Post by SWH on Aug 28, 2015 2:33:31 GMT -5
As you can see from my signature I run a website. Now the site is in English and so - not being a native speaker – I every now and then run into the language thing. Here’s an example.
On the site I describe the political and postal history of countries. In the description of the postal history I often come across the fact that the first stamps issued by an entity are overprints. Which so far I have called provisionals. In the description I then want to indicate when the first ‘regular’ stamps are issued. For which I have so far used the term definitives. Now the first ‘regular’ issue may very well be a set of commemoratives. Which has led me to say for example: ‘The first set of definitives commemorates independence’. But …. Lynns glossary teaches me that definitives are issued over a longer period of time, nor for a specific occasion. Thus ‘The first set of definitives commemorates independence’ is not correct. So then here’s my questions:
1. Is it correct to use the term provisionals for overprints? If not what would be the proper alternative.
2. What would be the opposite of provisionals? Is there a philatelic term for that including both definitives and commemoratives?
This post has become more complicated than I would have wanted, but I hope you can make something of it and provide me with some answers.
On the site I describe the political and postal history of countries. In the description of the postal history I often come across the fact that the first stamps issued by an entity are overprints. Which so far I have called provisionals. In the description I then want to indicate when the first ‘regular’ stamps are issued. For which I have so far used the term definitives. Now the first ‘regular’ issue may very well be a set of commemoratives. Which has led me to say for example: ‘The first set of definitives commemorates independence’. But …. Lynns glossary teaches me that definitives are issued over a longer period of time, nor for a specific occasion. Thus ‘The first set of definitives commemorates independence’ is not correct. So then here’s my questions:
1. Is it correct to use the term provisionals for overprints? If not what would be the proper alternative.
2. What would be the opposite of provisionals? Is there a philatelic term for that including both definitives and commemoratives?
This post has become more complicated than I would have wanted, but I hope you can make something of it and provide me with some answers.
