12.1 PHILATELIC RECORDS, TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY AREA

12.1A. Preliminary rule

12.1A1. Punctuation

For instructions on the use of spaces before and after prescribed punctuation, see 1.0C.
Enclose the general material designation in square brackets.
Separate general material designation terms with a comma.
Precede each parallel title by an equals sign.
Precede each unit of other title information by a colon.
Precede the first statement of responsibility by a diagonal slash.
Precede each subsequent statement of responsibility by a semicolon.

12.1B. Title proper

12.1B1. Formal title proper.

Transcribe a formal title proper as instructed in 1.1B1 and in the following subrules.

Caribou

Alexander Graham Bell, 1847-1947

12.1B1a.

At the item level, do not transcribe a statement of the denomination, the name of the issuing jurisdiction, and/or the term postage (or its equivalent in another language) as part of the formal title proper unless this text is an integral part of the formal title proper (i.e., connected by grammatical construction).

If there is no formal title proper, do not record the denomination, the name of the issuing jurisdiction, and/or the term postage (or its equivalent in another language) as the formal title proper. Instead, supply a title according to the rules in 12.1B2.

12.1B1b.

If a letter, word, or number appears only once but the design of the chief source of information makes it clear that it is intended to be read more than once, repeat the letter, word or number without the use of square brackets.

12.1B2. Supplied title proper.

At all levels of description, if no formal title proper appears prominently in or on the chief source of information for the unit being described, supply a title as instructed in 1.1B2-1.1B4.

12.1B3. Supplied title proper for a fonds.

When describing the fonds as a whole, supply a title proper as instructed in 1.1B3.

British American Bank Note Company fonds

12.1B4. Supplied title proper for parts of a fonds (e.g., series, file, item).

When describing a part of a fonds, e.g. a series, file, or item, which lacks a formal title proper, compose a brief descriptive title as instructed in 1.1B4.

Proofs and essays
(Series forms part of the British American Bank Note Company fonds)

Where appropriate, include as part of the supplied title proper a word or brief phrase indicating the main subject content of the unit being described.

Bluenose stamp proofs

12.1B5. Title on another copy, etc.

When an item lacks a formal title proper and a title is known to exist on another copy, edition, version, or different state of the item, use the title from that source as a supplied title proper if it is appropriate. Give the source of the title in a note (see 12.8B2).

H.M. Queen Elizabeth II, coronation
Note: Title taken from the marginal inscription of a full pane of the same issue
(Title proper for a single stamp)

12.1C. Optional addition. General material designation

12.1C1.

At all levels of description, immediately following the title proper, give the general material designation philatelic record, as instructed in 1.1C.

John G. Diefenbaker, 1895-1979 [philatelic record]

12.1D. Parallel titles

12.1D1.

Transcribe parallel titles as instructed in 1.1D.

Hand-drawn cart [GMD] = Petite charrette

International Philatelic Youth Exhibition, 1982 [GMD] = L’exposition philatélique mondiale de la jeunesse, 1982

Tall ships visit, 1984 [GMD] = Visite des grands voiliers, 1984

12.1E. Other title information

12.1E1.

Transcribe other title information as instructed in 1.1E.

12.1F. Statements of responsibility

Apply these rules at the item level. At the series and file levels, for material published or issued as a unit, use these rules only when the statement of responsibility applies to all of the items in the unit being described.

12.1F1.

Transcribe explicit statements of responsibility as instructed in 1.1F.

Aaron R. Mosher / design, Roger Hill
(a pane of stamps with the statement of responsibility in the marginal inscription)