M | Lightly mounted mint |
M/M | Mounted mint |
MC | Maltese Cross |
m/s | Miniature sheet |
opt. | Overprint (or Overprinted) |
Pmk | Postmark |
Set to £1 | Complete set |
S.G. | Stanley Gibbons |
STC | Stated (by vendor) to catalogue (i.e. unchecked by us) |
S/ways | Sideways |
U/M | Unmounted (never hinged) |
W/M | Watermark |
P.S. | Postal Stationery |
PC | Postcard |
u.g. | Unused with part gum (not guaranteed original) |
mc | Machine code |