Talk:Indicia

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For what it is worth, I agree that the section describing indicia in relation to postage merits merging into the postage article.

However, the term also merits a disambiguation page: "indicia" is a term used in patent text (at the time of writing, some 58,385 in patents already granted by USPTO, and some 23,868 in applications pending), to describe some form of marking acting as a differentiator.

Webster 1913 (online) defines the term as meaning "Discriminating marks; signs; tokens; indications; appearances", making it generic rather than solely specific to postage.

My reading of the definition would lead me to suggest that serial numbers, model numbers, or even company logos would qualify as indicia. AncientBrit 16:40, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Pronounciation

I'd suggest adding how the word is pronounced to the article. ("In-DEE-sha" instead of "In-DEE-see-ah".) I'm not familiar with Wikipedia's preferred phonetic alphabet, alas. 207.31.229.4 14:44, 27 September 2007 (UTC)