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Native paper: Crude paper that is locally produced.
Never hinged: A stamp which has never been hinged.
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Native Paper: Crude, handmade paper produced locally, as opposed to finer, machine-made paper.
Never Hinged (NH): A stamp without hinge marks. A never-hinged (NH) stamp usually has original gum, but this is not always the case.

Native Paper - Crude, locally-produced, handmade paper.
Negative Postmark - A postmark with its words formed by the un-inked portion of its design.
Never Hinged (NH) - A stamp without hinge marks.

Native paper describes the paper local to the region the stamps were originally printed on. The composition of the furnish was of local materials. European paper typically replaced native papers.
Japan SC#
Nepal SC#7
Tibet SC#1 ...

Native paper: handmade paper produced locally, usually tough and fibrous, but naturally varies in texture and thickness.
NATO: North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
Naufragiat: (Rom.) shipwreck.

Other types of paper seldom used that you will come in contact with include: native paper, used in early Asian stamps; manila paper, used mostly in envelopes; and India paper, introduced in China, mostly for die proofs and specialty applications.

Figure 6. The 4-anna green Sripech and Crossed Khukris stamp, Nepal Scott 9, is an example of a stamp printed on native paper.
Figure 7. Issued in 1866, this 30-silbergroschen blue Numeral stamp, Prussia Scott 22, is printed on goldbeater's skin.

See also: Local, Sheet, Series, Catalog, Used

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