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 Wow, I was just informed by an ebay seller that stamps with hinge and paper remnants are "lightly hinged!" I've been collecting stamps for over 60 years and I never knew this fact. How could I have gone all these years being so uninformed?  |
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The paper adhesion is probably from being stuck to an album page. The stamp does not appear to be used otherwise. |
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Scott Catalog is rather specific about this. Yes, in my edition "lightly hinged" means "faint impression of a removed hinge over a small area," i.e. no remnants. |
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I always list my stamps as-HR-if something is on the stamp then its hinged-right? Buyer beware check all pictures and ask those dealers-- |
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I would rather others leave the hinge remnant on than have them try to rip it off (and take a bunch of gum/paper with it) just so they can describe it as 'lightly hinged'.
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Yeah, one picture is his used(5%), cancelled and stained stamp, other is where he found an auction for pristine example. This is so you will gladly pay 500$ for his, cause he is having a newborn. Yikes! A true investment piece, sure to grow more valuable over the next few years. Maybe it will eventually become 100% mint. Sorry couldn't resist the rant.
Thanks Mike33, needed a good laugh. |
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Well, the cancel only covers 5% of the surface of the stamp. The other 95% of the face is mint. |
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