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258 Philatelic Issue Data (R)

Record Type
BIB
Input Standards
Field (Full/Minimal)
Optional/Optional
1st Indicator Undefined
	Undefined
2nd Indicator Undefined
	Undefined
Subfields (R=Repeatable NR=Nonrepeatable)		Input Standards (Full/Minimal)
ǂa	Issuing jurisdiction (NR)	Required if applicable/Required if applicable
ǂb	Denomination (NR)	Required if applicable/Required if applicable
ǂ6	Linkage (NR)	System supplied/System supplied
ǂ8	Field link and sequence number (R)	Optional/Optional

Definition

Information about stamps, postal stationery, and all other documents created and/or used to signify pre-payment or payment due for postal services; stamps or other labels resembling the material described above, but which have no postal value; cancellations or other marks created and/or used by a postal administration to show evidence of postal usage; material bearing one or more of the items described above.

For information on punctuation, see the Punctuation section below.

1st Indicator

Undefined. The 1st indicator position is undefined and contains a blank.

	Undefined

2nd Indicator

Undefined. The 2nd indicator position is undefined and contains a blank.

	Undefined

Subfields

ǂa Issuing jurisdiction

The name of the administrative territory or entity that has the overall authority for creating the philatelic material and for regulating its use.

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Newfoundland : ǂb 5 pence

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Nippon : ǂb 120

ǂb Denomination

The monetary value assigned to the unit by the issuing jurisdiction.

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Canada : ǂb 1 cent, 5 cents, 10 cents

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United States of America and other jurisdictions : ǂb various denominations

ǂ6 Linkage

Data that link fields when non-Latin script is entered. This subfield is system supplied and does not appear in OCLC online displays. Do not manually add subfield ǂ6. For more information about subfield ǂ6, see Control Subfields.

ǂ8 Field link and sequence number

For information about subfield ǂ8, see Control Subfields.

Punctuation

For records containing punctuation, follow these instructions:

Precede subfield ǂb by a space-colon-space
Include incidental punctuation needed within any subfields, e.g., commas, periods (following abbreviations or initials), etc.
Optionally, add a terminal period at the end of the field unless the last subfield ends with an ellipsis, exclamation point, hyphen, period (following an abbreviation or initial), question mark, closing bracket, or closing parenthesis

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United States of America : ǂb 3 cents.

For records containing minimal or no punctuation, include incidental punctuation needed within any subfields. Otherwise, omit the punctuation outlined above.

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United States of America ǂb 3 cents

For more information on punctuation, including OCLC policy, see section 2.8, Punctuation.

Indexing

Field 258 is not indexed.

MARC 21

For more information, including content designator history, see MARC 21 Format for Bibliographic Data, field 258.

This page last revised: December 28, 2020

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