Scott Number Please

Hi to all

Could anyone tell me the Scott number for this stamp

It is used never hinged
Regards
Horamakhet

599

Just curious. If the stamp is used, how do you know it is 'never hinged'? Is it still gummed?

Hi 22crows

Maybe I am using the wrong terminology, but I am new to this MNH etc. The stamp has no gum, but it was in a stock book, and I have examined it with a 10x loupe, a gemmological Microscope at 10X x 4 and it shows no evidence of ever being hinged. Most of the old type hinges leave marks I have noticed.
I am open to all and any suggestions to the condition, but I would say it is in very good condition.
Regards,
Horamakhet

Hi smauggie

Thanks for the information. Much appreciated.

Horamakhet

22crows
Hinges often leave a piece or remnant. Or if the stamp is mint, a hinge will remove the gum where it was attached. Depends too if you use the better hinges which detach leaving no trace, if your lucky.
Generally a mint stamp is unused with gum. Unused refers to no cancel mark, but no gum.

For most colletors in the US, the term Never Hinged (NH) is only relevant to mint stamps that were issued with gum. The original gum must not have any hinge marks. There are some purists who define Mint Never Hinged as also implying original gum is completely undisturbed. However, not all collectors/sellers are that rigorous. Know your seller before you make any assumptions. NH is irrelevant if the stamp was originally issued without gum, or if the stamp is used.

However, in other parts of the world, this is not necessarily the case. There are a few European collectors who distinguish between mounted/unmounted (hinged/neverhinged) gummed Cancel-To-Order (CTO) stamps, even though these stamps are not mint/unused. I've even seen the CTOs priced that way on pricelists. Then there is always a collector who rejects hinge marks on used stamps. To each his/her own.

Of course, I know of at least one collector who washes the gum off all incoming stamps so they never have to worry about this hinged/neverhinged gobblygook!

The designatin NH is irrelevant for a used stamp without any gum because you can soak any hinge remnants off in a warm water bath and once pressed and dried you can't tell it ever was hinged. You can't do this with a mint gum stamp because the water affects the gum. I'm one of those that gives all my used stamps a bath when I buy them to remove any gum or hinge remnants. I just like the back of my used stamps to be clean.

Matt

The designatin NH is irrelevant for a used stamp without any gum because you can soak any hinge remnants off in a warm water bath and once pressed and dried you can't tell it ever was hinged. You can't do this with a mint gum stamp because the water affects the gum. I'm one of those that gives all my used stamps a bath when I buy them to remove any gum or hinge remnants. I just like the back of my used stamps to be clean.

Matt

Matt, I do as well, but primarily to see if the hinge remnant(s) is(are) hiding undisclosed faults. But clean backs are nice too! Steve

I agree-- some of those "old hinges' (50-60's) stuff kills them.