Europe/Other : Switzerland: what is this P.P. imprinted stamp?
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"Much happiness is overlooked because it doesn't cost anything. " parklanemews@gmail.com timbres re: Switzerland: what is this P.P. imprinted stamp? the usual name for this, is "Postal Stationary" and the are not list in Scott catalog you could only find theme in spécialised catalog from this contry, here it's Switzerland.
michael78651 re: Switzerland: what is this P.P. imprinted stamp? Regarding postal cards, in the US, the standard method of collecting is the entire card. In Europe, "cut outs", or "cut squares" are acceptable.
www.hipstamp.com/store/the-online-stamp-shop DRYER re: Switzerland: what is this P.P. imprinted stamp? Blacque Jacques Shellaque and Michael:
"Much happiness is overlooked because it doesn't cost anything. " parklanemews@gmail.com michael78651 re: Switzerland: what is this P.P. imprinted stamp? Just to clarify... Scott lists cut squares for stamped envelopes only. They do not list cut squares for postal cards. In addition, except for the Great Britain Mulready envelopes, Scott only lists postal stationary for the United States, US area, and the United Nations.
www.hipstamp.com/store/the-online-stamp-shop Rhinelander re: Switzerland: what is this P.P. imprinted stamp? The P.P. stands for porte payé or postage paid. What you have (RE: "acceptable philatelic term") is a cut-out "PPI" or postage paid impression, which is a symbol indicating that the postage for the item has been paid in cash. I have also heard the term postage paid insignia for PPI. Usually these PPIs, which you commonly find on your everyday junk or mass mailings are pretty bland, but they can be personalized (like the ones used by the APS) and then may take the appearance of a stamp. Note that the "cancellation" is printed to further give the impression of a personal "stamped" mailing. So, no this is not a cut square, which would be the term for the cut-out stamp portion of government issued postal stationary.
DRYER re: Switzerland: what is this P.P. imprinted stamp? Responding Stamporama club members:
"Much happiness is overlooked because it doesn't cost anything. " parklanemews@gmail.com michael78651 re: Switzerland: what is this P.P. imprinted stamp? Arno, thanks for the explanation. You analogy to the APS personalized postage labels was a good clarifier.
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