Knowledge / Other Categories / Face Values

Face Value: statement of the face value of a postage stamp or stamp impression that most corresponds to the purchase price at the post office counter

Numbers As Face Value: postage stamp or stamp impression in which the face value is stated in numbers

Bar As Face Value: postage stamp in which the face value is stated by one (= 10 Pfennig) or two (= 20 Pfennig) bars

Without Face Value: postage stamp or stamp impression in which the face value is not stated in writing as intended style

Weight Information As Face Value: postage stamp which does not state a face value but rather the maximum weight of the postal shipment that may be franked with it

Letter As Face Value: postage stamp or stamp impression with a face value that can represent a specific type of mailing or a variable nominal value

Color As Face Value: postage stamp in which the face value is stated by the des-ign print printing color which can represent a specific type of shipment or a variable face value

Text As Face Value: postage stamp or stamp impression in which the face value is stated as text that can represent a specific type of shipment or a variable denomination

Face Value in natural currency: state of the face value of a postage stamp in kind (e.g. potatoes or rice)

forever: descriptive face value on postage stamps from the USA for a domestic letter of the 1st weight level

B R E V: descriptive face value on postage stamps from Sweden for a domestic letter of the 1st urgency class

1 ST / 2 ND: descriptive face value on post-age stamps from Great Britain for a domestic letter with accelerated (1 ST = 1st class) or slower (2 ND = 2nd class) transport

Face Value Change: the same postage stamps or stamp impessions whose face value has been changed by printing, handwriting or without marking (e.g. single or quadruple face value)

Face Value Kind Change: the same postage stamps whose face values were chronologic presented in a different kind

Double Face Value: statement of the face value of a postage stamp in two currencies (e.g. currency conversion)

Face Value In 2 Currencies: statement of the face value of a postage stamp in two different currencies