Glossary of Terms
| BABS or (B) | Bag A Bargain System : Lots that are Unsold 5 times or more (US5, US6 etc...) AND have Estimates of £12 or less. |
| Cat | Catalogue Value |
| cds | circular date stamp |
| cto | cancelled to order |
| cv | Catalogue Value |
| E | East |
| EL | Entire Letter |
| excl | excluding |
| f.u. | fine used |
| FF | First Flight |
| g.u. | good used |
| h/r | hinge remainder |
| incl | including |
| inv | inverted |
| l.m.m. | lightly mounted mint |
| m | mint |
| m.m. | mounted mint |
| MC | Maltese Cross |
| MS | miniature sheet |
| N | North |
| NE | North East |
| n.h. | never hinged |
| NW | North West |
| o.g. | original gum |
| o/c | off centre |
| o/w | otherwise |
| ovpt | overprint |
| part o.g. | part original gum - may denote heavy hinging |
| PH | Photo |
| pmk | postmark |
| RSW | Royal Silver Wedding |
| S | South |
| SE | South East |
| SW | South West |
| u | used |
| u.m. | unmounted mint |
| unused | mint, no gum |
| US | item is previously unsold |
| US2 | previously unsold twice |
| US3 etc... | previously unsold three times etc... |
| v.f. | very fine |
| v.f.u. | very fine used |
| vals to £1 | incomplete set to value stated |
| W | West |
| wmk | watermark |
| (4) | Number in brackets denotes number of stamps in the Lot |