| Abbeviation |
Definitions |
 , M |
Mint, Never Hinged (NH) |
|
Unused, usually hinged |
 , U |
Used, may also be unused or CTO |
| XF |
Centered with 4 large margins |
| VF |
4 large margins |
| F-VF |
4 margins |
| F |
Margins close on 1 or more sides |
| Av. |
Margins cut into design |
| Attd |
Attached Setenant |
| B(4) |
Block of 4 |
| BE |
Bull’s eye perforated |
| BEP |
Burea of Engraving and Printing |
| BK |
Booklet |
| BP |
Blunt Perfs |
| Ccl |
Cancel |
| CP(20) |
Convertible Pane or Booklet |
| Cr |
Crease |
| CTO |
Cancelled stamps which haven't gone through the mail |
| dg |
Dull gum, when used as a Scott # suffix |
| DG |
Disturbed Gum |
| FDC |
First Day Cover, Unaddressed will be in the Mint column, Addressed in the Un/Used column |
| H |
Hinged |
| HDG |
Heavily Disturbed Gum |
| HH |
Heavy Hinged |
| HPVG |
Horizontal pair (left-right) with a vertical gutter between |
| HPVL |
Horizontal pair with a vertical line between |
| HR |
Hinge Remnant |
| Hz |
Horizontal, when used after the catalog number indicates a block that is attached left to right |
| IMP |
Imperforate |
| lg |
Low Gloss gum |
| LH |
Lightly Hinged |
| LP |
Line Pair |
| MP |
Micro-Printing in the design of the stamp |
| NH |
Never Hinged, gum as issued |
| NG |
No Gum |
| OG |
Original Gum, may be hinged |
| OP |
OverPrint |
| P# |
Plate number |
| P(#) |
Pane of (#) |
| (P##x##) |
Perforated ##x## |
| PB |
Plate Block. If there is no description in the price list then assume a plate block of 4. This column may contain panes, line pairs, etc. according to the description. |
| RG |
ReGummed (not OG) |
| SE |
Straight edge |
| Setenant |
Block containing stamps with different designs |
| Sheet |
This column contains sheets with the number of stamps indicated in the description. This column may also contain booklets, plate number strips of 5, etc. according to the description. |
| SP |
Short Perf |
| U/Un |
Used/Unused, may also be cancelled to order (CTO) |
| Un |
Unused, may be hinged, OG, DG, etc |
| ###v |
Variant that doesn't have an assigned Scott Number |
| VPHG |
Vertical pair (top-bottom) with a horizontal gutter between |
| VPHL |
Vertical pair with a horizontal line between |
| vr |
Vertical, when used after the catalog number indicates a block that is attached top to bottom |
