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Elizabethan II Study Group Journal: The Corgi Times Glossary |
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| BABN - acronym for British American Bank Note Company, a printer of Canadian stamps (see below). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Back-of-the-Book - stamps listed in the back of the Unitrade or Darnell catalogues. The catalogue number is typically preceded by a letter. Air mail, postage due, semi-postals, and other similar stamps are generally listed in the back-of-the-book. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Barcode - a Universal Product Code (UPC) image applied to a booklet cover or in the margin (selvedge) of a pane of stamps which is scanned at the time of purchase to aid in an inventory control computer program. |
 Barcode |
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| Bicolour - a stamp printed in two colours. See Multicolour. |
 Bicolour |
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| Bilingual - stamps inscribed in two languages. Many Canadian stamps have both English and French
inscriptions (text).
Some joint issues include text from the participating nation. |
 Bilingual |
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| Bisect - a stamp cut into two parts (diagonally, vertically, or horizontally), each part paying postage of half the face value of the complete stamp. |
 Bisects |
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| Blind perforations - impressions made for perforations but not fully removed. These are considered freaks, not errors, and do not command a premium. Not to be confused with imperforate stamps. |
 Blind perforations |
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| Block - a multiple of stamps, generally four (or more). |
 Block (of four) |
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| BNAPS - acronym for British North America Philatelic Society. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Booklet - pane(s) of stamps (booklet pane) bundled together between a thick cover and sold in a convenient format to the public. Early Elizabethan-era booklets were stapled or stitched at one edge between two separate covers (front and back). Beginning in 1968, the booklet pane was glued to a single cover (ie. integral booklet), folded in half. Larger booklets required the pane of stamps to be folded once or twice. In recent years, larger self-adhesive booklets have been folded into two or three parts. |
 Booklet | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Booklet pane - a small block of stamps sold in a booklet. |
 Booklet pane |
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| Bourse - a meeting of dealers or of collectors where stamps change hands either by cash or trade; a stamp show will typically have a stamp exhibition and a stamp bourse. |
 Bourse |
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| British American Bank Note Company - a printer of Canadian postage stamps. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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