Autograph Abbreviations

Sig: A simple signature

SP: Signed Photograph

ALS (Autograph Letter Signed): Letter written and signed by the subject.

TLS (Typed Letter Signed): Letter typed, but signed by the subject.

LS: (Letter Signed) Letter written by another, but signed by the subject.

DS: Document Signed

SB: Signed Book

FE: First Edition

FF: Free Frank

ANS: Autographed Note Signed

KS: (Key Signature) Considered the toughest, and maybe most expensive, autograph to acquire to complete a subject group.

FDC: First Day Cover

MQS: Musical Quote Signed

Inscribed: Personalized. For example: To Mary

RS: Responsive Signer

Autopen: Autograph originating from a machine designed for the purpose of replicating an autograph. Since the early 1950s all American presidents and many other government officials have used them for routine official correspondence. Also used by many astronauts.

Secretarial: Entirely written and signed by another, but authorized by the subject.

Facsimile: A printed copy of an original autograph.