Famous Americans

Here are a few from my U.S. Album...





See those two annoying blank spots on the right

If you can help me fill them, see my post in the Want to Buy forum.

KirkS

I can help you to fill most of them if you are looking for used. I have the complete set MNH whoever no doubles in that condition.

Ok I see you are looking for MNH, sorry that I only have the used ones.

No problem, MK.

I should have made that clear above, but either way, I really appreciate your willingness to help.

When I started collecting I thought MNH was important. That was before I learned the old adage about gum being the most expensive substance on earth .

But I have a nice album and I've spent several years getting it about 98% complete in the 1930 - 2000 decades all in MNH condition. So, I'd like to fill the remaining few holes with the same.

I am a MNH collector too. I also have a nice used collection both USA. I find though after I get into the banknotes I start to settle for more used even for my MNH book. I just look for the better ones.

I looked in my US stamp album, and found that I have all of these MNH, which surprised me. I am returning to collecting after a long absence and traveling alot in Europe, where I picked up alot of Geraman stamps.

I will try to post them. Sorry KirkS, but I have no extras.

The 10c Alexander Graham Bell stamp is the one you want to keep in good shape; it's the high catalog value stamp in the entire set. Even though the print quantity was on par with the other 10c stamps of that series, the telephone company(?) ran a promotion back then and bought up a huge supply of the mint stamps for that promotion. It's one of a few cases where a promotional usage of a US stamp was significant enough to make a dent in the supply to create a permanent increase in catalog value of the MNH stamp.

Great! Thanks alot for the heads up!

In another thread I mentioned buying an old U.S.album with stamps,this section of famous Americans was a surprise as well,I'll post the two pages and you will see why I was surprised.sorry no MNH








hope you like

regards
Harry


Edited for better photo's

Gee Harry.

That album sounds like a great find. Surprises are always nice.

KirkS

Yes KirkS It is a great find and the best thing about it is I still have a few holes to fill
regards
Harry

Here's a little update to my original post... Being a Member of SCF really pays off !



These two gentlemen were the only two missing from my collection of Famous Americans. Thanks to 1775mac for finding them for me

KirkS

Good one mate

OK another stupid question from a newbie. What is NMH? I thought to be a good stamp it had to have gum still inplace, but see that some soak the gum off?

No stupid questions here, Jay. We're all learning; we're just at different places along the curve.

MNH means Mint Never Hinged as in the stamp has never been mounted in an album using a hinge. Some folks want MNH and pay a premium for them. Other folks don't mind hinged stamps since they say they only look at the front anyway :-)

The question can turn into a huge debate. But it's really about your preference. Some other abbreviations:

MH: mint hinged
MLH: mint light hinge
HR: hinge remnant (means a piece of the hinge is stuck to the back of the stamp)
NGAI: no gum as issued

By the way, here's a related thread:
https://goscf.com/t/4795

[Edited to add link]

Thanks Kirk! Guess I won't worry about collecting MNH until I get a good collection started. Once I get my books from Amazon I won't be posting all these. Thanks again!
Jay