All the time in these NGs I've read PP-3 for the description of 9V transistor radio batteries. However, when I was a kid, we knew them by the description shown in the pic in the URLs below. Usually BL-006P or MN-006P for the Heathkits which used manganese or alkaline, I believe. In any case, I had never heard of PP-3 until the newsgroups.
Click on the supersize below the pic, or for a close up, try this:
I think Eveready had some number, like 1602, that they used, and some other makers had something similar.
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