12.6 PHILATELIC RECORDS, PUBLISHER’S SERIES AREA

12.6A Preliminary rule

12.6A1. Scope.

Use this area only for describing an item belonging to a publisher’s series. Do not record here information about an archival series.¹

12.6A2. 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 or start a new paragraph.
Enclose each publisher’s series statement in parentheses.
Precede each parallel title by an equals sign.
Precede 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.
Precede the numbering within a publisher’s series by a semicolon.

12.6B. Title proper of publisher’s series

12.6B1.

Transcribe a formal title proper of a publisher’s series as instructed in 12.1B1.

Masterpieces of Canadian art

Canada 92

12.6C. Parallel title of publisher’s series

12.6C1.

Transcribe parallel titles of a publisher’s series as instructed in 12.1D.

Canada’s river heritage = Fleuves et rivières du patrimoine canadien

12.6D. Other title information of publisher’s series

12.6D1.

Transcribe other title information of a publisher’s series as instructed in 12.1E and only if considered necessary for identifying the publisher’s series.

Christmas, 1982 : nativity scenes

12.6E. Statements of responsibility relating to publisher’s series

12.6E1.

Transcribe explicit statements of responsibility appearing in conjunction with the publisher’s series title only if they are considered necessary for identifying the publisher’s series. Follow the instructions in 12.1F when transcribing a statement of responsibility relating to a publisher’s series.

Queen Elizabeth II regular issue / designed by Ernst Roch

12.6F. Numbering within publisher’s series

12.6F1.

See 1.6F.

Canadian history in postage stamps ; series 2 = Histoire du Canada en timbre-poste ; 2eme [sic] série