12.2 PHILATELIC RECORDS, EDITION AREA
12.2A. Preliminary rule
12.2A1. Scope.
Use this area at the item level to record statements relating to versions, editions or states of philatelic records. At the series and file levels, for material published or issued as a unit, use this area only when all of the items are of the same edition or state.
12.2A2. Punctuation
For instructions on the use of spaces before and after prescribed punctuation, see 1.0C.
Precede this area by a full stop, space, dash, space.
Precede the first statement of responsibility following an edition statement by a diagonal slash.
Precede each subsequent statement of responsibility by a semicolon.
12.2B. Edition statement
12.2B1.
Give the edition statement as instructed in 1.2B.
Plate no. 1
3rd proving
12.2C. Statements of responsibility relating to the edition
12.2C1.
Transcribe a statement of responsibility relating to one or more editions but not to all editions of the unit being described as instructed in 1.2C.
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