Show Us Your Mint Never Hinged Classic US 1847-1865

Here is number 11 separated pair. Mint Never Hinged. Story about them to follow.

"Mint" is a stretch on those. The certs got it right with "unused".

Yep, I was thinking never hinged and was excited that I had something to show. Obviously not Mint.

The APS would have used the words "full original gum" if NH

OK, I apologize for somewhat sidetracking the thread (maybe emphasizing the Null point) but I guess I should share my story. I got these 2 stamps from my Grandmother in the early 1980s as a afterthought Christmas present. At some point that Christmas season, she had mentioned having some old stamps in a drawer in her room. They had been in the family for a while. I was intrigued. A few days later she brought out this little box and gave it to me. I was so excited. Inside I found 4 stamps. The two pictured above (from the 1850s) and a used, torn, folded scott 1213 (definitive 5 cent Washington of 1962) and a used scott 1282 (Prominent Americans series 4 cent Lincoln from 1965). I was born in 1958 so both of these were younger than I was though I was in much better shape. I often wonder if there had been other older stamps in that box at one time. So that is how I came upon two rough looking unused stamps that were once on a sheet together. Happy stamping everyone.

Got this nice pair a number of years ago. Has a small age spot, but otherwise in fine condition. Dr. Chase once wrote that a pair of 3-cent stamps is 10x rarer than a fine single copy.

US Scott #24, OG NH