Note: This small (but free) dictionary has a big brother published by the German Philatelic Society Inc. The GPS dictionary contains 180 pages of useful philatelic entries and is available from:
Werner Zielniewicz at Frankenweg 61, D-45665 Recklinghausen, Germany. The price is approximately $26.00 (US). wernerziel@aol.com
A Small German-English Philatelic Dictionary:
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WORDS DESCRIBING STAMPS OR SETS OF STAMPS Aufdruck = overprint or surcharge Auflage = quantity printed, as in Auflage 20,000,000. Ausgabe = issue. Ausgegeben = issued Briefmarke = postage stamp. Buchdruck = typographed. Druck = printing Druckbogen = printed sheet Frankaturgultig = valid as postage gebraucht = used gefaelligkeitsstempel = CTO Geschnitten = imperforate. gezahnt (gez.) = perforated, as in gez. 12 1/2 Gummi = gum Kupferdruck = engraved copperplate Linien-Zahnung = line perforated Mischzahnungen = compound perfs. Ohne Wasserzeichen = unwatermarked Satz = set (of stamps). Steindruck (Stdr) = lithographed Stichtiefdruck (StTdr.) = engraved uberdruckt = overprinted ungebraucht = mint. ungezahnt = not perforated. Verschieden gezahnt = various perforations Wasserzeichen (Wz.) = watermark Werte = values Zeitungsmarke = newspaper stamp zuschlag = surcharge |
WORDS DESCRIBING PROOFS, ERRORS, ETC. Abzugsbogen = proof sheet Bogenproben = sheet proofs Besonderheiten des Druckes = Printing varieties Besonderheiten des Papiers = Paper varieties Besonderheiten der Zahung = Perforation varieties Doppelter Aufdruck = double overprint Doppelzahnungen = Double perforation Einzelproben im Kleinbogenformat = Single proofs in minature sheet format Farbproben = Color trials Fehler = errors. In Originalfarben = in original colors Kopfstehender Aufdruck = inverted overprint Mittlestuck = vignette Paare, Mitte ungezahnt = pair, imperforate between Papierfalten = Paper fold Phasendrucke = partial proof Plattenfehler = plate flaws Probedrucke und vorzugsstucke = proofs and trials Proben = proofs. Rahmen = frame Restbestande = remainders Ungezahnt = imperforate Vorzugsstucke = speculative items |
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TYPES
OF PAPER Dickem Papier = thick paper Dunnes Papier = thin paper Fasierpapier = granite paper. Getontem Papier = tinted paper Geripptes Papier = ribbed (or laid) paper Gestrichenem Papier = glossy paper Kartonpapier = thick (carton) paper like thin cardboard. Kreidepapier = chalky paper. oWz. = no wmk. OTHER WORDS billigsten Sorte = cheapest type Brief = letter. erste = first. Erstag = first day. falsch = forged. feifier Druck = fine print. Flugpost = air mail. Freimarken = postage stamps Geburtstag = birthday. grosser Druck = coarse print. Jahre = years je = each Kreuz = cross. Kunst = art. Lackstreifen = varnish bars. Lokalausgabe = local issue. marke = type mehrfarbig = multicolored. Neudruck = reprint. ohne = without. Paar = pair. Portomarke = postage due stamp. postfrisch = never hinged. Preis = price. Rastertiefdruck (RaTdr.) = photogravure. Restbestande = Remainders Senkrecht = vertical Stadt = city. Stempelmarken = revenue stamps. stempeln = cancel stuck = single (stamp) waagerecht = horizontal Weltkongress = world congress. Zeit = time span (period) |
COLORS dunkel = dark hell = light, bright rot = red karmin(karm.)=carmine karminrosa = carmine rose kupfer = copper lilarot = claret rosa = rose. gelb (glb.) = yellow. grun (gr'n) = green. oliv (ol.) = olive. blau(bl.) = blue. stahlblau = steely blue ultramarin = ultramarine lila = lilac braun (br. or br'n) = brown. grau (gr.) = gray. schwarz (schwz.) = black. weiss = white. |
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