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258 - Philatelic Issue Data (R)

MARC 21 Bibliographic - Concise

2008

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Issuing jurisdiction and denomination information about philatelic material, such as postage stamps, postal stationery (postal cards, etc., made available by a postal administration bearing a stamped impression (indicium) of denomination), revenue stamps (tax stamps), postage due stamps, and registered mail stamps. These are usually valid within a defined area and carry a value signifying prepayment or payment due for services or taxes.

Indicators

First - Undefined

# - Undefined

Second - Undefined

# - Undefined

Subfield Codes

$a - Issuing jurisdiction (NR)

$b - Denomination (NR)

$6 - Linkage (NR)

See description of this subfield in Appendix A: Control Subfields.

$8 - Field link and sequence number (R)

See description of this subfield in Appendix A: Control Subfields.

Examples


258	##$aNewfoundland :$b5 pence.
258	##$aNippon :$b120.
258	##$aUnited States of America and other jurisdictions :$bvarious denominations.

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