Terminology of postal industry
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| Terms in English | Brief Definition | Terms in Chinese | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. | U.K. | China | P.R.China | HKSAR | Taiwan | |
| postmark, (date) stamp | data stamp of post[1] | the official mark applied by postal services on mail, including the date, location, post of origin etc. | 邮政日戳 | 郵政日戳 | ||
| postage voucher[2], postage certificates[3] | 邮资凭证 | 郵資憑證 | ||||
| franking | postal franking impression[2] | franks that qualifies the piece to be postally serviced. | 邮资符志 | |||
| imprinted stamp | a stamp printed onto a piece of postal stationery, indicating that postage has been prepaid. | 邮资图案 | 郵票符志[4] | |||
| postal stationery | a stationery item with an imprinted stamp or inscription. | 邮政用品 | 郵用文具 | 片封簡類 | ||
Reference
- ↑ Recommended Postal Standard YZ/T 0184-2022 Specifications for date stamps of post, published in 2022-01-04 by the State Post Bureau.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Recommended National Standard GB/T 10757—2011 Terminology of postal industry, published in 2011-11-01 by the State Post Bureau.
- ↑ Postal Law of the People's Republic of China (2009), in Laws and Regulations of the People's Republic of China Governing Foreign-related Matters (2009), translated by the Bureau of Legislative Affairs of the State Council of the People's Republic of China, and published by China Legal Publishing House, ISBN: 9787509329887
- ↑ Postal Act of the Republic of China (2023). Article 18. "Stained or damaged postage stamps shall lose all value. The same shall apply to stained or damaged imprinted stamps on postcards, aerogrammes and letter sheets." (in English); 第十八條 污損之郵票，失其效用。明信片及特製郵簡上表示價格之花紋有污損時，亦同。(in Chinese (Taiwan))
