Lot 1574: Great Britain Decimal: 1979 Rowland Hill m/sheet um with large brown-o

ABBREVIATIONS used in our catalogues
um - unmounted mint, same as NH, never hinged - any faults are described.
vf mint -lightly mounted mint - any faults are described:-
for example, 'vf mint, 1x short perf' means the stamp has 1 short (not pulled) perf otherwise it is very fine mint.
f mint - reasonable mount for the period, any faults are described.
fresh mint - mint not quite 'fine' but still very good, mm - mounted mint, hmm - heavily mounted mint.
vfu - very fine used - a light cancel for the period, fresh and without faults:-
on modern issues this means a neat circular steel cancel, on early issues it means a light or crisp cancel of the period - numeral, duplex, Maltese Cross, etc.
cds - circular or counter date stamp.
gu - good used, very collectable but not quite fine, g-f good to fine.
FFC - first flight cover, FDC- first day cover, fdi - first day of issue circular cancel, Sp h/s - special handstamp.
Mi - Michel catalogue, Yv - Yvert, Sc -- Scott.
c£50 - catalogued by Stanley Gibbons at £50 (using the SG catalogue current at the time of describing).
c320€ - catalogued by Michel or Yvert at 320 Euros
blk 8 - block of 8; cvr - cover; reg env - registered envelope; ~50 - approximately 50; M/sh, MS - miniature sheet.
LM RM - booklets with left margin, right margin.
2B, CB, LB, RB phosphor bands - 2 band, centre band, left band, right band.
EEH - extra extension hole - refers to 2 perforation holes when there is normally one in a cylinder block or booklet pane margin.
pl12 plate 12.
MX - Maltese Cross.
r5/2 variety on the second stamp in row 5.
BR, BL, TR, TL bottom right, bottom left, top right, top left.
HPF#21, FF Head Plate Flaw on stamp number 21 of the sheet, Frame Flaw.
LP, RP - left pane, right pane.
HG - Higgins and Gage postal stationery catalogue.
Cert - with certificate of authenticity.
p14 - perf 14, or phosphor cyl number 14
56pp illus book with 56 pages including illustrations.
pres pack - presentation pack (official Post Office Issue).
ovpt - overprint
ptsa - priced to sell at
[45] - 45 items in the lot

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