The 'A' designation means that the heater has a specified / controlled warm-up time. That characteristic is useful when several tube heaters are connected in series.
In reality, there likely is no difference - I suspect all 18FX6 tubes were made to accommodate series heater strings, as that was the common application in AC/DC tube radios.
Pete
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